They tell us social media, being an influencer is a real job yet they themselves do not take it seriously so we don't take them seriously. Given that most of them are self employed and effectively running their own business, it falls upon them to uphold standards and compliance, it is their responsibility to ensure they protect their career and Tik Tok page. What they should have done is upon being told by Brendan of Be Perfect about a colab with American Make Up Artist James Charles who has 34 million Tik Tok followers that if they did not know who he was to look him up. It is good business practice to find out who you are working with and what they have done in their career. 30 seconds on Google would tell them to avoid. If they did know who he was then they should have said no, count me out.
There are no excuses, Vavron etc you are in charge of your own self employed business so you have to research who you work with. You were all paid commission or wages to work with BePerfect and James Charles, you are expected to do your due diligence. No excuses at all, they need to act like serious businesses and operate accordingly. If they did not know who he was and attended they all should apologise, say they fed up and need to learn to take their so called job seriously and actually do it properly. The lesson is always protect your own brand and image by looking into who you are working with and for, it is basic business sense.
The influencers want maximum reward for minimum effort. They cannot be bothered to do their jobs properly. If they did then the whole James Charles fiasco would not be happening. They all need to own their mistake and stop making pathetic excuses.