Beauty Bloggers Debate #4

Posted on the 12 May 2012 by Kwilliford @ExquisiteEczema

I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far!  This post is my response to this weeks Beauty Bloggers Debate started by Aly at Wonderland Beauty.  This week has a new twist, so check out her Beauty Bloggers Debate #4 Post.
This weeks debate is on Youtube vs Blogs and which you prefer.  There is no contest, I prefer blogs whether it is reading them or working on my own.  I have filmed two videos in my life and they nearly drove me batty.  I had to film so many takes before I was even a little bit satisfied with the result and then there was the upload time.  I don't even enjoy watching Youtube videos whether beauty related or not.  I get bored a minute into any video and reading a blog does not do that to me. Plus, I feel like I am doing my brain some good by reading rather than watching.  I am a natural born reader and writer.  I think in some ways, both are a dying art and Youtube does not help that. Blogging takes a lot less time for me. Aside from taking the pictures, I can have a post up in 10-15 minutes vs the one day that it took me to film a video.  I am also more eloquent when I can write.  I get very nervous when a camera is pointed at me and forget the points I want to go over.  With writing, I don't even have to brainstorm.  It usually just comes out and I am done.  I try to keep the wording in my review and FOTD posts concise because I know a lot of people are the opposite of me and dislike reading.  The process of blogging is just more enjoyable and a heck of a lot easier for me.  If I were to do a video, it would probably take me two days to get the desired product.  I would want my video to be perfection since people can see everything I am doing.  With a blog, that is not as much of a concern.  Plus, nothing I do is complicated enough to need a Youtube video and it is much easier to see swatches for a product review in a blog post rather than a video.  Blogging is also more personal and you get to connect with people.  Plus, there is so much negativity and ignorance on Youtube.  The blogging world is a much kinder place.