Happy Birthday To Me!

I can’t believe I actually forgot my own blog birthday, but I did; BBB turned three on January 31st. I was all prepared to share a little virtual champagne and give a sobbing Gwynneth style speech, but since I missed it, the party poppers will have to go away again til next year.

I will say though, that the face of blogging has changed beyond measure since I started three years ago – and, it’s almost all good. Back in the day when I was almost apologetically trying to persuade PRs (and anyone who’d listen actually!) that blogs really were going to have an imeasurable impact on the face of beauty, I’d be almost red-faced with impatience that very few took it seriously. But, there were some who supported BBB right from the very beginning, didn’t question or doubt and were uncompromisingly helpful and supportive. And I remember to this very day who they are.

Bloggers continue to be supportive of each other on the whole and are becoming much more savvy to those trying to take advantage (i.e. no, really, the content we made especially for you will be of massive interest to your readers..we know it looks like an ad, but really it’s our special gift to you that we want you to promote for free). Beauty blogs provide so many of us bloggers an outlet to say what we really think and feel about beauty, no matter whether we are industry, media, consumer or just fascinated by the world of glossiness, and I think we’d all say we’ve made new friends through our interest. Who knew?

Two years ago at an industry event I listened to a magazine editor dismiss blogs with the words, ‘we don’t have to take any notice of them; they’re just there’, and yet only a couple of weeks ago another editor was in print decreeing that magazine beauty blogs were by far superior. Well, there is nothing like using defence as a form of attack to show you are worried.

Twitter has allowed bloggers to promote their writing and work to others in a way that is unparalleled and the beauty blogosphere continues to provide a measurable knock-on effect in the form of sales. If we love something, others want to know about it. If we loathe something, others avoid. Beauty products are under scrunity like never before; gone are the days when brands can shovel out inferior products and hope nobody notices. We notice.

So, that’s kind of it for my bloggy-sobby speech.. not a dry eye in the house, I’ll bet ;-). Please tuck into some virtual calorie free cake – go ahead, you can have as many slices as you want.

Lastly though, I’ve got to say the biggest thank you to BBB readers…and there’s no way to say this without going a bit luvvie and Gwynnethy, but seriously, what would be the point without you? *picks up hanky*


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23 responses to “Happy Birthday To Me!”

  1. Alex

    aww congrats 3 years is a long time! I havent even been blogging for a month yet, but its turning into quite an adventure XD

  2. Congratulations! I am also new to blogging and have been greatly inspired by you! But even more importantly I have now better skin because of you! So thanks for all the hard work and the cake! You have one on me babe!!! Big Kiss!

  3. Happy Birthday BBB! You were one of the first blogs I read, and are still fab! xx

  4. Ali

    Happy Birthday! Your posts in my email inbox are the first I go for in the morning. Here’s to another three years.

    Ali x

  5. Happy Bloggie Birthday BBB! Here’s to many more years. Thank you for the calorie free cake. My WW leader will be pleased next Tuesday! lol x

  6. Charlie

    Happy Blog Birthday to my favourite blog in the world. No one does exclusives like BBB does exclusives. Thanks for your posts! x

  7. Gemx

    Happy blog-birthday! 🙂

  8. Skye @The Green Grocery

    I love your style, your honesty! well done on being such a great beauty writer (BBB) 3 years on..Kindness Skye x

  9. Happy Third Birthday BBB! You are one of the trailblazers for us all. Keep doing what you do so well and thanks you for the inspiration and entertainment x

  10. HURRAY! Happy birthday!

  11. Kharina

    Happy bloggerthday and well done! I just starting reading it a few months ago, but you have become a ritual for me on a daily basis, like my spf and mascara. 🙂

  12. Harrriiiet

    Congrats!
    3 years is a pretty long time!
    Well Done
    x

  13. Happy Birthday, BBB!
    Thank you for being so amazing and never the second best 😉
    Love, M

  14. Happy Blog Birthday! You should be so proud that you were right there at the beginning and had the foresight to see how important blogs could become. Like many others have already said, your’s was one of the first blogs I ever read and inspired me to start my own, so I owe you a big thank you for all your hard work! x

  15. Jonathan

    Thank you for your amazing support over the last two years… and I too echo the sentiments above when I say that you have pioneered for integrity and carved a path for honest feedback in a not so honest world… positively well done. Love the content and love you. xxx

  16. Happy Birthday BBB! You were one of the first beauty blogs I found and my day would not be the same without you!
    Nina

  17. Effusive thanks from me too, and congratulations. I do love reading your blog.
    Simone

  18. Camille

    Happy Birthday!

  19. Happy Blog-versary! I thoroughly enjoy your posts — this one is bang on true.

    Michelle
    xx

  20. Grace London

    Happy bloggiversary! 3 years – that’s like 125 in internet years 😉

  21. Happy Blog Birthday! Here’s to many more years!

  22. Hannah

    Happy blog birthday! Keep up the great work – yours has been one of my absolute favourites since I first got into reading blogs! xx

  23. Happy birthday!! my blog turned 1 on the 27th of Jan… Keep up the fabulous work 🙂

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