Target Baby Toys, Cosmetic, and Makeup Haul!
An ongoing trend on Youtube is shopping haul videos, where people demonstrate their recent purchases, most commonly in the baby toys, beauty supply, or makeup field. Dominated by women, and especially those below thirty, these videos can garner hundreds of thousands of views.
Some people who enjoy watching these videos say they do so because it feels like kicking back with a friend after a shopping spree. Others find it exciting to see what is available out there for those on a mid-range budget to perk up their look.
The stores that these girls shop at ranges from Target to the local boutique to the thrift store, and anything goes – except if you’re planning on showing off your Louis Vuitton handbag, you might get told off in the comments beneath the video.
These shopping haul videos are for the lower to middle classes. One woman took the trend to her blog, where she posted pictures of the items she bought at various stores for her coming baby, including socks, pacifiers and diapers. She also bought a few baby toys including a monkey mobile.
But the point of this sort of shopping haul story is not the items themselves. Rather, most of the shoppers like to talk about the deals they got and how little money they ended up spending. They’ll also tell you exactly where they bought everything, so that if someone was interested in getting the same thing, they would know where to go for it.
Some shopping haulers combine their demonstration of purchases with fashion tips or makeup how to pieces. Usually they do this sort of thing when they’ve just bought a new eyeliner or nail polish that they really want to try out, and maybe doing it on Youtube makes them feel like they can share the experience with others who are interested in the same things.
There are entire shopping haul video blogs dedicated to a single type of item, like baby toys, beauty supplies, makeup, or clothing. These are the most common topics for these videos.
The trend started around 2008 or 2009 and it shows no sign of stopping. The girls who post their videos seem to be having a good time, and it’s fun for the viewers to check out what other people like to buy and where they shop.
Since shopping haul videos can range from makeup how to, to fashion, to baby toys or beauty supply items, a person who likes any one of those things is sure to find a video worth watching.