The superstar influencer has announced that she may be ending her YouTube career for good, and her longtime fans are utterly DISTRAUGHT. “Everyone else can have it. It’s just too much. Idk, I’m praying bout it.” eyes start welling with tears “I was in Ulta last month & my mom was asking for help finding a product that worked for her. A makeup artist told her to watch your videos because ‘she’s the top person who I would recommend who makes videos for us.” Aww! “Please can you sign the palette???” the fan requested. “Hi my love, that’s no problem but I wouldn’t be able to send it to you for another week when I come back from vacation,” Jackie confirmed to the fan. “I would have to order it, send to myself, sign, then mail to you. If that’s too long I can order it today and ship it right to you, whatever you prefer.” “Hello I’ll have to submit a ASA complaint if I’m ignored,” the fan wrote to Aina on Saturday, March 18. “We think you have a valid point and, with a view to acting quickly, we’ll instruct Jackie Aina to send you the prize and get an assurance from them that they will do this and ensure that in future promotions, prizes will be awarded and not withheld.” The fan confirmed she submitted this ASA before she officially heard back from Aina. On top of that, I noticed you live in the UK and I wasn’t quite sure why 3 days after the giveaway you were in a rush to know the status of your prize. I’ve hosted dozens of giveaways and sometimes it does take me a few weeks to send things out but people ALWAYS get their stuff. Typically in that time frame people sit back and let things flow and aren’t this impatient. Giveaways can sometimes bring out the super competitiveness in people and the moment I feel as if someone is overdoing it I back out. I’ve never actually not sent out a prize to someone, but this time given the reasons above, I decided I guess there’s a first time for everything. Hopefully you understand. “None of those things occurred. My giveaways also aren’t based on retweets, or even gaining new followers. I literally gain nothing from them. They are meant to be fun and spontaneous. So moving forward I will definitely do things differently with giveaways. Take care and good luck.” “Also, I submitted an ASA complaint before this conversation occurred. I’m trying to email them to get them to cancel it now.” “I will definitely cancel a prize if I feel like someone is being overly pushy. It’s hard doing them in general because the comments and responses alone get FEISTY.” However, if you read the dates (written in the UK formate with the day FIRST and the month second) — the exchange from start to finish took place between February 28 (28/02/18/ and March 18 (18/03/2018), a total of 18 days. That time frame is only 12 business days — several of which, Aina informed the fan she would be on vacation. Jackie Aina shared that she also received other emails from the fan aside from the DMs the winner publicized. To receive the barrage of emails, messages, and then later be dragged on social media and gossip sites would be a terrible feeling for anyone. Jackie Aina’s potential YouTube shutdown was also announced with news about her “next career endeavor,” so even if she does walk away from the ring light, she won’t be totally out of our internet lives. And the truth is, Aina’s held it down on YouTube for 10 years and she’s also not the only woman of color dishing great beauty talk on the platform. It’s OK that she wants to do something different in the next stretch of her life. Whatever she decides, the Jackie Jackie Jackie song will forever be in our hearts!
