For the first time since Lashgate, Mikayla seemingly addresses the controversy this month by posting this tiktok of her doing her makeup routine on her mom. In the video, she says, “and would it be a Mikayla look without this infamous combo? The L’Oreal Telescopic Lift and a pair of Ardell wispies.” This is the most direct reference she’s made since being called out by viewers in January for doing a paid review of the L’Oreal mascara while allegedly wearing false lashes. This seems to be her way of poking fun at herself for…lying. The comments are full of supportive messages.
While she’ll probably never admit to whether she used falsies in that ad, Mikayla’s huge platform and fanbase mean she’s relatively shielded from any real consequences for misleading advertising. Ironic that her advertising may be as false as her lashes, yet she gets to make a joke out of the controversy and fans love her for that. At the time of this posting, the tiktok has 20.3M views, way more than the first part of the routine where she does her mom’s skincare routine as prep before the makeup, which only has 2.9M views. Mikayla has mastered the art of stirring up drama and profiting from it.