i'm the one who found the miku ahaha. the goodwill it was found in was in orlando, specifically the one on orange blossom trail! however a lot of orlando goodwills have cosplays, especially around halloween. i just found a whole madoka cosplay at another goodwill 😂

BetterHelp is the Goodwill-bound Strawberry Miku costume of mental health care.

Goodwill is either a win or a lose when it comes to finds, but man your friends got SUPER lucky with that find

Hi Sarah, with all the love and compassion in my heart i want to say that im glad that betterhelp worked for you and helped you but it is really not a good company to work for and promote. The youtuber Micky Atkins has done several videos on betterhelp (i believe that they had to take some of them down for legal threats made by betterhelp and their lawyers) they address the situation with a lot of nuance and compassion. I understand that contractually you are obligated to leave this sponsorship as it is but please consider not working with them again in the future.

Hey, reminder about betterhelp: they don't vet their "therapists", which means that anyone can apply for it. Don't trust it, no matter what your favorite YouTuber might say about it. Especially if you're queer, don't.

Wow it seems you were sponsored by betterhelp and actually addressed it and removed all the links and clipped the video. That is the most I've seen someone care about the issue and I'll subscribe just for that integrity

Every time I see a betterhelp ad I cry. I’m not the first person to mention this and I certainly won’t be the last but there are hundreds upon hundreds of reported incidents of betterhelp 1) selling user information 2) actively exploiting their userbase, especially queer users and 3) having non-licensed therapists in their system, which is illegal. I know that they offer a ton of money for their sponsors, but please do the research into the brand you’re advertising before accepting the money. It makes me so upset to see this especially since you’re one of my favorite youtubers.

Another fun video!! But I gotta agree with people asking you to drop the BetterHelp sponsorship in the future. No blame or anything, but there's been tons of bad stuff coming out about them and I just don't think it's great to support them these days. Looking forward to that "mystery cosplay" that the new hoopskirt is for!

It wouldn't surprise me if the theory that they stole your pattern is actually true, manufacturer are good at stealing designs made by small artists, they also don't mind stealing free patterns

The reason why I believe they printed the gingham was because you can’t get real gingham in a stretch fabric it needs to be printed on and this is a stretchy costume made to fit a range of sizes and not custom made to a person’s specific measurements.

Don't give us heart attacks!
This title made me think you abandoned your strawberry Miku and my soul cried a little.

I love your channel, just want to make you aware of how betterhelp is exploitative to therapists and there consumers. There is many videos you can research to learn about this.

Tip for fabric shopping: Shop Deadstock!!! It is so so so much cheaper. Basically if companies have fabric left at the end of a season they get sold to deadstock places and then sold for cheap, basically thrifting for fabric but pre curated. Especially if you just want basic plain fabrics (like no complicated print) like a nice cotton sateen or velvet or mesh or whatever this is a great option and really minimises the cost of your cosplay. I think for my current cosplay I have bought in total 15mx140cm of different fabrics (satin, iron on interfacing, cotton twill etc.) and payed I think around 35£ in total, which is very affordable. I’m pretty sure that there are also deadstock online shops but I just go to the store in my Area. It’s a very valuable tip I learned at fashion school, never pay full price for fabric when you have other options.

To be fair, in the early days of her channel, Bernadette Banner had the same thing happen with her medieval dress! (14th or 15th century, I think?) It's wild that they do that, and I wouldn't be surprised if they did take your pattern.

BetterHelp sucks, but this video was great!

I don’t remember the name of that polyester fabric, but I’ve always just called it the BO polyester because it makes you sweat a ton and smells like shit when you do lol. I had some friends who used to use that fabric for their cosplays all the time because you could buy it for like, $1 a yard in every possible color at some local wholesale fabric shops. It was good for when you didn’t have a lot of money and the cosplay used a lot of fabric, but I’ve never hated myself enough to use it lol.

Yeah some cosplay sites steal fan made and canon designs it’s unfortunately a common practice..

oh nooo not betterhelp

Just a reminder to people commenting about Better Help- She likely had a contract and had to make this ad and give them the okay long ago before this was posted. Hopefully as the news gets around, we see less and less of it but I'm seeing a lot, so they must have gotten a lot of Youtubers all at once from some management company.

Thank you for holding back on doing a full on roasting of this. You took time to remind of humans being involved with bought cosplays, and the realities of not everyone finding themselves able to try to make a cosplay. It’s so rare to see online critique with a nuance of giving the benefit of the doubt wherever possible as opposed to just full on leaning into ripping a thing apart.
So truly, thank you for having restraint and grace in your approach. It was incredibly refreshing. ❤