The Internet Loves This Makeup… But I Don’t
Anastasia Beverly Hills$32.00- “Didn't like this at all. And it was so disappointing to me because I really loved this, which was the Embers palette”▶ 1:00
- “They just didn't show up on my skin at all”▶ 1:13
- “Some of them are just so hard to swatch. Look, you can barely see some of those mattes”▶ 1:28
- “The shade that you think is a blue duo chrome is actually very red”▶ 1:32
- “That is a pretty shade. That's actually a beautiful one and done. That has really good payoff, actually”▶ 2:50
- “This navy is absolutely beautiful”
- “I will still say that I still don't love this. Um, but I'm sure that even though I don't love it, you might love it. Um, it's just it's just not the one for me”▶ 3:22
Tower 28 Beauty$20.00MakeWaves Lengthening + Volumizing Mascarashade · Jet- “I was so underwhelmed by it. I just expected a lot more”▶ 3:58
- “I don't remember having any problems with this uh kind of lasting and the performance of it. It was literally that I just expected to have the best lashes on the planet after using it”▶ 4:18
- “That is much better than the first few times that I actually used this and then left it in a drawer”▶ 5:11
- “This is not a life-changing mascara. But is it a really good everyday mascara? Yeah, actually”▶ 5:30
- “The price isn't too bad. You can get it on Sephora UK for £20”
- “I think I may have to start using this again. Go back to your mascaras, people, because sometimes they just need a little bit of time to warm up”▶ 5:46
- “It's actually really nice. I think I was wrong”▶ 5:58
Essence$5.99Silky Blur Hydrating Longwear Concealershade · 160- “Every single person on planet Earth loves this concealer, but for some reason it won't work on my under eyes”▶ 6:12
- “Genuinely gave me great coverage. Actually was really really blurring under the eyes, but over the course of a day, I just felt like it dried out my under eyes”▶ 7:13
- “No, it's too heavy. Oh, no. My eyes have literally aged about 20 years. No, it's too creasy”▶ 7:47
- “This just makes my under eyes look pretty old”▶ 7:13
- “If you have very smooth, oily under eyes, I think you might like this. For my dry, wrinkly under eyes, it's no good”▶ 8:50
- “I've tried again. Okay, I might try again with it even, but um at the moment, it's a no”▶ 9:01
Natasha Denona$52.00HY-GLAM Foundationshade · N6- “I found that it settled into lines. I found that it wasn't blurring at all. It kind of emphasized my pores, bit of texture”▶ 9:38
- “It blends out really easily. I'd say it has a good medium buildable coverage”▶ 10:32
- “I remember it being one of the most longlasting foundations ever and that was great”▶ 10:50
- “I don't think that this is a foundation for people with oily skin”▶ 11:05
- “It feels extremely hydrating. It looks like I've got very healthy, juicy, dewy, luminous skin”▶ 11:14
- “it enhances my pores quite significantly. There's no blurring there, just pore emphasis”▶ 11:32
- “it does look a little makeupy. It does look a little on the heavy side”▶ 11:40
- “I feel the exact same way as I felt previously. And for the price, I mean, how much was this again? €56. It's fine, but it should be more than fine”▶ 11:46
Saie$32.00SuperSuede Radiant Baked Bronzershade · Amalfi- “I definitely didn't hate this, but I didn't love it either”▶ 12:13
- “I was disappointed because I loved the blush version of this. I didn't have the same experience with this product”▶ 12:20
- “I felt like there were better powder bronzers out there”▶ 12:37
- “I think I was just so excited to try this and in the end it was forgettable. It was just really forgettable”▶ 13:24
- “It's very subtle though. I'll give it that. And I think if you don't like to wear a lot of bronzer, if you just want something quite natural, this is nice”▶ 13:34
- “There's nothing wrong with it, but there's nothing special about it either. And that's that's it. It's just fine”
Westman Atelier$48.00Baby Cheeks Lip + Cheek Cream Blush Stickshade · Petal- “I was really underwhelmed with it. I thought it was nice, but for the price and the hype over this blush, I thought it was going to be the best blush I've ever tried in my whole life”▶ 14:23
- “The minis, I mean €26, I think it was, or €28 for this mini, and the full size is 56. I think in the mini you get 2.5 gram. That is no, that's not allowed at all”▶ 14:41
- “It's a lovely blush. It's creamy, it's easy to apply, but I find that I have to spend quite a bit of time kind of building up the coverage”▶ 15:32
- “I think I just prefer more pigmented blushes”▶ 15:44
- “I think that the blush is a bit of a success. I think I was harsh on it to begin with”▶ 16:18
- “I didn't hate this powder. I just didn't love it”▶ 17:09
- “All the marketing that went into this, I thought it was going to be like a real life filter for my face”▶ 17:14
- “I think I just have better powders out there if I'm completely honest with you. So, I never reach for this”▶ 17:23
- “I found it was a bit light for my face even though it's translucent. And I was a little bit worried that other people with darker skin tones would find this problematic”▶ 17:40
- “I don't think it's bad. I never thought that it was bad. Um, again, I just didn't love it”▶ 18:24
- “I think on an occasion when you have a lot of parasites, you got a lot of shine on your face, then this is a a good powder”▶ 18:33
- “The packaging alone is a fail. Okay. The packaging makes the powder a fail”▶ 20:02
Fenty Beauty$26.00Gloss Bomb Stix High-Shine Gloss Stickshade · Is It Fussy- “I think I just picked the wrong shade. And I don't like the smell of it”▶ 21:05
- “It smells chemically and I don't like it”▶ 21:20
- “But my lips look really good though. This is a very hydrating feeling lip product. It doesn't feel like a gloss. It feels like a hybrid between a lip oil balm and a lipstick”▶ 21:24
- “I actually really like the feeling of the formula. The smell I find does hang around and every time I've worn this I've been like hate that smell so much”▶ 21:34
- “Don't like the smell and the shade. So that's my problem”▶ 21:17
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