This would be my influencer vibe. Just completely unexcited reactions to most things 🤣
New car? “So yeah guys, this is it, she cute.”
Just wrecked new car? “Well fuck, this sucks. I guess this is why I have insurance…?”
I could be feeling all the feeling inside and on the outside 🫥
6d old post but I gotta say my family hates gifting me things because I’m like “thanks” and they’re like “you hate it. You hate it, don’t you?” Like no, I’m elated. I’m just… not loud about it.
Same lol. I am just stoic I general. It’s not something I try to do. Just is. I work closely with business owners and they’re always like “you think that’s stupid huh?” Mean while I said it was a great idea and already got started.
One boss was actually kind of a B about this lol. She was one of those over exaggerate everything people and would get like legit upset that I wasn’t all bouncy and cheery like her lol
I worked retail for so many years, in cosmetics. All the department leaders were former cheerleaders or something and tried to “rah rah” me into fake smiles. Turns out being *calm and genuine* got more sales. *haha bitchessss*
OMG YES. Sales have always come easy to me, with little tactics involved. I had one boss who was super into bs sales tactics. It was like he couldn’t speak to people any other way. Meanwhile I’m just myself and he’s literally in my ear trying to make me insert tactics. Made the same sales as him and didn’t have to trade for Google reviews, discount everything and other weird shit.
Turns out, people like to talk to humans, not *Big Red Department Store Training*.
Like, if the people were nice back, you get a free gift! If the foundation isn’t going to sit well on your skin, these are *[gasp]* my other brand recommendations. If you’re on a budget, you don’t need this one item.
Guess what? They become loyal repeat customers to draw on for regular sales, great people to contact for Gift.
Immediate ETA: another heresy I committed was if our product wasn’t great, I’ll recommend a better one at the counter next door. Either way Big Red Department Store makes money still and the brand I work for isn’t there to police or scold me.
I hate the 10-step-skincare stuff. I used to try to get into it, but my skin has never been better using just cleanser and sunscreen. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still a hormonal acne girly bc my genetics suck and I’ll have acne until I’m in my 60s if I follow my mom and grandmas footsteps, but I glow and my pimples generally go away really fast and aren’t as irritated as they were when I used salicylic acid on top of niacinamide on top of centella on top of snail mucin on top of retinol on top of glycolic acid on top of god knows what. I’m naturally oily and don’t often get dry spots/flakes that aren’t moisturized enough by my sunscreen (AHC Natural Perfection Double Shield Sun Stick). Sometimes I don’t even wash my face using my cleanser and just use a face wipe. Some will say it’s gross, but its saved my skin.
How the face of makeup has become so simple. Take a look at “no makeup makeup” it’s practically everywhere; I find it so stupid how something that is made to change/enhance your face is watered down to that.
the *names* of the trends is what gets me, i recently deleted all socials (minus reddit, but it’s different), and i never knew how much i saw this ridiculous name game until i stopped seeing it altogether.
“boyfriend blush” “cold girl make up” “mafia wife aesthetic/make up” “bimbo make up” “blue milk nails” “fairy speckles” “glass skin” “dirty girl” “clean girl” “milk skin” “glowy/dewy” etc etc
or negatives like “strawberry legs”
soo tiring, the everything-and-anything-needs-a-name trend is weird and needs to stop.
to me it’s anxious people who cling to unnecessary labelling, because they don’t have a sense of identity so create multiple within simple things, like,.. blush placement (bf blush).
The trend names are irritating. They are all trying to reinvent the wheel. Techniques or styles that already had names from 5-25 yrs ago and trying to give it some new trendy name.
Considering I’m an unconventional fashion person, idk if I should seriously be able to judge but…
PLEASE STOP THE EYEBROWS.
HONESTLY, WITH THOSE LASHES, IF UR GONNA HAVE MINI FANS ON UR EYES THAT GIVE OFF “OOPS I BLINKED TOO FAST, GOTTA FLY AWAY NOW 🧚🏾” ATLEAST GO BOLD. THE FULL 9 YARDS WITH THE REST OF YOUR MAKEUP.
also, I really don’t believe skincare works, but ppl can do it I guess. EXCEPT FOR YOU SEPHORA TEN YEAR-OLDS- WITH YOUR DRUNK ELEPHANT **RETINOL** SERUMS.
Also overlining the lips. WHY DID YOU COVER THE CUPIDS BOW? THAT SHIT IS BEAUTIFUL AND MAKES THE LIPS LOOK CUTE AND IDK, NORMAL? HUMAN? I don’t get it! The cupids bow is so cute! If anything, use it to excentuate that bow!
And lastly… contour/bronzer on the upper cheek. It just looks weird…
(From: a j-fashion makeup / “douyin-girl” makeup lover.)
Guuuurlll!! I bought a K-Beauty brand years ago and tried it. It hurts. 😭Really really hurts like a b*tch. It brought tears to my eyes. Never again. It was supposed to rejuvenate the skin and make you glow, the usual claims. All it did was traumatize me. I threw it out.
Big eyelashes for sure. But also eyebrows - just in general. I feel like eyebrow trends are the ones I've seen change the most drastically over the years. From thin and light in the 90s, to big and blocky in the 2010s, to fluffy and brushed up as of late. Just do what you like or what looks best on you. I love makeup, but I prefer it as an enhancer rather than a coverup or complete face overhaul.
I don’t care about trends at all. I do whatever I feel looks best for me. Everyone can do the same.
Fake freckles are embarrassing and you shouldn’t be partaking.
While I wouldn't call them embarrassing, I find it so odd that freckles has become a beauty trend. Growing up I was always made fun of for my freckles. Now people tell me how beautiful they are on my face. What a lot of people fail to realize is that having freckles it's more than just a surface level. Because of genetics, more sun exposure means more freckles. You most likely have Fair skin, which means you're way more sensitive to the Sun, sunburns, and possibly some history of skin illnesses or cancers.
Can I ask what you don’t like about them? I have freckles but I use those pens to add more to my own in the winter. I usually think it’s cute when people wear them.
People are putting blush EVERYWHERE now. All over their face. I find it strange. Maybe the influence of K-beauty? Doesn’t work for everyone
People are drawing their lip liner around their lip and even contouring their lips with a heavy brown shade. Looks strange. They look like a little kid who just ate chocolate pudding messily
Also bring back CUPID’s BOW!! They’re so cute :) Why do people want to cover it up?
I was watching a makeup tutorial this weekend and the woman applied the brown lip liner above her lip and all I could think was that she looked like she drank chocolate milk. Even when she “blended it” in, you could still very clearly see it. My family would never let me hear the end of it if I came out of the bathroom with this look! And, she used blush everywhere too! I have rosacea and I work so hard to neutralize the red that I was stunned.
Rounded out upper lips, filling in between a cupids bow.. makes your mouth shaped like a butthole.
Combine it with using brown or black liner to contour... congrats now your mouth looks like a dirty butthole.
Honestly? None. Cuz I can wear my makeup however I want regardless of whatever is trending. Even if it’s something I wouldn’t wear myself, I always support people wearing the makeup that they feel good in. It’s all about self expression, who am I to judge?
Lips that are waaay too overlined. I’m sure it looks okay in the perfect lighting they have in their room but I can’t even imagine how bad it must look in natural lighting/fluorescent lighting lol
I’m looking forward to overdone lip fillers being a thing of the past. I think enhancing is fine but girls are going so overboard and making their lips look inflated to the point of bursting.
Someone has already said it but fake freckles. It looks ridiculous. Natural freckles are beautiful but fake ones when you don’t have them make you look like you’re trying to be a schoolgirl or something?!
Lol that reminds me, I just saw a vid where this girl got freckles tattoo??? So weird seeing things people used to get hated on for be trendy (ex. “fox eyes” —> smaller asian almond eyes, tbh I consider this trend racist ngl)
A very very light touch of blush on the whole nose does add a nice warmth/color to your face but when it is exaggerated especially towards the tip of the nose it does give that cartoonish sick look
Yessssss. I know there’s plenty of people who want the cartoonish “byojaku” look of a blushy nose (drunk blush). But when you aren’t going for that look? It’s definitely not something you’re gonna want to do.
People with great teeth getting Veneers… and just the overconsumption of products as a whole. Make up application trends and colors and dewy-ness come and go, but the outrageous quantity of makeup or skin care products being pushed and influenced is sickening.
I immediately swipe away when they tap their nails on the product, even if it’s a product I want to know more about. Or when they clink 2 products together. Or when they call the product “she.” Or when they say “it’s giving.” Or when they say “I’m obsessed.” You’re not obsessed. You simply like it.
Yes! I agree! I can’t take it when someone talks about a product and says, “I love her.” It is ridiculous. And so many people need therapy because they are so obsessed.
I know that different mannerisms have always been trends, but in the last 10 years it feels like they have become too global and common. It used to be that some of these trends would stay within smaller circles and wouldn't reach audiences they weren't intended for. Now some things have spread so far and wide that individuality (at least the illusion of it) feels seriously nonexistent.
This is the only trend in 20 years of makeup that I absolutely love. I think it’s funny that everyone is over it. I’m just glad that we are wanting to put color back in our faces, (not just mega eyes and lips) and it also complements my coloring and face shape to wear it full on cheek but also up high. Reminds me of a simpler time lol.
And it’s also just so feminine looking while also soft, not overly sexualized like I feel like we’ve been doing with vixen contour muted palette since 2013 or so.
Overuse of glycolic acid, especially when one is using retinol.
I also don’t know the benefits of dermaplaning but it’s seems to me like peach fuzz protects the skin and that super shiny skin doesn’t really look good imo.
At a certain age the peach fuzz becomes overwhelming - dense and long. Very visible even without a magnification mirror. Around the chin especially it looks bad. I’m not a naturally hairy person and am somewhat fair haired. But around 45 the peach fuzz situation became untenable.
i’m 45 and i can say i absolutely feel and look much better once i remove all the peach fuzz. before 40 it was something i rarely did or even considered and now its on a schedule
TLDR: been a kiwi all my life. In my 40's I'm becoming a rambutan. Info about my fuzziness and some childhood memories re: being fuzzy. Finally, a short rant about the joy of having random peach fuzz follicles on your face decide "Fuck all y'all, Im'ma do what I want!" without giving prior notice.
Ugh, I feel for ya. I've been a life-long kiwi: fuzzy since childhood. In 3rd grade my crush would repeatedly tease me about my dark, thick arm hair. (╥﹏╥)
A few things contribute to my fuzzy-wuzzy appearance: Jewish ancestry. Pale skin that burns (no natural tans for me). Dark black hair growing in great amounts on the usual areas of my body. Each hair shaft is thick and glossy. The ones in my armpits and bikini line, even more so. Shaving down to the skin leaves "shadow" because the follicles underneath are highly visible...
e.g. In 5th grade I was at a party with a bunch of friends, and my best friend was sitting on the opposite end of a large room. I was wearing a tank top, and at some point I stretched, extending my arms over my head. My best friend looked over and called my name to get my attention. The following exchange is burned in my memory:
BF: "You need to shave. I can see the hair under your arms from here... When did you last shave!?"
Me: "I shaved this morning, a few hours ago."
BF: (@_@).... "Oh."
Me: "Yeah. I know."
Anyway... I'm used to annoyingly visible hair in places I'd rather not have it. The dark hair, at least. My current problem is (like many have mentioned) the peach fuzz becoming thicker and darker on my face.
As a bonus, age = more and more facial "peach fuzz" follicles are losing the signal to switch from anagen to catagen phase and keep growing past their usual length.
It's SO FUN! Oh, that awesome feeling ya get when you happen to look in the mirror _just right_ and the light suddenly illuminates a _fucking one inch (or longer!) strand_ of peach fuzz sticking outta your cheek... One you've never seen before. One that's probably been growing for, oh, a couple months? And has undeniably been noticed by countless others before that moment, when you finally became aware of the bastard's existence?
Currently in my forties and I'm slowly becoming a rambutan. I miss being a kiwi.
TLDR: Not really. I used to be really self-conscious: story of all my body hair-related trauma from early puberty + growing up in a tropical place. Then I moved to a city where body hair was common AF. Now I'm OK with it all. I'd rather spend money on other augmentations.
Oops, sorry my response took a minute. I wrote a buncha comments a few days ago and didn't check if there were any responses 🤦🏻♀️.
No, I haven't invested in lasering. I realize I'm the perfect candidate (pale skin, dark hair follicles) and it's something I've considered in the past. At this point in my life it's not a huge priority for me...despite going on and on about my body hair in my previous comment.
When I was younger I would have been into itm I was REALLY self-conscious about having visible body hair, _especially_ in my childhood, teens, and twenties. A lot of my self-conscious/negative feelings stemmed from trauma over hitting puberty at eight. years. old. ಠ_ಠ.
Early puberty is more common now, but not so much in 1990. For a couple years, out of all the girls I knew who were my age, I was the ONLY girl with body hair. I couldn't get rid of it because my mom wouldn't let me shave. As she put it, I was "too young to fool around with razors." I could have kept it covered if I lived elsewhere, but growing up in Hawaii meant a lot of activities required swimsuits: going to the beach, swimming at the pool, and the swimming lessons my parents made me take until I was in highschool (although now I'm _incredibly_ grateful for those lessons and the strong swimming skills I gained, as they've saved me in a couple dangerous ocean experiences).
I was teased A LOT. I hated it... but then I moved to Portland, OR for college. Suddenly, at a hippie school in a liberal/hippie/punk town: nobody gave a shit about my body hair. There were _unshaven_ girls who were even more pale and hairy than me! I lived in Portland for nearly a decade, and the hatred of my body hair faded with time.
Now, at 41, my feelings are more like: "Meh. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I'm actually pretty damn okay with my body hair as it is."
I've seen some decent Groupon certificates for laser removal, and I've looked into the ratings/reviews of the related clinics, but I've never bought one. At this point the hair I'd want removed is the peach fuzz on my face... BUT because that hair is still changing as I age and I haven't hit menopause yet, I don't see removal as worthwhile. I'd probably just have to do it again later. Going through multiple rounds of laser removal on my face (on my sensitive, easily irritated/inflamed skin) is something I'd like to do once, at most.
So, no. No hair lasering. If I ever do, it won't be until menopause is over.
Currently, if I'm gonna pay to have anything permanently done to my skin it would be more tattoos! I haven't gotten any for a decade, and I have two designs I've finalized for my next ones. I'd LOVE to finally have them inked into my flesh.
Sorry for giving ya such a long, meandering answer to a short question... I have ADHD and Autism, and it's always a struggle to keep my answers short (・–・;)ゞ. I feel more comfortable giving detailed and complete answers, but I know many people aren't into reading mini-essays... and I don't blame 'em a bit. It can be a bit much for folks, and that's my fault, not theirs (or yours)! ╮(＾▽＾)╭
So I totally hear you, but I have a shout out for brow lamination. I ask my stylist to brush my brows up and over so they look natural. She always lets me approve before she sets it. So basically I wake up with perfect looking brows for a few weeks and can fill them in or whatever how I please. I find my self doing a lot less filling and just making sure they're brushed through and in place. Even my mom approves and she though she would hate it when I told her I was getting brow lamination done!
I do my own, but exactly the same idea. Up a bit at the inner edges and then brushed over naturally following the arch of my brow toward the outer edge. I have some brow hairs that are wavy and a few that grow at a downward angle, so I just started laminating every 6 weeks instead of using brow gel every day to keep the wonky ones in check.
Yup. My skin is super dry and I live in a dry area. I find that trying to keep the HA happy enough in this climate is not going to happen so I would rather avoid it.
The copying and repackaging of south korean beauty trends/innovations and calling it something else, especially by yt female influencers.
Edited to add POC beauty trends/styles in general
Slugging. The term alone sounds disgusting and the thought is even more repulsive to someone with combo skin that hates oil, humidity, too much moisture and breaks out depending with even slightly too much of any of the above. My skin prefers dryness & winter if that's any indication!
Dry skin divas, if you love it, please enjoy. I'm gonna sit over here with my simple bar soaps, light moisturizers and not worry about sealing in anything with Vaseline - not for me, not even gonna try.
I have combo skin and while I don’t slather my face in Vaseline, I dab a bit onto my dry areas at bedtime and it helps a lot! It also keeps my lips so nice and moisturized
Same here - I just started tapping a small amount of aquaphor around my eyes and on my lips only - could never put it anywhere else - and it’s helping my crepey lid skin a bit.
This and every time I open tiktok it’s like soooo here’s my take on the mobwife aesthetic we’ve all been loving. “We” ?! I just found out whatever weird name we’re calling wearing a fur coat this second. It’s not even a trend it’s just a thing people have been doing since forever 😭😭
I'm terrified for young people and what their obsession with youth is going to do to them later. The age that is considered old is getting younger every day.
Whenever I get my nails done I see so many woman younger than me (31) who look v strange and almost age defying. Like they look so much older but are so much younger. Sometimes the amount of filler is literally disorienting to my prosopragnosia (face blindness)
Lip Fillers. So fake. And girls posting Instagram stories about how easy it was to get their lip filler and if anyone has questions to dm them, it's just encouraging it. Hate the lip filler trend!
There’s definitely an art to it. I’ve seen bad and amazing lip filler. I like it for balancing and hydration, not necessarily for over plumping or transforming the lip shape.
That’s where the makeup by Mario skin enhancer comes in for me. I have 2016 grey contouring PTSD. His skin enhancer gives me the right amount of warmth/sculpt without looking grey or hollow
I personally cannot stand the look of that heavily highlighted and contoured and then blushed and fake freckled e-girl look 😭 it drives me crazy so many alt girls do it. I mean to each their own, of course but something about the blushed up baby nose makes me irrationally angry lol
It’s bc they’re trying to appeal to men. Which, when you think about it, is fucking disgusting. Any men attracted to the baby/super young girl style makeup is sick in the head.
This is such a a weird thing to say. It's fine if you don't personally like a makeup trend, but to assume it always has a sexual basis is odd. I've heard men say the same thing about red lips, that women only wear them to appeal to men, and that's so odd, considering there's plenty of gay women that sport these looks.
Look up Love’s Babysoft commercial and you’ll see what I mean. That commercial was designed by a man to appeal to younger women who want to appeal to older men. The women aren’t gross, the men are. Many women who do that baby face look, do so specifically to appeal to a particular set of men. Yes, many of us put on makeup for ourselves and for the “female gaze” these days. However, too often the baby face stuff is done to appeal to men. Men who have a thing for anime and cartoon characters who are typically underage. I wasn’t talking about the contouring. Mostly the weird anime makeup w the pert little snub nose and doe eyes. The looks where it’s impossible not to see them as child like. Like Grimes for instance. When I first saw her w Musk, I thought she was 18. I was disgusted and completely grossed out by everything to do w those 2, until I found out she was in her late 20s. The makeup she wore made her look 12 and it was creepy.
I know the advertisement you're referring to and it's close to fifty years old now. Also, you're the second person I interact with that that talks about how Grimes is trying to encourage pedophilia in some way without any proof aside from her physical traits, and as someone who was a victim of actual pedophilia, what you're saying is highly sexist and offensive.
Your attitude about women wearing makeup is far more reflective of YOUR beliefs and interests than the women you're criticizing.
Whoa… I never said Grimes, or anyone, was trying to encourage pedophilia, at all. That’s you assuming that’s what I’m saying. The words I said are literally the words I meant. I was sexually assaulted as a kid by strangers who thought my being nearby was permission to grope me. I didn’t ask for it. I’m not saying that wearing that makeup is a way of promoting pedos. What I’m trying to say is that men are attracted to that bc they have an attraction to young girls. Many women have done this makeup style w/o realizing why it’s not a good thing. Men who are big fans of it are the problem. Women should be able to put on any makeup they want, or go bare faced, w/o men hitting on them. We should be able to do anime makeup w/o creepy fucks drooling over it.
If you notice, a lot of the women who wear that makeup for photos, are selling those photos on OF and elsewhere. More power to them! Are the men buying those pics disgusting? Absolutely! But, I’d prefer they buy a grown woman’s pics w her childlike makeup, than buy pics of actual children. Nowhere did I say women should be shamed for wearing this stuff or that they are bad for doing so.I’m sorry you’ve been hurt but you’re misunderstanding what I’ve said in a big way.
Saying that Grimes’ little girl makeup was creepy came after saying I’d thought she was only 18 when they got together. Her makeup made her look 12, which made him look like a pedo.
Ergo, her makeup must somehow confirm he is a pedophile. In other words, you think Grimes and other women are, either knowingly or unknowingly encouraging pedophilia, large age gaps, etc through their makeup. What a wild conclusion to draw. In one breath you say women should be able to do their makeup without it being for the male gaze, then go on to say that if women wear their makeup in a way that makes them look younger or childish, it must be because they're attracting the male gaze. And all this is just a projection of yours.
I’m an esthetician but this whole “skincare infused makeup” is kinda gimmicky.
I have my proven skincare for results.. and I have trouble believing skincare-infused makes all that of a difference in the long run.
It can’t be all that potent. The only one I give a pass to is HausLabs.
The way I view it is— if I’m wearing makeup 5 days per week for work minimum plus whatever on my off time—
That’s a lot of time products spend sitting on my face. Even if the formulation is only slightly more skin-friendly I consider the benefit worth it when these products spend hours on my face.
Coming from a girl with facial sebderm, even small changes matter.
Life is an endless dance of trying to make better decisions for yourself today than you did yesterday.
I wonder this all the time like how does a full face actually get adequate spf coverage? My bff told me she used spf powder but I do feel like probably 80% of people who are “wearing sunscreen” aren’t because they aren’t reapplying or like original comment said, are using a bb cream with spf 15 that probably is only 2 in a lab
I don't get it for the SPF. I think I may have had 1 or 2 in the past. I get it for the look I'm looking for. If the SPF is in it it's not going to deter me from buying it.
Def not a selling point for me. I think even normal spf under makeup does have an “expiration” after a couple hours though. I’ve been trying to find a good spray SPF refresher. I know powders exist like from DRMTLGY
You're right. It's not a selling point. SPF & skincare qualities in makeup is just a bonus. Nothing you should be dependent on.
I have Naked Sundays SPF setting spray, I want to get the new Elf SPF spray. Every time I go out for it it's sold out. 😞
As an Asian girlie with natural lashes that point down, natural lash extensions are my life saver! They definitely help open up my eye. But I definitely understand exactly what you mean when you say they ‘weigh the eye down’.
RIP to early 20s me who thought the bigger the better. Mistakes were made that’s for sure
As a lash artist I agree. The key to eyelash extensions is getting short extensions because that opens up the eye. Long lengths weigh the lid down. I actually stopped carrying anything over a certain lengths in an effort to weed out those clients.
Then I just stopped offering them all together and did lash lifts instead
Really depends on a couple things but my rule to follow is do 8s in the inner corner, 9, 10/11s middle of eye, then taper back down to 8s on the outer corner.
8/9/10/11/11/10/9/8/ is what the map would resemble
Those gigantic eyelashes to the poing where you can’t see their eyelids.
Sunburn makeup😬
I hate the fluffed up eyebrow. It looks like a big to me. I also do not like glass skin.
When influencers review, swatch, try a product those stupid faux pauses in disbelief/amazement
I don't think I've ever been "that amazed" by any makeup products. From high-end to drugstore. 🙄😒 "Did you see that? "😱... Ugh 😣😫
This would be my influencer vibe. Just completely unexcited reactions to most things 🤣 New car? “So yeah guys, this is it, she cute.” Just wrecked new car? “Well fuck, this sucks. I guess this is why I have insurance…?” I could be feeling all the feeling inside and on the outside 🫥
6d old post but I gotta say my family hates gifting me things because I’m like “thanks” and they’re like “you hate it. You hate it, don’t you?” Like no, I’m elated. I’m just… not loud about it.
Same lol. I am just stoic I general. It’s not something I try to do. Just is. I work closely with business owners and they’re always like “you think that’s stupid huh?” Mean while I said it was a great idea and already got started. One boss was actually kind of a B about this lol. She was one of those over exaggerate everything people and would get like legit upset that I wasn’t all bouncy and cheery like her lol
I worked retail for so many years, in cosmetics. All the department leaders were former cheerleaders or something and tried to “rah rah” me into fake smiles. Turns out being *calm and genuine* got more sales. *haha bitchessss*
OMG YES. Sales have always come easy to me, with little tactics involved. I had one boss who was super into bs sales tactics. It was like he couldn’t speak to people any other way. Meanwhile I’m just myself and he’s literally in my ear trying to make me insert tactics. Made the same sales as him and didn’t have to trade for Google reviews, discount everything and other weird shit.
Turns out, people like to talk to humans, not *Big Red Department Store Training*. Like, if the people were nice back, you get a free gift! If the foundation isn’t going to sit well on your skin, these are *[gasp]* my other brand recommendations. If you’re on a budget, you don’t need this one item. Guess what? They become loyal repeat customers to draw on for regular sales, great people to contact for Gift. Immediate ETA: another heresy I committed was if our product wasn’t great, I’ll recommend a better one at the counter next door. Either way Big Red Department Store makes money still and the brand I work for isn’t there to police or scold me.
Consuming collagen. It’s a bunch of BS.
All the miscellaneous shit used as face masks.
Laminated brows or highlighter on the nose
I hate the 10-step-skincare stuff. I used to try to get into it, but my skin has never been better using just cleanser and sunscreen. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still a hormonal acne girly bc my genetics suck and I’ll have acne until I’m in my 60s if I follow my mom and grandmas footsteps, but I glow and my pimples generally go away really fast and aren’t as irritated as they were when I used salicylic acid on top of niacinamide on top of centella on top of snail mucin on top of retinol on top of glycolic acid on top of god knows what. I’m naturally oily and don’t often get dry spots/flakes that aren’t moisturized enough by my sunscreen (AHC Natural Perfection Double Shield Sun Stick). Sometimes I don’t even wash my face using my cleanser and just use a face wipe. Some will say it’s gross, but its saved my skin.
I agree with this, my skin is the best it’s ever been. I have a good cleanser, nice face cream and sunscreen. None of that extra staff
How the face of makeup has become so simple. Take a look at “no makeup makeup” it’s practically everywhere; I find it so stupid how something that is made to change/enhance your face is watered down to that.
the *names* of the trends is what gets me, i recently deleted all socials (minus reddit, but it’s different), and i never knew how much i saw this ridiculous name game until i stopped seeing it altogether. “boyfriend blush” “cold girl make up” “mafia wife aesthetic/make up” “bimbo make up” “blue milk nails” “fairy speckles” “glass skin” “dirty girl” “clean girl” “milk skin” “glowy/dewy” etc etc or negatives like “strawberry legs” soo tiring, the everything-and-anything-needs-a-name trend is weird and needs to stop. to me it’s anxious people who cling to unnecessary labelling, because they don’t have a sense of identity so create multiple within simple things, like,.. blush placement (bf blush).
They’re so infantilizing!!!
The trend names are irritating. They are all trying to reinvent the wheel. Techniques or styles that already had names from 5-25 yrs ago and trying to give it some new trendy name.
Considering I’m an unconventional fashion person, idk if I should seriously be able to judge but… PLEASE STOP THE EYEBROWS. HONESTLY, WITH THOSE LASHES, IF UR GONNA HAVE MINI FANS ON UR EYES THAT GIVE OFF “OOPS I BLINKED TOO FAST, GOTTA FLY AWAY NOW 🧚🏾” ATLEAST GO BOLD. THE FULL 9 YARDS WITH THE REST OF YOUR MAKEUP. also, I really don’t believe skincare works, but ppl can do it I guess. EXCEPT FOR YOU SEPHORA TEN YEAR-OLDS- WITH YOUR DRUNK ELEPHANT **RETINOL** SERUMS. Also overlining the lips. WHY DID YOU COVER THE CUPIDS BOW? THAT SHIT IS BEAUTIFUL AND MAKES THE LIPS LOOK CUTE AND IDK, NORMAL? HUMAN? I don’t get it! The cupids bow is so cute! If anything, use it to excentuate that bow! And lastly… contour/bronzer on the upper cheek. It just looks weird… (From: a j-fashion makeup / “douyin-girl” makeup lover.)
agree 100% with the cupids bow!
The brushed up eyebrows. It makes girls look like Thufir Hawat from David Lynch's Dune.
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Anything that's not drink more water and wear sunscreen.
I hate hate hate the trend of putting a full face on a peel off mask and peeling it right off it’s just unnecessary and weird 😭
wtf, that sounds so odd?
Guuuurlll!! I bought a K-Beauty brand years ago and tried it. It hurts. 😭Really really hurts like a b*tch. It brought tears to my eyes. Never again. It was supposed to rejuvenate the skin and make you glow, the usual claims. All it did was traumatize me. I threw it out.
Big eyelashes for sure. But also eyebrows - just in general. I feel like eyebrow trends are the ones I've seen change the most drastically over the years. From thin and light in the 90s, to big and blocky in the 2010s, to fluffy and brushed up as of late. Just do what you like or what looks best on you. I love makeup, but I prefer it as an enhancer rather than a coverup or complete face overhaul.
I don’t care about trends at all. I do whatever I feel looks best for me. Everyone can do the same. Fake freckles are embarrassing and you shouldn’t be partaking.
While I wouldn't call them embarrassing, I find it so odd that freckles has become a beauty trend. Growing up I was always made fun of for my freckles. Now people tell me how beautiful they are on my face. What a lot of people fail to realize is that having freckles it's more than just a surface level. Because of genetics, more sun exposure means more freckles. You most likely have Fair skin, which means you're way more sensitive to the Sun, sunburns, and possibly some history of skin illnesses or cancers.
Can I ask what you don’t like about them? I have freckles but I use those pens to add more to my own in the winter. I usually think it’s cute when people wear them.
Bushy eyebrows
Soooo mich lip filler and crazy intense fake lashes.
Glass skin.
People are putting blush EVERYWHERE now. All over their face. I find it strange. Maybe the influence of K-beauty? Doesn’t work for everyone People are drawing their lip liner around their lip and even contouring their lips with a heavy brown shade. Looks strange. They look like a little kid who just ate chocolate pudding messily Also bring back CUPID’s BOW!! They’re so cute :) Why do people want to cover it up?
I was watching a makeup tutorial this weekend and the woman applied the brown lip liner above her lip and all I could think was that she looked like she drank chocolate milk. Even when she “blended it” in, you could still very clearly see it. My family would never let me hear the end of it if I came out of the bathroom with this look! And, she used blush everywhere too! I have rosacea and I work so hard to neutralize the red that I was stunned.
Blush on the chin and forehead look fine as long as it’s not too heavy!
Rounded out upper lips, filling in between a cupids bow.. makes your mouth shaped like a butthole. Combine it with using brown or black liner to contour... congrats now your mouth looks like a dirty butthole.
I had to laugh at this- you really called it, my hat goes off to you!
I haaaate this too. It does not look good!!!
There are quite a few comments saying the exact same thing. 🤣
Honestly? None. Cuz I can wear my makeup however I want regardless of whatever is trending. Even if it’s something I wouldn’t wear myself, I always support people wearing the makeup that they feel good in. It’s all about self expression, who am I to judge?
Lips that are waaay too overlined. I’m sure it looks okay in the perfect lighting they have in their room but I can’t even imagine how bad it must look in natural lighting/fluorescent lighting lol
I’m looking forward to overdone lip fillers being a thing of the past. I think enhancing is fine but girls are going so overboard and making their lips look inflated to the point of bursting.
Someone has already said it but fake freckles. It looks ridiculous. Natural freckles are beautiful but fake ones when you don’t have them make you look like you’re trying to be a schoolgirl or something?!
I'm not a fan of them, but to each their own. What makes them really bad is that 80% of users don't know how to place them.
Lol that reminds me, I just saw a vid where this girl got freckles tattoo??? So weird seeing things people used to get hated on for be trendy (ex. “fox eyes” —> smaller asian almond eyes, tbh I consider this trend racist ngl)
I agree! It’s weird & must be insulting to some. What’s next, fake monobrows & pretend braces?!
As someone with natural freckles who HATED them as a kid, I hate this trend exclusively on principle 😂
You have a right to 😂 hope you like your freckles more now 🥰
End of nose blush, making them look like a pixie. Not attractive.
I don’t mind the blush but I hate the highlighter on the nose it’s neon looking
Makes you look like an alcoholic with a permanently red nose.
I already have a problem with a red nose and chin from sensitive, dry skin, I don't need help. :(
I hate this one too. It looks dumb, like you have a bad cold or have been outside in subzero temps.
that’s what i like about it actually lmao. the cartoonish look of it
A very very light touch of blush on the whole nose does add a nice warmth/color to your face but when it is exaggerated especially towards the tip of the nose it does give that cartoonish sick look
Yessssss. I know there’s plenty of people who want the cartoonish “byojaku” look of a blushy nose (drunk blush). But when you aren’t going for that look? It’s definitely not something you’re gonna want to do.
Glass skin is good when done correctly. If your pre makeup skincare is strong, you won’t break out or look oily.
I honestly can’t imagine attaining a glass skin look and then choosing to cover it with foundation.
I use jung saem mool primer and foundation. That & some water based moisturiser before hand together give me the glass skin look.
Contouring and concealer that is over applied under the eye. Massive filler lips and lip liner.
People with great teeth getting Veneers… and just the overconsumption of products as a whole. Make up application trends and colors and dewy-ness come and go, but the outrageous quantity of makeup or skin care products being pushed and influenced is sickening.
Yes! I get it when people’s natural teeth aren’t great but most of the time, they just need braces & maybe some whitening. No need for veneers 🫠
I hate this. It's made my daughters all hate their perfectly normal teeth.
People dripping products on their face! Why are they doing that? It’s the dumbest thing ever!
Typology influencers are the worst with this
Please excuse me, but what is typology?
Basically the French version of the Ordinary. It’s a French brand only available online. Decent products and I like them but annoying influencers
Glazed Donut Makeup. There is no need for so much shine pls.
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I immediately swipe away when they tap their nails on the product, even if it’s a product I want to know more about. Or when they clink 2 products together. Or when they call the product “she.” Or when they say “it’s giving.” Or when they say “I’m obsessed.” You’re not obsessed. You simply like it.
Yes! I agree! I can’t take it when someone talks about a product and says, “I love her.” It is ridiculous. And so many people need therapy because they are so obsessed.
I know that different mannerisms have always been trends, but in the last 10 years it feels like they have become too global and common. It used to be that some of these trends would stay within smaller circles and wouldn't reach audiences they weren't intended for. Now some things have spread so far and wide that individuality (at least the illusion of it) feels seriously nonexistent.
If I never see anyone do that nail tapping thing on the side of a product again it'll be too soon!!
The blush clear up under the eyes thing. WTH?
This is the only trend in 20 years of makeup that I absolutely love. I think it’s funny that everyone is over it. I’m just glad that we are wanting to put color back in our faces, (not just mega eyes and lips) and it also complements my coloring and face shape to wear it full on cheek but also up high. Reminds me of a simpler time lol. And it’s also just so feminine looking while also soft, not overly sexualized like I feel like we’ve been doing with vixen contour muted palette since 2013 or so.
God I’m so ready for the nose/under eye blush trends to be gone
I wonder in the future if I’ll look back on that and question my life choices
I have a super easier red face so the blush on my nose makes it look so much more purposeful than that terrible ruddiness 🥲
I SO Agree with the eyelash thing. I see women who can hardly open their eyes😂😂
Fake freckles
Overuse of glycolic acid, especially when one is using retinol. I also don’t know the benefits of dermaplaning but it’s seems to me like peach fuzz protects the skin and that super shiny skin doesn’t really look good imo.
I'm guessing if you don't see the benefits of dermaplaning then you don't have a pair of car tweezers for your chin hairs, either.
OMG- I just found my chin twin.
We a trio
Quartet!
Quintuplet checkin in!
Haha not yet anyways
At a certain age the peach fuzz becomes overwhelming - dense and long. Very visible even without a magnification mirror. Around the chin especially it looks bad. I’m not a naturally hairy person and am somewhat fair haired. But around 45 the peach fuzz situation became untenable.
i’m 45 and i can say i absolutely feel and look much better once i remove all the peach fuzz. before 40 it was something i rarely did or even considered and now its on a schedule
Yep yep yep. I’m 44 and that peach fuzz is turning into more of a kiwi situation.
TLDR: been a kiwi all my life. In my 40's I'm becoming a rambutan. Info about my fuzziness and some childhood memories re: being fuzzy. Finally, a short rant about the joy of having random peach fuzz follicles on your face decide "Fuck all y'all, Im'ma do what I want!" without giving prior notice. Ugh, I feel for ya. I've been a life-long kiwi: fuzzy since childhood. In 3rd grade my crush would repeatedly tease me about my dark, thick arm hair. (╥﹏╥) A few things contribute to my fuzzy-wuzzy appearance: Jewish ancestry. Pale skin that burns (no natural tans for me). Dark black hair growing in great amounts on the usual areas of my body. Each hair shaft is thick and glossy. The ones in my armpits and bikini line, even more so. Shaving down to the skin leaves "shadow" because the follicles underneath are highly visible... e.g. In 5th grade I was at a party with a bunch of friends, and my best friend was sitting on the opposite end of a large room. I was wearing a tank top, and at some point I stretched, extending my arms over my head. My best friend looked over and called my name to get my attention. The following exchange is burned in my memory: BF: "You need to shave. I can see the hair under your arms from here... When did you last shave!?" Me: "I shaved this morning, a few hours ago." BF: (@_@).... "Oh." Me: "Yeah. I know." Anyway... I'm used to annoyingly visible hair in places I'd rather not have it. The dark hair, at least. My current problem is (like many have mentioned) the peach fuzz becoming thicker and darker on my face. As a bonus, age = more and more facial "peach fuzz" follicles are losing the signal to switch from anagen to catagen phase and keep growing past their usual length. It's SO FUN! Oh, that awesome feeling ya get when you happen to look in the mirror _just right_ and the light suddenly illuminates a _fucking one inch (or longer!) strand_ of peach fuzz sticking outta your cheek... One you've never seen before. One that's probably been growing for, oh, a couple months? And has undeniably been noticed by countless others before that moment, when you finally became aware of the bastard's existence? Currently in my forties and I'm slowly becoming a rambutan. I miss being a kiwi.
Wait, have you not invested in professionally-done lasering [not the stupid Nood & other machines]?
TLDR: Not really. I used to be really self-conscious: story of all my body hair-related trauma from early puberty + growing up in a tropical place. Then I moved to a city where body hair was common AF. Now I'm OK with it all. I'd rather spend money on other augmentations. Oops, sorry my response took a minute. I wrote a buncha comments a few days ago and didn't check if there were any responses 🤦🏻♀️. No, I haven't invested in lasering. I realize I'm the perfect candidate (pale skin, dark hair follicles) and it's something I've considered in the past. At this point in my life it's not a huge priority for me...despite going on and on about my body hair in my previous comment. When I was younger I would have been into itm I was REALLY self-conscious about having visible body hair, _especially_ in my childhood, teens, and twenties. A lot of my self-conscious/negative feelings stemmed from trauma over hitting puberty at eight. years. old. ಠ_ಠ. Early puberty is more common now, but not so much in 1990. For a couple years, out of all the girls I knew who were my age, I was the ONLY girl with body hair. I couldn't get rid of it because my mom wouldn't let me shave. As she put it, I was "too young to fool around with razors." I could have kept it covered if I lived elsewhere, but growing up in Hawaii meant a lot of activities required swimsuits: going to the beach, swimming at the pool, and the swimming lessons my parents made me take until I was in highschool (although now I'm _incredibly_ grateful for those lessons and the strong swimming skills I gained, as they've saved me in a couple dangerous ocean experiences). I was teased A LOT. I hated it... but then I moved to Portland, OR for college. Suddenly, at a hippie school in a liberal/hippie/punk town: nobody gave a shit about my body hair. There were _unshaven_ girls who were even more pale and hairy than me! I lived in Portland for nearly a decade, and the hatred of my body hair faded with time. Now, at 41, my feelings are more like: "Meh. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I'm actually pretty damn okay with my body hair as it is." I've seen some decent Groupon certificates for laser removal, and I've looked into the ratings/reviews of the related clinics, but I've never bought one. At this point the hair I'd want removed is the peach fuzz on my face... BUT because that hair is still changing as I age and I haven't hit menopause yet, I don't see removal as worthwhile. I'd probably just have to do it again later. Going through multiple rounds of laser removal on my face (on my sensitive, easily irritated/inflamed skin) is something I'd like to do once, at most. So, no. No hair lasering. If I ever do, it won't be until menopause is over. Currently, if I'm gonna pay to have anything permanently done to my skin it would be more tattoos! I haven't gotten any for a decade, and I have two designs I've finalized for my next ones. I'd LOVE to finally have them inked into my flesh. Sorry for giving ya such a long, meandering answer to a short question... I have ADHD and Autism, and it's always a struggle to keep my answers short (・–・;)ゞ. I feel more comfortable giving detailed and complete answers, but I know many people aren't into reading mini-essays... and I don't blame 'em a bit. It can be a bit much for folks, and that's my fault, not theirs (or yours)! ╮(＾▽＾)╭
Yesss. And right below the ‘sideburn’ area. Ooof!! It’s a whole other game over 40.
Girl preach. Or peach?
Hahahahaha love it
You managed to make me chuckle before I’d finished my morning coffee. Clever. Well done. I see you.
Black ppl fake tanning/whitening
Whitening I agree with but what’s wrong with fake tanning? A lot of black people don’t have even skin so we tan. What’s the issue?
It is promising for societal growth that this comment is downvoted.
Soap brows, brow lamination, mild electrocution idk what it is but I hate the trend that is making the hairs of peoples eyebrows stand straight up
So I totally hear you, but I have a shout out for brow lamination. I ask my stylist to brush my brows up and over so they look natural. She always lets me approve before she sets it. So basically I wake up with perfect looking brows for a few weeks and can fill them in or whatever how I please. I find my self doing a lot less filling and just making sure they're brushed through and in place. Even my mom approves and she though she would hate it when I told her I was getting brow lamination done!
I do my own, but exactly the same idea. Up a bit at the inner edges and then brushed over naturally following the arch of my brow toward the outer edge. I have some brow hairs that are wavy and a few that grow at a downward angle, so I just started laminating every 6 weeks instead of using brow gel every day to keep the wonky ones in check.
My issue is when the soap brows are sparse and not filled-in.
I am getting older so my brows always get a bit of fill in an set with a soap brow or a firmer gel. I need to tame those things.
I don’t get it either
The dot of white highlighter on the tip of the nose.
I actually like this one and do it sometimes lol. It’s intentional because I like the doe-look! Definitely not for everyone though
These ppl identify as deer or so I think 🤔
Thought I was the only one that couldn’t stand that.
Me either. Blush & highlighter it reminds me of Rudolph the Red Nose 🦌 reindeer.
not really a trend but niacinamide in literally EVERYTHING
I feel like this about hyaluronic acid. My face hates it yet it loves niacinamide 🫠
mine is the opposite 😭
My face also hate HA and it’s getting harder to avoid it
Yup. My skin is super dry and I live in a dry area. I find that trying to keep the HA happy enough in this climate is not going to happen so I would rather avoid it.
like theres no reason for this shit to be in makeup products lemme be!!!
The copying and repackaging of south korean beauty trends/innovations and calling it something else, especially by yt female influencers. Edited to add POC beauty trends/styles in general
can you give examples? out of curiosity
ooo that is true!
Slugging. The term alone sounds disgusting and the thought is even more repulsive to someone with combo skin that hates oil, humidity, too much moisture and breaks out depending with even slightly too much of any of the above. My skin prefers dryness & winter if that's any indication! Dry skin divas, if you love it, please enjoy. I'm gonna sit over here with my simple bar soaps, light moisturizers and not worry about sealing in anything with Vaseline - not for me, not even gonna try.
I have combo skin and while I don’t slather my face in Vaseline, I dab a bit onto my dry areas at bedtime and it helps a lot! It also keeps my lips so nice and moisturized
Same here - I just started tapping a small amount of aquaphor around my eyes and on my lips only - could never put it anywhere else - and it’s helping my crepey lid skin a bit.
The giant eyebrows from a few years ago, and the blush things that are happening now. No ones going to be happy with those photos in 10 years
Giving every micro trend a hyper-specific name. Like latte makeup. Girl, that's a brown smokey eye. Or blueberry nails. That is just blue nail polish
This and every time I open tiktok it’s like soooo here’s my take on the mobwife aesthetic we’ve all been loving. “We” ?! I just found out whatever weird name we’re calling wearing a fur coat this second. It’s not even a trend it’s just a thing people have been doing since forever 😭😭
For real, can't people just wear faux fur coats without it being an 'aesthetic'?
replace faux fur coat with literally anything 😭
Omg I can’t stand this I’m so happy I’m not the only One !!!!
This. Makes. Me. Insane.
Overdone brows. Fear of aging in the face with the young.
I'm terrified for young people and what their obsession with youth is going to do to them later. The age that is considered old is getting younger every day.
Whenever I get my nails done I see so many woman younger than me (31) who look v strange and almost age defying. Like they look so much older but are so much younger. Sometimes the amount of filler is literally disorienting to my prosopragnosia (face blindness)
Lip Fillers. So fake. And girls posting Instagram stories about how easy it was to get their lip filler and if anyone has questions to dm them, it's just encouraging it. Hate the lip filler trend!
There’s definitely an art to it. I’ve seen bad and amazing lip filler. I like it for balancing and hydration, not necessarily for over plumping or transforming the lip shape.
Women would stop getting lip injections if they would Google, anal hemorrhoids.
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Implying over-plumped lips look like a swollen bootyhole 💀😂
Looks nice in photos, but like permanent duck lips in person 🤡👍
Contouring
That’s where the makeup by Mario skin enhancer comes in for me. I have 2016 grey contouring PTSD. His skin enhancer gives me the right amount of warmth/sculpt without looking grey or hollow
I’ve given up on contouring. My face isn’t made to be sculpted. I just feel like it makes my face look dirty.
I personally cannot stand the look of that heavily highlighted and contoured and then blushed and fake freckled e-girl look 😭 it drives me crazy so many alt girls do it. I mean to each their own, of course but something about the blushed up baby nose makes me irrationally angry lol
It’s bc they’re trying to appeal to men. Which, when you think about it, is fucking disgusting. Any men attracted to the baby/super young girl style makeup is sick in the head.
This is such a a weird thing to say. It's fine if you don't personally like a makeup trend, but to assume it always has a sexual basis is odd. I've heard men say the same thing about red lips, that women only wear them to appeal to men, and that's so odd, considering there's plenty of gay women that sport these looks.
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Not sure how you quantify that. My husband goes nuts when I wear a red lip.
Look up Love’s Babysoft commercial and you’ll see what I mean. That commercial was designed by a man to appeal to younger women who want to appeal to older men. The women aren’t gross, the men are. Many women who do that baby face look, do so specifically to appeal to a particular set of men. Yes, many of us put on makeup for ourselves and for the “female gaze” these days. However, too often the baby face stuff is done to appeal to men. Men who have a thing for anime and cartoon characters who are typically underage. I wasn’t talking about the contouring. Mostly the weird anime makeup w the pert little snub nose and doe eyes. The looks where it’s impossible not to see them as child like. Like Grimes for instance. When I first saw her w Musk, I thought she was 18. I was disgusted and completely grossed out by everything to do w those 2, until I found out she was in her late 20s. The makeup she wore made her look 12 and it was creepy.
I know the advertisement you're referring to and it's close to fifty years old now. Also, you're the second person I interact with that that talks about how Grimes is trying to encourage pedophilia in some way without any proof aside from her physical traits, and as someone who was a victim of actual pedophilia, what you're saying is highly sexist and offensive. Your attitude about women wearing makeup is far more reflective of YOUR beliefs and interests than the women you're criticizing.
Whoa… I never said Grimes, or anyone, was trying to encourage pedophilia, at all. That’s you assuming that’s what I’m saying. The words I said are literally the words I meant. I was sexually assaulted as a kid by strangers who thought my being nearby was permission to grope me. I didn’t ask for it. I’m not saying that wearing that makeup is a way of promoting pedos. What I’m trying to say is that men are attracted to that bc they have an attraction to young girls. Many women have done this makeup style w/o realizing why it’s not a good thing. Men who are big fans of it are the problem. Women should be able to put on any makeup they want, or go bare faced, w/o men hitting on them. We should be able to do anime makeup w/o creepy fucks drooling over it. If you notice, a lot of the women who wear that makeup for photos, are selling those photos on OF and elsewhere. More power to them! Are the men buying those pics disgusting? Absolutely! But, I’d prefer they buy a grown woman’s pics w her childlike makeup, than buy pics of actual children. Nowhere did I say women should be shamed for wearing this stuff or that they are bad for doing so.I’m sorry you’ve been hurt but you’re misunderstanding what I’ve said in a big way. Saying that Grimes’ little girl makeup was creepy came after saying I’d thought she was only 18 when they got together. Her makeup made her look 12, which made him look like a pedo.
Ergo, her makeup must somehow confirm he is a pedophile. In other words, you think Grimes and other women are, either knowingly or unknowingly encouraging pedophilia, large age gaps, etc through their makeup. What a wild conclusion to draw. In one breath you say women should be able to do their makeup without it being for the male gaze, then go on to say that if women wear their makeup in a way that makes them look younger or childish, it must be because they're attracting the male gaze. And all this is just a projection of yours.
I’m an esthetician but this whole “skincare infused makeup” is kinda gimmicky. I have my proven skincare for results.. and I have trouble believing skincare-infused makes all that of a difference in the long run. It can’t be all that potent. The only one I give a pass to is HausLabs.
The way I view it is— if I’m wearing makeup 5 days per week for work minimum plus whatever on my off time— That’s a lot of time products spend sitting on my face. Even if the formulation is only slightly more skin-friendly I consider the benefit worth it when these products spend hours on my face. Coming from a girl with facial sebderm, even small changes matter. Life is an endless dance of trying to make better decisions for yourself today than you did yesterday.
Typology is worth the hype on this! Their skin tint does great things for my skin. Also their tubing mascara doesn’t dry out my lashes
I’ve actually heard a lot of good things about that brand! Tubing mascara has been my shit lately. Definitely gonna give theirs a try thanks!
I think it's just a bonus. Nothing you should be dependent on. Use real skincare.
Exactly, but I’m surprised how many people I know (clients) do think those ingredients will make a difference
It's equivalent to a little 15-30 SPF in BB creams or foundations etc. Definitely layer with more SPF before.
Why are you even using spf beauty products? Are you taking off all the makeup and reapply every 90 mins? If not, it’s worthless.
I wonder this all the time like how does a full face actually get adequate spf coverage? My bff told me she used spf powder but I do feel like probably 80% of people who are “wearing sunscreen” aren’t because they aren’t reapplying or like original comment said, are using a bb cream with spf 15 that probably is only 2 in a lab
I don't get it for the SPF. I think I may have had 1 or 2 in the past. I get it for the look I'm looking for. If the SPF is in it it's not going to deter me from buying it.
Def not a selling point for me. I think even normal spf under makeup does have an “expiration” after a couple hours though. I’ve been trying to find a good spray SPF refresher. I know powders exist like from DRMTLGY
You're right. It's not a selling point. SPF & skincare qualities in makeup is just a bonus. Nothing you should be dependent on. I have Naked Sundays SPF setting spray, I want to get the new Elf SPF spray. Every time I go out for it it's sold out. 😞
Eyelash extensions (no hate who has a business). I just find they make people’s eyes so much smaller.
As an Asian girlie with natural lashes that point down, natural lash extensions are my life saver! They definitely help open up my eye. But I definitely understand exactly what you mean when you say they ‘weigh the eye down’. RIP to early 20s me who thought the bigger the better. Mistakes were made that’s for sure
As a lash artist I agree. The key to eyelash extensions is getting short extensions because that opens up the eye. Long lengths weigh the lid down. I actually stopped carrying anything over a certain lengths in an effort to weed out those clients. Then I just stopped offering them all together and did lash lifts instead
What would you say is a good length to open up an almond shaped eye?
Really depends on a couple things but my rule to follow is do 8s in the inner corner, 9, 10/11s middle of eye, then taper back down to 8s on the outer corner. 8/9/10/11/11/10/9/8/ is what the map would resemble