Since I’m a Libra and we’re all about balance, I thought I should share the counterpart to my ‘5 Beauty Products I Love Right Now‘ post. Without further ado, here are my 5 most recent disappointments:
1. YSL Rouge Volupte lipstick–For $34 I expected this lipstick to do a lot for me. YSL says: “Both light and covering, the cream texture becomes fluid on contact with the lips, for a delightful feeling and an exceptional gliding effect.” For me that translated to a slimy-feeling lipstick that didn’t provide even coverage for my pigmented lips. No matter how much I applied there were still patches of my lip color peeking through. I have to admit that the packaging is dead sexy, but the product itself can’t justify that hefty price tag.
2. Napoleon Perdis eye shadow–I found a few of these on clearance from Sephora a while back, and I have nothing positive to say about them. I got a few different formulas in several shades and they were universally awful. Chalky, unpigmented, and no staying power even when applied over a good primer. A waste of money even at clearance price.
3. L’Oreal HIP Color Rich Cream Crayon–These got a lot of positive attention on Makeupalley.com so when I saw them in the store recently I figured I might as well try one. I chose ‘Meticulous’ which L’Oreal describes as being a taupe shade. I think I may have mentioned my love for all things taupe once or twice on this blog, so I was fairly excited about this. I thought maybe it would be a less expensive version of MAC’s Shadesticks. Except…it really isn’t much less expensive. It was $11-ish while a MAC Shadestick is $16.50. It also doesn’t look taupe to my eye…more like a metallic tan. It is pretty, just not the color I was hoping for. However, the real problem I had with this was the fact that it wouldn’t blend and turned flaky after it dried.
4. MAC Zoom Lash Mascara–I love me some MAC, but this mascara is probably the worst I’ve ever tried. Turned my poor lashes into a smudge-alicious, clumpy, flaky mess. FAIL.
5. Korres Pomegranate Lip Butter–It’s two of the things I hate most in a lip balm: it’s potted and it’s scented. I hate dipping my fingers into a pot of anything that’s going on my lips. I also prefer my balms to be fragrance free, because I have a healthy suspicion of any scented lip product that claims to be moisturizing. In this case the suspicion is validated because this balm did not moisturize my lips at all. Quite the opposite. At $9 a pop I’ll stick to Neutrogena Lip Moisturizer.
Beauty Sleeping 