We
all love makeup and it’s easy to get sucked into the hype and pretty packaging,
so this is where I tell you to step away from the register and that you don’t
need it. Fight the consumerism! This post is inspired by Kimberly Clark.
1. Lorac Mega Pro 3 ($59): I’m not going to lie; this palette is absolutely beautiful and really tempted me.
The most appealing part is the shade selection and amount of product until you
break this palette down. There are multiple browns, light peachy shades, and
pretty shimmers. Except, you most likely have most of these colors and don’t
really need this whole palette. If you own more than one eyeshadow palette you
probably have close enough dupes for Pink Cream, Walnut, Crepe, Toffee, Bark,
Jet Black, Snow, Cava, Cider, Pink Bronze, and Brown Sugar. That’s around a
third of the palette, shall we continue? The shades pomegranate and Licorice
are pretty out there, if you’re into neutrals, how often will you use them?
This palette is bulky and will take up a lot of your vanity space, do you have
the space for it? Which shades are calling you, because it probably isn’t the 6
different varying shades of brown or the warm pinks that have been done to
death already (Naked 3, Lorac Unzipped, and Covergirl true Roses come to mind).
So how much is left that you really want and think will flatter your skin tone?
I recommend picking up the singles for the shades that you think are truly
unique and that you’ll know that you’ll use up. So what if this is your first palette and you
don’t have and really want each shade? This is a lot of eyeshadow, more
eyeshadow than you’ll likely use up. This is a palette that’ll take you a long
time to finish and most likely you’ll get bored of it and want to try something
new long before you finish it. The packaging is also going to get dirty very fast, so if the packaging is part of the appeal, think again. You should also consider if you like the
formula, and aren’t just buying it because of the hype and the limited edition
status.
2. Anastasia Glow Kit ($40): Highlighters
are all the rage and have been for some time now. But you need to take a step
back and wonder if you need a highlighter kit. Sure there is a lot of product,
and you’re getting your money’s worth, but are you really? In each kit there
are two shades, and at least two of them are going to clash with your skin tone
as a highlighter. This means that you’re
really only getting half of the value of the product and will be stuck with the
other part of the palette unused. Instead of picking up this palette where
there are two highlighters that may or may not work perfectly for your skin
tone, pick up one that looks amazing and that you’ll get the most usage out of.
Side point, highlighter takes much longer to use up than you think.
3. Kat Von D Everlasting Mini Liquid Lipstick Set ($49): Let’s start with the assumption that you love
the formula on these lipsticks and plan to use them every single day until they
run out. There are a lot of out there colors in this set: Backstage Bambi (hot
pink), L.U.V. (violet), Roxy (purple), and Echo Satin (a navy blue), this is
excluding Santa Sangre (an intense red). Unless you love wearing bright
lipsticks and out there colors, you’re most likely not going to get your money’s
worth here since that’s half of the set. So you say that these shades are to
fill holes in your collection for when you want an intense lip color or
Halloween, wouldn’t it just be easier to pick up the exact shade you’re looking
for in a cheaper formula since it isn’t going to be an everyday shade? There are
still four more wearable shades left, where all four most likely won’t look
good on you. Also, are these the shades that you’re dying to have, or are you
buying them because it’s conveniently priced? Because, we’ve effectively split
the value to $24.50, and working off the assumption that at least one of the
three won’t be flattering, it’s at $16.17 for three mini lipsticks that might
not be exactly what you’re looking for. At this point, it’s more worth it to
pick up a full size from her line that you’ve hand selected and love.
4. Too Faced Christmas in New York Collection Chocolate Shop
($58): If I had to pick one product from this list
that’s easiest to not purchase, it would be this one. This is because Too Faced
makes the same palette every year for holiday, and the quality is always
subpar. The collection has the eyeshadow palette (includes bronzer, highlighter, and blush), Better than Sex mascara, and Melted Chocolate Liquified Long Wear Lipstick in Milkshake. The palette is filled with boring browns and shimmers that you already have, as well as a blue silver and purple for a pop of color. The purple is bound to suck since Too Faced has never formulated a well performing purple. This palette also looks very very similar to the
Nikkie Tutorials Power of Makeup palette, so if you own that this should be an
easy pass. Also, most of the reviews ripped the Power of Makeup palette to shreds, which would make me question the quality of this one. The extras sound good though,
right? Wrong. The better than sex mascara deluxe sample has been a Sephora 100-point
perk multiple times and has been in multiple Sephora and Too Faced kits before.
Do you need an eye primer? Most likely not. And do you need this eye
primer? Most definitely not. Next, is the lipstick a formula and shade that you’ll
actually wear and enjoy? These are the kind of questions that you should
definitely be asking.
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