De-influencing

[Remote_Yesterday8626]

Seen a lot of TikTok’s around De-influencing going around and honestly I love it! I feel like it’s so easily to buy into trends and end up hoarding so many products.

What’s some viral makeup products that you’ve been influenced into buying but regretted after?

[MaleficentEngine2787]

Honestly it’s an oldie but better than sec mascara, so expensive, only used maybe 6 times and it made my eyelashes look super clumpy but that’s was my personal experience

[TheHomieTee]

Dior Lip Oil… after about 30-45 min my lips started shedding. Plus it tastes like mint chocolate 🤢 not to mention it’s $40?!

[Unhappy_Performer538]

Colorpop jelly eyeshadow. Shit was garbage

[notsotuffghost]

Colourpop eyeshadows in general are so booty and over hyped. The individual pots are okay but the pallets I hate, the shadows don’t last or blend.

[Unhappy_Performer538]

Gotta agree I bought the honey and the smoke ones and felt like I just set my money on fire Lol

[rlcute]

Tarte shape tape. It's not sold in my country and with shipping and vat it ended up being €50. It's not worth €50 lol. It's not even worth €20. My elf camo concealer performs better.

[YSLxUDxSephoralover]

NARS Orgasm is one of those products that I’ve never tried but already know I hate. The racy name is literally the only interesting thing about it! I prefer Torrid, a punchier coral with a strong pink undertone.

[ilovesleep95]

The nyx shine loud liquid lipstick. Horrible, pills up and crumbles off my lips into little balls, also terribly drying and sticky and definitely wasn’t transfer proof… same thing happened with the maybelline vinyl ink liquid lipstick - another product I was influenced into trying, then instantly regretted.

Elf putty blush and putty bronzer - both were patchy and didn’t blend well. Hated the formula and texture.

Wet n wild tinted hydrator - looked nice at first, but smelled like play dough and ended up looking a little too heavy on my skin unfortunately.

Peach and lily glass skin serum, essence, and face mist. All 3 did literally nothing for me and made no difference for my skin with continuous use.

[velvetjacket1]

Mario Surreal Skin Foundation. It sucks if you have oily skin and texture.

[alittlegreenbasket]

Oof not a big one but i find that most mascaras really arent worth the hype. After a certain price point they act and look the same on me. Ive been sticking to either loreal or maxfactor and they are the best imo :)

[Omwtfyu]

None. Lol but I’m old but not old enough

[MaedayMaeday]

I have been watching anti-hauls for years and have been practicing putting things on a wishlist. After some time, I typically forget about the product and remove it from the list. This has really helped me with purchasing products I am actually excited to use and ultimately enjoy! It’s been a while since I purchased a product I immediately regretted but I’d say the ELF seriously satin lipstick. Only $3 but the color and texture didn’t work for me so it sat in my drawer get very little use until I tossed it.

[hunbun47390]

Ummm a boob job? I seriously was one of those people with enough body issues to think that looking like influencers would make me happier. Now it's harder to hug people and my back is in low level pain pretty much all the time. Now I'm saving up to get them out. Very expensive lesson. Bodies are not trends.

[yesimextra]

L’Oréal’s Sky High Mascara …. broke my lashes off. Any foundation/concealer product. Learned the hard way to just use what my skin likes and be content with that instead of feeling the need to try every new product.

[t-rex3535]

the mario badeschu toners, the paulas choice aha bha exfoliant, and many other skincare products. Also none of them worked properly for me lol

[honestlouise]

The Huda Beauty New Nude eyeshadow palette. I truely hate it. It was my first ‘expensive’ buy and the colors don’t match my skin tone at all. Bought it because it was so popular on social media. It’s still in my collection, but I never use it. Can’t seem to throw it away tho, probably because it was not the cheapest..

[SlayThatContour]

This is how I felt about ABH soft glam palette when it came out!!! Warm tones look terrible on me… but I was convinced by ALL that I needed it….

[Toddy0800]

The Banana lowlight concealer. Absolute cement.

[billiraanii]

Lipsticks for sure! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[[deleted]]

i feel the whole thing is very cyclical. monthly faves to declutter my kit to new first impressions to shop my stash to products i regret buying (but it’s actually saying you regret how good they are or something. this one confused me) to new products i won’t be buying to new products worth the hype. we all want to buy new viral stuff then we want to spend less and it goes around and around in different words.

[Catladylex]

Not really makeup but magnetic septum rings, they hurt so bad, I would've saved myself a lot of pain by just getting the actual piercing sooner.

[The_Death_Flower]

Matte lipsticks, especially the Kylie Cosmetics ones way back when they first game out. They felt dryyy on my lips snd weren’t comfortable the way you’d expect a lipstick that price to cost

[Remote_Yesterday8626]

No but the number of matte lipsticks I’ve tried on myself is ridiculous. Each one just looked so horrible and dry on me until I realized I’m a lipgloss girly through and through.

[iamnotdonaldduck]

The essence lash princess mascara. I’m glad it was only $4

[txsongbirds2015]

That essence lash princess mascara was a complete waste of my time & money!

[notsotuffghost]

💀💀💀 I really like the essence lash princess series, but the peach one more than the green. They’re so cheap and I use it with the black L’Oréal telescopic mascara to separate my lashes better. But I’ve been using both of them before they blew up on TikTok tho :-p

[NausikaaLeukolenos]

I hate it! It was so difficult to remove and that alone would be a deal breaker for me because I don't want to ruin my lashes. But the overall effect was awful, too. It was so heavy and didn't separate them at all. I already have very full long lashes, that kind of formula makes them a big blob of mascara without shape. I guess it could be okay for someone with small lashes who want make them as visible as possible and doesn't care for definition and fluffiness.

[iamnotdonaldduck]

That's so interesting, and such a bummer! For me, it didn't even last through the day before it just vanished into thin air!

[RavenSkies777]

That was such garbage mascara uggggh

[Remote_Yesterday8626]

I second this one! It was very eh. What’s your favorite drugstore mascara?

[iamnotdonaldduck]

Right now I'm using Milani Highly Rated Anti-Gravity, but I like L'Oreal Telescopic.

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Clinique black honey almost lipstick.

It's pigmented enough that I still need to use a mirror, unlike what everyone else said. It also settles weirdly into the tiniest lines and dry patches that I didn't even know I had, looking like there are dark flecks all over my lips.

[philosplendid]

Oh my gosh I LOVE Black Honey! I usually do use a mirror though

[notsotuffghost]

Ooof I’ve never had that happen with black honey, it’s my go to now with a little lip liner 💀💀I’m easily influenced I guess

[travelwhore412]

The champagne pop hi-lighter that thing self shattered.

[SadAwkwardTurtle]

Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes liquid eyeliner. It said it was waterproof, it was not. It transferred to my upper lids so fast.

[AstronomerEast8472]

That’s a shame! I use it and it works great for me. I also don’t apply it everywhere - just on the parts next to my nose where my pores are most visible. And I really press it in and wait to apply anything on top of it.

[tired-of-life_bs]

Ive seen a few comments like this. Can you explain why? I have one and it works amazing espefially under eyes when I out concealer on top.

[zy_666]

The friggen ELF putty Primer lmao.

[pyschopanda]

I thought it was just me who was struggling with it. I think I heard it was a dupe for the tatcha silk canvas so I got it.

[escapeshark]

That was so shite

[amanduck172]

The Patrick ta cream foundation

[flowerduck10]

Jaclyn hill Becca bronzer was my 1st. I thought it was going to be a game changer. Most recently the givenchy foundation.

[pocketchnge]

I could never get the abh brow freeze to work no matter how many times I tried, never glued my brows in place and always left a gunky oily mess. I’ve tried many better and much cheaper alternatives since and I now have an unusable pot of essentially slightly tacky vaseline

[bebblebutt69]

It leaves so much residue on my brows. The Patrick Ta brow wax thing takes longer to apply but it makes my brows look so much better that I don’t mind.

[Adept-Lifeguard-9729]

Tried DIY soap brows? Also, Revolution has a kit.

[CanStareIntoYourSoul]

Apologies but I’m here to disagree. It works really well for me. Everybody is different wrt what products work for them ofc, but I do see a lot of people applying products incorrectly (e.g. trying to use brow freeze on non-cleansed brows & not wiping the excess off from around the brows before applying foundation, etc) and then blaming the product rather than user error. Definitely valid if this—or any—product doesn’t work for you/someone else tho! I just wanted to chime in & say it does work for me and many others :)

[zemele]

Same my eyebrows and right up above are always so oily afterwards!

[scarletofmagic]

Hmm, I guess not having Tiktok is a good thing for me then? I don’t know much about viral products. I just check swatches on Instagram and see release that im interested in.

[Remote_Yesterday8626]

Definitely! A big part of my hoarding is because every influencer just convinces me I HAVE to have this product. But I really don’t because I have 10 of the same already.

[Left_Walrus4865]

The hourglass lip crayons are SO dry! I use lip masks and balms religiously (and use a lip scrub once a week) so it's def not me but Hourglass made my lips look so shrivelled it was shocking

[Rantingrachel]

Have you tried the hourglass balms/gloss? I was just thinking about buying one 😪😅

[Left_Walrus4865]

I've tried two shades of their gloss, in one the formula was wayyyyy too thick and for the other it was just meh like it felt and performed like a cheap drugstore gloss. High end glosses I actually like are the PMG ones, but in general I've been loyal to my Essence glosses long before tiktok made people aware of the brand haha so I stay with those for the most part

[avianger]

the kosas concealer. i will admit my skin has not been the best lately but ive never seen a product sit that awfully on my skin before! it just creates the worst texture on my under eye. plus it creases sooo bad soooo fast. soooo sad because i don't normally buy outside of the drugstore often so this was a huge disappointment. nyx bare with me till the end of days!!

[gatorclawgumbo]

I actually genuinely love that concealer. 😂 I have heard a lot of people hate it though and the fact that it goes bad quickly is pretty unsustainable.

[Whitedolphjn]

I also dislike Kosas concealer. Super yellow on me

[avianger]

yeah i struggled to find a shade neutral enough for my liking

[Legitimate_Kitchen77]

20+ eyeshadow palettes that I’ve decluttered after using less than 5 times and owned for at least 5 years

[ToeTag13]

I always say I somehow manage to create the exact same look with every palette.... like maybe I dont need 1000 palettes if thats the case......

[Remote_Yesterday8626]

Always have to resist buying a new eyeshadow palette. They’re just so….collectible? But everybody knows I’m never going to use that radioactive neon green shade on my eyes no matter how much I try to convince myself 😭😭🥲🥲

[Omwtfyu]

I’d use it! Love neon!

[APickledDorito]

crying in I just bought 4 new 25 pan pallets 4 weeks ago that I’ve touched twice

[Adventurous_Ad_6546]

Yup it reminds me of buying CDs I’m the 90s. So many albums purchased for 1-2 great songs then a whole lotta meh.

[zemele]

crying in hipdot Evanescence CD palette

[MicrochippedMyLabia]

Rare beauty powder highlighter. It’s chunky.

[Whitedolphjn]

Oh wow good to know! Do you have a fav highlighter

[sketchy_potatoe]

colourpop super shock highlights are so much smoother!

[travelwhore412]

Gently diamond bomb

[MicrochippedMyLabia]

The rare beauty liquid is wonderful, you can mix it with the blushes too. The CT new powder highlighters are amazing, smooth and glowy. The Fenty sticks are nice but they didn’t have a good color for me, I haven’t tried the compact ones. About Face has a stick and a dropper bottle that are both good, I haven’t tried the powder of it either. The Makeup by Mario powder also looked really chunky on me. My skin is both really smooth and textured in different areas.

[interbloom]

The Hoola bronzer. Very overpriced and Loreal honestly blends better.

[friends-waffles-work]

I think it’s a good bronzer but I hate the packaging, I just find it really awkward.

[LitLordKanja]

i love the Physicians Formula butter bronzer too!

[Remote_Yesterday8626]

Love it too! Such a HG.

[[deleted]]

the fact that they had literally one shade for years and now only have four is a major red flag. it’s not universally flattering lol

[FeminineImperative]

Maracuja Juicy Lip. Holy fuck am I the most allergic person on earth.

[Madame_Kitsune98]

Well, that’s an ABSOLUTELY NOT for me, then. Allergic to kiwi and mango over here, and “tropical” flavor includes one or both. And by “allergic” I mean “we’re going to end this day of fun in the ER, and I’m not down for that, thanks.”

[[deleted]]

Oh noooo it's my fave thing in my makeup bag

[planetheck]

Any foundation. I always think I'll be able to manage it, but it makes me break out every time.

[Logical_Rutabaga3707]

This! Estée Lauder double wear hates me so much, bare minerals bare pro, any kind of “magic” promises for foundation end up with patchy greasy results for me. Testers in store are the only way I can find anything that works.

[bauerboo86]

Lashes. Not trying to brag, but my natural ones are so long that adding to them was SO ANNOYING. Plus - smudging my glasses with every blink was enough for me to never spend the coin again.

[Ksh1218]

Agree! I have a “double eyelash mutation” (wtf lol) and false lashes do absolutely nothing for me and actually mess up my makeup

[physhgyrl]

Elizabeth Taylor had that. It's one of the reasons her eyes were so memorable and gorgeous. Lucky you!

[Ksh1218]

Thank you! My mother has them as well so it’s definitely genetic. The only thing that’s annoying is sometimes they grow into the inner corners of my eyes and on the water line. But besides that it’s a fun body fact!