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Monthly Misses: March 2023

greeneyedgirl107 — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 22:48:31 GMT

It's that time of the month again! Time to leave cautionary tales of what just didn't work out for you. Shout it out!

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

greeneyedgirl107 — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 23:14:03 GMT

OK, so I think I have the longest list of misses ever this month.

First up is . Tagging @CynthieLu about this one. The first time I used it, it was transformative. I didn't know that my hair could look that good. It was like someone else's hair. The second and third times I used it, it gave me results that were consistent with how my hair usually looks. I think the first time was a total fluke. I would have liked to have tried it again, but I each time I used it I found the scent to be stronger and stronger. For some reason scents for hair oils really bother me. It lasted for days, and I figured I was just better off with my usual hair oil. Of course I returned this just over 30 days after purchase so I didn't get my credit card refunded. I've said it before: I don't care for the 30 day return policy!

I thought this would be good either as a hair oil for dry hair, or as a pre-treatment hair oil. Turns out, it wasn't good for either. It was thicker than I'd expected and didn't spread well. My hair didn't look sleek. So, I figured that this could still work as a pre-treatment oil. Not so. I didn't notice anything different after using it as a pre-treatment.

I've lost hair along my hairline which is a story I'm a little too tired to go into right now. I tried Nioxin but my experience wasn't good. Enter this product. I didn't think it would do much, but it was worth a shot and I didn't care about wasting money. Unfortunately, I didn't read the ingredient list well enough. This had alcohol in it (what kind, I don't know since the label didn't specify) and that scared me off. The Nioxin was super drying to my hairline, and I didn't want to go through that again. Couple that with the high scent due to the plethora of needless EO at the end of the ingredient list, and I was just turned off by this product. I stopped using it very quickly.

Aquaphor Lip Repair Stick: I love traditional Aquaphor for my lips, but I thought it might be good to have something a little less substantial. The reason is that I often want to kiss my cats, but don't b/c I have Aquaphor Healing Ointment on my lips and would wind up with a mouthful of cat hair. SO, I thought this might work. I just didn't like the texture. It didn't glide on evenly, and I had to push it back and forth many times before I felt like I got enough product on. It had a balmy feel.

was a product I picked up recently. The long and the short of it is that it was stickier than I thought, and I got scared that it would damage my skin a la Biore strips. The strip wasn't on for long. See my thread for some issues I've been having, and the WONDERFUL input @WinglessOne gave me about hydrocolloidal patches. (When I have more access to a desktop, I will reply to you in detail with more praise and thanks about your great info and kind words! My husband works from home, and it's not often that I get to be on the desktop. For more than a line or two, I prefer the desktop to BIC mobile.)

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

CynthieLu — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:13:16 GMT

@Anonymous7 I'm so sorry to hear about all your misses! Uuuugh that #shu uemura Essence Absolue Nourishing Protective Hair Oil 5 oz/ 150 mL sounds so devastating, too work less and less as time went on, I feel for your frustration ‌💔‌

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

sabrinas — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:35:10 GMT

So far this month I have one miss, I may have more come up next week depending how my skin reacts!

My eye cream hasnt been doing the greatest job lately so I decided to try a deluxe sample of and woke up the next day with milia under my one eye, how disappointing. I did not bother trying it another night and instead tried a deluxe sample of the Chantecaille stress repair concentrate and that has been 100000x better.

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

danielledanielle — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 01:39:37 GMT

Aww, man, sorry you had a major miss month @greeneyedgirl107 .

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

ather — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 02:17:49 GMT

@sabrinas Aww darn. Glad you had another one that worked out!

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

CookieGirl1 — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 04:29:17 GMT

I tried a BUNCH of new hair products this month. Maybe 9 or 10? I think I only found 2 winners out of all of them 🙄.

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

eshoe — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 06:53:33 GMT

I may have a couple @greeneyedgirl107😗

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

eshoe — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 06:55:25 GMT

What a bummer about the Shu, @greeneyedgirl107. Unfortunately I have had that happen as well (and purchased the FS products based on first-time use). I hope next month is better for you!

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

CynthieLu — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:31:41 GMT

I'm sorry that's no fun to wake up too @sabrinas

I'm glad you found something much better and so quickly too 😊

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

greeneyedgirl107 — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:42:10 GMT

@CookieGirl1 do tell more!

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

CookieGirl1 — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 04:57:05 GMT

@greeneyedgirl107 I picked up several things from Sally's--the Sauce Beauty Guacamole Whip mask, an Ion Repair conditioner/shampoo duo, and the Sebastian No 9 leave in--and those were failures. Tried the Eva NYC Deep Moisture Mask and that dried my hair out entirely, and I wasn't impressed with the Davines Melu heat protectant. I think that maybe the only thing that's new to me and actually worked out is the #Virtue Hydrating & Heat Protectant Healing Hair Oil 1.7 oz/ 50 mL.

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

CorgiMommy — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 19:33:09 GMT

For me it is ,I just don't like the scent. But that shouldn't stop anyone from trying it.

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

greeneyedgirl107 — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 01:23:44 GMT

@CookieGirl1 hope you didn't get too discouraged!

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

CookieGirl1 — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 05:50:24 GMT

@greeneyedgirl107 nah, I legit love trying new hair products. There will be more...😂

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

CookieGirl1 — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 05:56:43 GMT

@CorgiMommy the scent of a product will absolutely turn me off from buying or using a product. Sorry that this one was a fail!

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

faeriegirl — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:58:33 GMT

I had 2 misses this month.

The Naturium cleansing balm is too oily and hard to rinse off. The Byoma eye gel was great at first but by the 3rd week I started to get milia. @Sunnysmom

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

Sunnysmom — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 22:13:46 GMT

Thanks for the tag @faeriegirl ! Oh no, nope, that’s no good. I’m so sorry. Glad you discovered it now though! Next! 💞

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

WinglessOne — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 02:28:26 GMT

@greeneyedgirl107 D'oh, I missed this til now. I'm glad I could help you! 🙂

Also, I don't like that Aquaphor Lip Repair Stick at all. I don't remember how long ago I tried it, but I did so knowing it might not work well for me because it contains no petrolatum—and my fussy dry lips demand petrolatum. I shouldn't have bothered at all with that lip balm but, well, lesson learned, or more like lesson confirmed.

I can't think of any lip balm that doesn't attract cat hair... or any lipstick for that matter, aside from maybe the desert driest liquid mattes. And even then, I suspect cat hair would find a way to stick to a liquid matte. All cat ~~owners~~ minions know it's one of the most gets-everywhere substances in the known universe. 😂

Re: Monthly Misses: March 2023

JoSometimes — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 03:06:24 GMT

@faeriegirl Too bad that eye gel didn’t work out for you. I bought their face mist and cleanser and I’ve loving them so far.