Beauty Pet Peeves 2

[veronika23]

The other thread was getting too long and difficult to load! 

So what are your beauty pet peeves? What grinds your gears? Share your stories!!!

[nekoally]

In the article it does say "Ms. Check recently popped into a Sephora location to apply foundation, mascara and lipstick before a last-minute date. " Maybe I'm reading too much into the lines, but foundation and lipstick aside, I didn't think mascara testers can be 100% sanitary

[niki172]

And I pointed out that Sephora sprays their stuff down with alcohol when they do use it on customers.

I just find it hard to think /believe she's bringing in her own spray bottle of alcohol is all as I know of no other way to really sanitize testers.

[tbuss]

Thanks for sharing the article! @veronika23.

When I read it my first thought was I hope you enjoy your pink eye and cold sores, weirdos! But then I thought, no that's really mean, and maybe they just don't know any better.  Yeah. Sad eh.

[angel7594]

Gross! I wonder if she has a personalized makeup bag that says "keep calm and tester mooch" 😄

[Milou07]

Oh goodness.  This is NOT feminism, it's just gross!  I honestly don't ever apply the testers to anything other than the back of my hand. 

Also - makeup is not a requirement!  I wish people would stop acting like society forces them to wear makeup. I love makeup, so sometimes I wear lots of it - but sometimes I don't wear any.  The people around me really don't seem to care either way!

[heartsmyface]

And so does everyone else- with their grubby fingers!  And I am not the first to admit I don't wash my hands before doing so.  

[Milou07]

Oh, and @veronika23 - thank you for including the whole article since I'm not a subscriber!  🙂

[veronika23]

@Milou07 you are welcome. I am not a subscriber either yet for some reason sometimes I can see the article and sometimes I can't .... really odd so I just copied the whole thing to make it easier for everyone 😉

[k617]

@Milou07 Same! I might have let a Sephora or brand rep apply foundation on my face the odd time I was getting colour matched, but they were products out of pumps applied with brush from their brush belt (that I trust, as a profession, cleans after EVERY client).

I don't even like try out lipsticks in store and always refuse if the SA offers to sanitize the lipstick for me to try. The main reason is because I do not want to remove my lipstick and have to reapply again and try to make it look perfect 😄

[heartsmyface]

No people, don't do this to yourselves, and certainly don't brag about it!  It's a dirty practice.

My name is Leah and I do not refresh at Sephora.  

[Cupcakecandy]

@heartsmyface love your statement and your name! I feel like I knew vaguely before that your name was Leah, but now I really do haha

[wheeeee]

ahahahahah!  @refresh at Sephora.

This is obviously city living.  It is too much of a hassle to take public transport back home and 'refresh' the proper way. 

This is when I love the suburbs!!

[k617]

I wonder if she goes to the same Sephora every day, or rotate? You'd think that after months (or even weeks) of noticing the SAME person coming in only to use the testers and not purchasing anything, the store would do something.

Her claim that tester mooching is a feminist act is. She makes real feminism look bad.

Edit: I rarely "freshen" up when I'm at a Sephora store. I have blotting papers, what in the world could I freshen up on that wouldn't look bad layered over my existing makeup?

[heartsmyface]

A makeup refresher to me is maybe some tatcha mist and a reapplication of lipstick. Both items can be found in my purse and are something I'll pull out in the car or in the women's rest room mirror.  

Maybe people have different definitions of freshening up? Not sure. 

[who11]

“I think you would be hard pressed to find a girl who doesn’t refresh in there.”

wut?????? I don't know anyone who "refreshes" in there, who ARE these people?? This article is grossing me out. :S

"a reaction to the high expectations of being a woman and the expenses that go along with it."

Yup, because I'm sure society is secretly scanning the makeup on your face and making sure you're using $200 of products every day. If you use drugstore products, you don't meet the expectations of being a woman. Hello????? I feel like I'm in some weird world I don't understand.

[veronika23]

I forgot to say... It's rare I make it to the store but it's super hot in there!!! How the heck can you stand there and do a full face?? Everything would be melted off by the time I was done! 😄

[k617]

Not to mention the poor lighting! I would use the wrong shade of foundation every time!

[heartsmyface]

Good point!  

[jesscheems]

Okay makes sense. Sometimes I see people doing their makeup slowly and it doesn't seem like they're just testing products either...Wow so they are just doing their makeup there! That's horrible =/ 

[DaintyDiva]

Stealing and spreading germs in your face as a feminist act? I've seen everything now...

[veronika23]

@DaintyDiva my thoughts exactly!