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!!!

[l8totheparty]

@sprocketta @WinglessOne 

Instore pickup would work if a package was packed and shipped to the store for pickup.  My store is too small to carry all the stock and has no 'pick two samples' or 'spend $25/$35 and get a gwp' so I try not to buy in-store.  But then I would have to pay for parking 👎🏻

[silliluci]

Totally agree, I really don't get why the promos are mostly online, I would much rather shop in store but the offers and cashback online don't make it worth my while

[Ispend2much6]

I hope I don't offend anyone who has this sort of beauty ritual, because I wish I was more like you if you do, but I received an email from a beauty company that featured "ten things we don't talk about," one of them being...bum spots.

I had no idea that was something I had to worry about, because I never spend time looking at that part of my body; I'm just grateful to have enough cushion there to make sitting comfortable. I'm also too concerned with "face spots" and "eye spots" to make it to that next step. lol

[heartsmyface]

@Ispend2much6   folliculitis is a bacterial or fungal infection or irritation of the hair follicles mostly from poor hygiene or from shaving and then sweating.  Rinsing the area with water and using benzol peroxide over the infected area usually will do the trick as well as wearing breathable loose fitting clothing.  An oatmeal moisturizer also helps.  

There’s no need for a special wash product for it.  I mean, unless it gets really bad and then you should be seeing a doctor for a prescription.  

This marketing is insane.  

[Ispend2much6]

@heartsmyface   I know that is the cause of folliculitis, it being an infection of the hair follicles. Because of that, I was, um, surprised that could be a big issue for females in that area.   My son gets is very easily on his arms, and since we have soft water his doctor recommended using shower gel so it will rinse more easily, and it did help.  I'll remember the tip about using benzyl peroxide, thanks!

The ad annoyed me for several reasons, one being that in trying to be cutesy, it was condescending, trying to create new insecurities,  that "everyone has trouble with their p_bi_ hair and needs this Liquid B_ sh Balm" to smooth, soften, and condition the pu_ _ c hair. 

And they started the email with this image: (it was Bath and Unwind.)

[heartsmyface]

@Ispend2much6   Message- don’t be openly ashamed but be secretly ashamed. You’re not allowed to admit you don’t like your cellulite, thinning hair or dry scalp anymore even though they’re not ideal and you need to fix them and we have your cure.   Yeah no.  I am not into the mind games.  Just tell me the suggested solution and stop with the campaign that makes women feel suppressed about voicing their insecurities while making them insecure.  

[WinglessOne]

@Ispend2much6  Oh good grief. I reeeeally hate it when retailers/magazines/brands/etc. do this crap. “Oh, you have this harmless thing that most other humans also have? No need to be ashamed but, um, you gotta fix it or you’re not worthy. Let us tell you how!” 😡 Insecurity = profit. 

I say that a lot about products aimed at reducing neck wrinkles. I realize some folks really are self conscious about their neck wrinkles and hey, if they wanna use products for that, it’s cool. I’m not the skincare police. But when companies create marketing buzz around it and focus on the insecurity aspect, I get very annoyed. I don’t care about my neck wrinkles. My neck has bent and swiveled all day (and sometimes during the night as I sleep) for nearly 48 years, so of course it has wrinkles, and I’m not gonna let some insecurity-targeted marketing buzz make me worry about them. 

We all probably have at least one insecurity about a part of our body. We don’t need companies/media creating new insecurities about body parts we hadn’t thought about. 

[Ispend2much6]

@WinglessOne   You are very eloquent, and described exactly how I feel.  Obviously I love to pamper myself with beauty products; no shame in any woman doing that.  But yeah, where does it stop?  How perfect do women have to be?  Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see quite the same pressure on men to be physically perfect.  My husband loves me the way I am, and that's all that really matters.  He would even like me to use less makeup (because, he reasons without saying so aloud, it would cost less money.)  🙂

If there were a neck wrinkle or chin reducing cream that really worked as well as it is promoted, there would be no demand for plastic surgery. 🙂 

[heartsmyface]

@Ispend2much6   Men feel that pressure too but in a different way.  They’re marketed at for balding, body building (being scrawny)  and for how much money they bring in and save.  As women were more likely to be objectified and to objectify ourselves as a result of where we’re at in society.  It’s changing but not as fast as people like to think.  

[suzyo]

@Ispend2much6  I think this might be the new trend now. A few butt masks have launched over the past few months. Sephora just came out with those sheet masks, but I don't know if a one-size-fits-all will work for the area, lol. I use the same scrubs/lotions as the rest of my body, so I don't think I need a separate product.

[tsavorite]

They are talking about Folliculitis, which is also seen on other parts of the body (often found on arms or legs).  This is little red bumps, inflamed hair follicles, which are often treated with Dermadoctor KP Lotion or exfoliation. 

(On the First Aid Beauty product label above, it says "Cleansing Body Polish with Activated Charcoal," and says nothing about the product being intended "only for butts.")

[l8totheparty]

I am soooooo behind the beauty times! I didn't know this was a thing.  @Ispend2much6 

[Ispend2much6]

@l8totheparty   I just saw this tonight myself.  🙂

[sonnydee]

well, there are ALOT of nude beaches.....just sayin' 😁

[Ispend2much6]

@sonnydee   Well that would make sense then.  🙂

[Anastasiya13]

@Ispend2much6  I;m sorry if I offend anyone, but I feel like this is just a gimmick now. I feel that if you wash your back side in the shower correctly, you dont need all that extra stuff. I can be wrong, but I feel like this is just a way to get more money out of people.

[heartsmyface]

@Anastasiya13 @That’s exactly what this is!  It’s possible to get folliculitis from shaving and then sweating (like if you were to shave your legs before going to the gym), but you don’t need a special wash to prevent it.  

[Anastasiya13]

@heartsmyface  Damn there are ladies who shave their behind? I mean I guess to each their own on that part. Yeah I feel like the special wash is just to bank off the people who think they need a specific product.

[heartsmyface]

@Anastasiya13  oh dang I can’t recall this youtubers name but I’m sure she wouldn’t be hard to find... she was spouting some cr@p about how women should shave all their body hair off cause men don’t like it and they notice.  I assume she had a following that ate it all up so I bet there are lots of women who try.  

[Anastasiya13]

@heartsmyface  Since needs to read more then, because some of that hair is to stop infections and so that we dont get sick as much, and second of all she should realize that its a new time, and woman should not change for a man.  Some people need to get out of a mental box, and see that there is a whole different world out there.

[Ispend2much6]

@Anastasiya13   I had never seen or read about that type of issue  before.  It honestly cracked me up!  You do have to wonder some time if some people in the beauty business sit there and try to think up of what type of bodily issue can we make women feel paranoid about now so we can provide them with a costly "fix."