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!!!

[niki172]

Ummmm NO to the whole thing! And buying someone a gym membership (unless they asked for it) is tacky. 

[k617]

Good point @niki172, buying someone a gym membership or fitness classes could definitely be interpreted the wrong way! I would personally love to be gifted my gym membership (if someone would like to pay the $550 a year, I'll gladly spend what I would have spent on that gym membership on other fun things...like makeup :D) but for just a random family or friend...nope. 

[lmi82]

@niki172 Yeah, I agree that buying someone exercise classes would be extremely tacky and possibly hurtful. Aside from that and the juice cleanse idea, the other suggestions aren't that bad. However, this isn't something a medical group should even send out in the first place. That's what made me go: WTF?. I guess they wanted to send something out other than their typical get-your-flu-shot email. 

[niki172]

@lmi82 yeah it sounds like one of the office admins went rogue on this "helpful" letter. Also I don't know if a lot of people would be jazzed to get a spiral vegetable slicer. I could be totally wrong, but it just reminds me of the year my ex's family gave me a Jack Lalance juicier for Christmas while everyone else got actual stuff you'd like to get (that thing was a piece of cr#p BTW and it supposedly cost over $150 or something like that). I'm just cautious about giving out kitchen appliances as that can also be taken wrong unless someone has asked for it/is really into cooking and you've found something neat.

[k617]

Oh man, if my doctor's office sent me a holiday gift guide and the first thing I see is a juice cleanse, I'd probably find a new doctor!! There is absolutely no science to back up cleanses, in fact it really is just...eat nothing + drink lots of fluids = pee lots = lose weight. Not healthy.

I'd self-proclaim as a health nut in training (really interested about nutrition, but I will still eat cookies) and I would NEVER do a juice cleanse for "health"!

All the other suggestions listed in the email seem reasonable though! 😄

[lmi82]

@k617 @GG84 Yikes! I only quickly looked over the list and didn't even notice the juice cleanse part. Yeah, I've actually read up about those and they are not healthy in any way. All you're losing is water weight, and after the cleanse you're actually likely to eat more because all you did is deprive your body. It's very confusing that they'd include it on their list. I've seen two of the doctors in that practice (they're both really great) and they do not seem like they'd ever encourage juice cleansing. 

I do have to say that that I've never received an email like this from them. It was pretty weird and out of the blue.  

[GG84]

Are you kidding me...Juice cleanse?! I used to suffer from anorexia for many many years. I cant even begin to tell you how trigger that could be for some people coming from their doctor

[k617]

Right?! @GG84 Juice cleanses are so bad for you. Sure, you could be drinking juices of healthy foods but why not just eat those vegetables/fruits/nuts? Most juice cleanses restricts your calorie intake to an unhealthy amount and I just wouldn't want to be hangry for so long. And you're right, coming from a doctor's office, uninformed individuals would probably take that as real advice and do a few "cleanses" on their own!

[lmi82]

When someone creates a thread asking for help/advice, but they actually just want to complain. Bonus points for if they edit and/or get rid of the original post you replied to, and then create a new thread about the same effing thing. Ugh. People can be baffling sometimes. 

[fieldsofclover]

Also, the... not passive-aggressive, just *passive* threads. The one-sentence OP with a tepid opinion. I feel bad skipping posts like that bc I always imagine it's some 13yo girl who is figuring this all out, but, like... give me something to work with! lol

[starsandbucks]

Related: when someone creates a thread asking for help and you take the time to respond thoughtfully, often with multiple choices and they never return to check the thread or thank people helping. Legit pet peeve!

[gonerogue]

I second this! 🙄🤷🏼‍♀️

[tsavorite]

@gonerogue, @starsandbucks,           

I agree!  This Is A Thing!

[taylorhunsleyy]

when I have to travel with my makeup and my powders break and spill all over my makeup bag. makes me want to SCREEEAAAAMMM

[obliviates]

This sucks sooo much. My MUFE powdered foundation, broke earlier this week and I about cried.

[Indy701]

When you take so long to decide on your purchases that the GWP goes out of stock 😂 It is Monday 

[fieldsofclover]

This is me right here

[k617]

When people give a product a low rating because it wasn't "as expected" even though if they had read the description/details, the product WOULD be as expected.

An easier example to give though it's non-beauty related: I was looking at some gold ball/bead earrings, and noticed that the 6 mm size was rated very low. The description, title and details CLEARLY state that the size is 6 mm. most of the reviews were of people going "smaller than expected".

Seriously?! How hard is it for you to measure out 6 mm, draw a circle, and get an idea of what the size is? I do this for many things: jewelry, purses, watches, etc. Sometimes I even go as far as cutting it out and putting it against my ear, wrist, body, whatever, just to see what it'd look like on ME. Maybe it's excessive, but this way there are no surprises.

[Melpo7]

and if it truly IS smaller than expected, write it out. "says 6mm but they're really 3mm" that way people KNOW they are actually smaller and not just think you are a moron who doesn't read, order them and then mad because they are smaller than advertised.

[heartsmyface]

I do the cutout method too and am only admitting it cause you did first.  If I saved all the paper I cut out I would be a very well off  paper doll. @k617

[k617]

Hahah @heartsmyface no shame in that! I want to know what I'm getting 😉 One time I cut out a rectangle the size of a purse I'm looking at, and lined up all my stuff against it to make sure it'd all fit! And it did - paper version AND the real version!