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!!!

[k617]

Hahaha thanks V! I contemplated not posting that photo, but I gotta show my "fun" side once in awhile, right?? 😉 @veronika23

[veronika23]

Enough said.

[shimmerbait]

Snagging a razor blade on my fresh gel manicure.  keeps catching strands of hair in the cut.  annoying!

[k617]

I really like Paula's Choice's Beautypedia. I like that they list the ingredients list and gives quick reviews of the formulas. I don't agree with everything written, but it's a good reference for when I just want to have an opinion on the formula and ingredients list.

What I don't like is when they dock stars off products for not having enough antioxidants (when there are no antioxidant claims), when something's not moisturizing enough (especially when not targeted specifically for dry skin), etc. Kinda like how she rated The Ordinary's products... these are cheap products, meant to be mixed together in a routine. Very few items in general are meant to be a comprehensive do-all product! Why can't they just rate the product for what it is, what it claims rather than docking stars off because it's not what it COULD be?

Yet, when it came to the Drunk Elephant line, it's glowing reviews all around. Don't get me wrong, I think Drunk Elephant is a better brand than most...but even the marula oil? She docks stars off for other face oils that are already a blend but "could have more beneficial ingredients" yet when it comes to DE's 100% marula oil, she gives it 4/5 stars simply saying it could be better off as a blend. Rating a single ingredient oil the same as a blend that's potentially better already...Baffling...

[candyrivera]

@k617The antioxidant thing drives me crazy on her reviews! I don't get a lot of her reviews to be honest. I completely agree with you. Yes it can be helpful, but a lot of time, I notice she contradicts herself in her reviews.

[alexasteph]

@k617 I don't like the Paula's Choice reviews AT ALL. I find them to be very condescending and biased for ridiculous and unrelated reasons, just like what you've mentioned. While the ingredient list sounds helpful, I can't get passed the tones of the reviews. I checked it out once, that was enough for me. 

[veronika23]

@alexasteph@k617  I think that's why I dislike her so much and stopped going to her site. The know it all attitude or something... just a turn off.

[k617]

Yeah! @alexasteph that condescending tone is completely unnecessary. They call things "laughable" which I don't see the value of.

[greeneyedgirl107]

@veronika23 Products that contain menthol - especially lip products!  I just tried on Buxom Full-On Lipstick in Las Vegas and liked it enough to purchase, and would have tried other shades...but it doesn't  tingle -- it almost stings!

[andibandi]

Pet peeve of this thread is clicking on a photo comment and then when closing out of the photo--the thread scrolls all the way back to the top 😣

[lovelykatya]

So another recent peeve of mine is when someone is trying to push their product on you..

An acquaintance of mine got into her own sales of R+F products (they are the once who created proactive). Duhh it makes since she has to make money, but just posting pictures without giving away some samples to try, it makes it sooo annoying.  I try all of my products before purchasing them.

Pushy sales people = annoying 🙂

[txcatx]

It's so strange to me how people can expect their acquaintances to spend $150 on an eyelash treatment or $300+ on a skincare set. Okay, yeah, I'm Rouge at Sephora and platinum at Ulta, but at least of something really doesn't work for me, I'm able to return a product guilt-free and not have to tell a friend who sold me hundreds of dollars of skincare that, "Oh, sorry, that set really doesn't work for my sensitive skin." What happened to the days when we could support a friend by buying $25 worth of Avon sunscreen/bug repellent and some fun costume jewelry? That seems far more reasonable to me!

[lovelykatya]

Well that's why apparently they have money back guarantee... I mean this is too much hassle for me.....at least

[Mcakes]

Oh man I feel you @lovelykatya 😞 ! She'll probably do a party with samples to try there if I had to guess. Once you've been to one of those types of parties you've been to them all lol. 

[NarNarNars]

 Macy's, specifically with buy online pick up in store function.

 Recently I bought a small Clinique item from Macy's using the said feature. I didn't have a chance to pick it up during the allotted time, so I simply assumed that it would be processed as a return and that I would get a refund. I never received any email about not picking it up (usually they do email if more than a week passes by without picking up the order), so I casually checked my account, and surprisingly, it was marked as picked up on a random date. I never even set my foot in my local store recently! Called the 1-800 number right away and got it taken care of, but I thought it was just super shady.. Granted it was a small item (~$20), I'm debating whether I should bring this matter to someone at the store. Am I being too petty? 😕

[candyrivera]

Definitely bring it up! This is not petty at all.

[NarNarNars]

Thanks so much, @candyrivera and @jesscheems! I ended up going to the store and reported the incident today. The supervisor I spoke with was very courteous and took this matter quite seriously. Thanks again for your input, ladies! 

[jesscheems]

Oh wow that sounds shady! I would report that!!

[heartsmyface]

@NarNarNars  Not petty.  That's actually quite concerning.  How many people does this happen to? And who would know to pick it up?  It sounds like an employee issue.  

[NarNarNars]

Makes sense, @heartsmyface. Thanks much for your input- will definitely discuss this matter w/ someone at the store.

[lippieaddict19]

@NarNarNars Not petty at all! That's crazy that that happened, especially since I'm pretty sure you're required to present a government ID to pick up an order. I would definitely contact the store and let management know because it is very shady.