Almost two weeks ago now, I did a post about my much loved empties. Well, here is the sister post, the poor unfortunates that have made it onto my ‘will never ever buy again’ list.
1. E.L.F. Eyeshadow Primer in ‘Misty Mauve’
Apart from having a giggle-worthy name, this stuff really did make me bash my head against a wall. Firstly, I was naive to think that a coloured eye shadow primer would be a good idea (maybe a neutral shaded one but MAUVE!? What was I thinking…) Now don’t get me wrong, I love the colour mauve, but this was more like glittery fairy vomit mauve, not the nice shade. I don’t know why I chose this, my bad, I hold myself completely responsible. The formula destroyed whatever eye shadow I decided to wear. The brush made application clumpy and a nightmare.
‘That brush though…’
I thought about blending it, which worked in terms of colour, but every eye shadow I wore it with ended up creasing and/or migrating. It looked bitty and unpleasant. Basically, my eye shadow lasts longer without it. There really is no point me using this… in fact, I’m lying, it’s not 100% empty.
2. Anna Sui ‘Flight of Fancy’ Body Lotion
It’s like heavily scented water with a dash of glitter. I got this with the perfume as a set, and although I like the smell of the perfume, it’s possibly the only perfume I’ve ever worn that smells terrible on my skin, but nice in the bottle. I’ve done a lot of Googling since, and come to realise I have it easy, and some people really struggle to find a perfume that smells nice in the bottle and on their skin… so I wont complain. I thought I could at least smell nice with the body lotion, but it’s so watery it’s unpleasant. It takes forever to absorb into the skin, and left my hands feeling a bit sticky.
3. MUA Matte Perfect Loose Powder in ‘Translucent’
I have some amazing MUA products, but this isn’t one of them. It scores average and below in my books, I prefer the Rimmel London pressed powder or the E.L.F. High Definition Studio powder, same price and the quality is far superior. The packaging set my teeth on edge, if you twist the lid it makes this squeaking sound that is up there with fingernails on a chalk board. The powder gets EVERYWHERE, there’s nothing to stop you from collecting the whole thing on your brush. As for ‘translucent’ I don’t think it was, the powder has an orange hue and looked a little cakey in places once applied. Of course this could be due to the fact it’s so easy to overload your brush… However it did fix my foundation and banished shine, which is what the pot claimed.
4. NYC Smooth Skin Perfecting Primer in shade ‘684’
Who knew there were that many shades of primer!? This is basically white with silvery particles thrown in for that added fairy look. Although I have no issue with the shade, it was too watery and I felt like my skin wanted more and more. I didn’t notice any difference in terms of make-up staying power, and it didn’t make my foundation sit better. It claims to even skin tone, I’m not sure how it was intending to do that, but shade ‘684’ didn’t do a thing for me. It was pointless, although it did smell pleasantly of suncream.
5. Garnier Simply Essentials ‘2 in 1 Make Up Remover’
I bought this because it looked cool! A bit like the two coloured mouthwash that you shake to wake. Only it turned into a nightmare. You have to shake the bottle like a mad woman to blend the two liquids (a clear blue and a shady grey). You then have approximately three seconds to pop the cap and soak a cotton pad. By the time you’ve wiped your face and pick up a new pad, the bottle needs re-shaking as the liquids have happily separated. If you get annoyed and decide to just soak the cotton pad anyway, it has no effect and feels unbelievably greasy. You have to obey the shake rule. It took too long to keep opening and closing the lid and shaking the bottle. Especially since I wear a lot of eye make-up, it’s going to take a few cotton pads to transform this panda. Zzz… On a formula note, it left my skin feeling really greasy, like I didn’t want to moisturise in case my pores got blocked kind of slimy. I trundled on though, as it did an okay job at removing my make-up (note ‘an okay job’ and not ‘amazing’), I’m so glad it’s empty. This really wasn’t my cup of tea.
If you’ve tried any of the above what did you think? 🙂
Strange Made Me 
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