Back on my old blog (on blogger… ) I did a post a long time ago about my all time makeup pet peeves. Makeup do’s and do nots that I see walking down the street that just either make me want to laugh or cry. LIke the fuschia blush walking towards me from a block away, to the over drawn lips to the … . well, you know what I mean.

But lately, I’ve found myself amongst all the great beauty products that I’ve had the pleasure of buying, trying and reviewing, having a bit of a ‘pet peeve’ moment with the actual product.  Haven’t you also? You get a beloved, long sought after, product, color, brand that you’ve had your heart set on for a while. Get said beautifully packaged product home. Open. Play. And … awww…. oh oh. Grrrrr! Can we somehow have a beauty product intervention of some sort here? LIke, this product MUST meet the required any average girl can use this stamp of approval?

So what doesn’t make the cut? Glad you asked. My product pet peeves:

1. Too small lettering on the actual product to even SEE what the heck the color of said product actually is. Do I really need to get the magnifying glass out to read the thing?

2. Beautiful packaging doesn’t necessarily mean, beautiful product. Yep. Sometimes it just so painfully shows that the product box took up all the budget in the making of.  The actual product? Cheap looking.  Aw gee, thanks. Didn’t you know that I was going to throw away that gorgeous box anyway?  You know, like in the trash……

3. Is it really asking so much to have an easy way to OPEN the darnn thing? I mean, from the plastic sealed anti-theft, anti-whatever wrapper that needs a blade to cut and open it, to the actual product itself. I have this one blush that I love. But just shoot me every time I try to open the thing.  It looks so similar all the way around that you just don’t see the little tap that you need to push to open it.  Which takes me about 5 minutes to look, feel, and try to open. Don’t even get me started in a restaurant or nightclub moment when you want to ‘freshen’ up a bit. Well, give me a minute (okay, make that a FEW minutes)  to try to actually open the thing first.

4.  Smell.  Why do I have to be bombarded with the heaviest fragrance known to man every time I want to swipe on some lipstick? Or lip gloss? Why?

5. Okay, how about taste.  Lip glosses are known for this.. and hey, if it’s a great taste, I’m so there. One of my favs is a Max Factor’s lip gloss I think that just smells and tastes like a cafe latte.  Oh so love. But an acid or wierd aftertaste or anything similar is not so pleasant.  Gag.

6. Color looks great. Really great. In the box, in the case, in the container. Said product looks NOTHING like it on. I mean NOTHING. Oh, this is so my #1 pet peeve.  Because we’re visual.. I see something, I love, I buy. I apply and it had better look on the way I see it. Which is usually about .03% of the time. Why? why? why????

7.  Super hype. Super buzz words. Super anticipation. Super… nothing.  You know what I mean. That amazing mascara (why are they usually the culprits?) that is supposed to be the end all of all mascaras, or whatever hyped product you’re holding in your hands, and it does…. nothing.  Why? why? why?

8.  Breaks.  Period. Is it that hard to make a product that doesn’t collapse at the hinges? Break apart at the seams? Top goes flying off the bottom? Shattters? Cracks? I mean, the prices we pay sometimes for makeup is the amount of say a small fortune in some countries.  And yet it breaks?

9.  5 Minutes. I mean, is it really asking so much for a product to last, say, longer than 5 minutes? I mean they are out there. That foundation that lasts hours and hours. The lipstick that 4 hours later, even after drinking that cup of coffee, is still yet impressively still on your lips. No, I’m talking about the 5 minute wonders. There’s a super hyped, buzzed major makeup line blush that i swear, I put on and 10 minutes later? Gone.  Disappeared. Like it’s laughing at me… "Nope, you never REALLY applied me did you?" Geez, I could have sworn I did.

10. And last but not least. The biggest pet peeve of them all. The ‘where the heck is this product that I loved?" experience.  You bought. You loved, you used. It’s gone. Now where is it? Well, I couldn’t tell you because the product has been discontinued…. forever. Off to makeup heaven.  As in you’re most likely never will see this again.  …..(sob)…. sniffle….. sigh.  No really, I’m ok. Really…. (whimper…) I’ll be fine.

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.  I mean I know it’s only makeup.  But still. Do you agree?

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