Temptalia Asks You – What beauty inventions or products just make you go, “huh”?
Posted On: 04/13/09
Posted in: Temptalia Asks You
What beauty inventions or products just make you go, “huh”? What can’t you believe they’ve come out with?
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I think the press-on eyeshadows have me stunned! I never thought something like that would
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Thanks to Tanya for today’s question!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Either that really expensive stuff from Sephora that supposed to make your eye lashes longer and fuller. As well as the stick on nail polish!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Those press-on shadows were pretty interesting. Or the brushless nail applicator that Lancome came up with a few months ago. Apparently you were supposed to dip this curved applicator onto the polish or something, I never got to understand how it really worked. Thought that was interesting. Does anyone know how it’s supposed to work? I’d love to hear from anyone who had tried it! :)
Monday, April 13, 2009
You’re supposed to dip it into the nail polish and then apply it with the applicator on your nails. It was more like a top coat I think, as it was not pigmented, only gold glitters.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
I bought a kit from discount and I can tell you that it doesn’t work! The applicator is not wide enough for all nails, and it’s too flexible. The product dries out quite fast > the result is clumpy.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Heated eye lash curlers…. It’s bad enough having heated hair products so close to your face but directly on your eyes? Scary
Monday, April 13, 2009
I heat my eyelash curler with my blowdryer before using. I test it on my wrist to make sure it isn’t too hot. It makes SUCH a big difference in the curl!
Monday, April 13, 2009
i learned from a korean friend when i was 13 to heat a clean mascara brush with a lighter to curl your lashes. her mom taught her and so on back,and now atleast they have a safer way. I like my heated curler bc I don’t pinch my eyelids with it like i sometimes do with my curler
Monday, April 13, 2009
It is not supposed to be HOT! Just warm enough to curl your lashes up. I love mine – it curls up without taking any eyeliner off and the curls last all day
Monday, April 13, 2009
Where did you get yours?
Monday, April 13, 2009
heated eyelash curlers work wonderfully… i love mine!
when you use it, you can barely feel the heat on your eye at all… it doesn’t get HOT, but just warm enough to delicately warm your lashes. :)
it’s much safer than using a hair dryer to heat up a regular eyelash curler…
Monday, April 13, 2009
Oscillating/rotating mascaras, eyelash weaving, black lipsticks (ok, some of the gloss items were wearable but not by many)… some doozies this last year.
Monday, April 13, 2009
I don’t get special mascara for your lower lashes. Why not just use your normal mascara? You have to be careful or it’ll smudge. Not a big deal.
I live in Japan and something they have here (I’ve seen it on Youtube too) is a set that comes with some type of glue, and a plastic stick. Asian women can spread the glue on their eyelid and push it inwards with the stick so their eyelid sticks to itself, making a “creased” lid like women of European descent have. Creepy!
Monday, April 13, 2009
I agree, it is creepy!
Monday, April 13, 2009
If you think that’s creepy; my old roommate (from Korea) actually got SURGERY over last Christmas break to achieve that crease. Now THAT’S creepy and crazy!!!
Monday, April 13, 2009
It is not really crazy and creepy, if you understand the culture over there. A girl without such crease is not accepted ‘pretty’ over there and pretty girls tend to get better jobs and boyfriends etc.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Neither creepy nor crazy for me…. it’s a minor operation with a low risk rate if done safely by a decent doctor. I had it done 7 years ago and I love it! It really opens up my eyes and makes them look bigger. I have narrow almond shaped eyes and need all the help I can get looking more awake! And I’d like to think I was pretty both before AND after the surgery :)
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Umm, quit being such a Eurocentric moron. Plenty of Asian women natural eyelid creases. And if you haven’t noticed, whites aren’t the only race with double eyelids. Maybe you should shut your mouth and do your research.
Monday, April 13, 2009
ooh I forgot to say two more stuff: Givenchy phenomen-eyes (or something like that), the mascara that looked like a snowball. Also Lancome’s black lipgloss. I swatched it, expecting it to be very sheer like Shu Uemura’s couture shades– WRONG. It was literally a black lipgloss that goes on BLACK on your lips.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Phenomeneyes is great, easy to use and make my lashes much thicker and longer! I admit it looks weird, but it really works.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Vibrating mascara’s for sure!
Monday, April 13, 2009
The Asian thing on the market, where you put this glue thing on your crease to create a double eyelid. Asian people are so beautiful! They don’t need it, I’m have double, but I don’t see what the big deal is with “double eyelids” I don’t see the problem is with no eye lids and monolids.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
No “problem” with monolids, but some people just prefer the look of double lids. Asian faces can be beautiful with or without double lids.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Even though I use them…I remember thinking that biore pore strips for your nose were really strange.
Monday, April 13, 2009
I love them! I love studying the little blackheads that come out of my pores. :)
Monday, April 13, 2009
I’m so glad I’m not the only one that does that!!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Botox for lips. They look freaky!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Totally have to agree with the press on shadows, especially because they come in animal prints. Maybe for halloween but other than that, don’t get it! Also the vibrating mascara wands. Why?!?! I think you can do the job of really coating your eyelashes best with the use of your own hand. I also did not get the Givenchy ball wand mascara. Phenom”eyes” or something like that. Maybe its cause I didn’t test it, but can’t see how a ball wand does the trick. There definitely has been some weird ones out there this year. Everyone trying to be on the tip of the “advanced/modern” iceberg, but not thinking of practicality.
Monday, April 13, 2009
I LOVE the pressed shadows! They work great and last forever! They are made of mineral powder. There is the “Exotic” set that has camouflage, zebra, leopard prints (which I own) and the newer one the “Butterfly” (wings colors/patterns) (which I own as well). However, there are more “tamed” colors/patterns available for those less adventurous. I like different & funky and those def do the trick for a night on the town. It’s original and they are so easy to apply. It only takes less than 1 minute so, if you’re in a time crunch, they work so well. There are also the press on” nail polish. I’ve been curious about them but haven’t bought any yet… Does anyone have tried them?
I admit: I am a w***e for new/different take on existing beauty products. I’m willing to try anything once.
What creeps ME out is going under the knife/bleeding/getting stuff injected in my body (Botox/plastic surgery, etc)…
Monday, April 13, 2009
Those press on eyeshadows!!! Everytime I’m at Sephora I have to stop and look at them!!!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Press on toe nails.
Heated eyelash curlers.
Rotating/vibrating mascara wands.
Airbrushing your makeup on.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Press on eyeshadows.
Are you kidding me?!
Oh and the vibrating mascara wands.
It makes me cringe thinking about it.
Monday, April 13, 2009
the press-on eyeshadows… i bought them.. ok i buy everything… they have them in exotic designs which actually look cute but im not sure if i would wear them out during the day lol
they apply very well. they also have them in blues , greens, browns but i have no idea why someone would buy them when u can apply solid colors easily!
Monday, April 13, 2009
heated eye lash curlers and press on eye shadows.
Monday, April 13, 2009
The stick on eyeshadows are really weird, I tested one in store Sephora(on my arm), they are really sticky & the colour is really pixelated.
The stick on nail polish is awesome though! I again tested it & it lasted so long on my one nail. I think if you were pressed for time it would be a great solution.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Press on Shadows. EnKore does a tutorial on how to make them on Youtube. I saw his video long before I saw those awful press on ones at Sephora. He did his so you could give them as gifts which was interesting.
I hate that mascara that looks like a snowball. It creeps me out. Looks like a bug.
I think talking eyeshadow palettes are ridiculous.
Monday, April 13, 2009
That spin lash rotating mascara wand. I think it would be a good thing for people with medical problems- arthritis or other issues, but everyone else should be able to handle twirling their regular mascara wand as they apply it.
Monday, April 13, 2009
LOL I agree with all the previously mentioned things – the rotating mascara being my top “HUH” item of the year. Mostly because I see it staying around for a while. The press on make-up just seems like such a fad that I cannot believe that it would be around for more than a few months. BUT the weird rotating/vibrating mascara, it doesn’t seems like just a fad.
Monday, April 13, 2009
The rotating mascara – what the hell? This thing took longer to make one mechanical rotation than to do it manually would. And was the size of a house.
The Givenchy Phemon’eyes Mascara – Every photo/video review I have seen of this mascara results in super clumpy, spider-leg lashes. Nasty.
Flavoured body lotions/creams – Remember the Jessica Simpson line? This stuff seems so juvenile to me.
As for heated eyelash curlers – they do work! I think it depends on the model though. I bought one in Japan that has this purple plastic version of a normal curler head, and the difference is phenomenal. I don’t even use it much because it is TOO extreme and dolly-like for everyday.
Monday, April 13, 2009
When I use the Phenomeneyes my lashes never clump. I really think the cynics should try it. Might look odd, but works really well.
Monday, April 13, 2009
i agree with you on the press on eyeshadows! when i saw those at sephora my reaction was “really? press on?” .. wonder if they work?
Monday, April 13, 2009
Zip-zappers and Pore sucker machines. I’ve heard miracle stories about the Clarisonic but the machines themselves look like a mini death ray or something lol!
Also the Givenchy mascara that looks like a thistle.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Urban Decay Primer Potion Packaging is ridiculous and the new lipgloss pocket rockets from UD. Huh?
Monday, April 13, 2009
I tried those “press on” shadows at the Makeup Show in NYC last year.. Yes, they look pixelated, but what people are forgetting, is you still need to get a nice fluffy brush and do some blending.. THEN they look alright. I had zebra print eyes the whole day, I did go outside totally forgetting and I got some wicked stares.. LOL
Monday, April 13, 2009
The press on eyeshadows. It seems like it takes away the fun and customization of applying makeup.
Monday, April 13, 2009
i think the press on nails stencils are cool. i saw sayanythingbrooke on youtube do a tuturial on it and it looks really cool and easy when u get the hang of it. its better then paying 30 something dollars at the hair salon, when u can just roll the stamp with the nailpolish on your nail
Monday, April 13, 2009
I’ve always hated face products that have a brush attached to the tube it comes with, where you’re supposed to dispense the product onto the brush like Neutrogena’s mineral blush – so hard to use!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Two words: hair mascara
Monday, April 13, 2009
ahhhhh! i used to take those from my barbie doll cause i thought it was so cool!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Actually my mother swears by these for touch-ups on her visible grey routes in between her colouring appointments. I tried the fashion brightly coloured versions back in the 90s but didn’t get on with them at all, it looked all crispy and coated on my hair :(
Monday, April 13, 2009
mascara that takes batteries
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
The UD pocket rocket glosses. I wouldn’t even begin to think about buying one of those. My boyfriend would KILL me
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Eye shadow sealant….??? WTH is that for when you have MAC and Paint Pots LOL
It messes up a good makeup for sure and it totally stings in the eye if you are not careful.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Lol. I have to agree those press on eyeshadows and the new UD pocket rocket.lol and the man the baby in the diaper…my my not good. is that suppose to appeal to our motherly instincts?
Sunday, May 31, 2009
and to think how I used to swear fake eyelashes/eyelash glue was wierd
I always wondered how the idea of acryllic nails came about and the horid orange self tanner stuff. I agree with someone’s post about scented lotions….alot of them are nasty and never smell like what they are supposed to and usually make people wanna hide from you not get closer to you.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
oh I forgot to post this one..Dove had a line of anti aging products. I don’t know if it’s still around but one of the things in their line was a deodorant….tell me why we need to anti age under the arms??? LOL