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Are there products you love to look at but never buy because you don't think they'll work for you?


Are there products you love to look at but never buy because you don’t think they’ll work for you? Share!

Maybe false eyelashes — I usually look but rarely buy, just because I know I am unlikely to ever wear them!

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Alexis Avatar

Blushes. I am not a fan of wearing anything face products wise with the exception of face powder. I just don’t care for it. But I secretly want Nars Exhibit A.

Amy Avatar

Mascara. I’ve only bought one and only cuz it was a beautiful purple. I hate the TINIEST clump. I also hate how most just looks creepy on. I might just end up buying false lashes if anything.

Tammie Avatar

I am with you on false eyelashes! I read about them a lot on Japanese fashion blogs and in Japanese fashion magazines but it’s wayyyy too much trouble for me.

Queentut Avatar

And I’m with all of you who say false lashes. They are so pretty on some women but I end up looking like a Vegas Showgirl no matter what.

JC Avatar

interesting question. i admire a lot of concealers and foundations even though i know how sensitive my skin is. i’ve been wanting to try nars’ foundation as well as mufe hd again for quite some time now… as well as eve pearl’s salmon concealers.

Marie Avatar

If I can give one pece of advice: just try. 🙂

I have very sensisitve skin as well, and had given up on foundations, but I gave it a try thanks to a nice MUA, and I’m glad I did.
Some foundations claiming to be formulated for sensitive skin have damaged my skin, and “regular” foundations did good. You cannot trust claims. You just have to try. 🙂

tori Avatar

Definitely Liquid eyeliner. I love the strong bold look people create with liquid liner, but I’ve tried and tried and tried, but I’ve never been able to get a hold of it.

Morgan P. Avatar

I never use eyelash curlers either! I am lucky to have long eyelashes anyways, but those things just seem like medieval torture devices and yes, they don’t seem to make much difference.

Anyways, I’ve never even tested a bronzer and wouldn’t dream of buying one. I’m super pale, one might call it “pasty”, and there’s just no way that that stuff is ever going to work on me.

Angela Avatar

They make a huge difference on Asians though. Most Asians don’t have curled eyelashes, they’re either straight or point downwards, and an eyelash curler really makes a difference 🙂

kharanya Avatar

Hi, been lurking a long time, but just had to respond to this since I was cleaning out my stash. Totally second false eyelashes! I have a few pairs I bought intending to try, but I’m too chicken 😛

stacey Avatar

cee bee certainly asks alot of questions….the beauty cremes by sisley, estee lauder, la prairie, cle de peu, guerlain,…all the high end cosmetics face cremes…except for Santa Maria Novella.

John Avatar

Cream bronzers and highlighters. They look soo beautiful, like NARS Multiples, etc.. But cream products just don’t work well for my oily skin, except maybe a cream under-eye concealer. Also blushes in any form because as a guy, blush just looks gross on me. No matter how sheer, what color, or what application technique, they just make me look completely unnatural; I look like a clown. It’s seriously scary stuff. xD

xiao Avatar

i feel like i should give up on liquid liners, falsies, liquid blush/eyeshadows. But I love looking and looking often translates to impulse buying 🙁

Jadyn Avatar

I have SUPER oily skin and it’s extremely acne prone BUT I love NARS creme blushes. They are a good creme to powder consistency but they still feel light on the skin. I also love tarte cheek stains. They leave a really nice flush to the face WITHOUT sitting on top of your skin.

Steph Avatar

For me it’s primer. Maybe I just haven’t found one that would work for me. I don’t have oily skin but they all feel really greasy.

Liz Mc Avatar

Frosty shadows and pigments. I love how they looked swatched on my hand but I KNOW they’ll make my 47 year old eyelids look as wrinkled as crumpled paper.

Jen Avatar

The trick is just placing highlighters where they belong…high on the cheekbones…MSF’s are a great investment if you want a great highlighter.

Vicky Avatar

These pre-painted nails, they come in stunning designs, pink frenchtips with flowers, and they are sooo beautiful to look at, but I dont think it will look good on my fingernails

Lidalgirl Avatar

false eyelashes, too -i think i’ll make a total mess on using them-. and lipglosses: i like them, but i have quite dry lips. they’ll totally look awful on me.
for the rest, i’d like to think at myself as a sperimental spirit 🙂

Kate Avatar

Urban Decay Naked Palette – Looks sooo perty and heard so many great things, but… the palette looks a bit on the warm side for my pale cool toned skin

Jen Avatar

Surprisingly it’s nail polish for me. I can’t wear nail polish all the time because of my job and if I did, it would fade right away due to the nuclear soap we use at work. It would be a waste of money. But I always look at colors.

mnm Avatar

Nars Multiple in Orgasm. I just love the creamy texture and color, but with my oily skin I dont think it would work for me. Colored eyeliners is another one, I stress out trying to decide what color I should get, and end up just getting black or brown. LOL. I feel like the cheaper ones always smudge, so I would rather get a higher end one, but I dont want to spend alot on a color I may not like. ‘sigh’

MostlyM3 Avatar

That’s my problem! I keep buying things even though I know they won’t work on me but I think – maybe just this once! I have been trying to make peach lipstick work for forever. Not gonna happen, but maybe with the right formula….

Quinctia Avatar

Blush! I spend so much time trying to reduce the flush in my face, I honestly don’t see the point in using blush. I do own a blush quad, but it was like $2 and more of a way to reassure myself that I wasn’t nuts, I really don’t need blush. XD

Lindsey D Avatar

Paper eyelashes. They’re beautiful and so cool looking, but I have hooded eyes, so they’d just end up looking crowded and too busy.

Roxanne Avatar

Any skincare product that has really pretty packaging, like those from Ettusais or Paul & Joe because I don’t know if my sensitive skin will go crazy after I use them!

xoxo,
Roxanne

Adelita Avatar

Lip liner. Even though I often wear red lipstick, I’ve never experienced my lipstick bleed, so I think I don’t really need one. Thank God!

Jade Avatar

Pink lipstick, baby pinks, and blue-toned pinks look gorgeous in the tube but they look awful on my skintone.
Also white nail varnish, I’ve always loved it when I see it on other people but as soon as I apply it, I feel like I’m wearing tipex on my nails!

Carrie G Avatar

I love looking at extremely pigmented crazy lipglosses and lipsticks. However i know ill never be caught dead with lime-green lips!

shuz4ever Avatar

False eyelashes – never bought them or worn them, but always check them out at the store and admire them on others. I just think they are going to be really difficult to put on/wear and would look out of place on my already long lashes.

wallflower Avatar

One word: Bronzer! i feel that i would look far too made up with foundation + powder + bronzer + blush + highlighter on my face! i’d rather just skip the bronzer.

Amie Avatar

Most eyeshadows. I just love looking at all the bright MAC colors, and wish that I could pull them off, but I know that I never could.
I always dream about wearing the beautiful blue colors or the super sparkly ones, but the only colors I ever end up buying are simple neutrals.
Most people who see my MAC eyeshadow palettes all say that all the colors are the same.

Queentut Avatar

I love liquid eyeliners in all of the color spectrum, but I can’t seem to master the liquid eyeliner technique..I just end up with a mess and have to do my entire eye all over! The pencils are getting better all time though. Also red lipsticks. I love red and how it looks on others, but I’ve yet to find one that I can pull off.

Shalimar Avatar

I would say luxury brands such as Chanel, Guerlain, etc. I always skip past them because as dark complexion person, I feel that it would be too chalky, not show up, etc. Another would be false eyelashes. I wear glasses to this day because I refuse to have my fingers close to my eyes.

Rebecca Avatar

MAC lipglasses. I find that no matter what color they are they all look like clear gloss on me. Its just not worth the money without the color payoff.

Tina Avatar

false lashes i love the idea of them but they never look right on me 🙁 also i always look at soleil de bronze by chanel but i think it wud be too dark for me and its too expensive!

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