Do you have any beauty kryptonite? Something you will almost always buy even when you already have products similar to it?
Antique gold eyeshadows, red lipsticks, peachy-pink blushes.
Thanks to Amy for today’s question! Got a question idea? Submit yours here.
We're here to help you make better beauty purchases that you'll enjoy and love! We recommend signing up to take advantage of personalized features like tracking products you own, viewing dupes that you already have, and more!
Here are some useful resources for you:
Curious how two shades compare to each other? Type in the shades below to get instant side-by-side swatches!
Comments that do not adhere to our comment policy may be removed. Discussion and debate are highly encouraged but we expect community members to participate respectfully. Please keep discussion on-topic, and if you have general feedback, a product review request, an off-topic question, or need technical support, please contact us!
Please help us streamline the comments' section and be more efficient: double-check the post above for more basic information like pricing, availability, and so on to make sure your question wasn't answered already. Comments alerting us to typos or small errors in the post are appreciated (!) but will typically be removed after errors are fixed (unless a response is needed).
We appreciate enthusiasm for new releases but ask readers to please hold questions regarding if/when a review will be posted as we can't commit to or guarantee product reviews. We don't want to set expectations and then disappoint readers as even products that are swatched don't always end up being reviewed due to time constraints and changes in priorities! Thank you for understanding!
We try to approve comments within 24 hours (and reply to them within 72 hours) but can sometimes get behind and appreciate your patience! 🙂 If you have general feedback, product review requests, off-topic questions, or need technical support, please contact us directly. Thank you for your patience!
It’s definitely you, Christine! LOL
ditto! 😀
Peachy pink lipstick, nude lipstick, peachy pink/nude gloss, EVERYTHING Guerlain, & volumizing mascara
Sigh, I’m obsessed with everything Guerlain too.
My kryptonite would be palettes! I’m a sucker for them. I am instantly drawn to the packaging, the various color choices, everything! I own more palettes than I know what to do with sometimes. haha
Ditto! I have like a thousand palettes and I’m always lusting after new ones!
Purple or teal eyeshadows. I have no idea why. Whenever I get back from makeup shopping, everything is usually those colors.
MLBB lipglosses. I’m proud to say that I’ve moved on to MLBB lipsticks now. Haha.
THIS! I’m totally addicted to MLBB lipsticks. I realized I have an addiction when I decided to take a picture of all the lipsticks I have one day – and was *shocked* to find very little variation in color. I am trying to find the courage to wear red but I feel like it makes my lips look crazy wide -_-‘
Is “MLBB,” My Lips But Better? If so, how cute!
Nail polish! And lipgloss. *sigh*
blue eye colours.. ugh.. always.
Blue nail polish and all mascaras. 🙁
My #1 beauty kryptonite has to be nail polish. Specifically shimmery reds and shimmery pinky-reds. Can’t get enough of those colors!
Antique gold eyeshadows, white gold eyeshadows, and red lipsticks. So that’s 2 out of 3 identical ones with you. =’D
taupe eyeshadows!
red red lipsticks (blue- red tones like Chanel Dragon)
eyecream- Clarins, Sisley, La Mer,
glitter eyeshadows
blue eyeshadow with glitter esp.
pressed powder/foundation-
yes to glitter and esp blue with glitter!
Coral blushes and lip glosses.
Lipsticks/lip stains. I own enough that my mother has made more than a few snide comments about it. Particularly deep ruby reds – my favorite look!
I’m also kind of a sucker for liquid/gel eyeliners, though I tend to be better at making myself use up the tube before buying a new one.
Oh man, NARS red lip products! I’m a sucker for a great red in general, but I am defenseless if it is NARS!
Nude Lipstick and Lipgloss and Pink Blush
Nude lipsticks and pink blushes!
Nothing stands out to me at the moment, as I go on “kicks” searching for one specific thing….my kryptonite could definitely be beauty blogs, and youtube videos about beauty! You can only shop for things for so long, but I can sit and look at and read about beauty-related stuff on the internet for HOURS!! definitely not always a good thing…
I’m the same way Traci!
Me too… it is an addiction I can’t get rid of it seems.
Eyeshadow palettes, neutral eyeshadows, sparkly gold eyeshadows, blood red lipsticks in any finish, dark lipsticks in any finish, and crease brushes.
Highlighters. Such a weird item to always be drawn to, but I can’t help it, I crave them all! Also eyeshadow palettes. Now that I caved on Naked 2, no more!
Um shimmering silver/white/off white/cool gold/champagne eyeshadows, light pinky opal highlighters, definite purple eyeshadow especially bright ones, ATM bright red lippies and even sometimes lipgloss, pink lipsticks, any odd colored lipsticks (think Lime Crime), bright liners, and any pink blushes no peachy pink just pink only if it’s shimmering or cream. I am awful xD
oh, i have a few. taupe/grey eyeshadows, highlighters, rosy blushes.
purple eyeshadows
berry-brown lipsticks
facial highlighters
I mean, seriously? HOW MANY of these do I need before the crack-addict in me is satisfied?! I just bought Watt’s Up, Cle De Peau Beaute Extra Silky Lipstick No.113 and UD Freakshow eye shadow. It never ends! AAAAHHHHHH!!!
Blue and teal eyeshadows. And recently also copper-red eyeshadows.
Red lipsticks and turquoise or bright blue eyeshadows. I don’t wear the latter much, but the colour is so pretty I just can’t help myself.
My beauty kryptonite would definitely be MAC lip glasses. I’ve been collecting them since 2003. I have over 60 of them, and my collection just keeps getting bigger!
Nail polish… and right now… holiday sets cause even though they cost $25+, I keep doing the math and telling myself it’s worth it for the amount of product/color I get over getting just one color for less than the cost of the set.
I also tend to go through phases (e.g. I’ve been really into lipsticks lately) but usually anything that’s a good deal is hard for me to resist
Shimmery champagne eyeshadows, mascara and highlighters. I have a serious highlighter problem!
Red lipsticks for sure.
Shimmery light eyeshadows
shimmery blue nail polishes are like pokemon
I keep buying pinkish brown lipsticks all the time, looking for that elusive MLBB shade. 🙂
all kinds and colors of foundations and powders
red and dark lipsticks
mascaras
Urban Decay palettes.
red and pink, dark to pink lipsticks… and palettes! haha!
I will always have a never ending supply of purple eyeshadows lol a girl with brown eyes can never have too many 😉
It used to be green eyeshadow. Now it’s duochrome/holographic/multichrome nail polishes (but really anything that has those characteristics, but nail polishes have them the most, if that makes sense). Well, when I can afford them, that is…usually, I just drool at them. @_@
red (not overly blue-ish)lipsticks, highlighters with the exeption of MSF and glosses without or with little glitter/shimmer
silver eyeshadow, pink lipstick, black eyeliners
mascaras, MLBB lipsticks and nude nail polishes
Taupe eyeshadows, nude lipstick, and coral blush!
Peachy / Orange / Brown Lipsticks…
One Year ago i had none. Now I have dozens. But I didn’t buy the peachy Chanel Velvet one. I’m really proud and a little bit sad. .
It’s definitely nude and peachy pink lipsticks and peachy pink blush (though I always go back to Fleur Power and Melba from MAC)
Taupe/neutral eyeshadows, rosy or plummy lipsticks (along the lines of MAC’s Craving and Plumful)
I’d like to deny a weakness, but even as a cool-toned girl I like to touch the golds. And I like the red lipsticks too, but only the cool-toned ones. Mascara for my silly non-existent eyelashes.
Pinky-gold eyeshadows and lip glosses…such as MAC Expensive Pink eyeshadow and Nymphette gloss. Gets me every time.
red nail polish
red lipstick and vibrant purple eyeshadows. i could start my own store.
I cant stop buying highlights, i.e Msfs, UD baked bronzer, multiples. Even though they all look the same on me
definitely..vampy purple lipsticks..still searching for a decent MAC Night Violet dupe, which is the perfect color/texture for me.
duochromes.especially nail polish,but I lose myself when I see any kind of color changing cosmetic:)
Me too!
No, I really hate having products that are extremely similar. It feels very wasteful. If I discover I’ve bought something that is like something I already have, I end up giving the one I like the least to my little sister.
red lipstick!
Red lipstick, black eyeliner and Sugarpill eyeshadows!
Teal eyeshadows – I have MAC gulfstream, shimmermoss and waternypmh and a variety of other ones from different brands. Its an addiction.
Chanel nail polishes, taupe eyeshadows, and highlighters!
Nude lipstick and light pink blush! It’s the worst. I just can’t stop buying them! Also, I will try any mascara that promises major volume!
black pencil eyeliner and lipgloss (especially peaches and oranges)
Anything that resembles MAC’s blue brown pigment…I have club, the palace Burmese beauty (not so much), too faced label whore, UD lounge, Lorac’s 3D palette, loreal hip Intrepid, Lime crime dragon scales, GDE Dino spots and most recently Wet n Wild Comfort Zone. whew!!
LOVE BLUE BROWN<3
That’s so interesting. I’ve got both the Lorac 3D palette and WnW Comfort Zone and I don’t really know how to pull off the blue-brown look without looking ridiculous. But I love the concept, so I will keep trying 🙂
If you have access to it, Rich Earth by Accessorize is beautiful.
Black eyeliner. I must have 20 of them.
Lipgloss, any color. I’ve only finished one or two tubes this year because I keep buying so much!
Lime green eyeshadows, purple lipsticks/glosses, hugemongous eyeshadow palettes, peachy blushes
Red nail polish!
Red lip stick, bold navy nail color, mascara, eye cream, peach blush.
For some reason, I hoard blue eyeshadows. Could I be in love with a tackier or more cliche color?? I’ve got so many different shades and finishes of blue that I don’t know what to do with them. But every once in awhile, another blue eyeshadow will sneak into my collection.
Taupe, mauve, and purple eyeshadows! Also, anything with beautiful glitter or bling.
I can’t tell you how many lipsticks I have with the word “raisin” in the shade name. It’s embarrassing! I’m also a sucker for inexpensive dupes for NARS “Orgasm”.
Yes! Eye palettes full of browns, beiges and taupes! I am a sucker for khaki-toned collections!
Long wearing foundation, any mattifier (lotion/primer/makeup spray/powder), peachy-pink blushes, fuchsia lipsticks, red lipsticks, purple eyeshadows, olive eyeshadows, neutral-tan eyeshadows (think MAC Naked Dark), waterproof eyeliners, orange & red nail polishes.
Hosh… hosh… hosh… that’s a lot of kryptonite 😀
Shit. We have the same kryptonites! No wonder reading your blog costs me so much money! 🙂
Definitely any and all types of TAUPES! I don’t know why, but I just love taupes. So pretty.
I’m a sucker for berry/nude lipsticks, and for bronze-colored eye-shadows. Also for brushes that apply cream blusher…and perfume
Bright pink, non-sticky lipgloss–I go through tubes and tubes, which means I must constantly be buying replacements
Body Shimmer!! Any kind: powders, gels, sprays, lotions… And I never use it. Because leaving a trail of shimmer everywhere I go isn’t very professional. Plus my husband hates it when I leave traces of shimmer or glitter in his car, on our bed, or on the couch (and our cats). But I can’t help it. It looks so pretty and I always want to buy it.
Coral lipsticks, nudey pink glosses (I must have like 20), matte bronzers, and gunmetal or taupe eyeshadows. I can’t resist them.
Red lipsticks (I have tons of shades), Hot pink lipsticks ( I have colors that look alike in different brands), eyeliner, I can’t seem to have enough of. =)
Palettes. I can never have enough palettes.
Black Eyeliners, Waterproof Mascara, neutral eye shadow palettes, blushes that give you a natural flush, and nude lipsticks.
Nude lipsticks, taupe eyeshadows and black eyeliner!
Orange eyeshadows. They make my blue eyes pop but I probably have too many. I also have a tough time not buying hot pink lippies, it’s my all-time favorite color and I’m always using up different tubes.
Red lipstick (this stuff is like crack to me)
Highlighters
Urban Decay palettes
Eyeliners in rainbow colors 😀
pinky nude lipsticks, like the my lips but better color. I own one from almost every brand.. even though I usually wear red lips or bright pink lips, never nude lips lol
Mascara is slowly becoming my beauty kryptonite. Black, waterproof mascara, with those spiky wands (except for Maybelline The Falsies, which is totally awesome).
Perfume.. I’m addicted and everyone who knows me knows it. Makeup wise I would have to say black eyeliner or brown eyeshadows
Concealers! I love them and are obsessed with them! You can never have too many concealers! Next one on my list is the Hourglass one!
Neutral e/s and perfumes here.
Ok, here are mine in order:
1. Palettes, in neutral colors, specially travel palettes/kits you would think I travel a lot but I don’t!
2. Cream Eyeshadows in neutral colors
3. Higlighters. I have enough to last me three lifetimes, but I keep buying them…
4. Shimering champagne/pink and taupe eyeshadows. It used to be gold eyeshadows but I guess I moved on
5. MLBB lipsticks. I keep trying to find that perfect shade for my lips… they are fairly pigmented so if I just use a nude color I look washed out, but the MLBB colors I’ve found so far are too brown or too pink or too purple or too light or too dark… I’m about to give up on this one!
My worst offenders are teal and chartreuse eyeshadows and coral cheek/lip products (which incidentally work well together :P) But overall, my issue happens to be that, if I find a product or shade I like, I’ll start on the hunt for dupes way before I even hit pan. 😡
Pink lipsticks! Started wearing pink lipsticks in june this year and right now I have 16 of them. Sadly enuff, d difference between all of them isn’t so noticeable on my lips but I keep buyin 🙁 i buy a lot of black eyeliners too
Complexion : Face primers & setting powders ( it used to be concealers but I’ve finally found one that works for me.
Eyes : Shimmery bronzy eyeshadows.
Lips : Creamy raspberry lipglosses, MLLB lipsticks.
Nails : champagne foil/glitter nail polishes.
EVERYTHING NARS ( except their Soft Touch Shadow Pencils ) and BRUSHES!
Yes, lipgloss and perfume, I already have way too much but I still keeep buying more. Especially around the holidays with all the sets.
Makeup and skincare, in general! Any and all of it.
I own approximately eleventybillion gold eyeshadows, and practically every lipstick is that slightly-browned red, like MAC Dubonnet.
ooh such a good question! mine are purple nail polishes, MLBB lipsticks, and nude lipsticks
PINK lip colors! Be it lipstick,varnish, tar, gloss, stain, chapstick…whatever. Oh and the more opaquely hot pink, the better…i think i have a problem. lol
Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in shade #651 Porcelain Pink – I have purchased it so many times thinking that I didn’t have a lipstick in that color.
would have to be…purple-toned pinks, and blue/purple nail polishes. no matter how much i try to branch out with different nail colors, i always end up back to a blue or purple.
Gold eyeshadows ALWAYS get me ugh! I can’t get enough of them! Also nail polish…I will buy almost any color that appeals to me!
Nail polish nail polish nail polish. If i see any flakey/jelly/HOLOGRAPHIC/chartreuse/glitter/duo chrome/GOLD nail polish, i have to think real hard and research the quality to make sure it is what i want and then purchase it. (after quality checks out, i usually rationalize the purchase anyways…..lool) I have a big display area that takes up a lot of space on my desk and whenever people come over they say it looks like a salon. sighhh.
And when i can find it for cheaper….ohhhh man i go for it.
I also i have a kryptonite for really pigmented matte shades, face powders, bright eyeshadows, mascaras that promise thick full lashes;p and RED LIPSTICKS, deep reds are my preference.
Taupe eyeshadows, red lipsticks, pinky coral blushes, purple eyeshadows, MAC MSFs (even though I hardly use half the ones I have!), everyday-type lipsticks ( like Hug Me, Shy Girl, Marquise D’ etc).
coral blushes and nude lipsticks. i’m also ALWAYS on the lookout for a good mineral foundation.
peachy blushes, olive/green eyeshadows and concealers <3
nail polish! i’m almost to 100 with like 3 dupes of each but i love it!
Gray-green eyeshadows and any glitter/flakie nail polish. Most everything else I can resist and not end up with dupes.
Everything M.A.C !!
Champange eye shaddows, Chanel everything, black pencil liner, highlighters and as of recently.. Tom Ford makeup.. Oh Tom ….
Purple nail varnishes, Sleek palettes, highlighters and shimmer bricks. Oh, and pretty much anything from Illamasqua =(
Nude lipsticks,volumizing mascaras and eyeliners.
Eyeshadows, I have over 75 of MAC alone, and I have a lot of taupes! They are just so nuanced and compliment my skin tone. I also have a lot of peachy pink lipglosses.
Pink nail polish! I have about 30 bottles and they are not all unique.
blushes and palettes. I always trick my mind into justifying them, even though I already have dupes for the majority of the colours. And blushes; well, I’m a total blush whore. Enough said.
Hmmm, what isn’t my beauty kryptonite. Ok here goes…
1)WnW eyeshadows: single/trio/6pan/8 pan/ limited edition. I have almost all of them.
2) Sleek blushes: I have 8. My mom just came back from England and all I wanted was the LE 2011 Sleek Christmas Edition (blush, lipstick, liner).
3) Any nudeish/neutral palette. I REALLY want theBalm nude tude.
4) Any sparkly/holographic nail polish. I feel that the sparkle can spice up any nude nail.
5) Last but not least… Any good bargain deal. I really want the Smashbox 78 Photo Op eyeshadow palette.
Oh I have problems. SMH
Pink champagne eyeshadow, which started with Moonglow from Bath & Body Works. I just about flipped when they stopped selling it. Now I buy shades that look similar, because, try as I might, I just can’t get a hold of Moonglow.
Also, coral lipsticks and lipglosses.
Nude lip pencils and *brown eye shadow*. If a warm-toned (but not too red!) slightly shimmery brown eye shadow exists, its in my collection. My favorite ever brown eyeshadow is Mac’s Tempting, though, and I’m perplexed because I feel like I *never* hear beauty blogs or gurus mention it! However, I just ordered Anastasia’s All I Want palette- it looks like it might be the sparkly brown palette of MY DREAMS 😛
purple nail polishes and really any color blush
Mine isn’t one particular thing (except maybe gorgeous palettes) until I find a hole in my collection that I need to fill & then I go on the hunt for that item or type of item & then it’s like I can’t stop filling it… and then I end up with an overflow of that particular thing, like nude eyeshadows, nude lipsticks or pink lipsticks. Argh, then I have to start the weeding out process of which ones I like best out of the bunch & “gift” some away to my daughters or bff’s.
Oh yes. I’m obsessed with buying:
Purple and taupe eyeshadows, as well as light shimmering beiges
Nude lipsticks and lip glosses
Nail polishes (especially glitters, beigey shades, and pinks)
Peachy-pink-brown lipstick and lip gloss. It’s seriously out of control. Runners up: glitter eyeshadow and eyeshadow palettes.
Red lipstick and nail polish!!
Purple, Orange and Green I hoard all of these colors because they are my favorite colors to collected. I have a small collection of Blue I like blue but I am not obsessed with that color. Lately I have been drawn to teal. I don’t buy gold eyeshadow anymore because I have to many gold eyeshadows.
Neutral eyeshadows… browns, champagnes, taupes, gold/bronze, shimmery whites, etc…. I cant get enough of them for some reason… lol. Half of my eyeshadow collection consists of neutral colors :).
Coral Blushes, Blue pink lipsticks, bright purple eyeshadow / liner
Pinky/beige lipsticks (or any pink lipstick in general but especially that color). I swatched my lipsticks and found that I have too much of that color. It’s getting ridiculous… So whenever I see new launches I have to tell myself, “Step AWAY from the pink lipsticks!”
Yes, any product that has coconut oil or any coconut derivative ingredients.
Also, any blue, yellow, pink, red or gold eyeshadows, light pink bushes and nude or orange color lipsticks.
I gravitate to red lipsticks and coral lipstick, blush and nail polishes to a level of needing an intervention and/or 12-step program.
Hou La La.
1) Mascaras. I have to have high end and drugstore mascaras. Volume, Definition, Length, False Lash effect, I gotta have the choice when I do my makeup, what kind of lashes I want 🙂 So I never reach the end of a mascara!
2) Highlighters. I’m in love with every highlighter in this world. Shimmery, satin, peachy, golden, neutral, white, cream, liquid, powders… I gotta have them all, that’s it!
3) Nailpolishes. I never stop buying nailpolishes! The colors are so amazing! It’s like you cannot have them all.
4) Top coats. Nothing works on me! Every nailpolish I buy (and I buy a lot of em!) stays on more than 2 days! So I’ve bought top coats over and over, I’ve tried to apply base coat, or to buff my nail.. But I think I found something good! It’s the SAlly Hansen Heavy Duty top coat (or something like that…) Anyway. I was a big case concerning top coats.
Pressed powders (weird!), brown eyeliners, nude eye shadows and peachy-pink blushes ! Reading other comments makes me feel better ! And a bit off topic, hair care ! Shampoos, conditioners and hair masks !