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Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: NARS Bridal Palette
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Laura Mercier Oil-Free Tinted Moisturizer
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: Benefit Cosmetics Brow Set
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC London Life l/s
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Solar bites from Style Warriors
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: Solar Bites
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC’s Hello Kitty Lip Moisteriser in Popster
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: MAC’s Dazzleglass Rue D’ Rouge
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: MAC’s Red Velvet Shadestick
Oh no! What did you hate about Rue D’ Rouge? I was thinking about getting it to put over Cockney… I would love to hear what you thought sucked about it…
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC Dazzleglass in Via Veneto
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Benefit Erase Paste
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: MAC blush in On A Mission
Loved: Chanel Tokyo collection, Wish glossimer
Hated: L’oreal waterproof mascara
Returned: all my items from the Blonde Brunette Redhead collection, and Et Tu Bouquet e/s from Rose Romance collection
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC 239 and 217
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Penny S/s I hate youuuu!
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: Me too with Et tu bouquet!! The MUA just raved about it and it looked beautiful in the pan! But alas looked like nothing on my skin!
I had the same problem. But I lost receipt so I guess I’ll keep it 🙁
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: The body Shop oil free foundation
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Lush bath bombs
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: Shale eyeshadow last December
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Makeup Forever shadow in 171 Acid Green.
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Bronze Hero luster drops.
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: I really never return anything, I always try to find some way to make it work.
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Omega eyeshadow just to name one. 🙂
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: NONE.
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: NONE.
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: China Glaze polish in “rich and famous”. Bubblegum pink. I’ve always been convinced pink was not for me and yet, it fit me like heaven. I adore it!
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: La Roche Posay Sunscreen 50SPF – Caused me an allergy all over my face. Never had my skin painful like that. My cheeks are still super dehydrated. And now, my skin cannot stand any sunscreen. It sucks. 🙁
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: There’s no return policy in my country. What I buy at Mac or any beauty store, I have to keep it if it’s opened. So, nothing.
Yeah, we can’t return to MAC either. I think it’s not fair, I feel their policy should be the same everywhere.
Sure. I don’t know where you are (I’m in France) but Mac Europe and Mac US/Canada have such different policies… No return, never any sale price. It’s truly disappoiting.
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC Angel lippie.. LOVE!
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: BE Buxom.. Yuck.. but I’m still using it because I hate wasting a $18 mascara!
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: Nothing..
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC Lipglass in Queen Bee from the Naked Honey Collection.
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: China Glazes Nail Laquer For Audrey. I like OPI WAY BETTER.
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: Nothing, I try to use up things I don’t like and not waste it.
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC Deep Truth and China Glaze “Shower Together” nail polisth
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: NONE
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: Benefit’s Benetint — I changed my mind. I didn’t even give it a chance. hahah
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Maybelline Colossal Lash
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: MAC Crystal Avalanch eyeshadow
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: MAC Freshwater(for another one…the one I bought had the wrong name on the back lol)
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Nyx Trios
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Nyx lipstick in watermelon(Kinda liking it now)
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: Mac’s Circa Plum Pigment(Not pigmented enough)
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: a Stila eyeliner pencil in black
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: a Stila liploss
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: never returned anything. :p
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC Golden Nectar High-Light Powder
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Bare Escentuals Prime Time (gave me whiteheads T_T;)
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: BE Prime Time. I liked the BareVitamins Skin Rev-er Upper and so I thought this one would be ok. How wrong I was. T_T; I have 3 samples of other primers now.
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Mac’s 109 Brush (fabulous)Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Clinique’s lipgloss
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: I tyically don’t return items. I give them to my mom or sister.
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Benefit BENETINT
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: NARS Maldives (just does not show up on me, NC30, the color is gorgeous though, wish it did)
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: MAC Full Coverage Foundation (it was the wrong shade)
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Laura Mercier metallic creme eye colour in Mercury
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Stila Convertible Eye Color in Slate
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: MAC Dazzleglass in Smile
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Mac Stereo Rose MSF 🙂
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Avon’s new eyeshadow quads that are supposed to be like Chanel’s, only they’re crap. 🙁
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: The above.
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC plumage e/s
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: MAC 209 brush
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: MAC aquadisiac e/s
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC Brave new bronze l/s
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Biore Makeup remover wipes, gave me whiteheads.
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: I haven’t returned anything in a really long time.
You liked Brave???? I just returned it because it looked too red on me! I dont know about you, but I have very pale skin!
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED? Style warrior brave new bronze lipstick
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Mac lipglass in prrrr…
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?emmm…i cant remember..
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED? Style Warriors Purple Rite lipstick
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Benefit’s Hello Flawless Powder Foundation
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED? MAC Teddy Eye Kohl
I also RETURNED my MAC Queen Bee lipglass on the same day as the Teddy Eye Kohl. It looked so much like my MAC Ola Mango lipglass when i put it on so i felt it was pointless to have a dupe.
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Poison Pen e/s
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Avon Renew moisturizer
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: Dreamaker from MAC starflash made my eyes itch.
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC Loving Touch lipstain
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: HIP creme eyeliner in Purple
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: HIP creme eyeliner in Purple
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC MSF Perfect Topping
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: MAC Dazzlelash, maybe I just need to get used to the brush and the formula to mellow. It weighs my lashes down so the curl disappears.
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: MAC 129SH, shedded like mad!
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Elf Tweezers
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Loreal Hip Cream Liner
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: None
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Sun Rush Lustre Drops
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: I haven’t hated anything in awhile…usually I can find some way to use a product and like it.
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: Stila kajal eyeliner….I bought it specifically for my waterline and it just didn’t work that well.
LOVED : Mac Paintpot in Bare Study
HATED : Lush Buffy scrub . Although its a good scrub, its WAY to oily for me and it didnt do anything special for me
RETURNED : I dont return things, i give them to others.
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC SW l/s in PURPLE RITE
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: MAC SW e/s in SUNSATIONAL (doesn’t show on my lips when I got home as much as it did at the store…boo!…I’m keeping it anyways)
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: MAC SW e/s in BRIGHT FUTURE
The BRIGHT FUTURE e/s…I purchased it, then changed my mind about the e/s but I never touched it. So when I go to the MAC counter to return the e/s one MUA says in a loud voice, OH! guess we do have one BRIGHT FUTURE e/s left!… and about 3 heads turned asking to have it…geez! It’s not even a cute yellow, but N-E-wayz!
Last beauty item I bought and LOVED: MAC Love Nectar Lustreglass
Last beauty item I bought and HATED: MAC Gold Deposit MSF
Last beauty item I bought and RETURNED: MAC Gold Deposit MSF (I see a trend….)
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Stila eye kajal in onyx, I apply it with an eyeliner brush and love it!
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: makeup forever 5 palette cream camouflage
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: NYX triple shadow, too chaulky
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC Bright Future Eyeshadow
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: A very liquid gloss
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: MAC prep+prime skin refined zone treatment
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC Tempting Eyeshadow
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Revlon’s new twisted/double brush Mascara (can’t remember the name)
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: I don’t think I have returned anything!
oh that new revlon mascara (double twist i think) is just horrible. i didn’t buy it but my co-worker did. she brought it into work just to show me how bad it was. when she pulled the wand out of the tube, i was like “oh hell no!” disgusting, clumps of grossness. ugh!
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Mac Matte Gel
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: EDM Foundation (it’s not sweat-proof)
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: Unfortunately I cannot return itens as I don’t live in US.
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Gabriel Natural Color lipstick in pomegranate
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Neutrogena Build a tan lotion (WORST BUY EVER!)
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: I dont return things, like at all, never have i ever
Loved: MAC Parfait amour
Hated: nothing
Returned: MAC red lipstick but I cannot remember the name.
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: All the Rock & Republic e/s and cream blushes I’ve purchased.
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: 88 shade Coastal Scents palette
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: Smashbox Long Last lipgloss that didn’t last at all
loved: ‘in the red’ revlon matte lipstick
hated: ‘aubergine’ revlon matte eye shadow (not v good colour payoff…)
returned: haven’t in a long time. i think its wasteful when the product has to be binned, even if it is unopened, so i try to make sure i really want something. and if a product doesn’t work out for me, i pass it on to a friend or relative who it does work for.
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Typograghic es
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Purple Rite lipstick
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: Bronze Hero lustre drops & purple rite l/s
(all MAC products)
ast beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Maybelline Mineral bronzer /Veil
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Mac Dazzleglass in Steppin out
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: Studio sculpt foundation (not good for oily skin, disappeared from my skin)
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: L’Oreal Wear Infinite Eyeshadow Quad in Out of the Blue
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: MAC Greensmoke eyeshadow – it was so poorly pigmented with lots of glitter and fallout. I also expected it to be my HG olive shadow, but it was just a nasty greenish grey! I realized recently though that if I overlay it on the lid with the teal-blue shade from my Out of the Blue quad, it turns into a true forest-olive green 😀
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: MAC Slimshine in Grenadine. The MUA said it was a sheer raspberry red, but on me it appeared an opaque fuschia! It was nice, but it wasn’t the color I wanted and I needed a new black liner, so I exchanged it for MAC Powerpoint in Engraved.
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC 165 brush
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: MAC Love Nectar Lustreglass
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: MAC Love Nectar Lustreglass
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC Deep Truth e/s
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Revlon Double Twist mascara
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: don’t usually return stuff
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED? It’s a tie between MAC e/s in manouvers and MAC naked honey scent
Last beauty item you bought and HATED? clinque eyeliner in dark chocolate
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: MAC e/s in creme de mel
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC Queen Bee lipglass
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Stila Denise lipstick
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: MAC bent 226 for another MAC 226
Loved: mac blush in Melba.
Hated: (does hair removal count??) If it does.. Nairs shower power. Ughhhh hated it. Too bad I couldn’t return it because it takes HALF a bottle to use once.
Returned: mac just a pinch blush. It made me break out. Ughhh
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: YSL sun powder (bronzer) in #2
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: stila oil-free tinted moisturizer spf30 in medium 01 (it made my face look so oily!)
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: i don’t like returning used makeup items!
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Shu Painting Liner
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: MAC SW Purple Rite l/s
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: We have no return policy in our country too. So I’ve decided to sell Purple Rite l/s instead.
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Blanc Type
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Well I can’t think of the last item, but I hate Bang On Blue e/s and See Sheer l/s.
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: Studio Sculpt Concealer NW20, I needed NW15, but the MA swore up and down I didn’t. I so did … Talk about yellow. I hate returning stuff, I feel bad doing it, so I’ve gotten to the point I either use it anyway, like Light Flush and Redhead MSF’s, or I keep it to B2M later, like my Sculpt and Shape Duo and See Sheer l/s.
LOVED?: Benefit Creaseless Cream shadow in Get Figgy (really pretty purply-pinkish-brownish color; great on the lid with MAC Sketch and Signed, Sealed eyeshadows)
HATED?: MAC Brick-O-La lipstick (just got it in the mail today and its way too brown/warm for me–could give it to mom but I’d kind of like my 14.50 back!)
RETURNED?: Nars Lip Lacquer in Sweet Charity (OK, that stuff was so sticky-sheer-stinky-gross that it HAD to go back! Way TOO overpriced at $24!)
Loved: OCC clear liptar
Hated: Urban Decay Cream Eyeshadow
Returned: Urban Decay Cream Eyeshadow
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Secret Crush and Steal My Heart together.
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: A rose Romance e/s combination. Did you know that in the UK it is different? They have Cranberry instead of Creme de Violet. I’m gonna try that.
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: We do not have such a luxury! Although, a couple of years ago I forcefully returned a high-end mascara because I got mad after having panda eyes.
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: ysl rouge volupte in sensual silk
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: mac fleshpot l/s
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: mac mutiny pigment
I hate MAC fleshpot l/s too!
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED? Mac Silverthorn e/s from Rose Collection
Last beauty item you bought and HATED? Mac Simply Delicious Tricolour liplass
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED? Mac Simply Delicious Tricolour lipglass
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Armani Manta Duo Eyeshadows
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Bliss Lemon and Sage Body Oil – gave it to a friend who loves it
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: A Revlon lip gloss that had such a foul taste that it was unwearable (fortunately CVS accepts returns)
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: OPI “Skinny Dippin’ in Lake Michgan” Nail polish. GORG! Also Urban Decay’s get baked set…gahh!!!
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: MAC’s Stars n’ Rockets eye shadow 🙁 It’s so pretty in the pan, but does anyone else have pigmentation issues with this color?!? I wish it were more vibrant!
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?:I never return anything…I keep it cause it looks pretty with everything else haha 🙂
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Lustre Drops!!! and Kat Von D eyeshadow palettes
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: MAC Hello Kitty Bow Tie l/s
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: MAC Honey Salve and body wash & cream
Bow tie l/s? You mean Big Bow l/s? It is pretty! 🙂
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: [paint pot in soft ochre]
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: [brush number 129]it wasn’t good for what I wanted it for.
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: [MAC mineralize skinfinish Natural]YUCK!!!!
loved… nars sin blush
hated… maybelline stiletto mascara
returned… mac belightful… i didn’t really need it since i have all the blonde, red, brunette msfs… i guess i just got too excited
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: MAC’s see thru lip-colour in Secret Crush !!! <3
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Too-Faced KABUKI brush – retractable … Ick , it didn’t work AT ALL . Sure it was cute and soft , but it didn’t do anything for me , it was terrible!!!!!!
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: MAC’s Cream Color Base in Pearl , MAC Pigment in Melon (Made me look terrible 🙁 )
Last beauty item you bought and LOVED?: Mac Tilt
Last beauty item you bought and HATED?: Mac Mineralize Satinfinish
Last beauty item you bought and RETURNED?: Mac Lipstick in Brave