Hey Everybody,
Happy 2016 to everyone!!! May you have a great year ahead and achieve whatever your little heart may desire. I wanted to begin this year's post by reviewing a few products which I bought and didn't quite like in 2015. Basically these a few products which either didn't suit me or were a total fail and I would not like to repurchase them. Also it might give you guys a fair idea about a few things in the list if you wanted to try and needed an opinion. It might save you some cash !! :o
Please Note that this is totally my opinion on these products. It can be totally suitable for anybody else so don't get too serious with it. I am doing this by putting these products in a category. So that it is easier to understand and narrow down. Having said all that, lets get started!!
1. Skincare Products
Last year I tried out loads of new skincare items. A lot of them were great and I continue using them. A few were okay kind of products which work decently but these three down here were like not-so-good. So the first one is a cleanser from FORMULA SKINCARE (targets fine lines) available at Marks & Spencer. This is a lotion-based cleanser which does not remove my makeup, hurts my eyes and just is too greasy. I prefer my Johnson's Baby oil any day over this.
The next one is VICHY NORMADERM ANTI-IMPERFECTION HYDRATING CARE. This is a light lotion, which claims to perfect and repair sensitive and acne-prone skin a.k.a meee!!! Now this was my second buy from the Normaderm range (1st was the toner) and again I was disappointed. I love the packaging but just don't like the product. It has a weird smell, doesn't hydrate and also doesn't live up to the claims. So no, no more Normaderm!!
Sephora's DARK SPOT MINIMISING SERUM is just another fail and I actually do like other Sephora's skincare products. But this was just not for me. I did not see any change in the dark spots after using this for 2 months (and I cant wait longer)!!
2. Eye Creams
2015 was the year of eye creams for me!!(Seriously I tried 7). As I realized I am growing up and my under eye skin is just getting mature I kinda tried a bunch this year. Most of them were high-end or luxury products as I wanna treat my eyes right as much as I can. So I picked this one from BENEFIT IT'S POTENT EYE CREAM which was so so so popular and raved on Youtube. But hell no! I used this for a week every night and every time my eyes would get watery and itchy. So I just stopped. Hence, I don't know if it is really potent or not.
Same was the case with this LANCOME BLANC EXPERT NEURO WHITE X3. It claims to be an ultimate whitening bla bla cream and it burns!! I dont know if I have just over sensitive eyes or what! But these two are like not again!!!
So that is it. I hope you learned something from this post. I am sure there will be a few more products I skipped in this post (LOL!!). Lemme know your product regrets and also favorites of 2015. I would really love to know. I will even try to update my Favorites of 2015 too.
Thankyou for reading, I really hope you enjoyed. Loads of Love!
Sharoon :)
Happy 2016 to everyone!!! May you have a great year ahead and achieve whatever your little heart may desire. I wanted to begin this year's post by reviewing a few products which I bought and didn't quite like in 2015. Basically these a few products which either didn't suit me or were a total fail and I would not like to repurchase them. Also it might give you guys a fair idea about a few things in the list if you wanted to try and needed an opinion. It might save you some cash !! :o
Please Note that this is totally my opinion on these products. It can be totally suitable for anybody else so don't get too serious with it. I am doing this by putting these products in a category. So that it is easier to understand and narrow down. Having said all that, lets get started!!
1. Skincare Products
Last year I tried out loads of new skincare items. A lot of them were great and I continue using them. A few were okay kind of products which work decently but these three down here were like not-so-good. So the first one is a cleanser from FORMULA SKINCARE (targets fine lines) available at Marks & Spencer. This is a lotion-based cleanser which does not remove my makeup, hurts my eyes and just is too greasy. I prefer my Johnson's Baby oil any day over this.
The next one is VICHY NORMADERM ANTI-IMPERFECTION HYDRATING CARE. This is a light lotion, which claims to perfect and repair sensitive and acne-prone skin a.k.a meee!!! Now this was my second buy from the Normaderm range (1st was the toner) and again I was disappointed. I love the packaging but just don't like the product. It has a weird smell, doesn't hydrate and also doesn't live up to the claims. So no, no more Normaderm!!
Sephora's DARK SPOT MINIMISING SERUM is just another fail and I actually do like other Sephora's skincare products. But this was just not for me. I did not see any change in the dark spots after using this for 2 months (and I cant wait longer)!!
2. Eye Creams
2015 was the year of eye creams for me!!(Seriously I tried 7). As I realized I am growing up and my under eye skin is just getting mature I kinda tried a bunch this year. Most of them were high-end or luxury products as I wanna treat my eyes right as much as I can. So I picked this one from BENEFIT IT'S POTENT EYE CREAM which was so so so popular and raved on Youtube. But hell no! I used this for a week every night and every time my eyes would get watery and itchy. So I just stopped. Hence, I don't know if it is really potent or not.
Same was the case with this LANCOME BLANC EXPERT NEURO WHITE X3. It claims to be an ultimate whitening bla bla cream and it burns!! I dont know if I have just over sensitive eyes or what! But these two are like not again!!!
4. Hair Products
I just have one to mention as I was so excited to buy this one after reading a thousand great reviews. It is MACADAMIA NATURAL OIL DEEP REPAIR MASQUE which claims to deep condition and nourish hair like a dream. I bought it online as it is not available in India with so many high hopes and used it for several days. I did not like it. It is not conditioning or repairing at all. There are better and cheaper products in the market than this one.
5. Foundation/BB creams
This BB cream from COLORBAR PERFECT MATCH was just not for me. The reason I got this was the Paraben Free claim. But no it sits on my dry patches, does not blend well and just looks weird. I have used it 2-3 times and did not like it ever. I would happily continue using my Estee Lauder Double Wear BB which is a million times better than this one!
Also I tried the LANCOME TEINT MIRACLE foundation this year (sorry,could not find the bottle) and did not like it again. It made me look cakey and started falling apart in a few hours! So yeah these two are not happening in 2016!
6. Blush/Highlighters
2015 was the year of strobing and glow. I tried a few products too add into my collection. The one in the left is a Blush duo from BH COSMETICS in IRIS. I loved the packaging & the concept. I absolutely adore the professional blush palette from BH. But this one was just not good enough. The blush was hard to blend and the highlighter had just no pigmentation whatsoever. So Nah!!!
NYX BORN TO GLOW LIQUID ILLUMINATOR in bronze is again very popular and is a gorgeous shade. The problem is its too thick and takes ages to blend. If so I am able to blend it, it would sit funny on top of my foundation. Like really I cant waste time if I gotta glow!
HIGH BEAM from BENEFIT is again a liquid highlighter. Again, takes ages to blend or maybe I am not a liquid highlighter kinda person. So I don't reach for it just as much and wont buy this again.
7. Eyeliners
When it comes to eye liners I am very choosy. I wont just like something if its good. It needs more than good for an eye liner or kohl kind of a product to make me buy again. Sadly, these didn't wow me! LIQUID EYELINER from INGLOT is a very popular product and many love it. However, I like tip and intensity of the color I just didn't like the fact it would budge and fade away in a few hours of wear. My liner would just come off from the inner eye each time I wore this. Huh!! No, we can't live with this.
BENEFIT they're Real PUSH UP LINER is again much raved and hyped gel liner in a tube form. I loved this baby. It is black, smooth, long-wearing until one day I realized it drying out and getting flaky. This happened in just a few weeks after I got it and because it is a tube I cant add any medium and revive the formula. Maybe it was my piece or whatever, it is too expensive to live for a few weeks!
SHOCKING by YVES SAINT LAURENT has the same issue. Too expensive to live for a few weeks. I don't feel like spending 3000 bucks on a black liner which would dry out so damn fast.
8. More Eye Products
RIMMEL's SOFT KOHL PENCILS in shade JET BLACK & STORMY GREY are not much pigmented , just smudgy and not right for me. I picked them to have a variety and also because I love the EXAGGERATE WATERPROOF range from Rimmel, I thought this would work well too.
I also tried RIMMEL's EYEBROW PENCIL in BLACK BROWN. Oh God! it was a nightmare. This eyebrow pencil looks too fake and starts to smudge in few hours making your brows look trashy and messy. The grooming brush with it is also such a fail! Not again.
SUMPTUOUS LIFTING MASCARA from ESTEE LAUDER was another pick this year as I forgot my Mascara somewhere while travelling. It is a decently good mascara, but nothing so lifting and great about it (as I said I expect alot!!) I would still stick to my Too Faced Better Than Sex.
9. Lippies
2015 was also the year of liquid lipsticks. There were like a zillion launches last year from so many brands in the lippie section. I have so many I love, kind of like and just God No's! These three are Oh! God No's. MAYBELLINE 14 hr lipstick in shade STAY WITH ME CORAL is one lipstick I tried to fall in love with but just couldn't. I have other colors from this range and they all wear well on my lips. Something about this shade is so off. The texture is flaky, uneven and dry. I bought it twice and found the same issue in just this particular shade. However other shades work great.
Similarly, LA SPLASH LIP COUTURE in shade INNOCENT VIXEN is the worst liquid lipstick I have tried. It smells funny, wears uneven, flakes like so bad and just annoying! I like the other shade Till Midnight in the same range I have. But no way this one is a huge fail!
STILA LIP & CHEEK STAIN in RASPBERRY CRUSH, another hyped product but so not worth it. I actually wanted to buy the liquid formula lipstick from Stila but ended up with this. Maybe it is the color or the silver sparkles in it, I don't like it either on my lips or cheeks!
Thankyou for reading, I really hope you enjoyed. Loads of Love!
Sharoon :)
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