Dissapointing Products | #2

Hi Guys,

The last disappointing products post I did went down so well that I though I would do another one, and oddly this one had only drugstore products in, (which I didn't do on purpose). Since the last post I have discovered a few more products that I personally don't get on with or products that I wouldn’t ever recommend to anyone because I feel they are just bad products in general. 

So I’m hoping by now you know how this thing goes now, let’s get into it then.

1. 301 Flat Contour brush

First up is something that I was seriously so gutted about when I released it was a complete waste of money. It’s the 'Bold Metals Collection by Real Techniques 301 Flat Contour brush'. 

It is specifically designed to make contouring easier and to help get that chiselled cheekbone look that is desirable nowadays. However I personally find that if you sure it to contour it just ends up removing any foundation that you have applied underneath because the brush itself is very very dense. And I don’t really appreciate having patchy foundation.

But also what I have noticed is that anyone that has this brush hasn’t used It for its actual job, and normally I wouldn’t have a problem with that as I am a greater believer in the fact that any brush can be used for any task. But taking that I’m yet to hear anyone say anything good about that particular brush as well, give me the impression that people are too scared to criticise it. as it is part of a well respected brand and collection.

At most I would use it for foundation, but only if my other brushes were really dirty and needed a wash.

2. Velvet Lipstick 

This had so much hype around it, and for a long time I swore I wasn’t going to get on the hype of this product, but eventually I gave in. and quite honestly I so wish I hadn’t I was defiantly not what I was expecting and I really don’t understand why people like it so much. The Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet lipstick is one I would never recommend to anyone.

 For starters the smell of it is absolutely horrific, to me is smells like metallic blood and that is defiantly not something that I would like to apply to my face. Secondly the formula is so odd. on me it applies very patchy and not a solid colour which is what I was expecting, I gave it a few goes both on its own and with a base colour but I still didn't get on with it, so that’s why it has ended up in my disappointing products post.  

3. Poudre De Riz Java 

Next is another Bourjois product and it is the Bourjois Poudre De Riz De Java. So the first two times I used this I wasn’t 100% happy with it but I figured it is just something that I will get use to over time and learn to love. But as time went on I really didn’t learn to love it. 

There are multiple things wrong with this powder, now again this product from Bourjois smells awful too(reoccurring theme here), it smells like roses and old people (no offence old people) but it is a smell that I cant really stomach. however another problem with the product is the packaging, now I can just about deal with some loose powders, but this one is just so messy and difficult I would hate using it and eventually I just stopped using it because it was too much hassle. 

Lastly, and the main point as to why this is in my disappointing products post is because I brought this specifically for spring/summer because I wanted to switch up my heavy duty makeup look to a lighter more glowie makeup look. But when you have oily skin like me this products is a definite no no. mainly because it doesn't have oil control and it also have flecks of glitter in which really doesn't help anyone with oily skin.

4. Supercat Eyeliner

Last but not least, another product that was majorly talked about for a long time that I ended up purchasing, which ended up being a mistake is the Soap & Glory™ Supercat™ Eyeliner Pen Carbon Black Extreme. 

In simple this 'carbon black' eyeliner, defiantly ISN'T black, its grey. Which I was seriously disappointed about, because so many people said that they got on with it really easily. But yeah I don't think there is much more to say about that except it wasn't what I expected.  

Thanks for Reading 

Jade Autumn |  autumnwonderland  ♥

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Disappointing Products | #1

Hi Guys, 

So for today's post I wanted to share with your guys some of my most disappointing products.

now  don't want this to turn into a doom and gloom post so I am only going to talk about a few products, but I felt that I should show you some of the products that I personally didn't get on with. Because you always hear about the good side to all products but never the downside, which can be just as useful.

So first up is the collection lasting perfection foundation. Now as you all know by now that the concealer version to this is a must, and the majority of the beauty world would recommend it. Which is why I had such high hopes for the foundation. I figured that since the concealer is so good the foundation should be as well. but I was wrong. 

Now I'm quite a pale person so whenever I pick-up a drug-store foundation I automatically just grab up the lightest shade.  The lightest shade from this brand is called Porcelain which is typically a very pale colour, but in the lasting perfection range its quite the opposite, its very orange and definitely not a light colour, so that's the first down fall. The next is that it doesn't last very long within a couple of hours its starts to wear off, and become all patchy. Which just looks horrific, especially if it too dark for your skin colour anyway. 

Now on to the second product, the they're real mascara from benefit. Now I have heard mixed opinions on this mascara from the day if first came out. Some people got on with it from day one, and others not so much. I am one of these people who didn't get on with it, and I still don't to this day. I find it makes my lashes look very dull and a bit like how your lashes look once you've come out of the shower(is the best way to describe it) now maybe it just me and I have weird lashes, but for all the hype it got, I was very disappointed with it.

but because it was an expensive high-end investment, I continued with it for a while to see if it got better over time, and occasionally I will still get it out now and gain to see it its changed at all. And it hasn't so that why the they're real mascara had to go in my disappointing products list.

I am in love with the lush shop and until this product I had no fault with anything in that shop!

The lush popcorn lip scrub, is actually quite disgusting if I'm honest. Unlike the other lip scrubs (which I love by the way), this one gives you the after taste of butter, now I have never minded the taste of butter before I mean its in practically everything we eat nowadays. But when it is in a lip scrub and and you've just brushed your teeth or about to go out, the last thing you want is the taste of butter lingering on your lips. Now if the taste wasn't so powerful it may not be as bad, but I definitely not be purchasing the popcorn lip scrub ever again.

Last but not least its the Bourjois bronzing powder. People are forever going crazy over this drug store bronzer, and I just don't get it. Its very orange for something that is, and I quote ''filled with glints of sunshine'. I've wore it a couple of time to see if it was just me, I just don't get on with it and to be honest I'm no a massive fan of the 'chocolate' smell it is suppose to have. 

Ii seriously don't get what all the fuss is about.

Feel free to make any suggestions for other blog posts you want me to write.

Jade Autumn |  autumnwonderland  ♥

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