What viral makeup, skincare product or even perfume that you bought that actually sucked?

Anything by IT cosmetics but especially their BB and CC creams. For being “good for acne” I have never had more acne than when I made the mistake of using their products.

The Kosas concealers.

They give me lines and dry patches I didn’t know I had, plus I have a really hard time blending it and it looks powdery when dry.

So many people swear it’s the best for dry skin and I could not disagree more!!

Bisou hair oil smells like old lady.

Clinique Almost Lipstick. It was not terrible but it was just a tinted lip balm. I was so hyped, to finally try it and it was just OK. Price point is just too high for what it is.

Rare beauty liquid blush rubs away my foundation when I try to blend it and it dries down way too fast

I am scared to even post this lol, but Patrick Ta's bronzer duos. Maybe its make lack of skill or whatever, but every time I try to use the cream it just end up lifting my foundation.

Taste shape tape made my under eyes burn like they were on fire.

For me it is Peter Thomas Roth instant firm eye/face tightener. I can't seem to figure out how to use this so that it doesn't leave a white film on my face. If I use it first, I get the white film on my face - and I'm talking about an amount where I simply touch my finger to the wetness on the top of the tube. I've learned that anymore than that is ridiculous to use. I can't apply anything over it without it pilling. If I use it over makeup, the makeup runs or pills. BUT ... in the few moments that I do get it on my face, I can see that it really does reduce the bags underneath my eyes. And, then it dries to a white film.

laura mercier powder. the lightest shade was wayyy to dark for me and made me look orange. i even looked online to see if it was rly the lightest shade, it was

LRP. I was so disappointed because I was really hyped about finally being able to get LRP because it sounded so posh when I was a kid and I was like the French shit have to be some sort of beauty hack, right?

I'm allergic (well, sensitive, really) to their fucking special spring water, I swear, because none of them really worked for me, and I had my first AND ONLY bad reaction to a skincare product of theirs (and I was one of those too lazy to patch test). Really schooled me to patch test.

Anyways, another one that I didn't really like is Vaseline. I only ever used it as a hail mary when I had that reaction above or to get people who care about me off my back about using it to heal my injuries. Saved me, but man this stuff doesn't ever go in my skin or dry down. It never feels good layered on my skin no matter how little or how much I use. It always feels like a sticky, messy, wet bandaid rather than whatever all the raves say. Not a good skin upkeep product, but great to feel like you're doing something to not get an infection.

Clarisonic. Abrasive on the skin, didn’t clear any acne. It was hailed as a revolutionary way to clean your skin. It was not

Loreal lash paradise was really big in YouTube makeup videos for a while, but it glued my eyelashes into like 3 spikes and I felt them sticking together when I blinked. Dried up so fast too. Tried another, thinking it was just a dud and that one was EMPTY LOL. Loreal can suck it

The drunk elephant bronzing drops made me look like I’d been on a particularly dusty hayride

Glossier

Fenty liquid liner pen, I was so excited to try it out but it was so messy to apply and smeared/transferred all over my eyelids throughout the day!

I also had some Dior blushes but there was no pigment to them?! That was a while ago though so I don't know if the formula may have changed now.

Too faced born this way concealer, creases and makes my under eyes look so dry and cakey, do not understand the hype.

Tarte Shape Tape liquid blush sticks with the poof on the end. (The one like the CT blushes) The Tarte blushes look like plastic on the skin. Seriously, they belong on Barbie’s face. They are bad!!!

I'll go way back on this one: Maybelline Great Lash. Hyped to death in the magazines and early internet. Never understood why. I suspected it's because makeup artists have to replace their eye products more frequently and maybe liked it for being cheap.

More recent: Dior Hypnotic Poison. Got caught in the hype, bought it and literally felt nauseated on the drive home.

I'm also not totally wowed by the CeraVe products I've used. They're fine and I'll use them up, but will probably just go back to Cetaphil after I'm done.

• Every primer ever, except ELF Putty Primer makes my makeup separate and m/or slide off my face
• Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask makes my lips peel
• Tarte Shape Tape is too dry and cakey. I can work on little bits at a time and it ends up looking good but it shouldn’t take so much effort

Tarte shape tape

Tilbury shit. None of it is wow wow to me and I have a full full face of it.

Sacheu Lip Liner Stay-N Peel Off Tattoo. Fun to try but not great or practical. It can be patchy even with exfoliating your lips, not practical to use and then wait to peel it off, also last just as long as a regular lip liner so I'd rather just use a regular one.

Long ago Elizabeth Taylor’s White Diamonds was all over the TV and in magazines. I thought it looked so glamorous and I told my Dad to buy me some for Christmas. DUH perfume is not about looks it’s how it smells. Sorry Liz, it did not smell good. In my defense I was like 17.

Glossier, the makeup and the skin care:

The skin tint is like putting a tinted water on your face, it does literally NOTHING. The wowder made my undereyes look 30 years older, the concealer was eh, wouldn’t reach for it again. The matte lipsticks are so stiff and drag your lips when applying them, the glossy ones dry my lips out. The blushes are ok, but i honestly prefer the other ones i have.

The skin care: the milky face wash dried out my face to the point where my forehead was actually flaking…i have normal skin. The moisturizer actually moisturizes my skin for like 5 minutes then its dry and flakey again. The rest just did a whole lot of nothing

Tarte shape tape in all formulas. It immediately looks awful and cakey on me, and it separates within minutes.

Laniege lippies

Face Base by Bobbi Brown!! It made my makeup slide off of my face within an hour. My face was melted by noon and I looked like I rode roller coasters all day by the time I left my desk job.

Dior lip oil.

It's just lip gloss in a pretty container.

Il Makiage was horrible, and the Jones Road mascara was a wet mess.

The Ordinary. Dries out my oily skin, which I’ve never experienced before.

That Maybelline skin tint. Just NO.

Rare beauty blush. I look like a clown

Summer Fridays Jet Lag mask- so greasy it broke me out, and I'm very dry. This was actually my Sephora rouge birthday gift this year so at least I didn't pay money for it.

Phlur Missing Person. I do not get the hype. I'd been so curious after all the videos on it, and my local Sephora never had it in stock. I finally just blind bought the travel size. It was meh at best. (Tangerine Boy is way better, just fyi)

NARS Orgasm blush didn’t really get me there!

Elf camo concealers: hydrating and matte versions. They are thick, heavy, crease very easily and have horrible wear time. The only decent thing I can say about them is that they are actually full coverage. Also the shades do not match up with each other even if they are named the same. I found this out the hard way.

Elf brushes: sheds easily and a lot, cheaply made, crap quality as the handle comes off after a few uses, and the bristles are not gentle on the skin at all. I do not understand the hype about these.

Real Techniques brushes: yes I know these are well loved but they didn’t work for me. Quality wise they are slightly better than Elf but the bristles are still rough on the face for me.

Tarte Shape tape concealer: I admit I used these for the longest time but have since found better ones. Thick consistency, creases, and not even full coverage unless used with other face products.

Nyx eyebrow pencil: idk what makes people think this is even slightly good but it certainly isn’t a dupe for ABH. It’s stiff, rough and literally feels like my skin is being scraped off. I guess the packaging is the only thing that resembles ABH somewhat.

Pistachio perfume I forgot the brand. Didn’t smell as good as I thought. But sol de janeiro is off the charts good!

Il Makiage foundation! It’s terrible, you do the stupid analysis quiz when they only have one formula anyway which is so matte it COMPLETELY dries out your skin whilst at the same time settling into every crevice and wrinkle you never even thought you had. And the blurring primer only makes it worse. And the return process is a nightmare. Don’t waste your money.

anything merit made me break out horrifically

L’Oréal’s green bb cream. Looked green until I actually put it on my face and got ORANGE

I was so excited for my Kylie lip kit. I bought the red one because my favorite long lasting red lipstick was discontinued and I thought this was going to replace it. My lips were so dry and looked terrible. I ended up just using the lip pencil for a while but the liquid lipstick was trash.

gisou "watermelon" lip gloss... smells like old stinking beer cans. just cause i saw it on pinterest didn't mean i need it! i'm also scared because someone on here said it gave them severely dry and cracked lips!!! so i've only worn it once 😅

By Terry hyaluronic setting powder. it leaves a grey cast and your face will be covered in glitter

Any MAC foundation, caketastic and either yellow or pink and makes me look jaundiced or grey. Also oxidises. MAC Stack mascara. Claggy and clumpy and makes my eyes sting half the time. I do not have sensitive eyes. Becca Moonstone highlighter. The product was actually decent, but it went off before I finished it and smelled horrible. And it was a mini. Disappointing. ELF putty primer and Benefit Porefessional. Makes my face look greasy, and my cheeks look as if they're covered in whiteheads. ELF liquid putty primer - did sweet FA Maybelline vinyl ink lipstick. I actually love it, but it splits and the colour in the tube seems to lack. Opacity about halfway down the tube and ends up patchy and awful so that's annoying Another vote for Natasha Denona. I bought the Metropolis palette(thankfully on sale not full price) which has some lovely colours but is repetitive and didn't need to be 28 shades. I got a couple of others in lucky bags and while they're OK, they're not £70 OK. I have a couple. Of £4 MUA palettes which are far better, formula wise

Tubing mascara. It looks great, but it pulled my eyelashes out! I did exactly as it said and used warm water with my makeup remover to gently wipe the lashes. The mascara definitely came off easily, but so did most of my lashes

Kylie skin products they are worth than doing nothing with your skin

Anything drunk elephant made my face burn and I don’t normally have sensitive skin~

Benefit “They’re Real!” Mascara. It wasn’t as dramatic a look as it claimed to be, and the wand was plasticky and didn’t get into the corners well.

Bobbi Brown “Extra Eye Repair Cream Intense”. Despite only using the tiniest amount (cause that was expensive stuff lol) it gave me my first ever batch of milia despite claiming to be non-comedogenic.

Chanel no. 5 Yuck!

Charlotte tilbury matte beauty blush wand

CeraVe foaming cleanser. Ok it's not high end, though it's the most expensive cleanser I've actually paid for, but everyone was suggesting it and, not the cleanser's fault, but I didn't know my skin hates niacinamide...or I assume that's the offending ingredient anyway.

After using it, I had massive pores and little acne-like lumps all over my face. They weren't acne... I'm not sure what they were. At first, I didn't blame the CeraVe because it seemed gentle/inoffensive. I blamed the fact I'd started mixing a bit of Saie glowy super gel with my foundation. But it turned out to be the CeraVe.

I'd been using it for ages at that point so I'd given my skin time to adjust. Took a week from stopping it for the lumps to go. Now I have this enormous bottle sitting in the shower and feel too guilty to throw it out 😂. At least niacinamide dropped off the list of actives I feel I somehow have to cram in to my day 😂.

Truly beauty isn’t that good, I said it.

Their scrubs do not scrub good at all and I felt like I had a film on my skin even after washing my body.

The shaving cream disintegrates if even a drop of water gets into the jar and it isn’t that good (honestly it made the hair clump up in my razor and I never had that issue before)

The moon jelly body wash did not do anything. I never felt clean when I used it and I would always use a different one after it. Honestly the only reason I even finished the bottle was because I had to justify what I spent on it🥲

And finally, the worst one of all, the charcoal body acne serum. It said to apply it and let it sit on your skin overnight but guess what?? There’s black specks in it and they get EVERYWHERE if you don’t immediately wash it off.

Tarte’s shape tape concealer. It made me break out and the coverage was not great.