Please do this worst of luxury as a vlog every year. It is like a conversation with a bestie. You nailed it. I knew Chanel and Tom Ford would be on the list. They been effing up. Even the Chanel 2022 preview looks meh. I wonder if Chanel changed the blush formula due to ingredient shortage or just to save money by switching ingredients. That is usially what happens in the fragrance industry when a scent is reformulated. I can't even use some those new TF quads cause they are too light for me. I can't wait til you try the newest quads with the new formula. The Fenty Skin tint looks ok on me initially but it doesn’t wear well throughout the day.
Considering the price tag attached to high end make up, "just ok" is NOT ok. If I am going to shell out that kind of money I need it to WOW me. Thanks for the heads up!
Absolutely! We do not pay luxury prices for anything less than excellent. It should at least be a respectable product even if it doesnt knock your socks off. We expect more care and higher quality because that's what we're paying for, and these big classic luxury houses need to know the weight of their brand name just ain't gonna carry them if they keep phoning it in.
Making this a quarterly feature would be a huge help! So many high-end beauty channels are afraid to give negative critique to poor products as they come out, so this is a refreshing view!
This video is everything! My husband heard you call Hermes “basic” and he audibly sighed…then said, Hermes is devastated! He then later said, Michelle is savage and I’m here for it! 😂
I’m so frustrated with Chanel it started when they reformulated their cream bronzer which was perfection just needed more shades. They downgraded the ingredients and decided coconut oil was a good idea. I think they are using cheaper ingredients to get more profit and have really lost a lot of customers in the process. They certainly didn’t lower their prices to reflect the cheaper ingredients. Sending you oodles of love
Its unfortunate that they are doing that,it ALWAYS happens they do it to save $$$,and the product goe s to hell in a hand basket! And then you have to search for a replacement for something that WAS perfect....Or they discontinue the product.. You cant win...... In the end those companies are bitting themselves in the a** because pwoplw ars going to turn away from their products. And their reputation is gonna suffer. At thjs point thsy are existing just by reputation ALONE... Gabrielle Chanel must be rolling in her grave now....
I remember when you reviewed the “new” reformulated Chanel blushes months ago. I had one of the old ones (loved it) and immediately went out and bought 4 of the old ones. Before I purchased, I asked the saleswoman if they were the new version and she apologetically said no, the store hadn’t gotten them in yet. She looked quite surprised when I said “Good! I’ll take these 4.” Obviously she doesn’t watch reviews so I told her don’t be surprised if the reaction to the newer ones isn’t positive. Situations like this are one of the reasons I watch your channel. Aside from excellent suggestions for good products, you also give us a heads up about what to avoid. Happy Holidays!
Fair enough. But how can one wear the same blush for approximately 4 years? A blush takes a year of using. By the time you've finished one something new on the market elsewhere. I've stopped stockpiling. Once I got to using the product I had fatigue and over it.
You are so right, Michelle! Lux brands are cutting corners right and left while keeping their lux prices. What a slap in the face. We should boycott them!
I agree about the Valentino packaging. I have yet to try any of their products because the “look” repels me. I have absolutely no interest to even approach their makeup counter lol
I am so glad you spoke about Chanel. Total garbage in 2021…and Tom Ford has been lackluster since winter of 2020…the Soliel Neige 2019 was the last collection that got me excited. I don’t understand what they are doing…but Dior is KILLING IT! ❤️❤️❤️
Maybe with the formulas but package wise Dior has become awfully generic and ugly in recent years. I remember their luxurious 90s. The blue and gold was true luxury.
I totally agree. I purchase across the makeup spectrum- drug store to luxury. When I buy luxury it’s because it’s either (and hopefully a combination of) - innovative color story, a better (new) performing formula, or the packaging and purchasing experience. If I can’t get those things for the extra $ that luxury lines require forget it. Oh and the Valentino release, totally with you. I didn’t purchase anything from that launch because it just looked cheap to me and I can’t get past it.
Re:the Hermes blushes. You can’t refill them cause they glued them into the compact despite them having the pinhole. Whomp, whomp. I agree with you on the Gucci eye palette. Then they had the audacity to say it could be a jewelry case too. Please.
Thank you for telling the truth about Fenty. There was so much hype in the online beauty community about it and I kept waiting for an "the Emperor has no clothes" moment, because it's really not that good. I bought it with high hopes that it would be better than their other face products but after wearing it 4 or 5 times, I quietly decluttered it because it's so dry and unflattering.
Yes! The original foundation gave me lizard-woman vibes, which was quite a dear considering how oily my skin was at the time. The red lip gloss/stick, the Stunna one, was gross on my lips. That was enough to make me pass on the brand. That said, my bestie loves the brand so I bought her Fenty products for her birthday.
@@AspasiaB They're killawatt higlighter blushes are really good and some of the regular lipsticks too. That's about it. Sadly the best and daring colors no other brands have are getting discontinued all because people only buy same shades of nudes and contour colors.
Whoa I was just saying to myself these fenty foundations need to go in the trash. I even feel the packaging is cheap, let alone the formula being so dry and oxidizing to peach on me.
I agree! When it first came out it was so hyped out I got excited and purchased their foundation which was terrible 🤣 and the liquid lipsticks formula was just meh..
Totally agree with you regarding Chanel. What a disappointment. It used to be my go to brand but I haven’t been pleased with anything since the water fresh tint and that was a while ago now! I feel like a lot of luxury brands are just releasing below par products and they assume the consumer will purchase regardless because of the name. Well they need to wake up because the tide is turning!
“What are you doing Chanel?” 👏🏽 couldn’t agree more! So disappointed in them this year. First the tan de Chanel reform, then messing with one of the best the blush formulas on the market 😩 I second what are you doing Chanel?!?! Thanks for the fun video Michele 🎄
High end companies should keep in mind that their customers aren’t blind..it cost so much money! It’s about respect too! Thanks for your outspoken reviews! Cheap packaging..gosh…so sad..
What’s interesting about the Chanel blush reformulation is that one of the things they removed is the silk that was in the old formula….🧐 I’m sure that made it cheaper but it screwed up the texture 😒😡
I agree with you, Michele, that the experience and packaging of luxury beauty products makes the difference in what you pay for it. It’s a given that you expect high quality of the product.
FINALLY, some critique on the Huetopian palette! 👏 (The first video I’ve seen to actually talk about this) I absolutely agree with you Michelle on Pat McGrath, let’s hope we see something more unique in her line next year!
Well done Michele. I really carent afford luxury but if I love the product, I save and buy it. Always loved Chanel esp the packages of product. But this year with these top houses just rolling out shoddy beauty product’s and not expecting any back lash, well you certainly have made them think. ESP coming from you!! So respected in this field and so knowledgeable. You really stood up for us , the consumer and I’m so grateful. So well done brave one.
You nailed it on the head with each of the products addressed. I couldn't agree more! Especially chanel blushes...I'm hanging onto my old Chanel blushes for sure now
As an experience design lead, it’s very cringing to see packaging fails like Gucci and Valentino. Not user-centric at all (nor planet-centric, despite just ticking box of “refillable”). Thank you for being so discerning and honest!
Agree! Often the refillable components have so much plastic that I wonder if it’s any better for our environment. I think the word refillable, like clean, ticks a box and makes people feel good about themselves. marketing 101 😀
@@eatmyoctopus I don't understand why they don't make these products from metal for that price point. Body shop and Ariana manage to do so and they cost a fraction. By the time one would order one of their refills I'm pretty sure these beauty lines have failed anyway and pulled from the market.
Those Tom Ford quads knew you were coming for them and they left Toy Story style. All the quads you mentioned I could tell from looking at the photos they were lackluster and didn’t bother with any of them. I hope we get better especially from Chanel and Tom.
appreciate your comments on the worst luxury makeup. I totally agree - these are expensive and for the brand to provide cheap containers for the products is unacceptable. Have a nice day!
Great to hear some honest opinions. So important for your followers who rely on your advice before spending their hard earned money. No hate meant. Well done.
I totally agree with you the whole experience about luxury beauty products including packaging, quality and textures. I look forward to watching your top 10 favorite products.❤️
Tom Ford eyeshadows got so bad I don’t see myself buying it ever again. Pat ran out of ideas. Gucci package was the reason I didn’t buy the eye shadows. Hermès blushes looked so sad I would buy those for $10 …Valentino … I want to be a fly on the wall at the meeting to see this packaging approved! What happened? Seriously ….
Hi Michele. To have a trusted source have a very candid conversation about your ‘don’t bother’ luxury beauty products was very refreshing and to be honest quite entertaining. Thanks for keeping it real.
I got my Cire Trudon yesterday. I am now officially a Cire Trudon Girl! That Bayonne smells like a field in the South Of France in Summer. I went back I got more...I need it to keep away the blues!
Wow - haven't watched you for a while Michelle, but I love how you are bringing your love of lux-make up to your critique of these brands. They promise so much and you are calling them out on some safe or poor decisions.
Really enjoy the vlog style format! I’m so curious as to what/how the products looked on your skin. I love hearing your descriptions but maybe an idea for next year. :)
This is a great video and I really appreciate your honesty... Sometimes I'm just fed up with all those influencers who always give positive reviews about everything, especially high end makeup and skincare... But the fact is that sometimes it's so disappointing that you pay a lot of money and the product sucks.. or it's just nothing special.. Thank you!
can you do a video explaining the different formulas of eye shadows and what type of brushes (type of hair) you should use with them... also what each formula is supposed to achieve. i don't understand the baked gelee and wet/dry quite yet... thanks!! love this kind of video.. esp since videos are what you "should" buy vs what to avoid lol...
I agree with Paula's comment down below. Please do this worst of luxury every year. Your honesty is refreshing and so true. It is all about the experience and the presentation, it's what sells the product. I Love Chanel but this holiday year- um, no thank you - not impressed. The only thing that they got right are their little holiday gift boxes. How they open and fold and the die cutting is clever. They look like cute little bags. But that's it. Dior, they nailed it! Gorgeous from beginning to end.
I completely agree with you on the Gucci palette. I feel like I’m crazy, everyone seems to love it and I find it sooooo tacky! It looks like fake makeup for a child 😐 Love these vids! ❤️
Thank you for being so brutally honest! I totally agree with you about how some of these luxury brands are going downhill, especially with packaging and creativity.
LOVE this video. Michele your astute assessment, incredible standards and ability to articulate all comes together here. Super appreciate the slight (well placed) anger as well. More of this!!
Ah, Michele, I love your honesty about all of these products! It’s just so nice to hear. I sit here at home, reading/watching peoples’ love for these things and I think I’m in the minority when I think opposite. I couldn’t understand why people were going crazy over that Gucci palette. It looked cheap online, even though the price point was high, and the color story was nothing special. As someone who loves some things of Pat McGrath, I’m not a complete loyal fan and it was nice to hear you say exactly what I was thinking about those products. Thank you for being so honest! Happy Holidays, Michele!
I remember one of my first higher luxury end makeup was Chanel, so it has a place in my heart. I was in highschool and my mom would get me Chanel makeup and loved it all. And yeah I will say the blush I recently got, is very subpar. However, I haven't had a Chanel blush in awhile, but I do remember them being good and this one is just ok.
I loved this… I love the relaxed, honest feedback. I so very much agree with everything you mentioned. “Why? Why did this need to happen?” - Hermes blushes. And your rant about “the experience” with luxury beauty 👏🏻👏🏻so accurate. Also I absolutely love your makeup today.
I totally agree with your opinion on Pat’s recent launches. With Gucci tho, as far as I know the brand wants to do something like custom eyeshadow palettes so you could buy the insets and the boxes separately and mix and match them as you like so you can create your own story in a way. And as my as the outside looks very Gucci, the inside is clearance at Target. On top of that I didn’t enjoy the eyeshadow formula
Thank you Michele I’m glad someone finally someone spoke about the Chanel line and Tom fords. It has to be 10 years since I haven’t purchased all of Chanel’s and Tom Fords collection. Hopefully they’ll fix it
I am so here for this! More "worst of" videos please! Love it. Completely agree with you on PMG, TF, Chanel. Hermes packaging is Meh (although the highlighter is the best I've ever used they could at least have done nicer packaging!). VB has it nailed with her luxury experience, quality of packaging and product. Others should take note!
Hi Michele! I’ve really been enjoying your mishmas. I love how you did this video vlog style and the advent calendars you picked up are so nice and it’s fun to watch you open them up.
I would totally totally agree with you about Pat McGrath and the line that she had come out for the holidays. This was my first year to buy and splurge on the collection and I really thought long and hard about it but I got it and when it came I was so thoroughly disappointed because of the the fact that I got the same look from those pallets exactly like you said. Granted I still love the quality which you can't find in every luxury brand, but when people spend their hard-earned money on luxe brands, they expect a little more "creative "inspiration" from their collections. I hope that someone/everyone from the design teams from ALL makeup brands could see this video because of the articulate, honest way you let them know how we all, as consumers, feel! Your an amazing motivational speaker and companies would do their due diligence to actually listen and take your advice. MERRY MISHMAS!
Haha, your effortless expectation of, at least make it baked gelee - for a product :"D So Michele, and I agree very much, too. This reminds me, I managed to get my hands on the Burberry highlighter in White, I'm ready to sparkle for the season!
I love that you speak out about the high end products that dont work. Its super helpful to me. I cant afford to purchase all these things to find out they dont work. Being on thin budget , working on a farm while searching for quality skin care and perfume & makeup is hard as it is lol. Thank you❤ Merry Christmas & Happy new years!
Great summary. Totally agree about the packaging and experience. Had to laugh as you got more upset the further you went through the makeup. You need to sit down now and have a coffee and chill. Lose all the negativity!
I agree with your comments on the PML palettes. I was really looking forward to the holiday quads. Once I saw them I was disappointed and knew I would not get them. I fear this is her new direction with the quads, they have been getting less special with every release.
Another great video. I totally agree with your thoughts on packaging. You could argue about formulation being better with luxury makeup, but if your asking someone to pay 10x more than drugstore, you had better give them that much more in the total experience. I will not spend the money on a Valentino makeup product if the packaging is plastic, especially red plastic (makes it look even cheaper).
So well put Michel! I couldn't agree with you more on the reason why we enjoy the high end experience and the importance of every facet of it, including packaging.
Love the direction brands are going with refillable, but I think they are missing a trick who wants to pay the money for luxury refill into cheap red plastic. I want amazing makeup holders that are going to last years and I can change the insides over and over, lets do metal/glass/leather/enamel/wood, etc. I would love the VB metal packaging to be refillable, or VB and estee lauder, imagine house of sillage type makeup compacts, zeesea if they were refillable. Or if it's plastic make it beautiful and heavy and long lasting.
This is why I always watch your videos and vlogs. You are the best when it comes to being on target with your makeup reviews, particularly the luxury makeup. You have steered me into some new and exciting makeup products. I also appreciate your steering me away from products that are not up to expected standards.Thank you, Michelle. And happy holidays to you and your family.
Living for sassy Michele! And as you held up the refillable bronzer the first thing I thought of were those toys you then mentioned straight after I thought of it! I would've twisted that bit off and thrown it out only to realise it was supposed to stay there. Packaging is so important and is inherently part of the luxury experience 👏
Michele, really enjoyable video! Glad to see such candor in a years end video. 🙌🏼 I have to agree with you on so many points you made, from PML, to Tom Ford quad shadows, to crappy packaging on luxe products ie Hermes, Valentino. For me, this year game changing experience was Victoria Beckham Beauty. If these Luxe beauty brands want to bring their A game, they need to see what she’s been bringing to the beauty industry table. Her packaging is impeccable. Her products have not disappointed. All are just beautiful! Plus, she’s a clean brand. I’ve been a tremendous PML fan. But, this year, I’ve found myself purchasing VBB and leaving the latest and greatest of so many other luxe beauty brands behind. They’ve become boring when they could be innovative or luxurious. Great video, great dialogue! Thanks!🤗👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Your sentiment about the full luxury product experience is spot on. I recently ordered directly from Dior for the first time and they epitomize that experience.
I ❤️ your Christmas bear mug 🥰 Anything to help start the day off right… especially if your day then involves delving into the dregs of 2021’s makeup releases.
You are the absolute best - always enjoyable, always helpful. I’ve learned so much from you and look forward to all your videos. Warm wishes for happy and healthy holidays!
My gosh, I loved this. Why? b.c. 90% of the time, in my opinion, we only hear how good a product is. Yet, hardly ever when it’s “disappointing.“ Thank you & I can’t wait to see the top luxury products. Have a great Monday! 😊✌🏼
Packaging is absolutely important when it comes to luxury makeup!! And I completely agree with @Lisa F , Products Mentioned: Don’t bother, I was laughing so hard!! This was one of the best. Thank you
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“Products mentioned: Don’t bother” had me rolling! 😂😂 I’m always glad to know what to avoid as well as what products are good.
I know! I almost spit out my coffee when I read that😂😂
@@Desertmermaid52 same! God i love her.
Please do this worst of luxury as a vlog every year. It is like a conversation with a bestie. You nailed it. I knew Chanel and Tom Ford would be on the list. They been effing up. Even the Chanel 2022 preview looks meh. I wonder if Chanel changed the blush formula due to ingredient shortage or just to save money by switching ingredients. That is usially what happens in the fragrance industry when a scent is reformulated. I can't even use some those new TF quads cause they are too light for me. I can't wait til you try the newest quads with the new formula. The Fenty Skin tint looks ok on me initially but it doesn’t wear well throughout the day.
Considering the price tag attached to high end make up, "just ok" is NOT ok. If I am going to shell out that kind of money I need it to WOW me. Thanks for the heads up!
Exactly! And we shouldn’t see smaller pan sizes (PMG). And you shouldn’t have to stand on your head and recite Shakespeare to get a product to work.
Absolutely! We do not pay luxury prices for anything less than excellent. It should at least be a respectable product even if it doesnt knock your socks off. We expect more care and higher quality because that's what we're paying for, and these big classic luxury houses need to know the weight of their brand name just ain't gonna carry them if they keep phoning it in.
Yes
Making this a quarterly feature would be a huge help! So many high-end beauty channels are afraid to give negative critique to poor products as they come out, so this is a refreshing view!
This video is everything! My husband heard you call Hermes “basic” and he audibly sighed…then said, Hermes is devastated! He then later said, Michelle is savage and I’m here for it! 😂
I’m so frustrated with Chanel it started when they reformulated their cream bronzer which was perfection just needed more shades. They downgraded the ingredients and decided coconut oil was a good idea. I think they are using cheaper ingredients to get more profit and have really lost a lot of customers in the process. They certainly didn’t lower their prices to reflect the cheaper ingredients. Sending you oodles of love
Its unfortunate that they are doing that,it ALWAYS happens they do it to save $$$,and the product goe s to hell in a hand basket! And then you have to search for a replacement for something that WAS perfect....Or they discontinue the product.. You cant win...... In the end those companies are bitting themselves in the a** because pwoplw ars going to turn away from their products. And their reputation is gonna suffer. At thjs point thsy are existing just by reputation ALONE... Gabrielle Chanel must be rolling in her grave now....
I remember when you reviewed the “new” reformulated Chanel blushes months ago. I had one of the old ones (loved it) and immediately went out and bought 4 of the old ones. Before I purchased, I asked the saleswoman if they were the new version and she apologetically said no, the store hadn’t gotten them in yet. She looked quite surprised when I said “Good! I’ll take these 4.” Obviously she doesn’t watch reviews so I told her don’t be surprised if the reaction to the newer ones isn’t positive. Situations like this are one of the reasons I watch your channel. Aside from excellent suggestions for good products, you also give us a heads up about what to avoid. Happy Holidays!
Fair enough. But how can one wear the same blush for approximately 4 years? A blush takes a year of using. By the time you've finished one something new on the market elsewhere. I've stopped stockpiling. Once I got to using the product I had fatigue and over it.
Kathleen- me too I purchased 4 different shades that I had on my wish list.
You are so right, Michelle! Lux brands are cutting corners right and left while keeping their lux prices. What a slap in the face. We should boycott them!
I agree about the Valentino packaging. I have yet to try any of their products because the “look” repels me. I have absolutely no interest to even approach their makeup counter lol
Same here, the commercials are annoying too, the "music" is....like what?.......not a thing, Valentino trying to be trendy...lol....
Me too. I don't know even why....
I am so glad you spoke about Chanel. Total garbage in 2021…and Tom Ford has been lackluster since winter of 2020…the Soliel Neige 2019 was the last collection that got me excited. I don’t understand what they are doing…but Dior is KILLING IT! ❤️❤️❤️
I agree
Dior did a good job
I couldn't agree more. Dior was fantastic this year.
Maybe with the formulas but package wise Dior has become awfully generic and ugly in recent years. I remember their luxurious 90s. The blue and gold was true luxury.
Oh my! Dior yes!!!
I totally agree. I purchase across the makeup spectrum- drug store to luxury. When I buy luxury it’s because it’s either (and hopefully a combination of) - innovative color story, a better (new) performing formula, or the packaging and purchasing experience. If I can’t get those things for the extra $ that luxury lines require forget it. Oh and the Valentino release, totally with you. I didn’t purchase anything from that launch because it just looked cheap to me and I can’t get past it.
Re:the Hermes blushes. You can’t refill them cause they glued them into the compact despite them having the pinhole. Whomp, whomp. I agree with you on the Gucci eye palette. Then they had the audacity to say it could be a jewelry case too. Please.
💯 Completely agree!!
Really?they said that? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for telling the truth about Fenty. There was so much hype in the online beauty community about it and I kept waiting for an "the Emperor has no clothes" moment, because it's really not that good. I bought it with high hopes that it would be better than their other face products but after wearing it 4 or 5 times, I quietly decluttered it because it's so dry and unflattering.
Yes! The original foundation gave me lizard-woman vibes, which was quite a dear considering how oily my skin was at the time. The red lip gloss/stick, the Stunna one, was gross on my lips. That was enough to make me pass on the brand. That said, my bestie loves the brand so I bought her Fenty products for her birthday.
@@AspasiaB They're killawatt higlighter blushes are really good and some of the regular lipsticks too. That's about it. Sadly the best and daring colors no other brands have are getting discontinued all because people only buy same shades of nudes and contour colors.
Whoa I was just saying to myself these fenty foundations need to go in the trash. I even feel the packaging is cheap, let alone the formula being so dry and oxidizing to peach on me.
I agree! When it first came out it was so hyped out I got excited and purchased their foundation which was terrible 🤣 and the liquid lipsticks formula was just meh..
Totally agree with you regarding Chanel. What a disappointment. It used to be my go to brand but I haven’t been pleased with anything since the water fresh tint and that was a while ago now! I feel like a lot of luxury brands are just releasing below par products and they assume the consumer will purchase regardless because of the name. Well they need to wake up because the tide is turning!
“What are you doing Chanel?” 👏🏽 couldn’t agree more! So disappointed in them this year. First the tan de Chanel reform, then messing with one of the best the blush formulas on the market 😩 I second what are you doing Chanel?!?! Thanks for the fun video Michele 🎄
High end companies should keep in mind that their customers aren’t blind..it cost so much money! It’s about respect too! Thanks for your outspoken reviews! Cheap packaging..gosh…so sad..
How refreshing! A UA-camr that is honest when reviewing luxury products. Really informative. Thanks Michelle.
What’s interesting about the Chanel blush reformulation is that one of the things they removed is the silk that was in the old formula….🧐 I’m sure that made it cheaper but it screwed up the texture 😒😡
Are they trying to go cruelty free? Maybe that's why.
Totally agree with you on the Pat McGrath and Tom Ford!💗🥰
I agree with you, Michele, that the experience and packaging of luxury beauty products makes the difference in what you pay for it. It’s a given that you expect high quality of the product.
I love it when you get salty, you are the nicest person ever and it's adorable when you get mad because you're still so nice about it!
Video theme "Why??", "Just why??" .... Hilarious and totally agreed x
I totally agree. Expensive fashion houses are starting to lag far behind cheap drugstore products. And they are a great disappointment to customers.
FINALLY, some critique on the Huetopian palette! 👏 (The first video I’ve seen to actually talk about this) I absolutely agree with you Michelle on Pat McGrath, let’s hope we see something more unique in her line next year!
Agree about Chanel. Used to be a favorite but now it’s eye makeup remover (do love) and the egg hand lotions,!!!
Salty Michelle is a hit for me!
What a catharsis! SO entertaining having you ROAST!
I loved the Chanel palette especially the gold which I put on top of any colour in the centre of the eye
Well done Michele. I really carent afford luxury but if I love the product, I save and buy it. Always loved Chanel esp the packages of product. But this year with these top houses just rolling out shoddy beauty product’s and not expecting any back lash, well you certainly have made them think. ESP coming from you!! So respected in this field and so knowledgeable. You really stood up for us , the consumer and I’m so grateful. So well done brave one.
You nailed it on the head with each of the products addressed. I couldn't agree more! Especially chanel blushes...I'm hanging onto my old Chanel blushes for sure now
As an experience design lead, it’s very cringing to see packaging fails like Gucci and Valentino. Not user-centric at all (nor planet-centric, despite just ticking box of “refillable”).
Thank you for being so discerning and honest!
Agree! Often the refillable components have so much plastic that I wonder if it’s any better for our environment. I think the word refillable, like clean, ticks a box and makes people feel good about themselves. marketing 101 😀
@@eatmyoctopus I don't understand why they don't make these products from metal for that price point. Body shop and Ariana manage to do so and they cost a fraction. By the time one would order one of their refills I'm pretty sure these beauty lines have failed anyway and pulled from the market.
Your little Boston terrier is so adorable 😍
Those Tom Ford quads knew you were coming for them and they left Toy Story style. All the quads you mentioned I could tell from looking at the photos they were lackluster and didn’t bother with any of them. I hope we get better especially from Chanel and Tom.
The glasses are KILLER!!!! They look incredible on you
appreciate your comments on the worst luxury makeup. I totally agree - these are expensive and for the brand to provide cheap containers for the products is unacceptable. Have a nice day!
Loved this video. Enjoyed your honesty, intensity and humor. I hope they listen to you!
Great to hear some honest opinions. So important for your followers who rely on your advice before spending their hard earned money. No hate meant. Well done.
You always keep it real, Michele! There's other luxury UA-camrs I just can't trust anymore. But you always have our backs! ❤️❤️❤️
I am definitely getting the Dyptiue advent calendar for myself net Christmas!!!
Me too. Already started my Deb"s Treats envelope
Same! I've never ever been interested in advent calendars until now.
Same! Michele's morning ritual with the calendars made me long for the Diptyque one. I'm getting it next year.
On the last day, please let us know your 3 favorite coffees from the Advent box. What would you actually purchase?😘☕
YES! I'd love her to do a final wrap up and tell us her favorites and if she'll be buying any individually in the future.
I totally agree with you the whole experience about luxury beauty products including packaging, quality and textures.
I look forward to watching your top 10 favorite products.❤️
Tom Ford eyeshadows got so bad I don’t see myself buying it ever again. Pat ran out of ideas. Gucci package was the reason I didn’t buy the eye shadows. Hermès blushes looked so sad I would buy those for $10 …Valentino … I want to be a fly on the wall at the meeting to see this packaging approved! What happened? Seriously ….
TF has slowly gone downhill since the EL buyout and now it is rock bottom. They ruined it.
Hi Michele. To have a trusted source have a very candid conversation about your ‘don’t bother’ luxury beauty products was very refreshing and to be honest quite entertaining. Thanks for keeping it real.
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LOVE this video and your elegant honesty! Xoxo 💕
Oh thank you for doing this video. I am buying much more high end now and always get spooked of a crappy purchases. Love you Michelle
As always, I appreciate your honestly and integrity here on YT. Keep it up! Love from Indiana, Helen
I got my Cire Trudon yesterday. I am now officially a Cire Trudon Girl! That Bayonne smells like a field in the South Of France in Summer. I went back I got more...I need it to keep away the blues!
Wow - haven't watched you for a while Michelle, but I love how you are bringing your love of lux-make up to your critique of these brands. They promise so much and you are calling them out on some safe or poor decisions.
Really enjoy the vlog style format! I’m so curious as to what/how the products looked on your skin. I love hearing your descriptions but maybe an idea for next year. :)
This is a great video and I really appreciate your honesty... Sometimes I'm just fed up with all those influencers who always give positive reviews about everything, especially high end makeup and skincare... But the fact is that sometimes it's so disappointing that you pay a lot of money and the product sucks.. or it's just nothing special.. Thank you!
Loved this video. It was very blunt and honest. The New Yorker in me agrees with everything. Spot on.
can you do a video explaining the different formulas of eye shadows and what type of brushes (type of hair) you should use with them... also what each formula is supposed to achieve. i don't understand the baked gelee and wet/dry quite yet... thanks!! love this kind of video.. esp since videos are what you "should" buy vs what to avoid lol...
I agree with Paula's comment down below. Please do this worst of luxury every year. Your honesty is refreshing and so true. It is all about the experience and the presentation, it's what sells the product. I Love Chanel but this holiday year- um, no thank you - not impressed. The only thing that they got right are their little holiday gift boxes. How they open and fold and the die cutting is clever. They look like cute little bags. But that's it. Dior, they nailed it! Gorgeous from beginning to end.
I am here for saucy Michele! Thank you for looking out for your viewers and for all of these wonderful Mishmas videos!
I completely agree with you on the Gucci palette. I feel like I’m crazy, everyone seems to love it and I find it sooooo tacky! It looks like fake makeup for a child 😐 Love these vids! ❤️
Thank you for being so brutally honest! I totally agree with you about how some of these luxury brands are going downhill, especially with packaging and creativity.
LOVE this video. Michele your astute assessment, incredible standards and ability to articulate all comes together here. Super appreciate the slight (well placed) anger as well. More of this!!
Ah, Michele, I love your honesty about all of these products! It’s just so nice to hear. I sit here at home, reading/watching peoples’ love for these things and I think I’m in the minority when I think opposite. I couldn’t understand why people were going crazy over that Gucci palette. It looked cheap online, even though the price point was high, and the color story was nothing special. As someone who loves some things of Pat McGrath, I’m not a complete loyal fan and it was nice to hear you say exactly what I was thinking about those products. Thank you for being so honest! Happy Holidays, Michele!
I remember one of my first higher luxury end makeup was Chanel, so it has a place in my heart. I was in highschool and my mom would get me Chanel makeup and loved it all. And yeah I will say the blush I recently got, is very subpar. However, I haven't had a Chanel blush in awhile, but I do remember them being good and this one is just ok.
I loved this… I love the relaxed, honest feedback. I so very much agree with everything you mentioned. “Why? Why did this need to happen?” - Hermes blushes. And your rant about “the experience” with luxury beauty 👏🏻👏🏻so accurate. Also I absolutely love your makeup today.
I totally agree with your opinion on Pat’s recent launches. With Gucci tho, as far as I know the brand wants to do something like custom eyeshadow palettes so you could buy the insets and the boxes separately and mix and match them as you like so you can create your own story in a way. And as my as the outside looks very Gucci, the inside is clearance at Target. On top of that I didn’t enjoy the eyeshadow formula
Miss your reviews
@@carolinek2446 I had to most craziest few months of my life but reviews are coming back from tomorrow actually 💃🏻
I truly enjoy watching your tutorial, But this video is by far my favorite and extremely funny. Thank you for the giggles!!
Totally agree on the Gucci and the Pat M. quads.
Really appreciated this video, felt the same about most of the products you brought up.
Thank you Michele I’m glad someone finally someone spoke about the Chanel line and Tom fords. It has to be 10 years since I haven’t purchased all of Chanel’s and Tom Fords collection. Hopefully they’ll fix it
I am so here for this! More "worst of" videos please! Love it. Completely agree with you on PMG, TF, Chanel. Hermes packaging is Meh (although the highlighter is the best I've ever used they could at least have done nicer packaging!). VB has it nailed with her luxury experience, quality of packaging and product. Others should take note!
Hi Michele! I’ve really been enjoying your mishmas. I love how you did this video vlog style and the advent calendars you picked up are so nice and it’s fun to watch you open them up.
Ok but I need these GLASSES ! Oh my gosh how I love them . Michelle you look fantastic no makeup !
I would totally totally agree with you about Pat McGrath and the line that she had come out for the holidays. This was my first year to buy and splurge on the collection and I really thought long and hard about it but I got it and when it came I was so thoroughly disappointed because of the the fact that I got the same look from those pallets exactly like you said. Granted I still love the quality which you can't find in every luxury brand, but when people spend their hard-earned money on luxe brands, they expect a little more "creative "inspiration" from their collections. I hope that someone/everyone from the design teams from ALL makeup brands could see this video because of the articulate, honest way you let them know how we all, as consumers, feel! Your an amazing motivational speaker and companies would do their due diligence to actually listen and take your advice. MERRY MISHMAS!
I like this version …very raw and appreciated
Haha, your effortless expectation of, at least make it baked gelee - for a product :"D So Michele, and I agree very much, too. This reminds me, I managed to get my hands on the Burberry highlighter in White, I'm ready to sparkle for the season!
I love that you speak out about the high end products that dont work. Its super helpful to me. I cant afford to purchase all these things to find out they dont work. Being on thin budget , working on a farm while searching for quality skin care and perfume & makeup is hard as it is lol. Thank you❤ Merry Christmas & Happy new years!
Lol I just purchased the Rose Prism .... haven't tried it yet. I was so looking forward to this eyeshadow.
Great summary. Totally agree about the packaging and experience. Had to laugh as you got more upset the further you went through the makeup. You need to sit down now and have a coffee and chill. Lose all the negativity!
Please do this type of video on a regular basis. It's extremely helpful. 🤗
Love this vlog. You didn't come to play Mish. You ARE so correct. We shouldn't get short changed for the money we pay for these products. 🎯💯
I agree with your comments on the PML palettes. I was really looking forward to the holiday quads. Once I saw them I was disappointed and knew I would not get them. I fear this is her new direction with the quads, they have been getting less special with every release.
Thanks Michele. When a product is a stretch of my budget, I sure don't want it to disappoint. Good to know.
Another great video. I totally agree with your thoughts on packaging. You could argue about formulation being better with luxury makeup, but if your asking someone to pay 10x more than drugstore, you had better give them that much more in the total experience. I will not spend the money on a Valentino makeup product if the packaging is plastic, especially red plastic (makes it look even cheaper).
So well put Michel! I couldn't agree with you more on the reason why we enjoy the high end experience and the importance of every facet of it, including packaging.
Love the direction brands are going with refillable, but I think they are missing a trick who wants to pay the money for luxury refill into cheap red plastic. I want amazing makeup holders that are going to last years and I can change the insides over and over, lets do metal/glass/leather/enamel/wood, etc. I would love the VB metal packaging to be refillable, or VB and estee lauder, imagine house of sillage type makeup compacts, zeesea if they were refillable. Or if it's plastic make it beautiful and heavy and long lasting.
Kjaer Weis gets the refillable packaging right. You can get the luxury refillable case, but if not, the basic paper case is still well done.
Agree, the longevity and feel of long term packaging needs work
Let 'em have it, Michele! I agree!
This is why I always watch your videos and vlogs. You are the best when it comes to being on target with your makeup reviews, particularly the luxury makeup. You have steered me into some new and exciting makeup products. I also appreciate your steering me away from products that are not up to expected standards.Thank you, Michelle. And happy holidays to you and your family.
Living for sassy Michele! And as you held up the refillable bronzer the first thing I thought of were those toys you then mentioned straight after I thought of it! I would've twisted that bit off and thrown it out only to realise it was supposed to stay there. Packaging is so important and is inherently part of the luxury experience 👏
Have I mentioned lately how much I LOVE your hair. The silver is so sparkly ♥️
Thank u for this. Straight shooter. One of my favorites.
I have thoroughly enjoyed these videos. 👍🏾😊🙏🏾💕 You and Butters have brought me joy. Don’t want these to end. 😔
Thanks for being you!!!
Thank you Michele for “ SPEAKING “ your mind! 😒The 2021 Holiday Makeup is beyond Disappointing 😶. Ms. Butters Appearance is always appreciated 😍😍😍😍😍
Michele, really enjoyable video! Glad to see such candor in a years end video. 🙌🏼 I have to agree with you on so many points you made, from PML, to Tom Ford quad shadows, to crappy packaging on luxe products ie Hermes, Valentino. For me, this year game changing experience was Victoria Beckham Beauty. If these Luxe beauty brands want to bring their A game, they need to see what she’s been bringing to the beauty industry table. Her packaging is impeccable. Her products have not disappointed. All are just beautiful! Plus, she’s a clean brand. I’ve been a tremendous PML fan. But, this year, I’ve found myself purchasing VBB and leaving the latest and greatest of so many other luxe beauty brands behind. They’ve become boring when they could be innovative or luxurious. Great video, great dialogue! Thanks!🤗👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Your sentiment about the full luxury product experience is spot on. I recently ordered directly from Dior for the first time and they epitomize that experience.
Loved the honest grilling on these luxury brands. Everything you pointed out about the quality and packaging I totally agree.
I ❤️ your Christmas bear mug 🥰 Anything to help start the day off right… especially if your day then involves delving into the dregs of 2021’s makeup releases.
You are the absolute best - always enjoyable, always helpful. I’ve learned so much from you and look forward to all your videos. Warm wishes for happy and healthy holidays!
Love your honest review doesn't matter how luxury it is..
Love your intro! It’s so relaxing!
I just love❤️ your intro more and more every time I see it!! It is just perfection!
Oohhh I LOVE sassy Michele! And I agree with you 100% on the Gucci palette. I didn't buy it solely because of how bad I thought the packaging looked.
I agree with you about the Gucci palette too. For some reason it reminds me of holly hobby or some thing from the early 80s.
My gosh, I loved this. Why? b.c. 90% of the time, in my opinion, we only hear how good a product is. Yet, hardly ever when it’s “disappointing.“ Thank you & I can’t wait to see the top luxury products. Have a great Monday! 😊✌🏼
Packaging is absolutely important when it comes to luxury makeup!! And I completely agree with @Lisa F , Products Mentioned: Don’t bother, I was laughing so hard!! This was one of the best. Thank you