“neutrals that are orange” are the bane of my existence. it’s why i knew you’d love soul kiss, because, i, too, am on the hunt for things that won’t turn hot peach on me. 😂
Even as someone who ideally is a fair neutral peach in complexion products, so many ‚neutrals‘ are really just peach. A fair at best, usually more ‚medium.‘ It doesn’t help any of us 🙈😂
If lipsticks turn colour on you, try liquid lipsticks. (The kind that are “24 hour lipsticks”) They are formulated to sit on top of your skin rather than interact with your skin, so they tend to “turn” less.
I have a few video ideas that might be good while you are unpacking from the move: - Setting up my vanity with me - setting up my filming space - organizing my closet
My thing is a range of lip glosses that all appear to be different shades, and the swatches look different, but you buy one or a couple, and they are SO sheer, that there is no discernable difference between any of them, or for that matter, a clear gloss.
My pet peeves: 1) Makeup salespeople being trained that olive is a darkness level. IT’S AN UNDERTONE. 2) Makeup companies making absolutely no complexion products for very pale or very dark olives. WE EXIST! You can be parchment-white or deep dark blickety-black and still be olive! 3) Makeup formulated and marketed for mature skin thinking that absolutely everyone over 40 has parched, dry skin. I want makeup that doesn’t settle into my lines, not tinted Crisco. I’m taking to you, Jones Road!
Omg yes I’m a makeup artist and I agree that jones road is glittery crisco soo weird. I’ve had a lot of clients that bought it and I try it on them and I’m like wtf is this it’s so sheer and is shimmery and fades and does nothing. Also super hydrating concealers!! If you have puffy eyes it will only be highlighted by shine. Matte is what will make the puff recede
blushes that are so pigmented that you have to apply the gentlest whisper of it to your skin and blend like your life depends on it to not make it look like clown paint. I don't want to do all that work to get a sheer wash of color when it is so easy to just make a blush sheer in the first place.
ugh same - I got a glossier cloud paint in a lovely poppy shade (assuming it would be sheer, bc of how people talk about them as being super user friendly) and have barely used it because I have to put in so much effort to get it to distribute and blend without also adding way too much pigment
to be fair, folks with deeper skin tones are always going on about how there is barely anything out there that's pigmented enough! Btw, a tip for working with the glossier cloud paint - instead of removing the foil cover, just poke a hole in it with a pin. much less comes out - much less waste and way more manageable.
If I may, some clarification on pH adjusting products: - they all use the same couple of dyes, which are hot pink/ red, they cannot be other colors - unless there is a significant amount of other pigment in the product with which that red/ pink can mix, they will all look the same on the skin; if there is a visible brown pigment in the product, until that product wears off, leaving only the stain, it will look more brown than just the pH dye - they don’t claim that they will cause your skin to change color, they claim that the product itself will change color to match your particular skin color/ undertone/ depth - all skin is approximately the same pH, regardless of color/ tone/ depth, if the pH of your skin isn’t within the narrow range of healthy human skin, you will experience dryness, acne, etc., which is why most people’s skin is relatively the same pH and the “color-adjusting” claim is absolutely BS, the only reason that the color would look different is because the base of the product and the dye are sheer, so the natural color of your lips shows through, making the color appear slightly different
It's literally the one pigment... D&C Red # 27 Aluminum Lake. It only becomes visible at a pH of 4+ .... So much for the "unique shade" that these products are supposed to provide 🫥
Right If these were changing dramatic colors based on someone's skin pH someone would have to have deeply unhealthy skin for their pH to show that much of a difference. And it certainly would have anything to do with their coloring or what would be flattering on them
Yeah, I guess I view those products differently than Hannah. The color that is in the tube is the "marketed color". It just so happens that once the marketed color wears off, its going to be the pink underneath. The pink is a side effect of the product, not what it's marketed to be.
I love a good grievance. Mine: when something is marketed as neutral/cool-toned but is definitely warm; nobody knows what mauve actually is; complexion products that do not set down and cake when powdered; lip products that suck the moisture straight off my mouth; and anything marketed to fair-skinned peeps that is nowhere near fair or oxidizes horribly. I second and third the commenters that purchase mostly from K beauty brands now for the cooler and fairer toned products.
I always got upset when they got mauve wrong!! It's a perfect color for my pale skin. Somehow, they always managed to screw up with mauve and cool/grey tone too.
Also, a problem with Taupe, that the color used to be a cool brown mixed with a gray, but now most of them look so warm that I can't wear them. And that was my go-to color for eyeshadow
I'm so there with you on the "secretly orange" hate train. I also hate greens that are secretly blue or yellow, purples that are secretly blue, blacks that are secretly blue or purple... I know those colors can be hard to formulate! That's part of why they're so special and exciting, which is why it's such a letdown to buy an emerald green eyeliner and walk away looking like I smoked my eye out with a blue Bic rollerball. AND! Colored mascara that doesn't show up. Just rude.
Some colors will also "shift" on our skin. Natasha Denona "mauvey" neutrals go full on brown on my skin because my skin is cooler (e.g. the mini starlette, all those "pinks" from I Need a Nude). If you're finding that cool greens pull super blue on your complexion, you may have a lot of warmth to your skin.
100% agree with the pH adjusting crap - I worked in research labs for years and a lot of cell culture media has a similar pH adjusting dye to be able to identify when the media is used up or contaminated (I don’t think it’s exactly the same dye tho) and anyway that’s ALL I think of whenever I see something pH adjusting!! And yes, it all changes to the same color, it only ever looks different due to either an individual’s skin tone and/or additional pigment mixed in. Oh, and the concentration of the dye. UGH!!
I honestly think serum skin tins exist because they don't want you to know that you can get basically the same effect by not wearing foundation and just sheering out concealer in the areas you want it, bc they'd sell way less product if people just did that lol. For me if I'm going to take the time and energy to apply a product all over my face and have to feel it on my skin all day, I want it to actually look like something is there and not just be a see through tint that makes me way too shiny. love having a place to get in the weeds with you about makeup!
Oh my god this changed my mindset about makeup. I have a wedding to attend in a few months and I've been agonizing about foundation (what's my undertone, will it oxidize, what won't make my dry skin look weird, etc) and this makes so much more sense to me.
I kinda disagree, as someone who uses both only concealer and concealer + skin tint/light-meduim coverage foundation depending on the vibe I honestly think skin tints brings something to the table and smoothes out the skintone. I have a lot of slighly red dots from acne scarring and pinpoint concealing every one of them takes ages. However I don’t mind if they show through a little bit through a skin tint, and the stronger ones i can point conceal. I also live in a climate where it can get really cold aka my skin gets red, then there can be a harsh contrast between cancealed and non concealed skin. I prefer liquid products that self set though, not super dewy 😖 Just my 2 cents
I think that most people need no foundation or tint or anything at all. Where I live no one really uses this kind of makeup. But that doesn’t mean there is no place for it. As someone who really needs to have high coverage for my acne can say that not wearing anything as base but still cover some areas with concealer looks totally wrong. If you have to cover some areas you need at least a tint as base before you go in with too much concealer…
My skin is light but warm-toned, and my pet peeve is base products labeled as "warm," and they are straight up yellow. I almost always have to go with something labeled as "neutral," because as you pointed out, those are often actually warm.
Saaaaame. I pretty much ignore all releases from Nars, because I KNOW it's all gonna lean extremely orange/bronze/warm (and also because they're still doing that horrible black plastic packaging with the weird rubbery coating that breaks down into sticky gack after a while).
Love this kind of rant-y video from you!! Sometimes im just in the mood to watch someone Go Off, but it’s also nice to have some thoughtfulness paired with that, which you do beautifully :)
No worries about the background! We moved with a 1yr old a few months ago and I heavily emphasized to my husband we had to set up the most lived in areas first! The living room and kitchen were absolutely the priority! Take your time getting set up :)
I love the Glossier skin tint! Adding a few drops to concealer to thin it would out, or to a strong blush to make it more sheer and more suited to my skin tone *chefs kiss*. Also on a daily basis it’s all that I want and need. But you are making great points!
I think that plastic feeling you're encountering with those glosses is due to the ingredient "Hydrogenated Polyisobutene." It's a lab-made, completely synthetic oil that I believe was mostly used in K Beauty before and now is prominent in Western formulas. It's actually hypoallergenic and can be labeled as a plastic. I was iffy on this ingredient myself at first but after researching and learning how unethical most natural oils come to end up on our shelves, I'm now leaning towards more synthetic, lab-made ingredients such as this one. However, this is definitely a small cog in the machine and I can see how many people might not enjoy the feel of synthetic oil/plastic on their lips or even body in general. Def worth keeping an eye out on the ingredients list though! EDIT: Also, it grates on me how there are no true reds. They either lean into an orange red or a pink red. "Vintage reds" & "blue-toned reds" are pink and "fiery reds" are orange, where's the in between? Even when a lip colour is a true red, it's much too bright for my skin tone. It's a bright red and that brightness overshadows the fact that it's a true red imo. IDK, am I the only one with this problem? I've eyed the merit lip stick and decided it would be too bright for me if it even is a true red. (This is coming from someone who spent their teenage years into adulthood wearing red lips too. it's my signature; my safe place!)
Have you seen Kackie’s recent video on finding your perfect red lip? Might be helpful! But yeah I share this pet peeve. Where are the muted, sophisticated mid tone reds?
Hi everyone! Here is an idea for some of you who support this channel. I use audiobooks that soothe me while I sleep, and since Hannah told us that she is having a hard time with the move, I started to play her playlist at night while I am sleeping, so I hope that helps the channel continue monetizing through these challenging times. There’s an idea for you who might want to be helpful and supportive
I'm one of the weirdos that like most of the things you complained about in this video. I love products that don't dry down because my skin is super dry and as soon as my skincare soaks in almost every product looks dry and crusty on my skin, so I am constantly searching for complexion products influencers complain about being too greasy. I wore the pH adjusting frog prince lip color for my wedding because I really didn't wear makeup then and I liked that it gave me a long lasting sheer color, but wasn't dry and crusty like other lip stains at that time. Finally I love the non-sticky glosses like the Maybelline lifter gloss. I also prefer something more moisturizing, but I like having something cheap, neutral colored, and super glossy that I can leave in my car or purse to throw on without a mirror.
If you haven't tried the salt ny sneaky balm, you must! I have horrid dry & textured skin. I'm 47 & it took me until I found that, to actually fall in love with a complexion product.
One of the highlighting products that Hanna showed, the Kevyn Aucoin Glass Glow highlighter (I use the shade prism rose), is one of the best highlighting products I've ever tried. I think you'd love it. It gives gloss skin (use a very small amount) - and it lasts for many hours. It's not glittery, but the gloss stays put on my orbital bone/high cheekbone, and my dry skin loves it.
Mine would be 'radiant' face powders that have glitter/shimmer particles in. For example the Kosas pressed powder. What it's designed to do sounds so appealing to me, but I would never use it as think it's too 'shimmery' for my tastes.
There's make up that's not for me and then there are marketing lies. Not for me is fine. But I think we can all agree the marketing lies are intolerable and benefit no one
I find it so interesting that your skin makes “nude” look orange, I’m cool-neutral but my lips are really cool toned so most nudes look purple/mauve on me like I have frostbite! And it’s extra weird because mauves are supposed to be flattering on my skin tone
its because olive skin lacks red pigment usually a person who is olive has high amnts of blue and yellow pigment in the skin. Like for me I'm an olive toned person with a tad bit more yellow than blue so colors that are supposed to be neutral (nudes or pinks) will pull orange bc of my yellow saturation. Olive toned ppl usually have to go with a purple or mauve shade for it to show up truly neutral (i find we really suit berry tones for this reason!)
Yes, to neutrals that turn warm. The cosmetics industry needs a color theory class. A warm neutral doesn’t exist, it’s warm or neutral meaning it’s an even mix of warm and cool, right?!? Am I crazy? I feel crazy
I just know what I like and stick to it. I still watch content and see what is new and can appreciate other people’s preferences but I am rarely interested in testing something new unless it’s a new colour that captures my attention or a technique.
I love the Lisa E skin tint. I cannot get over how it looks when I wear it. I have struggled with finding a tinted moisturizer that works for me and this is the holy grail.
Similar to the orange lipsticks, I am always on the lookout for a 'concealer lips' shade of lipstick. Slightly on the pink side. Lots of promo shots look like they have a very pale neutral pink and when it comes it is wayyyyy darker than it looked. I still haven't found my perfect shade, the gucci lipsticks come close but they're all slightly to grey toned!
Something that always bugged me before Fenty released In Big Truffle liquid liner, was when brands released brown liquid liner that was so dark, it would always translate as black from afar
@@HannahLouisePoston Absolutely. I think for many, the differences between blackest black, black, black brown mascara - are practically imperceptible. Though I understand (now) the desire for folks to have a softer black option available, I wish that brands would create more distinction between shade offerings for mascaras. Blackest black should look distinct from black, black should look distinct from black brown, etc.
@@HannahLouisePoston I think 3ina has a milk chocolate colored brown mascara? I looked it up and the color is called nude. As for the formula, I don't remember how ok it is, I bought a green mint or turquoise mint mascara of theirs a few weeks ago but only used it once, because I've been using another brand's dark purple and neon blue more frequently.
about the serumy face tints... i love them soo much, i recently swatched the tower 28 one in store and i did not like it i know it is technically light coverage but it felt heavy and almost medium coverage to me. my favorite type of skin tint is a watery more blurring one like the iconic london or rose inc or something like the loreal one or even tower 28 which has replaced a more traditional foundation for me. i use the watery skin tint like bob ross uses titanium white, as a base to blend everything else on top of edit: and i am also in the weeds because i will use many complexion products on top, i like to layer creams and powders and i find it all to be far too heavy if i start with a medium coverage foundation, i also hate trying to get makeup off my neck, the sensation is awful and my skin there can be sensitive, anyway bottom line i've made them work for me and they make sense for how i do makeup! but i still wouldn't buy the glossier one its too boring for me as well
Here’s the thing about the color change lipsticks- everyone’s skin is about the same ph, so the only way it looks any different on anyone is solely based on the wearer’s lip undertone+that same pink color
Yes! If your ph moves out of a very narrow range, you're having a medical emergency or you're already dead. It's so irritating to hear brands claim that the color is " custom based on your ph". Such bullshit.
Hello Hannah! Hope you are doing well/better under moving stresses and all. Loving all your content and can't wait to see more of your design choices for your new home🎉congratulations on the purchase BTW!
Have you tried the NYX serum concealer? I feel like it is exactly what you described wanting. A serum texture high coverage product that can be manipulated and sheered out.
I love the nyx serum concealer. I rarely wear base makeup and concealer was my biggest nemesis whenever I wore ut for special occasions, but the nyx concealer is fool proof. Even I am able to use a very light layer of it and after setting with powder it stays on my oily skin.
I do think re: the barely there skin tints, I like that they don’t show then they wear off because of their lack of a clear presence. I used to do heavier foundations and the reality is no makeup lasts immaculately all day, and the harder I would try to make it last the worse it looked when it inevitably cracked or got patchy throughout the day. I really like the glossier skin tint (maybe 2 layers of it) + very very light minor spot concealing. Most higher coverage products even with a skin like finish end up looking too makeup-y when they start to wear off and reveal real skin/non-makeup spots
I bought a lip gloss from TikTok shop a few years ago and had this exact experience. I remember saying, I hope sticky lip glosses aren’t going out of style, bc I hate this non sticky stuff
I, too, am light-medium olive and so many things (even foundations!) turn orange on me. I also dislike heavy foundations that claim to have only medium coverage but sit on your skin like a mask. I do love the new Tom Ford architecture matte foundation, despite the crazy high price. Cost per wear it will be better, since I reach for it all the time. I compensate by using a very inexpensive primer that I love by L’Oréal. For lips and cuticles I find Lucas Paw Paw Ointment is very nourishing (non-tinted). I love your channel! Thanks for posting even during a stressful move. Congratulations on the new house❣️
I totally get why people wouldn't like it, but I love the Glossier skin tint haha. I wore it on my wedding day. It's not the best for a 90 degree humid day, but otherwise it works really well for me for 8+ hours 😊I would say the skin tint helped me heal my relationship with my skin because of it is minimal coverage.
As a light olive toned person, the “nudes” in blush and lipstick going orange is SO TRUE!! Gah!! One disappointing makeup (for me) that you didn’t mention is colored brow gels. How do people use them without getting color smeared all above their brows? Color sticks to the little face hairs on my face I didn’t even know were there above my eyebrows. I know this is a me thing because they are so popular, but I don’t know how anyone uses these product without creating a giant mess!
I have the same problem. I never once applied Boy Brow without making a huge mess on the skin around my brows. I've completely given up on all brow products and just have a fringe/bangs that covers my eyebrows because I now refuse to get involved.
wait I'm a bit confused - I use colored brow gel but only to get that powder look off the brows lol but I've never had an issue with it smearing elsewhere. Are you rubbing your brows or face accidentally? Or is it messy application or??
Where you have "secrectly orange", I partially have that but even more "secretly pink". Especially lip products are always pinker on me so everything that's marketed "rosy neutral" or "pinkish nude", I know on me it's just pink. Also an immediate no for me is everything that's glossy/high shine but also high pigment - way too messy.
It makes sense with color theory I suppose - green is complementary to red, so a warm (olive) green would be complementary to a cool (pink) red - thereby our greenish skintone makes everything look pinker by comparison - mystery solved! I can't believe I only figured this out now :D
I never thought it that way honestly. I've tried quite a lot of make-up for regular beauty user but I haven't found one niche that I would look at it as you do in this video. Maybe pH thing but I'm one of those who can wear pink.
Lack of pink undertones in foundations outside of the fair range is probably a pet peeve especially when marketed as having cool or even pink undertones, basically the "everything is orange" problem. I really only know of 1-2 brands that are pink enough to match my skin tone (light/medium with a pink undertone) in a formula I'm interested in (light-medium coverage skin like products). I'm more ok with that reality when brands aren't mislabeled as having an undertone they clearly do not because the whole line skews yellow/orange. I feel this marketing and the shade ranges are "purposeful" because of the hype that seems to be involved with "correcting" people's foundations to look yellow/neutral regardless of what their undertone is. I just want to know what the shade actually is so I can decide what to put on my face. Also I've found a good foundation that fits my needs (Sisley Nude 3C) and can make a few others that lean cool/desaturated/pink work by mixing them with Chanel's light pink Les Beiges blush. I would just like to find a less expensive option without a scent if possible and constantly need to sort through shades or products I shouldn't have to if they were labeled properly. I'd almost like a marketing gimmick where in addition to seeing a circle of the actual foundation color there were two sliders to show depth and undertone objectively (if marketed accurately).
the lisa eldridge lip gloss feels very nourishing ! just sharing but also- make sure to check the level of opacity because many of the shades are opaque. i had expected sheerness so i was shocked
I recently bought the loreal tinted serum and for me that one does feel like it lasts all day and doesn't look bad at the end, it also feels like the perfect amount of coverage, all while still looking like skin, maybe it's in my head but I love it. The only bad thing is the packaging is a dropper and not a pump.
When you described the serum tint but with higher coverage my brain instantly went to Dior face and body. It does all of that but has a skin like finish and sets down! Maybe give that a swatch sometime? Love this idea of acknowledging what we dont like and hopefully it helps keep us on track in our quest for the perfect make-up stash.
I hate when people describe highlighters as "natural" or "skin-like" and then I go swatch them in sephora and they look like a glitter bomb. Like most of the new launches are just very glittery (rare, fenty etc.) but in their photos they look very natural and have no particles visible at all.
I think the Summer Fridays lip balm is a perfect example of the Teflon jelly formula you’re referencing. I’ve had that lip balm for a while and I want to love it but the formula bothers me and now I know why! Thank you for putting it into words 😂
My unpopular opinion is that Colourpop eyeshadows do not look on my lids the way they look in the pan. Mainly they turn very warm on my skintone. It’s so annoying. I jumped off that wagon years ago. Lipgloss in general also drives me batty but I love an asian glossy lip tint. Glossy, sheer, not ph-adjusting-pink. So good.
YES HANNAH!!!! Couldn’t agree more with all of this. The lack of color variety in the American cosmetics market is so disappointing. I’ve grown so tired of all the drugstore and high end / luxury that it’s actually saved me a lot of money 😂 I’m fully into the Asian beauty market now and it’s truly the only place that desaturated colors exist. The formulas are more advanced overall and the price comparison is fractional!! It’s also much easier to find fair olive complexion products as well and the sunscreen formulas are significantly better also!
Really? I find that Asian colour products (like lipstick, blush) tend to be brighter/more saturated (and it suits me so I’m not complaining. Complexion products however, are more desaturated which ironically, doesn’t match most of our population.
@@samanthawong3815well I think that the Asian products are generally less pigmented to start, which is ideal for fairer skintones. Everyone in America is so obsessed with having the most pigmented products that it can make them hard to use which is ironic. I think the colors might be brighter in terms of the amount of white used but those products better suit fair skin. Trying to use more pure saturated tones like dark peaches (which I find is the most common blush and lip color in the US) are almost always too dark and warm for me while the lighter baby pinks and lavender blushes from Asia look beautifully soft on my complexion
The UA-camrs advertising most of these “skin tints” have such perfect, poreless, shiny skin that we can’t even see the product when they apply it. How are we supposed to gauge how well it performs from that?! 🤦🏾♀️
@@allisonlink6311 It really is so annoying. I've now set out on a quest to unfollow any and all UA-camrs who have "Used Car Salesman" vibes when it comes to their videos.... If you're trying to sell me something, I don't wana hear it 🤣
Ugh yessss, to the neutrals always being orange! Same thing happens to me all the time too so when I buy a lipstick it has to be cool toned unless it’s meant to be orange!
YES! Almost impossible to find nude lip products that don't look orange. If not neutral, leaning mauve would be better. Would LOVE a video showcasing lip products that are actually a cool neutral.
Re the orange thing, on me (also pale olive, but more warm than you), everything goes pink on me. So like, all the nudes I've seen you highlight as really orange I think of as really pink.
I so appreciate that even your “fun makeup” videos in this time of great transition and chaos for your family don’t feel like I’m taking in mindless fluff content that often goes hand-in-hand with mindless consumerism. To your question of what irks me in makeup that is actually the point, it would have to be what I would call gimmicky packaging. That is, packaging that to me is excessive or over the top, whose point is not to simply contain and protect the product but to provide some kind of visual or interactive experience that isn’t necessary. Often it adds to the amount of plastic or metal used, and I just can’t justify it. Examples would be many lids on lne compact that hold puffs or applicators, timy mirrors in compacts that are actually too small to even be useful, bows and elavorate fasteners that are fiddly and make the product feel precious and like it’s trying too hard, or like the brand is trying to make something eye-catchingly unique. For me, for so many reasons, I’d rather have sleek and practical packaging.
I’m not a fan of milky glosses, especially pale ones. I know a lot of people enjoy them and they’re done for a reason but I always want to go for something either transparent or completely opaque, I’m not big on in-betweens :)
The plasticky lip gloss is the bane of my existence! The Essence Shine Shine Shine glosses are like that and the Fenty Gloss in Glass Slipper (the other colors seem fine but for some reason the clear one is so plasticky). It makes me feel like it gets in my mouth and coats my throat 😵 I also dislike heavily scented products. A little scent or flavoring is fine, but I don't want to be bludgeoned in the face with perfume every time I crack open a lipstick.
YES THIS!!!! Bought 3 Gucci lipsticks and can’t wear them bc the taste makes me nauseous. I don’t even mind the scent I just don’t wanna be eating it all day 🥲
Heh, you know, honestly now I kinda want to try both of those? I am always on the hunt for a long-wearing shiny lip thing. This description intrigues me! (RIP, YSL Glossy Stains, you were my fave.) I work from home so I can just smear on a "nourishing balm" type thing all day every day -- but if I'm putting on actual makeup and leaving the house, I'm more concerned about longevity than whether it's skin-care-y! Feel you on the scent. I would not want to know the number of hours I've spent slogging through lipstick reviews looking for a description of the fragrance, deciding it's probably mild, then ordering the stupid thing and discovering that it /actually/ smells like being punched in the face with a heavily-frosted vanilla birthday cake.
@@culturecrashAL if you liked the YSL glossy stains you should try the Romand juicy lasting tints! Very similar formula and a beautiful range of colors especially for a staining product, they don’t all turn neon pink/ red like a lot of stains
@@laureness1898 I actually have two of those in my stash right now! They ARE really nice, but I feel like they don't wear quite as long the old YSLs do :/ And in typical K-beauty fashion, the shade range is heavily concentrated around light-to-mid pink/mauve/nude tones. I got THEEEE darkest coolest one I could find -- Plum Coke -- which is FAB. I'd def get more if they had more plums/raisins/deep reds! And they don't seem super staining on me, alas (tho neither did the YSLs) -- still haven't found anything that truly stains more strongly than the gel-type Etude Dear Darling, and still hoping they bring back the megadark red (Vampire iirc?)...
I totally agree about “neutral” makeup actually being orange! My first experience with that was with Mac’s iconic “strip down” lip liner that is “the perfect nude for every skin tone”. For whom?! Certainly not me! I put that on, and it was orange, and I thought I was crazy!😂😮
a nail artist, @TheSalonLife, described nail polish as dessert and i kind of think of makeup as the same now - we love dessert but not pretending that it’s good for you allows for you to have a much healthier relationship w/ it. about those glosses that wrap around your lips, it’s kinda amazing that chemists created such a comfortable but glossy formula, and from a makeup perspective, i think that’s so useful! sometimes i think the skincarification(?) of our makeup compromises the forumlas in other ways - like why would i need a fantastic primer to have salicylic acid in it..? it’s as if it wants me to cross contaminate my brushes so i can get it around my eyes! or now that every complexion product has vitamin c in it, it goes bad in just a couple months & turns orange. that being said, i don’t really like that gloss formula either (and the lifter doe foot irritates my lips anyways😭)
I might be on your team... I'm very particular about my skincare and I don't want my makeup to "interfere" with it but rather to form a protective layer on it. Love The Salon Life!
Ditto on the tinted Vaseline products! Jones Road’s miracle balm and Fat & the Moon’s lip and cheek tint were both greasy messes on me (and I have dry skin). My other product pet peeve is concealers that crack and look scale-y on my skin. Still struggling to find my perfect under eye concealer (most of the time I find eye cream looks better on its own than any concealer on me…)
Yes, I second you with the colour mauve, nobody knows what mauve is !! It's a flower people, look it up ! I could also say the same about coral, a lot of people call coral a peach or a pink, it infurates me
I'm with so with you on the "neutrals that are actually orange"! Another thing, powders that suck absolutely ALL the moisture out of the products I've just applied. Probably works great for people with oily skin, but for my dry face, absolutely not!!! I'm left looking more textured than if I had not applied any makeup at all
My top issue of this type is perceptible glitter sparkles in any products. I want to be able to see it in any imagery/naming/filter category online and opt out. I love a uniform sheen and even a bright metallic shine, but no individual reflective sparkles.
Hi Hannah. I'm new to your channel, and I really enjoyed watching this video. I am one of those weird people who likes the really dewey makeup that doesn't always set down. 😅 I was born with a heart defect and developed type one diabetes when I was four years old. The heart defect turned into congestive heart failure when I was in my late teens. The two of them together cause chronically dehydrated skin, and my skin is dry in that it doesn't produce enough oil as well. I love Vaseline and CeraVe ointment, and I regularly slather it on my face at night. Maintaining my skin barrier is incredibly difficult under these conditions, and I sometimes think longingly of what it might be like to actually be able to wear Matt makeup that wouldn't dry my face.
I’ve thrown away quite a few lip products because of the smell!! Also I cannot stand mint in my lip products either. I know many people love it but I wish companies would simply leave it out. WHY add it?!?! Bleh
I don’t care for Glossier’s skin tint but Saie’s Slip Tint is so easy to put on and has SPF -makes my skin look glowy and protected. I also have my concealer days. To each their own 🤷🏼♀️ ❤
well obviously foundation which oxidizes making me look orange but thank god ive now have light concealer and a green color corrector which i mix to getmy perfect shade bc i cant expect makeup brand to exactly carry my shade also lipliners which kinda stick onto my pores? like i overline a little but some don’t get on smooth but have leave like little dots
I searched for AGES for a true purple lip gloss/oil to replace my ancient Sephora Fig Jam lip gloss, happened to spot the expensive Clarins one, and snatched it not realizing it just turns pink -_-
Yes, that lip gloss formula!!! Its the worst! The way I've described it is it feels like its loaded with silicone, like a silicone primer. I also hate silicone primers. But that feeling like something is sitting on your lips or skin and is like creating a mask or film and not absorbing is so yucky.
Hey Hannah! 😊 Can you do a video all about your (current) favourite cheek products? I am looking for (affordable,) cool toned, (greyish or otherwise not saturated) shades with texture minimasing but natural finish. 😂 😅 I am also very interested in your base makeup recommendations since I'm also pale. ❄️🌸
I had the same problem with particularly Lisa Eldridge lip products. I wanted a deeper shade of what she was wearing like a darker beige for my medium skintone and what was recommended to me turned out to be orange. It's a great way to make your teeth look yellower!
You summed it up perfectly Hannah, beauty industry is selling a fantasy they cant deliver and hope we are gullible enough to fall for the outlandish claims. Whenever I hear a beauty YTer read a brand's product "claims" i just LOL 😂. I guess its my age , and being a skeptic. PH adjusting is a gimmick. Tinted serums work on already flawless skin . Like u Hannah, Im searching for that perfect formula that marries the pigment of foundation and the thin skin-like consistency of a serum.
Thanks for the great discussion! I am one of those people that quite likes the lifter gloss, though I slather on aquaphor at home and only ware the gloss out, so maybe I haven't ever used it long enough to notice that its moisturisation propoerties. Regarding your lip balm search/series, a Japanese one that I think might be a candidate would be the Excel lip steady (which I think is on yesstyle). Looking forward to your next video!
Products marketed as multi-use (i.e. eyes, lips, and cheeks). I always fall for them and am always disappointed in at least one form of the application (too dry for lips, too balmy for eyes etc).
I'm particularly irritated by the products that look "neutral" or even cool leaning online or even in store lighting, then, as soon as I put it on in the real world - it's orange.
An interesting note on the topic of lip glosses that you were talking about is the Tower 28 jelly lip glosses. It’s exactly as you describe with the whole slipping against itself aspect but its the only gloss I’ve tried with that feel and “nourishing nonsticky marketing” that truly hydrates my lips as it fades. It’s tryly the one perfect execution of that prompt with the one downside of masive overlathering can result in things moving out of place. Just the hought to share the makeup knowledge
Yeeeess about the liquid plastic lip jelly teflon glosses! The make beauty lilac lip serum is that for me. I actually thought I liked it at first and it took me a while to come to terms with the fact that it was drying my lips out lol. And once I figured that out I can immediately clock that characteristic in any lip product I try.
Never tried the Teflon lippes lolll XD beyond I agree with your list. I think my main pet peeve is actually k-beauty. The dark lip stains/liquid lipsticks... They're just never quite vampy/muddy enough for me to get more than 1 color out of the range. I just like my red at lightest to still be as dark as Mahoney wood so the pinky more bright lively reds just look kinda off on me. Shame cause they are the only lip colors I've tried that don't dry out my lips, but I'm glad other people get to enjoy the ranges those companies offer. The closest I've found is the merzy shade in Bian Rose, which still is more saturated and less purpley than my preferences
I was perusing Ulta with my daughter recently, who really wanted to look at things, so I took her… And I am so amazed at how many skincare makeup type products there are now that are just a tinted balm of sorts. They looked amazing swatch, but as soon as I swiped over it or patted over it, it did have that dull effect, and transferred terribly onto the tissue or my hand as I swiped it across. Something that I always account for is that I am already applying. Make up on top of skincare… I don’t need extra and in fact, this can actually conflict with what I’m already using. But in addition, I already have that skincare type texture that these make up brands are trying to create with pigment. I don’t need to add more of it on top, you know? Same daughter… Wanted a lip gloss set on Amazon. I got it for a birthday gift and she was begging me to try it. I could already tell they were the saran wrap with oil on it type of gloss, but I indulged her and was absolutely shocked at how masking it was. It was the first time I’ve tried anything like this and definitely agree with you that it is not comfortable or reassuring to be caring for my lips. It’s just supposed to be glossy, which might be OK for a lot of people! She absolutely loves these glosses, but I would like my lip products to nourish as well.
I have a love-hate relationship with lipglosses that has really been kicked into gear by the current lip gloss mini-revival (feels like every brand is coming out with new ones). I lust over the beautiful promo pics, I love the moisturizing feel (when it’s a good one), the beautiful, translucent colors… my hair is constantly stuck to it.
Tubing mascara. It does its job perfectly, but I like lighter fluffier lashes and I always end up hating the weight of having each lash completely surrounded by product. It’s also annoying when you are wearing other makeup, because you have to massage your lashes with water to get the tubes off and then blot your face dry so an oil cleanser can do its job on the rest.
100% hard agree. So many reviewers are like..."tubing mascaras are EvErYtHiNg, they're way easier to remove, yadda yadda..." but honestly I think they're more annoying to remove. Just lemme go to town with my oil cleanser on my whole face. I'm not convinced that those tubing fibers are great long term down the drain. And they really aren't cute on my sparse, thin lashes even though I thought they'd be a better fit? Weighed down the curl, too.
I have a really pink undertone to my skin so my pet peeve is yellow undertones in face makeup. Often when I look at the range of colours in the store, there’s nothing but variations of yellow, with maybe one option that looks pinkish but is either super dark or super light. I always have to mix my own.
i still love me some glossier skin tint. so many brands have tried to come out with a similar thing but they never dry down, or even go way too matte (tartes version). glossier manages to inherently reduce my redness (not just cover it up) and dries down without looking patchy or dry. plus i often mix it with heavier foundations to get my perfect level of coverage. i appreciate that it’s still around and can be so versatile. that said, the packaging SUCKS and looks SO terrible after a while 😂
HI ALL, there is still something weird going on with the sound, we are working on it. Thank you for your patience and presence ❤
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@@padminimayur4049 I agree. Didn’t notice anything sounding off.
Hadn't noticed! 😊
it sounds great in my headphones and phone speaker and TV.
Ilia highlighting stick? 😮 which one
obsessed with "I hate a call. Don't call me."
The way you/she froze was extremely relatable.
@saulemaroussault6343 the look of bemusement mixed with mild disgust. Iconic.
I will start using this way to often 😂😂
Calls are the worst! 😱
I love that I have a mini computer in my pocket...hate that it's a phone.
“neutrals that are orange” are the bane of my existence. it’s why i knew you’d love soul kiss, because, i, too, am on the hunt for things that won’t turn hot peach on me. 😂
Even as someone who ideally is a fair neutral peach in complexion products, so many ‚neutrals‘ are really just peach. A fair at best, usually more ‚medium.‘ It doesn’t help any of us 🙈😂
I'm fair desaturate neutral & same! I recently picked up a lip product that looked decidedly brown in swatches & on models, on me: hot peach 😂 🍑
Saaaammmeeeee 😂❤
If lipsticks turn colour on you, try liquid lipsticks. (The kind that are “24 hour lipsticks”) They are formulated to sit on top of your skin rather than interact with your skin, so they tend to “turn” less.
Saaaame i return a lot of products for this reason
I have a few video ideas that might be good while you are unpacking from the move:
- Setting up my vanity with me
- setting up my filming space
- organizing my closet
Closet organization would be AMAZING! I'm moving soon and would love some inspiration.
Second to all of these!
setting vanity up is seconded!
Yesss!!!
YES PLEASE!!! I love HLP home organization vlogs :)
My thing is a range of lip glosses that all appear to be different shades, and the swatches look different, but you buy one or a couple, and they are SO sheer, that there is no discernable difference between any of them, or for that matter, a clear gloss.
You can just say NYX fat oil lip oils! Lmfaooooo
Neutrals ending up orange is a huge reason why I usually only buy Korean brands. They have a much better grasp on neutral and cool toned make up
For real! I’ve only been able to find a good match to my skin tone in Korean make up brands. Everything else is ompaa-lompiing on me
Oooh, good tip, thank you
My pet peeves:
1) Makeup salespeople being trained that olive is a darkness level. IT’S AN UNDERTONE.
2) Makeup companies making absolutely no complexion products for very pale or very dark olives. WE EXIST! You can be parchment-white or deep dark blickety-black and still be olive!
3) Makeup formulated and marketed for mature skin thinking that absolutely everyone over 40 has parched, dry skin. I want makeup that doesn’t settle into my lines, not tinted Crisco. I’m taking to you, Jones Road!
That jones road stuff scares me.
Omg yes I’m a makeup artist and I agree that jones road is glittery crisco soo weird. I’ve had a lot of clients that bought it and I try it on them and I’m like wtf is this it’s so sheer and is shimmery and fades and does nothing. Also super hydrating concealers!! If you have puffy eyes it will only be highlighted by shine. Matte is what will make the puff recede
blushes that are so pigmented that you have to apply the gentlest whisper of it to your skin and blend like your life depends on it to not make it look like clown paint. I don't want to do all that work to get a sheer wash of color when it is so easy to just make a blush sheer in the first place.
ugh same - I got a glossier cloud paint in a lovely poppy shade (assuming it would be sheer, bc of how people talk about them as being super user friendly) and have barely used it because I have to put in so much effort to get it to distribute and blend without also adding way too much pigment
to be fair, folks with deeper skin tones are always going on about how there is barely anything out there that's pigmented enough! Btw, a tip for working with the glossier cloud paint - instead of removing the foil cover, just poke a hole in it with a pin. much less comes out - much less waste and way more manageable.
You are right. I feel anxious when using that kind of blush.
Yes. I'd rather use a lipstick mixed with liquid highlighter, instead
Yes! I can't stand the Rare Beauty blushes, I'd much rather build up than be fearful of a makeup product
If I may, some clarification on pH adjusting products:
- they all use the same couple of dyes, which are hot pink/ red, they cannot be other colors
- unless there is a significant amount of other pigment in the product with which that red/ pink can mix, they will all look the same on the skin; if there is a visible brown pigment in the product, until that product wears off, leaving only the stain, it will look more brown than just the pH dye
- they don’t claim that they will cause your skin to change color, they claim that the product itself will change color to match your particular skin color/ undertone/ depth
- all skin is approximately the same pH, regardless of color/ tone/ depth, if the pH of your skin isn’t within the narrow range of healthy human skin, you will experience dryness, acne, etc., which is why most people’s skin is relatively the same pH and the “color-adjusting” claim is absolutely BS, the only reason that the color would look different is because the base of the product and the dye are sheer, so the natural color of your lips shows through, making the color appear slightly different
It's literally the one pigment... D&C Red # 27 Aluminum Lake. It only becomes visible at a pH of 4+ .... So much for the "unique shade" that these products are supposed to provide 🫥
Right If these were changing dramatic colors based on someone's skin pH someone would have to have deeply unhealthy skin for their pH to show that much of a difference. And it certainly would have anything to do with their coloring or what would be flattering on them
The idea of humans rubbing some incredibly acidic pH-adjusting lipstick on our incredibly basic skin made me giggle.
Yeah, I guess I view those products differently than Hannah. The color that is in the tube is the "marketed color". It just so happens that once the marketed color wears off, its going to be the pink underneath. The pink is a side effect of the product, not what it's marketed to be.
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I love a good grievance. Mine: when something is marketed as neutral/cool-toned but is definitely warm; nobody knows what mauve actually is; complexion products that do not set down and cake when powdered; lip products that suck the moisture straight off my mouth; and anything marketed to fair-skinned peeps that is nowhere near fair or oxidizes horribly. I second and third the commenters that purchase mostly from K beauty brands now for the cooler and fairer toned products.
No one knows what mauve is!!!! I will die on this hill!!!
I always got upset when they got mauve wrong!! It's a perfect color for my pale skin. Somehow, they always managed to screw up with mauve and cool/grey tone too.
Also, a problem with Taupe, that the color used to be a cool brown mixed with a gray, but now most of them look so warm that I can't wear them. And that was my go-to color for eyeshadow
I'm so there with you on the "secretly orange" hate train. I also hate greens that are secretly blue or yellow, purples that are secretly blue, blacks that are secretly blue or purple... I know those colors can be hard to formulate! That's part of why they're so special and exciting, which is why it's such a letdown to buy an emerald green eyeliner and walk away looking like I smoked my eye out with a blue Bic rollerball. AND! Colored mascara that doesn't show up. Just rude.
Some colors will also "shift" on our skin. Natasha Denona "mauvey" neutrals go full on brown on my skin because my skin is cooler (e.g. the mini starlette, all those "pinks" from I Need a Nude). If you're finding that cool greens pull super blue on your complexion, you may have a lot of warmth to your skin.
100% agree with the pH adjusting crap - I worked in research labs for years and a lot of cell culture media has a similar pH adjusting dye to be able to identify when the media is used up or contaminated (I don’t think it’s exactly the same dye tho) and anyway that’s ALL I think of whenever I see something pH adjusting!! And yes, it all changes to the same color, it only ever looks different due to either an individual’s skin tone and/or additional pigment mixed in. Oh, and the concentration of the dye. UGH!!
Yeah, here for this. Acid mantle is always going to turn pH adjustment pink. Only other option is blue and if it turns blue, go to the doctor.
@@thesonorista7853 CI45410 doesn't turn blue, as far as I know. Only pink or clear. Are you sure you're not thinking of another stain?
Yes! Yes! Yes! Disclose the magenta lurking 30 minutes away.
I honestly think serum skin tins exist because they don't want you to know that you can get basically the same effect by not wearing foundation and just sheering out concealer in the areas you want it, bc they'd sell way less product if people just did that lol. For me if I'm going to take the time and energy to apply a product all over my face and have to feel it on my skin all day, I want it to actually look like something is there and not just be a see through tint that makes me way too shiny. love having a place to get in the weeds with you about makeup!
I’ve been secretly thinking this for YEARS
Agreed. I don’t see a point to coverage products beside concealer.
Oh my god this changed my mindset about makeup. I have a wedding to attend in a few months and I've been agonizing about foundation (what's my undertone, will it oxidize, what won't make my dry skin look weird, etc) and this makes so much more sense to me.
I kinda disagree, as someone who uses both only concealer and concealer + skin tint/light-meduim coverage foundation depending on the vibe I honestly think skin tints brings something to the table and smoothes out the skintone. I have a lot of slighly red dots from acne scarring and pinpoint concealing every one of them takes ages. However I don’t mind if they show through a little bit through a skin tint, and the stronger ones i can point conceal. I also live in a climate where it can get really cold aka my skin gets red, then there can be a harsh contrast between cancealed and non concealed skin. I prefer liquid products that self set though, not super dewy 😖 Just my 2 cents
I think that most people need no foundation or tint or anything at all. Where I live no one really uses this kind of makeup. But that doesn’t mean there is no place for it. As someone who really needs to have high coverage for my acne can say that not wearing anything as base but still cover some areas with concealer looks totally wrong. If you have to cover some areas you need at least a tint as base before you go in with too much concealer…
My skin is light but warm-toned, and my pet peeve is base products labeled as "warm," and they are straight up yellow. I almost always have to go with something labeled as "neutral," because as you pointed out, those are often actually warm.
💯💯💯 with you on the orange tinted makeup. It's gotten to the point where I don't buy from certain brands because I have been burned too many times.
Leave North America colonial.
Saaaaame. I pretty much ignore all releases from Nars, because I KNOW it's all gonna lean extremely orange/bronze/warm (and also because they're still doing that horrible black plastic packaging with the weird rubbery coating that breaks down into sticky gack after a while).
That’s Charlotte Tilbury for me! Nope nope nope.
Love this kind of rant-y video from you!! Sometimes im just in the mood to watch someone Go Off, but it’s also nice to have some thoughtfulness paired with that, which you do beautifully :)
No worries about the background! We moved with a 1yr old a few months ago and I heavily emphasized to my husband we had to set up the most lived in areas first! The living room and kitchen were absolutely the priority! Take your time getting set up :)
"...don't like that... I hate a call! Don't call me!" LOL
I love the Glossier skin tint! Adding a few drops to concealer to thin it would out, or to a strong blush to make it more sheer and more suited to my skin tone *chefs kiss*. Also on a daily basis it’s all that I want and need. But you are making great points!
I think that plastic feeling you're encountering with those glosses is due to the ingredient "Hydrogenated Polyisobutene." It's a lab-made, completely synthetic oil that I believe was mostly used in K Beauty before and now is prominent in Western formulas. It's actually hypoallergenic and can be labeled as a plastic. I was iffy on this ingredient myself at first but after researching and learning how unethical most natural oils come to end up on our shelves, I'm now leaning towards more synthetic, lab-made ingredients such as this one. However, this is definitely a small cog in the machine and I can see how many people might not enjoy the feel of synthetic oil/plastic on their lips or even body in general. Def worth keeping an eye out on the ingredients list though!
EDIT: Also, it grates on me how there are no true reds. They either lean into an orange red or a pink red. "Vintage reds" & "blue-toned reds" are pink and "fiery reds" are orange, where's the in between? Even when a lip colour is a true red, it's much too bright for my skin tone. It's a bright red and that brightness overshadows the fact that it's a true red imo. IDK, am I the only one with this problem? I've eyed the merit lip stick and decided it would be too bright for me if it even is a true red. (This is coming from someone who spent their teenage years into adulthood wearing red lips too. it's my signature; my safe place!)
Have you seen Kackie’s recent video on finding your perfect red lip? Might be helpful! But yeah I share this pet peeve. Where are the muted, sophisticated mid tone reds?
Hi everyone! Here is an idea for some of you who support this channel. I use audiobooks that soothe me while I sleep, and since Hannah told us that she is having a hard time with the move, I started to play her playlist at night while I am sleeping, so I hope that helps the channel continue monetizing through these challenging times. There’s an idea for you who might want to be helpful and supportive
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I usually loop the most recent video in hopes that more views/interaction will help boost it in the algorithm.
@@dtrick924 That is so thoughtful and kind of you! I hope that also helps, I will add that to my ways to try to help Hanna
I'm one of the weirdos that like most of the things you complained about in this video. I love products that don't dry down because my skin is super dry and as soon as my skincare soaks in almost every product looks dry and crusty on my skin, so I am constantly searching for complexion products influencers complain about being too greasy. I wore the pH adjusting frog prince lip color for my wedding because I really didn't wear makeup then and I liked that it gave me a long lasting sheer color, but wasn't dry and crusty like other lip stains at that time. Finally I love the non-sticky glosses like the Maybelline lifter gloss. I also prefer something more moisturizing, but I like having something cheap, neutral colored, and super glossy that I can leave in my car or purse to throw on without a mirror.
If you haven't tried the salt ny sneaky balm, you must! I have horrid dry & textured skin. I'm 47 & it took me until I found that, to actually fall in love with a complexion product.
@@blendofdays Thanks! Salt NY sneaky balm is the best complexion product I've found!
@@blendofdays have you tried the best case concealer from Salt? I love the sneaky balm but not sure how I feel about the concealer yet
One of the highlighting products that Hanna showed, the Kevyn Aucoin Glass Glow highlighter (I use the shade prism rose), is one of the best highlighting products I've ever tried. I think you'd love it. It gives gloss skin (use a very small amount) - and it lasts for many hours. It's not glittery, but the gloss stays put on my orbital bone/high cheekbone, and my dry skin loves it.
Mine would be 'radiant' face powders that have glitter/shimmer particles in. For example the Kosas pressed powder. What it's designed to do sounds so appealing to me, but I would never use it as think it's too 'shimmery' for my tastes.
There's make up that's not for me and then there are marketing lies. Not for me is fine. But I think we can all agree the marketing lies are intolerable and benefit no one
I bought Charlotte Tilbury Kim KW lipstick thinking that it was a nude pink, it was straight up orange! What you said is so true for me too.
absolutely! i have sworn off CT lipsticks forever since they have all pulled completely orange. it’s insane
@@carrielikethemovie13me too!!
I find it so interesting that your skin makes “nude” look orange, I’m cool-neutral but my lips are really cool toned so most nudes look purple/mauve on me like I have frostbite! And it’s extra weird because mauves are supposed to be flattering on my skin tone
Are you really cool though? From your picture i'm not so sure?
The same here!
@@annepapillon my hair is very poorly dyed in that picture haha, I am quite pink
Interestingly, to me at least, I am warm toned and I can use mauve to contour. Weird huh?!
its because olive skin lacks red pigment usually a person who is olive has high amnts of blue and yellow pigment in the skin. Like for me I'm an olive toned person with a tad bit more yellow than blue so colors that are supposed to be neutral (nudes or pinks) will pull orange bc of my yellow saturation. Olive toned ppl usually have to go with a purple or mauve shade for it to show up truly neutral (i find we really suit berry tones for this reason!)
Yes, to neutrals that turn warm. The cosmetics industry needs a color theory class. A warm neutral doesn’t exist, it’s warm or neutral meaning it’s an even mix of warm and cool, right?!?
Am I crazy? I feel crazy
oh my god i love the redone intro it's stunning!!!
Thank you so much!!
I just know what I like and stick to it. I still watch content and see what is new and can appreciate other people’s preferences but I am rarely interested in testing something new unless it’s a new colour that captures my attention or a technique.
I love the Lisa E skin tint. I cannot get over how it looks when I wear it. I have struggled with finding a tinted moisturizer that works for me and this is the holy grail.
Similar to the orange lipsticks, I am always on the lookout for a 'concealer lips' shade of lipstick. Slightly on the pink side. Lots of promo shots look like they have a very pale neutral pink and when it comes it is wayyyyy darker than it looked. I still haven't found my perfect shade, the gucci lipsticks come close but they're all slightly to grey toned!
Hannah, you are the most honest and analytical in your field. Brava.
Something that always bugged me before Fenty released In Big Truffle liquid liner, was when brands released brown liquid liner that was so dark, it would always translate as black from afar
I feel this way about brown mascara!
@@HannahLouisePoston Absolutely. I think for many, the differences between blackest black, black, black brown mascara - are practically imperceptible. Though I understand (now) the desire for folks to have a softer black option available, I wish that brands would create more distinction between shade offerings for mascaras. Blackest black should look distinct from black, black should look distinct from black brown, etc.
@@HannahLouisePoston I think 3ina has a milk chocolate colored brown mascara? I looked it up and the color is called nude. As for the formula, I don't remember how ok it is, I bought a green mint or turquoise mint mascara of theirs a few weeks ago but only used it once, because I've been using another brand's dark purple and neon blue more frequently.
about the serumy face tints... i love them soo much, i recently swatched the tower 28 one in store and i did not like it i know it is technically light coverage but it felt heavy and almost medium coverage to me. my favorite type of skin tint is a watery more blurring one like the iconic london or rose inc or something like the loreal one or even tower 28 which has replaced a more traditional foundation for me. i use the watery skin tint like bob ross uses titanium white, as a base to blend everything else on top of
edit: and i am also in the weeds because i will use many complexion products on top, i like to layer creams and powders and i find it all to be far too heavy if i start with a medium coverage foundation, i also hate trying to get makeup off my neck, the sensation is awful and my skin there can be sensitive, anyway bottom line i've made them work for me and they make sense for how i do makeup! but i still wouldn't buy the glossier one its too boring for me as well
Here’s the thing about the color change lipsticks- everyone’s skin is about the same ph, so the only way it looks any different on anyone is solely based on the wearer’s lip undertone+that same pink color
yes!!! came to the comments to say just this!
Yes! If your ph moves out of a very narrow range, you're having a medical emergency or you're already dead. It's so irritating to hear brands claim that the color is " custom based on your ph". Such bullshit.
Exactly.
Yes! If it looks any different it's just colour theory, not inherent to the product
Hello Hannah! Hope you are doing well/better under moving stresses and all. Loving all your content and can't wait to see more of your design choices for your new home🎉congratulations on the purchase BTW!
Have you tried the NYX serum concealer? I feel like it is exactly what you described wanting. A serum texture high coverage product that can be manipulated and sheered out.
I love the nyx serum concealer. I rarely wear base makeup and concealer was my biggest nemesis whenever I wore ut for special occasions, but the nyx concealer is fool proof. Even I am able to use a very light layer of it and after setting with powder it stays on my oily skin.
I do think re: the barely there skin tints, I like that they don’t show then they wear off because of their lack of a clear presence. I used to do heavier foundations and the reality is no makeup lasts immaculately all day, and the harder I would try to make it last the worse it looked when it inevitably cracked or got patchy throughout the day. I really like the glossier skin tint (maybe 2 layers of it) + very very light minor spot concealing. Most higher coverage products even with a skin like finish end up looking too makeup-y when they start to wear off and reveal real skin/non-makeup spots
i like the rituel de fille 3 drop foundation for high pigment but able to sheer it out. plus it goes pretty fair toned.
My biggest makeup struggle is when complexion says that is is cool/pink. But, when I put it on my face it is just yellow. 😭
I bought a lip gloss from TikTok shop a few years ago and had this exact experience. I remember saying, I hope sticky lip glosses aren’t going out of style, bc I hate this non sticky stuff
I, too, am light-medium olive and so many things (even foundations!) turn orange on me. I also dislike heavy foundations that claim to have only medium coverage but sit on your skin like a mask. I do love the new Tom Ford architecture matte foundation, despite the crazy high price. Cost per wear it will be better, since I reach for it all the time. I compensate by using a very inexpensive primer that I love by L’Oréal. For lips and cuticles I find Lucas Paw Paw Ointment is very nourishing (non-tinted). I love your channel! Thanks for posting even during a stressful move. Congratulations on the new house❣️
I totally get why people wouldn't like it, but I love the Glossier skin tint haha. I wore it on my wedding day. It's not the best for a 90 degree humid day, but otherwise it works really well for me for 8+ hours 😊I would say the skin tint helped me heal my relationship with my skin because of it is minimal coverage.
As a light olive toned person, the “nudes” in blush and lipstick going orange is SO TRUE!! Gah!!
One disappointing makeup (for me) that you didn’t mention is colored brow gels. How do people use them without getting color smeared all above their brows? Color sticks to the little face hairs on my face I didn’t even know were there above my eyebrows. I know this is a me thing because they are so popular, but I don’t know how anyone uses these product without creating a giant mess!
I have the same problem. I never once applied Boy Brow without making a huge mess on the skin around my brows. I've completely given up on all brow products and just have a fringe/bangs that covers my eyebrows because I now refuse to get involved.
Same!
wait I'm a bit confused - I use colored brow gel but only to get that powder look off the brows lol but I've never had an issue with it smearing elsewhere. Are you rubbing your brows or face accidentally? Or is it messy application or??
@@evelinaz1548 It’s just the application as I brush it through my brows.
Very carefully. It can be frustrating how careful I often feel like I need to be.
Where you have "secrectly orange", I partially have that but even more "secretly pink". Especially lip products are always pinker on me so everything that's marketed "rosy neutral" or "pinkish nude", I know on me it's just pink. Also an immediate no for me is everything that's glossy/high shine but also high pigment - way too messy.
Omg everything turns way pinker on my lips too, which is especially weird on my olivey-pale skin.
@@staciawarwick2499 must be a skin tone thing then - I am also a pale olive undertone.
It makes sense with color theory I suppose - green is complementary to red, so a warm (olive) green would be complementary to a cool (pink) red - thereby our greenish skintone makes everything look pinker by comparison - mystery solved! I can't believe I only figured this out now :D
I never thought it that way honestly. I've tried quite a lot of make-up for regular beauty user but I haven't found one niche that I would look at it as you do in this video. Maybe pH thing but I'm one of those who can wear pink.
Lack of pink undertones in foundations outside of the fair range is probably a pet peeve especially when marketed as having cool or even pink undertones, basically the "everything is orange" problem. I really only know of 1-2 brands that are pink enough to match my skin tone (light/medium with a pink undertone) in a formula I'm interested in (light-medium coverage skin like products). I'm more ok with that reality when brands aren't mislabeled as having an undertone they clearly do not because the whole line skews yellow/orange. I feel this marketing and the shade ranges are "purposeful" because of the hype that seems to be involved with "correcting" people's foundations to look yellow/neutral regardless of what their undertone is. I just want to know what the shade actually is so I can decide what to put on my face.
Also I've found a good foundation that fits my needs (Sisley Nude 3C) and can make a few others that lean cool/desaturated/pink work by mixing them with Chanel's light pink Les Beiges blush. I would just like to find a less expensive option without a scent if possible and constantly need to sort through shades or products I shouldn't have to if they were labeled properly. I'd almost like a marketing gimmick where in addition to seeing a circle of the actual foundation color there were two sliders to show depth and undertone objectively (if marketed accurately).
Have you tried Loreal True Match? I use C1, but I know they have cool undertones in the medium shades. If I'm remembering right.
the lisa eldridge lip gloss feels very nourishing ! just sharing but also- make sure to check the level of opacity because many of the shades are opaque. i had expected sheerness so i was shocked
I recently bought the loreal tinted serum and for me that one does feel like it lasts all day and doesn't look bad at the end, it also feels like the perfect amount of coverage, all while still looking like skin, maybe it's in my head but I love it. The only bad thing is the packaging is a dropper and not a pump.
When you described the serum tint but with higher coverage my brain instantly went to Dior face and body. It does all of that but has a skin like finish and sets down! Maybe give that a swatch sometime? Love this idea of acknowledging what we dont like and hopefully it helps keep us on track in our quest for the perfect make-up stash.
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I hate when people describe highlighters as "natural" or "skin-like" and then I go swatch them in sephora and they look like a glitter bomb. Like most of the new launches are just very glittery (rare, fenty etc.) but in their photos they look very natural and have no particles visible at all.
I think the Summer Fridays lip balm is a perfect example of the Teflon jelly formula you’re referencing. I’ve had that lip balm for a while and I want to love it but the formula bothers me and now I know why! Thank you for putting it into words 😂
My unpopular opinion is that Colourpop eyeshadows do not look on my lids the way they look in the pan. Mainly they turn very warm on my skintone. It’s so annoying. I jumped off that wagon years ago. Lipgloss in general also drives me batty but I love an asian glossy lip tint. Glossy, sheer, not ph-adjusting-pink. So good.
Same with the colourpop eyeshadows.
YES HANNAH!!!! Couldn’t agree more with all of this. The lack of color variety in the American cosmetics market is so disappointing. I’ve grown so tired of all the drugstore and high end / luxury that it’s actually saved me a lot of money 😂 I’m fully into the Asian beauty market now and it’s truly the only place that desaturated colors exist. The formulas are more advanced overall and the price comparison is fractional!! It’s also much easier to find fair olive complexion products as well and the sunscreen formulas are significantly better also!
Really? I find that Asian colour products (like lipstick, blush) tend to be brighter/more saturated (and it suits me so I’m not complaining. Complexion products however, are more desaturated which ironically, doesn’t match most of our population.
@@samanthawong3815well I think that the Asian products are generally less pigmented to start, which is ideal for fairer skintones. Everyone in America is so obsessed with having the most pigmented products that it can make them hard to use which is ironic. I think the colors might be brighter in terms of the amount of white used but those products better suit fair skin. Trying to use more pure saturated tones like dark peaches (which I find is the most common blush and lip color in the US) are almost always too dark and warm for me while the lighter baby pinks and lavender blushes from Asia look beautifully soft on my complexion
Can you recommend a brand you enjoy?😊
@@Robin-no8cu Judydoll, Neiyou and FlowerKnows are some of my favorites 💖💖
Not watched the video yet but omg yes for promoting direct aid in the description! Thank you, appreciate you 🍉🍉🍉
My biggest struggle is tinted sunscreen. Talk about sitting on top and settling in the creases. I wish it were all it’s cracked up to be 😢
The UA-camrs advertising most of these “skin tints” have such perfect, poreless, shiny skin that we can’t even see the product when they apply it. How are we supposed to gauge how well it performs from that?! 🤦🏾♀️
Exactly!!
And they have their lights turned up so high you can't see any details anyway...SO annoying!
Lighting is huge
@@allisonlink6311 It really is so annoying. I've now set out on a quest to unfollow any and all UA-camrs who have "Used Car Salesman" vibes when it comes to their videos.... If you're trying to sell me something, I don't wana hear it 🤣
I agree that it is helpful to figure out why you don't like a product. It could save so much money and effort. Thank you!
Ugh yessss, to the neutrals always being orange! Same thing happens to me all the time too so when I buy a lipstick it has to be cool toned unless it’s meant to be orange!
YES! Almost impossible to find nude lip products that don't look orange. If not neutral, leaning mauve would be better. Would LOVE a video showcasing lip products that are actually a cool neutral.
Re the orange thing, on me (also pale olive, but more warm than you), everything goes pink on me. So like, all the nudes I've seen you highlight as really orange I think of as really pink.
1:52 😂 I really enjoy your channel. You’re as weird as I am and you do it with such purpose! It’s the best. Looking forward to the rest of this video.
I so appreciate that even your “fun makeup” videos in this time of great transition and chaos for your family don’t feel like I’m taking in mindless fluff content that often goes hand-in-hand with mindless consumerism.
To your question of what irks me in makeup that is actually the point, it would have to be what I would call gimmicky packaging. That is, packaging that to me is excessive or over the top, whose point is not to simply contain and protect the product but to provide some kind of visual or interactive experience that isn’t necessary. Often it adds to the amount of plastic or metal used, and I just can’t justify it. Examples would be many lids on lne compact that hold puffs or applicators, timy mirrors in compacts that are actually too small to even be useful, bows and elavorate fasteners that are fiddly and make the product feel precious and like it’s trying too hard, or like the brand is trying to make something eye-catchingly unique. For me, for so many reasons, I’d rather have sleek and practical packaging.
I’m not a fan of milky glosses, especially pale ones. I know a lot of people enjoy them and they’re done for a reason but I always want to go for something either transparent or completely opaque, I’m not big on in-betweens :)
The plasticky lip gloss is the bane of my existence! The Essence Shine Shine Shine glosses are like that and the Fenty Gloss in Glass Slipper (the other colors seem fine but for some reason the clear one is so plasticky). It makes me feel like it gets in my mouth and coats my throat 😵
I also dislike heavily scented products. A little scent or flavoring is fine, but I don't want to be bludgeoned in the face with perfume every time I crack open a lipstick.
YES THIS!!!! Bought 3 Gucci lipsticks and can’t wear them bc the taste makes me nauseous. I don’t even mind the scent I just don’t wanna be eating it all day 🥲
Heh, you know, honestly now I kinda want to try both of those? I am always on the hunt for a long-wearing shiny lip thing. This description intrigues me! (RIP, YSL Glossy Stains, you were my fave.) I work from home so I can just smear on a "nourishing balm" type thing all day every day -- but if I'm putting on actual makeup and leaving the house, I'm more concerned about longevity than whether it's skin-care-y!
Feel you on the scent. I would not want to know the number of hours I've spent slogging through lipstick reviews looking for a description of the fragrance, deciding it's probably mild, then ordering the stupid thing and discovering that it /actually/ smells like being punched in the face with a heavily-frosted vanilla birthday cake.
@@culturecrashAL if you liked the YSL glossy stains you should try the Romand juicy lasting tints! Very similar formula and a beautiful range of colors especially for a staining product, they don’t all turn neon pink/ red like a lot of stains
@@laureness1898 I actually have two of those in my stash right now! They ARE really nice, but I feel like they don't wear quite as long the old YSLs do :/ And in typical K-beauty fashion, the shade range is heavily concentrated around light-to-mid pink/mauve/nude tones. I got THEEEE darkest coolest one I could find -- Plum Coke -- which is FAB. I'd def get more if they had more plums/raisins/deep reds! And they don't seem super staining on me, alas (tho neither did the YSLs) -- still haven't found anything that truly stains more strongly than the gel-type Etude Dear Darling, and still hoping they bring back the megadark red (Vampire iirc?)...
I totally agree about “neutral” makeup actually being orange! My first experience with that was with Mac’s iconic “strip down” lip liner that is “the perfect nude for every skin tone”. For whom?! Certainly not me! I put that on, and it was orange, and I thought I was crazy!😂😮
a nail artist, @TheSalonLife, described nail polish as dessert and i kind of think of makeup as the same now - we love dessert but not pretending that it’s good for you allows for you to have a much healthier relationship w/ it. about those glosses that wrap around your lips, it’s kinda amazing that chemists created such a comfortable but glossy formula, and from a makeup perspective, i think that’s so useful! sometimes i think the skincarification(?) of our makeup compromises the forumlas in other ways - like why would i need a fantastic primer to have salicylic acid in it..? it’s as if it wants me to cross contaminate my brushes so i can get it around my eyes! or now that every complexion product has vitamin c in it, it goes bad in just a couple months & turns orange. that being said, i don’t really like that gloss formula either (and the lifter doe foot irritates my lips anyways😭)
I might be on your team... I'm very particular about my skincare and I don't want my makeup to "interfere" with it but rather to form a protective layer on it.
Love The Salon Life!
Ditto on the tinted Vaseline products! Jones Road’s miracle balm and Fat & the Moon’s lip and cheek tint were both greasy messes on me (and I have dry skin). My other product pet peeve is concealers that crack and look scale-y on my skin. Still struggling to find my perfect under eye concealer (most of the time I find eye cream looks better on its own than any concealer on me…)
Yes, I second you with the colour mauve, nobody knows what mauve is !! It's a flower people, look it up ! I could also say the same about coral, a lot of people call coral a peach or a pink, it infurates me
pH adjusting lip products always look good on me and natural. My favorite products were the lipstick queen ones. The color always looks good on me.
The lightly pigmented oil/grease balm makes me want to scream
Yes! All the squishy , mushy balms that come in the non-reverse click sticks that EVERY YTer raves about☹️
Omg yes. I tried the Kevyn Aucoin glass skin product a few years ago and it was like putting bacon grease on my face.
I'm with so with you on the "neutrals that are actually orange"! Another thing, powders that suck absolutely ALL the moisture out of the products I've just applied. Probably works great for people with oily skin, but for my dry face, absolutely not!!! I'm left looking more textured than if I had not applied any makeup at all
I would like a video about good nourishing lip glossses and other makeup, that looks good and also it's good for the skin.
My top issue of this type is perceptible glitter sparkles in any products. I want to be able to see it in any imagery/naming/filter category online and opt out. I love a uniform sheen and even a bright metallic shine, but no individual reflective sparkles.
Hi Hannah. I'm new to your channel, and I really enjoyed watching this video. I am one of those weird people who likes the really dewey makeup that doesn't always set down. 😅 I was born with a heart defect and developed type one diabetes when I was four years old. The heart defect turned into congestive heart failure when I was in my late teens. The two of them together cause chronically dehydrated skin, and my skin is dry in that it doesn't produce enough oil as well. I love Vaseline and CeraVe ointment, and I regularly slather it on my face at night. Maintaining my skin barrier is incredibly difficult under these conditions, and I sometimes think longingly of what it might be like to actually be able to wear Matt makeup that wouldn't dry my face.
My daughter as also dx with Type 1 at 4 years old, absolute best wishes to you!!
I love listening to you describe things. ♥️ Mine is heavily scented lip products. I can’t use them.
I’ve thrown away quite a few lip products because of the smell!! Also I cannot stand mint in my lip products either. I know many people love it but I wish companies would simply leave it out. WHY add it?!?! Bleh
I don’t care for Glossier’s skin tint but Saie’s Slip Tint is so easy to put on and has SPF -makes my skin look glowy and protected. I also have my concealer days. To each their own 🤷🏼♀️ ❤
I understand that completely I only want to use ( especially lip products) ones that nourish my lips !
well obviously foundation which oxidizes making me look orange but thank god ive now have light concealer and a green color corrector which i mix to getmy perfect shade bc i cant expect makeup brand to exactly carry my shade
also lipliners which kinda stick onto my pores? like i overline a little but some don’t get on smooth but have leave like little dots
I searched for AGES for a true purple lip gloss/oil to replace my ancient Sephora Fig Jam lip gloss, happened to spot the expensive Clarins one, and snatched it not realizing it just turns pink -_-
oh, tragedy!
Yes, that lip gloss formula!!! Its the worst! The way I've described it is it feels like its loaded with silicone, like a silicone primer. I also hate silicone primers. But that feeling like something is sitting on your lips or skin and is like creating a mask or film and not absorbing is so yucky.
Hey Hannah! 😊
Can you do a video all about your (current) favourite cheek products? I am looking for (affordable,) cool toned, (greyish or otherwise not saturated) shades with texture minimasing but natural finish. 😂 😅
I am also very interested in your base makeup recommendations since I'm also pale. ❄️🌸
I had the same problem with particularly Lisa Eldridge lip products. I wanted a deeper shade of what she was wearing like a darker beige for my medium skintone and what was recommended to me turned out to be orange. It's a great way to make your teeth look yellower!
You summed it up perfectly Hannah, beauty industry is selling a fantasy they cant deliver and hope we are gullible enough to fall for the outlandish claims. Whenever I hear a beauty YTer read a brand's product "claims" i just LOL 😂. I guess its my age , and being a skeptic.
PH adjusting is a gimmick. Tinted serums work on already flawless skin . Like u Hannah, Im searching for that perfect formula that marries the pigment of foundation and the thin skin-like consistency of a serum.
Thanks for the great discussion! I am one of those people that quite likes the lifter gloss, though I slather on aquaphor at home and only ware the gloss out, so maybe I haven't ever used it long enough to notice that its moisturisation propoerties.
Regarding your lip balm search/series, a Japanese one that I think might be a candidate would be the Excel lip steady (which I think is on yesstyle). Looking forward to your next video!
Products marketed as multi-use (i.e. eyes, lips, and cheeks). I always fall for them and am always disappointed in at least one form of the application (too dry for lips, too balmy for eyes etc).
I have the exact same issues with ph-changing lip products. Thank you for explaining exactly why they're so frustrating.
I'm particularly irritated by the products that look "neutral" or even cool leaning online or even in store lighting, then, as soon as I put it on in the real world - it's orange.
I opened safebow link on your description and cried
Thank you Hannah
Loved your treatise on pH-adjusting lip products 👏🏻👏🏻
An interesting note on the topic of lip glosses that you were talking about is the Tower 28 jelly lip glosses. It’s exactly as you describe with the whole slipping against itself aspect but its the only gloss I’ve tried with that feel and “nourishing nonsticky marketing” that truly hydrates my lips as it fades. It’s tryly the one perfect execution of that prompt with the one downside of masive overlathering can result in things moving out of place.
Just the hought to share the makeup knowledge
Yeeeess about the liquid plastic lip jelly teflon glosses! The make beauty lilac lip serum is that for me. I actually thought I liked it at first and it took me a while to come to terms with the fact that it was drying my lips out lol. And once I figured that out I can immediately clock that characteristic in any lip product I try.
Never tried the Teflon lippes lolll XD beyond I agree with your list. I think my main pet peeve is actually k-beauty. The dark lip stains/liquid lipsticks... They're just never quite vampy/muddy enough for me to get more than 1 color out of the range. I just like my red at lightest to still be as dark as Mahoney wood so the pinky more bright lively reds just look kinda off on me. Shame cause they are the only lip colors I've tried that don't dry out my lips, but I'm glad other people get to enjoy the ranges those companies offer. The closest I've found is the merzy shade in Bian Rose, which still is more saturated and less purpley than my preferences
You might like Dinto’s Memento Mori then! It’s a very deep rich blood red, and Dinto’s color range is pretty alternative for kbeauty brands!
@@sonnie_sounds Oooo Imma have to check them out then. Tyyy ^_^
I was perusing Ulta with my daughter recently, who really wanted to look at things, so I took her… And I am so amazed at how many skincare makeup type products there are now that are just a tinted balm of sorts. They looked amazing swatch, but as soon as I swiped over it or patted over it, it did have that dull effect, and transferred terribly onto the tissue or my hand as I swiped it across. Something that I always account for is that I am already applying. Make up on top of skincare… I don’t need extra and in fact, this can actually conflict with what I’m already using. But in addition, I already have that skincare type texture that these make up brands are trying to create with pigment. I don’t need to add more of it on top, you know?
Same daughter… Wanted a lip gloss set on Amazon. I got it for a birthday gift and she was begging me to try it. I could already tell they were the saran wrap with oil on it type of gloss, but I indulged her and was absolutely shocked at how masking it was. It was the first time I’ve tried anything like this and definitely agree with you that it is not comfortable or reassuring to be caring for my lips. It’s just supposed to be glossy, which might be OK for a lot of people! She absolutely loves these glosses, but I would like my lip products to nourish as well.
I have a love-hate relationship with lipglosses that has really been kicked into gear by the current lip gloss mini-revival (feels like every brand is coming out with new ones). I lust over the beautiful promo pics, I love the moisturizing feel (when it’s a good one), the beautiful, translucent colors… my hair is constantly stuck to it.
Tubing mascara. It does its job perfectly, but I like lighter fluffier lashes and I always end up hating the weight of having each lash completely surrounded by product. It’s also annoying when you are wearing other makeup, because you have to massage your lashes with water to get the tubes off and then blot your face dry so an oil cleanser can do its job on the rest.
100% hard agree. So many reviewers are like..."tubing mascaras are EvErYtHiNg, they're way easier to remove, yadda yadda..." but honestly I think they're more annoying to remove. Just lemme go to town with my oil cleanser on my whole face. I'm not convinced that those tubing fibers are great long term down the drain. And they really aren't cute on my sparse, thin lashes even though I thought they'd be a better fit? Weighed down the curl, too.
I have a really pink undertone to my skin so my pet peeve is yellow undertones in face makeup. Often when I look at the range of colours in the store, there’s nothing but variations of yellow, with maybe one option that looks pinkish but is either super dark or super light. I always have to mix my own.
I'm a cool tone, so I relate incredibly to everything becoming orange
i still love me some glossier skin tint. so many brands have tried to come out with a similar thing but they never dry down, or even go way too matte (tartes version). glossier manages to inherently reduce my redness (not just cover it up) and dries down without looking patchy or dry. plus i often mix it with heavier foundations to get my perfect level of coverage. i appreciate that it’s still around and can be so versatile. that said, the packaging SUCKS and looks SO terrible after a while 😂