Anti-haul for August 2018

It is August so there are a bunch of new products coming out. But so many of them are boring, brands are releasing products like crazy and it is getting tired. I miss when a brand would release one new palette a year. Now they all feel they have to release around five if not more each year.

1. ColourPop KathleenLights collection

I don't like Kathleen at all. I always thought she was annoying and then she showed her prejudice to the world but got away with it. The collection is also just boring. The palette looks very similar to the Perception palette that came out earlier this year as part of ColourPop's collaboration with Makeup Shayla. Not only is ColourPop churning out redundant releases, their continued support of Kathleen is a turnoff.

2. Anastasia Norvina palette

Purple eyeshadow is really not my thing but along with that, after you cover up the few purple shades in the palette, it just looks like a typical neutral palette.

3. KKW Beauty Classic palette

I'll never buy anything from the Kardashian or Jenner beauty lines. They are overpriced and I despise the members of that family. This palette is just boring. If you have neutral eyeshadow palettes, then you probably have at least one dupe of each shade. If you own the ColourPop Double Entendre palette, you already have this palette, since both ColourPop and KKW are under Seed Beauty.

4. Dominique Latte palette

Another neutral palette full of shades I already own dupes of, plus a pop of color that I have dupes of.

5. Beauty Blender foundation

They released 32 shades and still couldn't get it right. I have a light-medium to medium skin tone depending on the season and I'm questioning whether I can find a shade match with the right undertones. It is not as bad as the Tarte shape tape foundation launch but it doesn't seem like they sought out any input from people with medium, tan, and deep skin tones. Beauty brands can do better than this nonsense.

6. Too faced 20th Anniversary palette

This palette is not doing anything for me. I have several palettes from Too Faced and there are probably dupes of the shades I would have used from this palette.

7. Natasha Denona Camel palette

These are just more basic colors. If I'm going to spend the money for Natasha Denona I want more than what this palette offers.

8. ColourPop foundation

I find it upsetting that ColourPop  came out with a foundation that is not only $12 but also only 25 mls or 0.85 ounces. I could probably look past the price if the foundation at least had the standard 30mls or 1 ounce. Foundation having 1 ounce has been the standard for a long time but slowly some brands are starting to reduce the amount you are getting while keeping the price high. As a consumer, this is not something I support. The companies are already making so much money by releasing all these products that are just remixes of former releases. There is no reason for the reduced amount other than greed. The line has to be drawn somewhere.