Makeup products I no longer purchase

Having a large makeup collection has allowed me to know what I use on a regular basis and what I never take out of the drawer. As a result I have learned how to shop smarter when it comes to beauty products.

1. Lip Palettes

I had a few lips palettes in the past and they are just not practical for me. In general, I prefer my lip stuff to be portable and it is not convenient to be carrying around a lip palette and lip brush when on the go.

2. Lip crayons that need a sharpener

I don't see these as much anymore now that the lip crayon trend has slowed down. But I had one from Urban Decay and Nars that both needed to be sharpened. This is just annoying for anything that you want to be able to toss in your purse.

3. Blush palettes

The value is questionable with blush palettes, IMO. Some brands seem to alter their normal blush formula in order to not lose money on what initially seems like a good value. The ones I had, I rarely used and I actually ended up depotting the one Benefit blush palette I had into a Z-palette because the original packaging was so bulky and difficult to deal with.

4. Most YouTube makeup collaborations or YouTuber fronted/owned brands

I'm over most collaborations at this point. So many of them look the same and are just another neutral palette with a pop of color. I love neutral eyeshadows and most palettes I have are neutral. That is why I am less willing buy another one that looks like a copy of what I already own.  I think I would have to be huge fan of the person to even consider buying the product.

The same goes with most brands that are either owned or fronted by YouTubers. Laura Lee's Nudie Patootie palette was so boring, IMO. If you have been buying eyeshadow palettes for the past few years, then you probably have these colors and might even have a whole palette that is a full-on dupe. And don't get me started on Tati's beauty vitamins. Nearly $480 a year for vitamins if you taken them as she suggested. And that cost is without factoring in taxes and shipping costs. At best you are going to get placebo effect and at worse some of the ingredients could be harmful to you depending on your personal health situation. No thanks.

5. Poorly planned products

Several brands release products that look beautiful but are not user friendly. Examples of this are the Hourglass eye palettes and the Wet n Wild Zodiac eye palettes. Both have the shadows together with no separation between colors. This way of presenting shadows makes it nearly impossible to use them without getting fallout from the darker shades into the lighter ones.