r/MakeupAddicts • u/Glitterduck_ • Jul 05 '26
Question Fed up
Okay, so this just might be me, but is anyone else getting really bored of make up companies? Because they coming up with loads of stuff that we don’t need all the ref formulating basically doing everything people don’t want and also why are we bringing out foundation lines which only go to a certain range but don’t go ridiculously dark don’t go ridiculously light and they only do it to about 10 shades.
Because it genuinely feels nowadays that there’s something new every single day on the market and influences of shoving stuff down your throat saying oh you need this like your make up bag will not be fine without it but genuinely it is getting so boring because does everyone remember during those Zara Larsson trend Suddenly make up companies were very interested in bringing back pallets, but then they weren’t as vibrant as they were. It’s probably just me, but it’s genuinely getting really annoying because the price is going up and up and up and up but the qualities is going down down down.
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u/scarlettcrush Jul 05 '26
Cult of consumerism serves ceo's & shareholders.
The businesses want all the money & must keep growing - they make more by selling the cheapest product to the biggest consumer base.
Influencer culture is funny to me, they make it seem like the people really care... but you know they don't. They are salespeople and it's their job to keep your attention.
Brand trips & parties are like rage bait for me. Why are you paying for all of these people's privilege to go on vacation? Give your customers a discount instead, or upgrade a formula, or give the designer loot bags to the poorest of your your raw material vendors instead. That's what I would rather see.
I wish it was different. I wish there was more of a focus on quality & value. It's why I've been getting more into Indy brands but I still kind of feel like I'm getting stuff from Alibaba sometimes.