Celebrity haters who miss out

I’m not sway by celebrity products. They use the same suppliers as the cheaper brands.

I don’t not buy a good product based on the celebrity brand or endorsement. It goes both ways for me, tho. Just because I like a celeb doesn’t mean I will rush out and buy the product.

As I said at the top of this forum I have no issue with celeb fragrances, I have owned ones by Britney, Beyonce, Rhianna, JLO simply because I like the scent of these fragrances.

However I do believe their is some questions surrounding the quality of the Kardashian/Jenner products. I love handbags and I regularly purchase new handbags. When I was in the store the shop assistant said don’t even bother with the Kardashian bags and purses because the quality is poor (and the price tag is high), she told me that a lot of young girls purchase their bags/purses and they have broken a short time later. She also told me that the warranties with the Kardashian bags can be quiet “shonky” so people have trouble getting their money back. I have a Guess purse and it has lasted me forever, and the quality is amazing (and it was cheaper than the celeb endorsed product). I think it doesn’t come down to the celeb who endorses it but the quality of the product.

As for the lip kits I have never tried them (but I do recall reading a lot of negative reviews on twitter) and they weren’t from “haters”, these were from people who had purchased the product and were dissatisfied. Those reviews, rather than person who “made” them influenced my decision to not waste my money on the product.

Celebs are styled and dressed by professionals, people who’ve gone to makeup or hair styling school and have most likely worked for years in the fashion and beauty industry. When I see Kylie or her sisters all dressed up I’m looking at some professionals artwork; Kylie and her sisters are just blank canvases for stylists to work on. After all, if the sisters were such experts, why would they pay thousands of dollars hiring these stylists in the first place, right?

Kylie hasn’t taken on a student loan and struggled through makeup school. She hasn’t apprenticed or worked in the beauty industry. She hasn’t worked with different personalities, different skintones or different skintypes. Other than picking out the shades, I highly doubt she has much knowledge in how her products are formulated.

So when it comes to cosmetic brands I’d like to try, Kylie Cosmetics is not anywhere on my list. I’d much rather buy Charlotte Tilbury, Bobbi Brown or Pat McGrath, professional makeup artists, who’ve actually worked with celebs and models for years to hone in their craft before releasing their own line of products.

I’d also look into brands such as MAC who donate 100% from the sale of their VIva Glam line of cosmetics to AIDs research and give you a free lipstick in exchange for every 6 empty MAC product packaging. At the very least I know my empty mac pots and lipstick bullets are recycled properly, and at the most I get a new lipstick. #winning

Do I think I’m missing out by not trying Kylie Cosmetics? Not at all.

As for celeb perfumes, I’ve only ever bought J Lo Still and my taste buds have evolved to where I now prefer less commercially recognised brands.

I admit i sometimes wont buy something because it’s endorsed by someone that i particularly don’t like but i don’t shun celebrity products entirely,i love the perfume Reese Witherspoon released but as another person said was quite disappointed with Dita von Teese’s perfume. I love the Katykat lipsticks too but i really don’t want to buy any Kardashian products because i just don’t like the family,as it has been said there are plenty of similar and/or better products out there to try so i don’t feel like I’m missing out at all .

I haven’t tried any of the Kardashian fragrances, I find them irritating and unintelligent so I don’t want to try them.

I love Britney’s Curious, I haven’t found anything similar to this and it smells so lovely.

Going to pretty much echo Stickyskip’s first paragraph. I also don’t believe I am “missing out” by not trying the Kylie line. Is she the ONLY one who makes lip kits, or highlighters or blushes? no, are hers the best on the market and totally original and unique in formulation you cannot buy anything like it? also no.

I personally find the Kim K fame is distasteful (she got famous from a porn tape remember?) then the other family members coming up with ridiculous named blushes like Virginity and Barely Legal sorry but I have teenage daughters and I find it demeaning to objectify women and sexuality like that. The K family may not find exhibitionism objectionable and think the whole thing is a business opportunity but I choose not to support that.

As for other celeb collabs I use them if I like them – that damn Britney perfume range is still one of my all-time faves even though I have at least 50 perfumes and many of them 5 or 10 times the price, but the Britney, Rihanna and recently the Ariana Grande have some quite nice ones too.

Yeah, I have to admit I’m also guilty of not trying a celeb endorsed product if I don’t like the celebrity trying to sell it. Personally I cannot stand the Kardashian/Jenner clan but that’s because I’m not into the celebrity hype. I’m sure the Kylie Lipstick etc is fantastic but I don’t want any of my hard earned money going on them. Seriously they live in the public eye and for the most part seem to enjoy it. I think they’re rich enough, I’m more into helping out smaller businesses but it has to be cruelty free, as I detest animal testing and I prefer the product is Australian made. Each and everyone else to their own, I’m just not into celebrity products

I have to admit I am one of those people who won’t even bother with a product if it is endorsed by somebody I don’t like. And I can’t stand the Kardashians. I’m sure some of Kylie’s products are great, but not great enough for me to put aside my dislike of the whole celeb “thing” and give her my money. I’d rather support smaller indie brands that stand for things I support, like no animal testing, being Australian made (though I do love Besame, which is made in the US) etc. I’d never leave dreadful reviews on something I hadn’t tried, but I’m not going to spend my cash on a brand that I don’t like. For whatever reason I happen to dislike it. 🙁

That said, I tried Katy Perry’s new range of lipsticks and was very impressed by them. So I’m a giant hypocrite sometimes. I don’t really have an opinion on her, one way or another, but her kitty cat matte range is great. Suppose it goes to show that there are some great “celeb” products out there. And how polarising people like the Kardashians are.

Fragrances are a tricky one though. I have never found a celeb fragrance that I liked wearing. I know of plenty that smell DELICIOUS on other people, but they often tend to be quite sweet, fruity scents and I just dont think they suit me. I was super disappointed with Dita Von Teese’s fragrances too.

Ummm… i don’t really follow the celeb section on this forum. And I don’t follow any celeb trends/products in general. But I haven’t seen any mean comments made on other sections of the forum lately. I feel that this community is lovely! People are entitled to express their opinions and it is great to hear different perspectives.

I am aware of the Kylie Cosmetics line of products but I am one of those who would not pay attention to them because they don’t appeal to me and I really would rather spend my money somewhere else. I generally do not buy things that are celebrity endorsed anyway – I found it strange to be reminded of a particular celebrity when I use products. I don’t really feel that I am missing out – there are so many other different products I can try/ buy which are not particularly endorsed by anyone.

I can also see where people are coming from if they do not want to purchase anything endorsed by a particular individual/”clan”. Just as some people completely avoid brands from head companies who are not against animal testing (i.e. L’oreal sells their products in China and it implicates all its subsidiary brands, even though those brands may have fantastic products). And then there are some other people who have very strong preference for Australian made products. It simply comes down to whether the manufacturer/spokesperson has values that align with the individual customer.