Originally Posted by katelynbby /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I find this thread very interesting because I don't typically dislike or like HE brands as a whole, I chose different HE brands for different products. Benefit is where I get my concealers (erase paste and lemon aid) because I have very large, dark circles and deep lines and I need the heavy cover stuff, although I will admit they are insanely high priced (at lease the erase paste lasts a long time) and the kits, while they would be a better value I do like the majority of what is in them, are packaged so that all of the products dry out within a week. I love Clinique for the skincare and foundations, powders and tinted moisturizers as well as mascaras. Their foundations do, however, tend to have pink undertones on their lighter shades, and their shadows are more muted and meant for more mature looks. I don't care for the pigmentation on their matte shadows at all -the purples all look so dead on the skin, but but their Desert Sun shimmer eyeshadow is satiny and gorgeous. It's my HG eyeshadow. Anastasia seems to be the HE brand to go to for brow stuff, UD for shadow primers, Smashbox for skin primers, MAC for eyeshadows, etc. Would it be better if we did a thread for the strengths and weaknesses of HE brands? Otherwise as far as brands I dislike on the whole.... I dislike them for their practices and for routinely offering a snotty image, poor quality or mediocre products for high prices (basically, being about status) and animal testing. Or I am not a fan of their particular style or image, such as UD eyeshadows because I'm not big on glittery stuff. But that's all subjective. XD
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