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products i've regretted purchasing from sephora

products i've regretted purchasing from sephora

deinfluencing you from excessive beauty consumption and a deep dive down my sephora order history starting 2017

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Mar 24, 2025
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和泉多摩川, Yorimichi, 2012

I fell down a Sephora rabbit hole in 2015. It was a novel and exhilarating experience, especially since I used to wear mascara and this hideous shade of purple eyeshadow in high school. Rather expectedly, juicystar07, Blair Fowler, Bethany Mota were who I based my makeup guidance on — to which, while I cannot solely blame them for my inevitable bout of Sephora overconsumption, the illusion of drawers filled to the brim with makeup, not realizing they were PR, greatly contributed to hundreds of dollars wasted over the years.

This is a somewhat comprehensive deep dive of my Sephora history.

August 17, 2017
  • Tarte was massive back in the day. It felt like everyone and their mothers wore their Amazonian Clay BB/CC creams, so of course, I had to follow suit, brand-wise. The SEA Eyeshadow Palette’s powders refused to cling onto my makeup brush, pressed to the point of solidification, so there was no transfer onto the bristles. And on the eyelids, the colors were patchy.

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