Last week, I showed you products I changed my opinion on big time – I used to emphatically not like them, but then had a change of mind (and skin). Here’s the opposite: products I deeply and utterly loved – but had a harsh fallout with since my initial review. Also, why it’s time to stop using cushion foundations.
Goldwell Color Revive
Color Revive is Goldwell’s colour conditioner is supposed to give your faded coloured hair a bit of a boost while at the same time conditioning it. And it does: my rather frizzy and damaged strands definitely need an additional boost of conditioning, but that’s why I’m a big fan of leave-ins. Either conditioners are too heavy for my fine hair, or leave it too scraggly. I don’t blame Color Revive. I neither blame it for the colour it gives my faded pink and purple strands: it does, and marvellously (initial review).
But: it’s impossible to use. I usually wash my hair when I shower. If I use Color Revive while showering, I’ve to deal with pinkish hands and shower tiles for 30 mins afterwards. It’s a BITCH to to remove, and so I just stopped using it. (Did I ghost my conditioner?!) I, of course, could don gloves and wash my hair over the sink. But oh, the hassle. That’s supposed to be a quick, fuss-free product. It just isn’t.
Claus Porto soap
It breaks my heart a bit to write this paragraph, but here goes: I used to love Claus Portos’s super luxurious soaps. I also loved the fragrance of the line I trialled, Citron Verbena, which is an uplifting citrus scent.
Truth time: isn’t soap ALWAYS about its fragrance?! I mean, sure, fragrance is bad for your skin, yadda yadda. But in my hand soaps, I WANT a stunning fragrance (especially right now). I want to be uplifted when I wash my hands and sing happy birthday in my mind!
So picture my utter heartbreak when I brought out my last Claus Porto soap that I bought about a year ago (initial review), and found that the fragrance had deserted the bar. Sure, I just stored it in my bathroom cupboard without any additional precautions, but still, really?! These are super expensive, luxury soaps: my five year old Lush soaps don’t have that problem. Disappointed.
Cushion foundations
I love cushion foundations (as you can see here, here and here). For me, the formula combined with the applicator puff makes it a winning combo: always good for my skin and what I want from a foundation: that single, skin-like layer of goodness that hides flaws, but never looks lifeless or mask-like.
But that kind of packaging comes with all kinds of problems that a simple bottle doesn’t have: sustainability being one of them. Here’s the best case scenario: your cushion compact comes with a refill option. Great, but that refill combines a thin outer shell, the cushion ‘sponge’ itself, aluminium foil to keep the liquid inside fresh. Also, very likely some kind of outer packaging. Compare with a bottle. Yeah, not good. (Also, very likely not recycable when you bin it.)
Also, cushions nearly always come in an abysmal shade range that beauty brands should be ashamed of in this day and age. And it’s not only Asian brands that do that: what excuse do global brands like MAC and Nars have for coming out with a shade range of six light to light medium shades?!
For me, this is a conscious effort to do and buy better: I already ditched sheet masks (I used to like sheet masks, just as I like cushion foundations), it’s time to stop using cushion foundations, too.
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