Favorite Overpriced Beauty Product?
 

This is a spinoff of the "Overrated Beauty Products" thread.

What beauty product do you use even though it's ridiculously overpriced because you LOVE how it makes you look and feel?

Absolutely anything from BeneFit, and DuWop's Lip Venom.

Also, do Victoria's Secret bras count as "beauty products?" :p

They absolutely do!

If you like DuWop's Lip Venom, try LipFusion (I think it's only available at Sephora). It comes in several different colors and it really plumps the old kisser!

I'll definitely try that! Do they sting like Lip Venom? I think I must the only person in the world who likes that feeling...

Murad's skin care line. I know that if I experimented that I could find stuff in the drug store that works as well, but I'm willing to pay the extra for the spa stuff.

happyderm face lotion by L'Oreal

and becase I mentioned it already today in another thread-Fantasia perfume by Fendi

*Eminence skin care products
*Prescriptives Match Stick foundation
*Estee Lauder's Exotic Pleasures perfume
*Thierry Mugler(sp?)'s Angel perfume
*K-Pak (by Joico) hair treatment
*LORAC's Ashley lipstick

Absolutely!!! I second that! I love Murad. I've tried so many different skin care lines and Murad is the only one that actually works for me.

Oh, man, if you love it as much as I, you would love a trip to one of their spas. Mom got me booked for my birthday two years ago, and it changed my life. Seriously, my skin changed that much.

Biore Ultra Deep pore strips!

I just bought a box tonight, and it was 8$ for 6 strips!!!

That's so cool!!! I didn't even know they had spas. Excellent!! :)

Anything Bare Essentials

Anything made by Smashbox comestics!! ($30 dollars for foundation..... sure! :) )
Also Bumble and Bumble hair care products. Great for anyone with thicker and courser hair, like me!:D

Clinique Black Honey Almost lipstick - best color, but $14.00 for a stick of gloss is a bit excessive in my mind. Of course, I will keep buying it forever.

Hydroderm Eye Serum - I could honestly see the skin under my eyes smooth out! Biggest problem is that you have to buy it by mail, and they send you ALL of their products, and you go crazy trying to cancel what you don't order!





ETA: I can get serious raccoon eyes if I don't get enough sleep. This is literally the first product that has ever help solve that predicament!

That's one of my favorites, too. :) I can't believe how expensive it is here in the States, but hey, at least the bottles are refillable.

Certain products from "Dessert Beauty" (the body sprays taste good, but the "powdered sugars" taste like SACCHRIN!

-Bare Minerals foundation and mineral veil
-Smashbox I-Prime concealer (most amazing thing I've ever used in my life!)
-NARS blush
-Any Bumble and Bumble hair products

They have spas? Where are they located? Aww man, Murad is the only thing that has worked with my skin....but it does cost too much to keep using it!! Darn

K-Pak IS expenisive! And since I got a perm, the guy recommended I use it, but geez, at those prices, ummm NO! lol

Well, they have a spa, in LA. I went here.

But they have certain liscensed salons/spas that can perform some of their services. I thought that they had multiple spas, however, with the liscensing and training they provide, I'm certain that the salon/spa will have much of the same treatments as the official spa.

On the site, you can search for a liscenced salon/spa in your area. Murad's search site.

It does sting a bit but, in my book, if it doesn't hurt, it ain't working!

I was helping a friend look for a gift for his new GF & suggested gift sets from Sephora. I sent him a link for BeneFit & he said "you girls spend $50 on lotions?!" to which I replied "it's 2 products!!"

I am now off his gift advice asking list!

I agree. :) I kinda like the stinging...

If you live around a Sally's you can get a knock off version of K-Pak that works just the same.

Wasn't K-Pak the movie with Kevin Spacey?

-Rudey
--He was in a nuthouse in jersey

I keep seeing this stuff on pop up ads. I have dark circles under my eyes even when I am not sleepy just because I am so pale. So does this stuff remove those dark circles? I cannot find the right makeup and coverup to do that.

Yeah, I'd pay any amount of money for something that really covered up the dark circles under my eyes!

Note to self: Go to Sephora for stuff that stings lips. :)


Ooh, has anyone tried any of the 'Jonathan' products like "Dirt"?
I might pick that up at Sephora too.

That's the weird thing - it's not a cover up! It's a clear liquid that you put on in the morning & evening, and doesn't sting or hurt your eyes (my eyes are VERY sensitive!). I've used it for about 2-3 weeks, and the circles are leaving, and the skin is more natural looking - not all cakey like a cover stick would be!

I put it on once my face is washed in the morning, then my eye makeup, then my foundation - which I slightly "feather" up into the eye area - and I am getting a ton of compliments on how much more "relaxed" I look! Relaxed! I'm stressed to the max!! But you'd never know it from my eyes now. :D

I got a fancy colander at Home Depot, but my pasta looks great now.

I use New Complexion Concealer by Revlon & it works wonders. I cried when I couldn't find more in the store but it looks like (from their web site) that its still a current product. I'm going to stock up on this stuff, especially considering how inexpensive it is in comparison to most beauty products.

Oh Really? What is the name of it? I live right by a Sally's Beauty Supply store.

See this link:

Generic Value Products Hair Reconstructor Compare to: Joico K-Pak


I used to work there, I love Sally's generic products. :)

Purlogy hair care products.....they rock!

Origins' A Perfect World White Tea Guardian.

It's nearly $30 for a small bottle, if not more. I can't remember. But it makes my skin so smooth.

I work there currently.....I love the Generic products too:)

L'Oreal's Exfotonic exfolient. It's hard to find now (I think it's discontinued) so I try to buy it when I find it. It's rather expensive for a broke college student at $10 a pop. It's so worth it, though.

I can't do without my perfume, Lalique, and I can only find it at Saks Fifth Avenue. I've been wearing it for years and it still intoxicates me. :)