In defence of MAC, I totally understand why it’s quietly still so successful. I still use Fix +, a few of their lipsticks, the Pro Longwear concealer and the Painterly Paint Pot. It was the first makeup company that used drag queens, celebs of all sizes, colours, styles and had nine million shades of everything wayyyyy before that was expected of companies. When you went into their stores, there was something for everyone and everyone felt included. Not to mention, the solid products people love and repurchase rarely get discontinued or reformulated.
They have a blush that I love! There is no other brand that makes that blush color and its called Gingerly, its in between a peachy pink and a brown. Brown blushes and peachy blushes look really harsh on my skin, but the combination in Gingerly. . .chef's kiss!!
@@Jessie12N oh, Gingerly! I used and loved it years ago. Thank you for reminding me of this great colour! I use and repurchase the contour palette for two decades and their concealers are great. And I will own Club (eyeshadow) forever. The essence of the 90ties in a tiny pot.
Fix +, painterly paint pot and Face & Body are absolute staples in my collection. It’s the makeup brand that defined my teenage years late 90s early 00s
Yes exactly! They keep hitting all those things that make a company successful like solid colors, inclusive shades, and highly replenishable staples! Great points Lindsay!
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Yay for Chanel! I am 73 and have loved this brand for a lifetime! There is something to be said for timeless beauty. In this case, you really do get what you pay for. I am so delighted to know that young, gorgeous you feels the same way!
Great video Sofia and I agree with you on your ranking pretty much. You def could do a part two...Dior, Victoria B., Armani Beauty, Byredo, Tom Ford, Too Faced...I could go on!! I love Guerlain & Chanel so we def have the same favorites!! Yay!! At one time though, UD was my top brand. But they discontinued so many of my HG's from blush to foundation to shadows to setting spray!! Ugh!! 🙁
I loved this video and ranking of makeup brands! Did you purposely omit Dior? I thought for sure that one would be in your top tier. Would love to see more brand rankings!
Love this video!!! And I love how you chose the categories:) I tried guerlain because of your recommendations, and I actually really like the brand . I’m excited about their products.
Love your comments about Nars! I had a nail polish years ago… and I have one of their multiple sticks! Other than that have never gotten into the brand at all… nothing’s calling my name.
I’m really rooting for Smashbox 😂. Great video! I have a few SG items but the only think keeping me from picking up more is the user experience. It’s hard for me to pick up magnetic palettes over pre packaged stuff. I don’t know what it is.
I was waiting to see yr thoughts on Dior, Huda, Hourglass, Giorgio armani, Ysl, Givenchy, Estee lauder. Do make another video. This video was fabulous. I feel the rankings were great.
I am right there with you! I agree with Guerlain and Chanel. I have some of the 6 color Ecrin palettes from Guerlian. I love them but they have been discontinued. I have yet to try the new ones. I think I just will. But the Meteorites and Terracotta lines are by far my favorites lines of all. I also love the expanded Rouge G line. Innovation has made them so feminine and fun. And I collect Guerlain perfume. I have so many I cannot count them all. Probably around 50. LOL! Chanel....that is a love story of mine. I worked as Heart of the Store for the Waikiki and Ala Moana boutiques while in college. I got to meet Karl while there and travelled to Paris numerous times. He was so abrasive yet fun. He believed in his Chanel family so much. It was a lot smaller back then. RIP sweet Godfather of Fashion. My mother is a huge Chanel woman with the Clothes, her flap bag collection and No.19 parfum being her things mostly. Big bucks. I love Coco and that is where my love started. I have a small chain night bag and some wardrobe pieces too. I have worn their makeup since I could buy it for myself. I have very old eyeshadow palettes I no longer use but I hold onto them for nostalgia. I was dissappointed with the Tweed palettes too. Mediterranean and Instensite are my favorites right now. I also have almost all their women's fragrances. I am a huge frag head so.... Lancome I love Definicils the most. I have tried others but I also go back to it. Absolue Rouge is awesome as well. Yes please do Dior and YSL. Maybe Chantecaille if you can. Great video. I Love your channel and style. Best! M
This was a fun video to watch. I pretty much agree with all of your rankings. Specially with rare beauty. I work in a Kohls Sephora and 99% of our customers come in because of tik tok right now and that's no exaggeration. Super annoying because we run out of products so quickly. I can tell when they run right to section that we are out of. I wish people could just come in and try brands for themselves. Keep up the great content. 💃
So fun! Totally agree with most of your categories, except maybe for Gucci, along with their amazing bronzers and blushes and lipsticks, I also love their powder eyebrow pencil, eyeliner, mascara, and just haven’t tried their other products yet. But so far I’ve really loved everything. Haha, so true about Smashbox! I only own one product from Smashbox but it is totally a holy grail….I’ve repurchased it four times - the Cali Contour palette. If I’m going away for a weekend or longer, it’s all I need to do my face & even quick easy eyeshadow. The contour in that palette is perfect too, I use this palette almost daily, highly recommend! Otherwise ya, this brand is a sleeper for me too :) Thanks for your thoughts, great idea!
CHANEL is a big YES, Lancôme, yes, Tarte eyeshadows and lippies, yes, Bobbi Brown is my safe for my age soft natured look. Givenchy Prisme Libre powders are a definite must. I like these videos, keep ‘em coming!
Sophia I’m with you on the single shadows! No thanks, give me a curated palette please! Only exception is Bobbi Brown & Laura Mercier eye shadow sticks- I love and have so many of these! They will always have a place in my makeup bag!
Urban decay was my gateway to luxury brand! I have some nostalgia for it but every time I dip into my naked 2 palette I am reminded of why I love my luxe brands so much more.
I'm with you with Mac, I have some stapples in Mac tho. The Paint Pots the Coasta Riche Eye pencil and Brow micro, The couple Blushes but nothing new right?
Bobbi Brown… eye shadow sticks are phenomenal and I do constantly restock. Haven’t tried much else from the brand except years ago used the gel eyeliner.
That's pretty fun and interesting, my favourites that I always buy from are Huda for lips, Natasha Denona for palettes, Nars for complexion including both liquid and powder products, Fenty for the blushes and highlighters. I also like ABH for a lot of things like brows, palettes and concealer. I agree that Rare beauty is overhyped.I only liked the tinted moisturiser, liquid blush and powder highlighter. I did not like any of the lip or eye products though, especially compared to my other favourites. I don't like using the super luxury stuff like Chanel, YSL, Gucci, Givenchy etc due to the crazy amount of fragrance they use. Minor brands like makeup by mario and kosas don't really sell much of stuff in the uk and are hard to get a hold of here
I love this video idea and I think deep down we all have this mental “list”- for me any celebrity brand is a ‘no thanks, never’- maybe because I love those brands who are all about beauty and only beauty! I’m like that with fragrances too! OG established brands only
Hi Sofia! :) Good idea with this video! I think you want to do Part 2 but you are waiting for reactions because you missed many brands: Tom Ford, Dior, YSL, Givenchy, Chantecaille, Hourglass, Natasha Denona, Pat Mcgrath, Hermes, By Terry, Byredo, Westman Atelier, Estee Lauder, Laura Mercier, Surrat Beauty, Cle de Peau, Victoria Beckham Beauty, Sisley, Suqqu, Viseart, Kosas, Armani Beauty, Isamaya Beauty. So please do Part 2! 🙂
Thanks Alina! Haha yes I had a list of 50 brands and I had to cut it back to 20. It was tough! I took out some of the more obvious ones to make it more fun 😜 I just saved your suggestions for next time!
Spot on with Bobby brown 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I like only their gel eye liner. Gucci - again, spot on. I didn’t like their compact powder, it’s so hard pressed. Now Chanel, - for me - has always been in hello lover category 😍😍😍
Really enjoyed this video @Sofia! I pretty much agree with all the rankings. I used to love UD back in the day (had all the Naked palettes!!) but then once I tried true luxury eyeshadows the game changed. Nowadays I am much more selective about the brands I buy - quality over quantity. At 48 I feel I’m not the target demographic for brands like rare beauty, fenty and I don’t consider them luxury to be honest. So, I’m not going to try them. Also, when brands are so slow to even launch in Australia or are really hard to get I lose interest and figure I won’t miss what I don’t try. I do have some CT products (LOVE the setting spray) but in general the colours are too warm and run brown/red on me so most of her products are a pass. Also the colours are NEVER anything like the photos on the website. Apart from CT my “hello lover” brands from this video are the same PLUS I have a few more brands I would include in that category too - as I’m sure you do too!! Really looking forward to the next instalment of this “series” 😊 So much fun!!!
Yes I know what you mean. I’m almost 32 and even I feel like I’m not the demographic for some of the popular brands 😅 that’s a good point about CT. She doesn’t have cool toned palettes and from what I’ve seen my subbies really love a sophisticated cool toned brown look
I love guerlain too! Definitely a top fav. Do you happen to know what's going on with their foundations??? My holy grail foundation seems to be discontinued and they arent selling any in the US right now? 😭
I so agree with you re: Rare Beauty. For example, the recently-launched and super hyped (and 5/5 rating) highlighter is identical to the Kaja mocha highlighter that got poor reviews when it launched 2 years ago (or so).
@@SofiaSeesBeauty my wallet doesn’t!! 😂😂 I found your channel when I was searching for reviews on the Tom Ford Crème quads. The way you used Smoky Quartz was exactly what I was looking for!
I really agree with you on all of your placements. But what about Dior? Natasha Denona ? Pat McGrath? All would be in my hello Lover… I could have listened to you continue discussing brands. Makeup my favorite topic. Great video. ❤
I enjoyed this video and I agree with your rankings for the most part, except for Charlotte Tilbury (find most their shades too reddish brown). Most interesting to note that after Estee Lauder acquired Bobbi Brown, MAC, Smashbox, Too Faced; these brands just became boring and fell off the radar. Not a good sign for Tom Ford which Estee Lauder bought last November. In sum, I think the industry is just oversaturated with brands offering lackluster themes and products.
Excellent point about the EL take over. All creativity seems to be thrown out the window. Makes no sense that EL tames them. They tend to do it to the perfumes they acquire too. Frederic Malle is a case in point. I was expecting Chantecaille to take a massive tumble since Beyersdorf took the reins. It hasn't been too bad, fortunately.
interesting reviews. I remember in early 2000s when everyone loved Nars and was talking about it. Same as mac i remember having my makeup done at a counter with my friends before going out in my early 20s but they are starting to become vintage haha 20 years ago Nars was as popular as Charlotte Tillbury lol i actually agree with you in all your opinions.
Needless to say, Chanel is my Ride Or Die. Consistently good, solid products and always so elegant. Tickles My Fancy Big Time is Burberry. The eye palette released recently is superb. The fact Isamaya Ffrench is/was creative director has me very interested in trying more. 15 min of Warhol Fame goes to Bobbi Brown. Was good, probably is still good, however, the era is over. Dark Horse Without Enough Recognition has to be an Aussie brand called Eye of Horus. Everything I've tried has been solid. Nothing ground breaking, but excellent quality, reasonably priced and reliable. The velvet lipsticks are beautiful to wear and the brown Goddess mascara is flawless. I'd love to hear your take on Sisley, Hermés, Dior, Isamaya (I think we all know where that sits! 😬) and Estee Lauder. Guerlain's makeup is lovely. If it were easier to buy in Australia, I'd surely have it beside my beloved Chanel.
Wow, you hit these brands spot on with your categories and the whys. I never ever got into Mac because it was intimidating, so I stuck to to her brands. The only things I use and have used for years is their Mac lipglass in spite and their fix plus. I think brands like Mac, Bobbi Brown, etc that fall under Estée Lauder are being kept afloat because they are under that global umbrella. Awww Nars. I am so bored with their orgasm line, it’s a bit of overkill. I agree that although CT is beating the pillow talk vibe to death, overall her brand is one of my favorites. Fenty, Mario, and Rare Beauty are all overhyped. They are all just average and nothing special. I have truly forgotten about ABH since the insertion of her daughter into the mix and her vision seems to overshadow what we all loved about Anastasia. Now if she released their Mario palette/Kim K collab, I’d rush to buy it. 😂 Sadly, UD hasn’t been able to launch products that are intriguing. When I first discovered UD, it was edgy and cool, which fit perfect with my vibe in my 20s. Like us all, they grew up and now instead of Urban Decay they are more like Suburban Rot😂 They have become insignificant, which is sad. Now of all the newer brands, Danessa Myricks is the Queen! She is innovative and her products are long lasting and high quality. I’m excited with everything she releases. Brands like Lancôme, Clinique, Estée Lauder, Mac, Bobbi Brown are brands once popular in department stores long before we had Sephora in our malls. They led the makeup industry due to the customers they catered to and those same customers still probably buy their products. I’ve been a lifelong Tartelette. I started following the brand after 09/11, which coincided with me graduating from college and getting my first job. One of the many tragedies out of 09/11 was a focus story on the owner of Tarte who lost her husband that day and she had started Tarte out of their home and was considering shutting it down. Instead she persevered and kept it going, which pulled at my heart strings and I started buying her products. Yes they release a ton of products but they have some staples I stick by even after 20 years. It’s like breaking up with a childhood best friend. They haven’t done anything wrong but you’ve grown apart YET a when you’re in town, you visit and it is soul nourishing to reconnect. That’s Tarte and me😂 Oh I’ve used Chanel for the same time I’ve used UD and Tarte and how I love the brand. Great video!!! ❤
totally agree with everything sofia said except for charlotte tilbury’s push up lashes mascara - it’s my holy grail 😅 tried sydney grace for the first time this year and i will stick to my high end brands. their shimmers are ok, but their mattes are not, especially knowing what mattes from pat mcgrath, natasha denona, dior, tom ford, and chanel are like. i feel you can tell whether a brand is high end/luxury or not from their mattes. but sydney grace is good for something more affordable - definitely better than colourpop. (sorry colourpop - like sofia i gave away my stone cold fox palette which i was so excited for but ended up being disappointed with the quality, especially the mattes.)
I think Colourpop is fun and they have a wide range of products. I was 😮 I’m your last video when you bashed the heart blushes and highlights. The packaging is really good quality on those and I love hearts all year round. Sometimes luxury brands don’t seem as fun to me.
Here’s where Urban Decay got me: their Naked Palettes 1, 2 (the best), and 3 (never bought it but very pretty!). Here us where they lost me: they stopped making ‘naked’ palettes that were actually naked and started making naked palettes that had nothing to do with nude colors but were just being called naked-naked cherry, western, heat, none of these are what I think of naked. I hope they keep trying and become an it brand again. I still love their eyeliners
Ouch nars & fenty 😂 and I’m so here for the the urban decay shade . I agree with Mac , smashbox and Bobbi brown. I noticed that smashbox counters have disappeared from smaller boots here in England. My unpopular opinion is tarte is a no from me dawg but I’m much darker then you so my experience with tarte is bad
And what about Dior? Dior is my favorite makeup brand among ALL! Guerlain - beautiful packaging! The products themselves are not always TOP (their lipsticks are always so dry on the lips :( . Chanel - I actually love their nail polishes the most: beautiful colors! The brand to which I trust my skin is Shiseido. To me Shiseido is a brand which is underestimated. Their lip glosses are a dream! And the packaging is so simple, one can easily overlook them.
Shiseido was the brand to end all brands when Serge Luten was creative director. The packaging was super lux, almost avant garde, yet incredibly user friendly and elegant. The products were beautifully coherent, divine to wear and the SAs were always, without fail, the most helpful, well trained and pushed comfort zones. I really miss the glory days of Shiseido. It really was the best makeup brand. Sigh...
@@kateaye3506 I think the formulas are still good, especially the skin care products. The make up products seem very often not attractive to me, not only the packaging which is too simple for the price, but especially the colors: the colors look very weird, I don’t want to wear them at all LOL
I use mostly fude, but heard good things about the Smashbox Buildable Cheek brush, so I got that and the Sheer Powder brush for 50% off during Black Friday. While the brushes are great, I find their makeup underwhelming.
Forme the overrated product at the moment is the hourglass foundation. It runs patchy on me and I not impressed at all on the product itself. I also Think Lisa Eldridge foundation is SUPER underrated! It is the best foundation ever!!!! Hello lover big time!
@@SofiaSeesBeauty the shimmers are fine, especially the temptalia shimmers, but the mattes are a little hard to blend and a little patchy. there was also considerable kickback in the pan using a brush.
I don’t agree with a few of your choices but I think your reasons are valid. I love Lancôme I think it’s very popular in Europe. We don’t get all the American brands here in Europe so maybe we buy more Lancôme than you do un the US.
In defence of MAC, I totally understand why it’s quietly still so successful. I still use Fix +, a few of their lipsticks, the Pro Longwear concealer and the Painterly Paint Pot. It was the first makeup company that used drag queens, celebs of all sizes, colours, styles and had nine million shades of everything wayyyyy before that was expected of companies. When you went into their stores, there was something for everyone and everyone felt included. Not to mention, the solid products people love and repurchase rarely get discontinued or reformulated.
They have a blush that I love! There is no other brand that makes that blush color and its called Gingerly, its in between a peachy pink and a brown. Brown blushes and peachy blushes look really harsh on my skin, but the combination in Gingerly. . .chef's kiss!!
@@Jessie12N oh, Gingerly! I used and loved it years ago. Thank you for reminding me of this great colour!
I use and repurchase the contour palette for two decades and their concealers are great. And I will own Club (eyeshadow) forever. The essence of the 90ties in a tiny pot.
Fix +, painterly paint pot and Face & Body are absolute staples in my collection. It’s the makeup brand that defined my teenage years late 90s early 00s
Yes exactly! They keep hitting all those things that make a company successful like solid colors, inclusive shades, and highly replenishable staples! Great points Lindsay!
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I'm surprised you Missed Dior?? =/ thats literally my #1
SOFIA! That was very fun, I loved EVERY MINUTE! You were so very kind to collaborate with me on this and your takes were so spicy, looooove it!!
I had a blast making this! Thank you for proposing such a good idea
Also, props to you for saying my name SO WELL 😍
Yay for Chanel! I am 73 and have loved this brand for a lifetime! There is something to be said for timeless beauty. In this case, you really do get what you pay for. I am so delighted to know that young, gorgeous you feels the same way!
Yay! I love that on my channel we have so many age groups of women and we can all share the same enthusiasm for these products
Great video Sofia and I agree with you on your ranking pretty much. You def could do a part two...Dior, Victoria B., Armani Beauty, Byredo, Tom Ford, Too Faced...I could go on!! I love Guerlain & Chanel so we def have the same favorites!! Yay!! At one time though, UD was my top brand. But they discontinued so many of my HG's from blush to foundation to shadows to setting spray!! Ugh!! 🙁
YES, YES, YES! PLEASE DO...!
Yes! I am totally going to do another video so we can do more brands!
More brands, please! I loved this video!
Will do!!
Oh Lancome oh how I have loved you for 30 years!! High quality OG for sure!
Yes they still produce some good stuff!
Super fun video! I’m looking forward to part II
Yay! Thank you!
Definitely do another similar video with more brands, this video was great 😊
Thank you! Will do!
Hi , oh yes it was fun ! please do another best of brands , i surly can think of more which have flicked my switch ! , my love liz xxx
I loved this video and ranking of makeup brands! Did you purposely omit Dior? I thought for sure that one would be in your top tier. Would love to see more brand rankings!
Yes I purposely took out some of the ones people already know I like to make it more interesting. Otherwise everything would be in one tier 🙃😊
This was such a fun video!!!
Thank you for joining the premier!!
Love this video!!! And I love how you chose the categories:)
I tried guerlain because of your recommendations, and I actually really like the brand . I’m excited about their products.
I’m so glad to hear that!
Let’s do for Pat, ND, Huda, TF and W Goss as well please
Yes!!
Love your comments about Nars! I had a nail polish years ago… and I have one of their multiple sticks! Other than that have never gotten into the brand at all… nothing’s calling my name.
Hi Sofia 💜💜💖 This was fun! I enjoy collabs too.
Thank you! 🤗
I have a pair of ‘06 pink Nike dunks that say Hello on the back left shoe and Lover on the back right 😊
Haha I LOVE that! I used to have a pair of dunks in college
This was fun. More brands please.
I’m really rooting for Smashbox 😂. Great video! I have a few SG items but the only think keeping me from picking up more is the user experience. It’s hard for me to pick up magnetic palettes over pre packaged stuff. I don’t know what it is.
Yeah same I rather go for a fully designed and packaged palette most of the time
Enjoyed this! Victoria Beckham Beauty, Westman Atelier, Hourglass, Dior, please.
You got it!
I was waiting to see yr thoughts on Dior, Huda, Hourglass, Giorgio armani, Ysl, Givenchy, Estee lauder. Do make another video. This video was fabulous. I feel the rankings were great.
Yes I should! I narrowed it down to 20 so the video wouldn’t be an hour 😂😂
I am right there with you! I agree with Guerlain and Chanel. I have some of the 6 color Ecrin palettes from Guerlian. I love them but they have been discontinued. I have yet to try the new ones. I think I just will. But the Meteorites and Terracotta lines are by far my favorites lines of all. I also love the expanded Rouge G line. Innovation has made them so feminine and fun. And I collect Guerlain perfume. I have so many I cannot count them all. Probably around 50. LOL!
Chanel....that is a love story of mine. I worked as Heart of the Store for the Waikiki and Ala Moana boutiques while in college. I got to meet Karl while there and travelled to Paris numerous times. He was so abrasive yet fun. He believed in his Chanel family so much. It was a lot smaller back then. RIP sweet Godfather of Fashion. My mother is a huge Chanel woman with the Clothes, her flap bag collection and No.19 parfum being her things mostly. Big bucks. I love Coco and that is where my love started. I have a small chain night bag and some wardrobe pieces too. I have worn their makeup since I could buy it for myself. I have very old eyeshadow palettes I no longer use but I hold onto them for nostalgia. I was dissappointed with the Tweed palettes too. Mediterranean and Instensite are my favorites right now. I also have almost all their women's fragrances. I am a huge frag head so....
Lancome I love Definicils the most. I have tried others but I also go back to it. Absolue Rouge is awesome as well. Yes please do Dior and YSL. Maybe Chantecaille if you can. Great video. I Love your channel and style. Best! M
Oh my goodness you got to meet Karl! Amazing! Also wow 50 Guerlain fragrances that sounds like an epic collection
This was a fun video to watch. I pretty much agree with all of your rankings. Specially with rare beauty. I work in a Kohls Sephora and 99% of our customers come in because of tik tok right now and that's no exaggeration. Super annoying because we run out of products so quickly. I can tell when they run right to section that we are out of. I wish people could just come in and try brands for themselves. Keep up the great content. 💃
That’s so interesting thank you for sharing your perspective as someone who works there! I totally understand what you mean 😅😅
So fun! Totally agree with most of your categories, except maybe for Gucci, along with their amazing bronzers and blushes and lipsticks, I also love their powder eyebrow pencil, eyeliner, mascara, and just haven’t tried their other products yet. But so far I’ve really loved everything. Haha, so true about Smashbox! I only own one product from Smashbox but it is totally a holy grail….I’ve repurchased it four times - the Cali Contour palette. If I’m going away for a weekend or longer, it’s all I need to do my face & even quick easy eyeshadow. The contour in that palette is perfect too, I use this palette almost daily, highly recommend! Otherwise ya, this brand is a sleeper for me too :) Thanks for your thoughts, great idea!
Yes someone else mentioned the Cali Contour palette also!
Gucci mascara is top shelf!
CHANEL is a big YES, Lancôme, yes, Tarte eyeshadows and lippies, yes, Bobbi Brown is my safe for my age soft natured look. Givenchy Prisme Libre powders are a definite must. I like these videos, keep ‘em coming!
Love it!!
Sophia I’m with you on the single shadows! No thanks, give me a curated palette please! Only exception is Bobbi Brown & Laura Mercier eye shadow sticks- I love and have so many of these! They will always have a place in my makeup bag!
Those are classics!
Great video. I think once you try Sydney Grace you’ll love it!
Urban decay was my gateway to luxury brand! I have some nostalgia for it but every time I dip into my naked 2 palette I am reminded of why I love my luxe brands so much more.
Yes it was def the gateway brand for sure!
Thank you, Sofia!
Really cool Video ❤
Thanks 😁
I'm with you with Mac, I have some stapples in Mac tho. The Paint Pots the Coasta Riche Eye pencil and Brow micro, The couple Blushes but nothing new right?
I agree with you on rare beauty. I do like that they are more affordable but I do think that they are overhyped
Yes
Do more brands!
Bobbi Brown… eye shadow sticks are phenomenal and I do constantly restock. Haven’t tried much else from the brand except years ago used the gel eyeliner.
Bobbi brown has great options for sheer lipsticks and lighter colors and good color correctors.
That's pretty fun and interesting, my favourites that I always buy from are Huda for lips, Natasha Denona for palettes, Nars for complexion including both liquid and powder products, Fenty for the blushes and highlighters. I also like ABH for a lot of things like brows, palettes and concealer. I agree that Rare beauty is overhyped.I only liked the tinted moisturiser, liquid blush and powder highlighter. I did not like any of the lip or eye products though, especially compared to my other favourites. I don't like using the super luxury stuff like Chanel, YSL, Gucci, Givenchy etc due to the crazy amount of fragrance they use. Minor brands like makeup by mario and kosas don't really sell much of stuff in the uk and are hard to get a hold of here
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the brands Lava!
I love this video idea and I think deep down we all have this mental “list”- for me any celebrity brand is a ‘no thanks, never’- maybe because I love those brands who are all about beauty and only beauty! I’m like that with fragrances too! OG established brands only
Yes I’m super selective when it comes to the celeb brands 😅
Hi Sofia! :) Good idea with this video! I think you want to do Part 2 but you are waiting for reactions because you missed many brands: Tom Ford, Dior, YSL, Givenchy, Chantecaille, Hourglass, Natasha Denona, Pat Mcgrath, Hermes, By Terry, Byredo, Westman Atelier, Estee Lauder, Laura Mercier, Surrat Beauty, Cle de Peau, Victoria Beckham Beauty, Sisley, Suqqu, Viseart, Kosas, Armani Beauty, Isamaya Beauty.
So please do Part 2! 🙂
Merit Beauty, too! Oh too faced!
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Thanks Alina! Haha yes I had a list of 50 brands and I had to cut it back to 20. It was tough! I took out some of the more obvious ones to make it more fun 😜 I just saved your suggestions for next time!
New subscriber here! 🙋🏻♀️ i love all your opinion on these brand
I do agree on rare beauty, its a bit overhyped
Welcome!!
Spot on with Bobby brown 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I like only their gel eye liner.
Gucci - again, spot on. I didn’t like their compact powder, it’s so hard pressed.
Now Chanel, - for me - has always been in hello lover category 😍😍😍
Really enjoyed this video @Sofia! I pretty much agree with all the rankings. I used to love UD back in the day (had all the Naked palettes!!) but then once I tried true luxury eyeshadows the game changed. Nowadays I am much more selective about the brands I buy - quality over quantity. At 48 I feel I’m not the target demographic for brands like rare beauty, fenty and I don’t consider them luxury to be honest. So, I’m not going to try them. Also, when brands are so slow to even launch in Australia or are really hard to get I lose interest and figure I won’t miss what I don’t try.
I do have some CT products (LOVE the setting spray) but in general the colours are too warm and run brown/red on me so most of her products are a pass. Also the colours are NEVER anything like the photos on the website. Apart from CT my “hello lover” brands from this video are the same PLUS I have a few more brands I would include in that category too - as I’m sure you do too!! Really looking forward to the next instalment of this “series” 😊 So much fun!!!
Yes I know what you mean. I’m almost 32 and even I feel like I’m not the demographic for some of the popular brands 😅 that’s a good point about CT. She doesn’t have cool toned palettes and from what I’ve seen my subbies really love a sophisticated cool toned brown look
I love guerlain too! Definitely a top fav. Do you happen to know what's going on with their foundations??? My holy grail foundation seems to be discontinued and they arent selling any in the US right now? 😭
So weird! I wonder if they are reformulating those also. They have done that with some of the other products
I so agree with you re: Rare Beauty. For example, the recently-launched and super hyped (and 5/5 rating) highlighter is identical to the Kaja mocha highlighter that got poor reviews when it launched 2 years ago (or so).
Ooo so interesting!
Excellent !!!! ♥️♥️
❤❤ Love this video!!
I'm so glad! Thank you!!
@@SofiaSeesBeauty we LITERALLY have the same taste in makeup!
@@garianne haha love it!!
@@SofiaSeesBeauty my wallet doesn’t!! 😂😂 I found your channel when I was searching for reviews on the Tom Ford Crème quads. The way you used Smoky Quartz was exactly what I was looking for!
Loved it so much dear
Thank you so much 😊
Wish Dior had made the list! Also I’ve been wearing Laura Geller since she was in Sephora but her products are excellent!
I took out some of the obvious brands that I talk about a lot like Dior and pat McGrath cause I wanted it to be less repetitive
Oh good to know! I worried maybe you stopped loving Dior!
I really agree with you on all of your placements. But what about Dior? Natasha Denona ? Pat McGrath? All would be in my hello Lover… I could have listened to you continue discussing brands. Makeup my favorite topic. Great video.
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I purposely left them out so I had the opportunity to talk about more brands. Otherwise half the brands would be in the top tier hehe
I enjoyed this video and I agree with your rankings for the most part, except for Charlotte Tilbury (find most their shades too reddish brown). Most interesting to note that after Estee Lauder acquired Bobbi Brown, MAC, Smashbox, Too Faced; these brands just became boring and fell off the radar. Not a good sign for Tom Ford which Estee Lauder bought last November. In sum, I think the industry is just oversaturated with brands offering lackluster themes and products.
Excellent point about the EL take over. All creativity seems to be thrown out the window. Makes no sense that EL tames them. They tend to do it to the perfumes they acquire too. Frederic Malle is a case in point.
I was expecting Chantecaille to take a massive tumble since Beyersdorf took the reins. It hasn't been too bad, fortunately.
That’s such a good point that I don’t think about often cause I forget that EL owns all those brands!
interesting reviews. I remember in early 2000s when everyone loved Nars and was talking about it. Same as mac i remember having my makeup done at a counter with my friends before going out in my early 20s but they are starting to become vintage haha 20 years ago Nars was as popular as Charlotte Tillbury lol i actually agree with you in all your opinions.
I still have my old Nars blush from high school. I coveted it! I don’t use it now obvi but I keep it for the memories 😂
Hi Sophia, beautiful make up today, tell me please name eyeshadow in your beautiful eyes)
I have it listed in the description box! Thank you so much Lili 😊
Needless to say, Chanel is my Ride Or Die. Consistently good, solid products and always so elegant.
Tickles My Fancy Big Time is Burberry. The eye palette released recently is superb. The fact Isamaya Ffrench is/was creative director has me very interested in trying more.
15 min of Warhol Fame goes to Bobbi Brown. Was good, probably is still good, however, the era is over.
Dark Horse Without Enough Recognition has to be an Aussie brand called Eye of Horus. Everything I've tried has been solid. Nothing ground breaking, but excellent quality, reasonably priced and reliable. The velvet lipsticks are beautiful to wear and the brown Goddess mascara is flawless.
I'd love to hear your take on Sisley, Hermés, Dior, Isamaya (I think we all know where that sits! 😬) and Estee Lauder.
Guerlain's makeup is lovely. If it were easier to buy in Australia, I'd surely have it beside my beloved Chanel.
Omg yes Burberry is so tickle my fancy!
Great video! Did you intentionally forget about dior?
Yes I intentionally left out some of the brands I already talk a lot about cause then it would just be me saying the same thing over and over 🙃
Wow, you hit these brands spot on with your categories and the whys. I never ever got into Mac because it was intimidating, so I stuck to to her brands. The only things I use and have used for years is their Mac lipglass in spite and their fix plus. I think brands like Mac, Bobbi Brown, etc that fall under Estée Lauder are being kept afloat because they are under that global umbrella. Awww Nars. I am so bored with their orgasm line, it’s a bit of overkill. I agree that although CT is beating the pillow talk vibe to death, overall her brand is one of my favorites. Fenty, Mario, and Rare Beauty are all overhyped. They are all just average and nothing special. I have truly forgotten about ABH since the insertion of her daughter into the mix and her vision seems to overshadow what we all loved about Anastasia. Now if she released their Mario palette/Kim K collab, I’d rush to buy it. 😂
Sadly, UD hasn’t been able to launch products that are intriguing. When I first discovered UD, it was edgy and cool, which fit perfect with my vibe in my 20s. Like us all, they grew up and now instead of Urban Decay they are more like Suburban Rot😂 They have become insignificant, which is sad. Now of all the newer brands, Danessa Myricks is the Queen! She is innovative and her products are long lasting and high quality. I’m excited with everything she releases.
Brands like Lancôme, Clinique, Estée Lauder, Mac, Bobbi Brown are brands once popular in department stores long before we had Sephora in our malls. They led the makeup industry due to the customers they catered to and those same customers still probably buy their products.
I’ve been a lifelong Tartelette. I started following the brand after 09/11, which coincided with me graduating from college and getting my first job. One of the many tragedies out of 09/11 was a focus story on the owner of Tarte who lost her husband that day and she had started Tarte out of their home and was considering shutting it down. Instead she persevered and kept it going, which pulled at my heart strings and I started buying her products. Yes they release a ton of products but they have some staples I stick by even after 20 years. It’s like breaking up with a childhood best friend. They haven’t done anything wrong but you’ve grown apart YET a when you’re in town, you visit and it is soul nourishing to reconnect. That’s Tarte and me😂
Oh I’ve used Chanel for the same time I’ve used UD and Tarte and how I love the brand.
Great video!!! ❤
Omg so many good points here where do I start! 😅 I LOLed at suburban rot
I Love Mac. 99% of my collection is Mac. Such a classic and they can be pretty affordable.
totally agree with everything sofia said except for charlotte tilbury’s push up lashes mascara - it’s my holy grail 😅
tried sydney grace for the first time this year and i will stick to my high end brands. their shimmers are ok, but their mattes are not, especially knowing what mattes from pat mcgrath, natasha denona, dior, tom ford, and chanel are like. i feel you can tell whether a brand is high end/luxury or not from their mattes.
but sydney grace is good for something more affordable - definitely better than colourpop. (sorry colourpop - like sofia i gave away my stone cold fox palette which i was so excited for but ended up being disappointed with the quality, especially the mattes.)
Thank you for sharing! It’s good to hear your experience so we can all be thoughtful when trying new brands
I think Colourpop is fun and they have a wide range of products. I was 😮 I’m your last video when you bashed the heart blushes and highlights. The packaging is really good quality on those and I love hearts all year round. Sometimes luxury brands don’t seem as fun to me.
No Tom Ford?? 🥺 Dior? Deffo need a part 2!
Yes for sure! I excluded some of the brands I talk about all the time cause it would be kind of expected and redundant
Hi Sophia. Watching from Lyon France!❤
Love it! Lyon is so beautiful also
Here’s where Urban Decay got me: their Naked Palettes 1, 2 (the best), and 3 (never bought it but very pretty!). Here us where they lost me: they stopped making ‘naked’ palettes that were actually naked and started making naked palettes that had nothing to do with nude colors but were just being called naked-naked cherry, western, heat, none of these are what I think of naked. I hope they keep trying and become an it brand again. I still love their eyeliners
I know I wish they would not do that and come up with different product groups to keep up with the trends
Buckling in, this is going to be fun ! I hope there will be some “oh no
She didn’t !” rankings 😂 will reply to this comment at the end of the video
Ouch nars & fenty 😂 and I’m so here for the the urban decay shade . I agree with Mac , smashbox and Bobbi brown. I noticed that smashbox counters have disappeared from smaller boots here in England. My unpopular opinion is tarte is a no from me dawg but I’m much darker then you so my experience with tarte is bad
Ah yes I feel like tarte doesn’t have the pigmentation
And what about Dior? Dior is my favorite makeup brand among ALL! Guerlain - beautiful packaging! The products themselves are not always TOP (their lipsticks are always so dry on the lips :( . Chanel - I actually love their nail polishes the most: beautiful colors! The brand to which I trust my skin is Shiseido. To me Shiseido is a brand which is underestimated. Their lip glosses are a dream! And the packaging is so simple, one can easily overlook them.
Shiseido was the brand to end all brands when Serge Luten was creative director. The packaging was super lux, almost avant garde, yet incredibly user friendly and elegant. The products were beautifully coherent, divine to wear and the SAs were always, without fail, the most helpful, well trained and pushed comfort zones. I really miss the glory days of Shiseido. It really was the best makeup brand. Sigh...
@@kateaye3506 I think the formulas are still good, especially the skin care products. The make up products seem very often not attractive to me, not only the packaging which is too simple for the price, but especially the colors: the colors look very weird, I don’t want to wear them at all LOL
I’ll have to do another ranking so I can include more brands!
I use mostly fude, but heard good things about the Smashbox Buildable Cheek brush, so I got that and the Sheer Powder brush for 50% off during Black Friday. While the brushes are great, I find their makeup underwhelming.
Where is Dior
I didn't include them. Only chose 20 brands for this ranking
I only buy the Becca products that Smashbox sells now😅
Lol same 🙃🙃
Hello 👋🏻 Sorry, but where is in your list Dior ??😮😅😢
I excluded lots of the more obvious brands that I talk about on my channel so I could have time to talk about the others
I think people also like Rare because it's fairly affordable for a Sephora brand
That’s a good point 👍
Sydney Grace eyeshadow is going to blow your mind
Coffee talk is a great cool toned neutral- my favorite from the brand ;)
Thank you Elizabeth!
Wayne Goss?
Good idea for next time!
No DIOR??
I took out a lot of the obvious brands to make it less predictable
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Smashbox? They went the way of Stila 😄
Omg so true 😬😬
Forme the overrated product at the moment is the hourglass foundation. It runs patchy on me and I not impressed at all on the product itself. I also Think Lisa Eldridge foundation is SUPER underrated! It is the best foundation ever!!!! Hello lover big time!
I love her foundation! I feel like some love it and for others it just didn’t work but I love it 😜
I was VERY disappointed with Sidney Grace makeup.
i agree. unpopular opinion but i really had high hopes for it after hearing all the reviews but it just isn’t up to par as high end/luxury eyeshadows.
Thanks for your feedback! Did you find it too pigmented or the opposite?
@@SofiaSeesBeauty the shimmers are fine, especially the temptalia shimmers, but the mattes are a little hard to blend and a little patchy. there was also considerable kickback in the pan using a brush.
I don’t agree with a few of your choices but I think your reasons are valid. I love Lancôme I think it’s very popular in Europe. We don’t get all the American brands here in Europe so maybe we buy more Lancôme than you do un the US.
Yes great point!
Where is Dior, Sofia? Come on… 😂
Haha I took out a lot of obvious ones to make the video more fun and less repetitive 😁
NARS 🤦🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️ Nars is like my great uncle…
Nars foundations are excellent..
I really want to try the light reflecting