sucked into the hype??

Marine Life. I haven't used it since July.

Maybe I'm lucky but I haven't ever purchased a hyped product that I haven't used regularly. I tend to always just buy what I want.

I've never bought a product strictly because other people wanted it, but I did make a point of going to the store the day of the launch for a few collections, so that I could determine whether or not I wanted certain "hot" products. The ones that jump to mind are Stereo Rose, Marine Life and Bite of an Apple. All three descriptions and swatches appealed to me, so I went to test them right away, knowing they'd be sold out soon. I've not had any regretes about those.

On the other hand, when I went to see the VV collection, I also looked at Bad Fairy, which I knew was going to sell out quickly, but decided not to go for it. Knowing that something is going to sell out isn't enough to make me buy it when I'm not sure I'll really like/ use it, just enough to make me be quick about find out whether I really want it or not.

Spiced Chocolate quad from Cult of Cherry was probably the main, Petticoat MSF also. The quad is not my favourite and it is something I rarely use which is a waste, and Petticoat is okay but wasn't really worth the hype!

I try to always make a list of things from new collections that I'm interested in from new MAC collections, then I try to go to my local counter the day of or after the launch and decide if it's something I really want. Luckily it hasn't happened with MAC...yet, but in the past I have purchased things and never really used them. Thinking back on it irritates me how much money I spent on junk that I never used just because it was pretty at the time.

Don't buy things based off of hype, it's honestly sickening to me when I buy makeup I never use cause it looks bad on me or it's not really my everyday style. I have to either sell, swap, or give it away or it kills me to look at it lol. Luckily I'm over that, but I did waste a bit of money learning the hard way. I've never bought a hyped up collection item, but I have bought some makeup item's that were listed by my fav models/celebs and hated how they looked on me. Thats another bad thing to do lol.

i think the only thing i have bought and regret buying was the cream blushes from the lily pulitzer or whatever her name is collection, the only one i still use is joy de vivre or what ever it is called, the rest do not get used

The only thing I can remember is back in the day.. I caved in and bought Pink Cabana lipstick.  So long ago I can't even remember the collection!

honestly i dont let the hype affect me that much. sure i start to question myself and i still think about marine life. but realistically i know i don't even like it that much when the golden overspary has gone. so it would be pointless me owning it!

That's exactly how I am over hyped products.. I definitely was that way with Marine Life as well! 

I only ever buy what I want, and I only buy stuff that suits me. It's been a tough year financially so I don't really have a high-end makeup budget.

Anytime I feel like buying something I can't afford, I just make myself go look in my Coastal Scents 78 Palette (and the rest of my small collection --- small by Specktra standards, considerable by non-makeup-enthusiast standards) and if I have anything remotely like it, I feel satisfied.

I have been hyped about stuff in the past, but not within the last two years. I've been into makeup way too long so I know what works and what doesn't. I also have enough to last me more than my own lifetime so I never feel like I should get something just coz it's hot. I prob have other similar products.

probably when I was 16..lol....

I usually don't buy the more popular items because most of them don't match my skintone. One rare case was the bite of an apple blush. I didn't buy it because it was hyped about, i got it because its beautiful on.   

I swatch everything first.  Not because its hyped, but to see what it looks like on me. for my $$  these items add up too fast to be buying for the hype.  i usually get hyped when a collection comes out because new colors excite me. i like to see what the next step for MAC collections is going to be.

I don't usually buy popular items. I always go to the store to try the colours on me before buying them. 

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Originally Posted by Lyssah 

Maybe I'm lucky but I haven't ever purchased a hyped product that I haven't used regularly. I tend to always just buy what I want.

I haven't regret a MAC product yet - and I have a lot But just what I really like.

I try not to lure myself into hyped products but end up buying them just for the hype! There are times I try to resist the hype but it ends up consuming my mind and I go back and forth about purchasing it or not. I don't regret any of my MAC purchases yet since the items that I've bought from 2008 to now is what I'm satisfied with.

This years regret comes down to dare to ware lipgloss in Gimme that! It just isn't working for me. Tryed it once, never wore it outside. Ban this! I like better but I'm still not crazy about the texture of this glosses, I don't like them sticky. I don't mind if they last much shorter because of it...

I definitely bought Bad Fairy for the hype and learned quickly that it didn't appeal to me in the slightest...luckily I was able to sell it. Same with Marine Life- ended up selling mine because it didn't look that great on me anyways. But, I do like Stereo Rose, Instant Chic and Bite of an Apple! They have been good purchases :) 

I try not to buy on Hype, since I have kids. But rather than what I need or will use, I did get Stereo Rose & Bite of an Apple, but after I got to try it out to see how it looks on me. If all fails I can alway us it on the little one for dance rectials or other people when I do their make-up.

Stereo Rose - Over hyped for me.

There are other blushers which win stereo rose msf hands down for me like Hipness and instant chic blush

I don't know about the hype but my biggest regret this year was purchasing the Palace Pedigree quad from the Fabulous Felines collection. It was a moment of weakness and it really chaps my ass that I couldn't find the reciept to return it.

ha, I've gotten a bit sucked into MAC this year, too. :) I bought some colors that I ended up hating because someone at the MAC counter suggested them. They're just not ME at all.

What I'm finding more and more is that the more hyped up a product gets, the more I stay away from it because I don't feel it will live up to my expectations  LOL.  I usually end up buying (and loving) the one product in the collection that no one is talking about.  But I love it all the more because I chose it only based on my personal swatch.

I usually wait until there's at least a few swatches of hyped products on here to justify any pieces I already own just like them!  Most of the time, I end up getting turned off by the hyped swatches, haha.

I've have MAC purchases that I regret, but I didn't buy them because they were hyped, I bought them because I was going through a "must have everything!".  I'm well over that now, so I only buy what I like.  I've skipped several collections entirely, or gotten only two or three things from others, which for me, is great.  

Viva Glam Gaga. It's too cool toned for me, and I have to wear a warm gloss on top to make it wearable.

I agree with u internetchick. I have either have to use a warm toned lipliner below gaga lipstick or layer it with a warm toned gloss. I cannot wear gaga lipstick alone by itself. I look WEIRD. This lipstick is definitely over raved...at least for me