I agree. I really like this collection. I didn't get anything from Surf Baby. The only thing I wanted back then was the beauty powder / blush with the gold overspray. That was already sold out then. Although that bummed me out I didn't loose a second of sleep over it. S3/C3
really got my adrenaline going. I loooved (and still love) that collection. If spent a lot of time reading the forum here and got really excited. If I hadn't, and you Specktrettes hadn't enabled me (without even knowing me) I could have missed out on some wonderful products that I am still very happy with. The IA lippies, well....
If I wouldn't have lurked here, I wouldn't have known it would sell out that fast. Thanks to Specktra I made my move succesfully
It's true that when you read this forum you notice products you might have skipped if you hadn't heard much about them. It's true that other people's enthusiasm might drive other people to buy those things. But in the end, you're responsible for what you buy yourself. If you take the risk of buying things without swatching them, you might get disappointed or amazed. If you're not willing to take the risk, the safest thing is to check those things out in the store. Nobody can make anybody buy products. We do enable eachother here, which is nice for some people, but probably less sensible for others
. I do quite some online ordering without swatching keeping in mind that the products might not live up to my expectations. I have not experienced that yet so far.
I check multiple forums and form a picture in my head of what the product is like and then choose whether I want it or not.
Let's be honest, you don't actually
need most of the stuff. You'll breathe without it. Life is so much nicer with it though...
Ok, sensible moments is gone. Back to MACerette mode...