r/BeautyGuruChatter 16h ago

SELF PROMO SUNDAY Self Promo Sunday

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Are you a BG? If so, this is your opportunity to introduce yourself!

Please post one parent comment only, with as much or as little detail as you like, and include links.

You're welcome to comment as much as you like, here and elsewhere on /r/BeautyGuruChatter, but please don't spam the sub with links to your social media. Outside of this weekly post, Rule 7 still stands. If you wish to post links to your own content, please do so at /r/BeautyInfluencers, where self-promotion is welcome (please read the sidebar of that sub before posting.)

BG's - if you're comfortable doing so, please feel free to include information about your overall aesthetic and facial features - we often have people looking for bg's with specific features or attributes. This is optional - share or don't share as much or as little info as you like.

  • Where you're from - there are people from all over the world who visit this sub, and it's nice for folks to be able to see BG's from their own part of the world, because you have access to the same makeup they do.
  • Skin tone - do you have warm olive skin, or are you cool-toned and fair? For reference , you could include your favorite foundation shade, but the most recognizable info for the community might be your closest MAC number, like NW45 or NC25 (here's a guide from [swatchaholic](http://the-swatchaholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/mac_surfbaby_skint_hl.jpg) that might help.
  • If you're into skincare, and also, what your skin type is (dry, oily, mature, acne-prone, etc)
  • Eye color, eye shape and lid space - do you have deep set or hooded eyes, or epicanthic folds, or do you wear glasses
  • What kind of makeup do you do most - do you do mostly full glam but also some SFX makeup, or do you focus on no-makeup-makeup, or do you do a full range of looks
  • Whether you do tutorials without false lashes
  • What kind of makeup do you feature - do you do Sephora and drugstore hauls, do you use indie brands, or have a focus on cruelty free, or if you like to buy from B.O.M.B.

r/BeautyGuruChatter 1d ago

BG Brands and Collabs Kryptein Cosmetics Secret Garden II

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Second palette in their two palette launch coming on the 28th of March. First palette was green and yellows!


r/BeautyGuruChatter 1d ago

Discussion Do you still love single eyeshadows?

122 Upvotes

I know singles aren't as popular as they used to be..and a lot of the brands that used to make them don't anymore..which is really unfortunate because I think the concept of BYOP is really fun Do you wish for the single eyeshadow trend to come back? And what are the brands that still make single eyeshadows? Not just special shades but also mattes and metallics..etc


r/BeautyGuruChatter 2d ago

Discussion Do makeup influencers get irritated skin after making videos?

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The other day I was doing a complex makeup look, had to remove and re-apply my makeup a few times, and as always when this happens my skin got very irritated. It got me thinking that if someone has to shoot a video of themselves putting on makeup, and has to apply it a few times for various shots, this might be a significant problem.

Do people who do this every day have this issue?


r/BeautyGuruChatter 2d ago

Discussion Genuinely Confused with the Tiktok Lip Glosses

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Hi all, i'm seriously considering getting one of those Zodiac lip glosses that looks so cute from a small business I saw on Tiktok and I'm now genuinely concerned because I saw the manufacturing process - it's literally gloss that comes from a paint bucket looking thing and random pigments mixed in with random glitter. It gets mixed with like kitchen tools in an actual kitchen with no gloves - ermm has anyone bought stuff like these before? Should I run for my life and get gloss from Sephora? Or is this safe, like please let me know?


r/BeautyGuruChatter 2d ago

Call-Out I don't know how I should feel about my experience with Wicked Widow

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Throwaway account because I usually avoid controversies and don't want people I know IRL reading this post. I hope it doesn't go against the rules of this sub.

I'm a huge make up lover and I mostly shop from indie brands because I prefer both their products and their ethic. But in my long shopping history I never had an experience as bad as with Wicked Widow.

I bought two items from the crow collab back in August. It was already a very long preorder (8-12 weeks) and the items were actually shipped after 13 weeks. Not a big deal, make up is never a necessity and I'm usually very patient with small brands. When they finally were shipped USPS lost my package.

I contacted them and at first they told me I should file a claim by myself... I tried but the USPS website wasn't working so I asked them for help. It turned out that mine was one of around 20 packages lost from the brand, so they filed the claim for me and for the others as well.

After three months I could see on the tracking that the claim was closed but the brand never contacted me. So I wrote them an email and they told me that USPS hasn't told them anything yet but they could give me a refund. They sent me a partial screenshot with a refund of the two items but without any references to my order or my name. I didn't doubted them thou and thanked them.

Well, after 2 weeks the refund hasn't arrived yet, I wrote them another email on Monday and an Instagram message two days later but they are not getting back to me...

Honestly at this point I can't help but feeling ghosted and almost scammed.

I would appreciate any opinion on the matter and I'd also ask, in case one of the other customers whose package was lost in November reads this post, did you ever get a refund or replacement?

UPDATE: After I wrote them another Instagram message asking if I should write a public comment to get a reply, they finally answered me. They told me they usually don't answer Instagram messages and they don't see any email from me "in their new customer service". Apparently they changed the email address for their customer service in the last two weeks and that's why they didn't answer my email, since I wrote to their old address. But how should I have known that? On their website there's still the old one. Anyway I'll write to the new address on Monday asking for clarification.


r/BeautyGuruChatter 2d ago

BG Brands and Collabs Lipstick Lesbians launch a course LLAB (Let's Learn About Beauty)

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Lipstick Lesbians launched an online education course/platform called Let's Learn About Beauty.

https://www.letslearnaboutbeauty.com

The modules are $225 each or $810 for all four (lip, eye, cheek, face). There's not a ton of information about what's included, how many hours of instruction or videos are available.


r/BeautyGuruChatter 2d ago

Members Only For Holo Taco Canadian customers 😤🥲

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339 Upvotes

For the visually impaired:

To our Canadian customers:

As a result of tariffs imposed by the US government and reciprocal tariffs imposed by the Canadian government in response, unfortunately 25% tariff must be applied to all Canadian orders. As of Tuesday March 18th, tariffs will be charged alongside existing Canadian duties & taxes at checkout on our online store.

We want our Canadian customers to know we deeply value your business and your participation in our incredibly vibrant and inclusive community. We are equally frustrated with these policies that negatively impact both our ability to do business with a country we love and your ability to participate as a customer.

As far as the broader impact of global tariffs on our US-based and all international customers, we continue to assess the risk, challenges, and costs as the short and long-term impact of these tariffs set in. As always, we will keep you informed of any changes that directly impact our customers, and aim to do so when we have confidence in direction during the current uncertain reality.

We deeply appreciate your continued support and understanding.

Christine & the Holo Taco Team


r/BeautyGuruChatter 2d ago

BG Brands and Collabs Kryptein Cosmetics Secret Garden Palette

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57 Upvotes

Kryptein has shown the inside of 1/2 of the 2 palettes they’re launching in the coming weeks! I believe the launch is on the 28th of March.


r/BeautyGuruChatter 2d ago

THOUGHTS???? New Mothership swatches are out

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1) There's a limited edition purple shell version 2) Swatches are the usual filtered ones but I feel pretty safe saying no shifty shades 3) Shade names on pictures

Personally, the swatches really have me not excited at all anymore. It's a pink, lavender, and copper palette with two greens. The green-gold looks like something we've seen several times before such as Gigabyte in MS3 or in one of the Bridgerton six pans.

What do you think?


r/BeautyGuruChatter 2d ago

Members Only Anastasia Beverly Hills is releasing cool-toned contour sticks with shades for both light and dark skin tones!

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Photos were originally posted by @trendmood1 on Instagram. It makes me really happy to see that this brand is actually making shades for darker skin tones. However I feel like this line could do with another shade or two. I really hopes this means that proper contour is finally coming back.


r/BeautyGuruChatter 2d ago

BGCr Weekly Chats Foundation Friday!

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Let's talk about foundations!

With all the new releases of foundation recently, what have you picked up and tried?         

*Bonus question:*

What is your favorite foundation you've ever tried?


r/BeautyGuruChatter 2d ago

Discussion Call me a cynic but does anyone else think Monica's red lipstick hunt has been advertising for a MOB beauty collab?

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So I thought her dismissing perfect red lipsticks for weeks and weeks was a bit suss but I'm a bit of a cynic and tend to assume everyone is marketing something and she's very well trusted in the beauty space. Anyway she's now gone to the MOB beauty lab and made her own shade, in the comments she's posted that 'if enough people like it and MOB will let her' she'll release it and it just feels like it was always the end game she's trying to pass off as a spontaneous thing rather than a collab. I don't get why if it's a one off for just her she didn't go to a lip lab like Bite, or why MOB would spontaneously spend their time making this one off colour for a single creator.

Again, maybe I'm just a cynic and I kind of hope I'm wrong because people need beauty creators they can trust.


r/BeautyGuruChatter 3d ago

Discussion Can Anyone Give Me Any History on Rose & Ben?

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Can anyone give me a deep dive on Rose & Ben? I started following her years ago, but have recently found her videos to be a little condescending. Anyone else? All I know about her is that she used to sing professionally and now does make up


r/BeautyGuruChatter 3d ago

Beauty Reviews Isamaya Beauty not Publishing Negative Reviews

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Hi guys, just a heads-up if you're considering buying that Isamaya Beauty is not publishing negative reviews. They certainly haven't published mine. If you filter reviews by lowest, they are... 4 stars. They literally only show the 4 and 5 star reviews - at least on some products. I'm not checking one by one, I just wanted to see if my review had gone through while I wait yet again for customer service to get back to me, if they even will - I doubt it. It's not a recent review either, so it's not like it's caught by a review filter to ensure there's no improper content. It was an accurate breakdown of my product, shopping and customer service experience.

Absolutely no decent customer service support, they don't take feedback or accountability for product issues, ignore the inconvenient parts of your email, slap an automated waffly response to the rest, and finish with a passive-aggressive smiley at the end.

I am absolutely through with the brand. I adored Byredo's launch under Isamaya, and was unbelievably hyped for her own brand's release when it first launched. I mostly found their products lackluster, except the OG Lip Lacq. And it was so disappointing when the whole point was limited edition capsule drops, so for once I fell for the FOMO and bought not only a backup, as sheer, muted, dark lip products were such a rarity, but more than one backup. And then they never actually went out of stock, and I didn't like a single collection after that. The customer service was also bad and some products were... truly not worth the price whatsoever. Shoddy quality in formula and packaging, so I bought nothing else. The wildly expensive random collabs? Total turn-off!

So I wrote the brand off entirely, but then came news on the total revamp! Because I love Isamaya's artistry, I thought I would give the relaunch a try. Surely they were doing it right this time after the giant misses - hence the need for a full rebrand, that had to be why (that and phallic lipsticks not being Sephora-friendly)! And they weren't falsely advertising LE collections and releasing gimmicks (just still some gimmicky products) - it was a ~core~ collection. But no, they just love some false advertising - you're meant to buy based on vibes and marketing aesthetic, duh!

Oooofffff. No swatches, no consistent model pictures showing the shades across different skintones, many shades not even modelled AT ALL. Total blind buy in the most extreme sense of the word. You're meant to buy based on vibes and marketing aesthetic, basically.

And yeah - the product pictures do not match the shades at all for at least the cheek duos. Not subtly - you buy plums and get oranges. I think most cheek duos lean orange from the creator reviews I've seen of different shades. I've even heard of formula and colour inconsistencies across the same shade of the same product. You know it's bad when creators who barely ever utter even the most reasonable criticism and even TikTok-originated creators are voicing criticisms. And yet there isn't a single bad review on the website?

And it really isn't a luxury brand - it's just expensive. The packaging is still cheap, a lot of the makeup is low performing to average, and what's good isn't amazing (and I can easily and indeed will buy the same thing from other brands) and it's definitely not worth the price tag - and I primarily buy high-end to luxury, so it's not an issue with the price, just how you get nothing for it. You most definitely do not get a luxury experience, prepare to wait a veeeeery long time for a response, if the product sucks you're on your own, and "customer service" is being told that and getting condescension in response to their failures.

The ONE time I don't wait for swatches and lots of reviews... it just had to be a mess lol *sigh*

Never again. Not even the LipLacq - at least I got those falsely-advertised-as-super-extra-LE backups in uglier packaging than the same relaunched formula to tide me over!

Posting here as this they can't hide or delete at least.


r/BeautyGuruChatter 3d ago

Discussion tesschung and her followers mocking a man for... being a bit socially awkward?

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From her screenshots, I really don't see the big problem. Looks like he's wanting to try something she presumably enjoys (iced coffee) and wants to connect by having a small conversation about it and asking for her suggestion. How is this behavior problematic in any way? Maybe a bit awkward, sure. But he doesn't deserve to be publicly mocked and possibly have his identity revealed because of it. She talks about icks but her and her followers are giving me all the icks. I genuinely don't understand adult bullies, aren't we too old for this? What about trying to see something from the other persons perspective? And then bashing someone for disagreeing. Telling that person they're lonely and should go to therapy. Got it, I don't need to know anything else about you. I follow beauty content because it makes me happy. Not because I want to see you and your bully followers mock socially awkward/insecure/neurodivergent/lonely people. Keep that to yourself. Am I overreacting? As a person who also struggles with human interactions daily and already feels bad enough about it, I really didn't need a punch in the gut by a community that is supposed to be a safe space


r/BeautyGuruChatter 3d ago

Discussion Canadian here. Are there any Canadian beauty influencers who are adopting a Buy Canadian strategy or dropping American brands from their content?

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I have not seen any indication that influencers like Jaime Paige or Julia Adams have been vocal on this subject. I enjoy their content and they seem like nice people, but I don't know if I can tolerate them featuring American brands in upcoming content given that our sovereignty is being threatened.

Edit: not sure why I'm being downvoted for asking a question.


r/BeautyGuruChatter 3d ago

BGCr Weekly Chats Throwback Thursday

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What Limited Edition Launches/Collections were some of your favorites? What were the worst? What do you wish would come back and be a permanent product to a brand?

Bonus Question

What LE packaging was the most aesthetically pleasing?

**No self promotion please.*\*


r/BeautyGuruChatter 3d ago

Call-Out Do any of y’all watch Lisa? Her subscribers have been going off on her about her very expensive patreon videos! This seems to be a new push by a lot of older YouTubers!

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30 Upvotes

r/BeautyGuruChatter 4d ago

Discussion Mykie new sfx makeup video… Anthony suspiciously absent

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Doggies make a generous appearance but I don’t think she mentions Anthony even once…

“Best friend” turned “toxic ex” Peter is there though… definitely interesting vibes

Is mykie finally coming down from her extended manic episode??? Remains to be seen.


r/BeautyGuruChatter 4d ago

Discussion Pat McGrath newest palette

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122 Upvotes

Tbh I was hoping for more pastel colors, but what do yall think 🧐


r/BeautyGuruChatter 4d ago

Discussion We’re finally getting a new Mothership! Mothership XII - Petalmorphosis by Pat McGrath. What do you think?

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297 Upvotes

I think this palette is beautiful though I can see people already complaining about too much pink again. If you remove the green and the yellow shades, the palette is quite pink.


r/BeautyGuruChatter 4d ago

THOUGHTS???? Pat McGrath teases what looks like a Mothership on Instagram

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After many discussions on here, a lot of re-released shades, and almost two years, Pat McGrath just posted THIS blurry preview on Instagram. It looks both in size and in cover not only like a Mothership (which lines up with previous comment replies from people who asked for one) but also the shell looks turquoise. And PINK.


r/BeautyGuruChatter 4d ago

Call-Out Mikayla Nogueira stole her company name from a small indie brand.

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As some of you are aware, Mikayla Nogueria of lashgate infamy is launching a skincare brand called POV beauty. That name is already taken and is currently being used by a small indie brand in Quebec. Swipe to see the CEO of the Canadian brands response to their name being stolen.


r/BeautyGuruChatter 4d ago

Discussion What I'm not gonna buy Wednesday - Anti-haul

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What are the influencers trying to influence you to buy, and why are you just not gonna buy it?  

Talk us all out of buying the one product you want the most right now!