Kay Beauty and HRX.

Kay Beauty - love the products. Katrina definitely has established herself as an entrepreneur and built a strong reputation.

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Kay beauty

Kay beauty

Kay Beauty, FTW! Always! ❤️

No other celebrity brand has come close to its quality standards and popularity. From the celebrities to the consumers, Kay Beauty has set very high benchmarks. All hail Kay Beauty! ❤️

Not 1 client has ever said they use celebrity brands.

I’ve never had a client, any of the students I’ve taught, or anyone in my personal life even mention celebrity lines.

I kinda assumed it was only teens who bought that stuff tbh.

Oddly enough, I have yet to have a client come in using any celebrity skincare! I’m not sure if it’s due to my location or just the demographic I work with but I’m way more likely to have someone come in using the ordinary or cerave vs an actual celebrity line. I don’t have clients really ask me about it either which is interesting. Curious to see others’ experiences.

Absolutely not. I have spent so much time and money finding out the perfect skincare routine and I’m not about to mess up my skin. I have cystic acne and only use what my derm prescribes and cerave.

Skincare lines seem to just be a fad right now for celebs and I’m sure in 2 years, they’ll be discontinued. I’d hate to start one of these products, then in the off chance it actually works, have it be discontinued. Better to stick with the tried and true.

Seriously idk who buys these products. It’s like men who use a 5 in one and have perfect skin. Makes no sense

As someone with sensitive skin who tries to live a fragrance free life, I just assume these are toxic for me. Possibly unfairly. Is there some umbrella company that produces multiple skincare lines with slight tweaks for each unique celebrity? I know these lines aren’t reinventing the wheel every time.

i only have two thoughts: one, what is miss scarlett doin with a skincare line????? two, pharrell would name his shit “humanrace skincare,” he is simply that type

just had a third thought (of the day): jessica alba has done really well for herself with the honest brand, and if i had to choose between one of these options i guess that would be my choice, out of sheer curiosity

Alicia’s line is SO fragranced. I know there’s differing opinions on fragrance, but for a person with sensitive skin and eyes it literally burned haha

It is so strange to see there is both SKKN and SKN lines from celebrities. So similar!

I feel like a lot of them are quite pricey for what you get. I guess you expect a mark up for the celebrity name, but when there are so many affordable products out there, I dont feel a lot of the celebrity brands are worth it.

To be honest, with skincare I don’t really care for celebrity brands at all as I have specific needs that the celebrity brand products aren’t suited for (e.g. I need differin for my acne) but I have used Fenty Beauty makeup products and love them! Skincare is considered a bit more clinical for me so I don’t like buying for the name but I’ve liked almost everything Rihanna’s makeup company put out (with the exception of the highlighter sticks, they’re not it)

I will not be buying any celeb skincare brand in the near future - even if it‘s good. I just hate the idea that they only create these lines as a cash grab and have no idea about cosmetic chemistry/skincare so l‘d rather spend my money on a) someone who is passionate about skincare/the brand itself or b) a bomb formulation. Also skincare really just popped off about 1-2yrs ago so l know anybody who created a line in that time frame just did it for $ and be a part of the trend. If a celeb already did it yearsss ago l don‘t know if l would also say it‘s just to make money off of a trend

I avoid them completely. I’m very particular about skincare products and just can’t shake the thought that these lines might not be the most thoughtfully formulated. I also don’t buy into the thought that because say, Pharrell or J.Lo have great skin they know about basic skincare - they also have tons of money and access to expensive lasers, treatments, and facialists. It’s not just one miracle moisturizer that they’ve created that makes them look the way they look. I’m not nearly as skeptical of celebrity makeup lines, but I don’t gravitate towards those, either.

there's a reason petroleum jelly has been called 'miracle jelly', and it's been improving people's skin for 150 years now. as it's a generic product, it's highly affordable. works great for me so i don't see any reason to buy some expensive proprietary stuff.

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As if these celebrities don’t already have an opportunity to promote their cash grab brands to their followers and fans: endless coverage in media, their posts on social media, promo opportunities by their big agencies, big partnerships from start.

I understand that fans will happily buy these products- that’s absolutely fair to monetise their fan-bases. But these celebs brands don’t need extra marketing, for sure.

I've seen countless products with celebrity endorsements i.e. Conor McGregor’s whiskey Proper Twelve, but I'm curious—are there any that actually live up to the hype? What are your experiences with celebrity-endorsed products that turned out to be genuinely good?

I mean, it’s not by a celebrity but lately I’ve been seeing Michael Cera on Cerave commercials and I swear by that stuff.

Richard Karn (AL from Home Improvement)

"The Pocket Hose"

George Foreman Grill. They have been going strong for 30 years now.

Woah!

Gonna be real, I’m really turned off by celebrity owned/endorsed brands. Like, what makes you so special that you need a makeup/skincare line on top of all of the other shit you already do??? Did you go to beauty school? Are you a cosmetologist or esthetician? Are you a cosmetic chemist? No? Then fuck off. lol sorry. I’ll admit though, I do like the Haus Labs blush in “Dragon Fruit Daze”. It was an impulse buy and it looks great with my pale skin tone. But yeah, I usually steer clear from celebrity brands.

Fenty / Rare Beauty / Haus labs - I cannot say for the entire range of products, but I tried some and they were nice and would repurchase

• Fenty: foundation, concealer, setting spray

• Rare Beauty: highlight blush, highlighter (both powder), brow pencil

• Haus Labs: lip oil

Tbh, I might actually view a product slightly negatively if I know it’s owned by a celebrity which means I’m just more wary of it.

They succeed when the celeb genuinely cares about the brand and is extremely involved not just at launch but after (and is passionate about their line!)

The ones that flop feel inauthentic and you can tell the celeb was just approached with the opportunity, collected their check and only shows up for whatever is contractually obligated. 

That glazing milk is seriously the best thing I’ve ever put on my skin-I refuse to be without it!

I don’t use many Rare Beauty products so I can’t vouch. However I also have a lupus diagnosis and I think it makes sense that Gomez at least purportedly has inflammation-conscious formulas and tools and packaging with accessibility in mind.

I like the following celeb brands:

• Victoria Beckham makeup- really nice formulas, and luxurious packaging

• Pattern beauty haircare- best shampoo/conditioner and styling products I’ve ever used on my wavy/curly hair

• Lisa Eldridge makeup- wonderful formulas and nice packaging

• Haus Labs makeup- really nice foundation

• About-Face Makeup- really nice and affordable makeup for a celeb brand.

• Rare Beauty- I love the liquid blushes

• makeup by Mario … kinda celeb brand right? - I have a few things from the brand that i thoroughly enjoy

There is probably more that I like, but that’s all I can think of off the top of my head

About Face. They always get popular this time of year for festival season, but it was nice seeing a brand not going all clean girl when most brands were turning the color down. 

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Fenty yet. I couldn’t care less about celebrities and I’m not a fan of Rihanna’s music at all, actually wish I’d never heard it. But I really enjoy her makeup brand. So many great products. Also they were one of the early brands to release such a wide shade range in their base products.

The loose powder, contour stick and bronzer powder are everyday staples for me. I also like the foundations, primers, highlighter powders, mascara, lip gloss and eye primer. The only thing I’ve tried that I didn’t like were they eyeliner pencils, they were too hard and dried out quickly.

I like Ashley Tisdale’s brand Frenshe. It’s affordable and they’re the types of products that don’t stick around too long.

About Face and Lisa Eldridge are probably my favorites. About Face's fair olive foundation is the only foundation that ever truly matched me.

I have Lisa Eldridge's olive skin tint and her Rouge Experience lipsticks are now my favorite. They are so comfortable and the colors (the ones that I have) are true to tone.

I have a few Rare Beauty items that I enjoy as well.

I don't mind celebrity brands as long as they are putting thought into them and not just a cash grab.

I’m fine with it! I’m of the mindset that a good product is a good product. So, while I don’t necessarily seek out celebrity brands; I will buy something if it’s good. I’m not a fan of Selena Gomez, but I like quite a few Rare Beauty products. I also really like Good Dye Young and Paramore, but it was seeing the results the dye produced that made me interested, not Hayley Williams.

Is the market getting over saturated? A little bit, but I don’t mind options and if I’m not interested, I don’t have to buy it. Jennifer Lopez’s skin care line for example doesn’t pique my interest and that’s fine!

If it’s coming with a comprehensive shade range and the celebrity isn’t famous for being famous I’m cool with it

Maybe I'm being a grumpy pants but I'm not a fan of them generally speaking. I think my frustration comes from the oversaturated market. I mean, do we REALLY need ANOTHER celebrity skincare/makeup line?

I always kind of roll my eyes at them, but some of them make legitimately good products. Rare Beauty and Fenty have some winners, and on the drugstore side, I really like Flower Beauty (Drew Barrymore), particularly their blush bombs (dupe for Glossier Cloud Paint) and the liquid highlighter (dupe for CT light wand). I agree that Kylie’s brand is not great.

I don't mind celebrity makeup if it is great. The quality has to be there. So far I have really liked Rare Beauty products and that liquid blush is one of my favourite makeup products even more than any actual makeup brand that has been long existing before Rare Beauty.

I don't think Selena Gomez should be a "silent" creater. She should be loud and proud that she & her team created that empire that is Rare Beauty because she has done a fantastic job!

I wasn't even a huge fan of Selena Gomez to begin with then I saw all the reviews on that blush and got it myself and was so impressed then tried some of her other products out and they are still fantastic!