 Okay, so I know at this point you are absolutely sick of seeing the Sephora Holiday Savings Events videos, but I'm not done yet, okay? This is my favorite time of year, my favorite sale of the year. I love sharing with you my favorite products from my favorite store. But today, we're going to talk about products that I do not like and that I do not recommend. So I mean, there are a lot of products that I don't like, but for this video, I was thinking in terms of products that might be new and fresh on your mind that you might be considering picking up. This video is contrary to most of my videos, because I'm telling you, I don't like these products. I don't recommend them. Even on sale, you probably shouldn't pick them up. So without further ado, for today's video, I'm going to share with you products that I do not recommend for the Sephora Holiday Savings Events, basically just some recent products that I have pretty much very much disliked. Okay, so I try a lot of makeup and I like a lot of makeup. I think coming from an artistry background, I can make a lot of different products work. But these are just products that I don't think you should spend your money on. So the first product is not a product that I dislike. You probably were shocked to see this in the title. I really do not think you should buy a Pat McGrath mother ship palette. Hear me out. It's not because these aren't good. These are amazing. I buy them at full price. I think that they are worth full price. However, Miss Pat McGrath has so many sales that at this point I cannot recommend you get a mother ship palette during a sale unless you are rouge. If you're a rouge, you know what? If you're there at the store, you just want to add it to the cart makes sense. But if you are an insider or a VIP tier, do not settle for 10 or 15% off. Because on the Pat McGrath website, she has sales upwards of 25 to 30% off. Do not settle for 10 to 15% off. I mean, okay, listen, you can. You can do whatever you want. But this is just my recommendation. If you're trying to get it at a discount, this is not the sale to do this if you're a VIP or an insider. Pat McGrath has frequent sales every season. And you know what? In the past, I definitely have recommended mother ship palettes. But I mean, at this point, even like last week, she had a 30% off sale. Who knows what she's going to do Black Friday, but I think it might be a 25% or 30% off sale. Potentially, don't hold me to it. Nonetheless, at some point, these will go on sale and you can get a better deal. And Sephora actually is quite limited in what they carry in terms of Pat McGrath palettes anyways. So yeah, unless, you know, there's a weird situation where Sephora has it in stock and Pat McGrath doesn't, maybe you're a rouge and you just don't care. Sure, you know, the product itself is good. The product itself is worth it. But just keep that in mind. That's my tip for you. The rest of the products I actually don't like. That's just the one that I wanted to throw in there because it's just been fresh in my mind of how frequently I've recommended Pat McGrath products to you guys for the sale. And now I'm like against that completely because she has too many sales. Okay, so this next one, if you had all followed my reviews, I mean do not pick up the new Tom Ford Soleil Quad for the holiday collection. And this is the Naked Pink Palette. This is not worth any discount at all. It's not worth 50% off. First of all, this is an $89 palette. And I was quite enthusiastic about this. Tom Ford is not a brand for everybody. And I would say for most people, you know, it's probably not going to be worth it to you to get four shades for $89. I tend to like Tom Ford's quads, but they're definitely hit or miss. And I've liked all of his Soleil quads in the past, so I did want to pick this up. This gives you a whole lot of nothing. Literally look at these. Okay, I'm rubbing very, very hard. Literally nothing. Can I just show you this again? Nothing gives you nothing. I am appalled that Tom Ford approved this palette when it got into production because nothing. I don't know what else to say. You're paying $89 for nothing. Now I did have a few of you in the comments saying like, oh, you know, if you're very, very fair. No, it's not a good palette. I'm sorry. If you like it, I mean, I'm happy for you, but I don't see it personally. The only good shade in here is this glitter topper shade. But you can get this in a lot of other Tom Ford quads. This saves this quad because without this color right here, when you put it on the eyes, you wouldn't look like you have anything on your eyelids. So I've worn this a couple of times to make sure it really was as bad as I thought it was. And it really is. There is no reason for this to be $89. None at all. None. Zip. Okay, so this is an older one, but I know Fenty Beauty has a very, very big market. I do not recommend the holiday palettes that they came out with this year. Fenty Beauty has some great holiday sets. I love the lip set of the glosses. And then I also love the cheek and lip set. It's like a peach one. I did a whole video on those sets. Fantastic. But this was kind of their very first early holiday launch. And these are not good. So the eye shadow palette itself, I mean, this palettes better than the Tom Ford. I'll give them that. The mattes in here are pretty solid. They're decent. You know, nothing amazing to talk about, but they work. It's the shimmers that don't give me too much with this. It's just a very underwhelming palette that is not worth the price, in my opinion, not even at a discount. The colors are bland. This is like a palette where if the quality was really good, I was going to love it because I love these colors. But because they are lackluster, it's a very boring palette. The quality had to be amazing for a color story like this to stand out. And they just missed the ball on it. Like you can get pretty looks with this. I've worn this numerous times. I've liked the everyday looks that I've gotten. But my experience with these shadows is it's just not a high quality formula, in my opinion. And it's so odd because I do believe Fenty comes out with some amazing quality products. I'm not saying Fenty is bad, but this eyeshadow palette is. It's not worth it. Also, along with that came out the Diamond Balm Triple Drip, whatever this thing. I don't like this formula, personally. If you like this formula, I think you'll like it because you get... I just don't like it. It's a big waste of money, in my opinion. The only way that I can really use this is to give myself a little extra glimmer on the eyelid. But even then, it really doesn't give me that much. I don't like this formula. It's just boring. It doesn't do any... It just adds a little bit of glitter. I like to put it on my chest if I'm going out in the sun, but it just doesn't justify the price. Like this is quite pricey. They do snap together, which is kind of neat. But these are just two very underperforming products from Fenty that I don't want you to fall for the holiday hype for. They're not good. Okay, this next product. This is literally in no specific order at all. I just throw them on my table. It's from NARS, and I know... I've seen some people recommend this, so I don't know. But this is not a good NARS palette. So this is the Hype Profile Cheek Palette, and I was really excited about this. I have a lot of NARS Cheeks palettes in my collection. I collect them anytime they launch. I'm there, and I love the packaging of this. I mean, I know it's kind of like rated R here, but I think it's so cool and so pretty. This formula just wasn't it for me. They're like not... NARS has better quality brushes, in my opinion. The last palette orgasm on the beach that came out was amazing. I love that formula. This one is completely different. It's harder to pick it up on a brush. They last a long time. They apply fine. They look good. But all... What is that? Five shades of the blushes here look the exact same on the cheek, in my opinion. It's just like I feel like I'm getting one giant palette of one blush color. I would like this palette a lot more if the colors were different on the cheeks. It would make more sense. It's not a bad formula. It's not a good formula. But everything just looks the same on me, and I'm pretty light. I mean, I have a light, medium skin tone, and I'm just thinking in terms of anybody who has a deeper skin tone than me. Nothing is going to look different at all. And it's just an expensive palette for the colors to all look the same, you know? Like, high-end makeup should not perform that way. One of the things that I look for in high-end and luxury makeup is that the colors look different on the cheek and a blush palette, and that's not the case with this. So it's not worth it. Not even at a discount. Maybe like 50% off. But if we're talking the Sephora sale up to 20, not there yet. Okay, I know some of you pick this up during the sale, but the more I've used this, the more I've got to say, this Gucci Beauty eyeshadow palette is not worth it, unfortunately. It's like, I'm not mad about having this. I'm not going to lie, just because it's so pretty. But there really is no reason for you to pick this up. So the packaging is... I love the packaging on this, but this is $150, and the eyeshadows themselves are really disappointing. The quality in here is so inconsistent, you guys. The black, for some reason, is one of the best blacks I've ever used. I'm not even kidding. And the mattes are pretty decent, but then it takes me forever to get a look with this for some reason. I just don't find the shadows to blend really evenly. The shimmers are extremely lackluster in here. There's just no way that this is worth $150, and even at a discount. I bought it. I'm crazy, and I love the packaging, and I'm keeping it, and I didn't return it, so I'm a hypocrite. But I don't know, just taking a step down to earth, like, this is not worth it. And I really did try and justify it, you guys. I gave this a lot of chances to try and say, you know what, I'm happy with it. But seriously, I mean, I'm not saying I've gotten ugly looks with it. The looks have been fine, but I do a very simple look, but it took me like 20 minutes to do, because I couldn't get the shadows to apply the way that I wanted. So anyways, don't do it. I wanted to say I really like this because the packaging was so pretty, and that's the thing for me, okay? You can say it's stupid all you want. That packaging is such a big deal to me, but I like packaging, and even the packaging doesn't justify anything. Anything about the formula. Last item, unfortunately, these did not work out for me. I actually picked this up because I did a sponsorship with Sephora, and I got to try these out. So these are the makeup by Mario Lipsticks, and they're called the Ultra Suede Lipsticks, and these are very dry. I just feel like I have so much better formula lipsticks in my collection. I like a creamier formula. I find that these lipsticks have so much drag on the lips, and then I just feel it, and it's sucking all the moisture out of my lips. The first time I tried it, I was like, the color was pretty, so I was trying to give it the benefit of the doubt, but the more that I've tried this, the worse it gets. I don't know. I mean, I also tried the lip liners that he came out with. These are much better than the lipsticks. The lip liner is a waxier formula, so it's drier than some other lip liners that I've tried, but it's fine. It's a really good formula. It's blendable. These makeup by Mario Lipsticks are so dry. I don't understand. It's just not a good formula to me. I don't really recommend them. I much prefer Charlotte Tilbury. Natasha Denona has a really great formula. Patrick Taw, if you want something that's matte, has a much more comfortable formula than the makeup by Mario. And what's a shame is that the Mario Makeup Lines lip color range, it's very, very big. It's very broad. It hits every color story. He has a great, great color selection here, but I just, I can't get past the formula. I don't like it. But anyways, I mean, that's all I have to be negative about today. Those are just products that I feel like we're on the forefront of my brain that somebody might want to pick up. I feel like I couldn't encourage you to do so because they're not very good. But anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this video and you found it helpful. And please do remember, if you do enjoy the products that I did recommend, this was all fun and games. It's nothing to be serious about. If you like it, that's awesome. I like things that I'm sure you don't like and you like things that I'm sure I don't like and that's just the way it works. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this video and you found it helpful. If you aren't subscribed to my channel already, I would love it if you would consider taking the time to do so. And I will see you all in the next one. Bye guys, have a good one.