Are There Any Beauty Products You Didn’t Like at First But Grew to Love?
First reaction: “Eh…it’s a’ight. It’s not really doing it for me.” Eventual reaction, sometimes months/years later: “WOWWWWWWW!” This has happened to me a few times, where the first time I used something I thought, “bluh,” but then time passes, things change, I change, maybe my skin changes, and then I’ll re-try a product and be like, “This is actually pretty good! What was I thinking?!”
It happened just recently with Hourglass Retouch Fluid, their lightweight concealer, which I have in Sand. When it came out, I thought, “Eh… It’s OK.” Sort of a peachy color corrector, it didn’t appear to really do much for me. I didn’t think it was opaque enough to cover anything, but I’ve done some makeup soul-searching since then (you know what I mean), and now I don’t feel like my dark circles are as big a deal as I used to. I think I made them out to be more than they really were, and it turns out that I really like the light coverage I get from Hourglass Retouch Fluid. It’s just enough for me.
Similar thing happened with YSL Touche Eclat. First time I tried it, I thought, “Hmm… I don’t get the hype.” Then I gave it another go a few years later (it also came out in more colors, which probably made a big difference), and I liked it.