What is your pettiest reason for disliking a product or brand? đŸ’…đŸ»[Misc]

Miscellaneous

Has to be petty!! Examples of petty reasons I haven’t purchased something:

-It’s in a dropper bottle

-It’s in one of those dumb wide mouth jars (looking at you facetheory)

-The branding is over-the-top cutesy or childish (e.g. Elizavecca)

-They advertised the product as “clean”

-They advertised a useless but fancy sounding “hero ingredient” even if it’s not actually the ingredient doing the heavy lifting. For example, it’s an effective soothing serum with niacinamide 2% and panthenol 1% but it’s called “Calming Emulsion with Hokkaido Lily and Babassu Water” 💀

-The name of the brand triggers anti-aging anxiety (Age 20’s, Youth to the People, etc)

-They used annoying overly complicated scientific terms in the product description to seem “high tech” e.g. “rheology modifier” instead of “thickener” - for freaking xanthan gum 😂 (cc NIOD, The Ordinary, facetheory
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-Their men’s line formulas are identical to the lines marketed to women, but cheaper. Looking at you Clinique. I don’t care if I can technically just buy the men’s product, I’m offended by the capitalist cynicism/exploitation of your core customer base.

Posted Dec 6, 2023, 2:36 PM UTC

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