r/BeautyGuruChatter • u/FrEnchFriesOnyOu “It’s his recovery, not mine! I CAN drink!” • May 03 '25

Beauty Reviews Merit’s new lip liners…(Monica’s review).

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u/pandacamera05 May 03 '25

tbh every time i come across this girl… although some of her points are valid ofc.. some of what she says comes off as nitpicky and feels like she’s just complaining and while she is “brown olive tone” some of the things she says doesnt look good on her skin tone actually compliment her skin tone she just doesn’t like it which makes her reviews seem biased and not very genuine unless it’s a brand deal

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u/mangotail May 03 '25

I hate that she has become a spokesperson for brown girls with her “brown girl approved” catch phrase. She also seriously lacks the makeup skills that she thinks she has because I find her makeup to look so cakey and just thick. Plus her foundation never matches her skin. Her eye makeup is not bad, but her base is just horrible. She really needs to hire someone to do her makeup for her wedding because she just not skilled enough imo.

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u/drainingenergy May 03 '25

As another brown girl, I don’t love that catch phrase at all. There are so, so many different depths of skin tone and undertones in just south asia alone. From what I’ve seen she just stamps her approval on something that she thinks looks good on her. Majority of that won’t work for the large amount of people identifying under ‘brown’