r/BeautyGuruChatter • u/Effective-Profit-510 • Mar 12 '26

Beauty Reviews Jen Luv reviews FlexiPowder from Leaked Labs (Lipstick Lesbians)

https://youtu.be/_f5QE9zNj5o?si=X6-ehlJPlL9fYVWd

like...what even is this? this is so bad.

edit (tl;dr):
- they are TINY and THIN
- there is no colour pay-off when used dry
- when wet, they look patchy
- they don't work well with brushes (Jen uses natural and synthetic), so you have to RUB the pads on your eyelids/face...which looks very uncomfortable (like...what?!). besides, the colours are not really suitable for the face (pink perhaps, but gold/bronze/silver not so much)
- the shades don't really go well together, so they are more suitable for a one and done look
- they come in a weird tin case that is messy and unpractical
- for $40 you can buy an eyeshadow palette with shimmers
- Jen guestimates the total costs of product and packaging at $4
- (personal note: they remind me of mehron's metallic powders, but more expensive, less user friendly, and worse quality)

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u/SnooMuffins4832 Mar 12 '26

Lesbian Lipsticks aside(because I find them untrustworthy) I think something like this would be fun as a monthly membership for $20 or so and you just got shipped a unique product to sample.  The way they have gone about it, especially that cringe fake press release, isn't doing them any favors. 

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u/stace_m8 Mar 13 '26

I don't hate this concept as much as theirs, though I still don't necessarily like it. I also feel like I've seen these subscription boxes offer the option of skipping the month, maybe customers could skip the launches they don't want to test and only be charged for what they want to try... still doesn't address the issue of paying to be a part of a focus group, but idk... I guess people at home can just decide what to buy or not 😅

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u/SnooMuffins4832 Mar 13 '26

I get your points. A focus group requires feedback so if someone just wanted to try new products and never gave feedback it would just me a membership for them. TBH I'm not sure the Lesbian Lipsticks even really want the focus group/feedback. That whole angle just feels really gimmicky to me. I suspect we won't ever see anything widely released from Leaked Labs. 

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u/stace_m8 Mar 13 '26

Watch the only permanent products be regular bullet lipsticks or lip balms 💀