STYLECASTER
As much as I can appreciate its existence, the supposed magic of pH-adjusting makeup is lost on me. I get that from a marketing standpoint there’s something enticing about a product that adjusts instantly to create the perfect shade for you, but the flip side of that is exactly what I don’t understand: Why leave that kind of thing up to fate" Why let your body’s pH decide which lip color you should be wearing when maybe your pH doesn’t have your best interests at heart"
Because in my own very personal experience, my pH always drops the ball on customized color?no matter what I do, it gives me the same garish, unflattering shade of pink every time. And thus explains my lack of faith in these formulas: Your physical body does not always know what would make a good lip color for you. Don’t trust it. Similarly, I’ve trained myself to avoid products that start out in shades of yellow or blue or even green but again claim to “adjust” based on your skin and your skin alone. That’s a telltale sign of a gimmick; if you want a red lipstick, buy a red lipstick, not a blue one that turns red somehow once it’s on your face during some clumsily explained chemical process.
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