What splurge item have you bought that’s left you disappointed?

[Chloefairydust]

So decided to treat myself and buy myself a Venus embrace razor. I loved how glamorous it looked, loved that you can buy new heads for it and reuse the handle (less plastic waste). Just really wanted to love this item!

Anyway so I have a shower this morning with my Venus embrace…. I shave my legs, great result. Shave my toes, great result. Shave armpits, again great... And just when I’m really beginning to feel like a silky smooth Goddess in the shower… I try to shave my bikini area. OMG seriously wtf is wrong with this razor??? Something about the shape of the razor itself just makes it impossible to get a good result in the bikini area😳. I’m so disappointed.
I’m hoping the Venus razor inventor reads this thread and improves their product. Because I so wanted to love this item.

You would think spending more money on an item would get you a better product. But apparently not… So what luxury splurge item have you bought that’s left you disappointed??

I love my Dyson cordless but you need to make sure you have the correct brush bar. There are separate ones for carpets and hard floors and if used the wrong way round they are really ineffective. I got a replacement non branded battery from Amazon and it’s much better than the original.

You really need to keep the filters clean too and I’ve bought a second set so they can be rinsed and dried out without disruption.

I really was disappointed with my steam floor cleaner. The cord was such a faff.

But presumably they are hell to iron? I can barely iron my linen shirt.

I'm with you OP I only buy a Venus razor if I'm feeling flush otherwise its the cheapos and hair conditioner as a shaving gel 🤣

My wasted item is definately my dyson airwrap. I'm either crap at using it or it's crap for my hair type 🙈

*smells weird

A Lumie alarm clock
Didn't work one bit

I looked up the Airwrap.

They are 500 pounds.

Shocked!

I bought a cheap one for 35 quid years ago and never used that as it's too much of a faff.

Velvetiser - chocolate is lukewarm not hot, better off using a milk frother (£10) and a saucepan.
Silk pillowcase - looks lovely but doesn’t do anything for frizzy hair or skin and is warm, just use cotton ones now.

Bamboo bedding is the one

Neom - especially all the stinking lavender shit. I don't understand the love for it at all. Stinks the house out. I stupidly bought a beautiful looking large gift set at a bargain price thinking it would be a good Christmas present for my lovely cleaner. It's stored in the ottoman bed and every time I lift the mattress it wreaks. I hate it so much and am struggling with the idea of giving it to her!

They are cold, slippery and noisy when moving around at night.

I love cold slippery sheets.

Distraught over the anti-Henry comments earlier in the thread. I have used our Henry to hoover rubble and to retrieve objects that have fallen into crevasses un-traversable by the human hand. He inhales anything within a half meter radius.

Maybe the quality control is really bad and you end up with either a champion or a milksop?

Steam mop/steamer thing - thought it would be life changing, but actually having to plug and unplug the cord all the time, and having to fill it with distilled water (we live in a very hard water area) just pissed me off.

Travel system for our baby, the Mamas & Papas Ocarro (9 or 10 piece set I think) with Cybex car seat. Got it heavily discounted but still cost an absolute bomb. I’m fairly small & weak, this shit is so heavy I can barely lift the pram or car seat into my car 😂
I have no choice but to sling the baby if without fiancé. I love the way it looks and handles, but wish wish wish I’d have done more research and gotten a lighter system.

La Prarie and Creme de la Mer - wtf was I thinking?

🙄 why do woman body shame other woman?

Quite. And so another generation of women feels the need to remove their body hair so that they're 'acceptable' not just to the male gaze, but to other women as well.

People iron their bedding??

Just remembered another one; Elemis pro-collagen marine cream. I really wanted to love it but my face was an oil slick and I had constant breakouts. So disappointing.

I remove mine because it bloody stings when an inch and a half long hair on the back of my thigh keeps getting caught in my trousers...maybe you don't have as much as for it to be uncomfortable, but I certainly do.

I haven't bought any but I loved the look and colours of Le Creuset saucepans. But they are so heavy I couldn't move even the smaller ones with two hands. Glad I didn't have a splurge!

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Nothing. I'm tighter than a ducks arse.

Robot vax, not sure if I programmed it right but it refuses to go to the edges, needs emptying immediately and is generally hopeless at picking up. That went in the cupboard until enough time has passed and I can skip it.

Another poster mentioned Olverum, I too bought the body oil for my last holiday. Stinks and is nothing like the bath oil. Furious. Having said that, two bouts of covid have changed my sense of smell. Wasted £100 on a new bottle of Hermes Eau des Marveilles. After years of love, it smells like Pledge to me now.

Linen bedding is what you are after. Bloody amazing.

i thought so too. Bought a fancy expensive set, tried, washed just in case it helps, threw away. Hell to iron sure, but rough and scratchy like hell!
Love my 1000TC cotton though.