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Brands you don’t like because of the packaging

189 replies

SequinShagger · 05/12/2022 16:34

Me. Charlotte tilbury. Just looks shit and naff

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NippyWoowoo · 06/12/2022 17:21

stuntbubbles · 05/12/2022 18:12

Innocent and Oatly and anything that has the wacky “aw, hiya! Didya want to know the ingredients? We smoosh fruity things into yummy boxes – better for the planet, innit” talking to you voice.

See also Loaf sofas, not that I can afford them, but all the “here’s our yummy splodgy Spotted Dick With Custard squishy armchair in delicious Toffee Crumble velvet, mmm, delivered on our white glove service by our squidgy van. As cosy as a fire!”

Love this 😂

MistyRock · 06/12/2022 17:26

Iamthewombat · 06/12/2022 00:01

This

www.fragrancedirect.co.uk/9733-laurelle-sexxy-shoo-gold-eau-de-parfum-spray-100ml

I really laughed when I first saw this. I assume it’s a cheap knock off of that tacky Carolina Herrera perfume but the shoe looks like something Princess Margaret would have worn in the 1980s. Or the queen mother. Why would anyone buy it?

(Somebody did because it is inexplicably sold out, despite being called ‘sexxy shoo’ (yes, two xs)).

This has got to be the uglist bottle I've ever seen. Just imagine finding this under the Christmas tree!

PurplePastaBake · 06/12/2022 17:35

Dove shampoo & conditioner. Used to buy it because it made my hair so soft but it’s impossible to empty the bottle.

donttalkaboutbookclub · 06/12/2022 17:48

The shop name Mint Velvet makes me want to retch.

Aphidsandhoneybees · 06/12/2022 18:12

Not a brand as such, but the term “street food” always sounds very unappealing.

mackthepony · 06/12/2022 18:13

Micheal Kors

🤮🤮 That awful fake gold emblem

stuntbubbles · 06/12/2022 18:15

Aphidsandhoneybees · 06/12/2022 18:12

Not a brand as such, but the term “street food” always sounds very unappealing.

I feel this about dirty food! Dirty fries, dirty hot dog, etc.

mackthepony · 06/12/2022 18:15

Who the fuck is Pat McGrath

stuntbubbles · 06/12/2022 18:22

mackthepony · 06/12/2022 18:15

Who the fuck is Pat McGrath

Is your google broken?

Anyway. Dame Pat McGrath DBE is the first makeup artist to be made a dame, Vogue UK’s beauty editor at large, a Time 100 most influential person, and catwalk makeup artist notable for her long-term collaborations with MAC. She’s quite well-known in the industry.

brainstories568 · 06/12/2022 18:23

Ocado. The amount of "compulsory" bags they put your shopping in is insane and you don't have the option to go bag free. And then they charge you for the privilege of getting plastic that you don't even want!

I've only shopped there once (very recently) as I had a £20 off £60 introductory deal. Thought the prices were quite fair but will not be buying again due to the plastic bags and non recyclable packaging my items came in, and the delivery guy literally just dumped the bags at my door, rang the bell and was gone before I could even say thanks.

Bluevases · 06/12/2022 18:25

La Mer soft cream. Gorgeous stuff but looks straight out of the 1950s (and not in a good way).

RossPoldarksWife · 06/12/2022 18:25

Mantisdrax · 06/12/2022 00:28

I hate that bloody Marc jacobs daisy ad!
’Daisy, Daisy, Daisy Daisy’. Boils my piss!

That Daisy daisy daisy advert is soooo annoying

megletthesecond · 06/12/2022 18:25

She's an amazing make up artist. Stinking rich and has a Damehood.

Username6194 · 06/12/2022 18:49

Papergirl1968 · 05/12/2022 17:50

Not the packaging as such but the name Ickle Bubba.

I agree. Their prams see very good value and look fairly decent. Just could not bring myself to purchase the name !

milawops · 06/12/2022 19:20

Papergirl1968 · 05/12/2022 17:50

Not the packaging as such but the name Ickle Bubba.

I loved the look of one of their travel systems. Saw the name on the handle. Nope, not buying that.

Mamette · 06/12/2022 20:24

Vimto, I don’t know what it is but no way am I trying it because the name is something that cleans horrible school toilets from my childhood

I agree about Jo Malone, the first time I ever saw it was in vair posh client’s downstairs loo back in 1999 or whenever it was, and I thought they had nicked it from a hotel. It has that bland generic look to it. But I have since got used to that, I guess.

Handsnotwands · 06/12/2022 21:26

stuntbubbles · 06/12/2022 18:22

Is your google broken?

Anyway. Dame Pat McGrath DBE is the first makeup artist to be made a dame, Vogue UK’s beauty editor at large, a Time 100 most influential person, and catwalk makeup artist notable for her long-term collaborations with MAC. She’s quite well-known in the industry.

This made me LOL though my mind does automatically categorise Pat McGrath in the tennis player category

StrawberryFlowers · 06/12/2022 23:32

In South Croydon there's a prom dress shop called Sexy Her. Google maps also shows a former day care facility called Rotten Little Angels

Iamthewombat · 07/12/2022 00:52

Sexy Her needs a few more Xs to really stand out. Sexxxxy Her. That really conveys the message (which is quite disturbing actually…if I were 17 and going to a prom I’d sooner have died than go into a shop called that!)

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 07/12/2022 02:19

luxxlisbon · 05/12/2022 16:39

For me it’s not even the CT packaging but I just couldn’t buy her products due to her mental views. She openly comes out and says she sleeps in her makeup every night? She washes her face and then redoes her makeup for bed and her husband has never seen her without makeup. Wtf, that’s just so pathetic and depressing.

Her make up range is excellent but I had to unsubscribe from email because she calls her readers “chick”. The email subject will be “Fancy some new eyeliner chick?”

Well yes Charlotte I do but I’m not a fucking hen and it’s not 2003 so I’ll go elsewhere thank you and bomb off your creepy emails.

BT11 · 07/12/2022 08:41

Any kind of item that has a picture of a 'reality TV star' no one's heard of on the cover.

Makeup brushes, nails, fake tan with a TOWIE star on etc.

Yuck

BT11 · 07/12/2022 08:48

This air freshener - it smells horrible and looks radioactive.

Brands you don’t like because of the packaging
angelpoise · 07/12/2022 09:06

Name rather than packaging but who ever thought Gordon Ramsey’s Street Pizza was a good idea? I can’t see it without thinking of pavement pizzas

LadyEloise1 · 07/12/2022 09:23

@BT11
I haven't smelled the green Neutradol but the blue one smells awful to me.

BT11 · 07/12/2022 09:35

LadyEloise1 · 07/12/2022 09:23

@BT11
I haven't smelled the green Neutradol but the blue one smells awful to me.

They smell like drain cleaner 😂 I don't understand why it says "world's number one deodoriser". Who is buying this product?!

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