Is Clinique make up worth the money?

[citygirl1961]

I do like it but the prices have taken a hike. Does anyone still think its worth the cost?

Watching with interest.
I covet the airbrush concealer.

No, I think there is better out there. Rimmel for a start.

Clinique is worth every penny (however I've recently discovered boots no 7 foundation, which is just as good as Clinique). I've been using their make up since my teens, if I try a high street brand I can really tell the difference, I recently tried a max factor eyeshadow which just doesn't blend like Clinique does.

I think their superbalm is hard to beat and their eyeshadow seems more smoother than high street brands.

Yes, I think it is worth the money although I've recently been using Liz Earle makeup. I'll probably switch back to Clinique when I run out though as I prefer being able to buy on the high street if I suddenly run out.

The anti blemish solutions is the only foundation that gives me natural, full coverage and properly covers all my blemishes.

I've tried other foundations but nothing else comes close.

No, I think Dior and Chanel are better for roughly the same price. Lancôme does better mascara (albeit a smidge more expensive).

I thought Dior and Chanel were loads more expensive than Clinique?

Not massively more, Clinique foundation is around £24 and you can get Dior Nudeskin for £28 online.

Clinique mascara is around £17, Dior Iconic is around £22-4. Lancôme Hypnose is around £22.

Agree with Twinkle

There's no way I'd buy Clinique when so many better brands are around the same price. Clinique have a handful of good products but nothing amazing. It's a bit of a 'meh' brand to me.

I worked for clinique for many years. I do like their stay matte foundation but everything else is nothing to get excited about really. I've always preferred max factor 2000 calorie mascara and rimmel stay matte powder. I then worked for chanel for a few years and I loved their skin care but since I found out their make up is manufactured by Bourjois (or the other way round, same thing) I buy their make up as it's of the same quality just cheaper packaging.

It used to be all I could tolerate on my face. Everything else made me break out in eczema. I don't bother with anything, now.

I love the cc cream

I have tried so many different liquid foundations Mac, Bobbi Brown, Nars etc and I always go back to clinique. The anti-blemish one is fab!

I swear by their tinted moisturiser and happily pay full price for it. I use the rest of their makeup by default as I got so much in their freebie bags that I never actually use anything else to compare it to!

I love the City Block

Is that the moisture surge tinted moisturiser? I used that for a while and now use the No7 one which is good but I guess the Clinique one gives a better coverage, the bottle is very small though don't you find?

I use Clinique quickliner which is fab and I manage to get that half price from Amazon.

The other Clinique item I like is the lipstick but its now £17.50. I guess its OK if you only use one shade like I do, I keep trying to tell myself its worth it.

Those are the only Clinique items I like, tinted moisturiser, eyeliner and lipstick, the rest I use No7 and skin care is Liz Earle or Body Shop.

I like the buttershine lipstick which I am sure was only £10.50 in 2010 and their chubby sticks.

I used to use their moisture balance but now I use Lancôme which I find much better.

I've bought Clinique for 20 years, but just certain items and I only buy it when there's a bonus time. I always buy their make-up remover, toner and superfine eyebrow pencil but I've tried most of their products over the years.

In the current bonus time (Fenwicks) there's a mascara, eye shadow trio, lipstick, two make-up brushes, eye make-up remover, eye cream, face cream and makeup bag, which are all products I'll use. I spent 30 pounds on two items and got all that for free. I've got about 50 Clinique lipsticks from the bonus bags now, I probably should have a good clear out as some of them are 20 years old. I think Clinique is good value for money, I love the products and really like the packaging.

Debenhams and Fenwicks send me cards to tell me when the Clinique bonus time is on so I don't miss them.

Bourjois was owned by Chanel before Coty bought it, but that doesn't mean the ingredients are the same. It's a much cheaper line. I have quite a bit of Bourjois makeup, because I think it's by far the best of the high street brands; but it's not just the packaging that differentiates it from Chanel - many products - mascara, lipgloss, nail polish, brushes etc simply do not compare in quality to Chanel. However, I find their eyeshadows and blushers, while more limited in colours, compare favourably.

I swear by it. I use the city block, foundation and eye make up. The liquid facewash too. It lasts a long time so it is worth it. The eyeshawdow stays put on me and quickliner does not smudge at all.
Not a fan of the mascara though and I get face scrub and blusher with other brands but I think it would be odd to get everything from one brand.

I really dislike Clinique mascaras and eye products (get a terrible allergic reaction) and their foundations turn orange on me. Their moisturisers also makes my eyes run.

BUT their blushing powder blushes are the bomb. I have repurchased Innocent Peach more times than I can remember.

happybubblebrain 20 year old lipsticks

Agree re: the blushing powder blush, have just repurchased after my last one finally finished after 16 months of daily use - amazing value.

I also like the chubby sticks for lips - with daily use one lasts me around 4-5 months.

Clarins is better. Their extra firming foundation and range are just the best. I've been using Clarins since my mid twenties and am often told I look quite a bit younger than I am.