topic Re: Laura Gellar in Beauty

Laura Gellar

SurferWife — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 04:41:17 GMT

Need some quick responses ladies! Are her products great? I like the today only blush, highlight & lip trio (A-488548). I'm seriously thinking of trying it.

YAY or NAY?

Re: Laura Gellar

Tori3569 — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 04:43:41 GMT

I've been using her products for a long time, especially balance and brighten and her eye liners and shadows. I even had my wedding makeup done by one of her assistants.

Re: Laura Gellar

beach-mom — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 05:05:16 GMT

Oh my goodness @SurferWife - this is one of my favorites!

One of the first products I bought after "finding" QVC on TV was Blush &Brighten in Pink Grapefruit. I loved it! Later I watched her demonstrate Balance & Brighten and bought that. I have a lot of her products.

She did sell her company years ago, and the first owner took it in a different direction. The third and current owner wants to go back to the products that made us all love LG in the first place.

I'm sure others will chime in. I have a lot, so if you have any questions about any of the products, let me know!

I think you should try the TSV!

Re: Laura Gellar

SurferWife — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 05:22:26 GMT

@beach-mom

Thanks for the feedback! I really want to try the blush, but the TSV interests me, too! I think the One Time only blush trio (with lipstick & blush brush) may sell out by the time I wake up in the morning, so I should probably go ahead & order it. For that matter, I should probably order the TSV now, too, or they may be out of the Light by the time I wake up.

Re: Laura Gellar

AngelPuppy1 — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 10:08:07 GMT

I love the things which I have purchased! B&B is a staple in my makeup wardrobe. I think the primers are good. I also have a couple of the marbled lipsticks which I think are wonderful. I recently ordered the baked silk blurring powder but have not received it yet. I have liked everything I have purchased. She has sales on her site quite often, too! I say - go for it!

Re: Laura Gellar

JudyL — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:00:09 GMT

@SurferWife - you may have already purchased the TSV but wanted to chime in. I love the BnB. Haven't tried the other product in the TSV though. Lately I'd gotten away from using the BnB and was using liquid foundations but all week I've been using the BnB and realized - again - how much I love it. Its easy - esp on mornings when I'm going into the office - and looks great on my combo skin. Have one of her blushes, Pink Buttercream - and use that a lot. Her kabuki brush for the BnB is the only brush I use with that product. Her website is having a sale so if you need one of the brushes, you might want to check there.

Her kajal eyeliners are great too. I say go ahead and try it! Hope you like whatever you purchase - the kit you mentioned or the TSV.

Re: Laura Gellar

Sammycat1 — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:20:58 GMT

@SurferWife

Her kajal eyeliners are the best I've ever used. Both muted and vibrant colors available and they stay put (I work outside in high heat and humidity and they don't budge). Despite their long wear, they go on very smooth--no tugging.

Re: Laura Gellar

vermint — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:47:17 GMT

I love most of Laura's products--I've used up countless compacts of Balance & Brighten. I'm fairly new to Balance & Glow, but I like it, too--just gives the slightest glow to my eye, no shimmer or glitter.

Most of her highlighters are really good--the only ones I don't care for are the Gelato ones, too shimmery.

Her eyeshadows are wonderful and last a long time for me. I would've bought the palette presented today, but I have her Vanity Favorites, and just didn't need it.

Her blushes are ALL I use, they go on easily and last all day...it's hard to hit pan on those compacts, they last sooooo long! I ordered the split pan presented today.

I also ordered the Italian Marble lipsticks...I tried these years ago, and just didn't care for them. But I ordered a single last year and really liked it--maybe the formula changed, I don't know. So I thought I'd give these a try!

Re: Laura Gellar

Shelbelle — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 13:31:55 GMT

Here is what i dont like about her products, the packaging is awful mirrors fall out, powder pans fall out, her shadows have tons of fallout and her foundation powders are full of talc. Sorry, but there is a downside to Laura's products.

Re: Laura Gellar

vermint — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:59:13 GMT

@Shelbelle wrote:
Here is what i dont like about her products, the packaging is awful mirrors fall out, powder pans fall out, her shadows have tons of fallou and her foundation powders are full of talc. Sorry, but there is a downside to Laura's products.

@Shelbelle I know there are lots of complaints about the packaging, but in all the years I've used LG products never, ever have I had a compact break, a mirror or pan fall out, or anything like that, even though I've occasionally dropped them.

I do use a shadow primer (Urban Decay), so no shadow fallout for me. Talc isn't something I worry about, though I know others do.

Not judging or criticizing--we all have our opinions--just wanted to give another side.

Re: Laura Gellar

nada54 — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:16:49 GMT

I love Laura G and have many of her products. But I like to buy them directly from her website, they are packaged better.

Re: Laura Gellar

Trinity11 — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:20:10 GMT

@Shelbelle wrote:
Here is what i dont like about her products, the packaging is awful mirrors fall out, powder pans fall out, her shadows have tons of fallou and her foundation powders are full of talc. Sorry, but there is a downside to Laura's products.

I admit to ordering many of Laura's products over the years based on my liking her personality when she does presentations. I found the packaging not to my liking and the products after a few weeks never lived up to the hype. The powder foundations ended up giving me an eczema like rash...probably from the mica. The lipsticks never stayed on for more than an hour and the eye pencils and mascara smeared. 😢🙁

Re: Laura Gellar

SilleeMee — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:46:03 GMT

She uses talc in all of her powder products. I have nothing against talc except I don't like it in my cosmetics. It dries my skin terribly and makes me look older.

Re: Laura Gellar

nada54 — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:55:54 GMT

I didn't know that Silleemee I don't want to use talc either.

Re: Laura Gellar

redheadmimi — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 17:19:24 GMT

I have tried many times with her foundations, Balance & Brighten, Double Take, etc--they do not provide the coverage that I feel is wanted at all.

Do like her eyeliners and blush-that's about all I can do in her line.

Re: Laura Gellar

Skyegirl21 — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 17:26:06 GMT

I think Laurais great and a sweetie, but honestly I get no color payoff from her products. No coverage at all from BnB and only little color from blushes, so I think her quality has changed.
The older products I have from her have more pigment-

Re: Laura Gellar

Harpa — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 17:30:23 GMT

Nothing against her personally, but some of the few things I've tried are sub par. I agree, the shadows have a lot of fallout, the kajal pencils & lip colors have no staying power like other brands do, and the new silk powder is not silky at all.

I do really like her Ethereal Rose, though!

Re: Laura Gellar

Jacie — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 17:38:38 GMT

Her liners are the best ever. I use her Balance and Brighten in the hot summer months, her Bronze and Brighten is used often in my bronzer rotation!

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justashopper — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 21:50:29 GMT

I love Laura. Her prooducts are good. They do have ingredients that some people don't like-- aka talc. But I don't seem to have a problem with talc. So I don't know why some don't like ... Any hoo... her website is a grea resource for deals.

Re: Laura Gellar

jannabelle1 — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 23:07:04 GMT

Laura's products are better than great! The marbled lipsticks are fabulous and the best I've ever used. I use/have used her Balance N Brighten foundation and it's perfect. And I've used her Blush for years. Regarding the packaging....as I said, I've used her products for years and have never once had a problem with a product - never once!