Cheap Doesn’t Mean Bad. But It Doesn’t Mean Good Either

Right after writing about my inexpensive KKV makeup brushes, I saw these.

KKV Mini Cake Powder Puffs.

They’re cute.

They’re cheap.

They’re ₱99 for a box. I can’t remember if there are 4 or 6 or 8 in one box. I just know there’s a lot because I already own another version of them in purple.

Unfortunately, I don’t particularly like them.

Which feels like an appropriate continuation of my argument that the price of a beauty tool doesn’t necessarily tell me whether I’m going to like using it.

My inexpensive KKV brushes?

Some of them are genuinely good. I reach for them despite owning much more expensive brushes because they simply work with my hand.

The powder puffs I bought?

Not so much.

There wasn’t anything particularly impressive about the way they performed, and I found myself reaching for other puffs instead.

They were too dense and not very flexible. And they sucked up foundation a lot! The cute but awkward shapes also didn't help. 

Expensive doesn’t automatically mean better.

But inexpensive doesn’t automatically make something a brilliant little beauty find either.

Sometimes you discover an ₱89 brush that earns a permanent place in your makeup collection.

Sometimes you buy a cute, inexpensive powder puff and realize you’d rather use something else.

Price can tell me what something costs.

It can’t tell me how well it will work in my hands.

And these days, that’s the test I care about.

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With elegance and quiet fire,
Lady E
Founder, Glow by Lady E
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