Hey, what’s up you guys it’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and fresh off the launch
of Selena Gomez’s new make-up line, Rare Beauty kind of clapped back but with love
at Beauty Guru Patrick Starr, for his critical review.
So, Selena’s newest business venture has been EVERY-WHERE since its launch earlier
this month.
And, if you’ve been lucky enough to get your hands on it you know just how good these
products really are.
On the day of the release, our girl Sel sent out PR packages to tons of her best friends
including Jennifer Aniston, Sophie Turner, and many others.
And of course all the top beauty influencers and beauty vloggers scored a Rare Beauty PR
Package including Huda Beauty, NikkieTutorials, and Manny Mua.
While all of these A-listers had mostly positive reviews for Selena, fans were pretty upset
when Patrick Starr didn’t follow suit.
Earlier this month, Patrick, like many others, reviewed each of the products on their quality,
aesthetic and the overall final product.
Welp, Patrick, while being a Selenator, gave his honest review on his YouTube channel and
it wasn’t the greatest.
We all know certain products aren’t for everyone, many found a problem with the fact
that Patrick was comparing his own make-up line to Selena’s while reviewing the product.
Now, from the get-go of the review, when Patrick was listing off the Rare Beauty products he
would be reviewing including their price points, he couldn’t hold back, adding in the price
points of his products.
“Mine is also $19 dollars.”
The comparison to the price point of his own products seemed a little unnecessary for some
fans when reviewing someone else’s makeup line on their own merits.
But it didn’t stop there.
When reviewing Rare Beauty’s foundation he noted how bubbly it was adding that it
seemed soapy and the consistency too light for him.
“It’s liquid-y and bubble-y!
When I tell you it was bubble-y!
It was bubble-y!”
Now, it is important to note here that Selena’s choice for a light coverage foundation is
because Rare is all about embracing your natural beauty, which Patrick does mention as part
of his review.
Next was concealer, before putting on concealer Patrick noted that the range of shades in
the concealer and foundation, 48 in both, reminded him a lot of Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty.
“Also available in 48 shades, that is so interesting because when I saw that there
were 48 shades it reminded me literally of Fenty, like the colors literally match.”
Patrick then went on to point out that Rare Beauty doesn’t have a setting powder.
“So what I did next, I realized there was no loose powder.
This is not, I repeat, this is NOT a setting powder!
Rare Beauty does not have a setting powder!”
Then after sharing and plugging his own ‘Visionary’ ad, he noted that Rare doesn’t have a range
of eyeshadow just yet, so he will be using his own brand.
“So in Rare beauty there are no eyeshadows in the line just yet, so i went ahead and
used my visionary palette instead and I used a little bit of soft serve over the eye”
But, the real plug for his own brand came when he was testing out Selena’s eyeliner
and pointed out how the mechanics of the pen were different than her brow pencil.
Patrick even brought out his own One/Size Beauty eyeliner and did a side-by-side comparison
on why he preferred his, pointing out though that this is just his own opinion.
“I personally feel, take it as you wish, biased unbiased, that it does look a little
bit lighter than mine.
You know what let’s just do a side by side swatch.
This one right here is Rare and this one is One/Size.
I think I prefer mine over Rare, that’s just me.”
Following Patrick’s somewhat critical review, many fans didn’t hold back in the comments
when it came to his opinions about the brand.
One user wrote, “I hated everything about this, definitely going to buy rare beauty
instead of one size, how can you review a makeup brand but throw your brand in every
10 seconds.”
And someone else added, “Why make a review of Rare beauty when all you're going to do
is compare and talk about your products.
Majority of your comments just seemed shady.
I feel like a lot of people reviewing Selena's line are not reviewing the products for what
they are.
She is not advertising a full coverage look so obviously it's not what you are going to
get.
We know full coverage is what you prefer that's not what we are here for, we want to know
if the products do what they are DESCRIBED AS.”
While many fans were up in arms about Patrick’s comments and review, Rare Beauty took the
high road and decided to kill em’ with kindness.
See what we did there!
The brand took to Twitter saying, “We’re so thrilled by all the great feedback on Rare
Beauty so far!
It’s so uplifting to see how much love and support we’re receiving from the community
for our brand mission and our products.”
Rare added in a follow-up tweet stating, “But please remember that everyone has different
preferences with makeup, and not everything is going to work for everyone.That’s okay!
Patrick Starr is such a positive voice in this community and an incredible creator and
entrepreneur so let’s all show him nothing but love!”
Spoken like a true RARE BEAUTY!
After the brand called for kindness, Patrick responded tweeting, “Alexa, play kill em
with kindness.
Love you Selena Gomez congrats on the launch.”
If you want to check out even more Selena Gomez News and even some Rare Beauty Style
News, be sure to check out these videos right here:
Be sure to keep this conversation going in the comments below.
Did you think Patrick’s review was a bit harsh?
What did you think of Rare Beauty’s classy clap back?
Let us know down below!
I’ll be watching!
I’m Sussan Mourad and I’ll see you all soon.