They charge HOW much for this crap? Options

[Comptine]

Have you ever purchased something that was "name brand" or expensive only to realize later that it was utter crap?

I bought an Urban Decay essentials kit and it came with their "cult favorite" Midnight Cowboy eyeshadow. It looked very pretty in the package. A kinda pink based neutral champagne/beige. Opened it up and tested it on my hand. GLITTER GALORE! Not shimmer. Not micro glitter. CONFETTI countable chunks of glitter.

And by itself, Urban Decay charges $16 dollars for it. Totally not worth it when you can get preteen glittery makeup for 99 cents.

[Gigi]

I still need to find the perfect white T-shirt, and I tell myself that I'm willing to pay any amount for the absolute PERFECT one, yet when I'm in the store, I find it so hard to pay over $20 for a white T. Quality is one thing, but if the garment itself is sort of mainstream and not unique, paying a lot may sometimes be unjustified.

But damn paying $16 for glitter is not justified, since most of makeup's costs come from the pigment itself and not filler glitter. Fall-out must be insane.

[redpeony]

I still need to find the perfect white T-shirt, and I tell myself that I'm willing to pay any amount for the absolute PERFECT one, yet when I'm in the store, I find it so hard to pay over $20 for a white T. Quality is one thing, but if the garment itself is sort of mainstream and not unique, paying a lot may sometimes be unjustified.

I got my perfect white tee at Tenth & Proper in Vancouver. Their house label is properTy (made by the manufacturers for Prada and Jil Sander!) It is super soft. It is the basic round necked white tee but I do believe they have v-necks as well. I believe they retail for $90 but I got mine for $39 on sale. The tees beat even James Perse IMO; they retain their shape so well.

The store is currently on sale and they have some unique, well tailored pieces :)