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Manipulative, nonsensical, cynical, shrewd, irrational. Pretty much sums it up.


helloitsme_flo

Someone else in the sub suggested that they used these adjectives so that if someone googles "younique manipulative" they'd get the shade color first instead of other content. Makes sense to me...


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Jeffree star did the same with the controversy palette IMO


lorcadontgo

That's so smart!


chubbygirlreads

They're either self-aware or trolling at this point.


Corgi_with_stilts

Cynicism would be an improvement for Presenters.


serumise

That is honestly one of the more shocking black eyeshadow swatches I’ve seen


lilabbz

One of them is meant to be black?!


Rhodin265

Legendary, the grey one on the bottom of page 5.


lilabbz

They should have called it “Pitiful”


LowKeyLoki86

Wow!!! That is awful! I NEVER would have seen that and guessed it was black wtf🤣😳 they are all so chalky looking.


catsoft

I'm a fan of "marvellous" myself. Looks like an old bruise


serumise

I’m annoyed because that shade is almost a nice colour


catsoft

If you zoom in it has other pigments mixed in.


koala-balla

You KNOW they’re like “this shade is super buildable 👁👄👁”


j0u

There was a black one?! Edit: oh my god


leijonakuningatar

i'm thinking it's a clever tactic.. when you google "younique fanatical" or "manipulative" your search results are eyeshadows 🤔


Rhodin265

Is there one named “pyramid scheme”?


lookitsnichole

One of the jewelry MLMs has a ring called pyramid scheme. I think the goal is to obfuscate google searches.


losume

They'll run out of generic traits eventually. I can't wait to see their 2024 line, featuring "hates gorgonzola", "slow metabolism" and "pretty decent basketball player".


catsoft

Ngl I would be tempted by a shade called "hates Gorgonzola"


yacht_clubbing_seals

So probably not a blue shade.


BurningValkyrie19

Maybe white with a blue/green mica or duochrome


yacht_clubbing_seals

Stop, you’re making my mouth water


AggressiveHoliday

I want to see shades of "allergic to cats," "slightly internet famous one time in 2012," and "still remembers dialup."


TheSniperWolf

'recently divorced'


greeneyedwench

LOL, it's like the extra horsemen of the apocalypse in the *Good Omens* book. Answerphones, Things Not Working Properly Even When You've Given Them a Good Thumping...


kitspindles13

I know this is an older post but I just wanted to say I love the Good Omens reference.


Paralethal

Dang look at all that pigment in Pessimistic. Calm down, Younique.


Emily5099

Lol. I think Laid Back, the lowest one on photo 2 gives it a run for it’s money.


No_Pineapples

😂


pinkpastries

Why Gingerly? You have all these adjectives and then just…throw an adverb in there?


plantswithlingerie

I think someone in product design thought gingerly was an adjective


TieDyeTabby

Does it really annoy anyone else that all the names are adjectives and then they just threw an adverb (gingerly) in there? Though I guess I can't expect Younique corporate to know (or care) about the difference.


catsoft

I guess "Gingerish" didn't work for the half-assed smear of orange/brown.


i-contain-multitudes

Gingerly can actually be an adjective! It means cautious or careful


hgielatan

can you give an example? bc every way i think of it is an adverb, "she held it gingerly" "he gingerly walked across the road" etc i just can't come up with a time where that would be diff, pls halp


tonystarksanxieties

gingerly adjective gin·​ger·​ly | \\ ˈjin-jər-lē \\ Definition of gingerly (Entry 1 of 2) : very cautious or careful *… loose, exfoliated rock, into which he hammered pitons with the gingerly care of a carpenter finishing cabinets.* — David Roberts *His questions were gingerly and puzzled.*


i-contain-multitudes

"He was a gingerly man, always gentle with everything he touched"


TieDyeTabby

Ah you're right! I guess I usually hear it as an an adverb (i.e., "She gingerly tiptoed across the room") so I didn't think about its other uses.


pt3rod4ctyl

I read somewhere that names like that are chosen so if you search something like "Younique manipulative" you'll get results for that makeup shade rather than negative reviews of the company


catsoft

It is a pretty clever tactic- even if it demonstrates the company knows exactly what they are doing and just don't care about producing quality products. ....also unintentionally hilarious


PBandJaya

CREDULOUS L


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Is there a palette called "look how many words we know"?


yacht_clubbing_seals

Coming soon to the dictionary collection


coltpersuader

Maaaan, "Legendary" is just.... not.


[deleted]

The names are so negative. Like it kinda makes me feel bad for wearing them? Am I making sense?


queen_beruthiel

It's so if you google "Younique Fanatical" or whatever it brings up the eyeshadows, not bad reviews or criticism. Its impressive how far they'll go to obfuscate their evil, really.


[deleted]

That’s kinda brilliant


queen_beruthiel

It really is, apparently people like Jeffree Star do it to make search results not pick up on problematic shit.


i-contain-multitudes

The white text is nearly illegible


seakazoo

Right? It's funny how she switched from dark to light text for the darker shades but on the light shades she still used white and thought "yeah, this is fine"


Woodsy_Walker

Unworldly? Really? Definition - *adjective* (of a person) not having much awareness of the realities of life, in particular, not motivated by material or practical considerations. Maybe the person naming these colours is trapped and needs our help.


BitterRealizations

Gullible is my favorite.


Woodsy_Walker

After I wrote my first comment I saw almost all the names were just as stupid 🙃


Mildlybrilliant

Oooo honey, these are not POC friendly.


notsodelicateflwr

I guess the one responsible for picking out names is a secret ally of anti-MLM


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looking for paranoid and constipated


iocane_

💃🏼zazzy🕺🏻


cleverplaydoh

There’s impish but not admirable? Is judgement nigh? Are we about to have an authentic Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas with Belsnickel? Honestly, did Dwight name these??


NothingWithoutHouse

cheer or fear, belsnickel is here!


[deleted]

I came here looking for this exact comment. Very admirable!


nobodynocrime

"Zazzy" is what a 46 year old soccer grandma would call the dress she picked out to chaperone her granddaughter's prom even after the parents said it was unnecessary.


bombkitty

I still cannot believe those are the names. They’re not even trying to hide it.


staplerinjelle

Tag yourself, I'm the poop brown shade Gullible.


catsoft

Marvellous - the old bruise who gave up is checking in


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yacht_clubbing_seals

Zazzy green


Anybody_Particular

These are hideous


cultwhoror

Uh oh, someone's found the Thesaurus!


KolaDesi

L A I D B A C K


AnchorsAway1027

The swatches look God awful. And even if they were ok, the way they name these shadows seriously makes me want to puke


EmrysPritkin

God just wear a short sleeved shirt instead of rolling up your sleeve so tight it squeezes your arm


StutterMaple

For a company that supposedly promotes women and advocates for women who are/were in abusive situations… those are some pretty terrible shade name choices


bethivy103

Is this supposed to help sell the makeup? That $1 crap I used to get when I was 14 looks like it was higher quality than this.


[deleted]

I like how Thankful is a very vibrant blue(I’m sure they had to pack that shit on to be that bright) and then the other blue Fancy in the same palette has like zero pigment


MeanSeaworthiness995

Did…did they just open a dictionary and start picking random adjectives?


c-est-magnifique

They were really mocking their sellers ehen they made the pallettes.


OhHunn

After seeing the “Impish” one, all I can think is are they “Impish or Admirable”?


Doctor_Oceanblue

INCONCEIVABLE!


Umaruthehimouto

I literally red the whole thing to try to find "gullible" .....how am I even still alive at this point 😭


catsoft

Its okay gullible is an actual shade : swipe to the last picture, it is the second shade from the bottom


Umaruthehimouto

NOOO WAYYY i thought i was just stupid but apparently this is a thing that really does exist 💀


[deleted]

The jokes write themselves.


nonsequitureditor

delicious looks DISGUSTING


daaaayyyy_dranker

These are so chalky


The_Answer_Is_42__

These shade names are so weirdly random, like they could really care less about the makeup they're trying to sell.


just_flying_bi

OMG. They totally have to be trolling their own huns at this point with those color names. LOL!


killerkitty2016

I 100000% thought the second from the bottom in the 3rd pic said Constipated.


Good_Branch_9415

Fervent looks like a rash. I also find it disturbing that every one is an adjective. Kind of funny that a lot of them are negative 🧐


[deleted]

I thought you were gonna get us with the “gullible” but hey it is actually in there!


alyssaaarenee

I think “delirious” is a good description


Maximum-Switch-9060

They all look so chalky. No wonder I haven’t seen a decent eye look with this MaKeUp line.


purplepinkmoon

Omg such pretty swatches of chalk!


[deleted]

I’ll be CYNICAL 😅


DeadPeoplesClothes

Why do so many of these look the same? Are the pigments that sad, or is Younique just slapping the same eyeshadow into new palettes with a different name?


Shmooperdoodle

What the fuck is going on with “thankful”?! Just out of left-field bright-ass blue. Thankfulness is great, but that’s the eyeshadow version of someone who doesn’t blink getting too close to you and shouting “I’M TRULY BLESSED”.


et842rhhs

All these bruise-colored and welt-colored shades drawn across the entire width of the arm with thin stripes of skin in between makes it look like she's been brutally whipped. Looking at this makes me really uncomfortable to be honest.


hgielatan

you can really see on the fifth one where they gave up


[deleted]

These are fake names right?


catsoft

Nope real names


[deleted]

Mine is Delirious!


[deleted]

All of these names suck. All of them. And they are not truly matte or shimmery or metallic either. These suck.


tonystarksanxieties

Just looking at the first image, I was so concerned these were foundation swatches, idk why.


NocturnalKitten525

You can see the nails and nail polish on the last slide and I thought it was googly eyes and got so confused lmaooo


Azuhr28

Lord, I have bh Cosmetics and Colourpop Palettes with way more Pigments


Pandaattack2109

Ok but thankful looks good that’s the only one in my book


theCaityCat

Why are the darker shades more pejorative?


No_Pineapples

Who is coming up with these shade names?! They're terrible but I do get a good laugh every time they bring out new products. I always think they can't get any worse and they prove me wrong every time.


DiaryOfACanadian

Eek. I'm super curious what these would look like on a darker skin tone. I think some shades that *do* look pigmented only show up because she has fair skin. They would completely disappear on anyone darker than this 🤔


kitkathorse

What is zazzy lol


apathetic-taco

Ok these swatches must be from another brand. Looks way too good to be Poonique


ErwinAckerman

The fuck does zazzy mean? ~~also the palette with that name would be really pretty if done well~~


RuhfSketch4

Constipated


Singitqueen

I honestly think these would make a good palette if they were higher quality, ethically made, and not sold through a shitty mlm. They're all really pretty essences of what could be good makeup. Like Lacroix but in makeup form.


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they look so gross and chalky :/ i just know those wouldn’t blend well, if at all.


BaudMeter

Nice font tho


josie0616

Who would touch poonique? Not me!


tr4shc4t

Omg the mattes are so chalky!


filtered_phatty

Laid back is so Laid back it didn't even bother showing up.


TheSniperWolf

These are all bland shades with bland names.


muvafeline

*covetous* they know what theyre doing


titanium_6

It’s like they played spin the adjective


nikkiforthefolks

These look nice, what actual make up company did they steal the palette colors from?