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New York
29 reviews
173 helpful votes
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Gotta love that swap feature. Much of the makeup is never even used. I know I have bought plenty of make up and never even bothered to open it up and then wish I could trade it for something else. Forums are great for sharing knowledge and site is really easy to use.

Date of experience: August 23, 2010
Canada
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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I joined the website not too long ago and i love it. Finally, found the website which shares true cosmetics reviews. Thank you very much!

Love makeuoalley :): ) :)

Date of experience: November 7, 2013
Nevada
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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I joined this website few months ago, and love talking with other girls about our girl stuff:)
Super easy registration, clear website, and the doors are open to big community: D

Love it,
Anette

Date of experience: September 27, 2013
Spain
3 reviews
26 helpful votes
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Old fashioned
January 30, 2018

Not bad. Huge amount of short reviews. Helpful in general, but a bit messy. Do not expect to be compensated for contribution.

Date of experience: January 29, 2018
Canada
1 review
9 helpful votes
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I have never seen a board where there is more bullying and crap going on. I'm sorry people need to have more respect for one another.

Date of experience: September 4, 2018
Spain
2 reviews
28 helpful votes
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Questionable
February 16, 2018

It doesn't pay off. It's mostly the forum for a chit-chat. I used to love it, but then realized that I was wasting my time.

Date of experience: February 15, 2018
Singapore
14 reviews
70 helpful votes
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I don; t personally use this site but my partner does and she says the reviews are great and are helpful in selection of products.

She recommends.

Date of experience: January 30, 2018
California
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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I just received this Product today and i love it! It goes on very smooth and it compliments my complexion. You can not go wrong for this price.

Date of experience: September 9, 2013
Nevada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I was a contributing member of makeupalley.com since its inception and posted many reviews and participated in discussions. I had a lot of followers there. After nearly 20 years, I was bullied off the site by a pack of vicious political trolls just before the last presidential election. Let me be clear: I was not posting any partisan screeds or promoting any particular candidate. I was just curious as to how people were leaning, as others were posting about, but that was enough for the trolls to pack up and attack. I was mostly on the "Owl" board for members over 40 (we had all known each other for years by member name or sometimes personally), but the mob that appeared out of nowhere and descended on me included people none of us there had ever heard of. There were a couple dozen of them at least. The moderators did nothing.
So I left the site without any great feeling of loss, because I'd been noticing that most of the new reviews sounded like marketing shills, and that some members who posted multi-episodic stories about their lives on the Owl board sounded kind of alike: one woman had a mentally challenged daughter, another had an incontinent elderly mother, another flew to Scotland to marry an internet boyfriend in a kilt, and more, which I now realize were all transparently written by the same person with the goal of attracting more clicks. By now, I'm sure there are fresh narratives, and the "reviews" are nearly all bought and paid for. So, sadly (a word used ad nauseum in the Reviews section), Makeupalley.com is not what it once was. It's almost totally monetized now, for both commercial and political purposes.

Date of experience: August 26, 2023
Australia
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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I was pleased with service. Wowwww.Only good quality products. I will definetly order more from MakeupAlley.

Date of experience: October 20, 2022

Overview

MakeupAlley has a rating of 3.5 stars from 26 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. MakeupAlley ranks 11th among Product Reviews sites.

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