> Inexpensive brands have the same parent companies as designer ones, and backstage at Fashion Week all types of cosmetics are being used on runway models. Prof

> Inexpensive brands have the same parent companies as designer ones, and backstage at Fashion Week all types of cosmetics are being used on runway models. Professionals do not care. This is not true at all. Videos of YouTube makeup hoarders are hardly the best sample set to draw such conclusions by. There are significant quality and consistency differences across high-end brands, and the professionals may come across as indiscriminate because they use the best tool for the job (or whatever they're being sponsored to use), not because it's all indistinguishable. Different designers are also better suited to particular skin colors, with either more offerings or simply better formulas to account for other aspects like skin sensitivity, oiliness, etc. or other external factors (heat, cold, day, night, humidity, etc.). Many put fragrance in their products, which causes rashes. Some are more water-resistant than others. Women accumulate closets full of makeup because it's a matter of both chemistry and art-- you have to try a shit-ton of products to find the one that actually suits you, enhances your features and doesn't make you look like a hot mess under heated conditions (catwalks or outdoor shoots), give your face unwanted glossiness or cause you to break out like you've endured an acid attack. Every canvas is chemically unique-- what works for Jill won't necessarily work for Jane. Yes, you pay a lot for the name, but if you actually work with them, the overpriced designer products really are better than the drugstore competition.