Article on the FAKE Benefit and other brands

lil_tuts

A fake maxfactor mascara had 20 times the safe level of lead !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-17204046

aristocat

Frightening! When is a bargain not a bargain?

Tayla

That's scary, people need to use a bit of common sense.

If they want a fake bag or shoes then I don't really care but why the hell do people put stuff on their faces, on their lips and on their eyes :eek: when they have no idea what could be in them, they're probably made somewhere with no quality control and could be full of dangerous chemicals.

If you were to have a really bad reaction to something then how long would it take the doctors to figure out what it was that you had the reaction to when the incorrect ingredients would be printed on the back.

It's strange how common sense isn't that common anymore!!!!

doctor evil

Scary is when fake stuff makes its way into the shops themselves!

allthedoyles

Worse again are the genuine articles that are been sold openly in retail outlets , that are manufactured in Asia/India by children as young as 10 yrs of age , working up to 12 hours a day , for less than a euro a day - in squalor conditions

The finished articles are been sold by major brand names in many huge retail outlets .

Its been proven .

kandr10

Good point allthedoyles.

I was interested to see what ingredients I can expect to find in a mascara or eyeshadow bought legitimately by a brand name. Looking at the list didn't really give me much insight I have to say and a lot of the things looked quite scary because they were so unrecognisable. Unfortunately makeup isn't like food where you can identify every composite part of what you're buying. I suppose that makes it easier to produce these knockoffs.

booboo88

allthedoyles wrote: »

Worse again are the genuine articles that are been sold openly in retail outlets , that are manufactured in Asia/India by children as young as 10 yrs of age , working up to 12 hours a day , for less than a euro a day - in squalor conditions

The finished articles are been sold by major brand names in many huge retail outlets .

Its been proven .

But how do you know which ones? Really? The only way to stop it is to stop buying their product, but which brands are using child labour, animal testing etc.

I for one would be heartbroken if benefit use these cruel methods.

Its also really scary that some of the fakes are really harmless lke we are putting these harmful chemicals on our skin, I was naive when I bought benefit stuff online, NEVER again

Resi12

I never ever got why anyone would buy fake make up. I mean it's never really that cheap and usually when people do they buy in bulk and spend the amount of one or two things of the real brand anyway. It's usually horrible as well, I mean it's fake for a reason.

People should be looking for good dupes, not fakes.

gingernut125

Resi12 wrote: »

I never ever got why anyone would buy fake make up. I mean it's never really that cheap and usually when people do they buy in bulk and spend the amount of one or two things of the real brand anyway. It's usually horrible as well, I mean it's fake for a reason.

People should be looking for good dupes, not fakes.

I totally agree, I much rather a quality cheap brand that delivers than risk buying fake. I'm not big into labels though in general, when I can I take the labels off beauty products so my room looks less like an advert.