Consumerist
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paranoid
Ulta Manager: "Take Your Pen To Your Car, You're Not Allowed To Write Anything Down"
In a world where smartphones can shoot video, snap photos, record audio, scan barcodes, and let you make price comparisons via text message, it's almost funny to run into a paranoid manager like the one at an Ulta makeup store in Seattle. Well, funny except for that petty tyrant part where she tells you that you'll have to take your old-school pen and papers out to the car and come back empty handed before she'll sell you any makeup. More » -
absurd
Brooke Shields Has Hypotrichosis
Oh no! Brooke Shields used to have stringy, stick-figure eyelashes! I figured this out after watching Consumer Reports' video dissection of a new commercial for Latisse, the glaucoma medication that has been rebranded as an expensive, temporary eyelash enhancer with side effects. More » -
follow-ups
Grin, Then Wear It: Benefit Cosmetics Responds To Consumerist
Last week, reader Brianna contacted Consumerist about her issues with the defective packaging of a Benefit Cosmetics products, as well as the treatment she received from their e-mail customer service rep. Benefit saw our post, and their PR department responded to Brianna's story. More » -
cosmetics
Benefit Hopes You Buy More Of Their Defectively Packaged Product
UPDATE: Grin, Then Wear It: Benefit Cosmetics Responds To Consumerist
Brianna has never been much for high-end makeup, but she bought a bottle of Benefit's Benetint blush/lip tint at Sephora and brought it with her on a business trip. The cap broke, and she had to dispose of the entire bottle. Benefit's response, paraphrased: "That sucks. We hope you buy more of our products!" More »
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makeup
A Big, Red, Shiny Kiss Goodbye To Max Factor
Max Factor, the venerable cosmetics brand marketed to American women using the faces of familiar film actresses, will disappear from U.S. store shelves forever next year. It will still be available abroad, including in the UK, where it's a top seller for some reason.
The story of Max Factor the company is a classic American business tale—a company started at the beginning of the 20th century by a plucky immigrant, only to end its life as part of a multinational conglomerate (Proctor & Gamble) and sold primarily at Walmart.
Max Factor Going To The Big Medicine Cabinet In The Sky [Jezebel]
P&G Discontinues Max Factor Makeup Brand in U.S. [Advertising Age]
Makeup and Make-believe [The New Yorker](Photo: armydre2008)
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Worried about toxic makeup? The Environmental Working Group has a database with safety ratings on more than 25,000 personal-care products. [Skin Deep]
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class actions
Mark Your Calendars: Massive Cosmetics Giveaway Set For Inauguration Day
Americans face a tough choice Tuesday morning: watch Barack Obama's historic inauguration, or storm department stores to take advantage of a first-come, first-serve cosmetics giveaway worth $175 million. More » -
makeup
Class Action Settlement Sets Up Massive Cosmetics Giveaway
Do you like free makeup? How about free cologne? Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Filene's, Lord & Taylor, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, and Saks Fifth Avenue have all settled a class action by agreeing to give away $175 million worth of cosmetics starting early next year. No proof of purchase is necessary, but the freebies will be handed out on a first-come-first-served circus basis. Details inside... More » -
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girly
How To Fix A Broken Eyeshadow
If you are like me the first thing you do after you buy expensive eyeshadow is drop it on your bathroom floor, shattering it completely. I can not tell you how many times I have done this, so when I found the above tutorial on YouTube I was overwhelmed with joy. More » -
cosmetics
60% Of Lipsticks Contain Lead
Well, this explains a lot about children's beauty pageants: the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics tested 33 brand-name lipsticks, including brands like Cover Girl, L'Oreal, and Christian Dior, and are reporting that "61 percent had detectable lead levels of 0.03 to 0.65 parts per million (ppm)." One-third of the lipsticks tested had levels higher than 0.1 ppm, the FDA's safety limit for lead in candy. More » -
beauty
Smell Your Makeup!
Consumer Affairs says bad makeup can harbor nasty bacteria, and can lead to such unpleasant face decorations as conjuctivitis or peri-oral dermatitis (little red bumps that look like acne). They suggest you tattoo permanent eyeliner and lipstick so you don't have to worry about makeup. No, wait, that's what we suggest. They actually suggest throwing out your eye makeup and liquid foundations after three months, powders after a year, and application sponges after a week. Oh, and smell your makeup: "An unusual odor usually means that it contains bacteria." More » -
mcdonald's
Ronald McDonald Goes Calypso
Man, Ronald McDonald's pretty hot underneath all that ghoulish pancake. Another object lesson illustrating why girls shouldn't wear so much make-up. More »
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