Bloggers / Influencers releasing products [Please read note in post #966]

i'd day it was unfortunate timing with the naked heat palette. I'm sure she signed off on this months ago. It was obvious she showed the most pigmented colours though tonight on snapchat. The other colours might not be as good.

"From scratch"

Unless you formulated them from base ingredients, theyre not "from scratch"

The naked palette was also announced months ago. This is her business so its her job to research up coming releases that may clash with hers. I think shes aiming at people who want UD one but feel €47 is too expensive. Coming in under the €30, plus people who likef her other palettes and lashes might be inclined to stick with her.

I'd say it will sell well off the back of the Urban Decay Heat palette hype, perfect timing to be honest and very clever IMO! It's almost €20 cheaper and would be more widely available than Urban Decay.


Likewise with the launch of her "wedding nails and eyelashes" - very clever to capitalise on the hype surrounding her wedding.


But it seems a bit strange to have products launch while you are away on your honeymoon: a) you should relax and step away from work when you are on holiday and b) you should be on-site and present when you are launching a new product.
Edit - disclaimer - I don't run my own business so maybe I wouldn't know!

If I'm going to buy white label I'd want it to be at least half the price, nearer a quarter really, of the high end version. Definitely have no interest in that kinda palette, prefer to buy Zoeva or the likes if I'm buying less traditional brands.

That said I respect so sue me for having more honest income streams then most.

Siobhnk wrote: »

I see SoSueMe is releasing a body highlighter as well. I don't understand the way she announced her products- making a big deal of some and then casually mentioning others on Snapchat.

I thought this was quite strange too. She just brushed over the wedding nails, lashes and highlighter with no real build up at all. It Did make sense to launch the wedding nails and lashes around the time of her own wedding but I would have expected more of a fuss about them. Obviously concentrating on the palette was more lucrative. Doing all of this on honeymoon is very odd. She can't really put 100% into it when she's away.

idunno78 wrote: »

Some one might know the answer to this! Some bloggers products they have are said to be cruelty free (or similar) but if they are white label or more specifically white label from china would that not make them tested on animals?

They only need to be tested on animals to be sold in China! But I 100% doubt that most of these products actually are cruelty free in the true sense of the word.

Ray37 wrote: »

MUF has said that all of her products, brushes and lip things are cruelty free/vegan. TBH I don't believe this coz I reckon they are in fact white labelled, AKA most likely being from China and as above poster says, by law anything sold in China must be tested on animals. Side note, MAC is no longer considered cruelty free as they sell in China, which was hugely disappointing to me

I think you misunderstood the other poster. If it's made in China it doesn't have to be tested on animals. HOWEVER if said product was to be sold IN China, the Chinese law states it must be tested on animals.

Long story short, even if it's made in a factory in China, then shipped over here to be sold, it's probably not tested on animals. MAC sacrificed their cruelty free status in 2012 when they entered the Chinese market. NARS have just done the same thing this year. Appalling.

Side note; MUF always says that her products are vegan FRIENDLY, which is important. To state they're vegan she'd need official certification.

I thought the same as ray! That kinda changes it so! I assume vegan friendly means cruelty free to? I haven't a clue!

side note: essence and if almost sure catrice are cruelty free! If you Google there is a list and I'm almost sure there is a list over on the beauty forum!

Wells Brief City wrote: »

Not always - cruelty free means there are not tested on animals and vegan means it doesn't contain animal products. For example synthetic brushes might be vegan as they wouldn't contain animal products but they might still be tested on animals. (I don't know if/how you would test brushes on animals and don't want to but this is the easiest way I can explain the difference!!) Or something could be cruelty free but contain honey making it not vegan.

Nah "vegan" is like top-tier cruelty free-ness, it means the product has caused no harm to animals AND contains no animal derived ingredients. Cruelty free is like the next best thing. Sometimes it contains animal derived products and often times it doesn't.

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Wells Brief City wrote: »

Sosu has just released eyelash glue too!

Stop no wonder she doesn't include glue in her eyelashes she wanted to sell it individually ,, I've used a few of her eyelashes and had to pull them off because the band was way to thick give me ardell any day well
Established brand and cheaper too

RoisinClare6 wrote: »

Finally seen a blogger product I would consider getting...the desi x Katy 'dose of colors' highlighter called 'Fuego' is kinda calling me. Its 28 dollars. Desi put some on in her snaps today and it looked amazing!! Checked it earlier and it was sold out! If you scroll to the bottom of the page they have a little bunny with cruelty free!

I literally want the whole collection! This is the difference between Desi and Katy (and I suppose Anna from Dose of Colours) and our bloggers, they actually made a video of the whole process of making the product and the packaging etc and that makes me so much more interested because they actually are hands on.