Beautiful with brains says: I trust beauty brands to make safe products (putting toxic stuff in them is illegal after all). I also think most of them strive to develop products that work well. However, I don’t trust the marketing and product claims at all. Even when the product is genuinely really good, the marketing claims are hugely exaggerated, so you can’t really trust anything they say.
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The same as you: I trust them not to harm me, but I don’t trust the “900% INCREASE IN VOLUME OF YOUR LASHES” ads.
Now that I think of it, they sound just like spam emails, only geared towards women.
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Ana, that’s so true. And mascara ads are te worst. Who on earth would want lashes that long anyway?! Their claims are so utterly ridiculous!
I only trust beauty brands where I’ve used many well-performing products from them or they’re reputable. If they’ve had some incidents (like Jack Black) that shows dishonesty or poor quality, I won’t buy from them and I’d rather search for something else out there. I don’t trust claims either, but I will expect the product to follow some of their claims. A mascara box saying the product will increase lash length by 800% better lengthen my lashes, but I won’t expect 2-inch long lashes
. I just realized how long I haven’t commented on your blog, oh I’m sorry. :[ I do read what you post up every day but I just hadn’t the time to write and I don’t want to just comment with thoughtless words.
Janessa, thank you for taking the time to leave thoughtful comments, I really appreciate it. And don’t worry if sometimes you can. I know you’re busy and real life is more important.
And I agree with you. I do expect products to fulfil some of their claims, I just wish they didn’t blow them out of all proportions. Some of them are so ridiculous that it just makes you sceptical towards the brand, which is not really a good thing.