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Direct sales makeup isn't empowering women and transforming lives

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Marue · 18/10/2015 07:55

The only people that make much money from this is the ones that make the stuff, charge you 100 quid to sign up, and make you buy 100s of pounds of stuff to demo it.

Fed up with all this crap about empowering woman, transforming peoples lives and making people their own boss.

I do watch antm and tyra used a whole episode to pimp her stuff and make an awful theme song for her business...

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CaoNiMao · 18/10/2015 12:03

It's all part of the huge creaking wheel of capitalism.

LucilleBluth · 18/10/2015 12:09

I have a lady from school on my FB who is into some skincare/ makeup thing, it just screams scam to me, it's like she's brainwashed. She is about ten years younger than me so I'm sure if that's it. I feel quite sorry for her.

Candypops14 · 18/10/2015 12:11

The younique thing does my head in, what's with the millions of posts trying to recruit new people to? Why do they need to recruit people on to their team to sell overpriced junk

SheSparkles · 18/10/2015 12:15

It's pyramid marketing candypops the only way to really me money is if you recruit people, who then recruit more, as you make a cut from the money generated by them

Candypops14 · 18/10/2015 12:19

Ohh thanks sparkles I always wondered why they had to!

wizzywig · 18/10/2015 16:14

I dont get why the people at the bottom of the selling chain havent realised that all the cruises they win arent the owners of the company being generous. You have paid for that cruise and the owners are making shed loads of profit from you.

vindscreenviper · 18/10/2015 16:17

They are too busy being a #bossbabe wizzywig Grin

wizzywig · 18/10/2015 16:26

Maaa haaa! Yes they are feeling #blessed. #sacktheboss

IMustNotForgetMyPasswordAgain · 18/10/2015 16:31

It makes me sad that most of the people who get involved, are those who can least afford to lose the money. They invariably do lose money and, it appears, quite often lose friends over their constant FB selling updates.

VocationalGoat · 18/10/2015 16:43

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Marue · 18/10/2015 19:11

Haha yes about "being different"! The people at the bottom of these schemes never make any money.

I've had to cut out a friend as all she ever goes on about is Argone or whatever it is, she invites me to things just to flog stuff or when I invite her somewhere she does the hard sell to my friends about if they are happy with their job

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