Plouise - what fresh hell is this??

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DD is 9 and came home from a party at the weekend talking about Plouise lip balms. I googled thinking I might get her some as her lips are very dry in winter but they all say bad bitch on them? Shes 9! And judging by the pictures online of the Plouise Empire (ie the shop) she’s actually on the older end of their target demographic.

I feel very old.

The Trafford Pinkmas never happened! She sold all the advance tickets (£80 each 😲) in June, didn't apply for planning permission or anything until the council chased her in October, no chance of mounting the event - which the council said would've been unsafe for children.
https://archive.ph/Y6s3g

It sounds more like stupidity than scamming, but loads of parents had booked transport and hotels for their pink-obsessed little girls and it's caused bad blood.

I'm not sure what to think about parents paying £38 a pop for tickets to a 12th birthday party which is obviously going to be a promotional event ...
http://archive.today/TJsaw

It’s crap shite aimed at kids. Be more discerning kids!

The whole brand screams tramp.

It’s a pile of cheap shite.

Problem with a lot of these lip glosses aimed at young girls is they have no sun screen in them and there use is increasing the rate of lip melonomas similar to the baby oil craze in the past.

It's popular with my DD and friends - they are Y7. The packaging is very young I'd say, attractive to that age. I'm not sure if any of them own Plouise products as they are £££, but they certainly love the style.

There’s loads that don’t say bad bitch - just get one of those ones?

P Louise used to be aimed at women and older teens. Didn’t know primary school girls knew about it!

I took dd and her to friends to the Plouise empire for her 13th birthday. I had to book 6 months in advance for the cafe. When we got there I realised I had got it very wrong they were far too old for it!
They were still ok but all said we are the oldest here by a lot. It’s absolutely bonkers.

my niece is 17 and I bought load of it for Xmas
her and her friends are really into it
ive got lots of the lipgloss and a few eye pallets

I hate PLouise. It’s the marketing at kids that’s just disgusting. DD is 12 and has literally tons of the stuff and we’ve got a trip to the bloody PLouise minion stronghold planned for next weekend. I’d rather remove my flaps with a rusty razor blade tbf.

What an absolute chav fest 🤣

My daughter worked there in the cafe. Absolutely chock full of pre-teens buying make up called “Bad Bitch”, “Pop my Cherry”and “Water my Melons”. Bloody awful. She’s left thank goodness. Had to sign an NDA as well. Grrr.

I saw their advent calendar online and thought the packaging looked amazing but the contents were a tad naff and it was hugely expensive. My elder daughter is 11 and wholly uninterested. Youngest is 9 and always asking for skin/make up/beauty stuff. I bought a few beauty advent calendars this year as it is ages since I bothered with anything and swapped products around/supplemented with some bath bombs and made us an advent calendar each. Hers was based on the Sephora one in the tin. In the end she was a bit underwhelmed I think. I’d have one again though. There was some really nice stuff & I’m enjoying trying it out.

Honestly, this has made me so mad! How can you have 11 year old influencers on social media when the minimum age for an account is bloody 13?! Makes a total mockery of any of the current rules and begs the question of how any changes to the minimum age could or would be policed! Appreciate this isn't the point of the post but really!

Oh, dear. Whatever happened to hanging round in the local chemist in your school dinner hour trying on Rimmell lipsticks 😄

My 12yo DD has never heard of it, but she doesn’t go on social media (and her friends can’t be into it either).

I looked at it when it was mentioned on the bargain threads as I thought it might make a good stocking filler, but quickly rejected the idea after seeing the same.

Just googled Lacey and found a video of her - can't believe how young she is😱

I thought this was a portmanteau for a new type of clothing like jeggings 😂 im
old (and don’t have tween/teens anymore).

Or Collection 2000!

I just went down the tiktok rabbit hole and found the Lacey account. I’m appalled.

@Fiddlesticksand
It's child abuse imo.

Well, you’re not wrong. I saw some videos of mums taking their daughters to the “party”. Ummmm…

My Dd wanted PLouise for Christmas. I got her a lipgloss/oil that says ‘stay shining’ on it, a hand cream and an eyeshadow thing for playing with. Doesn’t wear or take it out, doesn’t say any swear words on it. She’s nearly 9. Sometimes attaches the hand cream to her backpack.

Omg! I saw a clip of that little influencer's birthday party on tiktok, couldn't understand what was going on or why the comments were so positive. It was disturbing