Another day, another controversy in the YouTube beauty community.
This time, popular beauty YouTuber Jaclyn Hill is facing backlash after mold, hair, and beads were found on products in her new makeup line.
Hill just recently launched Jaclyn Cosmetics with a line of 20 lipsticks. The products sold out instantly, but shortly after, customers complained of broken lipsticks, as well as melted and moldy products.
These fibers are INSIDE the lipsticks. This couldnt have happened during quality control pic.twitter.com/R4LFYwU4Ri
— imthebadguy (@somethinedgy) June 8, 2019
listen @jaclynhill if there is even a CHANCE that there is mold in these lipsticks, you OWE it to your customers to issue an immediate recall. do the right thing instead of doubling down on this disastrous launch @jaclyncosmetics pic.twitter.com/fU33SVqAki
— spek-tater 🧈 (@spektader) June 9, 2019
A plethora of beauty YouTubers took to the platform to express their frustration with the latest collection–with some calling her a liar and even canceling her.
In a video titled “THE TRUTH ABOUT JACLYN HILL COSMETICS LIPSTICKS,” Youtuber RawBeautyKristi used a microscope to show the hair, beds and pitting found in the lipstick.
Others are also whipping out microscopes to take a closer look at the lipsticks.
Thanks to @RawBeautyKristi for showing Jaclyn Hill's lipsticks under a microscope. All I can say is WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT pic.twitter.com/xXMuMgb8AK
— Kim (@kim_clanton) June 9, 2019
Many are reporting her to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or urging others to do so–citing safety concerns. There’s also a petition to have the makeup line recalled.
https://twitter.com/Kristin48852040/status/1137910463935778818
https://twitter.com/KJLoutensock/status/1137804382492168192
Because no one wants to hold her accountable by filing a report with the FDA. If I owned the products I could but I don’t. pic.twitter.com/3BmIHvYqoQ
— Zadidoll (@zadidoll) June 8, 2019
For those of you having issues with the @JaclynHill lipsticks, please report it to the @US_FDA / @FDACosmetics.https://t.co/1SyM1wtJtK pic.twitter.com/vMosLlbyKQ
— Zadidoll (@zadidoll) June 6, 2019
@RawBeautyKristi Please report the Jaclyn Hill lipsticks to the FDA those appear to be mold spores as the hairs are growing out of the lipstick. They are contaminated and need to be recalled for people’s safety. You can ingest lipstick when you wear it. Jaclyn is hiding.
— Wolfie (@FoxQueen6) June 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/mysticaa0/status/1137762093686546432
People are even posting their own conspiracy theories and making jokes about the controversy.
https://twitter.com/cheekytarot/status/1137553452400369666
https://twitter.com/Holytesticletu1/status/1137858619230130178
https://twitter.com/Kiki_the_tiki/status/1137490283812347911
me trying to
— kasia 🐟 (@GhostOfKas) June 9, 2019
explain the
jaclyn hill
drama to my my boyfriend
boyfriend pic.twitter.com/l0OQrpLzYT
when the FDA gets sick of Jaclyn Hill’s shit pic.twitter.com/j3RaJZo0xk
— Dustin Dailey (@ThreeDailey) June 10, 2019
In the midst of all the backlash, Hill responded to a tweet, which showed one of her lipsticks with hair on it. She claimed the type of gloves used in the factory were to blame.
“If any of you are receiving lipsticks like this…. Please know that this is NOT hair. My factory used brand new white gloves to do quality control & they shed all over my product. We switched to rubber gloves 2 days ago & will make sure this never happens again.”
https://twitter.com/Jaclynhill/status/1137465292295200770
So far, an official recall has not been announced.
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H/T ET Canada