Makeup News Brief: Ulta Lawsuit, Kat Von D’s X Divine Eyeshadow Palette, and More!
Good Morning! Happy Hump Day! It’s been a crazy week not only in my real life but also in my beauty one as lots has been going down.
One of the top stories of the month was the fact that news broke that Ulta is reselling used makeup which I told you about late last month. The issue has escalated into an actual lawsuit at this point. As you already know a former employee alleged that while working at Ulta she was taught how to sterilize and repackage returned makeup items and pop them back on the shelves to resell to unsuspecting customers. Hello gross! This was all speculation until recently when not one but two lawsuits were filed against Ulta alleging that the employees do indeed clean of and resell used makeup as new.
Ulta customer Meghan Devries of Illinois filed the most recent lawsuit which claims that Ulta “has a routine practice of repackaging and resealing beauty products that have been previously purchased, used, and returned… before returning those used products to its shelves to be purchased by other consumers.” Last month, an LA-based woman also filed a similiar lawsuit.
I’ll be following this news very closely because I’m quite curious if they will win these cases. It would be mighty difficult to prove something like this so I’d love to see what sort of evidence is presented in the case.
In other news, Kat Von D x Divine Eyeshadow Palette launched yesterday which contains eight stunning shades inspired by Divine’s iconic look. Any girl or guy who grew up watching John Waters movies knows the exact look this palette is going for. With the sheer amount of nude, natural eye palettes launching lately I’m sure makeup lovers who adore color are breathing a collective sigh of relief that finally someone is launching some bold, vibrant shades! Kat’s calling it super-limited edition but it is still very much in stock and available on her website. However, I’m sad to say the matching lipstick shade in Divine, a honey nude, has sold out. Let’s hope that comes back in stock soon as it looks, pun intended, divine!
And the most important news of all! Lindsay Lohan may have forgot how to speak English but she still knows a thing or two about makeup. Apparently she has a new makeup and fashion line in the works.
“I love lipstick, but I love using lipstick as blush,”� Lohan tells W of how she plans on customizing her upcoming line. “But if I have a cream blush, I want to be able to use it on my lips and not worry about breaking out after. So, I developed one.”�
News flash though, multitasking products especially lipstick and blush hybrids aren’t exactly innovative but I’m game to try anything once. Maybe she’ll create some groundbreaking lipstick blush hybrid we can’t live without.
And that’s your makeup news in a minute!