2 Men Catch Fire At Goop Store, Micro Beads In Pores & More! Ugly News WBTU

[@JamesWelsh]

So a lot of people think the bead story is BS?! The explanation from the esthetician is VERY odd and honestly doesn’t make any sense right?! I personally think, she must have had an already open wound. Maybe some breakouts as well as already enlarged pores that the beads just sat in. Someone in the comments made a good point that as it was a guest cleanser, often not used, it could’ve been expired and the beads hardened. I dunno it’s all a bit odd!

[@CherrrrBear]

Yeah I think something doesn’t sound right but I just wanted to hear from a doctor like a dermatologist… see what they think since there were 2 stories like this? (Hopefully a doctor may see these stories and come forward and make a video) Ps. I used those scrubs and even apricot scrub growing up as a preteen and teen bc I had bad acne and didn’t know better and never had anything like that happen. So,etching just seems odd!

[@inouerinn]

I think Neutrogena should sue these people. They are getting out of hands with fake stories for clout and going viral.

[@tklmara]

My sister was using a Mary Kay Time Wise cleanser that had those micro beads. The same thing happened to her, the aesthetician was able to extract those micro beads from her skin. My sister does have textured skin with large pores from acne during her adolescence.

[@thatesthetician1717]

That’s weird in esthetician school we are taught that pores dilate and contract

[@EnvyBlu]

I don’t think the bead cleanser story is BS. I think it’s very possible for that to happen. I also think pores do open wider at certain times. I know the pores around my nose and cheeks look larger and smaller sometimes. I also think pores are definitely large enough for those beads to get lodged in them. I think the problem is Neutrogena wasn’t using the correct type of beads they claimed they were using on their label. It doesn’t look like those beads in their cleanser were biodegradable, and weren’t breaking down like they’re supposed to. I definitely this this really happened, and I don’t see why it wouldn’t 🤷🏻‍♀️ There’s a hole in your face, and a product has teeny beads in it, and you’re rubbing those teeny beads all over the holes on your face. Of course….logically…those beads could get trapped.

[@Blue_Star_Child]

As a nurse who works in ophthalmology surgery the thought of facial products with beads, mica, metal or any other foreign bodies in them gives me nightmares. Never use them. I've seen too many corneal abrasions.

[@samyljones3871]

THANK YOU !! AS a contact wearer I know the feeling all to well

[@jennyparsons8076]

Yeah, I got one from sawdust in shop class back in high school, and years later my sister had a fungal eye infection in a place that had been scratched by some kind of makeup and she did have to have surgery. Luckily she is not blind in that eye.

[@notcomfortable_here]

I got scammed out of $400 buying bullshit skincare at a mall kiosk when I was 16. At the time I had NO IDEA about anything regarding skincare and genuinely thought what I was buying was legit. Found out weeks later it was the same ingredients used in glue (to make the illusion of peeling skin). The money was settlement from a car wreck I was in. I felt so stupid. :(

[@JamesWelsh]

This happens to soooo many people!

[@puffball4484]

I mean you were a kid. I used to fall for so much marketing bs as a kid like it wasn't even funny.

[@notcomfortable_here]

@@puffball4484 it’s criminal that they can just do that to minors let alone lie in general :(

[@freyamariano106]

Omg I'm so sorry 😢 don't feel stupid though, we've ALL fallen for stuff! ❤

[@mirabelarmstrong8518]

You’re not stupid. You were young any preyed on by an adult who knew better and decided to take advantage of a child (in a car accident, no less!) to sell dangerous chemicals… the criminal who did that is the only stupid one here💐💕

[@selbybee]

i would actually be super interested in a deep dive into the plausibility of the microbeads mess 👀 a microscopic view of pores ‘expanding’ with water, gobbling them up and shrinking back down, a peak at just how long it takes for them to biodegrade, the world needs you to crack the case, james 😂

[@MiraCassandre]

💯💯

[@janeowit]

Pores don’t open and close.

[@selbybee]

@@janeowit exactly 😂

[@stealthis]

Pores don't open and close, when you use hot water or a scrub, you are loosening up the oil and things that hold them tighter to your skin. It's not your poor opening, it's the fact that hot water is a better dissolver of all materials.

[@CherrrrBear]

Yes same I want a dermatologist’s opinion

[@mercychocolate72]

Her esthetician found beads in her face and neither parties thought to take pictures of this revolutionary moment??!?! In 2022…Lmaoooo ok 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@jenn8179]

I was waiting for a picture of beads laying on a paper towel or SOMETHING!

[@kittentree198]

EXACTLY!! Unless they’re holding on to the pictures for a lawsuit, then I’m not buying it.

[@queensrsly]

also i’m wondering why the esthetician stopped her mid facial to ask what products she was using. you’re supposed to ask that before you even touch their face

[@jeffdiggs7030]

Exactly I call bs

[@RandiRu]

I was looking for this comment! Girl, where are the RECEIPTS!?

[@heathermcfarland6317]

I had a bad experience with one of these makeup kiosk places. I had my make up done for a job interview. I wanted some new earrings before I went in so I ran to the mall. I walked by one of these kiosks and a lady ran at me and tried to sell me some of their make up. When I said no she took a cotton swab and started wiping off my make up. She said not to worry she would use their makeup and give me a full makeover. After a minute I noticed that she was only working on one side of my face. When she was done with one side she told me I had to pay to get the other side done. I told her I was on my way to a job interview I could not go in with half of a face of makeup. She told me if I bought $50 worth of make up from her that she would do the other half. unfortunately I had no choice so I had to pay her because I did not have time to go home to reapply my make up. So not only did she use the wrong foundation color making me orange 🍊 the make up also made me break out really bad. I have sensitive skin and I had to go into my job interview with red blotches on my face. I was livid. The silver lining is that I got the job. When I went into the interview I explained my appearance and we had a good laugh at it. They loved my personality and said I would be great for the sales job.

[@cassandraleexo]

I would have flip in the first place when the girl proceeded to touch me without my permission let alone get close to my face with a wipe... Some people ehh.. well you handled it well and thankfully you got the job

[@SurfingBirdish]

This story made me so mad. Thank you haha

[@alice_rabbit8345]

Whoa! No one is allowed in my personal bubble and touch me. That’s assault.

[@CherrrrBear]

That’s insane that could pretty be considered assaul bc she touched you without you letting her

[@bbear2695]

the second that woman touched me i would have been screaming for security like the karenest karen at the karen day picnic

[@Parrot5884]

I feel like it’s definitely a bad idea to use a physical exfoliant when you have active acne. I could totally see it opening breakouts and causing problems. I suppose one way a micro bead could get trapped is by getting into a wound (like a pimple) and the skin healing over it.

[@JennsCorner777]

It's way too rough on delicate acneic prone skin most definitely.

[@TORTANK_8]

Honestly, I have active acne and a gentle physical exfoliant is what I use-and it helps, loads. My skin HATES AHAs and only tolerates a little BHA, or else it turns dry as the Sahara and breaks out massively-and I’m talking, for months. I decided to try a physical one and found it much more helpful, particularly when followed by a soothing and hydrating wash off mask.

[@ashleighsalinas8526]

Yes, I've got large pores and had moderate to severe cystic acne on my back and face as a teenager. I used to scrub the absolute crap out of my skin with SUGAR and St Ives lol ugh. Not sure if anything ever got stuck in there but trying to sandblast my acne away obviously didn't work lol. It was the 00s and people were generally much more ignorant about skincare back then. There are still pockmarked areas along my jaw and cheeks at 31 from the acne, and the aggressive "exfoliation" in my teens on active breakouts likely made them worse than they would have been otherwise. After my acne was under control and healed I did get dermabrasion for 250 dollars in 2013 to help lessen the scarring which did work marvelously, but it was a painful procedure and recovery time. There are (and were) more advanced procedures available but they also cost a LOT more. So I would definitely recommend trying it if you can't afford lasers or pro microdermabrasion and your skin type is suitable. It helped my self image and confidence immensely! Plus it is a more affordable old school method. However.. I will say it is painful, I did mine with no anesthesia because it cost another 100 dollars and it was pretty intense. I would recommend against forgoing the anesthetic lol I'm surprised that they even allowed it. Imagine the worst sunburn you ever had times 5... with a cat scratching it and rubbing alcohol poured on your face. It burns like fire! It took about a month for my face to start looking normal again too, but in spite of all that I will say it was 100 percent worth every penny and ounce of discomfort. Good luck to whoever might read this novel lol 😅😘

[@mintypatapeepee7106]

personally i’ve found that i have a pretty fast turnover rate so if i don’t use a physical exfoliant 2x a week or a chemical exfoliant almost every day it makes me break out so bad! when my acne was cystic it didn’t help but now that my acne is mostly non-cystic, exfoliation is a must for me lol crazy how different peoples skin can be 🥰

[@clairemondemanseau1250]

It reminds me that one time a bead was stuck in my pore ! I had to pop it like i would do for a blackhead...

[@shaunacorrigan9372]

That reply that you put onscreen from Sakare is one of the craziest things I've ever seen from a brand! Even ignoring the not great grammar, the condescension and snarkiness is INSANE! "We hope in the future you get the assertiveness to say no and walk away"?!? And the whole "you should be careful judging pricing, branding, and ingredients" almost sounded threatening after the rest of the message. How are they still in business?!

[@Hightopsdynomite375]

i used to have bad acne and once i had a pimple that was on the front of my cheek for months. would not go away. Finally I decided to get to the bottom of it and aggressively popped it until it would not go anymore. Went extremely deep (don’t recommend) until finally - a small, dark purple, bead popped out. It was unmistakably from a clean and clear face wash. I was SHOCKED. The pimple finally healed up after that (with a brutal mark of course) but I couldn’t believe it

[@reginaph828]

Similar thing happened to me, but it was a fruity smelling body wash that had real raspberry seeds suspended in the gel. I developed a few spots that looked like large zits on my arm, which is unusual for my skin. I eventually went at one of them with a tweezers as I could feel something hard in the center. No joke -- a raspberry seed popped out! All the spots healed fine but I'm still leery of beads in cleansers.

[@NajlaNouveau]

OH HELL NO

[@sazaislin]

not me wishing you recorded it coming out 😭 im glad you're okay though omg

[@TheLola1235]

Almost the same thing happened to me! The pimple would not go away until I was extremely aggressive, and inside there was a hard white bead.

[@NicoleCamp88]

That was most likely a cyst and the ball was the base of it. That is very common with cysts. My husband gets them a lot and unless you get that last bit out it will just keep coming back..

[@mariaapletneva]

Oh man, these weird empty white and gold stores popped up all over Toronto. If you make eye contact with any of the staff standing outside they just pounce on you and try selling you overpriced God knows what. Like a tiny $200 cream. Barely escaped that hell

[@JingoCrochet]

there used to be a few in calgary's core mall, i unfortunately got finessed by Oceane as a young teen -.- they disgust me but thankfully closed down due to covid

[@bananawitchcraft]

Lol good thing I never look anyone in the eye cause that sounds like an autistic person's nightmare

[@scruffyduffy100]

Oro gold? I was literally trapped inside one in San Francisco and my husband marched in as I handed over my card after being practically threatened by the sales person he grabbed the card off the guy and my arm and removed me I was so relieved I actually felt afraid of the sales guy

[@TinyBeat98]

The local mall in the city closest to me has an Oro gold in it, and they were asking my then 14 year old sister, to try their creams as she walked by, trying to coax her into the store. My sister asked “what am I fuckin ugly?”, and the people got uncomfortable and left her alone lol. My mom got trapped basically in that same store and they refused to let her leave, they were physically grabbing at her arms and dragging her in. They brought her in the back room and everything. She was so scared, she complained to the mall about it, as she was basically dragged in there and wasn’t allowed to leave until she started swearing at the staff.

[@ByHerHand]

They sound like the Chuggers (charity muggers) we have in Sydney. If you even glance their way or acknowledge their existence in any way, they will attach themselves like a bloody limpet and getting rid of them is nigh on impossible. Even if you say “not interested”, they will attempt to lure you in with some bs flattery about your hair or dress. 🤪

[@omgitschristina0]

On the topic of super aggressive marketing: I was at the mall with my family, and while I don't remember the name of the company, there was a kiosk selling this under eye bag shrinking cream. My family was minding our own business walking, and the salesman stood in our way and commented on my mom's under eyes. He wanted to put the cream on her so she could sample it. My mom tried to explain she didn't want to because she'd been having a lot of allergic reactions lately and was seeing a specialist to make sure she didn't have an autoimmune disorder. The man completely brushed off what she said and told her it was safe. He proceeded to reach out to put the product on her face without her consent. At this point, my mom had to essentially yell at him to stop. My dad tried to deescalate the situation and let the sales guy put the cream on him. The cream ended up tightening the skin in a weird way and made his under eye look like there was a giant bag. Needless to say, we walked away pretty frustrated about the entire situation. Like you can't just put something on someone without their consent.

[@nanizet]

that he tried to put it on your mum without consent--that sounds like possible attempted assault, right?? like im not a lawyer in any way but i really think it could be classified as that

[@florencembah2626]

Dude your Dad is too nice, he shouldn't have let them, those are the kind of people you can threaten to sue

[@platedlizard]

If someone touches you without your permission it’s assault.

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

I personally think kiosks are a big part of what is killing shopping malls. Back when the halls were wide open and dotted with huge planters, water features, and seating nooks, the malls were such a nice place to go when you just want to get out but the weather is too hot, cold, or rainy. But then they started tearing out these features to make room for kiosks that cause traffic jams and choke points and tend to attract scammy businesses and pushy salespeople. Now malls feel too noisy, crowded, and stressful. Fuck Westfield in particular. They've ruined so many formerly nice malls.

[@amandarandall9592]

There was an aggressive hair kiosk at my local American mall that would literally snatch you by the weave and start curling your hair. The phrase "floating ceramic plates for easy glide" will forever trigger me 😅

[@christinaglazier9600]

Sounds like we got caught by the same people! I was purposely looking the other way not to make eye contact and they physically grabbed me without permission and had a circling wand in my hair. I have straight as straight hair as can be that never curls but they somehow not only got it to curl but I couldn't get the curls out at the end of the day so I'm still wanting to know what witchcraft they used! Only time in my life my hair has curled for more than a minute before going straight again. But I noticed they tried to get me to buy the thing without telling me a price and I aggressively had to ask how much. The price changed everytime they told me. Which didn't matter because I told them that unless that thing was under $50 I don't have the money to buy it. They started saying stuff like "Of course you have the money to buy it. What else could you possibly need that money for. " umm...groceries, so I can eat for the rest of the week. "Oh you don't need to eat." After they told me that I don't need to eat I just pushed them off me so I could get out of their chair. They were yelling at me as I walked down the hall that I had just waisted their time and they were very angry. I also noticed the lady in charge was very harsh with the employees.

[@kpstl26]

Had this happen to me only it was a $200 no name knockoff straightening iron.

[@jazwhoaskedforthis]

If they put a hand on me I'm throwing mine because you don't touch peopleeee without consentttt it's ASSAULT lol ugh. I hate those kiosks but I know they're just trying to make a living but I am too old and crazy now to not yell in someone's face for touching me now

[@m_n_m7]

as someone with big pores i'm honestly surprised how many people don't believe the beads story. it happened to me a couple of times when i was younger, and i didnt even question it, didn't seem weird at all to me. must be nice to have pores so small, u think of this as impossible 😭

[@Aya-xc7su]

AND SCARS, YES!

[@sylvialuisa]

I used to work in a Body Shop store in a shopping centre, and we had to stand at the shop door to entice people in, and there was a Sakaré (or at least similar) stand opposite us that would practically fight people off us (we were never going to fight back!), and even tried to sell me stuff multiple times while I was standing at my work, literally selling skincare. It's SO aggressive!

[@morgianasartre6709]

Where do they even get so many employees like that.

[@lauraosswald5812]

Omg I literally had the same situation with neutrogena : I had beads stuck in my skin for YEARS! I couldn’t get it out until a beautician picked it out with a needle. I used to have bad acne and I also have large pores due to my genetics. But it was so disgusting having these blue beads stuck under my skin

[@katyr2382]

Yes I too had the issue with the blue beads a few times, guessing the old plastic type

[@borkbork4124]

Same, if I never went to get a spontaneous facial on a family vacation, the three on my face would never have been extracted. They were all on my forehead near my hairline and they all scarred.

[@RyanM268]

I’m not sure how Neutrogena cleansers are still on the market. I tried the grapefruit face wash & after first use, my face was already irritated & was on a verge of breaking out. I threw it away immediately since my skin isn’t sensitive and rarely gets a reaction from using skin products.

[@meghanhixon3241]

@@RyanM268 hey the hydro boost by Neutrogena is AMAZING. But I agree, the one with microbeads is a no no

[@heatherduke7703]

How was this not a huge class action lawsuit??

[@ryleey9853]

I once had a really bad experience being pressured into buying one of those skin products. I remember being like this 13 year old kid, and I went to the mall with my friend for my birthday. My parents gave me birthday money and I was excited to walk around and go to all the different shops. But there was this one particular shop centered in the middle of the mall and a lady who was working there called me over. She started using the products on my hands, and she kept insisting that I buy the product because at the time, I was a kid going through puberty and I had acne. She offered an insane discount and I ended up buying the product under pressure. But the product ended up costing way more than I thought, bc the lady scammed her way into having me think I was getting a good discount when in reality, I wasn't. Bc you know, I was a literal kid, and I was naive. I ended up leaving and crying, and I felt so much guilt that I didn't even use the products that I bought. I know it happens all the time to people but it feels especially scummy whenever I think about the experience because this lady manipulated a literal child, smh.

[@daivabrazauskaiteeidukiene]

I had a few found beads in my nose tip where my pores are/look largest... So yeah, beads getting stuck is a thing. I was 13 or 14. I was using exfoliator with beads and really rubbing it in... cause I didn't know better. Then one evening I was running my fingers through my nose and felt weird hard bumps and squeezed them out and 3 beads came out... 😶

[@edanagorham6757]

I’ve come across those sellers in Westfield malls in the US. I have no problem telling them to leave off because my mother was treated horribly by one of them while she was on holidays visiting her sister. They side tracked her in the mall, started with all there BS and then when she looked like walking away they asked her her age and said she looked 10 years older and really needs it. She’s not equipped to be rude to strangers (Irish, lol) she agreed to buy some, then they hit her with a massive price tag. She told me she cried when she got home. I’ve seen her cry like twice ever. She hid it all from my Dad cause she was ashamed of being duped. She made me take most of the stuff when she came home cause it made her feel old and cringe to even see it. I wrote the mall management a letter of complaint, not that it did much good but I was fuming.

[@sarahbowtell4843]

This is heartbreaking 😭

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

Westfield is the worst. I've seen so many formerly nice local malls bought out and ruined by them tearing out all the decorations and planters to fit in a kiosk every ten yards, and they turn nice eating areas into something resembling a prison cafeteria. It's just depressing and stressful to shop at any place they own... and of course they love these scammy pushy vendors who in turn love to cause traffic jams harassing people trying to get by their shitty kiosks.

[@blueismylove3128]

That's funny, I mostly ever hear that Irish women are aggressive, lol. Was watching a show that even made that joke.

[@edanagorham6757]

@@blueismylove3128 What planet are you on that you think stereotyping of a whole country is acceptable rebuttal to a real situation? Irish people have varied temperaments like most other people, but we’re literally world famous for being friendly. The British ran smear campaigns against the Irish for about 2 centuries to convince other nations that the Irish were a lower life form and not capable of managing our country without their rule. There’s literally science books from the 19th century claiming we’re some sort of missing link. Clearly the weak minded are still swayed by such bigoted notions. Anti-Irish sentiment is nothing new or special. So well done on keeping up that sad little tradition

[@jasmynelliott]

I have literally yelled at those aggressive kiosk salespeople. I get that they have a job to do, but don’t touch me.

[@blueismylove3128]

Their "job" is unethical and often involves assaulting people by touching them without permission. Yell at them all you need to.

[@kringfernandez11587]

Omg pulling out the "I'm Allergic" card is so me 😂 I'm always "Let me check on the ingredients first because we don't want those allergies to light up like Christmas tree and kill me today". It works all the time! Then they give me that certain combination of worried, pitiful, i'm-not-gonna-sell stare that is just so satisfying 😂 But I really do this because most of the time I discover a new addition to my list of allergies and also because I really hate it when sellers don't give me time to pause and check the products on my own. I love reading ingredients and they are just so noisy 😅

[@brandiehammond]

I’m the same way! I try to read all labels as Iam intolerance to Gluten, and that crap is hidden in everything, it’s even has different names listed to make it seem like it doesn’t have it but in reality it does. These people are pushy. Makes me great full Iam goth as majority of them won’t even speak to me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@leggyegg2890]

I tried this when a beautician was trying to sell me a treatment for my acne that was just essential oils in a gel and I STILL ended up buying it 😭 knowing I’d never use it lmao

[@kringfernandez11587]

@@leggyegg2890 i'm sorry that happened to you..but why did you buy it?😭 you should just try to dismiss it like "no, i don't need it" period..

[@KendrykWynn13]

@@kringfernandez11587 because people get pressured?? Sales people can get pushy

[@kringfernandez11587]

@@KendrykWynn13 those people 🤦🏻

[@Tommviolence]

Literally 30 seconds in and I just want to say ‘ugly news’ is a perfect name for this segment and I already want it to be an ongoing thing. James, you’re the best 💕

[@SAYoung15]

I would love to see a separate video on goop cuz that whole brand is what happens when beauty goes wrong

[@JamesWelsh]

Yeah I’m gonna get back to work on this. I gave up because there is soooo much to talk about lol

[@SAYoung15]

@@JamesWelsh it’ll be worth the wait! Thanks for all the informative and entertaining content!

[@Reiliferei]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@manicpixiecremegirl]

@@JamesWelsh omg the dabbing sunscreen on thing recently. that company is a menace to society

[@SAYoung15]

@Trinity M most brands don’t have vaginal steamers or jade eggs lol

[@juliabell7220]

The neutrogena beads- I used the blue exfoliating oily one in my teens, occasionally the beads would get stuck in my bigger pores around my nose and I had one pointed out to me by a friend. I’m assuming it’s the deeper pores with you scrubbing your face pulling and stretching the pores, it kinda slips in then can’t get out because it got in when you were manipulating your skin?

[@JamesWelsh]

Yeah that’s my guess too!

[@Jaylalwaysinging]

I used the blue one too and had a few beads get stuck in my pores around my hairline.

[@ioanaprovo6513]

This unlocked a memory alongside with that overpowering "fresh ocean" smell. I remembed trying to squeeze the blue exfoliant beads because they honestly felt like pebbles scratching my skin. The beads would require considerate effort to break and even then they would not completly dissolve with water, just sort of remain on the skin with the consistency of sand, almost. That would get under my skin, literally, 'cause I would pick at my face and pimples constantly.

[@firewalk27]

I wanna say as someone who also earns commission, there is no excuse for the Sakare tactics. It’s entirely possible to respect your customers and work in their best interest while also earning decent commission. Granted I’m in phone sales vs skin care, but my company has NEVER encouraged unethical behavior like trapping a customer. Clearly they focus on trapping customers and getting as much money out of them as possible on their first trip because they know they won’t be back, where any semi-decent company would know the real profits & commission comes from customer retention.

[@FitChickGlows]

It’s not just about the commission. It’s also about that company’s sales targets for those stores. And it sounds like they must have some ridiculous targets to meet. Which pressures them IMMENSELY to be PASSIONATE about the products and of course trained to sell in that aggressive manner to make the sales and the targets. Aggressive sales tactics means they are most likely working under highly pressurized unreasonable sales targets. I wouldn’t be surprised if those SA’s are just as exploited as the customers they are selling to.

[@FitChickGlows]

We had a company like that all over Toronto selling Dead Sea mineral beauty products just like them. And I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they are the exact same company just under a different name. They kept changing their name online. I remember them having these EXACT same aggressive selling tactics and up selling tactics and super expensive with these sales incentives if you bought more etc. Twice I ended up purchasing more than I bargained for. AND then I stopped. However, I did find the products very impressive. You can’t underestimate Dead Sea mineral ingredients and their formulations and products and some innovations were excellent. Were they worth that amount? NO. More like Dior prices BUT NO La Mer prices. 😂 I think their sales tactics shot them in the foot. As doing that to what I felt WAS excellent products was putting me off from being a repeat customer. Too expensive and too aggressive. They could’ve had me as a repeat customer if their pricing had been better suited to their products and they sold in an ethical manner. And then they would NOT need to sell that way. Very short sited of them.

[@firewalk27]

@@FitChickGlows oh I’m definitely not blaming the individual employees, extremely high and barely attainable targets are likely what push them to do what they do in order to keep their jobs (and a roof over their head) My criticism is directed 100% towards the company itself & the executives, not the individual employees.

[@sonorasgirl]

100%. I used to work in a floor sales job, and I had the highest hour per sale rating and I never pushed, just educated and asked questions

[@andys8483]

I almost want to go in one just to tell them to 🤬 off or give them the middle finger wave!

[@laneatkinson6441]

"Being polite to strangers can get you in a lot of trouble" Unfortunate, but true! Maybe I watch too much true crime though 😅

[@EmEm78]

It's true though, in my late teens and early twenties, I was followed home, followed around the streets, publicly had my breasts groped on the sidewalk in broad daylight, had my butt slapped in a large shop surrounded by other people, and even stalked, by older men that I didn't know, simply because I didn't want to be rude when they tried to strike up conversations with me. It was so ingrained in me that I had to be polite that I would jeopardise my safety for the sake of being "nice". I would always politely make my excuses and try not to engage much, but some creeps will literally take you simply acknowledging them as a green light to feel entitled to harass you. I always looked a lot younger than my age, and I'm pretty short, so I guess I seemed like an easy target, and I was. I was also very naive. It's awful, not to mention terrifying. Thankfully, I eventually learned to not be scared of being rude when necessary. Nowdays I wouldn't hesitate to rip someone's head off if they were being creepy, or if I witnessed it happening to a young, vulnerable girl.

[@technobrain666]

@@EmEm78 omg same!! i can't even count how often i was sexually harassed by men because i rejected them too politely. since one or two years i changed my behavior towards men i don't know drastically and give a harsh answer whenever some guy wants to ask me anything, even though some of them just want to know what way they have to take to get to the main station or something like that. i actually feel bad then, but i actually don't know how to differentiate anymore, as most of them act normal when they talk first to you and only show their real intentions once they get rejected.

[@mayzmay]

omg the sakare store... i've lived in london for years and this store haunts me, i speedwalk past it or cross to the other side of the street to avoid it. i'll never forget when i saw a tourist accept the free soap samples and pop one into his mouth because he thought it was candy lmao

[@jazzy1542]

Why does no one believe the beads story? I had those blue beads in Proactive MD get stuck in my nose’s pores. Thought it was blackheads (which i had never had before) but upon closer examination and squeezing around them the blue bead would come out. I only had it happen on my nose where I do have very large pores. A lot of these beads in products don’t dissolve very well and can get pressed into larger pores if not paying attention. I used to used the clean and clear morning burst as a kid and never had problems with those beads, those used to pop upon washing my face or just go down the drain. Anyways, for the environment and also for my skin, I do not use any products that contain micro beads anymore. I’m not saying the open and closing pores with water was an accurate description of our skin but those of us with large pores can easily get a micro bead or two stuck in our large pores. Basically if it fits, it fits.

[@mignonalverson655]

I believe you.

[@indigocrayon520]

Happened to me too

[@notcomfortable_here]

it happened to me as well!!

[@ayajade6683]

Sure you did not like it's easy to lie on the internet for attention

[@indigocrayon520]

@@ayajade6683 we aren't saying it for attention, just stating it does happen

[@mayanovak2497]

I recently went into business with someone who worked as a salesman at one of those “aggressive sales tactic” places. We reserved a booth at a trade show & bought moisturizers, peels and under eye “syringes” that remove under eye bags and everything was like $3 a piece and were sold for $75 bare minimum but some people bought syringes for $400 each. We also bought red light therapy machines for $100 each and they sold for $2k plus. I withdrew from the business the very first day when I saw how straight up slimy and predatory it was. Older, confused people were targeted and my business partner literally had people max out multiple credit cards for the red light therapy machines. People with CANCER were told it would help their cancer. I literally haven’t even spoken to that “friend” since that, it was disturbing how cold, manipulative and greedy it all was. A VERY profitable industry to go into though, if you have no conscience

[@maryeckel9682]

I hope you reported them to the appropriate authority.

[@mayanovak2497]

@@maryeckel9682 unfortunately there’s not really an authority to report this kind of stuff to

[@morgianasartre6709]

@@mayanovak2497 Yeah, they can put any profit margin they want for most stuff out there but if they are making claims about it helping cancer that definately is illegal and can be reported, it's harder to prove they do that though if you don't have it in writing or a recording.

[@maryeckel9682]

@@mayanovak2497 in the States, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) handles stuff like that, scams, fraud, etc. Of course they're chronically understaffed, but they will record it.

[@jessleigh4622]

I was walking through the mall with my son who was 11 at the time. I didn't hear one of these guys calling to us but he convinced my son to leave me and go to him. I noticed a second later and freaked out....I was so angry.

[@shortcake66]

😳 What the actual hell? I would’ve been STEAMING

[@EnvyBlu]

Omfg! I would’ve been livid!! I’m sure you were! 😲

[@jessleigh4622]

Yeah that was over a year ago and I'm still fuming! I can't believe the audacity of these people.

[@30seagullsinatrenchcoat11]

I don't even say "No thanks" anymore when those Dead Sea salespeople hold up a sample as I walk by in the mall, I just straight up ignore them. I wouldn't buy anything from them based on their sales tactics alone.

[@Lesiosaurus]

I’ve always hated being touched especially by strangers if some random salesperson ran up to me and started rubbing stuff on my hands and face I would have a panic attack and never leave my house ever again…

[@postpunkpanda]

Before malls started to die out in the US, we would see kiosks pop up around the holidays using similar, aggressive sales tactics. They would put hand cream on your hands or buff one of your nails (so you'd have one random shiny and thin nail). My best defense was making sure my nails were painted, or waiting for another mall-goer to be caught in their clutches before I could pass by safely. Hiding behind a large crowd also worked. 😂

[@aeg_125]

They used to have a lot of those Dead Sea skin care scam kiosks in the shopping malls around my area (southern California). They will legit chase you if you walk too close to the kiosks. Same thing-immediately slathering that scratchy salt stuff on your hands. I eventually got to where I could spot the trouble kiosks from a distance and I would walk/run as close to the edge of the walkway as possible. Sometimes they would still give chase and I would duck into whatever store I was passing by. They’ve become less common-I imagine malls kicked them out for scaring shoppers away from the mall entirely. I did get tricked into buying the product once. I paid $90 in 2013 dollars for a crappy hand lotion, cuticle oil, and nail buffer set. You can get better stuff in today’s money for $20 at the drugstore. It’s as bad as an MLM.

[@ashleighsalinas8526]

As a former salesperson and telemarketer (renewing and upselling magazine subscriptions) the main thing that works consistently is to keep saying you are broke because it is the one thing they cannot argue with. Granted you can just hang up if it's over the phone lol, but even then, social conventions make us naturally feel obligated to keep talking and be cordial even if the person is bothersome in some way. Don't be rude to telemarketers though, if anything just hang up instead of verbally abusing them because they are just trying to follow orders and make a living. Most (if not all) don't get commission, have supervisors constantly breathing down their neck and listening in on the calls, pushing the worker to be more aggressive. At that time in 2014/15 I made minimum wage to harass people during dinner and bedtime basically cause I worked the evening shift. Thankfully I have long since quit that job. But yes salespeople can and will (legally!) use strongarm and psychological tactics to get you to cave. They will try to wear you down, so do the same as I said before, just keep telling them "I'm broke, sorry." "No I can't afford any of this!" "Leave me alone, I have no money" etc. In face to face interactions making eye contact and speaking with some backbone and conviction are critical, which is why they prey upon the meek or naive. Even if you are the timid or socially anxious type this can be difficult but it will help you out of many other hairy situations in life to be able to say "NO" and mean it, without guilt. To nip things in the bud, when a salesperson or any other pest is trying to approach and harass you in public don't look at them or make eye contact. Pretend they don't exist, and if you are walking do not stop! Just keep going. Basically if you can't ignore them, play their game lol. If you want to have some fun you can troll them, for example, with the skincare salespeople mentioned in the video tell them you don't have skin and keep walking 🤣

[@nadiahassan5307]

OMG! I know this store (Sakare). My friend and I must have looked like tourists (we are but I studied in London for years). After they gave us the soap samples they were so persistent. Nice to know I wasn’t the only one who found it really odd.

[@lacytaylor1501]

Oh my gosh, hearing the goop story reminds me a lot of this incident that happened where two little girls made a makeshift alcohol burner for making popcorn or something. That ended in tragedy and it's made very clear all over the internet that you should never ever use liquid alcohol to do something like that. All it takes is the flame following the vapors up into the container of liquid and it will explode in your hand sending flaming liquid everywhere. That's why at restaurants you're not supposed to pour alcohol straight from the bottle for any of those flaming dishes that they make at tables and stuff.

[@FrootLoop31122]

The micro bead story is scary as I’m sure we’ve all used some sort of scrub like that before we learned more about skin care. The Sakare store sounds like every MLM company with the aggressive selling being called “passionate about our products.”

[@JamesWelsh]

Haha yessss so true!

[@justanotherchannel13]

Well... I am pretty scared because that's the most affordable product I've found in my country, where taxes are completely abusive and the minumim wage it's pretty low. So I would really appreciate an update of some kind, because knowing better isn't really helpful depending on the economy of your country 😬

[@pinkimietz3243]

@@justanotherchannel13 Use a cloth.

[@pnuthead13]

Thank you soooo much for repeating the best lesson of true crime podcasts. I do listen to and watch these stories and I feel like that’s the best way to honor victims. Listen to your gut, be fierce in securing your safety and that of others and have no fear of being seen as “rude”. The cost of being polite and getting hurt is too high. This video is a great example of how that looks in terms of your finances too. Take care of yourself first - you are worth it!!

[@ahills84]

‘Can I ask you a question?’ Omg it’s worldwide. It’s everywhere!!!

[@JamesWelsh]

It’s always ‘can I ask you a question’ followed by 0 questions and a hand scrub! It’s so weird!

[@ItsErin-R]

I was ambushed by the Dead Sea people in Melbourne Central. Literally metres from where Robert at the time. Half way through the "demonstration" I could see where it was going and I told them my lunch break was up, and just walked off. For years after I gave them a very wide berth because they'd chase you if accidental eye contact was made.

[@jaspersky412]

I'm terrible. I saw "2 Men Catch Fire At Goop Store" and was waiting for the joke.

[@Rain_Reign]

Lol. They definitely got too close to the vagina candle. It happens 🤷🏻‍♀️😅

[@Giaphaige]

Honestly its funny how absolutely oblivious the person who filled a candle holder with ethanol and set it on fire was. How can you not see that was a bad idea from miles away. How.

[@miranda3813]

Had the exact same experience with Sakaré. They lured me in with soap samples that I thought were sweets, got me in the shop and wouldn’t shut up, did loads of testers on me and then scammed me into buying a really basic scrub by giving me a huge discount “just for me”. Only bought it because I couldn’t escape. Also personally felt quite threatened by the guy - I did the classic thing of dropping my boyfriend into the conversation to make him aware I was not interested in him and he went “oh yeah well come in soon with your ‘boyfriend’” like I had made up that I had one. Such a horrid experience

[@rachaelbullmore48]

I was bullied into a Sakaré store in Neal's Yard, Covent Garden. My boyfriend misread my politeness as enthusiastic interest in their products so he paid for the goods whilst I tried to back out of buying anything. The aren't even luxury products: it's just mediocre grade products in brown packaging which somehow translates as luxury. If I go past their store now I scowl or aggressively say "no, not interested

[@emolybee]

In New Zealand, those stores had a huge scandal and all go banned. I can't recall the context because I was a fair bit younger but they have not come back since

[@reneevilla86]

I remember being in my early 20s and my acne was really bad. I tried proactive but I just didn’t feel like it worked for me. Once they came out with an “exfoliating” cleanser I was excited to see if that would work. It was basically the same thing but with green micro beads. I’ve never been a fan of those because they don’t really exfoliate. Well, I used it and immediately saw green beads in my pores and had to pop them out like pimples 🤦🏻‍♀️ it was terrible. They were all in my cheeks at my T-zone.

[@heatherduke7703]

From the comments this sounds like it was super common. I can’t fathom how there wasn’t a huge class action lawsuit 😱

[@ThatBirdCherryGirl]

I get how it sounds but dear people, stop being so polite when it comes to these scam kiosks! All this Dead Sea overpriced stuff.. man… A girl I know works with factories in Israel directly and always offers that stuff with huuuuuuuge discouts aka the actual price! Some of it is actually very nice but not worth the price these bullies ask for it. Just don’t let them touch you, no polite small talk, no eye contact, no explanations, nothing! Just no! Sometimes I just laugh and they get really annoyed and leave me alone.

[@EmEm78]

Exactly. I was walking through a shopping centre with my son when he was a toddler, and one of those dead sea vultures stepped right in my path, blocking our way through, shoving his samples in my face. My son unwittingly saved my ass (or more likely the salesman's ass, from me😂) by yelling at the top of his lungs "I NEED TO POOP NOWWWWW!!!" The dude very quickly got the hell out of our way. Honestly, the only time I've been grateful to have to wipe someone's butt 😂

[@ThatBirdCherryGirl]

@@EmEm78 omg, this is brilliant!!! And having toddler myself I know not to mess with them. Scary people. 😂

[@EmEm78]

@@ThatBirdCherryGirl I know, he couldn't have been more effective at scaring that guy away if I'd coached him😂

[@samiam2088]

Please don’t buy ANYTHING from the Dead Sea. I’m Israeli and the Dead Sea is being over farmed for cosmetics and the like and will completely gone is couple decades. Just boycott all the Dead Sea products.

[@kyllinator1243]

Couple of years ago I used an exfoliator with beads, and I was scared to see my pores were so large some of the blue little beads remained in my pores after I was done washing my face. So I definitely get the microbead story, especially since her beads were orange and maybe blended in with her skin colour more. If my beads weren't electric blue I doubt I would have seen them and been able to remove them.

[@Stacey24101]

Happy Sunday, James! Many of the malls in my area have those Dead Sea kiosks and they are soooo pushy. I’ve taken to telling them I’m allergic to salt when they don’t want to take no for an answer. Have an awesome week and thanks for this series! 💓💜💓💜💓💜💓💜

[@cheekyb71]

Fortunately the Dead Sea kiosk scam was publicly lambasted in the early 2000s here in New Zealand and they went bankrupt during the investigation into their legality! Consumer awareness and persistence paid off

[@laurenmarieny]

Regarding that aggressive sales tactic story, that happened to me in Las Vegas. There was what looked like a high end skin care store in one of the high end Malls there. I walked in and they offered to demonstrate some of the stuff. I didn't have anything to do so I agreed. But then the guy asked for my credit card to charge me for one product I agreed to buy and while they had my card the guy charged me an additional like $500 for their whole range without even asking me! I told the guy I need to have my card refunded right away and he said they can't do that. I was so mad, I said I never asked for or agreed to pay for that stuff and eventually he refunded my money except for the one item I wantes but let me keep all the products, probably because he knew they totally scammed me and didn't want to be reported!

[@SlothDaan]

James giving a nodge to 'be weird, be rude, stay alive' is what I'm living for 😍

[@Mmaybenaomi]

You should do ‘when beauty turns ugly’ more often. I love this series sooo much.

[@NoorAtaVFX]

I worked in a mall in the USA for years where a similar brand selling Dead Sea Salt products had carts. They had the same aggressive selling tactics that you are describing. They would rebrand the product like it was something completely different every year. Throughout the the 2010s, you would see these carts across the USA almost always setup in front of a Victoria Secret, I assume because it was a high traffic area. The ones in my local mall were odd because the people working the carts were all immigrants who were brought to sell these products. Eventually, it was found that a lot or most of these sales people were being brought in on the wrong visa, not one that would allow them to work in the USA. A lot of the business weakened and soon after, the covid lockdown happened, so they've disappeared for the last 2 years. I'm very curious as to how these people were being compensated if they didn't have a proper work visa, were being brought to the USA by the company, and were living together. You can look up the owner, Omer Gur. He was sentenced to jail in the United States for conspiracy to defraud the US and launder in using the business. I wonder if it's a similar thing with the UK brand because it sounds 100% the same. It's literally the same Dead Sea Salt and the same sales tactics.

[@lorifrederick2367]

Yes I agree. Back when I worked for VS, there was one of those carts right in front of the store. They always tried to nab me on the way in. One grabbed my hand and said I had "old" hands. I told her that she was very rude, and I would never even think about purchasing from them since they are so rude. We actually got the cart moved to a different area of the mall because they were bothering so many of our customers.

[@meowkitty2956]

Tbh best way to handle that situation is literally ignore everyone, I've been in stores like that and I remember Lush's staff was like that at one point I learnt from a very young age that honestly it's just best to walk in ignore every human being in existence even though you haven't got a clue what to look for, then go out of your way to ask an attendant next to the one that pestering you for assistance (sometimes the look on their face is priceless)and be extremely specific (literally bs anything) and they'll find it difficult to push anything else on you cos their tryina find a non existent product you've just described but it gives you control of the conversation, it may not work depending on how persistent they are but it's always worked for me and I'm someone that's an introvert that's doesn't like confrontation

[@yesterdaybaby]

It seems more likely in the cystic acne story that a bead was stuck since with cystic acne there are wounds that something could easily get stuck in and then heal over - and that would have been pre -microplastics ban. The first one though, I don't buy at all. Aesthetician probably saw one of the beads in the girl's hair or something; and decided to spin a yarn to upsell their own skincare line.

[@prettyevil6662000]

Almost a decade ago I got a micro bead stuck in a pore on my nose! I wrote to the company about it, complained about it a lot and no one believed me! Kept telling me that wasn't possible. As for how, I just have very big pores. especially after exfoliating when all the junk is out of my pores, it's like it's now an empty space for something else to dive into.

[@funeralmute3268]

I remember back in the day when I was in middle school (so like 15 or so years ago), I can't remember what brand of face wash it was, but it had those little micro beads (these were plastic in a pre-ban era) and I had several instances of getting those little buggers stuck in my face. I've had moderate acne for years and years and am a compulsive skin picker, so I had plenty of very open pores and acne wounds, so there were plenty of place for those suckers to get stuck.

[@carlycotnoir]

The microbead thing is terrifying, but not surprising. I used a neutrogena cleanser like this in the ealry 00s as a teen, and at every doctor appointment, they'd tell me the beads were stuck in my ears. 😱😱😱

[@gothboithick]

how did you get them in your ears??

[@a.harrington1634]

We have used small oil burners in the candle shop I work at, and this is the kind of stuff that gives me nightmares about flames in retail.

[@HeyNay95]

I actualy worked for a Dead Sea kiosk in the mall here in US, they sold products for 400+ and those awful hair straighteners. The whole sale price was only a fraction! Lets say Rejuvination mask is 600 USD, the wholesale price was about 120 USD. Lets just say i wasnt there long, and most employees live off a commision pyramid type of pay scale.

[@JamesWelsh]

Almost like an MLM?!

[@HeyNay95]

Yes! And very shady ownership of the company. It was just really weird and it didn’t seem rite!

[@mariskavantonder8235]

Iilluminaughtii literally did a video on the Dead Sea kiosk market in the USA and how they're a scam

[@maggie_sugarxo]

People are so careless and some 'journalists' were absolutely shameless 😔 also those beads being stuck in her skin, it makes me question how people wash their face or just use a face cloth to 'wipe out' and not wash directly with water to wipe anything out (if that makes sence) 🤔

[@fjp9]

after reading some of the comments… if a person touches you without your consent, it can be assault. if a person is bothering you, following you, etc, it can be harassment. that can be one way to handle sales people who touch you without your consent or who are aggressively bothering you.

[@sweetstar2478]

I have worked in a similar store (not going to say the brand) and they pushed us to do exactly that which I was extremely against. Firstly I would not want to touch and massage a random person’s hands , especially around a time with a global pandemic. Second , as a customer myself, I have pretty bad eczema on my palms and if someone starts putting on a product I haven’t used before on my hands without giving me a chance to consent, it might go very bad. Never just slap on a product without a persons permission , always ask about their skin and inform them of the product, you never know if someone has a skin condition or allergies.

[@Reiliferei]

oh those damn stores with the aggressive tactics! We had some of those in malls, as soon as you showed you we not interested they became so rude & tried to guilt trip you into buying something. This one place who sold nail stuff totally blindsided my mom, I was so mad. Also you should totally call these Mini Uglies lol

[@aliyshamcintosh3662]

the micro bead thing has happened to me before sort of!! i made a home made sugar scrub when i was like 14 with sugar olive oil and honey and i used it on my face in the evening: i never had any visible blackheads before, and when i woke up in the morning on my cheek under my right eye i had a huge inflamed blackhead it was really red and i squeezed it, and the stuff that was under the head was sort of grainy so it must’ve been the sugar dissolving into smaller pieces while it was wet on my face and clogging my pores it was so gross i never did a home made face scrub again

[@Internetcockroach1]

Something similar happened to my sister but with shoe cleaners, she was at the mall with friends and some guy came up to be and started cleaning her shoes, after he was done he was very pushy about her buying a shoes cleaning kit. She ended up buying one for 20$ and her shoes didn’t even look that well cleaned. Honestly stuff like this is why I’m not as polite to people who try and aggressively sell me things 😔

[@saranin3091]

I had the same experience with that shop in Westfield 2019 !!! A guy started moisturising my hand and telling me how 'finally soft it is' lol. I said I would come back to pay (I obviously lied) and he gave me the dirtiest look and started focusing on someone else.

[@simplythebestgirl]

You guys, I'm sorry those awful kiosk people did all that to you, but don't let it happen ever again. You aren't obligated to even listen to them, let alone buy anything. And if they touch you, push them way! Raise your voice, tell them to back off, and walk away. Don't let people bully or intimidate you, and never let anyone do something to you against your will.

[@soogymoogi]

The MOMENT one of those "Dead Sea People" as my mom calls them opens their mouth at me I just say "Nope". Once had one of them say "you didn't have to be mean like that" ...uh dude you know I did or else you wouldn't have let me even talk 🤣

[@edgeofsevnteen]

Omg I remember using that Dead Sea minerals crap! Use to be sold at kiosks in the mall and all they had to tell me to make me buy it was “it’s usually $50 but I’ll give it to you for half that!” This was 2005.

[@etherealserenity6043]

I’ve used that morning burst cleanser off and on for a decade and swear by it. I wake up feeling really nauseous sometimes and the scent and feeling of the cleanser immediately wakes me up and has never had my sensitive skin irritated or dry. Those beads aren’t hard and they burst really easily (even just by emulsifying the cleanser in my hands) so I’m confused as to how one could’ve even gotten stuck and stayed hard. I know they had a scrub version of it that was like the grapefruit one but it was a different packaging than the one she pointed to. It’s so freaky seeing these outcomes for products you swear by

[@shunuuu]

Lmao, if they opened a Sakare store in my area, the customers would actually yell at these people ESPECIALLY if they saw them adding in items into their cart wothout their permission like they would go off.

[@calculatedspaces]

I have had (almost) no breakouts since going on my retinol journey years ago. I was waiting on a shipment of products and picked up the Neutrogena grapefruit cleanser for temporary use. I had breakouts and irritation within the first 2 days. I don’t know if it’s the beads. I thought it was the fragrance and red 40/violet 2 combo. I was given a sample of collagen and lured into one of the expensive skin salons. The girls were throwing all these compliments at me. I asked for one active to be named and to look at the packaging. Instead I got these useless high pressure sales tactics. I think people sell skincare based on the skin THEY have. I was told that this exfoliating product on my hand would help with my acne. I thought, “I use Tretinoin and other recommended actives. I don’t have breakouts.” 😎 Thanks for the fantastic reviews and updates!

[@cassthompson3386]

The same thing happened to me. I found beads in my face/pores a couple days later after using one of these same cleansers with those micro beads.

[@louiseboland1701]

Omg that place Sakare an employee once had a huge go at me for not going in when they were trying to on the street. I can’t believe they do that on the regular!

[@TillyFlonka]

I passionately hate those popup beauty kiosks. I guess I look super exploitable because they ALWAYS try to engage me, even when I make a point to not to make eye contact with them. I refuse to stop walking when they talk to me - I won't even slow down. Despite this, I still had a guy from one of them follow me a couple hundred feet across the mall, yelling questions at me about what I did to take care of my hair. I think it was only when he realized that he'd left his kiosk unattended that he finally gave up.

[@Doñasonja]

I used Garnier 4 in 1 exfoliator for a good ten years and I had those blue beads stuck in my skin countless times! Was a great cleanser apart from that lol

[@xyemojax7899]

JAMES! I went to esthetics school in the US and im here to tell you that they teach their students that pores open and close.... at my school i tried hard to tell them that pores dont open and close, only dilate/loosen. So annoying... everyone hates esthetics school

[@jennenecolky5628]

I live across from the biggest shopping mall in Denver. I don't go there often but when I do I follow a special route I devised to avoid two kiosks of some no-name brand from Israel with highly aggressive sales people as you described. Before I wised up, I used to pretend I didn't speak English, gesturing crazily that I didn't understand what was going on.

[@katiekat9833]

My best guess as to how the beads situations can happen is an already congested pore previously being extracted leaving the stretched hole. This has happened to me in the past and results in ice pick scarring when not prepped properly. Thus, in their cases bead being pushed in their previous extractions when the consequently wash their face.

[@Nikki_g87]

OMG the Sakare story reminded me of when there was a pop up like that in a shopping centre near me. As someone who gets contact dermatitis on my hands, them immediately beginning to exfoliate my hand without warning was scary!

[@ave_rie]

That bead story - It's 2022, when there is something weird/needs derm's attention, my aesthetician either shows me, hands me a mirror, or takes a photo on my phone - or all of the above. we need pics so we can further investigate, not just a story time tiktok. (Not victim blaming, just saying missed opportunity for figuring this out)

[@skeptiwolf5654]

When I was a teenager a woman began to polish one of my nails at a mall. She talked and talked and then looked at me in the eyes and told me they were beautiful. I blushed. Then I ran off to catch my parents.

[@GlamourNNail]

I had one of those pop-up skin care people get angry at me when I started to walk away. He had been very pushy and basically made me let him put some crazily strong scented hand cream on me. I was poor and absolutely couldn't buy anything anyway. So I said no thanks and started to walk away and he got rude and pissy! Hurled some insult at me. Awful awful!

[@Andi-Bee]

I used to use Crest 3D white toothpaste. Whilst at the dentist it's common practice to have a cleaning done prior to seeing the actual dentist by the hygienist. During my cleaning she removed HUNDREDS, yep, hundreds of those beads from under my gums...

[@sophielewinstein7181]

Omg, James I had a VERY SIMILAR shopping experience several years back. Was in my local mall killing time waiting for my bus to come. There was a pop up skin care brand seller (can't remember the name) and she lured me to her with the exfoliating product. I thought at the time it was ok because I actually did need a good exfoliating scrub. After the demo she pushed a bunch of other products at me and wouldn't let me leave without buying them. She then walked me over to her colleague's pop up hair tool stand and he did a styling demo on me and pushed the styling tool on me and some other products and now the total was very close to $500. This was definitely too much for me to handle and I left the mall in tears. I know now to avoid eye contact and just ignore these guys. That was my absolute worst shopping experience ever.

[@jessicazaytsoff1494]

A dead sea skin care seller once tried to get me into their sphere of influence. I don't know how my meek Canadian self was all 'do not touch me. Step back' But here I am many years later with drug store spf and doing fine. I assume the stranger danger lessons of my youth kicked in?

[@jennavidal585]

Addicted to your videos. I worked in the medical cosmetic industry for 7.5 years. Those Sakura/deep sea salt people were in my local shopping centre for a long time (all the way over here in Western Australia). There were advertising “a natural alternative to Botox”. I marched right up to them and asked how they were legally allowed to use the name Botox in advertising ( illegal here in Australia) and how could they possibly compare an exfoliator that may have a minor effect on skin texture to a prescription drug that paralyses muscle movement? They tried to talk their way out of it but ultimately could not answer that and were pretty glad to get rid of me!! HA HA!!

[@FlyingWoookie]

I had the Clinique micro scrub beads/abrasives get stuck in my pores 😭 my nose pores were large and the lady at the counter told me it would make them “smaller” and I used that and this pore serum… I hope they don’t still sell that crud or at least changed the abrasives

[@madisonevans7950]

I used to use the Neutrogena Morning Burst and never really had issues. It felt like all the beads dissolved as you use it. Maybe back in the day it was different but I have super sensitive skin and was chillin.

[@mafiatehippah]

I used to use a clean and clear bead exfoliant every day, for years, and did once have a bead get stuck in my pore. I watched it go in and freaked out, and essentially just attacked that pore until it came out. It only happened once over a course of years but it is possible.

[@Chloe-dv9hf]

i’m an anxious person so i’m forever feeling pressured into purchases i don’t want. i have a fear of answering phone calls, after some encouragement from my mother i answered a phone call from EE and without saying yes to an additional contract, i ended up with a 24 month sim only plan i had no use for, i still pay for it each month and it’s never been used😂 i can laugh about it but it’s definitely one of the more annoying things i’ve been pressured into paying for. but at this point i’ve felt bullied into buying so much stuff by salespeople that approach me in my city and i’m waaay too anxious to stand my ground, now i just pretend to not hear them and continue walking because i’ve learned that saying “no thank you” doesn’t work and eventually they stop following you. it makes me so sad that people would target the elderly because they’re easier to manipulate

[@abigailpena5950]

Yep, that's why whenever a person from the store walks up to me, I politely decline everything and anything they suggest, I think it's hilarious when they look mad about it

[@MiraCassandre]

Same 😁, it's always nope no matter what.

[@tinyderppotato5410]

I'm not even polite, they use such predatory tactics

[@debpalm8667]

Thanks, James. Allergic to pressure.

[@niveditha-salyan]

When I see the beads incident, I remember how the apricot scrub scarred me for life. I used the scrub when I was a teen, one sharp edge attached to my right side, near my ears area... I didn't know it happened after just 4 days, a small bump appeared and then whole area become painful then I went dermatologist thinking I have an allergy. By that time the particle went like 3 layer deep by rupture and I still have a pit which ll never go.. 🥺🥺

[@beebawing179]

When I was like 9 or 10 I went up to one of those mall kiosks when my mom wasn't looking because I was starting to be very interested in things like makeup and I thought the kiosk smelled good. The lady working the kiosk suddenly started rubbing lotion on my hands and my mom saw and IMMEDIATELY pulled me away and started telling me about how these kiosk brands will try to aggressively trick you into buying stuff. I don't really know why they started doing the hand lotion thing with me seeing as I was obviously too young to spend a lot of money, maybe they figured my mom would join in and buy something for me which very much turned out NOT to be the case lol.

[@Kalidreamine]

I remember a couple of years ago my family and I were in NOLA and went to a mall around there. We came across a sketchy skincare store that looked fancy but had one of those aggressive salespeople who dragged my mom in. It was so hard to get away and we were going to be late for our flight so I tried to persuade my mom to leave. But the sales lady would NOT stop talking and we kept telling her we needed to leave. I then had to try to be more aggressive with my mom and drag her out, then finally we were able to go. I later looked up that brand/store online and found out how sketchy they really were.

[@CatherineFarrar-wy1nw]

The micro bead thing happened to me too. Just one though, on my cheekbone. Not cheap face scrub either; it was Clarins.

[@thenavylady4630]

As always, really enjoyed your video. You are so much fun to watch.

[@amandrenails]

There are other stores like that Sakare, here in America. Specially in the Orlando Outlet Malls which are full of tourists! It’s horrible.

[@sacgeekgirl]

💕🌹💕 Love it! I have this 1 stoneware set that's green with black and gold speckle and I just feel so special when I use it for my meal vs a paper plates or my cheap plastic plates. Been thinking I might pickup 1 or 2 random plates from World Market and just make my nightly dinners feel a bit special