The fact that JLo and her team thought anybody would believe the secret to her timeless appearance is olive oil, and not the hundreds of thousands she’s spent on cosmetic procedures and therapies💀

@ALT-vz3jn

3 ай бұрын

Everyone knew she was lying her butt off. Telling an interviewer that she doesn’t use Botox when her face barely moved. Olive oil is such a nothing ingredient, no one in her target age range wants an olive oil based skincare. We want science and results not JLo.

@virgoyogini5377

3 ай бұрын

This is the reason I feel like almost any celebrity skincare/cosmetic line is questionable. I'd look fabulous, too, if I had all of that work done, had my personal aestheticians, and makeup artists, hairdressers, personal chef and trainers.

@dr.philmcbill3931

2 ай бұрын

And filters on all of her photos and videos.

@esthernavedo217

2 ай бұрын

That is a fact!! 💯

@jessicamarie8299

28 күн бұрын

@@dr.philmcbill3931 Yep, you’re right did you see her at the Met Gala up close in person and I mean really close in her face she can actually see her age.

Why don’t brands recognize us older people who already have the funds to purchase their products? We get lost in the shuffle of advertising and it sucks. I don’t want to see what skincare does on a 10 year old or 20 year old, and I don’t want to see makeup ads with 20 year olds in them.

@winning3329

3 ай бұрын

I use drugstore makeup like covergirl ageless and revlon and I'm happy. I'm in my late 40s

@Jmexmaldo

3 ай бұрын

Omg, thank you! So true! I especially hate those “voted best by…” and show a 18 year old with anabolic skin 🙄🤨 come on guys.

@cileft011

3 ай бұрын

i think the "conventional wisdom" of marketing was formulated at a time when it was actually true that teens and young adults had purchasing power and were willing to spend. now young ppl are just struggling to pay rent 🥲

@herrflick1244

3 ай бұрын

I am holding onto me half empty dewberry from the 90s occasionally sniffing it for nostalgia, hiding in my dressing table,lol😊

@foggyfrogy

3 ай бұрын

I'm still in my twenties but even I don't understood why older women would by skincare products from a 20 years old Kylie Jenner that is full of botox and fillers. It's like asking someone that was never in a relationship how to sustain a long term marriage 😂

Gen Alpha's purchasing power? Let's call it what it is: parents' money.

@erinmctague7188

3 ай бұрын

Exactly. Parents are purchasing this stuff to shut their kids up.

@Rose_tinted_heart_eyes

3 ай бұрын

@@erinmctague7188even worse. Instead of giving them cash for an allowance they give them a debit card and set them loose in the world 🙃

@legwaterlily12

3 ай бұрын

Only because parents made the economy 💩

@skrittle555

3 ай бұрын

no shit, sherlock lmao

@peakdelvalle197

3 ай бұрын

Not always, but you're probably right in this context. I grew up working class and I used modeling clay to make rainbow colored erasers to sell to kids on the playground so I could save up and buy my own Barbie. I was about six I think?

I find it sad that 11 year olds are not being children now. They are being mini adults and acting like they are 25 already. Your comment that at 11 you had £1 pocket money and bought sweets says it all. They are in Sephora buying hundreds of pounds of products. Childhood has been lost and replaced by consumerism and a need to be an adult already. Sad. And yes, I am an ‘ oldy’ compared to most. I had a childhood where I was innocent and was allowed to be a child before graduating to the adult world in mid to late teenage.

@ChrystalVanDusseldorp

3 ай бұрын

Children have always been the target of consumerism, but I agree about the wanting to look/act more grown-up. I think it's just shifted from the hot new toys or video games to play with to makeup and skincare.

@bones642

3 ай бұрын

At least it’s about clean beauty now. When I was that age in the 2000s it was about being hypers*xualized while also childish. Low rise, little girl hairstyles, 15% body fat but bratz. And this isn’t that, this is spa day with huge fluffy robes and terry headbands. It’s much more self care done FOR THEMSELVES even if it is more expensive.

@Crow_Smith

3 ай бұрын

I think it goes back to ... I wanna say what Robert said? Might've been James [I watch too much of their stuff so I don't remember who] where the issue is all the public spaces FOR KIDS are going away. Places that used to be available for kids to go be kids don't really exist, spaces for kids that still do, don't exist for the right age group. A kid you're basically either doing "stuff for babies" or "stuff for teenagers/adults" there is no "we're not babies still learning our alphabet, colors and shapes, but we're not yet teenagers going through body changes" space anymore. And that pretty much they only have fully grown influencers or teenagers to look to so of course they're trying to mimic them because they're just not allowed to be kids anymore. I mean hell look how many people go "Oh it's a Video Game/Cartoon, that's for kids" and dump stuff that is DEFINITELY NOT FOR KIDS to kids, but in the same breath are the type to think even the most basic stuff made for the "Tween" age is "too adult" so they want to stick them with younger kids stuff. A lot of play grounds and "Fun spaces" are geared toward under 10, to the point of actually limiting heights and ages to keep older kids out. Where are the spaces for "11 year olds" ? I mean look at places like Chuck E Cheese - they're geared more and more and more toward little little kids, but places like Dave and Busters are adults, where are the places like Craigs Cruisers [A Michigan place but I'll explain]? Places with mini golf, go karts, an arcade with games that give tickets for actually good prizes meant for older kids? And at roughly the same price point? A lot of places like that don't exist or have seriously changed. In my local area there were 2 when I moved here like, 5 years ago, that catered to "All ages" and had a decent spread so parents with kids from like 5 - 19 had stuff to do. I looked at one recently for a friend coming to visit and, the one took out anything "Dangerous" except their minigolf but the minigolf is now fully dino themed and the only "Scary" dino is the one facing the road. The water is now an obnoxious cartoon blue, the sky walk thing they had has the zipline area closed [not seen it open in ages] and the other place is like "Unless accompanying someone under 13, no one over 13 is allowed". Legit just cut teens out of the picture, and are pretty much a smaller arcade and super safe rides for little kids. [And looking at their height cut offs, even 11-13 is too big for 80% of their rides]. Heck I don't even see many places with laser tag anymore, at least not that allow kids. It seems like laser tag is more and more considered "too dangerous for kids!". "Family Friendly" is starting to mean "exclusively for families with very small children" - and with malls not doing so well, a lot have put things in like Saturn 9 Arcades - so malls are becoming like the only place for "Not quite little kids, but definitely not teenagers" to hang out - so what else are they to do?

@CordeliaWagner1999

3 ай бұрын

Not long ago children worked in factories from Single digit age on. Having a childhood is a pretty New concept in human history. A lot of people don't care about child marriage in some countries because "It's their culture". And children are supposed to learn about gender identity in Kindergarten. So what is it now?

@Crow_Smith

3 ай бұрын

@@bones642Yeah but experts are saying that the skincare they're using is actually not good for them. And they could be doing damage to their skin they might regret by the time they hit the age where they should be STARTING routines. I'm a 90s baby, and they had "Spa day" stuff for kids, and it was all super safe basic lotions, bubble bath and the like. So you could "Do like mommy/big sister" with the spa stuff but you weren't risking your skin. [Well you probably were a little bit with some of that stuff since who knows how safe it was, but it didn't have all these exfoliants and stuff like the stuff the kids are buying now.]

i remember reading an article a long time ago about how J-Lo’s “beauty secret” was using La Mer face/eye cream on her whole body. then all of a sudden it’s olive oil?!?!

@jenniferbond7073

3 ай бұрын

A face eye cream on her whole body? Say you don’t have a ton of money without saying you have Aton of money. That shit is expensive that’s why you just dab it under your eyes, way to be relatable, rights? Lolololo

@fullycovered9922

3 ай бұрын

I remember I saw the same thing on an MTV show called "The Fabulous Life"

@MizzUniQue101

3 ай бұрын

I saw that too!

@reneenevermore2771

3 ай бұрын

It’s funny because I always thought La Mer looked so cheap in the packaging lol I was like if this is so great and so expensive, cant it at least have pretty packaging?

@BlendedBarbieDoll

3 ай бұрын

Same!

I'm sorry, but NARS released The Multiple in the late 90s. Nudestix was 15 years late to the party, and now they're standing at the door acting like this is their house?

@lizmad8091

3 ай бұрын

Justice for Nars 😂

@philippaclarke2844

3 ай бұрын

Love the analogy, beautifully delivered! Apologies in advance for stealing it to use in conversation from now on!

@Tuti730

3 ай бұрын

Nars orgasm stick!! Anyone remember??

@UnpurrfectRobyn

3 ай бұрын

For real. Like you didn't invent the blush stick...everyone has a blush stick for cripes sake!

@karenebdenmonty

3 ай бұрын

Yes Nars orgasm similar colour as well😂

JLo packaging looks like a 2002 Avon celebrity collab.

@_Mamimi

3 ай бұрын

Back when she was still relevant lol

@wismeiry31

3 ай бұрын

I always wondered what happened to Avon

@ALT-vz3jn

3 ай бұрын

@@wismeiry31they still exist and sell skincare.

@jbell6852

3 ай бұрын

So true. The packaging was a fail.

@AvecPoesie

2 ай бұрын

I may be stuck in 2002, as her packaging was something I did not mind, aesthetically.

As a former Body Shop employee, good riddance. They treat their employees like garbage and refuse to innovate. They're all about green washing that consumers aren't falling for anymore. They say things like "community trade" instead of "fair trade" and those tactics don't trick people anymore. They also brag about paying a living wage when I was only being paid 50 cents above minimum wage as the team leader. If you aren't going to pay living wage, you're not obligated to, but why are you saying you are when not even the store manager was making $40k/year? I take so much joy in the stores closing.

@ariannasv22

3 ай бұрын

I have only ever been to a body shop store once, and all I really got was one of the body yogurts. It was okay, the fragrance was so strong, and the product itself took a bit to really sink in. I just remember the girl who was guiding me seemed very knowledgeable about the products I was looking at, I did not know you guys were treated so poorly :( The only thing I would maybe want to buy from them is this strawberry perfume I got to smell in the store, but yeah pretty much everything else wasn't super interesting to me. Also they had an online sale once that caught my attention but it was so confusing and I barely understood what was going on anymore so I ended up buying nothing. Hope you got a new job that treats you at least somewhat better than they did.

@ellenkarlsson9490

3 ай бұрын

I've been telling people that Body Shop is green washing for years and people refuse to believe me, because of how "ethical" they are. Nice to finally get it confirmed.

@Fallendown45

3 ай бұрын

They discontinued my mango body butter in the plastic tub rather now it is in metal tub which I don't like

@alexandrahindley

3 ай бұрын

Wow.... it just shows that you never know what goes on. This brand was so dedicated to doing well & not testing on animals. Shame that they treated you so badly. I hope you go on to bigger & better things xx

@Nazlairdie

3 ай бұрын

Back in the day under Anita Roddick when it started those slogans meant something, then she sold it before she died & it’s just been lip service ever since unfortunately.

I used to work at Sephora and JLO beauty had NEGATIVE sales one year in my specific store because of all returns 😂😭 it didn’t move at all

@Seashelldub

3 ай бұрын

That just made my day 😂 I already can’t stand her, then her whole “I use olive oil” thing just pushed me over the edge. I’m glad her skincare line is failing. I also think she’s about 20 years too late for it.

@melimel2990

3 ай бұрын

Im with you on that. I cannot stand her!!!. Rude, old woman dressing and acting like she’s young! 😂

@closuitm

3 ай бұрын

the olive oil thing was enough for me to write her off completely (although her music history is rly juicy as well) But yeah her lil name wasn’t enough to make her another handful of millions 😢

@sp.2778

3 ай бұрын

the olive oil thing, the “i don’t write or sing my own music” thing, the sneaking in a gun for diddy thing… chile she a mess 😂

@yoli683

3 ай бұрын

When she did her Vogue makeup tutorial using a filter i was like, no thnx. Let me stick with tretinoin.

Not surprised Jlo Beauty is flopping. For her to say she's never done a thing except olive oil is laughable. I don't believe that's why at 54 that she looks like that. If she only uses olive oil, why should I buy her skincare 😅? Celebrity skincare is so hard to sell because the celebs have no passion or interest to prove they are using it.

@_Mamimi

3 ай бұрын

Sephora kept trying to give it away essentially, every promo item and giveaway was jlo stuff, always getting discounted. It’s annoying when celebs who have had facelifts and fillers sell products to look like them. Like send me a vial of juvaderm instead lol

@alisonmercer5946

3 ай бұрын

I love trying skincare but no desire to try JLo stuff.no way

@hayaglamazonluxe

3 ай бұрын

​@@_Mamimi Exactly 😂 pass the Juvederm and stop lying to us. I'm so tired of celebrity lies 😂😂

@Seashelldub

3 ай бұрын

Also, she filters her photos to death so that she looks 30. But in reality, she looks her age. Nothing wrong with that obviously but don’t filter your pics when selling skincare products!

@hms1609

3 ай бұрын

She has wrinkles unlike so many other celebrities her age. So I do believe she has no fillers and no other things done to her (except a nose job back in the day). It's just that you are used to seeing her photo shopped pic on instagram. But if you see pics on the magazines without photo editing then you see the wrinkles. I actually really respect her not going the Kardashian way... Good for her!

No but if Body Shop bring back all their 90s range of musks and bath oil balls etc they'll stay in business, guaranteed! They've got rid of so many of their ranges that we are all now nostalgic for.

@kcvinwehoLA

3 ай бұрын

Agreed!!!

@milliereeves2215

3 ай бұрын

Totally agree and if they bring back the animal packaging, that would go down a storm in this 90s/Y2K revival

@vanessahodgkiss1863

3 ай бұрын

Agree I'd be first in line to buy all of it!!

@traceymarshall5886

3 ай бұрын

Yes Dewberry and Satsuma. I had the "endangered species" everything..school bags, pencil cases, money tins....and the iconic endangered species animal shaped soaps... I had a lovely parrot soap!!!

@mierkablue

3 ай бұрын

THIS. white musk, the traditional bath oil orbs, old lippies, all of the old perfume oils, like vanilla, strawberry, peach, english rose, carrot line.

I think older generations are wising up to the fact that tretinoin, petroleum jelly, Gold Bond retinol overnight lotion, store brand skincare is 100% as good as celebrity/branded. Actually, these are better because we get to keep the money we save.

@skulltaylor1616

3 ай бұрын

Us older generations have never used celebrity brands. They didn’t exist back in the day except for sone cheap perfumes. I wouldn’t go near a celebrity brand

@EmbalmerEmi

3 ай бұрын

Can't agree on the petroleum but to each their own. People need to learn to read ingredients,it's not about the cost or brand but the ingredients and concentrations. I love gold bond,it has really solid products that people don't really talk about because it's not seen as exciting or trendy.

@ALT-vz3jn

3 ай бұрын

@@skulltaylor1616Amen! Gen X and I’ve always given celebrity brands the side-eye. Celebrities don’t have the funding for technological breakthroughs in cosmetics. Why on earth would you waste money on their brands? Just go to the drugstore and get Neutrogena or Olay instead, they have tons of money devoted to R&D.

@msk-qp6fn

2 ай бұрын

@skulltaylor1616 but we did see celeb ads for cosmetics which was our version of "celeb brand"

@esterdrass4964

2 ай бұрын

I don't use a product put out by a celeb because it's just a money grab. A cheap product, sort of nicely packaged and displayed and overpriced. They have to pay the celeb for the use of their name and all the ad's that accompany it. It's just a waste of money. I buy the tried and true, that have been around for decades and decades and decades. Something to be said for a product that stands the test of time.

Shops going for gen alpha makes me question their overall morality and values. We already have an issue with beauty standards, gen alpha sounds like they're already being swamped in it.

@soude85

3 ай бұрын

If I see an 11 year old *child* in a skincare advert, I’m never purchasing a single thing from them! Enough is enough, damnit.

When I was 11 I was buying pizza, pens, and Sanrio stickers.

@alabama.worley

3 ай бұрын

Sanrio was my shit.

@NemSeiPow

3 ай бұрын

😂

@califrey99

3 ай бұрын

I also buy pizza, pens, and stickers! (I'm 24 lol)

@Powered1Buttercup

3 ай бұрын

​@@califrey99I think I'll still buy stuff like that even as a granny tbh

@EmbalmerEmi

3 ай бұрын

A Gameboy advance color,candy and Yu-Gi-Oh cards. 😂❤

My niece was all on the hype train with skincare until I had her watch you. She's stopped wanting all the trendy skincare, especially after having reactions and not knowing which product caused it. Her parents are happy she's watching you as well, because you interject sensible reviews along with your background in the industry to show her how miraculous results are usually *{insert expletives here}*, and tricks of light and editing.

The “purchasing power” is actually their exhausted Millennial parents’ pockets. Dusty Rose Sage Willow Canyon Moonchild is screaming while mommy has a migraine from life and they only will quiet down if you feed them organic skincare.

@_Mamimi

3 ай бұрын

Dusty rose sage willow canyon moonchild Oh my lord you made my day. 😂

@kmhkennedy

3 ай бұрын

You do realize that millennials are like 40 right? Or did I misunderstand your comment? Edit. Lol, misunderstood your comment.😂 I’ll leave it here as an example of idiocy. Apologies

@mwatson4970

3 ай бұрын

That name feels too real as the daughter of a family of teachers. 😂

@soulfoodsmama2980

3 ай бұрын

@@mwatson4970 oh, I used names that I have heard actual people call their human kids in real life

@marmettec9923

3 ай бұрын

Omg. That was so poetically dystopian. I'm a very early millenial though, and I never had this problem... maybe because I left out the dusty rose moonchild and just gave them boring names? ( my parents were hippies, so no prizes for guessing what kind of name I have... so I knew my kids wouldn't thank me...)

This “how to advertise to Gen Alpha” nonsense has to consider the ethical implications. Other industries have been limiting their. Advertising with the television and other platforms (fast food, ‘junk food’s toys, etc) because of the vulnerability of children to advertising. If I discover that brands I really love start targeting advertising to young people in questionable ways, I’ll definitely lose some respect. Especially as someone who grew up in the 90s early 00s where advertising and media was so tough on girl and women.

@nik_greenpeace

3 ай бұрын

Ooooh yes. So true and important! Ethical applies across the board

@melissaladd8704

3 ай бұрын

Agreed. I work for Ulta and we have training videos that we can watch for gratis. One of the videos for our most recent weeks was literally titled "our approach to Gen Alpha." It felt very weird and icky just watching it.

At 11 all my purchasing power went to the 7-11 slurpee and chocolate bar…and it only cost me $1…any other gen x-ers ill at the thought of an 11 year old being in charge of anything!?

@sweetbunnybun

3 ай бұрын

Back in my day shit

@Adrian-qk9jh

3 ай бұрын

Me too except it was 2011 😭😭 idk I feel like the last 5 years have been so wack

@ALT-vz3jn

3 ай бұрын

When I was a teen in the 80’s I loved skincare and makeup. But I had a small collection like everyone else, and you bought a replacement product only when you used up the previous one. You didn’t have 10 colors of blush and dozens of eyeshadow palettes… you had one of everything you used, except for stuff like lip gloss. Same thing for skincare. I had a tube of acne cream, a cleanser and some moisturizer. That was all I needed. My makeup drawer only got bigger when I was much older and got into Bare Minerals in the late 90’s…

Never thought I’d defend Rhode but Nudestix needs to calm down. Firstly, unless they patented the design of the component they have no right to say that Rhode is trying to copy them. There are so many brands that purchase the component and add their product and brand info on it to save money because custom packaging is expensive af. Secondly, not everyone uses or likes Nudestix formula. Same idea but different formula and claims. People need to stop being so surface-level in their criticism and wait until the product launches before making comments. You know what they say about assumptions…

@JamesWelsh

3 ай бұрын

100% agree!

@laurenk5379

3 ай бұрын

Guess they decided to take a break from Mar-a-Lago to try and stay relevant.

@KlaudiaErszebeth

3 ай бұрын

I have a retinol face stick from Peace Out that has the exact same packaging, down to the color. They want the attention, that's all.

@AKbaby89

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I get blush sticks from Kikiz Cosmeticz and it's basically the same tube but pink. It's just a tube package, it's not innovative at all

@AKbaby89

3 ай бұрын

​@KlaudiaErszebeth how do you like it if you don't mind me asking? I was just looking at it today

Nudestix need to calm down lol, loads of make up brands have used that cylinder packaging for cream blush in a stick! I had an Avon one in the 80’s, it was a natural nude colour I could get away with wearing at school as a blush and lipstick 🤣

@ALT-vz3jn

3 ай бұрын

Avon had cream blushes in the 70’s! My aunt was a disco queen and she’d give kid me all her cast-off makeup. She gave me this shimmery peach Avon blush stick, omg I thought I had won the lottery 😂 I still remember it well. I have pictures of me wearing it from 1978.

I'm a parent to a toddler, so Gen Alpha. "Purchasing power" is just beyond icky, this is so dystopian!!!

The Sephora shoppers said "I don't know her" to JLo beauty

I used to buy Body Shop body butters religiously about 8-10 years ago when they were around £10 per tub (when I had more disposable income lol). Went in store to get one last week and they're £19 now! I think tf not! 😒

@Fallendown45

3 ай бұрын

Also the packaging changed. I preferred the plastic tub because I use it to store other things.

@tameikatoorie3634

3 ай бұрын

I feel like they changed the formula as well. It turned more into a lotion consistency which you can get anywhere really 😂

@celtica2011

3 ай бұрын

The butters are like.....buttah! I love them.

The whole "Look at me! I'm 103 & my secret is olive oil"-schtick was never gonna wash with consumers. I've little sympathy - she's savvy enough to have known better.

@Seashelldub

3 ай бұрын

Not in 2022/2024. We’re wayyy too informed to fall for that kind of thing. She should’ve released a skincare line back in 2002.

@celtica2011

3 ай бұрын

Olive oil helps, if you use it in your food! Lol

@la_baby_khalil7703

2 ай бұрын

​​​@@celtica2011SHE LIES A LOT TOO...🤔🧐

@esterdrass4964

2 ай бұрын

@@celtica2011 Yes. I have NEVER put it on my face though! Ugh

@esterdrass4964

2 ай бұрын

@@Seashelldub I agree. There seems to be a generation of young people who are not falling for the b.s. It has gotten to a point of ridiculousness.

The Body Shop closing up makes me sad - but hiking up the prices when most current buyers are young is embarrassing. Sis, we're POOR too!

I wish I was a gen a so i could have purchising super powers . As a millennial i didn't even get money pocket for treats ; we barely had food on the table 😂

@dark_baphomet

3 ай бұрын

😂😭

@VexedGenX

3 ай бұрын

Feral Gen Xer. We didn’t even have a table.

@Toywins

3 ай бұрын

​@@VexedGenX Girl... 💯✊😂 #GenX

@nacereddinechallal4405

27 күн бұрын

@@VexedGenX omg guuuuuuurl 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

I'm a millenial and I remember back in the early 2000s, the body shop was THE place to go for christmas presents, everyone was mad about it. Same with LUSH. Now those stores are pretty much bare, their store in always empty even on Saturdays, and I live in a big city

The Body Shop is still a huge presence at least in my place in Saudi Arabia but even here they are threatened by other homegrown or Middle East owned companies like Natural Touch, Beauty Secrets and Caramel. They are still a huge presence in malls but are not the absolute crowd drawer they were before. I do miss their Tobacco Flower spray though, it's more unique than their Musk line

Blush sticks have been around forever. I never heard of nude sticks before the HB stick blush controversy. Makes me wonder if nude whatever is just jumping into the convo to take advantage of free advertising. I'm not interested in make-up from either of them.

0:13 body shop is not needed 4:16 jlo beauty is leaving Sephora because it was not sincere 6:03 Rhode is accused of copying nudestix packaging 8:47 Melinda Farina,beauty broker,claims her client had a facelift that looks photoshopped

"Pick a fight for no reason..." But some companies go by the adage that any publicity is good publicity, so they'll push themselves to the forefront.

I used to work at the body shop. What was clear to me from fellow staff and customers is that they repeatedly made decisions no one was happy with. It's like they didn't care what their customer base wanted. They seem to just want to emulate bath and body works and Sephora. And they suck at it.

I'm 41 in Southern California and have been shopping at The Body Shop with my mother since I was a pre-teen. I love the body butters, body yogurts, hemp hand protector (which helped heal my husband's eczema on his hands and elbows) , and body washes. The scents and formulations just worked so much better for me than Bath and Bodyworks and the like. I haven't been in an actual store in a few years, I usually get them at Ulta or online. I hope they at least stay online, if they go away completely I will miss them a lot. 💜🖤💜🖤

@ariannasv22

3 ай бұрын

I work at bbw and even I hate the body care formulations. They just make me feel greasy and gross!

I used to love the body butters from The Body Shop. Then they reformulated them to make it a thinner consistency and they weren't as moisturizing anymore...

AT 11 YEARS OLD….. I was at 7 eleven buying a slushi. THAT was about all the purchasing power I had😂

I loved working at the Body Shop in Oregon in the 90s. I started out as a part time employee, but still got health insurance, which in the US was and still is unheard of. The employee discount was massive and we got paid to to do community service or volunteer work. I did some work for an animal shelter and found one of the biggest loves of my life, Lucy Fur, aka Fatty, a very special Russian Blue/British Shorthair. When I became manager of my own shop, during the holiday season, we had a day where all employees were encouraged to come to work in drag. I was so happy and relieved that a handful of staff joined me and we had so much fun. One of my employees got picked to go to work at an orphanage in Romania and had an amazing experience. Good times.

@PerfectPinkiePants

2 ай бұрын

That sounds like such a wonderful experience!

I'm so sad about The Body Shop. 😢 The products went down after the first buyout. I became allergic to products I had previously been able to use, and the ingredients had changed, used to buy everything there. And yes, GenX.

I worked at Lush in Canada in 2018/19 until our shop closed. The said they were moving more towards an online presence. I think that really helped them survive the pandemic. Closing the shop made no sense for us, though. It was the only Lush for about 1000 km in all directions lol we made bank

I bought my first eye shadow palette when I was around 11. It was cream shadow with several blues in it. It was 75 cents. It was 1977 and I felt VERY grown up.

It also sucks when they have a product people absolutely love and then discontinue it. I'm honestly surprised the store near me is still open. They never have any customers.

I feel like JLo beauty would’ve gone well in like a macys or selfridges like her demo is department store, not Sephora

The Rhode blush stick is probably a lab sample, and not the final packaging. Nudestix is just jealous because nobody talks about them anymore, so they are doing this for attention. Their formulas suck and I have the Cherry Blossom Babe blush stick. It’s not an original shade at all, it’s greasy and gross feeling on the cheeks.

@Sophia-wm2iw

3 ай бұрын

She actually specifically said just that in her story

@trishamarie

3 ай бұрын

@@Sophia-wm2iw I wouldn’t know, I don’t follow her. Packaging for Blush sticks is not unique.🤣

@caseyhill636

3 ай бұрын

I got a mini set of nudestixs and hated the formula. Greasy, never dried down, just not for me. 🙃

@maryeckel9682

2 ай бұрын

Their end cap at Ulta is ignored! Just a dying brand.

I lived in England from the ages of 6-8. I organized my coins in my various pockets and also used them mainly to buy fruit pastilles 😃

The body shop is in the same league as the Clinique yellow moisturizer! I remember both from high school 🤣🤣🤣 1984 is calling…

@littleflick

3 ай бұрын

That moisturiser was what my Mum always used and it’s so nostalgic to me. I have a little bottle I use occasionally because the smell reminds me of Mum 🥺

@KinniMoo

3 ай бұрын

@@littleflickomg I love that so much ♥️♥️. My mom used it too!! Of course it was probably because no matter what extras you got with purchase, they ALWAYS included that moisturizer. 😂. It is pretty impressive that it is still selling well enough to keep making it!

@youraftermyrobotbee

3 ай бұрын

You got no idea how much of that yellow moisturizer we still sell in my Sephora at Kohl's...

@lipstickzombie4981

3 ай бұрын

​@@youraftermyrobotbeeI'm surprised at people saying Clinique is outdated and boring because their skincare is still a big draw despite a lot of hoohah from other brands.

@jspisces83

3 ай бұрын

In my opinion Clinique is still a worth while brand.

The Body Shop vanilla oil was so delicious before they changed the formula. I've been on the hunt for something like it ever since!

@hb7580

3 ай бұрын

Outremer has a really nice, affordable non-artificial smelling vanilla spray and an oil I believe!

@joneadegroot4907

3 ай бұрын

@@hb7580 thank you! I'll check it out

Jlo beauty was taken out of some Sephora stores and kept in few stores and online only, I guess now they are getting rid of it completely. It’s expected as it wasn’t selling and didn’t have good marketing tbh

@esterdrass4964

2 ай бұрын

It will likely now be at Marshalls and perhaps the dollar store.

I forgot about the Body Shop once they discontinued Oceanus. It was unlike all other oceanic/marines. Only BBW “Aquamarine “ Mineral & Co came remotely close and was also discontinued and Good Chemistry’s “Cool Glacier” also discontinued. I can’t handle florals or vanilla and am unable to find products I want anymore 😢😅

You were right! Hailey made a post on her story where she confirmed that they are working on blush but it’s in the test by stage and the black tube is not the finished product

@amira34

3 ай бұрын

Literally people love to drag lol

@happydayz7857

3 ай бұрын

There a lot of folks out there like vultures waiting for Hailey to make a misstep

As a gen-Xer I remember when The Body Shop was a hot thing. This makes me smile now. I feel no nostalgia whatsoever towards TBS. Such better and wider choice these days.

I think J Lo was late to the party. She didn't strike while the iron was hot. I remember people were always talking about the 'J Lo Glow' in the early 2000s.

@happydayz7857

3 ай бұрын

Pretty dumb move huh? That would have been a cash grab worth MILLIONS.

@Seashelldub

3 ай бұрын

Exactly! She’s about 22 years too late!

You and Robert make Sundays great! Thank you! 🤍

About Gen A and Millenial parents. Last week I was at Douglas (kinda like Sephora, I guess but smaller), checking out perfumes with my bf. All of a sudden there was this little girl (probably around 9 to 11)who came in with her happy looking dad. She went straight to sample J'adore, Miss Dior, and Donna Born in Roma. A clerk asked them if she could help, and the little girl asked, "what are the fragrances that are puchased the most/super popular right now?" Up until that point, I usually see them at the back of the store sniffing Sol de Janeiro😂 oh how i wish i could afford those perfumes when i was her age

@ChrystalVanDusseldorp

3 ай бұрын

I am also sniffing Sol de Janiero, lol! one of my favorites.

@0hH3il

3 ай бұрын

I wish I could afford those perfumes now! 😅

@AzDesertFoxx

3 ай бұрын

She can't afford them either, but her dumb parents can.

@marmettec9923

3 ай бұрын

Scary. No child should be wearing alchohol based fragrance on their brand new skin, and no parent should be encouraging this insanity ( oh, and I'm not some odd conservative Christian etc etc. Perfectly normal multicultural weirdo ).

@cathycasuccio-ec4sw

3 ай бұрын

she can’t afford them but dad might

Not me buying up Body Shop hand cream at 50% off... I've never forgiven them for discontinuing the whole almond hand line. A friend of mine swears by a skincare line of theirs, I'm looking forward to introducing her to better products lol. They definitely lost their place in the market. Nudestix have some nerve, sure there was some issue with them being racist, ah selective morals

@ChrystalVanDusseldorp

3 ай бұрын

If they start disappearing here in SoCal I will be buying all the body butter and hand creams I can get!

@shortcake66

3 ай бұрын

L’Occitane does a load of almond stuff, if you’re still looking…

@AvecPoesie

2 ай бұрын

I ALWAYS have the Almond scented hand cream from L'Occitane in my purse. That brand's entire Almond line smells divine. Also, try Carol's Daughter. They make an Almond Cookie line! Plus, for Home, I have a jar of Burt's Bees Almond hand cream butter near EACH sink.

@jojomarch

2 ай бұрын

yes I love the l'occitane and the burts bees ones too! I don't think we have Carol's Daughter here in the UK, but I'll look, thank you!@@AvecPoesie

I was a long time Body Shop buyer! I dialed down on buying though because they were having less promotions, prices were going up, and they were reformulating the items. It got to a point that I wasn't sure if my fave seaweed oil control gel moisturizer was that same product anymore :( I like their wooden hair combs and wanted to get my mom one. The store I went to said they were out of stock and to come back in a few weeks. When I came back recently, the whole store was gone

I almost forgot about the body shop. I used to love their satsuma perfume oil. I don’t think they sell those anymore though.

@FloorSugar

3 ай бұрын

No but they do the spray/perfume. 😊

@caseyhill636

3 ай бұрын

Love satsuma ❤

I'm an older gen z and I love The Body Shop 😭😭 I grew up with my mom using White Musk and occasionally buying their body lotions or scrubs whenever they were discounted. I absolutely loooove their scents (the almond hand cream is my fav smell ever) because they're so long lasting and you can get their products on sale easily. I'm now using their Shea body butter and my even my clothes smell like it days after. m But I understand that they're past their prime lol my friends always look at me like ???? when I tell them I've bought something from them. I hope they don't completely disappear 😅

@Joejoyoyoyo

3 ай бұрын

Omg me too😂 Tea Tree Oil skincare line is what I like to use

I got recommended a video from the welsh KZread channel and was so confused because I did not know you had a twin! I had been watching both of you guys thinking you were one person💀

Yes Body Shop 1993 iconic Dewberry and Satsuma. I had the 1993 "endangered species" everything..school bags, pencil cases, money tins....and the iconic endangered species animal shaped soaps... I had a lovely parrot soap!!!

I miss the Body Shop products from the 80s and 90s, and wasn't interested in what they were selling before they closed.

Hi James, could you do an updated “affordable skincare” video please 🙏🏼 love your videos 🥰

My local body shop closed about two weeks ago! Everything is still inside as well

I never go to the body shop. The second you walk in, a staff member appears and clings on to you, their products are so unbelievably fragranced that I’ve had reactions to every product I’ve tried, and they’re overpriced. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. 😅

@msk-qp6fn

2 ай бұрын

Based on my experience lush is worse when it comes to fragrance.....

@msk-qp6fn

2 ай бұрын

But i agree about clerks clinging onto you

@RachelJayne92

Ай бұрын

@@msk-qp6fn for the most part I can’t usually smell lush, but the body shop gets me as soon as I walk in. 😂

With all due respect, who asked for J.Lo Beauty? I remember when it launched and it seemed really underwhelming. It makes sense why Rhode and other celebrity beauty lines would be successful though. They have a younger fanbase.

Aww I loved the Body Shop body yogurts but I had no idea they were struggling this bad.

My girlfriends and I went to Sephora after brunch to get some stuff and look around. It was so hard to find someone to help us because of all the children that were in there, when we finally got an employee to help us and check us out, she told us how the last person she helped was an 11 year old who had a major credit card and ended up spending $1300 on makeup!! Like wtf?! I wish I was there to hear that convo with her parents lol but seriously why are 6th graders buy foundation and eyeshadow

Staff at The Body Shop in Ireland didn't get their last paycheck after the shop closed, they're also not being paid their statutory redundancy

I've loved so many products from the Body Shop (I'm 40 so spent my teenage years on the UK high street in Body Shops😂) but haven't been in one for ages. I wore the Dewberry and white musk perfumes all the time, and the tangerine lio balm was so good 🤤🤤

@herrflick1244

3 ай бұрын

My half empty dewberry is hiding in my dressing table and occasionally brought out to sniff at for nostalgia.😊 it's treated like gold.i Dare not use it, it's too precious. Bring it back and I will buy the whole store full.😊

@geetee9113

3 ай бұрын

Dewberry!!! Yes!

I purchased many Nudestix products and to be honest, they are nothing special and certainly nothing new. Don't get me wrong, I found many products to be decent, but as I said they are not pioneers. The fact that they think they "own" the stick format of cosmetic products is ridiculous. The shade and the packaging is also nothing new, so I have no idea what they are going on about.

The body shop could do so well if they actually kept up with market trends. If they sold themselves as a clean beauty store with fragrance free, silicone free, cruelty free products and had lines of products with hyaluronic acid, niacinimide, etc they'd be killing it. Noones interested in tea tree oil or heavily perfumed products anymore which is why they're dying

Swear if I’m having a rough day the soothing sound of James voice with that lovely accent just makes me feel so calm and at ease 😊❤

The Body Shop just closed their store also in me hometown here in Finland, and I think in many other cities also. It was so weird because, as you said, it have been here for ages. One era has ended.

I'm 44 and never been in a body shop. But I also haven't been in and Ulta until last week. I wanted to see if they were snobby like Sephora. They aren't, I was treated like a queen. They were probably thrilled that I wasn't 12 😂

I worked at Sephora for abut two years and I saw a total of three people buy J Lo beauty for themselves and two men buy it for their wives for Christmas. Really it was never going to sell to younger demographics. The primary floor workers who are around 18-30 where never going to recommend the products becuase there are other brands ay better price points that do more for mature skin and it was just not something that they would think about. Also they never sent in brand reps to sell. I thinks that why a brand like beauty bio, where at one point we had a rep in every week from Thursday to Sunday can exist in Sephora. It gets people exited about the brand in a way that an honest employee how as a whole store to sell cannot.

Gen X here.... Helloooo From California! All the Shopping Malls out here are CLOSING down. Out City mall in downtown San Francisco on Market Street has basically closed, and our local, suburban shopping mall, which used to be THE PLACE To Be AT when I was in High School back in the early 90's is soon becoming re-purposed to Housing Condos, and "boutique" style shops. End of An Era 💔

Incredible interesting video! 💜💜 you really brought out some important questions, all from consumers-sellers-brands-production-sustainability (or not) point of view!

I’m so early I haven’t got the notification yet😂

But what about the vanilla pumpkin every halloween season? It's THE pumpkin spice latte of the beauty world. Yes, I love pumpkins.

@alice_rabbit8345

3 ай бұрын

Oh! That was my favorite!

@simoneb208

3 ай бұрын

The body shop is online

Thanks for the shout out James!

My favorite memory about The Body Shoppe was the peppermint gum ball😊 machine just outside the doors, lol.

i LOVE the body shop. their strawberry scents are my fave ever. i’m pretty sure they’re doing fine in sweden, but it’s sad to hear it’s not thriving over there :(

@ChrystalVanDusseldorp

3 ай бұрын

Strawberry is my favorite too! Along with the pumpkin-vanilla 😌

@Purple_Alien2511

3 ай бұрын

I haven't yet found another brand that has fragrances as delicious as The body shop! And yes, @ChrystalVanDusseldorp, the pumpkin vanilla is to die for!! I stock up on it during october.

J lo skin care was awful, it made me break out and get a rash and I worked as sales support for them when they first launched. It was tough getting people interested in dated packaging

I'm one of the "older" Gen Z people, and The Body Shop was my gateway into skincare. I'll always have a soft spot for them. Their staff were always so knowledgeable and kind to customers. Also, their tea tree cleanser and toner kept my skin clear for years until the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and they became too harsh for my skin. I learned afterwards that The Body Shop's skincare formulations, while periodically effective, do not have the gentlest ingredients. This, coupled with the fact that their products kept becoming more and more expensive, and that their new packaging looked like garbage bins, made me turn my back on the brand.

Gen Alpha’s parents are Millennials - that tells you all you need to know. I’m a Millennial btw. Also, I don’t know anyone who still uses Bodyshop products

The only “Celebrity” skin line I would be interested in and would buy, would be Paul Rudds so we can all look as good as him!!!! 😊❤️

@H.A.-zr2wc

3 ай бұрын

I dont think its skincare, it think he sold his soul to Lucifer 😭😭😭

@Annoyed_Human

3 ай бұрын

Great wit

@ChrystalVanDusseldorp

3 ай бұрын

"Oh my god, I LOVE JOSH!" And I still do, lol. 😄😍

Hey beautiful 💜 I'm pretty sad about The Body Shop. The Rituals lawsuit only made things worse.... The Dutch stores are still open but it doesnt look like they will be for long. Most of their skincare ruined my skin 😂 but as a late Gen X I LOVED White Musk! And i remember running to the store to buy the Body Butter because i read in a magazine that JLO used it, i dont think she really did...😂😂😂. I really hope they go on as an online shop.

The Welsh twins are my favourite and go to guys for skin care and make up. Love your work gentlemen ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

Hello. Good Afternoon James 💜 Happy Sunday 💜💜

Who has purchasing power at 11?

The Body Shop hasn't released anything exciting in the last 10 years. I really liked their Bouncy Sleep mask and the Vitamin E face sorbet, both released around 2014. I also liked their annual summer scents, Virgin Mojito is my no. 1 favorite shower gel. For as long as I have known The Body Shop, they have brought back discontinued products and marketed them as new releases. For example: 1. the cherry shower gel they had for Christmas last year was an old summer scent, so was the lemon scent they had a while back, 2. the "brand new" spa series they released around 2011 were *all* discontinued products, gone for only a few years, back with new names and new packaging. I even had a few of the last range to compare with, they were identical.

I agree with you about the blush sticks, it’s stupid to accuse her of copying when there are so many other companies that make blush sticks this way

the body shop was so popular here in Indonesia! but as the local beauty and skincare industry grew the past few years, people are slowly leaving the body shop 'cause the products are just slightly more expensive for more people here :/ and you're right, they're just as innovative as they used to be. i don't have the statistics but more and more people prefer to purchase local products and/or asian products in general.

there was a body shop across the hall from a smaller skincare store at the mall in my city, and both of them are closing down sometime this month. i only shopped at the smaller store (they had really good shampoo bars, i bought like 3 to stockpile until i can find somewhere else that sells shampoo bars), and found out they were closing because rent was going up and assumed it was the same case for the body shop too. never would have guessed such a major brand would actually be struggling to the point of having to close stores down, but i guess it's not 2013 anymore...

@ChrystalVanDusseldorp

3 ай бұрын

Earthling Co. has great shampoo and conditioner bars!

@nancyrobinson3567

3 ай бұрын

Viori is nice

Tbh if brands would actully listen to customers the downfalls wouldnt happen so easily. Like VS what people asked for was the regular VS show with more body types not the bland show they fed us

The body shop is closed in the mall near me. Its across from a lush lol. They still have all products on their shelves. So its a fully stocked closed store.

Very insightful Video!

Tbh I was waiting to hear JLO beauty leave Sephora lol

I turned your video on and my fiancé said "He looks like the other guy we were just watching." I'm like "that's because they're twins" 😅😅😅😅😅

great video 💕😻🙏 thank you!

The *SECOND* The body shop stopped selling *DEWBERRY* oil I was *OUT* lol. That was my faaaaavorite ❤

I bought almost exclusively from TBS for years. They would have amazing promotions, rewards, coupons, and you could get their product for next to nothing. Really... their products don't contain expensive ingredients and they've had the same formulas for decades, so why are they so expensive now? They used to do the BEST gift bags at the holidays with hundreds of $$ of product for under $50. Several different bath products with various scents, skin care, makeup... that's how they sold their new ranges. Those bags sold out in hours and allowed customers to try products they may never have taken a chance on. Shoot. Their Absinthe and Hemp lines were the BOMB and I would never have tried them! And their basic skincare was perfect for people under 40. They screwed up a really great thing.