Hello People of the world!!
Now what I am about to blog about is not very nice and it may be very confronting for some of you guys, however I have to post this since I DO use the brand Napoleon Perdis. When I started my blog, one of my posts was about a mascara and lipstick from Napoleon Perdis and how I have also had my makeup done there and did praise them about their work. Here- Napoleon Perdies Baby!!!
However, whilst in Business studies today, I was told some shocking news about Napoleon Perdis and also many other well known cosmetic brand names.
For those of you who use makeup (foundation especially) there is an element in the makeup called "Mica" (m-y-c-a). This is what gives your makeup 'shine' especially nail polish and eye shadow. Just like most businesses, their resources for their products come from other countries and labour done by other people. Hence, the mica used in Napoleon Perdis makeup comes from India mined by children who get payed about 8 cents per kilo! Which means about 80 cents a day if they fill 10 kilos. This news is ridiculous and disgusting. When asked about this issue by a spokesperson from Napoleon Perdis, they did not share anything at all.
It is really upsetting to hear this sort of news from such a well known company. Kids who do the mining say they do this to help their family. The pay for this is just pathetic and I believe this news should be pubicised more.
Please share this post! We need to create awareness about this issue as it is really filthy, unethical, disgusting and just utterly wrong!
Here is the article of this issue for more in depth information. India's mica mines
Please do show some care and support towards these little children.
Toodles xo
Now what I am about to blog about is not very nice and it may be very confronting for some of you guys, however I have to post this since I DO use the brand Napoleon Perdis. When I started my blog, one of my posts was about a mascara and lipstick from Napoleon Perdis and how I have also had my makeup done there and did praise them about their work. Here- Napoleon Perdies Baby!!!
However, whilst in Business studies today, I was told some shocking news about Napoleon Perdis and also many other well known cosmetic brand names.
For those of you who use makeup (foundation especially) there is an element in the makeup called "Mica" (m-y-c-a). This is what gives your makeup 'shine' especially nail polish and eye shadow. Just like most businesses, their resources for their products come from other countries and labour done by other people. Hence, the mica used in Napoleon Perdis makeup comes from India mined by children who get payed about 8 cents per kilo! Which means about 80 cents a day if they fill 10 kilos. This news is ridiculous and disgusting. When asked about this issue by a spokesperson from Napoleon Perdis, they did not share anything at all.
It is really upsetting to hear this sort of news from such a well known company. Kids who do the mining say they do this to help their family. The pay for this is just pathetic and I believe this news should be pubicised more.
Please share this post! We need to create awareness about this issue as it is really filthy, unethical, disgusting and just utterly wrong!
Here is the article of this issue for more in depth information. India's mica mines
Please do show some care and support towards these little children.
Toodles xo
Hi there! This information pertaining to Napoleon Perdis Cosmetics was factually incorrect, and as such we have been misrepresented. Mica is a very widely used ingredient across the entire cosmetics industry and of course Napoleon, as a father of four daughters, would never condone the use of children for cheap labour - in India, or anywhere else in the world. To our understanding, none of our suppliers are involved in these practices and as a private company, and for confidentiality reasons, we are unable to disclose information on our product development processes. We are in regular communication with our suppliers, and will continue to investigate this issue and the concerns surrounding the sourcing of our Mica.
ReplyDeleteYou can't state that her information is "factually incorrect" and then say "to our understanding...". That means that there is a chance that she IS correct, otherwise you would simply say that none of your suppliers are involved in these practices, PERIOD. You're saying "to our understanding" to limit your legal responsibility later when it turns out to be true ("We never actually lied, we said 'to our understanding!'").
ReplyDeleteIf you're so certain of yourselves that you would find a random girl's blog and call her a liar, why would you be investigating this issue??? I don't use child labour. I don't need to investigate whether I do because I'm certain that I don't. What you're admitting here is that she might be right - your suppliers might be using child labour. In which case, don't tell her the information is "factually incorrect".
And as for the part where you've said "As a private company, and for confidentiality reasons, we are unable to disclose information on our product development processes" - of course you're able to! You can name every supplier you want! Unless the suppliers using slave labour have made you sign a contract saying that you won't name them (which would mean that THEY'RE the ones ashamed of being related to YOU!).
You are not "unable" you are "unwilling". You should have written "We are UNWILLING to tell you where our mica comes from. Just TRUST US when we say it's not mined by children..."