Friday 10 May 2013

'Hypoallergenic' Claims without an ingredients list in sight... interesting!

Hi everyone!

Apologies for not posting recently - I have been writing school reports! Which leads me nicely to today's post...

I finished & sent my first set of reports for one of my employers (I work for two areas, through different employers) & decided to head in to town to pick a few bits up.

I went in to Boots as I have a number of £3 off vouchers for No.7 & wanted to get a lip pencil to go with the Sonia Kashuk lipstick in No.1 91 'Pink Punch' that I received in a swap from Sandra (makeuploverusa) yesterday (it looks brighter in person than in the tube!).




Bearing in mind that No. 7 is a brand that claims to be 'hypoallergenic', I was shocked to find that there wasn't a list of ingredients available to access in store. I asked a member of staff, thinking they would have a book listing the ingredients of all the products but this was not the case. Even the manager came over. She took my details to look into it for me, which was good of her. I just feel that (in addition to it being law to make ingredients available to consumers), for a brand claiming to be 'hypoallergenic' this was not acceptable.

I will check other Boots stores to see how many of them are not making their No. 7 ingredients easily accessible & may start naming & shaming if it turns out this is not an isolated incident.

If you are interested in the swap I did with Sandra, you can check out Part 1 (here). Part's 2 & 3, with out takes will follow shortly.

Tania Xx