Shame on You

Ok so I tend to get angry reallly easily. I try not to- honestly. Sometimes I just keep my mouth shut but something happened and I must tell someone!

When I'm upset, I shop. If I can't shop, I window shop or just go to cosmetic counters and be that annoying customer who tries on everything and buys nothing..haha ( we've all done it before). Well, during my retail therapy, I first stopped by Target to pay a bill but realized I had neither my card nor my statement. So I just browsed through their cosmetics aisle. I wasn't looking for anything in particular just...something. I was instantly stopped but not in the Oh-my-God-that's-so-fabulous-way but in the You-can't-be-serious way.

Rimmel London cosmetics do not cater to dark skinned women!

Quelle nerve!

Now I know it's a U.K. brand but I've been to England before and there are black people over there so I don't understand why there was NO foundation that could possibly cover someone of my complexion. They had like 10 different shades of "ivory" and "beige" but nothing for me! The closest they had for a girl of darker skin tone was in the 16 hour mousse foundation was the "Warm Honey" which was still pretty pale to me. Upset I decided to do some research when I got home and found that on www.ulta.com there are two colors that look like they can be good for me but you can never fully trust online. It's disappointing when you walk into a Target, CVS, AND Rite Aid (I got a little obsessed with finding my shade) and you can't find ANYTHING! I hate buying foundation via the internet because it never comes out the same unless you've tried it before and KNOW that it works for you. So while I'm glad its online, can we PLEASE put them in the stores so we can have proper representation. Because if I didn't go hunting online, I wouldn't have foud it on ulta's website and woulda thought that Rimmel forgot about us. So Shame on You stores for not representing us.

Also I would like to say Shame on You salesboy at MAcys 34th Street in the Benefit section. I walked in (a little upset because of the whole Rimmel thing) and I just saw pink! Pink was EVERYWHERE! Me being me my eyes are automatically drawn to all things pink and purple and them being sales associates they saw my curiousity. BUT this kid (I refuse to refer to him as a cosmetologist or sales person because he sucks) made me feel so...awkward. They were promoting their new face powder Thrrrob and I asked what that was. He gladly showed me over to his little station area and explained that its a blush (my eyes lit up because for some reason I'm going through a blush faze). He saw my eyes and took my hand and gently swept the little brush of powder on the back of my palm. It was ashy looking. He picked up another color-that too was ashy looking.




Now I'm no cosmetologist nor do I claim to be some make up artist- but I AM a sales associate. You NEVER want to make the customer feel awkward or not good enough. Instead of blending it in or trying to find a product that worked, he simply said "Oh these don't work on you..." and that was that. I literally stood in front of him with my hand out like "WHAT?!?!" What I felt like saying was "Go screw yourself" but I smiled and walked away (I have some class people).

What bothered me was not the fact that the product didn't look good on me (although he could have made an effort) but what he said and how he said it. He made me feel inadequate and I hated that. Like as if blush ain't for me (hmm...I'll show him...that's why I got me a CUTE shade from SEPHORA where the people HELP you out). He could have had an easy sell if
a. He tried
b. he tried

I'm really one of the easiest people to convince when it comes to shopping.

So sales boy is LUCKY that I love Benefit (I'm hooked on their Dr. Feelgood balm) or he woulda just lost a future client. But I know that Benefit is more then their employees and their products are well worth it. Even if I won't be going to 34th street anymore for it.