Kiss and Make Up
?? Amy Stokes-Waters
The Cyber Escape Room Co. ? | Security Education, Awareness & Engagement | Experiential Learning | Corporate Events | Non Exec Director | Full Time Feminist | Oh FFS...
It’s FRIDAY! I’m a FEMINIST! And we’re back with a new edition of ? FEMINISM FRIDAY ?! This week, we’re asking... "why the bloody hell are makeup brands still naming products like rejected porn titles?"
We’ve all seen it... NARS with “Orgasm” and “Deep Throat”, Too Faced with “Gag Me”, MAC with “Underage” (sorry, what?! ??). The beauty industry has spent decades simultaneously infantilising and hypersexualising women, selling us products designed to make us feel sexy to men rather than for ourselves. It’s lazy, outdated, and frankly, embarrassing.
The Hall of Shame: Beauty Brands That Need to Pack It In
Why This Nonsense Needs to Stop
The Bottom Line: We Deserve Better
We are not here to be reduced to sex acts or infantilised tropes. We are powerful, complex, badass individuals, and our makeup should reflect that.
So, beauty brands, take note... If your shade names sound like they belong in a lads’ WhatsApp chat, it’s time to rethink your marketing.
What do you think? Should we start a petition for feminist makeup names? “Sod the Patriarchy” red, anyone?
Commercial Director, Procurement and Contracts Director, Supplier Management. M & A, deals, scale ups, transformation and change management. Available for full time and fractional work and turnaround work.
3 天前Nooooo. Change the ethos.
Junior Backend Developer at ESPROFILER | Security Investment Optimisation
3 天前While I get brands having an odd product here and there with a weird name to be edgy, I would absolutely be embarrassed if someone gifted me or I bought a product that had a name like that. Apart from the absolutely twisted implications of some of these names, I think the brands need to understand that their customers' demographics are quite varied - could be a teenager, a grandma and anyone in between. Not everyone is desensitized to these names.
IT Specialist at Leidos | CSAE,CSAP,CASP+,CySA+,MCEA,Sec+
3 天前Wow, I would have to say that these are clearly named by a man, or the company owned by a man, but what does this say to a young woman who’s maybe just venturing out into wearing makeup, and seeing crap like this. Do better!
Cybersecurity | Network Architecture | Agentic AI | Data Privacy Design | GRC Auditing | Penetration Testing | Project Manager | Cloud native | Telco | Aerospace | Medical | Finance | Insurance | Principal Consultant
3 天前I don't really think these beauty products are for women to be sexy for men I really think they are for women to be sexy towards other women.
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3 天前I've seen NARS' orgasm and didn't think too much of it but the rest?! I had no idea about these, this is mad! Selina Jones have you seen this?!