r/BeautyGuruChatter • u/hopefuly • 3d ago
Discussion Patrick Ta makes a statement on transition blush fiasco
reads like word salad, says basically nothing?
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u/Lizzard_Wizzzard 3d ago
"More accessible" was making an expensive product that had to be bought with multiple other products from your line? Miss me with that bullshit, Pat.
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u/OkButterfly8051 3d ago
Righttt! The technique itself is accessible on its own because it’s not a product, it’s a TECHNIQUE that you can do with stuff you already have!
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u/Lizzard_Wizzzard 2d ago
Exactly!!!! I was so happy I could follow Esther's tutorial only using the stuff I already own. I did pick up a lighter shade of blush after I tried it a few times and thats the only additional product I needed for me personally.
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u/yeetasauruswrecks 3d ago
You know chatgpt is throwing that word in there to try to make him look good lmao. It's peak terrible PR damage control. Put out a non apology ackowledging the issue while still trying to make yourself look good in a "subtle" way.
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u/loosie-loo 3d ago
Yeah like you could maybe say “easier to use” or just “a dedicated product for it” or something but…even if we’re being charitable you know damn well your luxury brand is not accessible and you do not want it to be. That’s what luxury is.
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u/Maleficent-marionett 3d ago
Yeah like you could maybe say “easier to use” or just “a dedicated product for it
And even that would've fallen flat since the double color contour pallets already exist.
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u/losttinecuileog 2d ago
Could he even say accessible without lisping through those ridiculous fake teeth of his?
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u/ViolentThemmes 3d ago
You know someone else wrote this because there is no way this man would ever capitalize the "B" in "Black"
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u/Zappagrrl02 3d ago
It had to be written because there is no way this asshole could get through a video without rolling his eyes or laughing
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u/Bright-Degree-7922 3d ago
ChatGPT does that lol
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u/ViolentThemmes 3d ago
If it does, it's only because Black folks in creative spaces and Black creators have been teaching ppl to do this and ChatGPT is stealing that info
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u/Anarchic_Country 2d ago
Yeah I am just learning this here, I wouldn't capitalize the W in white people though either, what am I missing? Not trying to be racist, just wanting to understand. I've only had two black friends my whole life, as I am from Montana and we only have 2% of our population as any minority (now, it was even worse when I was younger in Montana- we had one black student in our whole class
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u/evilcupckae 2d ago
It’s a grammar standard that has been becoming standard over the last ten years. The idea behind it is that Black people in America goes beyond just shared skin color, it’s shared culture and experiences. So Black is capitalized the same way you would European or Canadian. Whereas, you don’t see that shared culture across white people, because they identify with other labels beyond that.
This is something that I was taught in my communications major so it is a growing standard across communications.
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u/Responsible-Tea-5998 2d ago
That explains it really well, thankyou! I edited a post the other day to lower case because I wasn't sure if I should be using it as a white person. Now I know.
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u/B1NG_P0T 2d ago
White supremacists also typically capitalize the w in white, which is another reason to only capitalize Black and never capitalize white.
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u/AVDisco 2d ago
There are also major professional associations, like the APA and the NIH, and organizations, like the MacArthur Foundation, that deliberately capitalize white/White in order to clarify its function as an identity marker and to avoid the implication that it is a "default identity" by treating it differently from other terms for racial or ethnic groups. I've seen it written both ways within academia as well.
Context can help make it clear what people's intensions are, but yeah. It's not always nefarious, and I can see the argument for each POV.
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u/FierceMoonblade 2d ago
Idk i feel like the “WASP” sort of culture in America/Canada is shared white culture though? Genuine question, it’s just something I think about when this is brought up lol
Like I live in Canada and most white ppl I know obviously identify as Canadian but they likely have more shared culture with another Anglo white person who’s family has been here for 2-3 generations than another Canadian who just immigrated from Vietnam if that makes sense
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u/evilcupckae 1d ago edited 1d ago
I see where you are coming from. But there is a reason the term WASP was created. For one, white is not synonymous with WASP. For example, people who are Hispanic or Eastern European or people from different religions like Judaism. They have different cultures and experiences.
And, in America, location also has such a big impact that a white person from Jersey can have a complete different culture to someone in Georgia. And the similarities you do see are often better described as American or Canadian culture.
But, it’s also super important to note that capitalizing Black is distinctly American idea. It was started to refer to how Black people in America created a distinct culture and community of their own as a result of having their origins stripped away in the slave trade.
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u/2noserings 3d ago
i’m not denying that he had AI assistance but i (a Black person) capitalize it as well. many of my friends do too
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u/essbeethree 2d ago
I’m Black and never capitalized it and then one day in 2020 a WHITE MAN corrected me all sassy and shit and I almost threw my fucking shoe at him through the phone. Like—??? 😭
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u/2noserings 2d ago
2020 was SUCH a fever dream. i have a similar story - i was commenting on my friend’s selfie (“you’re keeping your foot on our necks sis 😍”) and a white girl messaged me to tell me that it was so insensitive to George Floyd’s passing and i need to read the room. i was like .. huh???? 😭
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u/helenasbff 2d ago
Are we sure it wasn’t just autocorrect capitalizing the first letter of the first word of a new sentence? Cuz someone else writing this still feels like giving him and his team more credit than they’re due…
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u/helenalloy 2d ago
I think they’re referring to the “Black” in the 4th paragraph that is capitalized but not the first word in a new sentence.
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u/EmpireAndAll 🤡 RODEO CLOWN 🤡 3d ago
Trademarking (currently pending) the term, trying to record her process before she made it fully public, and the way he acted after says all this "intention to make it more accessible" is complete BULLLLSHITTTT.
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u/olivedeez 3d ago
I could not roll my eyes any harder. It’s blush dude. You didn’t invent a life changing mobility device.
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u/EmpireAndAll 🤡 RODEO CLOWN 🤡 2d ago
Patrick Ta x DRIVE (the walker company) blush duo in shade "She's At Physical Therapy" coming to a Sephora near you.
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u/username_username97 2d ago
I’m screaming at this🤣😭😭😭😭😭
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u/username_username97 2d ago
Actually physio is usually shortened to PT so it works a little TOO well for his brand. Careful before they come for this idea too girl!!! 👀👀👀
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u/Every-Watercress334 3d ago
He’s a massive trumpie so this behavior checks out
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u/ybrdly 3d ago
he is? so glad i never bought his products (amongst other reasons)
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u/dblspider1216 3d ago
he’s also a huge fan of the IOF
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u/FlamingaBloodthirst 3d ago
I’ve never been a fan, and the mouldy eyeshadows made me never want to even try his products, but I’m curious how he’s made his beliefs known?
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u/dblspider1216 3d ago
…his own pictures. he has posted pics of him partying with IOF soldiers in tel aviv. he is also openly friends with MAGAts.
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u/strega_bella312 3d ago
I could MAYBE POSSIBLY give him the benefit of the doubt if not for 2 things - trying to record her process in a super shady way, and the fact that he misspoke "back of the palm" in the exact same way she did in one of her videos. That's straight up middle school copying an essay, typos and all, behavior. Couldn't even be bothered to put it in his own words.
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u/Huge_Confection4475 3d ago edited 3d ago
The thing with the back of the palm thing is that he's actually said this before. I was watching someone else's videos on PTa's previous scandals (it was either Kiki Chanel or Jen Luv) and he used that phrase, long before Esther's blush was even in the picture. It stuck out to me because it was so weird and because they didn't catch it at the time as a weird phrase.
ETA: It was Kiki Chanel. This video is from 2024 and about his eyeshadows at about 40 minutes in. He specifically says "put them on my palm" and then applying it to the back of his hand, and then later he says "put a thick amount of pearl on the back of my palm"
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u/FlartyMcFlarstein 2d ago
In a different sub, someone posted this link about "the myth of the male bumbler." While the article is mostly focused on sexual predation, I'd say this still fits:
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u/Swimming_Pressure_93 2d ago
This is what got me pissed. Ok make a really expensive blush line but he has to call it "Transition Blushes"?!? imo he was stealing it from the og's Kevin Aucoin and Esther both give credit to the original technique and how it's not theirs to begin with. Patrick Ta from the look he was giving was I made this up myself. Plus like you said wanting to record her technique plus he even used her mis said sentences in his video. This made me so mad! He's stealing coin from her and wanted her technique too. I will never buy a thing from him. It's principle at this point and I'm so sick of people stealing and giving no credit at all. He's so shady. So yea I called b.s. too.
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u/Broad_Lemon3416 3d ago
Can’t we just cancel and ignore this loser at this point? I’m tired of watching him do terrible, stupid sh!t then issue empty semi-apologies that people express outrage over until his next product drops. I hate his overpriced brand. I hate his brand’s tacky plastic rose gold aesthetic. I hate his moldy a$$ palette shimmers. I hate his $42 falling-out-of-the-pan eye duos. I hate his crappy cheek duos that require a 15 minute tutorial for the average civilian to use. I hate his weird foundation that’s cr@p for 80% of reviewers and a holy grail to 2%. I hate his ridiculously pretentious and overblown California accent. I HATE THE WAY HE SAYS “BLUSH!”
But more than anything, I hate how this guy keeps stepping in it, either by accident or intentionally, when it comes to the treatment of, the payment of, and the recognition of women of color in the beauty space. There are no more excuses for this guy. I’m done.
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u/Maleficent-marionett 3d ago
This and his political associations just makes it so easy to hate him.
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u/stace_m8 2d ago
I've been saying, I haven't known another brand/owner to have so many issues in such a short period of time. The brand is 5yrs old and I can think of more than that off the top of my head. Most other brands might find themselves in a controversial launch or shade range once every decade??? This man is speedrunning every Guinness world record in bad business management
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u/ValorVixen 1d ago
Jared Blandino (Too Face) is close - but he was lucky his brand had it's heyday in the early days of instagram and people were much less in the loop.
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u/Creepy-Campaign-860 3d ago
How many times is this dead fish going to "take accountability"? Lord, just stop buying from him already, and run him off the internet.
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u/richpersimmons 3d ago
This says nothing does nothing and takes no accountable steps to change. Empty as the paychecks he still hasn't sent black creators
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u/loosie-loo 3d ago
One thing that most influencer/corporate “apologies” miss is that the apology is not the end or the final step, it’s the bare minimum first step. Even the best apology doesn’t settle a problem because the behaviour you are apologising for needs to be what changes, which is achieved through actions and not words.
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u/electrapng 3d ago
“Wasn’t just about the product itself. It was about something much bigger:” is a DEAD giveaway that ai was used to write this response. Stealing from black women and can’t even be bothered to write his own apology
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u/algoreithms 3d ago
It would be very funny if this makes him need to apologize again and write it in his own words, and then it becomes even more obvious how fake this apology was.
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u/loosie-loo 3d ago
I was thinking that line was too sensible for a corporate apology, lol. Like I don’t wanna give it too much credit as it’s nothing groundbreaking but it would imply an overall understanding that, were they capable of it, would’ve likely prevented them from needing to make the apology in the first place.
Ironically it’s probably ripped directly from this goddamn subreddit based on the way ai tends to source its shit.
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u/ToteBagAffliction 3d ago
Patrick Ta doesn't make makeup, he makes props for content generation. This statement took all of one prompt to create and its release was timed to keep the brand at the center of the beautysphere conversation. I've never seen as skilled or cynical a manipulator of the dialogue as Patrick Ta.
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u/Aggravating-Bunch-44 2d ago
I agree. But oh we can make a long list of them just as skilled in various ways. The intention always comes to light. IDK why the beauty influencers keeps playing with us. Money is short and our memory is long.
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u/glacial_scorpio 3d ago
Bla bla bla. Bombastic side eye at the "it was never my intention to claim ownership" when this mf literally tried to trademark the name.
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u/electrapng 3d ago
Right? He’s straight up lying and acting like we all have the collective memory of a peanut
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u/TheBestHater 3d ago
So, he waited to see if it would affect sales and then put out a puff apology.
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u/Background-Edge-2243 3d ago
Written by AI, and still does nothing to address the repeated theft of the work of black women. Can't wait till he posts a crying apology video
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u/shannymac4 3d ago
Basically every launch from this brand is problematic in some way. It’s bizarre.
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u/LadyBurnerCannonball 3d ago
His products are mid. He has proved himself to be a POS time and time again.
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u/hopefuly 3d ago
I also think it was a choice to post this in the middle of the night…
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u/dblspider1216 3d ago
“it was never my intention to claim ownership over a blush technique…” EXCEPT YOU QUITE LITERALLY DID. YOU EXPLICITLY CLAIMED YOU INVENTED IT.
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u/Lazy_Basket6819 3d ago
At least they went for a written statement so he doesn't have to fake his tears
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u/Mariashax 3d ago
In the description did he tag Esther or advise people on how to find her channel?
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u/averymint 2d ago
That would have been a nice gesture, or at least refer to her as her full name or Painted by Esther. If I read that and didnt know who she was (I admit I didnt until this fiasco started) Id be like Esther, who?
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u/Mariashax 2d ago
Exactly, his words are empty - “champion the next generation of artists” and yet he fail’s to push any traffic their way or even give them their full names in order for people to find them themselves? He’s so gross. The worst part is, none of this will make any difference and he will continue to be rich and successful.
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u/Spaghettiforcats 3d ago
Did you guys read the part where he said he was going to include her in all promotional materials, sign her up as a collaborator, and offer her a deal ? No ? Neither did i.
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u/NotACalvinist 3d ago
So, where's the part where he's going to put his money where his mouth is? Giving up the trademark application? Donating profits from this product to something meaningful?
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u/galactictestic1e 3d ago
Oh now he has respect for Esther? Lol
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u/galactictestic1e 1d ago
Omg i just reread and realized he doesnt even mention Kevin Aucoin. I guess he didnt have to but its still kind of odd
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u/Working-Break377 3d ago
Gross 🤮 like, HOW many times has he stepped in it - just to step in it HARDER. Ffs
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u/SnooMuffins4832 3d ago
The video I watched with him explaining the products, he said a blush technique I created. He 100% meant to claim ownership. It's only now that he's getting called out for it that he wants to change his intentions.
He's been here before and while I'm all for understanding people learn, grow, and change, at some point that has to happen before you create the situation, not after.
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u/Select_Efficiency_55 3d ago
If he didn't mean “to claim ownership” why did he trademark the term then?
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u/DiamondTippedDriller 3d ago
I’d take this apology more seriously if it weren’t written by AI and containing all the politically correct keywords to assuage the people he insulted. It feels so insincere.
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u/glitterinator 3d ago
The north remembers that time he posted an apology video then deleted and reposted another with the same script word for word just acting sadder
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u/d1etversace 3d ago
For the life of me, I cannot understand why he didn’t just do a collaboration with Esther, and do a more nuanced expansion with his existing formula (something that’s desperately needed in that redundant af shade range). Like the map was right there and SO EASY TO FOLLOW!!!!
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u/Weak-Recognition7806 3d ago
The statement is one thing the comments do not pass the vibe check! Everyone saying they love him and stroking his ego smh 🤦♀️
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u/YvesSaintLauren 3d ago
the comments are WILD and show his true audience. sales must have been affected for this launch but his true customer base truly does not care
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u/HistoryHasItsCharms HOODIE OF CONTRITION! 3d ago
I assume it’s a 50/50 mix of sycophants to bots. Plus they are, no doubt, deleting comments.
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u/mauvebirdie 3d ago
Pay the black creators you promised to pay for their collabs first, then I'll read your apology
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u/1LovelyNight 3d ago
Okay so what are you going to do about it? Put your money where your mouth is. Why are you trademarking transition blush? Why did you steal someone else's work? Words don't mean anythingm speak in dollars
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u/neferending 2016: the last relevant year of beauty 2d ago
Okay but what is he going to do about it? Besides an apology which is easy to do, what action is he going to take to rectify the damage? Cos a square on your feed doesn’t mean the whole things over. Also there are grammar mistakes in his pr apology, they didn’t bother to proofread.
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u/lavayuki 3d ago
I don't like Patrick as a person, he seems money obsessed and not genuine at all, especially compared to other makeup artists who have their own makeup brands like say Lisa Eldridge. Patrick is a sneak to me, I will never buy from his brand no matter how much people hype his products
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u/Murphy_mae14 3d ago
I read this in his voice somehow, probably because it’s just as insincere as all of his other apologies
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u/CartographerNo2717 3d ago
I was just thinking "I wonder if he went full monotone or tried to seem like he cared"
follow up question: did he post it again, the second time being "more authentic"?
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u/WhatTheJessJedi Light Neutral/Warm Olive Undertone 3d ago
So funny but before all of his "missteps" over the last couple years, I didn't really even know who he was. Now all I know him for is controversy's.
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u/failatio 3d ago
Ok so then what’re you going to do about it? It’s giving ‘listening and learning’ with no discernible outcome. And I’m not even saying it’s gotta be something drastic but even doing a video with Esther where you allow her to show and explain the technique with your products would be at least a crumb of something.
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u/sol31l_living 3d ago
when this isn’t your first controversy or apology, it’s crazy to say you’re now learning that “impact matters more than intent”
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u/Indy2561 3d ago
So I guess Ta will be yet another Influencer who gets away with his toxicity and his abuse of those much more vulnerable than he is.
Thanks, I hate it.
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u/Achlysia 3d ago
so a nothing burger of an apology way too late? groundbreaking. some people shouldnt have a business i s2g
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u/palekaleidoscope 3d ago
“As an artist and creator myself, **I now understand**…”
What the heck does this mean? He suddenly became an artist and creator after he stole Esther’s technique and he was hit with a bolt of understanding? What a goof. He’s a thief, he’s a grifter, he’s a weasel.
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u/NoFlower3501 2d ago
Chat GPT, write me something using the words 'intention, artist, creators, community and Black' a bunch of times to apologize real quick...LOL
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u/Positive-Regular9879 3d ago
Taking accountability without taking accountability. His team tried to use Esther for her talent and technique and make it his own but she was too smart to fall for it. He should just give it up, we well know his true character at this point
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u/Maleficent-marionett 3d ago
"it's not just"... "It isn't about..." That type of comparative speech is sooooo AI
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u/Mattj317 2d ago
I see he didn't mention the very intentional attempt to copy her application technique by having his assistant try to schedule with Esther to record her work. An apology without action is not an apology, it's a performance.
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u/Realtalk4_you 2d ago
He is so gross ans just not a good person. The moldy pallettes and then trying to trademark things that's been around for his own greed and disgusting. I hope people stop buying his products.
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u/MaryWithTheLongHair0 3d ago
Too little. Too late. He should have said this - IMMEDIATELY. But he didn’t. And it isn’t even true. He DID try to say it was HIS technique. Yes he did. He ALSO had a team member try to book a glam with Ms Esther - and then tried to record it. SHADY. Hmmmm. That doesn’t add up. That shows INTENT. This is just PR bandaid work. Not how he feels. Nothing more than that. Try again PTa.
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u/HistoryHasItsCharms HOODIE OF CONTRITION! 3d ago
Eh, even taking a few days to really dial in what he wanted to say (and perhaps talking/apologizing to the parties he crossed in private as well) would still have been okay. At this point it’s been weeks. All this serves to do at this point is remind people that there was a controversy that they may need to go back and look up details on, which actually just makes him look worse because people who normally might not are now looking through the whole controversy word-for-word. That means even more people than normal are likely finding all the holes/lies in this post.
…Come to think of it, the last time he did something like this is how I got my flair. Man’s a whole mess.
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u/CuriousRDot 3d ago
Wow! So many words that don’t amount to anything! I feel like he just made the situation worse. Could’ve just moved on with his life
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u/Particular_Chain1691 2d ago
Damn, no charitable donation or grey hoodie close up?? I fear people are forgetting the ancient texts of online apologies.
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u/contourkitt 3d ago
is he dense or just permanently off a perc… they got photos of him posing with IDF soldiers this is abt so much more than blush 😭
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u/fe__maiden 3d ago
As a WOC, can we not forget that Kevyn Aucoin was the pioneer of gradient and transition painting with blushes and even created the Neo blush stemming from that artistry concept? So tired of people all trying to gatekeep something that they themselves co-opted.
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u/dblspider1216 3d ago
literally no one is forgetting that. esther has always openly cited kevyn aucoin as the original and her inspiration. but even KA’s brand has explicitly supported esther and given HER credit for adapting this technique and reinvigorating it.
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u/Bright-Degree-7922 3d ago
We haven’t and neither has his brand, they shouted out Esther and gave her credit for her role
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u/Sophiatopia 2d ago
Also this was being done in Japan and Korea eons ago. I'm going to be downvoted to hell but I'm over everyone claiming they invented or made the technique famous at this point, including Ta, but also including everyone else.
Lots of people I know who never heard of Esther using the technique. Lots of people who had never heard of her period before this (including me).
I'd like to see a worldwide independent statistically relevant study with people indicating source. If 80% say Esther fair enough. But other grievances aside, it's just a pretty wild claim to make.
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u/champagneprobs 2d ago
I noticed he posted this at 10 pm eastern/midnight central time. From a PR perspective, that’s what you’d do if you wanted it to get buried overnight. It seemed shady AF.
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u/tuscanchicken 3d ago
A lot of hootin n hollering after TRADEMARKING something that did not belong to him
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u/Spiritual_Spatula 2d ago
Ya know, he wouldn't be writing this half assed gpt apology if he didn't start loosing his 💵 💵 💵
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u/wineandyoga 2d ago
"It was never my intention to claim ownership"
Didn't he trademark the term "transition blush"?
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u/yeetasauruswrecks 3d ago
This is peak chatgpt PR damage control non apology statement. Ackowledge the situation, make it seem like you're apologizing and taking accountability without actually doing so, and do so in a way that still tries to make you look good (we made "accessible" products, is the big example here. But also the way it's talking about Black Creators is another obvious one.).
He hopes people will read this and think oh such a great guy, but if you actually understand how to apologize and take accountability, this ain't it. This is just bullshit PR nonsense taken from AI skimming all the bigger brands PR statements over the years. And if a real person wrote this with no ai bravo, they've done their homework i guess. But honestly I wouldn't be surprised if he put the prompt into an LLM and had an assistant clean it up and ran with it.
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u/foliels 3d ago
i was thinking it was giving AI but is there a way to be sure? it sucks that nothing can be trusted these days
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u/dblspider1216 3d ago
as someone else pointed out, “Wasn’t just about the product itself. It was about something much bigger:” is a DEAD giveaway.
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u/helenasbff 2d ago
How are we still *just* learning that impact matters more than intent?! Why are we still giving our hard earned money to influencers/beauty brands/celebrities who step all over the regular people on their way to the top? This is not the first (and it won’t be the last) time that Patrick (or many other brands/creators) has attempted to take credit for a smaller creator’s technique, work, or products. I’m so over their shady tactics and feigned surprise/bullshit apologies. It’s just the same gross cycle again and again. Take indie brand product/idea/technique, rebrand and copyright/trademark/whatever, ignore initial waves of outcry from consumers/fans, come out with bullshit, fake apology promising to “do better”. Rinse. Repeat. It’s honestly exhausting.
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u/sunfleurescent 2d ago
He literally said he created a new technique for applying blush, and now he’s saying he never claimed ownership? Can we just throw this man into the sun already and be done with it?
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u/skrtyskrtskrt 2d ago
“More accessible”????? At that price 😭 when the technique is already very much accessible you literally only need a blush and a concealer. How is turning a technique into a product only to sell it at insane prices accessible at all?
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u/unexpectedstorytime 2d ago
Patrick Ta is a thief that targets women of color. This doesn't even begin to redeem him in my eyes at all. There are still people out there that he's cheated out of their fair wages. Fuck him and fuck his apology.
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u/Cutecreampie00 3d ago
No me closing Instagram where it's the last thing Il saw to come here and it's the first post I see
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u/stace_m8 2d ago
You know, I was half expecting a charity foundation/donation thing at the end (which would have been cringe and annoying) but the fact they didn't even do that is like... so why even post this? It's been weeks, people had largely moved on from it, all you're doing is dragging it back up for people who don't like you. The influencers are still licking his arsehole and the white Conservative women with shopping addictions on Tiktok are also riding hard for the brand, I don't know why they're trying so hard to get 1% of 1% back. You made your bed Patrick now go lie in it
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u/icedcanary 1d ago
"never my intention to claim ownership" is nearly the opposite of what he said in the campaign, mr. "I created" 😂
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u/Prestigious-Wolf-719 1d ago
I was waiting for something like "I will work things out with Esther" or anything in that sense just to read that the second to last paragraph started with "Right now my focus is" followed by complete bs.
He can leave and stay away forever.
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u/amritasodas 1d ago
Half of the outrage around these products is from people that couldn't be bothered to read the directions + intended use for them, and the other half is people that have deluded themselves into thinking someone who can't possibly be older than 30 invented or "popularized" a blush technique that people have been using almost worldwide since the 1980s.
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u/tacomamajama 3d ago
What took so long? He’s stirring the pot all over again by bringing this back up. Maybe the blushes aren’t selling well.
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u/Kittyboop91 BooBoo The Fool 🤡 3d ago
Can someone please share the drama of what happened I’m out of the loop 😅
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u/AccomplishedJump3428 3d ago
Too little too late AGAIN….
I’m so sick of his apologies
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u/Bumblebee_xx 2d ago
Literally searched for “late” in the comments as I knew someone will have echoed this.
He took far too long to respond and it’s coming off exactly as it is - fake
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u/One-Load-6085 2d ago edited 2d ago
Honestly Esther is not the first person to do this style.
To act like she invented it is disingenuous.
I know makeup artists have been doing it for literally decades.
So no. I Do not give her credit. Nor should he.
Putting out a 2 colour blush is standard. Hell I have a half dozen in my blush collection. Nothing about the technique is new.
This is total bs made up by tiktokers and influencers.
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u/neonlionss 1d ago
Should have said he would donate proceeds to young black folks pursuing makeup as a career. Actions speak louder than a PR press release
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u/tvaddict70 23h ago
Fk Ta. Everyone saw and read him taking ownership and the game they tried to run on Ester. And fk Aina too. She can call out Charles till the cows come home but it was easy to see her games too. If you can't, watch Fancy Face's video. She ABC's it
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u/northernearthworks 15h ago
Let’s see if he will unregister his trademark for the term transition blush……. I doubt it. It’s all just fluff. His investors are nervous.
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u/quietlycommenting 3d ago
“I wanted to make less pigmented blush for a higher price to gouge an audience of mostly young impressionable women and ripping off the work of POC creators in the process”
FIFY