I Hired a Lab to Counterfeit-Test a Dozen Suspicious Beauty Products I Bought Online. Every Single One Had a Problem.

kept by eddie mar 07

An undercover investigation found that every one of a dozen suspect beauty products purchased online from major retailers failed authenticity or safety testing.

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