S3 Ep230: Why You Should NEVER Buy Makeup on Amazon & Couples Who Choose to Live Separately

An Acquired Taste Podcast

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🗓️ 30 January 2020

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

This podcast could save your life! Literally! Stop what you’re doing and throw. away. your. fake. makeup. Kathleen has facts and horror stories about what’s REALLY in those “too-cheap-to-be-true” lip kits and eye shadow palettes. Also, Bethany discusses why she and Dennis choose to live separately and why living alone is becoming a popular choice for couples, even those who are married! Plus, there’s a heated discussion on the Facebook Fan Page about whether or not Tastebud “Liesl" - who is an adult - should move out of her parents’ home. What do you think?

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Bethany’s Sources:

-https://www.purewow.com/news/celebrity-couples-dont-live-together

-https://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/celebrity/married-celebrities-live-separate-16841
-https://www.thetalko.com/20-serious-celeb-couples-who-actually-dont-even-live-together/
-https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-compelling-case-for-not-living-with-spouse-or-partner-2019-06-13?mod=e2tw

Kathleen’s Sources:
-Netflix.com - Broken.
-https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/counterfeit-cosmetics-fragrances

-https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/08/165109/fake-makeup-trend-mac-kylie-cosmetics

-https://www.essence.com/feature/what-you-need-to-know-about-counterfeit-cosmetics/
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ9_7L873m8&feature=emb_title
-https://www.howtogeek.com/267701/i-got-scammed-by-a-counterfeiter-on-amazon-heres-how-you-can-avoid-them/
-https://www.allure.com/story/counterfeit-beauty-products

-https://www.howtogeek.com/331228/how-to-spot-fake-and-scammy-amazon-seller/

-https://itsblossom.com/identify-counterfeit-cosmetics/

-https://www.insider.com/how-to-tell-if-makeup-is-fake-2020-1

-https://www.instyle.com/news/how-spot-counterfeit-makeup
-https://www.iprcenter.gov/referral/view
-https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3099936/Using-fake-make-glued-eyes-women-discovered-dangers-buying-counterfeit-beauty-products-online-terrifying-scare-knock-designer-eye-shadows.html
-https://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/a18194974/kylie-cosmetics-lip-kit-reaction/
-https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-woman-semi-comatose-state-due-mercury-poisoning-mexican-skin-n1052961
-https://www.webmd.com/beauty/news/20191017/mercury-in-creams-feces-in-cosmetics-beware-bargain-beauty-products#1
-https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/89a8dx/dont_ever_buy_cheap_makeup_from_the_wish_app/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello Albert Einstein here. Today I've popped into Dev's cafe. He's one of many business owners
0:07.3	who are already using a smart meter to feel more in control of their budgeting. A smart meter helps
0:13.4	you track your energy use and costs over time. So you know how much you're spending on your energy
0:19.3	bills. Meaning less time guessing and more time to focus on the other important... Do you want milk
0:24.3	with that? Pits of your business. Such can a smart meter today. A legibility may vary consumer
0:29.2	action required. Stop laughing this is erotic. I'm on a new medication and you think it's making me
0:35.0	confused me. I would have been a Ted Bundy victim. Yeah I had no idea that so many people out there
0:41.5	felt the same way. I died. Now I want a peanut colada. An acquired taste. This is an acquired taste
0:50.0	podcast. I'm Bethany. Your Arnold Palmer drinking, lemon eating, buying too many books friend.
0:55.6	And I'm Kathleen. You're the farm reading. Coco roasted almond eating. I need new glasses because
1:01.8	my cat chewed on the lenses of mine friend. Oh no! And every week Kathleen and I meet up to discuss
1:06.9	our lives and what's weird in the world and we invite you to join us. Kathleen what are we talking
1:10.8	about this week? I am doing a deep dive into the disgusting horrific world of counterfeit makeup
1:18.7	that you buy online specifically third party seller websites like Amazon. I am fascinated by
1:25.6	the story because you brought it up a couple of weeks ago that you can get really sick. Like this
1:30.9	makeup isn't necessarily by the people who make the makeup. There's like this documentary on
1:35.1	Netflix called Broken and it kind of like opened my eyes to this world and then our taste bud Megan
1:40.8	left us this insane voicemail about her coworker who was like having an issue with something to
1:46.6	make up she bought online like a face cream and I was like I need to investigate this. It's bonkers.
1:52.5	I remember a couple of I don't know maybe six months ago there was a YouTube influencer who came out
1:57.6	with a line of makeup and it was like bubbly and had hair on it and was broken and it's not necessarily
2:05.5	the same thing but just the whole world of once you see that it's not beautiful and perfect it's
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