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PBS News Hour - Segments

Tween skincare obsession fuels industry boom and raises concerns

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Ask many pre-teens what's at the top of their wish list and there's a good chance the answer will be skincare. Special correspondent and Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell reports on the growth and some of the concerns around this boom. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

It's the latest craze among some pre-teens.

0:04.0

Ask many tweens what's at the top of their wish list, and there's a good chance the answer will be

0:09.3

skin care products.

0:11.0

Special correspondent and Washington Post columnist

0:14.2

Catherine Rampel has the story about the growth

0:16.6

and concerns around this boom.

0:19.7

One of Emma Scott's must have skincare products is her glow recipe toner.

0:24.5

And if you smell it smells like really good.

0:27.2

Oh yeah.

0:28.6

Sort of fruity?

0:30.2

The 10 year olds preferred body butter sold a genero.

0:33.8

This one is like a creamy consistency.

0:36.8

In her skin care fridge, I really like this Lenage sleeping mask.

0:41.4

And for lip care, Fridays butter balm because it's like a limited

0:45.8

addition and I was like oh I really want this Scott does a multi-step

0:50.4

skincare routine every morning and every evening.

0:54.0

In the morning I'll do a face wash, a toner, a moisturizer, and my elf tinted SPF.

1:01.6

Why do you do it every day?

1:03.0

Because I feel like it's really hydrating for your skin and it feels good on my skin.

1:08.0

Normally when I first wake up I look like a really like a white ghost.

1:11.0

So I like being a little bit tanner and glowier.

1:15.0

Move over Barbie today's tweens are obsessed with expensive skin care

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