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March 27, 2009

Too Faced: Truth In Product Copy?

Please allow me to preface this post by saying I typically don't like to go on a negative rant on Style IT. It's just not my style. However, when I see suspicious copy attempting to convince me to purchase a product for a cause, I become wary.

Nothing against Jerrod Blandio, his sister Lisa or the Too Faced Love Lisa Melanoma Research Foundation Grant, but what exactly is a "huge portion"? I have no problem with an additional $5 being added to the purchase price of my favorite product for charity, or even purchasing this $16 chapstick from Sephora to support a good cause. However, nothing is more shady than a company trying to convince me with deceptive words attached to a cause.

On a separate note, when Googling for the Too Faced Love Lisa Melanoma Research Foundation Grant, no results return. In fact, the only relevant result appears to lead to a charitable page on the Too Faced website - but when you click the result, the page returns a 500 error.

What should brands learn from Too Faced? Do not try to sway your customer by using arbitrary words like "huge", especially when attached to a cause, in an attempt to persuade a customer to purchase a $16 tube of chapstick with a cute charm.
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posted by
Fri, 03/27/2009 - 3:13pm

Oh Snap.

I agree though - I really wish brands would be upfront about the amount of their charitable donations for products like these...


posted by
Fri, 03/27/2009 - 4:54pm

i totally agree with you on this. one of the other things that is like this is all the pink products. people tend to charge more for them saying that it's because it's going to charity, but is the difference in price really going to charity, or are they just jacking up the price because they know people feel better buying these items knowing that a portion is going to charity?



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