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I Generally Avoid Social Media Viral Beauty Products, But This Is Actually Worth The Hype
Filed 1mo ago · Via HuffPost · The Buffoon Desk
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Kevin MacLeod · incompetech.com · CC BY 4.0
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HuffPost's shopping desk reviews Rhode's Glazing Mist, a facial spray the writer says delivers long-lasting hydration via an amino acid derivative, ceramides, beta-glucan, magnolia extract, and panthenol. The piece frames itself as a skeptic's conversion story, complete with a friend visiting from London who reportedly bought one the next day.
No independent testing or dermatological sourcing accompanies the claims beyond the writer's own experience and enthusiasm, and the piece carries HuffPost's standard disclosure that purchases through its links earn the outlet a commission.
The full dispatch is available from the source below.
✒ FROM THE EDITORIAL DESK
A skin care review that opens by disavowing hype and closes by out-hyping the marketing department is not exactly breaking new journalistic ground. The commission disclosure at the top does more honest work than anything in the eleven paragraphs beneath it.