A prominent beauty influencer has recently uncovered what she describes as the biggest “scams” in the beauty industry, urging consumers to save their money instead.
Taylor Bosman Teague, who boasts a following of over 500,000 on TikTok, recently took to the platform to caution her audience about certain products that she believes are not worth the investment. Some of these products have gained viral status and are even endorsed by celebrities.
Teague is part of the Ulta Beauty Collective, and works with many different brands for partnerships on her TikTok account.
“As someone who works in this industry, these are the biggest scams you need to be wary of,” she stated emphatically. “Don’t be deceived into spending your hard-earned money on them.”
At the top of her list are red light therapy wands.
“While I do appreciate the benefits of red light therapy, the wand version just doesn’t cut it,” she remarked in her video.
She elaborated, “For red light therapy to be effective, it needs to be applied to your face without moving for at least eight to ten minutes. Simply waving a wand over your skin won’t achieve the desired results.”
Over the past few years, the use of red light therapy has exploded on the market after studies indicated that it may be helpful in treating signs of aging on the skin, like fine lines and wrinkles as well as discoloration.
A beauty influencer has revealed the biggest scams that are on the market right now – and why you’re better off saving your money (stock image)
The use of red light therapy as exploded on the market after studies indicated that it may be helpful in treating signs of aging on the skin, like fine lines and wrinkles as well as discoloration (stock image)
But as Teague said, your results depend on how you use the red light.
According to Atria Health and Research Institute, you should use the red light for five to 20 minutes per body area – and it recommends keeping it still.
The next ‘scam’ item on Teague’s list were dermarollers, which are microneedling face tools popular on social media and even sold on platforms like TikTok Shop.
The rollers contain hundreds of tiny needles, causing small punctures in the skin, which are supposed to trigger the body’s natural healing process, supposedly boosting collagen along the way.
Microneedling is typically a treatment that’s done by a professional at a cosmetic dermatologist’s office.
However, it’s not exactly sanitary to be doing this at home, according to the beauty influencer.
‘Not only are they super unsanitary because it’s impossible to really clean all of the needles as you should, but these dermarollers have hundreds of tiny little needles that can actually break off and get stuck in your skin,’ Teague warned.
‘Save your money for real microneedling, I promise you, don’t go down this route,’ she said.
The next ‘scam’ item on Teague’s list were dermarollers, which are microneedling face tools popular on social media and even sold on platforms like TikTok Shop (stock image)
Lastly, Teague shared a hard truth about a viral skincare product that seems to be in every influencer’s ‘get ready with me’ videos – and those are reusable undereye masks (stock image)
Similarly, she also cautioned against using any products that advertise as having collagen in them.
‘While, yes, there are collagen-stimulating products, the collagen molecule itself is actually too big to penetrate the skin, so if a product claims to have collagen in it, it’s not going to do anything more but just hydrate your skin,’ she explained.
Lastly, Teague shared a hard truth about a viral skincare product that seems to be in almost every influencer’s ‘get ready with me’ videos – and those are undereye masks.
‘Listen, I hate to say it, I really do, because I love me a good eye patch, but single-use, disposable eye patches like this do absolutely nothing,’ Teague said.
She explained that not only are they bad for the environment, but they ‘dry out too quickly to be effective.’
Instead, the beauty influencer recommended using reusable eye masks where you can put your own specific eye treatment underneath that will ‘actually make a difference.’
