It's one of the biggest trends right now: low-cost cosmetics. Shops are popping up all over France. Beauty influencers are multiplying on social media… and teenagers are following them. Like 17-year-old Suzie, who applies a meticulous "beauty routine" every morning, using up to 20 different products on her face. Addicted to creams, mascaras, and other low-cost products, the teenager buys her supplies, among other places, from the new "discount" cosmetics supermarkets. But what's in these cheap beauty products? How do they manage to negotiate such low prices? Makeup, anti-wrinkle creams, or perfumes… Are they really good for our health? A team from "Grands Reportages" investigated.
Head of News Magazines: Mathilde Pasinetti
A report by Angèle Delmotte
Editing: Arthur Girod
Production: Tony Comiti
It's one of the biggest trends right now: low-cost cosmetics. Shops are popping up all over France. Beauty influencers are multiplying on social media… and teenagers are following them. Like 17-year-old Suzie, who applies a meticulous "beauty routine" every morning, using up to 20 different products on her face. Addicted to creams, mascaras, and other low-cost products, the teenager buys her supplies, among other places, from the new "discount" cosmetics supermarkets. But what's in these cheap beauty products? How do they manage to negotiate such low prices? Makeup, anti-wrinkle creams, or perfumes… Are they really good for our health? A team from "Grands Reportages" investigated.
Head of News Magazines: Mathilde Pasinetti
A report by Angèle Delmotte
Editing: Arthur Girod
Production: Tony Comiti