Plagiarism in the Beauty World
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Is there such a thing as plagiarism in the makeup world? Recently there have been reports of shady Snapchat stealing popular You Tuber makeup tutorial looks to introduce new filters A great example of this is Mykie from the YouTube channel Glam&Gore who took to Instagram recently to make light of the fact that a new Snapchat filter was copied from her tutorial and Snapchat has admitted to doing this and many times over. I think that while the filter and her makeup look are similar there are some differences. It would be more professional for Snapchat to at the very least give credit to Mykie as the original source of their inspiration for the new filter. However, can someone really claim a makeup look to be “theirs”?
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This week with the new release of the Kyshadow palette from Kylie Cosmetics. People are claiming that she stole the idea for her palate from Shannon Harris, also known by her YouTube name Shaanxo’s BH Cosmetic collaboration palette. While I do agree that the palettes are almost identical, don’t cosmetics companies copy shades and palettes all the time based on trends? Isn’t that the reason drugstore dupes exist? Although the thing is with dupes is that you are typically paying for the difference in quality. However, Kylie Jenner’s makeup line has come under criticism for quality, so the only difference you’re really paying for is for her name. What do you think about plagiarism in the beauty world? Are people making too much out of nothing in order to cause controversy or is there really copyright infringement going on?
