Amazon is a wonderful place for many things. Right now, beauty isn't one of them.
While Amazon has cracked down hard on counterfeit electronics and fashion, knock-off beauty products are still easily available on the site — and with no guantees about the ingredients or the safety of the packaging, they can be really, really dangerous.
To make matters worse, YouTubers and influencers with a lot of power have been doing "full faces of counterfeit makeup" like it's some kind of funny trend. This is not a good idea. Counterfeit makeup can give you chemical burns, hives, and has even been shown to contain gross additives like urine.
The sellers also use fake pictures — often taken from the legit sources — to scam buyers into purchasing knockoff products. To help stop this madness, I went into the deep and horrifying beauty black-market of Amazon and scouted out 13 serious knockoffs to look out for.
Fake KKW Beauty Creme Liquid Lipsticks
On the left, as listed on Amazon, KKW Limited Edition 4 pc nude brown pink matte liquid cream lipstick pack ($7, Amazon)
On the left, KKW by Kylie Cosmetics Creme Liquid Lipstick set ($45, KKW Beauty)
Fake Kylie Cosmetics Lip Kits
On the left, as listed on Amazon, Froomer Waterproof Long Lasting Matte Liquid Lipstick Beauty Lip Gloss ($3, Amazon)
On the right, Kylie Cosmetics Single Mattes ($17, Kylie Cosmetics)
Fake Kat Von D Everlasting liquid lipsticks
Fake Morphe x Jaclyn Hill eye shadow palettes
Fake Too Faced Sweet Peach palette
Fake BH Cosmetics x Carli Bybel palette
On the left, as listed on Amazon, Lumer Cosmetics 14 Color Eye Shadow & Highlighter Palette ($7, Amazon)
On the right, BH Cosmetics x Carli Bybel Palette. The palette is discontinued today, unfortunately.
Fake Jeffree Star Velour Liquid lipsticks
On the left, as listed on Amazon, Spdoo Waterproof Liquid Lipstick 15 pieces ($18, Amazon)
On the right, Jeffree Star Velour Liquid Lipsticks ($18, Jeffree Star)
Fake Lime Crime Velvetines liquid lipsticks
On the left, as listed on Amazon, Spdoo Waterproof Long Lasting Lipstick 15 pieces ($16, Amazon)
On the right, Lime Crime Velverines Matte Liquid Lipsticks ($20, Lime Crime)
Fake Anastasia Beverly Hills Moon Child Glow Kit
On the left, as listed on Amazon, Makeup Luminous Shimmer Glow Kit Highlighter ($11, Amazon) This seller also sells knockoffs for the Ultimate Glow Kit and the Nicole Guerriero Glow Kit.
On the right, Anastasia Beverly Hills Moon Child Glow Kit ($40, Anastasia Beverly Hills)
Fake Kat Von D Alchemist palette
Fake Urban Decay Naked Heat palette
On the left, as listed on Amazon, Red Eye Shadow Palette ($9, Amazon)
On the right, Urban Decay Naked Heat Palette ($54, Urban Decay)
Fake NYX Lip Lingerie liquid lipsticks
Fake Huda Beauty Desert Dusk eye shadow palette
On the left, as listed on Amazon, 18 Colors Women Desert Dusk Matte Eyeshadow Pallete ($10, Amazon)
On the right, Huda Beauty Desert Dusk Eye Shadow Palette ($65, Huda Beauty)
In short — beware of fake products. Only EVER buy beauty products from authorized retailers!
Otherwise, who knows what you're going to get?
