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According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, on earth, followed by shoes, watches, perfume, and cosmetics. But in one area of the fast-paced and hugely launch-driven beauty industry, business is really booming: Counterfeits and (usually vastly inferior) knockoff versions of the pricey beauty tools we love — from hair straighteners to battery-operated cleansing devices — are springing up as fast as new products appear, and you don't need to lurk around a back alley to get your hands on them.
They're all online and as easy to obtain as the real deal. One beauty tech brand alone says hundreds of thousands of pounds' worth of fake stock is being uncovered every week. If you are obsessive about your cleansing, you might own a Foreo Luna or something similar. These dinky beauty devices promise to enhance your everyday skin-care ritual, with a gentle vibrating effect on the face. In the UK, the Foreo Luna Mini 2 Facial Cleansing Brush is available on Amazon for £95.20. An almost identical counterfeit costs £6.99. I was, so I ordered one.
A few days later I received a garbled but friendly message from the supplier, which made me feel uneasy, but two weeks later my device arrived, in pink. Evan Feldstein is vice general manager for Foreo in North America, and part of his remit is guarding the brand's intellectual property.
Feldstein says they are combatting forgery on a day-to-day basis. The law puts the onus on the company, he explains. 'IP Intellectual Property law says that you obtain your own copyright details, etc., so it’s your responsibility to police this as a company from a legal perspective,' he says. 'IP protection is about protecting your consumers as much as anything else — so high-quality Foreo products are in users' hands.'
The appeal of a copy is obviously the knockdown price, but what about the cons? Well, obviously you have no idea what conditions the devices are produced in — they could be using child labor — although you should never presume that just because you recognize the brand name means they're treating employees well, either. (If in doubt about where your fashion and beauty purchases are coming from, you can check sites and apps like, and, or look for the. If you can't find the answers you need there, hold brands accountable using social media; if they are legitimate and treat their workers well, then they have nothing to hide.).
It's not just big name household brands that are fighting the counterfeiting war: Smaller entrepreneurial types, like Jamie O’Banion, founder and CEO of BeautyBio and the creator of GloPRO, are also affected. The GloPRO is a popular (and patented) tool that solves a genuine consumer need, and thus is a target for the fakers. 'In any industry where creativity and new product launches are the lifeline, you’re going to encounter forms of design borrowing,' O'Banion says.
'When you’re the first to claim a space, of course others are going to follow and try to capture the same audience.' O’Banion says the tool 'took the technology out of the aesthetician’s hands, giving people control over their microneedling treatments with zero downtime,' so there's zero surprise people want to rip off their good idea. 'It would actually be stranger if there weren’t replica attempts and reproductions,' says O'Banion, but while other rollers make the same claims as GloPRO (which costs around £199, $199 in the US) and seem tempting at less than half the cost, there are major differences.
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The GloPRO 'groupies,' as O'Banion calls them, usually have lower-quality needles and don’t offer the red-light therapy or pulse stimulation, 'all which combine to give your skin the safest experience while maximizing cellular regeneration.' As for the cost, she says her lawyers are kept pretty busy.
'Protecting a patent is a full-time job, so there is definitely an arm of the company whose sole job it is to monitor competitors and whether any infringements are being made. The beauty industry is like its own little Silicon Valley, everyone racing to the next finish line, hoping to surprise customers with the most advanced tech, but we have the even harder job thanks to today’s social media and comparative culture of delivering it in vanity-worthy packaging,' O'Banion says. 'The biggest 'cost' to the company is time. We take competitor claims and product comparisons very seriously, so my team spends a lot of time educating customers on products, ingredients, and points of difference so that they feel fully informed. There’s a lot to choose from out there. We want them to feel empowered in their choices.'
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As for the dangers, here's O'Banion's informed opinion: 'I don’t want to scream 'fire' in a crowded cosmetic aisle and scare anybody, but there are so many tools out there, I recommend doing thorough research, especially on any tool that disrupts the surface layer of skin. I’ve seen skin-scan analysis of a competitor’s tool where the needles created erratic slashes in the skin, tearing it instead of lightly puncturing,' she says. 'BeautyBio has a lot of information about microneedling on our website, blog, and partner websites, so if there’s anyone out there who just needs basic info, please use us as a resource.' No amount of money is worth destroying your skin and creating long-term damage.