#it just wouldn't be cost-effective for the company because this specific company made bad investments and

[threadmonster]

I'm exhausted of the shitty 8 hours 5 days a week life and constructed what a daily work schedule would look like if my department was fully staffed and did 6 hours shifts and uh. Yeah, no it actually works very well and better than what we're working with right now. It's completely plausible, ya know if we cared about people enough to implement such a thing.

[cookiekitkat8484]

as someone who's studying chemistry and more specifically laboratory techniques it makes me so annoyed when people say there's no reason to buy expensive skincare and other topical products (or any products made it a lab that comes in contact with your body!) over cheaper ones because it makes it abundantly clear to me they know absolutely nothing about product formulation and are speaking (usually in bad faith) out of their ass

a lot of the time name brand companies unreasonably inflate their prices, but depending on the ingredients used, a good cosmetic product can genuinely be very expensive to formulate, test, and source high quality ingredients for even without any profit margin added. most ingredients with strong scientific backing behind their efficacy are incredibly difficult to work with, the biggest offender I can think of being vitamin C, which degrades in light, air, and water, meaning if they don't source it well it could be useless before it even arrives at their factory (which they wouldn't know if they don't pay for quality control), if they don't invest in appropriate packaging it will stop working before you've bought it/as soon as you open it, and even if they do all of that right, if they formulate it in a way that doesn't allow it to actually absorb into the skin in a form that's bioavailable (aka usable) it will still do literally nothing at all. so two products with the exact same concentration of the exact same ingredient can be wildly different in how effective they actually are

read the ingredient list of any cosmetic product and remember that not only does every single one of those chemicals listed need to be synthesised or otherwise processed into the exact form needed and then mixed using the exact right ratios, methods, equipment, and conditions just to make it usable, then remember not only do they also need to do frequent quality control checks to make sure it doesn't give you Literal Chemical Burns or CANCER (which is not something you want them cutting costs on), but that additionally the only reason it exists is because someone used years and years of chemistry and biology knowledge and resources to design something that not only works, but works well, and they deserve to be compensated for their skill accordingly. even if two products are identical in effectiveness, but one makes your face feel like you smeared honey on it and the other makes your face feel soft and nice, I don't think people should be shamed for buying the one that feels nice and makes them happy ???

there are people who pay more for a higher quality product and while its absolutely not necessary to spend huge amounts of money on skincare, I think wanting to invest in products you know are safe, effective, and well formulated, especially if you have skin conditions and need to know exactly what you are putting on your skin and how it will react, isnt unreasonable for a lot of people. and this isn't even mentioning paying extra for ethical business practices like fairly paying workers, sustainability sourced ingredients and manufacturing, and more environmentally friendly packaging. exactly the same as every other thing you buy.