Mashable writer just called nudes for women of colour “poopy”

Predicting how your readers will react to your articles is difficult, even knowing who they are in the first place is tricky, so when a Mashable writer called brown nail varnish ‘poopy’ she probably thought no one would disagree with her.

The article, entitled “How to pull off the ugliest fall nail colors,” also listed sea sick green, rotten pumpkin orange and dirty penny bronze among undesirable varnish options, and tried to help readers avoid looking like they were “wear[ing] the bathroom on [their] nails.”

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Is ‘Sleek Make Up’ stepping away from Women of Colour?

In times of old when customers were disgruntled with a company or service, they would write a strongly worded letter and send it off with a contemptuous lick of the envelope.

Unfortunately for big brands, (and fortunately for the customer), it is now extremely easy to air views on Twitter, and sometimes complaints spread like wildfire.

This issue in this particular case concerned make up brand Sleek which describes itself in the following terms;

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