Manny MUA calls out Makeup Revolution for \u201callegedly copying\u201d his design YouTube: Manny MUABeauty YouTube star Manny \u2018Manny MUA\u2019 Gutierrez uploaded a video on March 15 pointing out the \u201cidentical\u201d similarities between his own Lunar Beauty product and Makeup Revolution\u2019s new highlighter. Since Makeup Revolution was launched in 2014 by Adam Minto and Tom Allsworth, the brand has been known for its affordable duplications of popular and more expensive products, with the goal to \u201cdevelop quality makeup which is accessible to everyone.\u201d The company has come out with dupes for many brands, including Anastasia Beverly Hills, Too Faced, Urban Decay, and more \u2013 and now, allegedly, Manny MUA\u2019s Lunar Beauty highlighter, too. makeup revolution “”blushing hearts”” ($6) are dupes for too faced “”sweethearts”” ($30) pic.twitter.com\/NbrECoTYyr \u2014 Makeup (@makeupmanics) June 3, 2016 After seeing the similarities between MR\u2019s Glass Illuminator Face & Body Highlighter and Lunar Beauty\u2019s Moon Prism Powder, Manny took to YouTube to air his concerns. \u201cAll I can do is speak my truth, and speak about something that has been bothering me for a little while\u2026\u201d he began, holding up the two products. \u201c\u2026 This is my brand, this is my highlighter compact, and this is the Makeup Revolution compact highlighter.\u201d He then revealed how when a fan shared their concerns about the situation on Instagram, a rep for the company replied and said it was because the two brands shared a factory. \u201cHonestly, this was not a dupe [situation]. Our development team had no idea. Any similarity will be due to shared factories, not any intention,\u201d they said. The 28-year-old stated that he\u2019d created the design himself with a team, that it was exclusive to his brand, and that it was not for commercial use. He also refuted the claim that they\u2019d shared the same factory and showed proof that he\u2019d come up with the design himself. \u201cWe reached out to our factory and asked \u2018did you share this moulding with anyone?\u2019 and they didn\u2019t!\u201d he continued. \u201cThey did not even create Makeup Revolution\u2019s at all, this is not created in my factory! \u2026 What\u2019s frustrating for me as a small indie brand to have another brand allegedly copy my design is so frustrating.\u201d On March 16, Makeup Revolution shared a statement to Instagram regarding the situation, and acknowledged that there had been a \u201cmistake\u201d and that they were taking \u201cimmediate steps\u201d to remove the product from sale. \u201cRevolution were presented this component by several third parties at a publicly attended trade fair in March 2019 and were led to believe that it was a freely available design,\u201d they said. \u201cOn launch of our product, Lunar Beauty\u2019s legal team contacted us, but, despite our requests, failed to supply any evidence of his alleged copyright or trade dress right in his design, or even to identify or provide images or illustrations of the product that he claimed were at issue.\u201d \u201cHaving seen MannyMUA\u2019s video, released on Sunday 15 March 2020, in which he produces documentation purportedly showing the componentry tooling of his product (even if not any protectable copyright or trade dress rights in that product), as a matter of courtesy and out of an abundance of caution, we have taken the immediate steps to remove the product from sale and will notify our distributors to do the same,\u201d the statement read, ending on a note that they had \u201creached out to Manny to discuss this privately.\u201d https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B9zNG9Vn5W0\/ At the time of writing, the makeup artist has yet to respond to the statement, but echoed in his video that something like this can have a huge impact on indie brands who don\u2019t make as much financially compared to bigger, well-known companies. MR claimed that their intention was \u201cnot to crush the spirit of entrepreneurialism\u201d but that it was \u201cto make beauty trends affordable for all\u201d and that they have acted \u201cquickly and passionately\u201d to fix the mistake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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