Thandie Newton Blasts Retailers For Not Carrying Darker Shades Of Make Up via Voice Online Actress Thandie Newton has criticised high street store Boots for its lack of make-up suitable for black skin. The actress, who is also the face of skincare brand Olay, spoke out at an event last week about the lack of beauty products available for darker skin. Newton said she believed there was a ‘ghettoisation’ of cosmetics with some women left to believe their custom is not wanted. She claimed that the popular UK high street chain will often stock darker make-up shades when a new product launches, but will take them off the shelves earlier than lighter versions. “If the make-up was in there longer, the girls would go and get it and then the stores would get more, and they’d realise that everybody wants it, and then they would stock it,” she told the Mail Online. “There’s this ghettoisation of make-up right now. The right shade is there for everybody but you can only get it at specialised shops. “So you don’t go to Boots. As a result we are all being physically separated when we go and buy make-up,” she said. “We’re starting to think they don’t want us there and it’s not that, it’s just that six-month time lapse where the shops are waiting to be able to say it’s not selling so let’s stop stocking it. We’ve got to encourage them.” The 41-year-old also criticised the chemist chain for not using more pictures of black models in its stores. “I’ll go into Boots at Heathrow Airport if I’ve forgotten my make-up bag or something and there isn’t even a picture of a black woman. I hate that,” she sighed. A spokesperson for Boots commented that the brand feels “disappointed” by the comments. “It is disappointing when we hear our customers feel we can’t meet their beauty needs, as many of the beauty brands available in store and [online] offer a range of products for black skin,” they said.
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Race Matters: Actress Thandie Newton Puts Cosmetics Retailers On Blast For Refusing To Carry Darker Shades Of Make Up
