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ColourPop Apologizes And Renames Products For Darker Skin Tones After People Take Offense To Original Names

<p>If you&&num;8217&semi;re a makeup lover then you know that makeup lines come up with cute and catchy names for their lipsticks&comma; and other makeup products&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In June&comma; ColourPop launched a line of highlighting and contouring &&num;8216&semi;Sculpting Stix&&num;8217&semi; that received a lot of heat after people noticed some of the names they chose for their &&num;8216&semi;darker&&num;8217&semi; shades&comma; which include&comma; &lpar;from dark to darkest&rpar; &&num;8216&semi;Yikes&comma;&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8216&semi;Dume&comma;&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;Typo&comma;&&num;8217&semi; being the darkest&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The heat they caught died down then&comma; but they are getting even more backlash today&comma; now that Affinity Magazine shared an open letter to ColourPop called&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Dear ColourPop&comma; My Skin Is Not A Typo&comma;&&num;8221&semi; on September 19th&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"777922704213180418" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some people found it offensive that the darker tones had names like &&num;8216&semi;Yikes&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;Typo&comma;&&num;8217&semi; while the &&num;8216&semi;whiter&&num;8217&semi; tones had names such as &&num;8216&semi;Gummy Bear&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;Castle&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"777961109043023872" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>ColourPop has since apologized and changed the names of the darker shades from &&num;8216&semi;Yikes&comma;&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8216&semi;Dume&comma;&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;Typo&comma;&&num;8217&semi; to &&num;8216&semi;Bloom&comma;&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8216&semi;Point Dume&comma;&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;Platonic&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What do you think Roommates&quest; Did people overreact to the names of the shades&comma; or were they right and justified to take offensive to the names of the darker tones&quest; Let&&num;8217&semi;s chat&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"777926417866756097" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; 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