The cult of Arbonne
Discussion
So, with the advent of amazon, social networking, mums groups etc the role of the avon lady seems to be on a sticky wicket. However, in it's place is Arbonne, the cosmetic products that seemingly do miracles (at a price, of course).
The thing that gets me though - the salespeople seem to be not only metally brainwashed, but they're seemingly purposefully taught to completely lie and miss-sell the tuff on offer. If it was an isolated incident, i'd assume it was 1 or 2 mis-informed sales-mums - but i've seen the same "it's all natural, no chemicals in it, not like other products; other products have petrol in"..
Todays bit of wizdom was on the local mums group facebook thing, a mum wanted a sun cream for a kid with excema. Token arbonne sales infiltrator reckons the best bet is their 28 quid kids sun cream. "Contains no chemicals whatsoever" claims the Arbobb salesmum. Now aside from the fat that a bottle of no chemicals would be a vacuum, i thought i'd google the ingredients as a custared test:
My question is this - aside from the social law of "please don't turn every social event into another sodding sales pitch," is Arbonne breaking any rules by employing these sales tactics? All the sales are on comission - so can Arbonne simply skim over the concept of selling via inaccurate statements becuase technically it was not an Arbonne employee that said the lie?
Tl;dr?
If your missus has a mate who joins Arbonne, prepare for permanent torment.
The thing that gets me though - the salespeople seem to be not only metally brainwashed, but they're seemingly purposefully taught to completely lie and miss-sell the tuff on offer. If it was an isolated incident, i'd assume it was 1 or 2 mis-informed sales-mums - but i've seen the same "it's all natural, no chemicals in it, not like other products; other products have petrol in"..
Todays bit of wizdom was on the local mums group facebook thing, a mum wanted a sun cream for a kid with excema. Token arbonne sales infiltrator reckons the best bet is their 28 quid kids sun cream. "Contains no chemicals whatsoever" claims the Arbobb salesmum. Now aside from the fat that a bottle of no chemicals would be a vacuum, i thought i'd google the ingredients as a custared test:
arbonne website said:
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetyl Alcohol, Cetyl Dimethicone, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Chlorphenesin, Coco-Caprylate, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, Glycerin, Magnesium Sulfate, Phenoxyethanol, Polyglyceryl-2 Dipolyhydroxystearate, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Sodium Chloride, Stearic Acid, Tapioca Starch, Tocopheryl Acetate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Water.
Now i admit it's a few years since i did chemistry, but it appears to me that this product has quite a few things that a layperson would think of as a chemical, rather than a natural ingredient - especially the conjugated aromatics (that make a sun cream effective).My question is this - aside from the social law of "please don't turn every social event into another sodding sales pitch," is Arbonne breaking any rules by employing these sales tactics? All the sales are on comission - so can Arbonne simply skim over the concept of selling via inaccurate statements becuase technically it was not an Arbonne employee that said the lie?
Tl;dr?
If your missus has a mate who joins Arbonne, prepare for permanent torment.
No, nothing that sinister.
My wife (and therefore i) have someone in our circle of friends who has gone from interesting to arbonne salesmum. I can't stand her now, and have to bite my lip a lot.
My wife mentioned today's mum discussion thing and read the claims out to me. I offered to reply calling custard, but was told that doing so would be detrimental to my health. As a result, I've come on whinge on here instead..
My wife (and therefore i) have someone in our circle of friends who has gone from interesting to arbonne salesmum. I can't stand her now, and have to bite my lip a lot.
My wife mentioned today's mum discussion thing and read the claims out to me. I offered to reply calling custard, but was told that doing so would be detrimental to my health. As a result, I've come on whinge on here instead..
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