Counterfeit Clinique foundation?

[EdenBunny]

Hi girls, I'd like your opinion about the autenticity of my Clinique Stay-true foundation, bought from an UK seller.











My concern is about a writing on the upper side of the box, which states "Mixte a grasse" in French when the correct way should be "Mixte à grasse"... Any help, please?
Thank you!

 

[InspiredBlue]

Honestly, from the pictures you posted, I can't even see if there is an "accent" or not.

 

[EdenBunny]

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Originally Posted by InspiredBlue Honestly, from the pictures you posted, I can't even see if there is an "accent" or not.

I apologize for the low quality but this is the best I can get... thanks to my old crappy camera!

However, in the second photo the line in French says "Mixte a grasse", no accent on the "A".

 

[RedRibbon]

I don't know how you can tell if it's fake or not by looking at it but recently I've found on ebay that if a seller has a lot of one product but in different shades and the price is too good to be true, then it's more likely to be a fake.

Check the seller's feedback and see what they say. I've recently seen a lot of Benefit on ebay and most of the products are fake.

 

[EdenBunny]

I do not buy this on ebay but on a site which I prefer not to mention before I am sure if this is fake or not. The price was about 3 pounds off RRP so was not incredibly cheap.

Anyway I think this will be the last time I buy something on a website which is not uber-safe...

 

[RedRibbon]

You could always take it into a store and ask.

 

[InspiredBlue]

Are you sure about the accent, do you just think it should be there? Otherwise you could go to a store and just check that on the packaging.

 

[EdenBunny]

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Originally Posted by InspiredBlue Are you sure about the accent, do you just think it should be there? Otherwise you could go to a store and just check that on the packaging.

I have some Clinique foundation samples (send from the Clinique Italian site) and they have the accent on that A. I think I look a bit paranoid about this accent

... I'll follow your advice and check my cosmetic shop on Monday and ask the shop assistant to show me a Stay true foundation.

 

[SmokeSignal16]

To me it looks fine, I know on some of my Clinique boxes in my personal stash there is a tiny speck sometimes when it comes to the 'a' so it can be very very hard to see. And I have seen on very rare occasions typos on our packaging (I work for Clinique). But do try and go in the store and do a side by side comparison just to be safe!