The dirty business of beauty | DW Documentary
The dirty business of beauty | DW Documentary
Jade for courage, amethyst to improve concentration and rose quartz for love. Social media influencers are driving demand for quartz and gemstones. But these pretty materials are mined under questionable conditions in the Global South.
Does rose quartz combat stress? In the beauty industry, gemstones have been an integral part of the product…
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Gold mines are much worse
That is heartbreaking especially when I heard the price difference!!
WHEN WHEN THE LEFT WILL GET OUT OF EGG SHELL , IS IT AFTER BEGGING
BASIC LESS INSTINCT FROM KOLKATA ,
I buy crystals, they are beautiful, but the people that mine them are even more beautiful.
Thank you so very very much and I wish the absolute best for your families.🩷💎🫂🩷
spiritual stones? missing chromosomes.
How can we help these people and children??
do you guys also provide job opportunities ?? i would like to work for such an organisation
It’s very sad, mining for cobalt is similar. In the name of clean energy for electric batteries people are being exploited
whats ur point … do u want those ppl to die coz they can't afford food anymore ? conditions are like this there, do smth to actually help them not faire semblent u're good .. how?
This is a stupid trend even the Himalayan salt or the lamp rock
good documentary🙏
Why didn’t they block out the mans face who told them about the mines??!! That’s was pretty careless of them. They probably got him in a bunch of trouble.
people who are horrified by that, should also check out major food and clothes companies . Not to mention electronics and cars. Everything you touch, you should ask yourself how much blood and sweat it carries and from where it came
I find those quartz all the time when I go hiking if anyone wants me to ship them and or meet up to collect them hmu ok thanks guys and gals
They are very high toxic crystals !!!!!☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️
God its so sad teens are making stupid things and milions just copy them with no commen sense.
DW deserved to awarded with numerous catagories for producing DEFINITE videos of interests. LOVE from Sabah, Malaysia!
Great video. Thanks for sharing!
Need more people to share true knowledge.
And North America is high in natural resources including crystals and minerals.
I find quartz and jasper in Southern Oklahoma 🤠
I live in India and buy stones, have always tried to pry where they came from but always met with “oh they’re certified genuine by the lab”. Will be considering this the next time I ever think of buying 😢
I hope people who think those stones have "good energies" see how they are extracted through extremely poor working conditions… Let alone CHILD FREAKING LABOR!!!!
No "energy stone" is worth that
But is it ebifence-based?
Olivia now works in the Mines 😅
People want things of God, with out God. This is not new, from the beginning of time such things have occured. It's just getting a rebranding and packaging these days I guess.
children working in the mines that is so sad …and the Madagascar government not doing anything to protect its citizens it is so sad
Yes, it is fake business… India Hinduism books and their preist, all gives weight to these fakism stones has nothing to do to improve your fate.
A sad truth.
HAHA, I call them NARCS in Business. Just sad so many actually bought the pitch.
So 75% of crystals come from Madagascar also the world's vanilla supply so in theory the country & it's PPL shud be wealthy – nope !
What is a fact wrt crystals is – electronic engineering – we use a particular crystal as a pulse generator, if an electrical current is applied at a certain point the crystal resonates this has the effect of turning d.c to a.c or as a timer given the high level of accuracy it delivers. The human body has electricity running thru it , if there is some benefit to the body by using a crystal to realign currents within the body it's not known & perhaps studies should be done , crystals are also used in lasers but as far as the beauty industry – it's a lota hogwash.
I really hope that the locals in Madagascar can create local businesses that make and export all of the crystals in their final forms, so they get more of the labour costs and can export the final product straight away from Madagascar.
Its mostly all white people. Makes sense.
That Act is good to placate German conscience (and make things just a bit harder for German companies), but surely not to change the working conditions in those countries. It's a general principle: you can't force well-being on someone who is not interested in well-being. And Madagascar government, making primary and secundary education a paid product, surely isn't interested.
Why not pay for the school fees for the children you interviewed ? Thousands of euros spent traveling and setting up a fake business but no sponsorship?
Would have made a big difference.
“ we feel bad for being white and European….” So attempt to leave a positive impact.
22:58 why on earth from 10cents per kg of raw material to 40euro per price…50g may be. So many cost of handcrafting and marketing along the way.
It's just a bunch of pretty rocks. They're not going to change your life
A reason why I'm into very little beauty products, we use so much chemicals on our bodies that is not natural is definitely not healthy, the same with beauty tools like I do not use any hair dryers or extra tools, and if there is it'll be stainless steel like for tweezers
There's quartz and shungite in our mobile phones…
If you like crystals and rocks go find them for yourself..
They're everywhere
Really appreciate your hard work.and all the research work you did. One way is whoever has a concern on what happens to the people at mines, better don't buy the products. It's about who are really human will have to stand together for humanity. Also use various means to spread your work as hardly anyone think or know what you found out. I will do my part and share the message. Thank you and I have lot of respect for you and I got high regards for Germany as we do hear about the rules and regulations in Germany who cares for people inside the country and outside too. Sending love. Also now I won't buy these stones as well which I was very fond of before.
Free market is about using what's available to you and creating something new to improve your situation. Businesses would love to buy directly from Madagascar, but the locals don't polish stones and set up online sales options to potential buyers. Supplier you spoke to chooses to sell to India instead of copy what they do there and do it himself instead. We'd love to cut out the middleman and pay directly to the source, but these products need to be made in the country first. They have to help themselves first. Brazil did just that – Brazillians buy directly from the mines (who know their value), polish the stones and create the final product themselves, and then sell it. There is no need for a Chinese company to transport the crystals around the world because Brazillian wholesalers are easy to find. But for Madagascar – Chinese take the raw materials and create what demand for exists. That's why they get the money. Do that in Madagadcar, and they will receive their fair share of the cost. And fast! Children will be able to go to school to support wealth creation in the future. Because once the stones are polished locally, all you need is Google Translate, Instagram, PayPal and Fedex… Demonising sellers and end customers is whining, not creating solutions. Where do you think your soya latte or EV battery materials come from? You wouldn't touch either once your do some research…
Labor trafficking at its finest.
Thank U for opening our eyes to this injustice ❤
Such a pity to see those children labors. They are paid very cheap and they look amaze when they examine the roller face 😮
Can we all take a moment to acknowledge how BEAUTIFUL Claudia Sheiffer is??? Still??? Omg ❤ true timeless beauty
hey i have that facial exact roller! mine was like 6$ in USA. I'm pretty sure the one she showed them and the one sold for 40$ in europe are not even the same product and not from their mine.
The reporter and many people here seem very upset, while using latptops and celphones produced in similar or worse conditions.