FATAL BEAUTY ON A BUDGET | TF1 | Reportages

Suzie, 17, sometimes applies up to twenty products a day to her face — what social networks now call a “beauty routine.”
Addicted to low-cost creams, serums and mascaras, the teenager shops in the new wave of budget cosmetic supermarkets.
But what exactly is hiding in these cheap beauty products? And are they really safe for our health?
We went behind the scenes at the Danish chain Normal, which now operates more than 930 stores across Europe.
In this low-cost beauty supermarket, face creams sit next to chips and candy — all at rock-bottom prices.
Once reserved for luxury, perfume is also having its own revolution. Who said you had to spend a fortune to smell good?
The brand Adopt, with its mini-price fragrances, is shaking up the traditional perfume world.
But what is really behind these slashed prices?
Is the quality truly there?
Frédéric Poitou, a respected chemical engineer in the cosmetics sector, analyzed all the products used by our teenagers.
With him, we discover that some of them can be extremely harmful to the skin.
A year ago, Emma — a former XXL consumer of cosmetics — paid the price.
Her face suffered second-degree burns from the accumulation of products.
Today, she has stopped everything, but for her, it’s almost too late.
So what price are we really willing to pay to stay beautiful?