Beauty Blogger Left 'Humiliated' After L’Oreal Drops Her Due To 'Skin Issues'

Struggle with acne

Kadeeja Khan, 21 from Birmingham is an inspiration for many young women. She talks about her struggle with acne online and is popular for sharing unedited photos of her make-up free face.

Impressive results

She has 124,000 followers on her Instagram account @emeraldxbeauty. Her tutorial went viral for using a $9 foundation stick with shockingly impressive results.

'L’Oreal can't be involved with people with skin issues.'

She was shocked to receive an email from L’Oreal that they could not work with her. The email reads:

Dear Kadeeja,

I’m sorry to tell you that I have bad news for you. We can’t confirm that shooting with you.

L’Oreal can’t be involved with people with skin issues.

Cast accidentally

A modeling agency working on behalf of L'Oréal accidentally cast multiple bloggers with skin issues.

Devasted

Kadeeja Khan was left devasted after L’Oreal dropped her from a photo shoot due to her skin issue.

'Shame on you L'Oréal'

Khan posted the screenshot of e-mail on her Instagram account She wrote:

"To think we're supposed to live in an advanced society that not only ACCEPTS of ALL walks of life but actually embraces people of all backgrounds, religions, ethnicities, and disabilities... Shame on you L'Oréal."

L’Oreal apology statement

L’Oreal has released an apology statement saying:

"This resulted in the wrong profile being cast, which was then poorly and insensitively communicated to the individuals concerned, We do not have regulations in place that restrict us from working with people with skin conditions."

Talking about her fan reaction Khadija said:

"I have shared it with my following and a lot of people were shocked that they would behave this way.

My followers are disgusted at this, some of them have been sending me videos of them throwing their L’Oreal products in the bin."

She told The Sun:

"It just shows that L’Oréal only wants to work with people with perfect skin, but that isn't real."

The company is "promoting an image of perfect beauty that simply isn't real" she told UK publication

Speaking with UNILAD, She said:

"My advice is never to please anyone, do what makes you happy! It was definitely hard to ditch the photoshop & be myself.

But I did it to make me happy! I’m trying to make it easy for people that want to be in the beauty industry that is not perfect.

So they can look at me & be like yep, there’s definitely someone I can relate to & there’s room for me in the beauty industry."

Feel alienated.

She added:

"I feel that L’Oreal should be more open to working with everyone, perfect or not. I think they shouldn’t make people that are not perfect feel alienated."

'Beauty is for everyone'

"They shouldn’t be put in a certain category based on their appearance. Beauty is for everyone."