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Band 5+: Do you agree that most beauty products are a waste of money?

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Yes, absolutely. Most of the beauty products on YouTube are just a waste of money because they don't offer better results. While some products are expensive, there are also beauty products that harm your skin by causing rashes on your face. Many beauty manufacturers do not research the precise data on their products, so they can actually harm your skin later.

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yes absolutely most of the youtube products are just waste of money because they don’t offer the better result while some products are expensive products also so there are just some beauty products also harms your skin by doing some rashes on your face also many beauty manufacturers do not research the precise data on that so they will later actually harm your skin

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