Fashion + Beauty
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Newsflash: Kinoki Foot Pads don't work. Duh.
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NPR has a great story about
how Kinoki Foot Pads are the biggest scam that ever scammed. An
independent lab confirmed that
there
was no difference between an unused pad and a pad that had
spent the prescribed amount of time stuck to a tester's foot. Well,
of course there wasn't. The only toxins you lose are the ones that
live on your
hard-earned lipstick money. But then again, we told you this
way back in February.
You are fully entitled to being smug around your gullible friends
about this. We've got your back.
--Wendy
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Posted by jen Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:07pm PDT
blah, i saw this infommercial late at night lets just say its not the best thing to watch after a night of drinking
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Posted by GG1000 Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:21pm PDT
Geez, people needed a lab to tell them that? Hmmm, I'll have to apply my brain to possible "toxin removal" products that I can sell and separate a whole bunch of fools from their money.
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Posted by Aurora Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:43pm PDT
who would believe that this would work?
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Posted by Nicole E Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:01pm PDT
i went to high school with a guy whos parents got rich quick by inventing a foot bath that was said to do the same thing - pull toxins out of you through your feet. so if it works or not, there is always some body that will buy it...
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Posted by Disgruntled Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:21am PDT
I thought these were pretty silly. Funnily enough, my sister-in-law was telling us how she used one of those foot bath things that Nicole E wrote about, and yes, my s-i-l is pretty gullible.
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Posted by angie newton Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:52am PDT
I think they look gross and no way i would want to look at that first thing in the morning..
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Posted by Rose Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:04am PDT
yeah right, and to think I was going to actually buy those damn things...
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Posted by Rose Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:08am PDT
who would buy them, I know alot of people who considered them, me.
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Posted by Samantha Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:19am PDT
thats gross but they would have benn cool if they worked
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Posted by No_Sacrifice_At_All Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:53am PDT
I saw these at Bed Bath & Beyond the other day and i honestly felt queasy. There's just something so gross about taking pads off your feet, which have turned BROWN from supposed toxins. Blech. I feel sorry for anyone who's spent 20 bucks on these.
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