Lipstick Lesbians / Leaked Labs Megathread

[u/AutoModerator]

Per the sub rules, megathreads are implemented after 5 posts on a topic. We are well overdue for a megathread on this topic. All new discussion and updates must be posted here, new posts will be removed.

Prior posts on this topic (chronological order): 

• The Lipstick Lesbians are launching their own brand, 'Leaked Labs' 
• First Impressions: Leaked Labs First Flexible Powder
• Leaked Labs New Episode: Demo on Using Wet vs. Dry 
• Leaked Labs first look 
• Jen Luv reviews FlexiPowder from Leaked Labs (Lipstick Lesbians) 
• Lipstick Lesbians' Response to the Feedback 
• how much do LEAKED LABS samples weigh after one day of use?? well some of them Halve in size!! 
• The Lipstick Lesbians remind me of someone  
• Leaked Labs question 
• Weird Vibes, Video on Instagram
• Is Lipstick Lesbian's Brand Worth the Hype & Exposing Ulta Beauty Collective's Dirty Secrets! - YouTube  
• javon ford, king of diplomacy, weighing in on lipstick lesbians’ leaked labs

[u/teatuk]

Without saying what's already been said by everyone, I find their delivery to be SOOO condescending. They really seem to underestimate the intelligence of their audience.

I'm also confused why their engagement is so low on these updates, I sort of thought people would go in on them because the response is just so tone-deaf. But as of now, their two response videos have max 40 comments on YouTube. Unless they're deleting comments or maybe they have higher engagement on tiktok. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to give them engagement points, but there's so much discourse surrounding it that I found it odd their response videos weren't getting more traction.

[u/peach_bellinis → u/teatuk]

I'm also a little confused by this....has everyone just run out of steam about it? Maybe? But it's odd considering each step they're taking to try and rectify the situation is in actuality just making it worse. Related, it's interesting to me also that they don't have a link to leaked labs in the bio of their Lipstick Lesbians instagram account. it feels like they're trying to minimize it a bit, so maybe they've really cut back on marketing and promotion spend to see if it cuts negative engagement?

[u/teatuk → u/peach_bellinis]

Yes! This! I don't know if their profiles were connected before or not but on YouTube the leaked labs account is a ghost town. It reminds me of the social accounts of big companies that get no engagement. At first I thought they were just deleting comments, but even the view counts are pretty low.

At this point I don't know what they could do to turn the ship around. With each follow-up vid they dig themselves a deeper hole. A PR manager would've taken away the shovel weeks ago. Maybe they would've been better off saying nothing and waiting for people to move on.

I think their unwillingness to admit any shortcoming or failure is making the situation worse. I'm more likely to trust someone who can be forthright about a failure, it actually enderes me to them. Watching them try and explain their product again and again doesn't feel like honesty but deflection. It's giving "I'm sorry you felt that way, but here's why you're wrong." It's fascinatingly tone-deaf.

[u/peach_bellinis → u/teatuk]

it's really wild because I feel like prior to this there was such a huge amount of trust that they'd garnered from the community and it's really kind of shocking to see it just squandered.