"Blood Color of Ukrainians": The Foreign Ministry called for banning a popular brand because of a connection with the Russian Federation

The incident happened because of the Mac Cosmetics lipstick in the shade of Russian Red. He was one of the founders of the book publishing house "Booklov" by Svetlana Paveletska not with beauty, but with war in Ukraine. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called on the Canadian brand Mac Cosmetics to ban the lipstick, the shade of which is called Russian Red ("Russian Red").

The corresponding message appeared on the official page of the profile ministry on the social network X (earlier - Twitter) on Wednesday, February 14. "Russian red" is the name of the popular shade of Mac cosmetics. However, it is not in beauty or love. It is the color of the blood of Ukrainians that Russia kills daily. It is a real color of war that no one should ever go through, " - said in a message on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs illustrated the collage Instagram. Paveletska wrote a post about what it suddenly led to her search for the perfect lipstick. "Russian Red" is a name that still has a cult lipstick from the Mac Cosmetics brand. For the Ukrainian market, the product has been removed from production, but a bright red lipstick from the masses is still sold under the world under the name "Russian Red".

"For two years of war, we have ever realized what Russian Red has - and this name has made a completely different sense. Because Russian Red is not the tone of lipstick that a woman should apply to her lips. These are thousands of lives of Ukrainians. These are hundreds of lost children. These are thousands of people who are now homeless. These are civil prisoners. These are military prisoners. Maybe we need to explain the company that is Red - Red? " - Paveletska wrote.

In comments, her initiative was supported by dozens Angelo. The headquarters of the company is located in New York after it became a subsidiary of Estée Lauder Companies. . In the beginning of March 2023 Louis Vuitton got into a new scandal because of a symbolism similar to the emblem of Russian invaders. The French fashion house, representing a new women's women's collection for the Fashion Week in Paris, released a video in which Ukrainians were unblocked.