I don't know if they're scumbags per se, but they are really fucking stupid.  Knew a girl who's family was all into that shit, and she tried to defend it by saying that they're all "independent Business" owners. I've tried to explain to her that you're not the business owner but the goddamn customer. You buy the products (in which you have no say whatsoever into how they are made, their name, their packaging, etc) and then try to sell them to other people. Except the prices are HUGE because you need to pay everyone in their upline.  Take LipSence. Total Garbage lip product. It's tag is that "It lasts 24 hours guaranteed!"  Except you have to buy the primer initially ($25). Then 1 colour is also $25. Then you have to buy remover ( $25). So after taxes it comes to almost $100 just for one colour.  You can go to Sephora and get a Lipstain for $14. No primer, no remover required (just regular makeup remover), and lasts just as long.  AND on top of that LipSence uses some really fucked up ingredients that have actually caused some severe allergic reactions in people, and have peeled people's skin off.  These are all MLM's. They're shady as fuck. Younique's makeup is dollar store quality with higher than Sephora prices. They also advertise that they donate money to battered and abused women when only like 1% goes to that. Also they encourage you to alienate your friends and family for a sale. Horrible.  Younique is the one who are abusing women here.  Sorry, guys, I'm passionate about how predatory these MLM's are. -But- on the other side, it seems it's mostly fats that fall for this shit, but my step son got into one last year, don't remember what it's called but it's essentially Amway with a new name because even Amway knows they suck. He's 19 and they expect him to sell $2000 water filters to people. Seriously. And he lives int he poorest city in BC. But he's my stepson so he won't listen to me :(