Sephora is allowing anti-LGBT trolls target Huda Beauty, threat boycott

By Sarah Parsons | Published: 24-Jun-2022
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Thousands of comments are urging the beauty retailer to drop the Huda Kattan-founded brand due to her pro-LGBT stance

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Sephora is allowing anti-LGBT trolls target Huda Beauty, threat boycott
Huda Beauty features in Sephora's 'Pride-Ready' make-up collection to support the LGBT+ community

Huda Beauty features in Sephora's 'Pride-Ready' make-up collection to support the LGBT+ community

Sephora has allowed thousands of anti-LGBT trolls and comments target Huda Beauty's founder Huda Kattan on its Instagram account.

A video published on Thursday of Kattan promoting the brand's new Faux Filter Concealer on Sephora's Middle East account has garnered nearly 4,000 comments.

The Dubai-based founder is facing a backlash following an

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