Nikita Dragun accused of stealing Scandal Beauty’s nail ideas
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SCREENSHOT: Nikita Dragun, YouTube
Nikita Dragun has found herself in hot waters yet again. Social media users are accusing the influencer of stealing product ideas.
An indie nail company called Scandal Beauty has recently claimed that Dragun has stolen its product concepts.
Here is everything you need to know.
Nikita Dragun faces stealing allegations
Nikita Dragun is in the middle of yet another controversy. Scandal Beauty has recently come forward to call out the artist for copying their ideas.
The brand shared a video on their social media sites to display the uncanny resemblance between their products and the ones Dragun sells.
Additionally, the video consisted of the two products being compared side-by-side. The organization’s prime motive appears to show the users that the nails promoted by Dragun are of inferior quality as compared to the nails sold by Scandal Beauty.
The indie brand outlined the video with the caption, ‘We had to bring back Us VS Them for this one lol’.
The video has quickly amassed more than 22 thousand views and has been liked over 1.9 thousand times by the users.
Nikita Dragun accused of stealing product ideas from Scandal Beauty
Nikita Dragun announced her upcoming collaboration with Makartt. They teamed up together to launch their new press-on nails.
A snippet of their campaign video showed Dragun flaunting her long talons.
However, one of the nails in the clip appears to have a striking resemblance to Scandal Beauty’s set of nails.
While the Makartt nails are being sold at $15 for a set of 24 nails, Scandal Beauty is priced at $27 for 30 nails.
Despite the cheaper rate, the indie brand revealed that Makartt’s nails were of lower quality as compared to their nails.
Users react to Nikita Dragun stealing product ideas
Social media users took to Instagram to comment on Nikita Dragun’s latest controversy.
The comment section of Scandal Beauty’s recent post was flooded with more than 90 comments left by the followers.
One of the users said, ‘Yoooooo theirs looks like worse than what I’ve seen at the dollar store’.
Another pointed out, ‘I thought the nails in that promo video of hers did NOT look like the ones she was selling……your nails are fire!! She can’t compete!’.
A different user commented that the influencer should support the trans community. It read, ‘Wtf that’s so shady to do that to a trans-owned business like wtf happened to support your community smh’.
The struggles of being an Indie Brand. It took us a year to get our hands on the perfect component. One that made us stand out and aligned with our vision. Although it’s possible @NikitaDragun has never seen our products, due to her platform, we’ll look like the imitation.😔 pic.twitter.com/FE7mk0m16W
— OPALESCENT BEAUTY (@OpalescentBeauT) July 28, 2020
