Recently, TikTok has been in the news for its heated fight with the US Government and its threats to ban the app should they not be able or willing to sell it to a different party, and breaking links with ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company. Regardless of what happens next, it’s impossible to deny the hold the app has on its users, especially with hashtags like #tiktokmademebuyit. But what are they buying on the social media platform? And who is doing all of these purchases?

It’s a sad day for eco-friendly and sustainable beauty, as The Body Shop has officially gone into administration and made a plan to close multiple shops in the UK and Germany, leaving in limbo stores in France, Sweden, and Austria.