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How child ‘skinfluencers’ became a toxic beauty trend

In The News by dconlon@irishtimes.com

Jun 25, 202619:17News & Politics

The beauty industry has found a new audience: children. And it is using other children online – so-called “child skinfluencers” – to promote all kinds of skincare products. Research by The Guardian’s consumer affairs rep...

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How child ‘skinfluencers’ became a toxic beauty trend is an episode from In The News by dconlon@irishtimes.com . The beauty industry has found a new audience: children. And it is using other children online – so-called “child skinfluencers”...

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Published Jun 25, 2026, 19:17 long, audio available.