Made In China

I think there is a difference between made in China to be sold in the US and in Europe and Made in China for the Philippines. I have noticed that myself. Those Made in China which I have bought in Europe are of more quality than the things I have bought in the Philippines which are made from China, too. The European countries as well as the US control the products from China very well. The Chinese companies have to meet the quality standard of those countries. Whereas those for the Philippines markets are presumably of bad quality. The lipsticks you got are for the US market and so they are good.

I remember before when people were buying car or motorcycle parts, they looked for U.S.-made and shunned the Japanese-made parts. When the China parts came, people started to look for Japan-made parts.

China has different qualities for different countries.. the ones exported to US are he best,..the ones that come to Asia are usually substandard.

I have a job keeping lipstick on - it just seems to disappear. That's great that the one from China lasts so long.

The reason we don't like stuff from China is because much of it is poison. They have sent us poison pet food, toys with lead paint, drywall with poison fumes, baby formula with a vital ingredient left out, cosmetics with lead in them, and other lethal stuff.

I still don't and won't buy anything made in China, unless I am there personally.

My daddy worked in cosmetics company before and he told us that those cosmetics are really not good for our skin. He told it to my mom as well, I think it is the reason that my mom does not want us to use lipstick. I am not fond of using lipstick that is why whenever other people see me wearing a lipstick, they just cannot believe I have it. My mom says that according to daddy, it really has an ingredient that makes the lips dark.

Some items from China is good and some can be bad.

You made a fair comment on the lipsticks.It is nice of your hubby’s auntie to give lipsticks to you !

I find products from China to be both good and bad. One thing that makes them good is their price. Some products are not any better just have inflated prices. I picked out an article that flagged some brands but it didn't say if they contained lead just said to beware because those brands had not been tested. Also a funny thing I found out also is that we can actually buy "lead test kits with lead testing swabs". Interesting stuff, what things we can do now.

There are good products made in China, but they have different productions for different countries. Products sent to the North America and Europe are usually quality products. Anyway I avoid using Chinese beauty products, I do not feel safe using them.

I'm like @jaboUK in that I just can't keep lipstick on. That is why I rarely wear it. I'm happy for you that you love your new lipstick.

That is called magic lipstick and researchers found our that it could cause lip cancer. We should avoid it .The advise is to wash our lips before going to bed, no retention of this magic lipstick, it's bad friend.Better throw it .Just an advise.

I feel the same for made in China,most of thier things are of the lowest quality

You received some interesting comments on this discussion. Never thought that China has different quality standards for products they exported to different countries. That sounds like an unfair trade practice. Here in the USA, people are pushing against products that are “Made in China” claiming that there are health risks. Although all my life most of the toys I played with were “Made in China”. Never suffered any adverse effects. These days I don't even look at where a product is made. If I like it and buy it and I'm disappointed, I just don't buy it again. Not to say I ignore clear warnings that have been issued to the public. I know that country of origin is “key” for international trade. But for me, as the average consumer? I don't really care. Made in China. Made in Mexico. Made in Africa. Made in Australia. Actually a lot of the parts for a completed product come in from other countries and might just be finished at a factory in China, Mexico, Africa or Australia. So? The labels are really misleading. In effect, it's possible Made in USA should likely say “Final Product Manufacturing Completed in the USA with 70% of parts and pieces supplied from various non-US countries”. But who is going to make a label that long?

my country also believes that things made in China are not of quality.

The iPhone that my brother gave me is assembled in China.i guess they can make quality items too.

Good thing that you liked the lipstick and it is harmless.

It is really difficult for them to erase the image of quality products. Still I am not believing the fact that you are satisfied with these products.

Recently I've known that we can't trust the words "made in China" completely. If we want to know about the country which sells it, we should look at the country code mentioned. It's more reliable. One more thing I'd like to share. Gift from Chinese people to my father to tour them. Its more than 2 years..and they're show pieces. The quality is superb..thick and colorful. And its still good. Recently, one of my relative went to China, he bought me bag and magnet sticker for fridge. And the quality is unbelievable. I think, its really time to think different about Chinese products. Maybe the other products were never made in China. Or probably, Chinese products HAVE changed its quality.