The bargain Shein beauty product landed me in the emergency room… now I’m scarred for life

A Hampshire woman claims her teenage daughter has been ‘scarred for life’ after she spilled nail glue bought from budget online store Shein on her legs.

Rebecca Clarke, 47, was shocked to hear her daughter Jasmine ‘screaming in pain’ as she applied a set of false nails.

The administrator said she bought a set of Shein acrylic nails and quick-drying nail glue for her 13-year-old daughter.

But after gluing on some nails, Jasmine reportedly dropped the glue bottle, causing some of the contents to spill onto her leggings, burning through the fabric and causing blisters on the skin almost immediately.

Mrs Clarke rushed her daughter to A&E where doctors were forced to drain the blisters, one of which became infected.

She said this left burns that were “very dark and deep” and would likely take “months to heal.” The teenager has to go back to the hospital for regular wound dressing.

Ms Clarke added that doctors have told the family there is a chance Jasmine will be ‘scarred for life’.

“She is a 13-year-old girl and wants to wear shorts next year but she will be left with serious scars,” Ms Clarke said.

Jasmine will have to return to hospital to have her wounds redressed and doctors have advised she may be left with permanent scars, her mother claims.

‘The doctors were really shocked. They said nail glue shouldn’t burn. No doctor could understand how she got such severe burns from a small jar of nail glue.

‘It was devastating to see my daughter in pain and knowing she could be scarred. I was so confused how nail glue could do this.”

The teenager said her complaints to Shein were ignored, although she did receive a refund totaling an ‘insulting’ 94p.

‘This needs to be taken more seriously. These were massive burns and two months later the burns are still ongoing,” Jasmine said.

“I would like an apology from Shein and some kind of acknowledgment that they are going to do something about it.”

Last month a woman in Somerset was shocked to discover a dead cockroach during her Shein birth.

Amy Jowett had ordered a pair of sweatpants online, but when she opened the package the dead insect fell out.

Jasmine’s mother Rebecca said it was ‘horrible’ to see her daughter in extreme pain.

She told me BBC that she was like, “What’s going on here, I didn’t order any bugs.” Shein said it had contacted Ms Jowett to resolve the issue.

Chinese fast fashion giant Shein has experienced rapid expansion since 2020 and is popular for its incredibly cheap prices.

Pictured: The glue allegedly caused the burn, priced at 94 cents from Shein.

More than 6,000 new products are added to the website every day, usually costing less than £10 each, with some items even being offered for as little as £1.

However, the brand has come under fire after several investigations found evidence of exploited workers within its supply chain.

Last month, Channel 4’s documentary Untold: Inside the Shein Machine secretly filmed two Shein suppliers and found employees who were allegedly paid only 2 cents each.

The workers had to complete at least 500 tasks a day on average before they were guaranteed the payments they were due at the end of the month, it was claimed.

However, Shein said it has a “zero tolerance policy on forced labor.”