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These CLAM SCAMS are wild. I really want to know whose idea it was to take a fake pearl from hobby lobby, stuff it in a mollusk carcass, and then open it on the internet like a game show. INSANE
I wanna know as well. Especially since they are shipping the pearls to HQ to be cleaned instead of shipping directly to the people, who bought them. This is complicated when it could be so simple.
Thank you!!!! Some of the wacky ideas for MLMs that get traction among the public absolutely baffle me. And this concept is one of the worst. I’m with Isabella: there’s just not enough of a fanbase for pearl jewelry for their claim of the popularity of their products. The whole shipping thing is a whole parade of logistics snafus waiting to happen AND the carbon footprint! Ay-yi-yi! Alcohol? No, honey, that’s formaldehyde.
When I went to Hawaii in the early 80's, there were booths selling these "oysters" with pearls. You purchased an "oyster" in a can and the person working the booth would open the "oyster" in front of you and you could then make an additional purchase to have your pearl placed in a necklace. It's been around in one form or another for a long time.
i love that she’s like, “omg i love the CEO she’s a literal queen who talks to us about everything 😍🥴🤪” yeah sis you’re so early into this mlm you’re her near direct downline 😭
Also, this lady makes a TON of money for the CEO. One month she made $100,000 in sales. Of course the CEO wants to keep her close and make her feel important.
This shit just boils my blood. Going after vulnerable people who need money. My mum was a single mum - taking care of three kids with a low income job. She’s pretty naive when it comes to online stuff (as most middle aged people are) and got sucked into these. She was just trying to support her kids. Threw one of those consulting parties and was so excited. It never went anywhere and I never heard her speak about it again. The money spent gone, and left her probably feeling more hopeless than she did before. It really breaks my heart thinking about it now. I didn’t know what it was then but I do now - these damn leeches using people who just needed a community or a career they could be proud of, or even just a few extra dollars a week. Mlm’s are the lowest of the low next to text n call scams.
My mom used to sell Avon and Tupperware and I had no clue they were MLM’s until RUclips videos like these came out! I really don’t think my mom knew they were either and it upsets me that people took advantage of her 🥺
The reason they have to ship it back to corporate who then sends it to the customer, is so corporate can take the mollusc shells, insert new freshwater pearls, seal up the oysters, and send them back out to more consultants. Pearls dont look like that straight out of the shell.
also so that “consultants” can stockpile and maybe never even sell them but it doesn’t matter because the mlm already made money off of their real customers
I got shucked into one of these {see what I did there?!} and ordered a piece of jewelry from the woman in this video, Megan, the pastor’s wife. She worked for a different pearl mlm when I ordered a few years ago. She has since bounced from multiple mlm’s for the past several years. Pearls, ring bombs, hair products, and so on. Anyway, I got a “rare” blueish-green colored pearl and set it in a piece of expensive jewelry, which was required with her former company. The pearl turned black within a couple days of receiving and she quit responding to my messages. Lesson learned…these “businesses” are sketchy as sh*t!
I hate the ‘cold messaging’ MLMs do. I remember being in college and getting SO many Facebook messages from girls I went to high school with. Like yes you bullied me or didn’t acknowledge my existence for four years but now that you have something to sell it’s all ‘hey girl, we haven’t talked in forever!’ I’ve heard of the mean girl to nurse pipeline, but the mean girl to MLM pipeline is just as prominent.
it annoys me that she keeps saying it like 100 dollars is no big deal to lose, eggs are 20 dollars for a carton of 60 right now and everything else has went up as well, 100 dollars is a lot to most people. these companies are so predatory it should be a crime. Thank you for trying to get the word out about all these companies
Crystal scoops, stuffed animal scoops, bath bubbler parties with cheap fake rings inside... nail art crystals..... art supplies mystery boxes.... They're all over my tiktok lives
Those bivalves are usually kept in formalin, which is a mixture of formaldehyde & alcohol. It’s what they use in hospitals to preserve body tissue….. That stuff is not something you want in your house or to use without gloves. Bonus it’s a known carcinogen.
I was a former police officer in Serbia and we got ask to do a wellness check we had to call a hazmat unit because that’s what happened the guy was a horde and somehow got canisters of stuff from an old hospital in the USSR
I think that “corporate” have pre made jewellery with various coloured pearls that they ship out to the customers, and the pearls returned by the sellers are just popped back in to oysters and sent to someone else, or sold elsewhere.
I have heard live streaming is REALLY hard mentally and physically. exhausting and unrewarding. You have to slog through months or even years of streaming with barely any viewers and even fewer chatters. And that's for the people doing it because they genuinely enjoy it! Now imagine trying to do it just to make money, and not because it's fun! You can't expect that to NOT be really really difficult for people! "$1000 on your first go" pure delusion... I don't even know where/how she would come up with that idea and think it makes sense.
Especially for people like this who are trying to actively market themselves the whole time, stay “positive” and upbeat no matter what and be super thrilled about the product (because, you know, they’re trying to sell) it’s gonna be a huge job usually for very little reward. At least most kinds of streamers aren’t having to actively sell themselves and pretend they’re jazzed about everything for the whole thing.
@@moustik31 this is such an important point - a lot of people are successful basically just because they are attractive, well-spoken and generally likable. Not everyone has the personality for sales; it doesn’t make you a bad person!
I smell that dead animal and preservative smell regularly at work (teach and work in a biology lab). That smell (chemicals) lingers on your fabric and skin, so I immediately separate my work clothes and shower when I get home...imagine not having any protection and all your blankets, soft sofa, and clothes smelling like dead oysters. When I work with these chemicals or dead critters, I wear gloves and facemask in a room with surfaces you can wipe down that filters air away from me. It's not the same as the fresh oysters you can get at a restaurant - even if this is an incredible "business opportunity" to make a ton of money, bringing those chemicals into your home makes it not worth it.
Years ago I almost fell for a mlm. An ad in the newspaper showed a job selling beauty products, NOTHING about the ad showed mlm, so I apply thinking it was in a store. One day my doorbell rang, 2 people at my door telling me that I apply for the job, yes, but why are you at my door? So they start talking about input, and investing, and at that moment I said iff they did not remove me from their scam list, and don't get away I would press charges. They got angry but they did go away, I never let them in to begin with.
My mom and aunt have been in so many different MLMs and all of them have failed. They keep themselves "active" by buying their own products and signing up down lines using their own alternative emails or their family members emails. It's so shitty that these "companies" prey on woman who are usually stay at home moms in a single income household that'll spend all of their discretionary money trying to "make a business".
I've seen one of these Pearl Parties in person. Some lady set up shop on the sand/ rock area under the boardwalk on my local beach. She had a full camera an ring light up , a table an then a box of pirate themed EVERYTHING for her stream. It looked like she raided a Halloween costume store! It was ridiculous! So when she started shucking these clams from a bucket under the table you could see they are just sealed bags with a bit of formilin and anouther container FULL of ridiculously "collored" pearls also stashed under the table. She had a "pirate pearl" bell she would ring out on any "rare" colors/size like a maniac. She sounded like that maniac creepy over the top happy you see in child TV shows. When she ended the video/stream I came to investigate and OMFG the smell of those opened clams! I pointed that out an one of her excuses she told me "Oh thats to kill off any perisites that can chew up the pearls an shell". .....like wut?
I enjoy a good Pearl show when I am drifting off to sleep. However i avoid the MLM groups. There is a girl that has her own company and is not a MLM who does Pearl shucking. Her biz name is windfall creations. If you like Pearl jewelry but hate MLM’s, you do have that option.
They found formaldehyde in them. I can't believe they touch them with bare hands. Their cancer risk just skyrocketed. I even warned them to not touch them and they would banned me on their live 🤣
Your videos just came up on my feed, and so glad they did! I remember watching these videos years ago because it was something to watch while falling asleep. I HATE mlm's though
These people would be better off buying farm grown pearls and jewelry wire online, learning wire wrapping jewelry, and selling the pieces online. So much less BS and better profit margins than an MLM plus you're actually running a small business that is unique because it's based on your own artistry.
I was a leader with Vantel and was with them for 3 years until they closed. I could give you so many stories about this particular industry. 😂😂 I have 3 years worth. No longer with any MLM and it is the best decision I ever made - was to get out! Love your videos btw. ❤
@@emmarosie7176 Wow you are so sweet. I went to a different mlm after they closed. I realized after watching anti mlm creators like this one that the industry is a scam. I mean isn’t this why anti mlm creators do this? To help people see? I learned and made the decision to quit. Thanks for your kind comment. 💕
@@emmarosie7176 Totally agree. I was involved in the mlm scam. I was part of it. I believed I was helping people. Believed it all. Then I realized and learned after actually researching. Are people not supposed to share this part? Like how these creators Like Isabella helped them realize what they were in? I regret joining and getting sucked in. I regret all the money and time I spent and wasted. Have I apologized and refunded people? No. Many of them all went to other mlms and still believe in this industry. I did too. Not anymore. Just sharing. That’s all. I haven’t been rude. Haven’t told you to F off. No hate. Just sharing. Be kind to people. When people leave this industry, there’s so much shame. They don’t need it from this side too. 💕
Even really high quality pearls are not suitable for use in rings worn daily since the nacre is vulnerable to damage from various household cleaners, beauty products and everyday activities.
Holy smokes! You look 🔥today . I can’t imagine telling people I open (dead?) oysters to find fake pearls for a living. How weird and embarrassing 😂 Also when she held her pearl ring out to the camera and wanted everybody to see how beautiful it was, all I saw was that it looked like a plastic kids ring 🤷🏻♀️
The gas station near my house used to sell something like this in a little box where you'd get an oyster in a can similar to a tuna can and then a cheap necklace for you to put the "pearl" in. They had animal ones and christmas themed ones. They were cheap too, like $3. I always felt like they were for children. Like for a bunch of kids to open and squeal about how gross they were at a sleep over. I can't see any of the adults I know wearing them, even with jewelry that's a bit more expensive I just don't feel like everyone is going to believe your hot pink pearl is valuable.
😂😂😂😂 I got my son's cousin one on Amazon in like 2010 for her sixth birthday. I knew it was cheap garbage, but thought the wow and gross factor was the entire point.
I DO NOT understand why people would even purchase from those clam scams. 17-18 inch, 7-8mm Silver Blue Akoya Pearl necklaces with sterling silver clasp only cost around $200. Why the hell would you pay $20 for 1 oyster containing 1 random pearl? Are people that stupid?
One of my worst turn offs when it comes to business is when someone who refers to themselves as a professional, but constantly inserts, "Um..." or "Ah..." into every sentence spoken or inserts it into a sentence every other word . It really, "Um..." gets under my skin!
The whole tax write off thing got me. I work at an accounting firm and one of our clients works from home, therefore they have a home office (literally a computer and a desk in their living room). They make a lot of money and decided to completely remodel their home, including the living room, and tried to write it off as expenses for their office.... ummmm no, that’s not how it works 😂 Btw I just recently discovered your channel Isabella and I’m loving it! Thank you for giving me something new to binge 🖤
Doesn't this only work *if* the space is not also used for anything else? I'm not sure why someone wouldn't run that through their accountant or tax person before remodeling. 😅 I mean, if they were going to do it anyway, GREAT! If not? 😅 It's called paying the old Stupid Tax.
@@EMILY4DAYS not necessarily, as long as the space you are using, i.e. their desk and computer, is only for business use then it may count. There doesn’t need to be an actual separate room. It’s a fine line though, as I said before, just because your work space is in your living room, that doesn’t mean you can deduct expenses related to the remodel of your house. And she did run it through us… ONLY after she had remodeled everything. 🤦♀️ obviously she was just trying to dodge whatever taxes she could.
People who really like pearls, will not go for these knockoffs. Everyone else will be a one-time purchaser, at best, apart from huns who will buy them all like it’s Pokemon.
Long time lurker first time commenter. Thanks for the great analysis (per usual), but I'm mostly here to tell you that your eye makeup in this vid is GORGEOUS! Edit: how can someone look at those hot pink/magenta/bright blue pearls and think they're authentic and not dyed??? I'm not against dyed or "fake" jewelry, mind you - they can be stylish and pretty and if you love bright dyed glass or pearls in your jewelry, more power to you - but anyone who's seen any amount of real pearls would know these aren't fresh out of the clam!
The way I found you through the last pearl video and have watched almost nothing else since, truly addicting content. Even my boyfriend is into it now and he didn't even know what MLMs were 😂😂
hey Isabella just found you a few days ago in my recommended videos (cause i watch a lot of anti-mlm creators!) and i absolutely love you and your channel!! you are so, so well spoken :)
I just have never understood this one. I mean, skincare, haircare, some others - I get how specific products can be useful and attractive. (I found Rodan and Fields way back in the day before there were all the other skincare options we have today, and it was the only thing I’d ever tried that helped with my sun marks. So it got me for awhile). But fake pearls in dead oysters?? I just don’t get it.
your last pearl mlm video popped up in my feed randomly so i watched it and have been OBSESSEDDDD with ur vids!!! they’re so interesting and i love listening to u talk, u feel like my best friend lol
Craziest thing I ever saw claimed by one of these people was someone called them out for the waste of food and he said they donate the meat to a local facility after they shucked them.
been waiting for this! been so confused by these and noticed they haven’t really been covered. thank you for getting more info after your last video. 🕵️♀️ we have our eye on this girl here 😑 miss “what’s the worst that could happen”
I see lots of these on the app I sell. It’s sad they do this plus I wonder if the games are even legal in the US. There are so many lottery laws that people break on lives!
I stopped going on Tiktok live because my feed is covered with these stupid Pearl's and those Bomb Parties. I can't handle watching people buy these cheap products and lose money! I'll jump in and say you're getting scammed by a MLM until I get kicked out lol. Tiktok is being shut down what are all these huns going to do?
11;42 Who is going to be able to sell $250 in oysters in even a single month, never mind consistently and repeatedly over many months? The demand for that many oysters simply does not exist! What will end up happening is the representative will end up purchasing the difference in order to remain active, and her garage will be filled with oysters she can't use or sell.
I know there’s a woman on TikTok who does pearl openings but she isn’t affiliated with any of these and she makes it very clear that’s she’s a solo seller.
i watched your other pearl vid and GIRL you are speaking my language😭 mlms are so fascinating to study/look at and its super important to me that people are able to understand how harmful these “businesses” are!!! def subbing 💖 you are such a good speaker and you get your points/topics across so clearly! edit: HOLD UPPPP just saw you did a bdong vid!!!! mlms!?! fundies!??! lets gooo
Honestly I'm shocked that we don't hear more about these pearl party hosts getting injured from shucking the pearls, that could be dangerous if you don't know what you're doing
Since the “oysters” are already dead & just vacuum-sealed, there’s no pressure holding it together. You could open it with the back edge of a butter knife. I’d be shocked if their “shucking knife” has more edge than a butter knife. Because it’s not needed, and like you said, for liability issues.
I’ve been a vegetarian since I was 3, and have worked/volunteered with animals since I was 18 (including now being a licensed veterinary technician). The first time one of these things popped up on my FYP I was horrified lollll. I don’t understand why videos like that or taxidermy don’t have some kind of user warning of content that you have to consent to before seeing the live! (I have also seen lives of people doing surgeries! To me that’s fascinating but I know plenty of people who go pale and light headed at the mere thought of medical stuff let alone no warning seeing open heart surgery lol).
This has also spreaded to China! I’ve seen a fair share of tiktok lives of those pearl parties recently and seems to have reached China! Not sure it’s by the same company but it’s the same thing.
What I can see from this is it’s a TikTok trend. If someone wants to work with formaldehyde or acetone, they can buy a bushel of 100 topneck clams for $32, do the work themselves, and sell the experience for $5, maybe $10 on TikTok and eventually make the money back without the huge MLM expectations. You’d profiting off the trend which is more about running an actual business than being with an MLM. Paying $160 for a starter kit of 15 oysters and someone expecting to make a decent return on that is ridiculous to me. Like no why would I want to do that.
I just discovered your channel! I have a lot of anxiety so I try to always have videos playing in the background. I watched so many Illuminaughtii vids on mlms, they're a guilty pleasure of mine. I am so happy I found your channel now too :)
I feel you! 🦄 I also watch or listen to a lot of YT videos to find a way living with my anxiety AND a lot are about MLMs. And the comments are often wholesome and people writing nice things about the creators hair and make-up 🤩
@@leonideschnuppe Yes, that is such a good point. I feel like a good part of commentary youtube is how consistent the talking is. If you aren't talking, it's just pictures on a screen. The constant talking helps me feel so much less alone that I can focus on my day, I was wondering if that's why for you? With MLM commentary, I genuinely think the wholesome vibe comes from most people agreeing they're so inherently bad, you won't find many people arguing for them. I feel like you can only focus on how great we all are art that point, with that good feeling. I hope your anxiety lets you have a few good days soon, doubly so if you also suffer from depression.
I genuinely want someone to get one of these pearls and get it appraised. To see what level of quality they are. I'm assuming it's incredibly low quality
I was recommended your clam scam video and now this one. The thing that blows my mind about this woman trying to sell people on signing up for this MLM is that she sounds so unenthusiastic and exhausted. If I were legit interested & watched this video to get more info, that would put me off SO much.
You can look at her facial expression and her eyes and tell she’s lying. Notice how she keeps looking up and to the left or right. Notice how she looks down often and pauses frequently using umm numerous times. I’ve found that there’s a lot people that have very obvious mannerisms are lying. She almost never looks directly at her audience…smh
I love this because it's so absolutely crazy. The only thing I like, and no worries, I'm not doing ANYTHING with this, is the sending stuff to the office instead of having to ship yourself. If by some absurd chance I wanted to do an MLM... they might get me with that. But I can't even imagine a world where I do live ANYTHING... I can barely type to people i've loved for years.
Girl. Your videos are awesome. You are so cool. I was thinking of who you remind me of and it’s old school Jaclyn hill before the drama and the fame. Appreciate the energy and honesty in all your content. 🎉🎉
Still can't believe this is a thing. You can get the same oysters with pearls for $15 for 10. And the whole thing is messed because those oyster aren't the kinds that produce pearls. They take the pearls from other larger oysters, dye them and then insert them into these small oyster and frankenstein it all together to sell them off. It's so wrong on multiple levels.
When I was in high school kohls used to have a lot that included the oyster and a necklace holder that you could shuck yourself. I feel like that’s way more fun than watching someone else doing it
Just why. why? Why would anyone want to open up poorly preserved oysters & clams as a side gig? At least protein shakes and essential oils don’t smell bad
Thank you for stating that they are in fact not small business owners, I get angry everytime I hear a hun spew that trash. Yes, they shouldn't be giving tax advice. Plus anything that isn't a write off, you don't get all of that back. But they don't wanna tell you that.
Wow. I used to work at a Christian bookstore that sold bracelets and necklaces that were full strings of (real) multicolor freshwater pearls for like $15-30 depending on the design. When I saw the neon pink pearls I laughed so hard I choked. Do people really think that color is natural?! And if the pink ones aren’t natural, surely the others (even if they look like a rare natural color) are dyed as well. I just don’t get some of this TikTok stuff.
This is super random but I was wondering if you have the option of doing a cropped sweatshirt for your merch? ❤ I love the designs but mostly wear cropped styles. No worries if that’s not what you wanna sell. Just curious because I don’t buy merch often but I love the butterfly design!
I wonder if the reason why you have to send it back to corporate is so that they can reuse the "real pearls" back into the oysters that they're sending. And then they send out fake jewellery to the customer. That's why the oysters don't cost anything because they're reusing the pearls
Please please please support small businesses when it comes to jewelry! Small business don’t try to sell you anything more or make you sign up for anything. As a small business owner, it means the absolute world to us when we get a sale. We get excited to make your order. We put love into it.
@@mikaelascott283 Oh crap it didn't post. Sometimes the comments won't allow links. Can you just comment the name of the shop without the web address and I can Google it?
I came from your pearl video that blew up... Im 20 now but I still remember my mom selling lularoe LOL so I am such a fan of your content TYSM for not only being a content creator but an educator! WORK QUEENNNNN :D
I actually got a mothers day necklace from Brittany (one of the people showed in the video) a couple years ago when she was with vantel pearls. I watched her shuffle through vantel closing and then forgot about it. Couple months ago I saw her on tiktok. She has a very small child and her and her husband are a nurse and doctor respectively. My necklace broke pretty soon after getting it and I lost the pendant sometime after because I was a new parent and of course everything is crazy. Can’t say I’m missing much.
I had no idea you were so young lol! Thanks for making anti-scam and anti-MLM content. Your vids are an informative and entertaining resource I always send to people I know who've fallen prey to these kinds of financial scams.
The first pearl video came across my recommended so that’s how I found your channel! I’ve subscribed and watched a ton because I find the anti-Mlm commentary soooo interesting, but it’s a corner of the internet I never knew existed! Go Isabella !!
the constant "um" between every few words is a huge red flag to me. if she is trying to recruit people into the MLM she should sound more confident and like she knows what she is talking about. it makes her seem unconfident about what is even going on.
You should do a reaction video where the Huns you talked about 4 years ago are now. “Where are they now”. Probably either not in an MLM or a “life coach”
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Off topic but ...what about the wig lives?!? R they mlm or a real company???
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These CLAM SCAMS are wild. I really want to know whose idea it was to take a fake pearl from hobby lobby, stuff it in a mollusk carcass, and then open it on the internet like a game show. INSANE
I wanna know as well. Especially since they are shipping the pearls to HQ to be cleaned instead of shipping directly to the people, who bought them. This is complicated when it could be so simple.
EXACTLY!! Idk where the idea came from but its a pretty rough one lmfao
Thank you!!!! Some of the wacky ideas for MLMs that get traction among the public absolutely baffle me. And this concept is one of the worst.
I’m with Isabella: there’s just not enough of a fanbase for pearl jewelry for their claim of the popularity of their products.
The whole shipping thing is a whole parade of logistics snafus waiting to happen AND the carbon footprint! Ay-yi-yi!
Alcohol? No, honey, that’s formaldehyde.
When I went to Hawaii in the early 80's, there were booths selling these "oysters" with pearls. You purchased an "oyster" in a can and the person working the booth would open the "oyster" in front of you and you could then make an additional purchase to have your pearl placed in a necklace. It's been around in one form or another for a long time.
CLAM SCAMS!!!! 🤣🤣🤣☠️
Nothing annoys me more than when people in MLM’s call themselves “entrepreneurs” or calling it “their business”
Sometimes they'll even talk about "corporate" and "my business" in the same sentence! Like, sweetie, if it was your business, *you'd* be "corporate" 😓
I feel like they are under contract to say "my business" a certain amount of times because holy shit they say it every other sentence 😅😂
Yeah, you're a scammer and nothing else.
PREACH
this is by far the most unappealing MLM I've ever seen, product wise. not to mention killing oysters for a f........ alleged pyramid scheme
i love that she’s like, “omg i love the CEO she’s a literal queen who talks to us about everything 😍🥴🤪”
yeah sis you’re so early into this mlm you’re her near direct downline 😭
Also, this lady makes a TON of money for the CEO. One month she made $100,000 in sales. Of course the CEO wants to keep her close and make her feel important.
This shit just boils my blood. Going after vulnerable people who need money. My mum was a single mum - taking care of three kids with a low income job. She’s pretty naive when it comes to online stuff (as most middle aged people are) and got sucked into these. She was just trying to support her kids. Threw one of those consulting parties and was so excited. It never went anywhere and I never heard her speak about it again. The money spent gone, and left her probably feeling more hopeless than she did before. It really breaks my heart thinking about it now. I didn’t know what it was then but I do now - these damn leeches using people who just needed a community or a career they could be proud of, or even just a few extra dollars a week. Mlm’s are the lowest of the low next to text n call scams.
My mom used to sell Avon and Tupperware and I had no clue they were MLM’s until RUclips videos like these came out! I really don’t think my mom knew they were either and it upsets me that people took advantage of her 🥺
when they claim it will change your life , theyre not lying, its just not how you hoped . predators
The reason they have to ship it back to corporate who then sends it to the customer, is so corporate can take the mollusc shells, insert new freshwater pearls, seal up the oysters, and send them back out to more consultants. Pearls dont look like that straight out of the shell.
also so that “consultants” can stockpile and maybe never even sell them but it doesn’t matter because the mlm already made money off of their real customers
I got shucked into one of these {see what I did there?!} and ordered a piece of jewelry from the woman in this video, Megan, the pastor’s wife. She worked for a different pearl mlm when I ordered a few years ago. She has since bounced from multiple mlm’s for the past several years. Pearls, ring bombs, hair products, and so on. Anyway, I got a “rare” blueish-green colored pearl and set it in a piece of expensive jewelry, which was required with her former company. The pearl turned black within a couple days of receiving and she quit responding to my messages. Lesson learned…these “businesses” are sketchy as sh*t!
Sounds like her and her husband are fully vested in predatory practices. Grade A con artists selling lies and false hopes.
I hate the ‘cold messaging’ MLMs do. I remember being in college and getting SO many Facebook messages from girls I went to high school with. Like yes you bullied me or didn’t acknowledge my existence for four years but now that you have something to sell it’s all ‘hey girl, we haven’t talked in forever!’ I’ve heard of the mean girl to nurse pipeline, but the mean girl to MLM pipeline is just as prominent.
The combo of the three is lethal. Girl who torments you, becomes a nurse, then tried to sell skinny tea on the clock
it annoys me that she keeps saying it like 100 dollars is no big deal to lose, eggs are 20 dollars for a carton of 60 right now and everything else has went up as well, 100 dollars is a lot to most people. these companies are so predatory it should be a crime. Thank you for trying to get the word out about all these companies
who tf is buying 60 eggs
@@saint_indika😂😂😂😂 lmfao
Eggs are 100 dollars for a cartoon of 300. That's the economy right now. Nutz.
Crystal scoops, stuffed animal scoops, bath bubbler parties with cheap fake rings inside... nail art crystals..... art supplies mystery boxes.... They're all over my tiktok lives
I've got some amazing crystal scoops from etsy, but I do only buy from people with hundreds of good reviews and reviews with at least a few pictures.
Remember the jewelry candles or is that just me? 😆🤣
Those bivalves are usually kept in formalin, which is a mixture of formaldehyde & alcohol. It’s what they use in hospitals to preserve body tissue…..
That stuff is not something you want in your house or to use without gloves. Bonus it’s a known carcinogen.
Yep my pathology teacher died of stomach cancer because of professional exposure
I was a former police officer in Serbia and we got ask to do a wellness check we had to call a hazmat unit because that’s what happened the guy was a horde and somehow got canisters of stuff from an old hospital in the USSR
I think that “corporate” have pre made jewellery with various coloured pearls that they ship out to the customers, and the pearls returned by the sellers are just popped back in to oysters and sent to someone else, or sold elsewhere.
Absolutely makes the most sense!
Ohh 100% for sure. I just can't imagine Revolving pearls and dead mollusks at my post office 😔
You are right. Why else would you have to send the oysters back. This just makes it 100% more horrible.
I have heard live streaming is REALLY hard mentally and physically. exhausting and unrewarding. You have to slog through months or even years of streaming with barely any viewers and even fewer chatters. And that's for the people doing it because they genuinely enjoy it! Now imagine trying to do it just to make money, and not because it's fun! You can't expect that to NOT be really really difficult for people!
"$1000 on your first go" pure delusion... I don't even know where/how she would come up with that idea and think it makes sense.
THIS!!! If you don’t enjoy it that’s gonna be so draining. All of it is so unrealistic and my heart breaks for those who are recruited into this.
Especially for people like this who are trying to actively market themselves the whole time, stay “positive” and upbeat no matter what and be super thrilled about the product (because, you know, they’re trying to sell) it’s gonna be a huge job usually for very little reward. At least most kinds of streamers aren’t having to actively sell themselves and pretend they’re jazzed about everything for the whole thing.
Esp. since we dont all have a look/personality combo, that audiences find compelling.
@@moustik31 this is such an important point - a lot of people are successful basically just because they are attractive, well-spoken and generally likable. Not everyone has the personality for sales; it doesn’t make you a bad person!
I was shocked when she suggested $1000 for someone's very first party
I smell that dead animal and preservative smell regularly at work (teach and work in a biology lab). That smell (chemicals) lingers on your fabric and skin, so I immediately separate my work clothes and shower when I get home...imagine not having any protection and all your blankets, soft sofa, and clothes smelling like dead oysters. When I work with these chemicals or dead critters, I wear gloves and facemask in a room with surfaces you can wipe down that filters air away from me. It's not the same as the fresh oysters you can get at a restaurant - even if this is an incredible "business opportunity" to make a ton of money, bringing those chemicals into your home makes it not worth it.
Years ago I almost fell for a mlm. An ad in the newspaper showed a job selling beauty products, NOTHING about the ad showed mlm, so I apply thinking it was in a store. One day my doorbell rang, 2 people at my door telling me that I apply for the job, yes, but why are you at my door? So they start talking about input, and investing, and at that moment I said iff they did not remove me from their scam list, and don't get away I would press charges. They got angry but they did go away, I never let them in to begin with.
My mom and aunt have been in so many different MLMs and all of them have failed. They keep themselves "active" by buying their own products and signing up down lines using their own alternative emails or their family members emails. It's so shitty that these "companies" prey on woman who are usually stay at home moms in a single income household that'll spend all of their discretionary money trying to "make a business".
I've seen one of these Pearl Parties in person. Some lady set up shop on the sand/ rock area under the boardwalk on my local beach.
She had a full camera an ring light up , a table an then a box of pirate themed EVERYTHING for her stream. It looked like she raided a Halloween costume store! It was ridiculous!
So when she started shucking these clams from a bucket under the table you could see they are just sealed bags with a bit of formilin and anouther container FULL of ridiculously "collored" pearls also stashed under the table. She had a "pirate pearl" bell she would ring out on any "rare" colors/size like a maniac. She sounded like that maniac creepy over the top happy you see in child TV shows.
When she ended the video/stream I came to investigate and OMFG the smell of those opened clams! I pointed that out an one of her excuses she told me "Oh thats to kill off any perisites that can chew up the pearls an shell". .....like wut?
Would love to see a deep dive on the crystal one that I've seen on TikTok. It screams MLM.
oh that topic I'm currently researching right now ;) and there are a lotttt of bad things I'm finding lol.
Yes! Id love to as well. I’ve seen so many people streaming about crystals and stuff like, nail decorations?? And they all seem very suspicious
Let's all remember that 1. A tax write off doesn't mean a free expense/purchase. 2. Small businesses get audited to so watch your self.
That lady should be fired from her position at her mlm company strictly just for how many times she says "um" on each live 🙄
I enjoy a good Pearl show when I am drifting off to sleep. However i avoid the MLM groups. There is a girl that has her own company and is not a MLM who does Pearl shucking. Her biz name is windfall creations. If you like Pearl jewelry but hate MLM’s, you do have that option.
YESSS! I love this. Supporting other businesses with pearls that aren’t MLMs. Thank you for this comment!
Same.. it’s like ASMR for me when I watch. I also avoid MLMs
They're SO relaxing!!
I can't imagine how this would help you sleep...
Pearl shucking is a scam either way. It's not a natural accurance.
They found formaldehyde in them. I can't believe they touch them with bare hands. Their cancer risk just skyrocketed. I even warned them to not touch them and they would banned me on their live 🤣
Oh, it’s the “um” lady 🙄
AND The "SOOOOOO"!!!!! 😂
Your videos just came up on my feed, and so glad they did! I remember watching these videos years ago because it was something to watch while falling asleep. I HATE mlm's though
These people would be better off buying farm grown pearls and jewelry wire online, learning wire wrapping jewelry, and selling the pieces online. So much less BS and better profit margins than an MLM plus you're actually running a small business that is unique because it's based on your own artistry.
I was a leader with Vantel and was with them for 3 years until they closed. I could give you so many stories about this particular industry. 😂😂 I have 3 years worth. No longer with any MLM and it is the best decision I ever made - was to get out! Love your videos btw. ❤
@@emmarosie7176 Wow you are so sweet. I went to a different mlm after they closed. I realized after watching anti mlm creators like this one that the industry is a scam. I mean isn’t this why anti mlm creators do this? To help people see? I learned and made the decision to quit. Thanks for your kind comment. 💕
@@emmarosie7176 Totally agree. I was involved in the mlm scam. I was part of it. I believed I was helping people. Believed it all. Then I realized and learned after actually researching. Are people not supposed to share this part? Like how these creators Like Isabella helped them realize what they were in? I regret joining and getting sucked in. I regret all the money and time I spent and wasted. Have I apologized and refunded people? No. Many of them all went to other mlms and still believe in this industry. I did too. Not anymore. Just sharing. That’s all. I haven’t been rude. Haven’t told you to F off. No hate. Just sharing. Be kind to people. When people leave this industry, there’s so much shame. They don’t need it from this side too. 💕
Even really high quality pearls are not suitable for use in rings worn daily since the nacre is vulnerable to damage from various household cleaners, beauty products and everyday activities.
Holy smokes! You look 🔥today . I can’t imagine telling people I open (dead?) oysters to find fake pearls for a living. How weird and embarrassing 😂
Also when she held her pearl ring out to the camera and wanted everybody to see how beautiful it was, all I saw was that it looked like a plastic kids ring 🤷🏻♀️
The gas station near my house used to sell something like this in a little box where you'd get an oyster in a can similar to a tuna can and then a cheap necklace for you to put the "pearl" in. They had animal ones and christmas themed ones. They were cheap too, like $3. I always felt like they were for children. Like for a bunch of kids to open and squeal about how gross they were at a sleep over. I can't see any of the adults I know wearing them, even with jewelry that's a bit more expensive I just don't feel like everyone is going to believe your hot pink pearl is valuable.
😂😂😂😂 I got my son's cousin one on Amazon in like 2010 for her sixth birthday. I knew it was cheap garbage, but thought the wow and gross factor was the entire point.
I found you through CC Suarez ❤️ before I knew how predator MLMs are I would have fallen for this because I love pearl jewelry
Oh same I love pearls lol! I loveeee cc she's my girl. These things are soooo easy to fall into I totally get it!! So glad you're here
I DO NOT understand why people would even purchase from those clam scams. 17-18 inch, 7-8mm Silver Blue Akoya Pearl necklaces with sterling silver clasp only cost around $200. Why the hell would you pay $20 for 1 oyster containing 1 random pearl? Are people that stupid?
One of my worst turn offs when it comes to business is when someone who refers to themselves as a professional, but constantly inserts, "Um..." or "Ah..." into every sentence spoken or inserts it into a sentence every other word . It really, "Um..." gets under my skin!
For sure. If you're truly a professional, you'll speak and act like one
The whole tax write off thing got me. I work at an accounting firm and one of our clients works from home, therefore they have a home office (literally a computer and a desk in their living room). They make a lot of money and decided to completely remodel their home, including the living room, and tried to write it off as expenses for their office.... ummmm no, that’s not how it works 😂
Btw I just recently discovered your channel Isabella and I’m loving it! Thank you for giving me something new to binge 🖤
Doesn't this only work *if* the space is not also used for anything else? I'm not sure why someone wouldn't run that through their accountant or tax person before remodeling. 😅 I mean, if they were going to do it anyway, GREAT! If not? 😅 It's called paying the old Stupid Tax.
@@EMILY4DAYS not necessarily, as long as the space you are using, i.e. their desk and computer, is only for business use then it may count. There doesn’t need to be an actual separate room. It’s a fine line though, as I said before, just because your work space is in your living room, that doesn’t mean you can deduct expenses related to the remodel of your house.
And she did run it through us… ONLY after she had remodeled everything. 🤦♀️ obviously she was just trying to dodge whatever taxes she could.
@@C_H03219as anyone should. The IRS is the most predatory thing out there besides us Healthcare. Lol
These TikTok lives have all the aesthetic of those rip off games at a county fair…
People who really like pearls, will not go for these knockoffs. Everyone else will be a one-time purchaser, at best, apart from huns who will buy them all like it’s Pokemon.
Long time lurker first time commenter. Thanks for the great analysis (per usual), but I'm mostly here to tell you that your eye makeup in this vid is GORGEOUS!
Edit: how can someone look at those hot pink/magenta/bright blue pearls and think they're authentic and not dyed??? I'm not against dyed or "fake" jewelry, mind you - they can be stylish and pretty and if you love bright dyed glass or pearls in your jewelry, more power to you - but anyone who's seen any amount of real pearls would know these aren't fresh out of the clam!
The way I found you through the last pearl video and have watched almost nothing else since, truly addicting content. Even my boyfriend is into it now and he didn't even know what MLMs were 😂😂
hey Isabella just found you a few days ago in my recommended videos (cause i watch a lot of anti-mlm creators!) and i absolutely love you and your channel!! you are so, so well spoken :)
I can't believe the pearl MLMs are still around! I remember them being big when I was in college like ten years ago
I've never watched videos of MLM scams but for some reason this channel appeared in my algorithm and I'm not dissapointed. Pretty entertaining stuff
I just have never understood this one.
I mean, skincare, haircare, some others - I get how specific products can be useful and attractive. (I found Rodan and Fields way back in the day before there were all the other skincare options we have today, and it was the only thing I’d ever tried that helped with my sun marks. So it got me for awhile).
But fake pearls in dead oysters?? I just don’t get it.
THIS. I understand how some are enticing and make sense, but this one is just super random and messy. Especially as a "business opportunity"
I don't get it, either. So gross.
@@IsabellaLanter Agreed!! Also. How many pearls is one person gonna want??? This MLM makes absolutely zero sense to me
i can see the gambling/loot box aspect of the pearls being attractive to some people but like... what to do with the pearls afterwards?? lol
your last pearl mlm video popped up in my feed randomly so i watched it and have been OBSESSEDDDD with ur vids!!! they’re so interesting and i love listening to u talk, u feel like my best friend lol
omg this is the best compliment everrrr! I am so freaking glad you're here angel! I love this! That's my goal!!
“What’s the worst that can happen!” 👀 SIDE EYE 😂
I can’t stop thinking about it!!! Gross dead meat packaging for a pearl gamble???
Craziest thing I ever saw claimed by one of these people was someone called them out for the waste of food and he said they donate the meat to a local facility after they shucked them.
Omg she said they’re independent contractors and “work your business” almost in the same breath.😮
This is interesting, haven't seen many-if any-Q&As or coaching calls regarding these MLMS. Just the actual parties. As always, thank you Isabella!
been waiting for this! been so confused by these and noticed they haven’t really been covered. thank you for getting more info after your last video. 🕵️♀️ we have our eye on this girl here 😑 miss “what’s the worst that could happen”
I see lots of these on the app I sell. It’s sad they do this plus I wonder if the games are even legal in the US. There are so many lottery laws that people break on lives!
The smell is not alcohol. It's formaldehyde. And it smells worth than death itself.
I stopped going on Tiktok live because my feed is covered with these stupid Pearl's and those Bomb Parties. I can't handle watching people buy these cheap products and lose money! I'll jump in and say you're getting scammed by a MLM until I get kicked out lol. Tiktok is being shut down what are all these huns going to do?
11;42 Who is going to be able to sell $250 in oysters in even a single month, never mind consistently and repeatedly over many months? The demand for that many oysters simply does not exist! What will end up happening is the representative will end up purchasing the difference in order to remain active, and her garage will be filled with oysters she can't use or sell.
I know there’s a woman on TikTok who does pearl openings but she isn’t affiliated with any of these and she makes it very clear that’s she’s a solo seller.
It's all still fake, though. Those aren't "oysters" and the "pearls" aren't real.
i watched your other pearl vid and GIRL you are speaking my language😭 mlms are so fascinating to study/look at and its super important to me that people are able to understand how harmful these “businesses” are!!! def subbing 💖 you are such a good speaker and you get your points/topics across so clearly!
edit: HOLD UPPPP just saw you did a bdong vid!!!! mlms!?! fundies!??! lets gooo
Honestly I'm shocked that we don't hear more about these pearl party hosts getting injured from shucking the pearls, that could be dangerous if you don't know what you're doing
Since the “oysters” are already dead & just vacuum-sealed, there’s no pressure holding it together. You could open it with the back edge of a butter knife. I’d be shocked if their “shucking knife” has more edge than a butter knife. Because it’s not needed, and like you said, for liability issues.
I’ve been a vegetarian since I was 3, and have worked/volunteered with animals since I was 18 (including now being a licensed veterinary technician). The first time one of these things popped up on my FYP I was horrified lollll. I don’t understand why videos like that or taxidermy don’t have some kind of user warning of content that you have to consent to before seeing the live! (I have also seen lives of people doing surgeries! To me that’s fascinating but I know plenty of people who go pale and light headed at the mere thought of medical stuff let alone no warning seeing open heart surgery lol).
open heart surgery on a tik tok live??? 😳 wtf
This has also spreaded to China! I’ve seen a fair share of tiktok lives of those pearl parties recently and seems to have reached China! Not sure it’s by the same company but it’s the same thing.
I literally found you like 4 hours ago from the previous pearl mlm video. I am really enjoying your mlm content.
What I can see from this is it’s a TikTok trend. If someone wants to work with formaldehyde or acetone, they can buy a bushel of 100 topneck clams for $32, do the work themselves, and sell the experience for $5, maybe $10 on TikTok and eventually make the money back without the huge MLM expectations.
You’d profiting off the trend which is more about running an actual business than being with an MLM.
Paying $160 for a starter kit of 15 oysters and someone expecting to make a decent return on that is ridiculous to me. Like no why would I want to do that.
I just discovered your channel! I have a lot of anxiety so I try to always have videos playing in the background. I watched so many Illuminaughtii vids on mlms, they're a guilty pleasure of mine. I am so happy I found your channel now too :)
I feel you! 🦄
I also watch or listen to a lot of YT videos to find a way living with my anxiety AND a lot are about MLMs.
And the comments are often wholesome and people writing nice things about the creators hair and make-up 🤩
@@leonideschnuppe Yes, that is such a good point. I feel like a good part of commentary youtube is how consistent the talking is. If you aren't talking, it's just pictures on a screen. The constant talking helps me feel so much less alone that I can focus on my day, I was wondering if that's why for you?
With MLM commentary, I genuinely think the wholesome vibe comes from most people agreeing they're so inherently bad, you won't find many people arguing for them. I feel like you can only focus on how great we all are art that point, with that good feeling.
I hope your anxiety lets you have a few good days soon, doubly so if you also suffer from depression.
I genuinely want someone to get one of these pearls and get it appraised. To see what level of quality they are. I'm assuming it's incredibly low quality
I was recommended your clam scam video and now this one. The thing that blows my mind about this woman trying to sell people on signing up for this MLM is that she sounds so unenthusiastic and exhausted. If I were legit interested & watched this video to get more info, that would put me off SO much.
I remember in high school when an A&P class dissected something and the smell was HORRENDOUS. It stuck in that whole building for like a week
You can look at her facial expression and her eyes and tell she’s lying. Notice how she keeps looking up and to the left or right. Notice how she looks down often and pauses frequently using umm numerous times. I’ve found that there’s a lot people that have very obvious mannerisms are lying. She almost never looks directly at her audience…smh
I did an interview for cutco. The second I heard her talking I was over it
"we're a worldwide company; we ship everywhere"
so does aliexpress--and for a lot cheaper 😂
almost like it's not about selling a product... hmm...
Why does the oyster shucker send the pearl back to the headquarters instead of direct to customer? What’s the point of the extra step?
I love this because it's so absolutely crazy. The only thing I like, and no worries, I'm not doing ANYTHING with this, is the sending stuff to the office instead of having to ship yourself. If by some absurd chance I wanted to do an MLM... they might get me with that. But I can't even imagine a world where I do live ANYTHING... I can barely type to people i've loved for years.
Girl. Your videos are awesome. You are so cool. I was thinking of who you remind me of and it’s old school Jaclyn hill before the drama and the fame. Appreciate the energy and honesty in all your content. 🎉🎉
Still can't believe this is a thing. You can get the same oysters with pearls for $15 for 10. And the whole thing is messed because those oyster aren't the kinds that produce pearls. They take the pearls from other larger oysters, dye them and then insert them into these small oyster and frankenstein it all together to sell them off. It's so wrong on multiple levels.
I'm sorry but "shuck your bucket" sounds like something very unappealing 🤢 lol
When I was in high school kohls used to have a lot that included the oyster and a necklace holder that you could shuck yourself. I feel like that’s way more fun than watching someone else doing it
What IS with mlm leaders loving super long boring vertical iPhone videos that make no sense, as information??
If you can, I'd love to see you react to one of the actual pearl parties. Maybe record a tiktok live?
I’m super tempted to do this. I just wanted to make sure I had some good substance with the first videos about this. I’ll have to look into one!!!
@@IsabellaLanter I'd love to see it! It'd be cool to watch one without giving views.
Oh yeah, the pearl quality is "unmatched." Like her MLM pearls are even better than Miki Moto.
Just why. why? Why would anyone want to open up poorly preserved oysters & clams as a side gig? At least protein shakes and essential oils don’t smell bad
I legit dont get it. Like i dont get it!! Pearls? WHY?
"Shuck your bucket"! I love it!
Thank you for stating that they are in fact not small business owners, I get angry everytime I hear a hun spew that trash. Yes, they shouldn't be giving tax advice. Plus anything that isn't a write off, you don't get all of that back. But they don't wanna tell you that.
Wow. I used to work at a Christian bookstore that sold bracelets and necklaces that were full strings of (real) multicolor freshwater pearls for like $15-30 depending on the design. When I saw the neon pink pearls I laughed so hard I choked. Do people really think that color is natural?! And if the pink ones aren’t natural, surely the others (even if they look like a rare natural color) are dyed as well. I just don’t get some of this TikTok stuff.
This is super random but I was wondering if you have the option of doing a cropped sweatshirt for your merch? ❤ I love the designs but mostly wear cropped styles. No worries if that’s not what you wanna sell. Just curious because I don’t buy merch often but I love the butterfly design!
I would like to come here and say I as well would purchase a cropped version as well
$250 a MONTH for OYSTERS?! How is ANYONE able to stay active?!
I can’t believe that lady actually suggested to purchase followers. Shady
Dude. I used to be obsessed with watching these on fb years ago. I never ordered but they always felt scammy and it’s crazy that it’s true.
I wonder if the reason why you have to send it back to corporate is so that they can reuse the "real pearls" back into the oysters that they're sending. And then they send out fake jewellery to the customer. That's why the oysters don't cost anything because they're reusing the pearls
Please please please support small businesses when it comes to jewelry! Small business don’t try to sell you anything more or make you sign up for anything. As a small business owner, it means the absolute world to us when we get a sale. We get excited to make your order. We put love into it.
Are you on etsy? Can you post your store name please?
I hope other small business owners and creators feel free to use this thread to promote their shops!
@@mikaelascott283 Oh crap it didn't post. Sometimes the comments won't allow links. Can you just comment the name of the shop without the web address and I can Google it?
@@fbiagentfrank ironandglassco
I came from your pearl video that blew up... Im 20 now but I still remember my mom selling lularoe LOL so I am such a fan of your content TYSM for not only being a content creator but an educator! WORK QUEENNNNN :D
I actually got a mothers day necklace from Brittany (one of the people showed in the video) a couple years ago when she was with vantel pearls. I watched her shuffle through vantel closing and then forgot about it. Couple months ago I saw her on tiktok. She has a very small child and her and her husband are a nurse and doctor respectively. My necklace broke pretty soon after getting it and I lost the pendant sometime after because I was a new parent and of course everything is crazy. Can’t say I’m missing much.
I had no idea you were so young lol! Thanks for making anti-scam and anti-MLM content. Your vids are an informative and entertaining resource I always send to people I know who've fallen prey to these kinds of financial scams.
Your pearl party vid showed up in my recommended and i thought it was great, I’ve since subbed and am going thru your back catalogue of vids :)
I’m so excited more people are subscribing to you! I’ve been watching for goodness 2 years! Damn time flies!
The first pearl video came across my recommended so that’s how I found your channel! I’ve subscribed and watched a ton because I find the anti-Mlm commentary soooo interesting, but it’s a corner of the internet I never knew existed! Go Isabella !!
the constant "um" between every few words is a huge red flag to me. if she is trying to recruit people into the MLM she should sound more confident and like she knows what she is talking about. it makes her seem unconfident about what is even going on.
Huh?? You don’t just get to not pay quarterly taxes. You’re fined if you don’t pay them once you make a certain amount.
You should do a reaction video where the Huns you talked about 4 years ago are now. “Where are they now”. Probably either not in an MLM or a “life coach”
17:06 isn’t the formaldehyde and not alcohol? That stuff was so bad it would trigger migraines for me 🤢😵💫
That pearl ring she was showing off... looks like costume jewelry that came from a gumball machine 🙄
She said she has 75,000 followers... I wonder how many came with a price tag? 🤔