Orogold Cosmetics

Oro Gold, along with Vine Vera and Vivo Per Lei are part of an elaborate international scam run by an Israeli company called Mazal Enterprises, based in California. Worryingly, there are hundreds of fake reviews on pretty much every website singing the praises of these bogus brands. The salespeople, who claim to be dermatologists, use high-​pressure sales techniques and false advertising to sell their terrible products for exorbitant prices.
The scam works like this:
A salesperson will offer you a free sample of their moisturiser (incidentally, I wouldn’t put this anywhere near my face — a quick look at the ingredients and it’s a blend of cheap petroleum-​sourced emollients and emulsifiers, sunflower oil and toxic preservatives)
Then they will feign interest in your skincare routine before undermining your self-​confidence by pointing out any flaws you didn’t think other people even noticed, and some imperfections that you didn’t realise that you had!
They will try a series of products on your skin, a serum, an exfoliating mask and a cream, all of which cost £100+ each. This is odd considering that main ingredients in their 24K Deep Day Moisturizer Cream, for example, include Propylene Glycol (petroleum-​sourced compound found in anti-​freeze. Considered toxic in the USA — skin contact or inhalation can cause brain, liver and kidney abnormalities), Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil (an exotic way of saying sunflower oil), Caprylic/​Capric Triglyceride (another cheap oily liquid, derived from coconut oil), Betaine Monohydrate (a compound derived from the waste of the sugar beet molasses industry, commonly used in animal feeds), Isopropyl Myristate (a solvent that is readily absorbed by the skin, used in flea and tick products for pets by dissolving the wax that covers the exoskeleton of the parasites, killing them by dehydration), Cetearyl Alcohol (used in hair conditioners to give hair that waxy feel) Cetearyl Glucoside (emulsifier found in shampoos and conditioners), Peg-​100 Stearate (used on damaged or broken skin causes kidney problems), Petrolatum (petroleum jelly), Triethanolamine (emulsifier which is approved as an indirect food additive — aka it can be used in packaging), C13−14 Isoparaffin (a mixture of *mineral oils* derived from petroleum), Methylisothiazolinone (a preservative no longer used by brands such as Piz Buin, Nivea, Vaseline and Huggies due to the high number of adverse reactions), Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate (used for years as a preservative in water-​based paints, metal-​working fluids and as a wood preservative, toxic by inhalation and restricted for use in cosmetics in Japan)
These ingredients, for example the mineral oil (one of the worst skincare offenders), are petroleum by-​products that coat the skin like plastic, clogging the pores and interfering with skin’s ability to eliminate toxins.
The worst offender is the 24K Deep Peeling Mask. The salesperson will tell you that the white beads that form on your hand are impurities, toxins and *dead skin.* IN FACT, the residue which forms as the salesperson massages the gel into your skin is down to a reaction similar to that of PVA glue. The chemical reaction between cetrimonium chloride and carbomer (thickener) will produce these white beads/​residue on any surface.
Funnily enough, Orogold & co. offer **NO REFUNDS**
If I wanted to put sunflower oil and PVA glue on my face, I would do so at a fraction of the cost.
Avoid like the plague.

Stay away!!! IT IS A SCAM, even if the products work for you, they are gravely overpriced and someone is getting rich of your hard-​earned money. They use very aggressive marketing techniques that no other reputable company would even dare dream resorting to. Completely ruthless and pray on customers who are unprepared for such full frontal attack. They also operate under several names all over Covent Garden: Deep Dead Sea Cosmetics and Adore Organic Cosmetics: its all the same.
I cannot concur more with all the other negative reviews. They will show you insane prices online on their iPads and thereafter any price they give you will seem like a great deal. Most of the salesmen are men literally pointing out to women their wrinkles and pores and making them extra susceptible to pressure. They also give you something worthless for free first to induce reciprocation by purchasing 1000 times worth the give-​away. They are extremely skill-​full salesmen, most of us, unlike one of the reviewers above (good on her) don’t stand a chance against them, hence the recommendation to stay away completely. Otherwise, in a blink of an eye, you’ll be in a chair feeling like you can’t leave without purchasing something (inevitably expensive). The whole experience is fast-​paced and pushy. There are no product shelves to walk around and look for yourself, no products to pick up and inspect, and hence no price tags to check. They just keep pulling out one deal after another and showing the savings on a calculator, even giving per milligram comparisons with the known skin-​care brands. It’s all rehearsed. You will see the ingredients list (and realise that its nothing special, same ingredients can be found in a £4 cream) only after you have already bought the product. And, of course, you cannot return the products once you have realised that you have been conned (there is a muddled disclaimer at the very end of their receipt that «due to the nature of the products etc etc refund is basically discretionary (again, how often does one see shops having a «discretionary» returns policy?!) and if you read other’s reviews online — at their discretion they choose not to return. As someone else rightly noted here, they do not really expect you to come back, it’s a one-​off con. I believe also that they don’t get as bad publicity as they should because so many feel embarrassed that they got tricked so badly. But do note as well that they keep changing names from Premier to now Adore.
Even if you’re happy with the products, do not support this company. Search online for Adore Cosmetics, Deep Dead Sea Cosmetics etc and you are likely to see an ocean of negative reviews and a puddle of positive. But then again if you’re reading this you have probably already been scammed without getting a chance to check the reviews online first because you will have been taken by surprise and given no room for reflection let alone checking your phone.

This place is a scam! I can’t believe it exists in the prime shopping district in London. I admit I was a bit off guard as a tourist, even though I did sense something fishy (steep discounts after you showed no interest and free goodie in a damaged box). Now when I think back, the weirdest part was that when the salesperson approached me on the street, the first thing he said to me was «are you from London?»
No wonder the salesperson wouldn’t let me go when I told him I was going to think about it. If I had checked all the negative reviews all over the internet, I wouldn’t have bought anything!

Do not go into an Orogold store. They are a scam. They sell products relying on their sales tactics. The products are nothing special, just fancy sounding ingredients («these have COLLAGEN in them!» Congrats, so do a billion other products.) and fancy packaging. The prices of the products fluctuate wildly as they grow more and more desperate to sell. Here’s what happened to me yesterday:
There are a few branches of this in central London– I went to the one by Bond Street. I knew they had quite pushy sales people that gave out samples and tried to get you in the store, but my mom had used samples of this brand and wanted me to buy two of their «24K scrub/​exfoliator» to bring back to her (she lives overseas).
I walked straight into the store, past the surprised salespeople outside the door. I saw the exfoliator and say «could I take two of those, please?» to the salesperson who followed me in. He was very very insistent on finding out on how I discovered this product. I said my mother.
«How did your mother find out?»
«I think from my sister, who was probably handed a sample in London.»
«Does your sister remember who it was that handed her the sample?»
Um… probably not, and why would she tell my mom? And how would I know?
OK. *First weird clue*. Why are they so pushy about how and who from we found out about this? I figured they work on crazy commission, maybe he wanted me to say «yeah, it was you, actually!» so he could get paid extra.
Anyway, I thought this was just a normal, relatively new and unheard-​of cosmetics store; and while the packaging looked fancy and hinted at the expensive prices, I figured it couldn’t be *so* expensive — it was a gift for my mom, after all, and she gave me extra money to go shopping for her.
*Weird clue two*: not once did the salesperson quote me the price. He waited for me to take my wallet out, and without saying anything, punched in «258.00GBP» into the card terminal and handed it to me. I was floored. 129GBP for 53g of exfoliator? I know a lot about cosmetics as well, and all I could think was the price is really similar to Chanel Sublimage line, without, you know, all the brand’s history and reputation. I gulped and paid.
*Weird clue three*: the salesperson was very insistent on knowing my favourite skincare brands and and the products I use. He tried so hard to put a mask on my face, and I refused again and again.
«No thanks, I have makeup on.»
«This will make your skin look better than makeup!»
«I’m sorry, but I’m not going to put a skincare product on top of my makeup.»
«No, don’t worry, it will do amazing things to your skin.»
«Look, I don’t use masks.»
«You don’t use masks!!!» He seemed really bewildered, but it shut him up.
The interrogation of my skincare regimen and super pushy product tests happened also with salesperson two, Avi, who swiftly took over as I was paying at the till. He led me into a corner and made me sit down on a chair, before I could say «no, I have to leave, thank you.» He tested three products on my hand. He pushed forever. He just didn’t let me talk, every time I tried to say «That’s very nice/​great offer, but I’m not buying anything else today», he would cut me off to talk more about the product.
Basically his offer was that if I bought the £450 (!!!) caviar facial mask, he would refund me for the two exfoliators I bought, and throw in a free night cream in there. I «only have to pay £192 for this AMAZING offer». Before this offer, he talked for no less than ten minutes, talking on and on, showing me the packaging (I wanted to yell I DON’T CARE ABOUT PACKAGING!), telling me how much my mother would love it, how it would be so perfect of a gift, etc.
When he finally let me speak, I said, «thank you for your generous offer, but my answer is no. I had no idea how expensive the exfoliators were; I literally don’t have enough balance in my card right now to pay that.» He said «OK, what if I brought the £192 down to £136?» I said no.
*Weird clue three*: just how much does the price fluctuate? So, at «retail price», apparently, the two exfoliators (£129×2), the caviar mask (£450) and the night cream (£129) would have been £837 total. He tried to offer me that for £450, and then when declined, £444. I think that reveals how marked up the products are.
*Weird clue four*: upon googling, I found SO many complaints online that detailed pretty much identical experiences: hard sales tactic, wild fluctuations of price, etc. The most staggering evidence, though, is that they use GLUE (first AVP, then they changed to a more obscure thickener) in their oh-​so-​amazing-​24K scrub. What happens when you put glue on your skin and rub off when dry? The glue looks like dead skin, your skin feels smoother.
Orogold is such a scam. If you want good quality products, look there are many products you can get at much cheaper prices without all the shady business. Avoid at all costs!