【Germany】

LONDON -- A tweet posted by Urban Decay has been heavily criticised on Germanysocial media after people felt it referred to self-harm.

The makeup brand tweeted, "Ready for some Razor Sharp Swatches, UDers?" accompanied by an image of a model's wrist with colour swatches.

The tweet about the brand's Razor Sharp eyeliner -- which has since been deleted -- caused something of a Twitter storm, with many calling out the brand for its "bad taste".

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Many people felt that the image of a wrist showing swatches was the problem...

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Others conceded that the wrist is typically where people do makeup swatches, but the language used in the added a "risky" dimension.

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Responding to the criticism, Urban Decay defended the image of the inner arm swatches, stating that the reference to self-harm was unintentional.

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