Due to health issues recently, I decided to investigate products used. My hairstylist and colorist experienced similar illness.
I watched HBO’s Not So Pretty series. There were lawsuits pending for other shampoo companies. I decided to investigate the common denominator between my hairstylist and I- Olaplex. At $30 a bottle it’s sold as the go-to at high end salons. Yes, even they had consumer lawsuits similar to the hair loss, irritation, and breakage I experiences.
Most consumers are at a disadvantage when filing complaints against manufacturers, given the cost and time needed for legal proceedings. Judges are often swayed by big corporations who help elect them. Corporations often gaslight their own customers and product ambassadors.
It’s easy to manipulate or misreport lab tests. Even “Clean” brands misreport ingredients and side effects. There is no regulation for how a product can be marketed to consumers. How you test for something matters. In the case of Johnson & Johnson’s talc powder, the lab used a lower powdered microscope that (deliberately) would not detect asbestos particles, which are very tiny. Changing the microscope yielded different results. Presented with their own subpoenaed lab reports and the new testing, the executives denied the evidence was real–delulu.
Ingredient safety is hotly debated in online forums. Research gets dismissed or downplayed.
There is a subset within the clean beauty movement–“Ancient Princess”. This group focuses on Asian and Eastern European countries that are less industrialized and still using natural methods.
I’m going to do more research and experiment while my hair is in between dye jobs.
Grow BAE 