Would You Deceive Other Women Seeking Longer Hair for Money?

[Lucie]

If you were asked to be a paid hair model/representative for a well-known company your hair hates or a brand new company you are not familiar with, would you sign on the dotted line and pretend all of your hair growth and success was because of their products?

 

[MissYocairis]

If you were asked to be a paid hair model/representative for a well-known company your hair hates or a brand new company you are not familiar with, would you sign on the dotted line and pretend all of your hair growth and success was because of their products?

Wow! Do tell, PH, DO TELL!!!

 

[BrickbyBrick]

If you were asked to be a paid hair model/representative for a well-known company your hair hates or a brand new company you are not familiar with, would you sign on the dotted line and pretend all of your hair growth and success was because of their products?

PH, Imma tell you straight.....I gots bills to pay.

 

[KiniKakes]

If I was an aspiring actress...... I would probably take the job. *shrug* Everyone who we see on television commercials, advertising products, don't necessarily believe in those products themselves. But they are being paid to do a job, and telling the world that this product is the best thing since sliced bread is the acting role. So, with that being said....... I probably would do it.

However, Im not an aspiring model nor a hair model.......... so I guess I would never be put in the position to have to lie. Even if I were, I dont think I'd lose sleep over it. *I know that sounds so bad*

I just assumed most folks take those hair ads/commercials with a grain of salt. Ive never truly believed that the woman on the box of Dark N Lovely or Mizani actually used those relaxers.... or that the Pantene Pro V model from the commercial uses that line. They just find women with beautiful hair to market the products........

 

[Lucie]

Wow! Do tell, PH, DO TELL!!!

LOL! Nothing to tell. I was just wondering who would promote hair products they did not like? I'd like to believethat I would decline signing a contract promoting a bunch of crap I wouldn't use on a cockroach but unfortunately C.R.E.A.M. so I voted, Show Me the Money

 

[DragonPearl]

I just assumed most folks take those hair ads/commercials with a grain of salt. Ive never truly believed that the woman on the box of Dark N Lovely or Mizani actually used those relaxers.... or that the Pantene Pro V model from the commercial uses that line. They just find women with beautiful hair to market the products........

Yeah, I thought most people knew that.

But if I hated the company, I wouldn't model for them.

 

[Lucie]

If I was an aspiring actress...... I would probably take the job. *shrug* Everyone who we see on television commercials, advertising products, don't necessarily believe in those products themselves. But they are being paid to do a job, and telling the world that this product is the best thing since sliced bread is the acting role. So, with that being said....... I probably would do it.

However, Im not an aspiring model nor a hair model.......... so I guess I would never be put in the position to have to lie. Even if I were, I dont think I'd lose sleep over it. *I know that sounds so bad*

I just assumed most folks take those hair ads/commercials with a grain of salt. Ive never truly believed that the woman on the box of Dark N Lovely or Mizani actually used those relaxers.... or that the Pantene Pro V model from the commercial uses that line. They just find women with beautiful hair to market the products........

ITA! I guess being a member of this board I would feel phony if one of you ladies saw PrettyHaitian cheesing about some product loaded with mineral oil and petrolatum acting like my hair thrived from it

 

[amy1234]

I'm not gonna lie, I would do it!! (sell out)
Why because it would be fun and I would be getting payed :dollar: (I'm a business woman )

 

[sprungonhairboards]

I sure would. It's acting, not lying. As long as I didnt have to use it I'm cool. You could get a vegan in a McDonalds commercial for the right price.

 

[Bublnbrnsuga]

Nope! I gots bills to pay, but I pay them the honest way.

 

[Legend]

Why not? That’s what has always been done anyway. I mean, the person who model’s Old Navy clothing may or may not actually shop there, so why should it be any different with hair products? Heck, many of the models on the bottles and boxes use hair enhancements (color, extensions, etc.) anyway. And I’m not knocking them either because that’s just smart marketing. Period.

However, it is another thing entirely if I was asked to do an infomercial or something about a system I did not use to achieve my results—a spokesperson-type job. In that instance, I would have to believe in the product I’m helping to sell.

But, if some company just wants to put my silly mug on their bottle and pay me for it, by all means! It's just a job.

 

[Lucie]

Nope! I gots bills to pay, but I pay them the honest way.

I wish I could say the same, LOL. Upscale condominium here I come

 

[PaperClip]

I believe in the biblical principle of sowing and reaping... and when you sow a lie, you reap a lie (will get lied on or will get cheated out of something down the line).

Deception is close to the top of my "can't stands"....

By the way, I did try to consider other ways I could "support" a product without committing myself to it.... I suppose I would try to find SOMETHING about the product that I could commit to in order to justify profiting from it....

I know this happens all the time.... I think we see what we want to see and marketing folks know this so they craft messages to maximize our fantasies... and will sell our fantasies right to us.... Kinda sad....

 

[Bublnbrnsuga]

Hypothetically speaking, what if there was a member here who was paid by a company to advertise their products that SUCKED, had an album displaying their growth and contributing it to those sucky products? Many of the women here would JUMP to purchase those products only to be disappointed and feel dupped if the member's hair 'secret' was uncovered.

 

[Bublnbrnsuga]

I believe in the biblical principle of sowing and reaping... and when you sow a lie, you reap a lie (will get lied on or will get cheated out of something down the line).

Deception is close to the top of my "can't stands"....

By the way, I did try to consider other ways I could "support" a product without committing myself to it.... I suppose I would try to find SOMETHING about the product that I could commit to in order to justify profiting from it....

I know this happens all the time.... I think we see what we want to see and marketing folks know this so they craft messages to maximize our fantasies... and will sell our fantasies right to us.... Kinda sad....

Excellent point. It's not acting, it's lying. People purchase products by what they 'see' and forget that some of the people are hired liars How much money would we save, especially as BLACK women in the hair care industry if folx would just be truthful?

 

[KiniKakes]

I sure would. It's acting, not lying. As long as I didnt have to use it I'm cool. You could get a vegan in a McDonalds commercial for the right price.

That was hysterical!

 

[Lucie]

I believe in the biblical principle of sowing and reaping... and when you sow a lie, you reap a lie (will get lied on or will get cheated out of something down the line).

Deception is close to the top of my "can't stands"....

By the way, I did try to consider other ways I could "support" a product without committing myself to it.... I suppose I would try to find SOMETHING about the product that I could commit to in order to justify profiting from it....

I know this happens all the time.... I think we see what we want to see and marketing folks know this so they craft messages to maximize our fantasies... and will sell our fantasies right to us.... Kinda sad....

Deception is something I also do not like. However, I would promote a product with certain conditions. If it was some sort of product that caused hair loss or burns I would not promote it. However, if it was one of those products that promised the world but gave average results, I would. That is so sad, LOL Just being honest though.

 

[Queenie]

Hypothetically speaking, what if there was a member here who was paid by a company to advertise their products that SUCKED, had an album displaying their growth and contributing it to those sucky products? Many of the women here would JUMP to purchase those products only to be disappointed and feel dupped if the member's hair 'secret' was uncovered.

I hate to hear about this. But I am surprised that it hasn't happened. Or maybe it has :scratchch and the product never caught on or wasn't hyped enough. :angeldevi

 

[PaperClip]

Excellent point. It's not acting, it's lying. People purchase products by what they 'see' and forget that some of the people are hired liars How much money would we save, especially as BLACK women in the hair care industry if folx would just be truthful?

Classic example: Isn't Isaac Hayes supposed to be some kind of vegetarian/vegan, yet his voice is used on a Burger King commercial advertising a burger? The only reason I put this together is because he was interviewed on the Steve Harvey Radio show and he was talking about how he had just had a baby or was in the hospital or something and Steve asked him how he had kept his health up over the years and Isaac said something about not eating meat or something like that.... And then to hear him do a voice-over for Burger King? I was like, um... that ain't right.... And in the commercial, he's saying how "tasty" the burger is.... But um... as a vegan/vegetarian, how would he know?

 

[BrickbyBrick]

Hypothetically speaking, what if there was a member here who was paid by a company to advertise their products that SUCKED, had an album displaying their growth and contributing it to those sucky products? Many of the women here would JUMP to purchase those products only to be disappointed and feel dupped if the member's hair 'secret' was uncovered.

*slowly pulling dagger out of my heart if this ever actually happens*

Very good example, though.

 

[PaperClip]

Hypothetically speaking, what if there was a member here who was paid by a company to advertise their products that SUCKED, had an album displaying their growth and contributing it to those sucky products? Many of the women here would JUMP to purchase those products only to be disappointed and feel dupped if the member's hair 'secret' was uncovered.

I don't apologize for being curious.... But hasn't/doesn't this happen? Maybe not necessarily hair product but concerning weaves and the intent to portray growth, length, thickness?

Disclaimer: I'm not baiting and I don't know anything personal about anybody on this board that would fit the description.

 

[Hareitiz]

I just assumed most folks take those hair ads/commercials with a grain of salt. Ive never truly believed that the woman on the box of Dark N Lovely or Mizani actually used those relaxers.... or that the Pantene Pro V model from the commercial uses that line. They just find women with beautiful hair to market the products........

One of my best friends was a hair model for a now defunct hair product line (can't remember the name of the company they werent in business long)and they did not use the products on her hair, in fact, they put a weave in her hair to make it longer.

 

[sprungonhairboards]

Whatever, then EVERYTHING and EVERYONE in advertising is a liar. So don't watch commercials, dont read magazines, don't look at billboards. It's all the same thing. If somebody is dense enough to believe everything they see and hear then oh well! How are hair products any different from anything else being advertised all the time? Like people REALLY wear the clothes they model, the lotion they push, the cars they drive in the commercials, the food they advertise. I'm willing to bet Beyonce ain't got no loreal dang hair color in her head. Brandy is NOT wearing covergirl cosmetics. Please. I dont see the difference. It's called advertising hello?

Now if you're talking about personally endorsing a product or partaking in an informercial as myself then that's different. But that's not how I took the original question. I took it to mean doing commercials, ads or modeling.

 

[Legend]

Unfortunately, advertising is designed to deceive and lie. It is an ancient practice as old as capitalism itself. It really is up to the consumer to read the label and decide to use a product on the basis of its ingredients, not the cover.

However, like I said, there is a huge difference between being a model (i.e. pretty picture for a box) than to go out on national TV and in magazines saying you actually use the product to achieve wonderful results. I do not think that shows good moral fiber.

 

[PaperClip]

However, like I said, there is a huge difference between being a model (i.e. pretty picture for a box) than to go out on national TV and in magazines saying you actually use the product to achieve wonderful results. I do not think that shows good moral fiber.

See, I don't see these two things as being so different.... Hmmm(thinking).... Maybe they are different in terms of posing for a picture versus actually being a spokesperson....

Ok... so say you (you in general, not you specifically) pose for a picture (for hair product, clothing, etc.) and you're recognized on the street because of your likeness being on the product...and you're asked about said product (do you like it, does it work, have you actually used the product): how does one respond to such questions?

I'm thinking in any case, if a company selected you as the image for the product, they expect you to REPRESENT that product and that company to keep the company in a positive image, right? So at some point, you gotta represent and SAY good things about the product, right?

 

[CarmelTreat]

How much money would we save, especially as BLACK women in the hair care industry if folx would just be truthful?

This is the truth. I remember how much I relied on black hair magazines and product ads marketed toward black hair products to help me decide how to fix my hair issues before I knew about the hair boards and how to really take care of my hair. As somebody who was just looking for stuff that worked, I spent a lot of money on false expectations. Now, I really think it's a shame some of the products these companies try to sell to us (usually non-black-owned companies anyway just trying to make the $$) that they KNOW won't really help us. I just can't get down with furthering that. Yeah, you may get paid, but they're getting a heck of a lot more paid and richer - and they used one of our own to do it. It doesn't get better than that for them....

Honestly, we all know it happens. It doesn't make it right.

 

[PaperClip]

Yeah, you may get paid, but they're getting a heck of a lot more paid and richer - and they used one of our own to do it. It doesn't get better than that for them....

This explains the ENTIRE plight of the African-American community to date.

 

[Southernbella.]

This is the truth. I remember how much I relied on black hair magazines and product ads marketed toward black hair products to help me decide how to fix my hair issues before I knew about the hair boards and how to really take care of my hair. As somebody who was just looking for stuff that worked, I spent a lot of money on false expectations. Now, I really think it's a shame some of the products these companies try to sell to us (usually non-black-owned companies anyway just trying to make the $$) that they KNOW won't really help us. I just can't get down with furthering that. Yeah, you may get paid, but they're getting a heck of a lot more paid and richer - and they used one of our own to do it. It doesn't get better than that for them....

Honestly, we all know it happens. It doesn't make it right.

Yeah, when you put it that way, I'd have to say I agree. I wouldn't do it.

I remember this episode of the BradyBunch (yes, I watch it!) where the family was picked to be in a detergent commercial. They agreed, but then decided not to do it becuase they had never used it and couldn't honestly say it was the best product for them.

Anyway, they tested it out against their current detergent, and it really was the best, so they did the commercial.

The point of my corny example is that I would have to do the same before I put my name or face on a product that said it was the reason for my growth/health.

 

[UmSumayyah]

Whatever, then EVERYTHING and EVERYONE in advertising is a liar.

Not everyone. But alot of them. People who's products actually work as advertised don't have to lie. I find some products that do actually deliver on their promises.

 

[Amina]

Sorry but No I couldn't deceive other people simply b/c I myself don't like to be deceive and I don't like to be a deceiver.

Once people know you are a liar or will lie for money it is hard for them to even take your words for what it is even if you are telling the truth.