Would You Deceive Other Women Seeking Longer Hair for Money?

[CarmelTreat]

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

Yes, you're exactly right. And to think....it all happens(ed) because people are more concerned with making the $$ than taking a stand.

Uh oh...I'm new here and I know I already got some folks mad at me. I am not trying to be banned this early! LOL Just telling the truth, though...

 

[Tee]

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

ITA. And a lot of good points made. I would feel like a BIG liar if I claimed all the products in my fotki grew my hair and worked wonders. That is why on most of them you see...."Have not used" I dont know what some of them do!

I am just reading the question as asked.
Would You Deceive Other Women Seeking Longer Hair for Money?

My answer is NO regardless of the money. It didnt ask if I was a model, actress, etc. Just if I would deceive ladies for money. NO NO NO

 

[PaperClip]

Yes, you're exactly right. And to think....it all happens(ed) because people are more concerned with making the $$ than taking a stand.

Uh oh...I'm new here and I know I already got some folks mad at me. I am not trying to be banned this early! LOL erplexed Just telling the truth, though...

I'm still new, too and I am not popular! But I'm real and I'm sincere and this wins over popularity ANY DAY!

Keep ya head up!

 

[CarmelTreat]

@ RelaxerRehab. Thanks.

 

[sprungonhairboards]

ITA. And a lot of good points made. I would feel like a BIG liar if I claimed all the products in my fotki grew my hair and worked wonders. That is why on most of them you see...."Have not used" I dont know what some of them do!

I am just reading the question as asked.
Would You Deceive Other Women Seeking Longer Hair for Money?

My answer is NO regardless of the money. It didnt ask if I was a model, actress, etc. Just if I would deceive ladies for money. NO NO NO

Well if had stopped reading at the title and based my answer solely on that my answer may have been different.

But beyond the title, she specifically asked: "If you were asked to be a paid hair model/representative.. would you sign on the dotted line."
So that's what I based it on.

To me that implys I'm WORKING.

 

[Hareitiz]

I am just reading the question as asked.
Would You Deceive Other Women Seeking Longer Hair for Money?

My answer is NO regardless of the money. It didnt ask if I was a model, actress, etc. Just if I would deceive ladies for money. NO NO NO

Co-signing!

 

[Southernbella.]

I see what you're saying, sprungonhairboards. The part that got me was this...would you sign on the dotted line and pretend all of your hair growth and success was because of their products?.

If the company said anywhere in their advertising that my hair growth or health was because of their product, and I know it's not, then I couldn't do it.

Could I be on a relaxer box, or a bottle of oil? Sure, because all they generally claim is that they can straighten my hair or give it sheen, which they can.

 

[CarmelTreat]

Could I be on a relaxer box, or a bottle of oil? Sure, because all they generally claim is that they can straighten my hair or give it sheen, which they can.

I'd agree with this. If I've tried it and I know it does what it says it does, I'd do it for sure! Then they can show me the money (a sisa' is real broke right about now, too!)

 

[sylver2]

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?

That goes on now anyway with all the models we see for the hair companies.
For me depends on how much $$ we talkin.

 

[Keen]

That goes on now anyway with all the models we see for the hair companies.
For me depends on how much $$ we talkin.

Yep, depend on how much. Everything has a price. You should have to find out what it is...

 

[RainbowCurls]

It depends how much money for me too...

 

[MizaniMami]

Show me the money!!!!:dollar: :creatures :dollar:

Not to be mean, but I don't nec. call it deceiving. If they really want longer hair they should get into good ole' fashion hair care. Not depend soley on a product.

 

[Lucie]

Wow, you ladies came up with some interesting views. Maybe I should have been more specific with my question. However, at the time I did not think of all of the good points you brought up.

If I had to be on a box of some relaxer, magazine, et cetera I would.

In high school/college Debbie Allen had some "natural" relaxer you could practically eat. I tried it and my hair looked or felt no different. Thank God my hair did not fall out! I would not do an infomercial that I did not believe in.

 

[PaperClip]

Wow, you ladies came up with some interesting views. Maybe I should have been more specific with my question. However, at the time I did not think of all of the good points you brought up.

If I had to be on a box of some relaxer, magazine, et cetera I would.

In high school/college Debbie Allen had some "natural" relaxer you could practically eat. I tried it and my hair looked or felt no different. Thank God my hair did not fall out! I would not do an infomercial that I did not believe in.

Thank you for the thought-provoking question....

In the case of Debbie Allen, I believe she endorsed a product that she believed in to the best of her knowledge...maybe based on what she was told about the product. Maybe she asked all the right questions and based on the information she was told, she felt comfortable enough to go forward and appear in an informercial, etc. And certainly she did not expect the backlash that the product generated and maybe she tried to fix it....

OR....

Debbie knew exactly what was going on about the product and she went forward anyway... simply for the money....

I think being on a box implies an endorsement of the product and is equal to saying that you believe the product actually does what it says it does.

 

[MzOptimistic]

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

 

[MizaniMami]

Wow, you ladies came up with some interesting views. Maybe I should have been more specific with my question. However, at the time I did not think of all of the good points you brought up.

If I had to be on a box of some relaxer, magazine, et cetera I would.

In high school/college Debbie Allen had some "natural" relaxer you could practically eat. I tried it and my hair looked or felt no different. Thank God my hair did not fall out! I would not do an infomercial that I did not believe in.

I don't blame her. Hate to be the neggie nellie here. But she got a fam to feed. Those people who hair fell out (God bless them) as harsh as it sounds should have performed nape tests and done extensive ingredient reading. I am NO WAY saying they deserved it though.

You shouldn't use anything based solely on a celebrity. Thankgoodness for this forum I learned a lot about ingredients.

 

[Lucie]

I don't blame her. Hate to be the neggie nellie here. But she got a fam to feed. Those people who hair fell out (God bless them) as harsh as it sounds should have performed nape tests and done extensive ingredient reading. I am NO WAY saying they deserved it though.

You shouldn't use anything based solely on a celebrity. Thankgoodness for this forum I learned a lot about ingredients.

Reading your post made me laugh. Not at you though I am laughing at my own self.

I remember when I bought that COPA crap and it said to do a strand test. I thought to myself, who has time for that? I'm going to a party later on! I tried it and was like, um............. now my hair just looks wet. I thought I was going to have 3B/3C hair. What a goofball I was! My friends laughed for weeks at my ignorance. Thank God nothing worse happened!

 

[Lucie]

Thank you for the thought-provoking question....

Excuse my manners but welcome! I hope you learn a lot like I did. I must have printed over 1,000 pages of advice since I joined

In the case of Debbie Allen, I believe she endorsed a product that she believed in to the best of her knowledge...maybe based on what she was told about the product. Maybe she asked all the right questions and based on the information she was told, she felt comfortable enough to go forward and appear in an informercial, etc. And certainly she did not expect the backlash that the product generated and maybe she tried to fix it....

OR....

Debbie knew exactly what was going on about the product and she went forward anyway... simply for the money....

I think being on a box implies an endorsement of the product and is equal to saying that you believe the product actually does what it says it does.

I think she did believe in what she was promoting. I remember she used her own daughter to prove how effective it was.

You are right though. Being on a box does most certainly imply that you believe in the product.

 

[Bublnbrnsuga]

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.

Hmmm, I think there was a troll here who did something like this then turned around and told the women here that they were stupid and would believe that applying boo-boo would make their hair grow. I wasn't here during this incident, but this is what I heard. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

 

[Bublnbrnsuga]

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.

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy..... it was just a hypothetical qurstion.

 

[Bublnbrnsuga]

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.

I don't care too much for Madea, but this deserves a big HELLOERR!!!
You know what? This is offtopic, but on the ET forum, many of us complain about how we are exploited and represented in the media, yet, I asked many of the ladies here if they would take this particular stereotypical role I made up and they said, 'yes, I have to get paid!'

 

[Mystic]

I might do it but knowing me, I would definitely be fired because loudly I would promote the product but out of sight, I would level with the people and tell them that I used X products (in addition to the products I am promoting..... **liar**). I would feel really guilty if people try the products I am promoting and get no result from it so if the products doesn't work, guilt would make me quit.

 

[sprungonhairboards]

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy..... it was just a hypothetical qurstion.

Umm, my post wasnt in resonse to your hypothetical question I was responding to other things that were said.

 

[senimoni]

No different then skin care commercials, they pick chicks with beautiful skin already, so how does that help me, I don't care what you use.

 

[KiniKakes]

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.

Exactly!!!!!!!!!!! I agree with this 110%!!!!

 

[KiniKakes]

I think being on a box implies an endorsement of the product and is equal to saying that you believe the product actually does what it says it does.

I agree with this. I don't see how some folks can feel that being on the relaxer box.... is any different than swanging your hair in a commercial and saying: "This product worked for me! I took these vitamins for 6 months and now I have ankle-length hair!" Yeah, they are on two opposite ends of the spectrum.....

..... but UNLESS you actually used that relaxer to straighten your hair for the picture, both of those acts involve some form of deception. And you either are FOR deception in advertising, or AGAINST deception in advertising. It's black or white, to me.... no grey area!

 

[Bublnbrnsuga]

Umm, my post wasnt in resonse to your hypothetical question I was responding to other things that were said.

My post to your response was because it seemed like you were shouting and going off to those who didn't agree. When I said it was a hypothetical question, I was referencing that to the OP's question as to not take it that seriously.

 

[Tee]

Well if had stopped reading at the title and based my answer solely on that my answer may have been different.

But beyond the title, she specifically asked: "If you were asked to be a paid hair model/representative.. would you sign on the dotted line."
So that's what I based it on.

To me that implys I'm WORKING.

but from your post after that you went all into commericals, mags, celebs, and everyone in advertising. etc. So if you read it and took it to mean something else, that is fine. My point is I wouldn't lie to anyone on this. I do not care if Paul Mitchell himself walked up to me and wanted to PAY me to model a product he sold and i didnt believe in, then I wouldn't do it.

But if you feel that way, I am not judging. Do you. I just wouldn't lie to my sista's for a quick dollar. Regardless of who the person was.
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[Bublnbrnsuga]

but from your post after that you went all into commericals, mags, celebs, and everyone in advertising. etc. So if you read it and took it to mean something else, that is fine. My point is I wouldn't lie to anyone on this. I do not care if Paul Mitchell himself walked up to me and wanted to PAY me to model a product he sold and i didnt believe in, then I wouldn't do it.

But if you feel that way, I am not judging. Do you. I just wouldn't lie to my sista's for a quick dollar. Regardless of who the person was.
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Letitia, it's me, you, and a handful of others against the deceptive world of black women's hair care

 

[Tee]

Letitia, it's me, you, and a handful of others against the deceptive world of black women's hair care

You know I was thinking the same thing. But I am glad to see the NO's on the poll outweight the YES's.