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Creative Director Ollie Johnson, President Brian K. Marks and Don Klein, our advertising guru, goofing around with Stephanie on set
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Way OT, but, what's on her forehead?? Or is it just my computer?erplexed
So Dr Miracle is an old bald guy huh?....
So glad that crap works for him too
I'm using Dr. Miracle's spot serum for my edges. After hearing a lot of you ladies on here talk about how horrible it is, and how it doesn't work, I was hesitant to try it. So I used ORS and it didn't do a thing but leave me greasy.
So I decided to give Dr. Miracle's a try. IT WORKS!!!
I've had thinning edges since I was a teen (from tight ponytails). I've been using it only on my hairline, and it's growing back, even after having a biopsy done by my derm., and him telling me that my follicles were damaged, and that it wouldbe like that forever!
As y'all say here "some things may work for some and not for others".
Y'all are right. That's why y'all should stop telling people not to buy Dr. Miracle's products. Is it more important to be mad because the guy is white, or is it more important to grow hair?
Y'all need to let up on the anger that y'all have for the white people, Koreans, etc....... and just use what works.
It works for me and the people that told me about it. It worked for her and her mama.
So it does work!
I have had others tell me that Dr. Miracles works. A friend of mine is currently using it and her hair seems to be growing fast.
In response to the bolded, it is not a matter of "being mad because he's white". The issue, is that a brand marketed to Blacks, is using advertising demeaning and unflattering to Black women reinforcing stereotypes and a standard of beauty that are due to our Euro-standard of beauty.
He could have used a variety of other types of marketing campaigns that work beautifully.
The issue with "the Koreans", related also to these discussions, are business practices clearly meant to keep Black business a day late and a dollar short. I love South Korea, I've studied there, enjoy the culture, language, people, etc. WHATEVER YOU ARE, if you specifically keep any ethnic group out of making money within their communities WHETHER IT IS "MY" GROUP or not, that is not a matter of being business savvy. That's being underhanded. I don't have to contribute to such with my money.
Clearly, their products must work to SOME degree. Otherwise the brand would have ceased to exist long ago. However there are MANY others that do, without using marketing campaigns particularly targeted to Black women that are so negative and in many ways insulting whether your hair is chemically altered or natural.
It is annoying enough we reinforce such "unpleasantries" among each other. To see that someone outside of your "experience" key into those same insecurities and use them to make money -which won't be returned to any of your communities in any way- is particularly disheartening.
That's more what's at work here than "just hatin' on the white guy", in my little, golden opinion. For me personally as I've had more "white" friends than "black" it would be foolish for me to hate anyone just for being "white"...they are 98% of my social circle! I can however, dislike you for being underhanded in whatever your field of choice is REGARDLESS OF RACE.
I'm not picking at you, just trying to fill in another view that your responses brought to my attention.
NOTE: An example of the "unpleasantries" mentioned above: Ads (TV or magazine) where a woman with dry looking natural hair or dry, unkempt relaxed hair who is often darker skinned and broad featured line up on the "before" side and a lighter, fine-featured model (often with light eyes!) with straight hair is the "after". Though being a prettier model, intentionally, she looks better than the rest of the lot on the "before" side.
Hmmm....she didnt sound angry to me...?![]()
She don't have to "sound" angry. All of that heated passion in her words are angry. All of that, just because a white man makes a black haircare product and to her, makes black women look bad. All of that stems from being angry about the commercial. Do you get what I'm sayin'?
In response to the bolded, it is not a matter of "being mad because he's white". The issue, is that a brand marketed to Blacks, is using advertising demeaning and unflattering to Black women reinforcing stereotypes and a standard of beauty that are due to our Euro-standard of beauty.
I don't necessarily think it was anger, I think it was--as you said--heated passion. And there's nothing wrong with being passionate about resisting negative representations of black women.
In fact, I believe more of us should be so passionate. Stereotypes and degradation are rampant, both in our own community and in the larger, non-black world.