We are delighted to hear that Brazil has taken a huge leap towards ending cosmetics tests on animals by voting to pass legislation last week which will end the use of animals for most cosmetics tests, omitting those that are for “ingredients with unknown effects” – as well as the sale of newly animal-tested products. The move follows the announcement by the state of Sao Paolo in January that it was to end animal cosmetics tests and is the result of efforts by a number of groups in the region. We hope that the loopholes in the proposed law can be closed to ensure that the suffering of animals for cosmetics can end. Cosmetics companies need to stop putting “crap” in their products that needs to be tested. Save the humans as well as the animals. And that’s the Real Hair Truth!
Author: Joseph Kellner
No More Cocamide DEA
You can clean your hair with just about anything. But if you want a rich creamy foam to make it an enjoyable experience, there is one ingredient that you really must have. Any good formulator will tell you that for a decent shampoo you really need to have a fair slug of cocamide DEA in it. Nothing quite matches the performance this surfactant gives. Consequently it has been one of the major ingredients in mass market and specialist shampoos and washes for years.
It came under a cloud in the nineties following suggestions that some impurities in it could, under the right circumstances react with other chemicals to form nitrosamines, some of which are carcinogenic. Given that nitrosamines are all over the place from plenty of other sources, worrying about them in cosmetics seemed a bit precious. For example they are created by the lightning in thunderstorms. They are also commonly found in food such as cured meat and whole meal peanut butter. But nonetheless the EU cosmetic regulations were duly amended to limit the impurities and to forbid the use of Cocamide DEA with the ingredients it might react with. So belt and braces there.
And that you would have thought was the end of it. A highly theoretical risk was identified and responded to with a heavy handed and probably unnecessary regulation.
No such luck. With an actual link, albeit a highly tenuous one, between a cosmetic ingredient and an actual carcinogen it was only a matter of time before scaremongers got hold of it. Cocamide DEA has been added to the list of chemicals that should be avoided by all the usual organization’s, websites and manufacturers of high margin green products who trade on this kind of thing.
The latest wheeze is to threaten companies using this completely safe and legal material with court action. Given that a court hearing would be bad publicity for the companies involved whatever the outcome, you can see why they caved in.
It is a shame, especially as the groups behind this kind of campaign have negligible levels of public support. They would have little chance of using consumer pressure to force mass market brands to switch to inferior ingredients directly. This is presumably why they have switched to litigation.
THE SMARTPHONE OF HAIRCOLOR IS HERE….COURTESY OF B’ORÉAL OF PARIS.
I often wonder why salon owners and booth renters will buy from B’Oreal, WHY? But as soon as I think about it hairdressers are not left brain and right brained at the same time. Business is not taught in beauty schools. And if there is a business class in the hair shows it is to dump on one brand and try to sell you there’s.
Maelstaf says that B’Oreal of Paris used Japanese technology to develop the packaging of the product, which is what makes the automatic, reusable qualities possible. Two separate aerosol cans are held together in a sleek plastic sleeve. One can contains the colorant; the other, the oxidant. “The reaction to create hair color only happens when you have a mix of those two things,” says Sophie Bodelin, the head of hair color labs for the France headquarters of B’Oréal of Paris. “But now you don’t have to mix it yourself. The mix is complete as soon as the product comes out of the bottle.”
Mixed Chicks Product Line Wins Lawsuit Against Sally Beauty
Jurors awarded over 8,000,000 to the small company of the Mixed Chicks product line who claimed that the …
For the past two years well-known natural hair company Mixed Chicks has been in an ongoing legal battle with Sally Beauty company. Mixed Chicks had filed a lawsuit against the national beauty supply chain in March 2011, for selling a product called “Mixed Silk” at their over 2,000 locations. The plaintiffs felt that the overall appearance of the Mixed Silk product line infringed on their trademarked labeling due to similarities.
On November 2, the jury found that Sally Beauty had not only infringed on the Mixed Chicks trademark, but had acted “willfully with malice and oppression.” The jury verdict awarded Mixed Chicks LLC $8,114,535 ($839,535 in actual damages and $7,275,000 in punitive damages). In a press release to JET, co-founders Kim Etherege, Wendi Levy and Bradley Kaya spoke on their massive win, ” We invested our hearts and souls into this company and have built the reputation of the Mixed Chicks products as one of distinction and high quality. It was an expensive case, but we believe in our brand and will fight to protect it. We are pleased the jury has found Sally Beauty willfully infringed and awarded an amount that will make them think twice about doing so in the future. You can’t just bully little companies.”
Mixed Chicks Hair Care Products (Good Guys)
Sally Beauty Supply Mixed Version (Scum Guys)
The trio will also be seeking additional funds for attorney’s fees, a portion of Sally Beauty’s profits of Mixed Silk products and an order to ban the selling of Mixed Silk products. Sally’s beauty supply no longer has a link to there product and when we called they would not answer any questions about the Victory lawsuit Mixed Chicks had with them.
Mixed Silk’s packaging is strikingly similar to that of Mixed Chicks. The pump top on the shampoo & leave-in conditioner is quite convenient for shower use. Silk Elements should have adopted the same design for the deep conditioner; opening and closing it while in the shower is a little time consuming. All of the products have the same strong manufactured fragrant smell. So lady’s and gentlemen you have read it all. Another scum bag company playing and stealing off a entrepreneurs idea. And who needs manufacturers like that in our beauty industry. Of course you will see them at the hair shows and think twice of the hard work a entrepreneur within our industry has to go through to get there product out to the consumer.
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The Beautiful Lies Teaser Clip (Release Date Sep 2014)
“The Beautiful Lies” is a documentary that shines a revealing light on the cosmetic and beauty industry. It showcases the passion of entrepreneurs in this business and brings transparency to product perception, health hazards, organic vs. natural ingredients, and cosmetic mislabeling. While it highlights the professionals who have achieved success through innovation, ambition, and perseverance, it also recognizes that this business is dominated by manufacturer greed and control and… Release date September 2014!
Jotovi Designs exposes “The Beautiful Lies.”








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