The Hair Vitamin Swindle, Do They Really Work?

Yup, I didn’t even change the title, why? Because its a good one, why tamper with perfection right? I was watching Jouelzy on YouTube and she did a video and wrote an article for Ebony about the lack of honesty that hair vitamin companies have. Joulzey prefaced the article by saying:

Preface: I didn’t mention this in the video or the article, but I do NOT think it is the responsibility of YouTubers (bloggers, etc.,) to hold the companies responsible for their marketing. This is a business, and I’m not knocking anyone’s hustle. I simply wish the companies took the time to overall be more genuine and honest in their marketing, rather than just selecting folks that already have bountiful heads of hair. Same way I feel about other natural hair companies that are selling the myth of the curl — just show the honest diversity and all will be well.

We have talked about hair vitamins* before and we have expressed our opinion on them in support and from the perspective of if you take care of yourself you will not need to take vitamins*. We have even mentioned the fact that we all produce biotin* ourselves and when you take more biotin* you might have some adverse effects.

The sad truth is, many of us do not consume enough nutrients to give our hair everything it needs to be vibrant and grow at the rate that a little blue pill might provide which makes vitamins* appealing. Not to mention if you get a fast track to your hair goals you might be tempted to indulge a bit as well

I agree with Jouelzy there are marketing tricks for these products and as a result we have to be smart and do our own research about what is best for us. We encourage…