Okay ladies, I am a little late on this product and excuse me for my constant ranting, but this is getting REALLY irritating. I guess I should have researched more before driving to the beauty supply. The "ingredient list change product of the day without a hint of the change made evident on their website" is:
Taliah Waajid Protective mist bodifier
Now, I have been searching high and low for a new moisturizer with good ingredients. After net searches, word of mouth, etc., I finally decided on this product. I went into the local beauty supply some months ago and saw this product for around $6.99 with really great ingredients. I didn't buy it because I wanted to do more research. Needless to say, I walk in the same beauty supply today to see that the price is now $7.19 and the ingredients have changed. I was like, "Wow" and placed it right back on the shelf and left. I saw where an LHCF member already broke the news and posted the following:
The old ingredients are pure distilled water, wheat germ, indian hemp olive oil, balsam, aloe vera, bee pollen, silk protein, bay laurel, fruit bioflavonoids, ancient african herbal formula.
The new ingredients are: Water, propylene glycol, cetearth-20,cetrimonium bromide,wheat germ, indian hemp olive oil, balsam, aloe vera, bee pollen, silk amino acid, bay laurel, dmdm hydantion, fragrance
The new ingredient list is EXACTLY what I saw today. Propylene Glycol? R U serious? I can go to a drugstore and get a $1 product with that as the 2nd ingredient, not to mention all that "other" stuff that's been added. I guess the recession is hitting hard.
I guess I wouldn't be so perturbed if these companies would ANNOUNCE that they are now adding filler ingredients, removing good stuff, adding new stuff, etc, to their product line. This would be so much better than allowing the consumer to purchase the product, thinking it is the same...just for them to pay the money for it...use it a few times...and realize it doesn't work anymore. Then the consumer turns the bottle around and "EUREKA!!!" realize the ingredients have changed. Consumer will now be ticked off and will not purchase your product again, so how exactly does that keep your business going? Some speculate the stuff in bold in the ingredient list above has ALWAYS been in the product and that Ms. Waajid has to now disclose it because of her sales with CVS. This could be possible but I won't be purchasing either way.
In a perfect world, we would get a heads up, I guess. In the meantime, please be an EDUCATED CONSUMER, in everything from store purchases to hospital visits. End of rant.
Thank you for this post. As an educated consumer, I've heard many good things about Taliah Waajid's line & specifically the mists (which my locs desperately need!!). I even considered buying the product despite the ingredients. (Weak, I know). But this post just confirmed my gut feeling, and I will be staying away from it... I really wish the ingredients hadnt changed...It seemed like the perfect product for my locs.
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