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Detangling Olaplex's Controversies | Corporate Casket

iilluminaughtii

Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4961 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Sign up for our Patreon to support what we do! https://www.patreon.com/iilluminaughtii Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. There’s nothing better than a trip to the salon. For a while, the ultimate treatment you could ask to receive for ultimate relaxation and breathtaking hair was Olaplex. But, recently, it seems like the hair industry giant has taken quite a fall from grace. With lawsuits and infertility questions up in the air, people are beginning to ask. Is Olaplex really as good as it seemed? Connect With Me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii’ Sources: https://justpaste.it/bo46d Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Ali Z-B This episode was edited and mixed by: G. Thomas Craig Album cover art created by: Betsy Primes Intro Song Credits: Trauma- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: Electronica Punch- Oleksandr Koltsov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There's nothing better than a good day at the salon.

0:07.0

Whether you're there to change your hair to the newest unicorn fashion colors or simply there to

0:14.0

revitalize your curls.

0:15.0

There's nothing more relaxing than going into a salon

0:18.0

and coming out feeling like a brand new rejuvenated person.

0:21.0

And there are a plethora of options you can choose from to live

0:25.5

your hair dreams. You can have your hair relaxed, bleached, dyed, curled, or

0:30.6

pretty much whatever you want.

0:32.6

But unfortunately for many of us, doing these things can leave us with ever so burdensome

0:37.3

split ends or brittle hair.

0:39.8

This is where Oleplex steps in.

0:42.1

Since launching in 2014, Oleplex has become one of the most beloved hair treatments

0:46.3

on the market.

0:47.6

Out of seemingly nowhere, salons across the world were picking up on the new revolutionary hair treatment and touting it as a miracle cure for anyone's damaged hair, especially color treated hair.

0:58.0

It helped colored hair look brighter, strengthened your hair, and helped manage your most expensive and luxurious hair extensions.

1:05.8

In short, it was a must have for your every salon visit, and people were flocking to reap the benefits. But recently news has come to light that has people

1:15.3

second-guessing the supposed miracle cure. Was it really strengthening hair?

1:19.2

Or was it making it fallout? All of a sudden, after years of success and praise on social media, Olaplex is facing new

1:27.0

publicity from influencers and the general public on Tik-Tok, YouTube, and more.

1:32.0

One person on Tik-Tok posted a video saying that after just four weeks of using Oluplex home

1:36.1

treatments, they noticed that their hair was thinning and breaking.

1:40.3

After posting a question to their followers, over 1,000 people chimed in to say that they shared the same experience.

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