 Tryna go natural Hi, everyone. Welcome to my channel I'm just gonna start with putting up these two screenshots because this is why I'm here today This is why we're here today. I guess Make it make sense Don't be a bully What would Jesus do like let's all ponder all these questions Why are we just looking at these two screenshots because that's why I'm really here today So I'm gonna give you all the background. I'm just in case you're not familiar with it But I really want you guys to know about it I always want to speak out on natural hair community issues so that you guys know what's going on beyond you know the social media and beyond the Images that these companies and brands put up everything in here is my opinion. I don't know for sure. I Feel I think Maybe possibly I wonder if so nothing in here I'm stating as a fact. These are just my thoughts on the issue disclaimer disclaimer. So screenshot number one like that's That was that's just beyond the line like so far beyond the line. So Nothing in Linda's review warranted that and I think I don't even think that's legal So I don't think anything could warrant that whether her review was left feel far out Malicious or anything and it wasn't any of those things so Wow, like birds of a feather flock together like I like between the two of them Melvin and Monique birds of a feather flock together because two people that are like that. Anyway, I'm trying to not get hurt I'm trying to keep it cool Because I kind of feed off myself. So when I'm hot, I'm like damn they make she hot and I get even hotter So, let me let's let's who sad is back and start again Linda did not give Melvin her phone number for personal use. That's all I have to say on that So him doing that was all sorts of wrong. We don't even need to like it was wrong on every level I don't know what level it wasn't wrong on it was wrong on a business level of personal level of like Christian level like right we can all agree on that if you were professional as you claim How would that even happen? Like, how would you be like no, you know, we can't use the information Like there's no part of this that's professional from beginning to end, right? And the part that really sickens me is that they're using their company the company that we held bill I've watched some mild products before Linda herself has bought my products And that's the problem really sickens me is that they're using funds from black women to harass black women like that So second twisted plus it's not that they just feel like they could just bully anybody and get away with it like What were they like in school? You know, but anyway, let me They'll just need some music like some calm and sea breeze or something Anyways, okay, when I saw that phone call that was my last show That's when I like unfollowed me and my on social media I posted it on my Instagram and I and follow them on Instagram. I have people unsubscribe from my YouTube channel I personally Refused to potentially endorse fund or support that kind of bullying By putting any money into my so I'm not saying Cancel just because like I really don't want to cancel it. We don't want to cancel them but I'm not purchasing from them until Linda gets an apology all of us get an apology I want Linda to be compensated for this phone business like some dollars have to run Apologies have to run. I want to hear that y'all went to therapy and y'all will no longer be harassing and bullying customers Like those are the minimums for me to purchase for a mile again And I don't usually I don't often buy from them, but I thinking about each and every of the four products I ever bought from them and I even did a video on this channel. I Think two videos mentioning them. So Each one of those products just I thinking about each one right now just fall, you know And I've been in me but anyways anyways, let's get back to the beginning in case some of y'all haven't seen the original video Then the land did a review on the mile rice water collection And that was about two months ago. So tell me why this phone thing coming up just like so two months later You're gonna call her phone. I think I should just finish him to and have like the person who's being all Common that you come into the company person who's tripping out like I think that's the video That's really happening right now. So it'll be funny if I just did that But that's too much editing for right now because I'm trying to get this out soon. So summary of the review She found the claim asked to be okay. Not bad. Not the best the Moisturizing milk to be moisturizing but not effective as a styler and then she felt like the split-end therapy Couldn't really treat split ends it being not a hair shares and all and that's to be getting on the end Really of the review. There was nothing in there for anybody to come out of pocket harass bully call Sue like there's nothing in there for any of that Linda seemed to speak the most on the Labelling and that it wasn't helpful enough for her and also that the milk didn't work well for her as a styler But she did review everything like I said, she didn't give us a review on the claim off She didn't give us a view or her thoughts on the split-end therapy now as a kinky-killy Myself, I know like, okay, you put on a product. You can tell if it has hold or not You can tell which direction you're watching boys gonna go and Linda even said that she said well There's not much hold in here. So You know, it's probably not gonna define my hair like a gel. She said that so I feel like she appropriately informed Her viewers like this is what to expect. I don't think she's well I'm she expected her hair to be laid or anything like that to me If your product labeling says a product can be used as a styler then that should be the case So you should be able to test it as a styler use it as a styler and it should have you to some extent So when I'm styling come from we'll get into that later my thoughts on that But the long and short is Linda was within her rights to review the collection by itself to review the Milk styler as a styler since that's what it had in the directions Linda followed the directions to a tee She didn't switch anything around So if someone follows the directions on your labeling you can't tell them they use the product Well, and then have the audacity to be mad at them and come in talking in the comments when they follow your directions with And you're both enough to say well don't wash your directions. Don't take on the directions You're gonna see my life to really use the product What so your product has to come with the Instagram live or like a YouTube comment Your product kind of stand on its own Like how does that make sense? Like how does that make sense? I don't get that if you're starting something people with natural hair and you're calling something a styler It should have a bit of whole point blank period in my opinion. So that was style I don't know if you all use the wrong label like I don't know what what like if you're borrowing from somewhere But there should be at least some whole point blank period first of the end like to me in my opinion So that whole thing of what it just says is a styler But it's not supposed to a whole make that make sense to me somebody because that doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever In my opinion, I don't think so. I don't feel so, right? She did look a bit disappointed in the end And I understand that too because like you are using a product that says styler like somehow against hope against hope You're hoping that somehow they're really thinking about you They were thinking about texture here and they call it a styler So they got you even though it seemed like it's not working. You're like, well, maybe when it dries It'll surprise me like there's always that hope there So if that doesn't come through there's always going to be a slight amount of disappointment and we are totally Open the door for it to be judged as a styler by putting styler in the direction Like I don't see how like I really don't see if somebody explained to me what her point is Her point is don't take on my directions come and watch my life Like how do you expect to and that's the professional business Approach and if you don't know if you don't know that that's a professional approach, you know the brand owner or some So the professional business approach you expect to grow your business by going into everybody's homes Like online or whatever and teaching them one by one how to use your product and that makes sense to you Like we just have no discussion. Yeah, that makes sense. And that's what I would learn in brand owner school So does the product deserve a low rating solely because of its failure as a styler? Like I would think that would be up to the individual like I wouldn't even get into that It's their right to do that somebody else might say well I'm gonna put other factors whatever but it's on their scale They made up that scale so they can read it how they want to basically I think the nice would in her eyes to read the product based on performance as a styler She did say it was moisturizing like what more do you want? You know like what what what what could she say? Well, it was moisturizing and well my hair turned out Great, I mean like it was visual and what you wanted her to say and then if you say you wanted to use it correctly Why don't you? Put that on the instructions at least put it online like it's free to just put it on your website I went in the website and it's like the same mess I want to hope it's the same mess like is mess anyways in my opinion like when I went to the website it was just The instructions were just as unhelpful So we gotta actually come and watch video to use your product or you gotta come and personally explain to us I think it's really started even within our own community. We have to read between the lines Especially if you have like type 4 hair. Well, this product says this for you But it may not really be for you. It says it's a styler, but it's not a styler for you Like why should we be excluded like why should your labeling exclude us? Why should your labeling focus on dime size like who in a natural community uses dime size that you feel like you need to put Dime size on your label and not even like a little use generously, but as much as you need use a styler if you need Why is that unprofessional again? But it's professional to require people to do a live or to go in people comments and explain or DM them to explain How to use your product that's professional We just asking questions here I think the video was excellent in terms of it said exactly what could have been improved exactly like, okay The labeling should have said peer with another styler peer with something else from the line It even said the labeling should have said which yes, I twist on wash and go like to me Those were all great and perfect answers and all money should have done was like, oh, thank you I'm writing all this down. We're about to make them changes girl And it would have been a rap because the problem was the directions not that she doesn't know how to why Like it's a waste following new directions and the directions lead them wrong. What's the problem that they're doing it wrong? How does that make sense? Like I claim only because you can come and explain all this to me and my non-brand owner certification possession Self I think what may I should have done was just admit that the directions don't properly address Kinky here clearly We still want to know why it didn't and should have apologized for that because play us a problem it's just disrespectful disrespectful to Natural hair on the whole because not even them luring massive people using that size anything But especially to to come on a natural hair product or product that you're trying to say is meant for us with dime size I don't know where I came from. That's hella disrespectful. You should have and could have apologized Point blank just for the directions instead of fighting it on even I think the next day You were fighting down that you just allowed to use it But it didn't happen to include the directions that make sense and then you defending the use of the directions I if you think the directions and girl, you don't know how to be a brand owner So again, I was coming on there to try to just help educate on the proper use and Again, I know what the directions say but for a legality issues the things that nobody knows what it takes to Brand and to put products out there. We have to be very vague with our I have to show you all this in a video because she had so much to say on this hair milk Like this is her old school original hair milk She had all the directions all the instructions Like look a bit with this spirit with that try to alongside All hair types uses a daily moisturizer Moisture is key to lung retention. So lung retention wasn't this was a focus here We show you the ingredients as well. There's some shea butter and stuff But this certified organic ingredients, let me show you that so Clearly this is you know, she talking to us here, right? Lank retention, dry pussy hair, Celia ends, refresh them curls PLM size something else nothing about styler Styling anything so this is her original or one of her early hair melts I believe the original so let's take a look at the rice water Wow five stars nine like on this reviews are somewhat mixed and She has 900 almost 900 and it's like five stars. But anyways Um, yeah So again Mentioned dry thirsty here infused with rice water and oils. Okay You zoom directions apply a dime size amount from root to tip on wet or dry here Maybe used for styling and hydration So you see the difference in directions, right? Like apply a dime size Amount what like which natural hair company says dime size like how directions go from left to right like what? What are we supposed to do with these directions? Like I think whoever made up these directions like I Don't want to say they need some reach in I don't know what to say about them But they are the root cause of all the problems basically because these directions not Beneficial not good not enough not anything so Yeah, the initiative really apply like a dime size like that's what you should have done a freaking dime size and Then show what's what because I think the whole video was really just a comment on these direction which is fair and which Monique should have Knowledge as being the problem in the first place talking about gotta be vague and you don't know any better because you're not a brand owner Like you used to so I mean like we just looked at your old Directions that were very not vague and you are still a brand owner. So You know what's really going on like something is going on something is going on behind the scenes and With this dime size Maybe used for styling and ideation. I think my suspicion is they're trying to market to People who use dime sized amounts. I'll just put it that way. I think she's trying to multi-texturize her product her brand and She don't want us black folks coming in making problems for her Basically like that is the opinion my personal opinion on this And if you look at it in terms of that Things making more sense like if you look at it in terms of maybe something's going on behind the scenes And she's trying to expand her little market. So let's just pay attention within the next year or two and see where that goes, but Like I think she's trying to say like She's pulling a trim oyster basically and she's trying to say well, I'm now trying to aim for another market You all can hang on y'all can fall off Do whatever you all want. This ain't really about y'all anymore. That's what I'm getting from those two words dime size The whole thing of it can be used for styling Knowing it's just a milk with little hole and these are the ingredients In case you want to just see that where's the certified organic is it there? So Yeah, I think it's a whole other thing and people were asking them why they removed organic from their name and they were giving some In my opinion, yes responses in the comment saying stuff like, you know, we just you know whatever felt like taking it off new direction simplified show like I'm gonna go find that comment because Yeah, they removed organic in their name because they removed organic from the Ingredients list on these new items in my opinion Yeah, cuz it's not here. Okay but it was for all types before but now it's for all types but Especially all types who like dime-sized amounts of product. That's what it looks like to me. I'm curious about these reviews too because Yeah, like seriously all over YouTube people and Instagram people have been saying that they delete negative comments. I Think this speaks for itself and I don't really like to deal with brands who delete negative comments I really don't personally So my L is just all that and a half. It's just perfect. Look at this Like a thousand plus reviews and just five star everywhere Like say what I mean, seriously Yo, like look at this Just perfect. Thank you perfect five out of five and every single product So this is dark and lovely. This is a big company, right? We're only talking about directions gotta be vague and Linda doesn't know any better and she doesn't know big business Look at these directions So this is a big company. They don't know about directions That's what you're trying to say. They don't know what they're doing You need to like message them in their DMs and talk about they don't know any better There's like apply a generous amount not even a dime size They know their target market is as do you the tangle with cool more fingers. Do not rinse Follow-up with the styler. Like, you know like depending on your styling needs depending on your styling needs like This is exactly What you should have been doing and you should have did and you would have did if you were actually Targeting textured hair. I think it was just a clumsy cheap attempt to Diversify like that's the only possible explanation Because this is a big business. You can't tell me they don't know that good business means you have to keep your directions vague and talk about dime size on a natural hair product You can't tell well guess what okay? I wanted it to be a nice normal calm video But it just not making any sense to me. Usually I could see at least multiple signs There was nothing you could have owned my I could find a million things to say about you from your man to yourself To your directions and you own and claim none of it. You were just perfectly right Yeah, let's forget balance. This is about to be a rant Like if the styler has some little type of hole some little type of hole I could have pushed it through as well. It's kind of a styler. It doesn't have big hair, whatever, whatever But if the styler has like no hole and you and well as a brand owner saying well It does not hold on expected to have home But it's a styler you lost me totally or not your points went down to zero in terms of You're making sense Those instructions were never meant for Linda Linda should have put a dime size She even put more she should have put a dime size and show us her here just to highlight the issue because I think the bigger issue is Having directions on a product that you want to claim is for the natural hair community That does not apply to the natural hair community at all So thank you Linda Lynn for highlighting this because I personally would not have noticed this shift if you hadn't highlighted it So thank you very much for your review. I appreciate it and you taught me something about my land I didn't know to me like how I took her review Linda's review was positive in the end Because she said it was moisturizing and for a lot of naturals once he says moisturizing they get fined a way to maybe make it work The only case of death for me is if her review says a product makes the hair dry I won't fall out or something crazy if a review says the product was moisturizing real business So the review did not hurt you any most people would have watched Linda's review put a style on it And went about their life didn't have to change anything for your company like that is for serious What most people would have left that review thinking that review did not hurt you at all What hurt you is you come in the comments The only thing she was going off of is the direction said this can be used as a styler I want to just use the line by self which I can understand because when I review products I like to use a line by self where possible Just so I can tell you how moisturizing that line itself is for me You know, but just to be able to review the line on its own which isn't a diss to me because like I said people who don't want a complete line Can just use their bits and mix in their other bits from other places and If you wanted a complete line, they wouldn't be buying it anyway, because it's not complete. So They can lose any coins from the incomplete talk and lose any coins from the no-whole talk So I would like Monique or Melvin, I don't even think I want to meet Melvin. I shouldn't even know Melvin's name Melvin has nothing to do with this, but Monique Where is your problem? Show me the problem and furthermore Linda did lots of positive reviews for your company That actually earn you money So if you have a problem with this review and you want to take her coins It should be giving her coins for the ones that she did that actually gave you money Because she was one of the few people who had a positive review of your Moisture RX line So where's her coins for that? Where's her thank you for that? Where's your comments on her? Should we go to that video and look for your comment? Like it's just it takes a certain character to Completely ignore not even check to see somebody's history and body of work and just judge You know what? Take that back because I know she knows I know Monique knows that Linda did videos for her before and had positive reviews for her before So I don't Understand how as a person you could know that and still act like the way you're acting for this one review Because I haven't talked about lawsuit and stuff like knowing her body of work Even if it was the first one as a human being you know, this is a small youtuber She ain't no millionaire Even if it was her first infraction whatever and it's not even an infraction Let's just hope that it doesn't go any further than this that you'll take the therapy You'll apologize you'll drop this lawsuit talk your compensate Linda like like that's my only Hope from this situation, and I still hope that and I sincerely hope that all you have to say in the comments was Yeah, I'm sorry about those directions Poor little honey and ginger custard or pomegranate custard on it next time You know and it will work out so much better. That's all you have to say better Better get paid on the label itself But baby steps even if you wanted to educate someone on how to use your products There are nicer ways to do it. I'm not situations where brand owners came in and actually But you know, I'm not gonna consider it thought because I mean that takes a level again of arrogance But where they've come in and give me tips on how to use the product next time or something like that And actually left me with a good feeling so it is possible. I didn't see the comments originally So I didn't have an opinion at the time even worst case I was like, okay, maybe her comments were a little unprofessional petty But unprofessional petty people still have to eat. I even said that on sure is video like, you know, maybe money just had a bad day Let's give a little benefit of the doubt. That's what I was trying to do while your husband trying to call people allegedly Allegedly, I'm just gonna replay this little allegedly clip here and there in the video allegedly I honestly would not have cancelled her over her comments. Like not everybody is nice so not every brand owner is nice and While I would have definitely been given pause like I wouldn't have necessary to all other people like Exposed and highlighted publisher do a video like she's Smart enough to put it out on social media. I think there are not nice brand owners out there But at least when you have on your little meal hat, like I know it on my job I have one more little work hat and you want to tell the customers different things about sunshine But you hold it together and it does your super polite, right? Let them run, let them rail and then do whatever they want and your super polite because you know you have one that Work switch, right? So where is your work switch? We have created a micro economy and it's working really well and it just takes one lawsuit one big break between Influencers and companies to mess the whole thing up and nobody gets any coins So think beyond yourself Right like this is like we keep in dollars in our community and I think it's awesome and beautiful We have black women buying products from black women. We have other black women Reviewing and showcasing the products like it's like this big love circle I'm one lawsuit can mess all of that up that even without the lawsuit just the harassment can mess all of it up I'm sure influences are already feeling intimidated and silence and I have a skill you all know They may not want to do any reviews are you on the future like you only to think about this these things think about a bigger picture You were talking about like Linda is not supporting black business explained to me How potentially destroying the natural hair community or by a little lonesome is supporting black business? It's not how is harassing a black woman supporting black business How is threatening brand influences in general supporting black business? It's not so Linda isn't hurting black business unique You are hurting black business with all these shenanigans and antics that you're carrying one with because you're actually strengthen to destabilize natural hair brand influencers Maybe discourage some of them from coming on how I'm the small businesses that they would have promoted. So just check yourself Honestly before I wrecked yourself, but just check yourself check yourself because if brand influencers stop reviewing Especially smaller companies. They're not gonna get any exposure. They're not gonna get the exposure. They're getting now Can you imagine miss my L Monique how much money would cost you to get the reviews that we do basically for free in The detail that we do like if you want to hire actors Camera crew Editing production crew, you know much money that will cost you You know much money, but do you care? No, because you act like if you're entitled to good reviews Do you want things to work like how it works on your website? You just want five out of five all the time, right? Because that's how it works in Monique land when you where you could control things It doesn't look like that in the real world Because I think you spend so much time in your own land where you can just delete comments block people and stuff And it must just burn you that you cannot delete or block a YouTube video from being out there That just sitting there burning you You know because I guess when you start to they were ready people out here doing free reviews So you just think that's part of it. That's not part of it That's us putting in our hard work for no reward And I don't think that's right and you shouldn't just accept it as right either But you should start thinking about it if you don't it takes me a full day's work probably more to film edit and produce and Publish a video Just to let you guys know when I say a full day. I'm talking eight hours, right? So Don't just assume that we just come on here Smile and it's over. I've had situations where Brad owner would see that I'm doing a video for them See my good work See that people are like, oh, I want to buy. Oh, I'm gonna buy and still find it hard to even Send me just one bottle of product One but love product so that I can try a different style with the rest of products. I already have on board To try different style to do a new video to promote your brand again, and you find it hard to send me like a $15 bottle of gel like an 8 ounce and I to say it's like a 15 is a $15 bottle of gel like You're out here not paying small Influencers acting like any advertising of your brand is just your do to the point where you actually want to get mad upset Vex take action harass over a negative review when you both face at least so all the positive reviews before I had nothing to say like Like the audacity that that takes is mind-boggling to me Now of course not all I have good relationships with several brands and several of them have come to me and even on acts like Okay, you know, here's some products. Thank you and stuff, which I really appreciate. I really appreciate those brands I'm just saying like the ones of you all know yourselves who don't appreciate influencers sufficiently search your heart and Find some changes that you can make so I just want to wrap this up by saying that I stand with Linda. I stand with honest reviews. I stand with brand influencers I want to see all influencers supporting Linda because it's the right thing to do And if that's not enough to move you because it could have been you as well I don't usually ask but I really want to know who really thinks That Monique is right to have her husband calling people phone and lawsuit talk and all that who really thinks that's right so that's it like I said I just hope that male gets it together and I hope that this is a wake-up call for all brand owners and like something positive can come out of this and I'm sorry that I wanted it to be more balanced and try to do balance video, but then I realized well, there really isn't any Balance to be had so I guess it became a rant and I'm sorry about that Like I wish it wasn't around. I wish it didn't have to be around I wish there was more I could say in defense of Monique She had me out my character now because I don't usually like to do like just bash videos But at the same time it's important to stand up for Linda and just expose what's going on So I kind of feel like I have to do it. Thank you guys for watching Definitely subscribe to my channel if you're interested in seeing product reviews honest product reviews on Black woman owned businesses definitely subscribe and check out my videos for more of those and I'll see you in the next one