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Well hello and Welcome to MakeupTalk from the webmaster/lead programmer/administrator or here. We see you didn't stay long. We hoped you would. Hmm. Anyhow, we have read your post and would like to offer a professional rebuttal/response.

First of all. We wanted to address the issue of posting your email addresses inside your first post. Others have been warned heavily for this as it can be misconstrued as spam or shilling. Kindly refer to our Terms here regarding this sort of info.

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as the post and some it's successors, contained false information.


We have reveiwed this over and over and found it to have many many opinions. We allow opinions here. Opinions on MakeupTalk are not considered False information. Seems as if your site and MakeupTalk are different in nature.





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We are not sponsored or endorsed by any company whose product(s) we review.


MakeupTalk isn't either. MakeupTalk.com is financially fully backed by an online corporation with many years of experience and is not biased in any way. Our users are #1. If users have some opinions about products, this is where they can come to discuss, debate, chat etc. about these mentioned products. This is a great way for people to understand the postives and struggles about certain products so that the reader can form thier own opinion.









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Therefore, we can give an objective and bias-free review of all of the products that are featured on our site.


As MakeupTalk is still growing, we can assure you that our proprietary software can detect MOST false reviews. But better at detecting BIASED reviews and better than any software, are our moderators. They review all posts and reviews and carefully scour them for untruths. These girls are professional at this sort of thing. These are immediately discussed amongst themselves in a private forum and a decision is made.









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As to the issue of Easy Straight. We received several comments from our readers attesting to the very poor results of this product. Due to these comments, we are hesistant to recommend this product and have advised those who have tried it or asked about it to consult their hairdresser and get their professional opinion. However, at the same time, we also feel it is unfair to post anything that might be construed as slanderous to the Easy Straight system.


We love our user's opinions, this is what makes our board so fun and exciting. Sounds like your site and MakeupTalk are not the same sort of sites. Again, like I said, I think that we are different sites if you do not allow venting on products.









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Interesting! They won't even let their readers discuss it! At least here at MakeupTalk, we can complain away!", we welcome all comments and feedback on the contents of our site and offer user feedback via our Ask The Experts section via the "Add Answer" link within that section. Readers can also always contact us at (((SPAMINATOR EDITED))) if they have any questions or concerns. In no way have we, or shall we, disallow discussion of any product, whether pro or con. Additionally, we are not here just to provide an outlet for people to vent anger at certain products or companies. We leave banter to the chat boards and try to focus on our purpose, which is fair and educational reviews.



Pretty Much shilling. As we are postive that your website is as professional as MakeupTalk, we do offer advertising if you would like to advertise yoursite on MakeupTalk. Contact us here for more info
In closing, Yes, ES seems to have caused some serious issues. Users have come here to talk about their struggles with the product and are still free to do so. We have not been contacted by ES. These users here have formed opinions on the product and opinions should not be taken away from anyone. You are welcome to visit here, but to visit just to promote what happens on your website is not allowed as we would not do this on your site.

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Wanted to welcome you Gracie to MakeupTalk!





Originally Posted by gracie

Yes I agree, you need to make sure that you read the directions carefully cause I use Easystraight and nothing has ever worked better for my hair and my best friend also used it and it wasnt working for her hair so I told her to let me do it and it worked! You just have to make sure to use this product right and the outcome is well worth it!



 
Originally Posted by gracie Yes I agree, you need to make sure that you read the directions carefully cause I use Easystraight and nothing has ever worked better for my hair and my best friend also used it and it wasnt working for her hair so I told her to let me do it and it worked! You just have to make sure to use this product right and the outcome is well worth it! Just curious, your friend used easystraight and it didn't work for her, so you did it for her and it worked? I am just having a hard time believing that someone actually put this product on their hair more than once in a short period of time without doing damage. I used easystraight, followed the directions carefully, I used the product right, and the outcome was a disaster, unfortunetly the same has happened to a lot of other women too. I guess maybe you and your friend are just lucky.
 
What is it going to take to make people understand we did use the product correctly..........hello??? ........... sorry...I'll say no more.........

 
Originally Posted by Rouge047 What is it going to take to make people understand we did use the product correctly..........hello??? ........... sorry...I'll say no more.........
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Hi Rouge047, sometimes it takes repetition, redundancy, persistence, patience and a good bowl of popcorn and a movie until people get it. If a cat can learn to go in the cat box, then people can learn to not automatically blame the victim.

Sincerely and With Sympathy,

Cali



 
Welcome to MakeupTalk! Wow, that is a nice story about the LOCKS OF LOVE. When you have some write the story up in our General Chit Chat forum telling us all the details. We are interested in your compassion!
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Originally Posted by 121464qt

Hi, all
I am new to this site.

I too am an EasyStraight fiasco. I have been sporting a bald spot the size of a small orange just above my left temple. My hair that hung past the middle of my back is now about 2 inches long all over my head. I have had 4 haircuts since July 1, one given by Haime Munoz himself.

I had grown my hair really long to donate to "locks of love" to honor my three girlfriends who have been diagnosed with breast cancer this year...that's another story...

I will post more later. I have worked all night and I am off to bed.

tm





 
Hi 121464qt,

Welcome to MUT!! I'm sorry to hear that you too have had a bad experience with EasyStraight. As you read the boards you will see that you are not alone. I hope we can serve as a support system for you.

Curious, did Haime cut your hair after you used ES?

It's wonderful how you donated your hair to locks of love, your friends are very lucky to have you!!

Originally Posted by 121464qt Hi, all
I am new to this site.

I too am an EasyStraight fiasco. I have been sporting a bald spot the size of a small orange just above my left temple. My hair that hung past the middle of my back is now about 2 inches long all over my head. I have had 4 haircuts since July 1, one given by Haime Munoz himself.

I had grown my hair really long to donate to "locks of love" to honor my three girlfriends who have been diagnosed with breast cancer this year...that's another story...

I will post more later. I have worked all night and I am off to bed.

tm

 
hello! welcome to MuT!
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im sorry to hear about your experience with easy straight.
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i think its wonderful that you donated your hair to locks of love. im working on growing mine out to donate.

 
Originally Posted by 121464qt Hi, all
I am new to this site.

I too am an EasyStraight fiasco. I have been sporting a bald spot the size of a small orange just above my left temple. My hair that hung past the middle of my back is now about 2 inches long all over my head. I have had 4 haircuts since July 1, one given by Haime Munoz himself.

I had grown my hair really long to donate to "locks of love" to honor my three girlfriends who have been diagnosed with breast cancer this year...that's another story...

I will post more later. I have worked all night and I am off to bed.

tm

Hiya, i just wanted to pop in and welcome you to MuT! I'm laura from Ireland as you probably already guessed from my avatar & username!!! I'm one of the hair care board moderator's, along with smartstyle (but she's the pro!!).. I look forward to chatting with you
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Originally Posted by 121464qt Hi all,
Thanks for your warm welcome....

The unfortunate thing about the loss of my hair is that once ES damaged my hair it was not usable by Locks of Love. The damage was too significant. My goal had been to grow it long enough for 2 donations. I was very close. After the ES fiasco, my hairdresser cut about 16 inches of hair.

Yes, Haime did cut my hair. He was very apologetic. He said I had not followed the instructions and mis-diagnosed my hair and that is the error that most of us make. Easy for him to say....he is not bald.

Hugs to all,

tm

Hi Tm,When I read your post, my heart hurt a bit. Sometimes life can be so disappointing and I relate, very well, to your wanting to help someone and not being able to for reasons that are beyond your control.

Anyway, I believe that Haime Munoz is sincere in his defense, but it's not good enough because the fact remains: When one is clear in one's directions, disaster is a result that is few and far between. He needs to take, AT LEAST, partial responsibility in his labeling. Plainly put, he is liable.

I am so sad to hear about your dissappointment in not being able to give to locks of love. I am SURE that there is something else you can do for cancer victims and others.

Most Sincerely,

Californian

 
Mis-diagnosed??? That is ridiculous! There should be something on the box, then, cautioning that only certain hair-types should use this. Or, have it be "prescription-only." Ha ha!!! Seriously - there are many people out there who apparently just want to straighten their hair, and they may unwittingly buy ES, thinking it's for everyone, since it's OTC. However, because they "misdiagnose" their hair will end up damaged. Haime needs to think, think, think, before he speaks!

Originally Posted by 121464qt Yes, Haime did cut my hair. He was very apologetic. He said I had not followed the instructions and mis-diagnosed my hair and that is the error that most of us make. Easy for him to say....he is not bald. Hugs to all, tm
 
Welcome 121464qt! I am so sorry to know that you lost your hair to this product and also to learn that you have such unfortunate circumstances in your personal life. My closest friend has Lupus which really keeps us on our toes. She's 43 and has gone through more than I could ever imagine handling in my lifetime. What I really admire about her is her strength and ability to really laugh in spite of it all. I call her my Blues Mobile (from the Blues Brothers, when their car completely fell apart at the end of the movie).

Do you still have that bald spot, or did it grow in? I hope the product didn't damage your scalp!

Take care and talk to you soon!

Skyfish

Originally Posted by 121464qt Hi, all
I am new to this site.

I too am an EasyStraight fiasco. I have been sporting a bald spot the size of a small orange just above my left temple. My hair that hung past the middle of my back is now about 2 inches long all over my head. I have had 4 haircuts since July 1, one given by Haime Munoz himself.

I had grown my hair really long to donate to "locks of love" to honor my three girlfriends who have been diagnosed with breast cancer this year...that's another story...

I will post more later. I have worked all night and I am off to bed.

tm

 
Sorry I haven't answered this sooner, I've been really busy, we just closed on a house. Anyways, the law firm makes you sign a paper that states they WILL charge you for miscellaneous fees and it will come out of whatever settlement you receive.
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Originally Posted by rowantree Sorry I haven't answered this sooner, I've been really busy, we just closed on a house. Anyways, the law firm makes you sign a paper that states they WILL charge you for miscellaneous fees and it will come out of whatever settlement you receive.
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Hey Rowantree, What is their estimated settlement allocation per plaintiff? They have to have some kind of figure/idea on that.

Thanks for the info btw...

Cali

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Hi, They don't have a standard allocation. They had told me it would be based on how many women participated in the claim. I know they do want 33 1/2 percent of whatever you do receive, PLUS the cost of phone calls, copying, etc. I can't remember now, but I believe the law clerk told me that the standard amount for NYC is $50. It'd be nice if they could get that suit filed & the website up, wouldn't it? I realize they're busy with other cases but I'm a Taurus, not known for being very patient! ROFL!

 
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Originally Posted by sweetheart_d

thank god i came here before i "easy" straightened.
i'm an artsy and careful girl and really thought i could pull off the application of this product. i was a little concerned that there was a sticker in the box that said "throw cap away" along with another green piece of paper with some other cautionary words. my boyfriend cautioned me against using it and my god, for once he was right!

instead i used some hot oil and frizz ease conditioner, put my hair in rollers and straightened with an iron. silky and beautiful. i'll stick with my manual beautification methods.

thank you thank you thank you

now...how do i get my money back?????
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Welcome sweetheart_d! So glad your hair isn't a distaster area! We're glad you found us at MUT! Hope to see you around the boards!
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Originally Posted by sweetheart_d thank god i came here before i "easy" straightened.
i'm an artsy and careful girl and really thought i could pull off the application of this product. i was a little concerned that there was a sticker in the box that said "throw cap away" along with another green piece of paper with some other cautionary words. my boyfriend cautioned me against using it and my god, for once he was right!

instead i used some hot oil and frizz ease conditioner, put my hair in rollers and straightened with an iron. silky and beautiful. i'll stick with my manual beautification methods.

thank you thank you thank you

now...how do i get my money back?????
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Originally Posted by Geve34 Hi all,
Have not been here in a while. I lost it and cut my hair off really short (about three inches all over) from what was way past my shoulders. Hubby wigged out
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but it is slowly growing back in. My bald spot has stopped hurting and the hair is starting to grow back in, right now it is about 1/4 inch long. I really hope this lawsuit pays more than $50. I am out way more than that much like the rest of us here. Have a nice day!
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Eve

Edited: some days I really can spell...

Hi Geve, glad you are doing better. I ended up getting my hair cut off too, just to above my shoulders, sure wasn't easy to do but the damage from easystraight was getting to be too much to deal with, all the $$ I was spending on conditioners and treatments was just getting to be ridiculous, sometimes a product would help make it easier to deal with but it was too time consuming using all that stuff. It's growing back, I still have a bit of damage and hair that broke off at my scalp wants to stick straight up but at least it is easier to handle now. I know it's going to probably be at the very least 3 years before it looks like it did before easystraight so I just have to hang in there.
 
Hey Everyone,

Haven't been on in awhile... but I've missed you all!
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Just wondering how everyone's hair is coming along? It's been about 3 months (give or take) since my ES disaster - I really haven't cut off much of the length... maybe about 3 inches or so... it's about 'bra strap' length now... I've just been keeping up with little trims on the tips to keep the split ends away, which seems to keep the length about the same, just a little healthier looking. I'm just curious as to how they can say that ES only "lasts 3 months" - you are changing the chemical & physical composition of the ENTIRE length of your hair! It doesn't just magically change after a certain amount of time... or just fade away! It's been 3 months for me, and the ends of my hair are still stick straight, still have that crimpy frizz look if I let it dry on its own, and still is pretty much now what it was then. It looks shiny and healthier now (with blowdrying it with a round ceramic brush- so much for not having to blowdry your hair straight after using ES! lol) But the only part of my "Pre-ES" hair that I see is about from the root to about 4 inches down. Guess that's the new growth since I've used it. So pretty much I get waves just above my temples in the humidity, and everything from there down is still ES mess. I actually tried to scrunch-curl it the other day like I used to be able to ... just for laughs... lol the top 4 in. pretty much looked like the old me... but from there down... UGH!! It looked like a rats nest! lol looked like pin straight hair thats been in 100% humidity, slept on and coated with 10 lbs. of gel... so gross! So i guess that answered my question as to whether I'd be back to my normal self in the 3 months that ES said it would take. I miss my old hair so much now that I've been forced to dry it straight everyday for the last 3 months... I can't even leave it wet and just tie it back... b/c when it dries, the ends are frizz sticks, and looks horrible. The only way to get it smooth and shiny is with the brush & dryer (and john frieda's 5 minute manager & wind down cream) I miss just curling it in the days I only have 10 min. to get ready! lol Maybe by next summer I'll have that option again!?!? lol Oh well, I've rambled enough for one night... just wondering how your updates are coming along
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I've uploaded a pic of my hair before ES (with the wavy/curls I'll probably never see again!
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) and a pic that was taken on labor day at the wax museum in NYC - (Blow dried of course!) I'm new at posting pics, but if they come up you'll notice that I had to re-dye it dark to match my roots and cover the reddish mess that ES left me with!

I hope some of you will post pics of how your do's are coming along, especially if anyone is getting back to their normal hair and can give me some hope! lol

Take Care all!
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ps... that expression on my face in the recent pic is me debating whether or not to rip off Elvis' hair & glue onto my own head! lol
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