@SahmIam wrote:
@Jacie My neighbor used THe Honest Company sunscreen on her daughter and Holy Moly... had to take her to the doc because of the welts. The child was screaming.....
They took pictures and included the report from the pediatrician and sent it to the CS department of the company. When Jessica Alba said people were lieing about it and it was fine, my friend got P1SSED! Took everything she owned by The Honest Company, boxed it up and sent it back with a scathing letter and said she would never use the products again. She then contacted all the moms in her mommy groups, co-workers with kids and told them what she did and many did the same thing!
When it was found that the product was NOT as "honest " as Alba claimed and people WERE getting burned an ingredient (as well as the spf protection was NOT what she claimed), the product was pulled. I have no idea if it was revamped as I won't support the company. So to those who stated otherwise, YES a company CAN be made to pull a product when a few have a horrible reaction; especially if they claim it's so mild it can be used on young children.
I reacted to the menthol in WEN and lost my hair (50% of it) and NEVER heard from WEN despite sending documentation and photos certified mail. Still ticks me off when I think about it.
The Honest Sunscreen was never pulled from where I lived. It still is on the shelves of my Costco and has ever since I heard about the issues with it. Can you provide me the link to a legitimate source where it states it was ever actually pulled? I had been following that story and watching it at my Costco and never saw it disappear and I did ask my friend that works there and she said they never received any notice to pull it. I had some of the sunscreen before the big stink came out about it and I compared the ingredients to the ones still in the store and they are the exact same. I do not think it was ever pulled although I did bring mine back because I am not fooling around with the possibility of sun damage and skin cancer and if there is even a remote possibility my skin may not truly be protected, I won't risk it.
See, easy peasy- I simply just don't use it.
ETA: I just found this article on Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2015/08/03/the-failure-of-jessica-albas-honest-company-sunscr...
It is interesting, if you read it does NOT say it was pulled by the FDA and the company still insists it is safe and that it is USER ERROR as to why people are still getting burned. They did tweak the formula a little but ONLY because some people complained of a white cast and the smell of the product. So you are right, there are complaints but NO the FDA nor any other entitity forced them to pull the product and, in fact, found it was safe. Like the one statement from the company said, and which applies to WEN as well:
"The Honest Company is committed to providing safe and effective products, and we take all consumer feedback very seriously.
Our Sunscreen Lotion was tested, by an independent 3rd party, against the protocols prescribed by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) monograph for over-the-counter sunscreen products. The results showed that our product is effective and safe for use as an 80 minute water-resistant (FDA’s highest rating), SPF 30 sunscreen lotion in accordance with FDA regulations when used as directed (Shake Well. Apply liberally and evenly 15 minutes before sun exposure. Reapply after 80 minutes of swimming or sweating, immediately after towel drying and at least every 2 hours).
The number of complaints received on our own website about our Sunscreen Lotion constitute less than one half of one percent of all units actually sold at honest.com."
Another post from the company as well:
https://blog.honest.com/a-message-from-the-founders/#
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