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L’Oreal Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Class Action Lawsuit
By Sarah Pierce
If you’re using Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Anti-Frizz Serum, you may want to put down the curling iron and step away slowly. A federal class action lawsuit claims L’Oreal failed to warn consumers that the two main ingredients in its “leave-in” hair-styling product “are flammable upon contact with most temperatures reached by most hair styling appliances,” and can put consumers at risk of injury from burns to the face, head and neck.
The L’Oreal class action lawsuit claims that Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Anti-Frizz Serum — which is marketed to be used immediately before styling hair using a blow-dryer, curling iron, straightening iron or other styling appliance — is actually flammable when it comes into contact with the very heated styling appliances it’s advertised to be used with.
The Serum’s two main ingredients, cyclopentasiloxane and dimethiconol, “are known to be flammable substances that should be kept away from heat sources and sources of ignition,” the Garnier Fructis serum class action lawsuit says. These ingredients are each reported to have a flashpoint of only 171 degrees Fahrenheit, which means the vapor in either of these ingredients can be made to ignite and maintain a burn at this temperature. “The normal and ordinary sustained heating range for commonly used styling appliances is approximately 200 to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.”
The Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Anti-Frizz Serum class action lawsuit says L’Oreal failed to warn consumers about the risk, saying:
“L’Oreal placed a misleadingly limited, and inaccurate, warning [on the product packaging] that implied its product was safe to use with styling appliances, stating, ‘AVOID FIRE, FLAME, SMOKING AND HEAT [EXCEPT FOR STYLING APPLIANCES] DURING APPLICATION AND UNTIL HAIR IS COMPLETELY DRY’ (emphasis added). On other Serum product packaging, L’Oreal provided no warning of any kind.”
The Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Anti-Frizz Serum class action lawsuit is brought on behalf of three separate classes of purchasers, including anyone in the United States, California or New York who purchased Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Anti-Frizz Serum in the U.S. during the period of February 4, 2007 through the present.
The L’Oreal class action is seeking class certification; actual, statutory and treble damages; an order requiring L’Oreal to issue a recall of the product and provide an accurate warning label; and attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses.
A copy of the L’Oreal Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Anti-Frizz Serum Class Action Lawsuit can be read here.
The case is Catherine Altamura, et al. v. L’Oreal, USA, Inc. and L’Oreal USA Products, Inc., Case No. 11-cv-05465 6W(CWX), United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Updated July 4th, 2011
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39 thoughts onL’Oreal Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Class Action Lawsuit
I’ve been using Garner Whole Blends Shampoo and Conditioners and been having a lot of hair loss. About 1 yr now and Garner Whole Blends Smoothing oils for frizzy hair.
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I used this for 6 months before and hair lost the shinyness . Made me wonder why it was happeniness now i came across this .
My mom used the sleek in shine, but I used the shampoo and leave in mask treatment and we’ve been losing hair in clumps for months. We thought it was the lack of food we eat or her meds but it wouldn’t explain my hair. The second I put the shampoo in my hair, my hair will start to just fall out, an I’ll have a million litter strands of hair make up this giant clump in a matter of seconds. I’m pissed I wasted my money on what I thought was a good product. I still have half used bottles of all the items
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I started loosing my hair a few more the ago also. I thought it was from meds that I was taking but my docs say none of them would do this kind of damage and no I don’t have lopus either. My hair is cimming out in unbelievable amounts!!! And that was before it was washed then I would get golf ball sized hair balls out in the shower!! When I went searching on the web I found this site and realized what was happening. Wen didn’t even do this to my hair!! And to make things even worse when I put a review out on fructis’s web site they didn’t leave it up!!!
I started using Garner Whole Blends approximately four months ago.
I have been noticing hair loss approximately three months ago, but ignored it. Then this past month I have had a large amount of hair loss. I was ready to make an appointment with my doctor, when I realized it may have been a new product I may have used. I did – the Garner Whole Blends. I immediately quit using this product.
I have an extreme amount of hair loss especially next to my hairline and on each side.
I am now concerned since I have quit using the Garnier product, that my hair will not grow back, as I use to have long thick blonde hair. Please help.
DO NOT USE GARNIER FRUCTIS PRODUCTS!!! I Just got this stuff and I have a chemical burn on my ear, and a golf ball sized bald spot behind my ear!!! I did some research and this is COMMON!!! WTF??! Seriously, a BLISTER on my ear!I used the Curl Sculpt conditioning gel…But others have the same thing from shampoos etc. PASS IT ON!!!! Can I sue them??? This HURTS!
My daughter ended up with bald spots on her head because of this product. The remedy is for her to either use a steroid cream to promote the growth of her hair or get a series of painful needles in her head to inject the steroid. No guarantee that the hair will ever grow back. She is only 36 and had beautiful long, thick, hair. These companies need to be stopped from hurting people like this!!!!!!!!
As an amendment…….we live in Canada and my daughter only used this product 2x…..the first time she noticed a bald spot, she stopped using the product….when her hair started to slowly grow back in, she thought perhaps it wasn’t the product, but an allergic reaction to something else and began to use the product again. This is when the 2nd bald spot appeared. She has not used this product since and vows never to use it again!!
I use it and havent had a problem not one.Its in my bathroom right now, and it works great.No problems whatsoever..I blow dryed hot using it no problems ..
I get compliments on my hair and loss no hair using this product..