Actress Kate Hudson is being sued by a cosmetics company called 220 Labs for stealing their "secret recipe" for a new shampoo line. Apparently Hudson and her people had an oral contract with the company to produce the new shampoo with a special secret ingredient. Once they found out what the ingredient was, they took off to another manufacturer and started production. Now Hudson and her "hair guru" David Babaii are being sued by 220 Labs for a whole list of things including fraud, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breach of contract.
The secret ingredient? Volcanic ash from the Vanuatu Islands in the South Pacific. That's right, ash. As in what's left behind when you burn things. Someone thought that'd be a great thing to put in your hair, so much so that they're suing for it. What possible benefit could this have? This is right up there with snake venom, bird poop, and bull semen as miracle ingredients in beauty products. If you ask me, it seems like every few years cosmetic companies come out with some new miracle product with an amazing new ingredient so they can charge an obscene amount for it.
If there really is some true benefit to adding volcanic ash to shampoo, I'd love to hear it.
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