Streamer Valkyrae faces backlash for new gamer skincare range
UPDATE 22/10/21: Valkyrae has now responded on her Twitter with a voice note after a “very very long two days”.
“I’ve been waiting to speak and to stream until after I see how the RFLCT website has been updated,” she said. “I also wanted to say that all of the hate and the doubt and concerns and the criticism are all warranted and valid. I understand completely where you’re all coming from.
“I also was very upset and confused when I saw the website and there were no links to the studies or credits to the labs or the people that worked behind the scenes to make RFLCT happen. It’s very confusing, lacking a lot of information, but they’re updating it now. And after it’s updated I will stream and I will answer everything and I will talk about my experience and all of it.”
ORIGINAL STORY 20/10/21: Streamer Valkyrae is facing a backlash after launching a gamer skincare range that’s been called a scam.
The popular streamer’s RFLCT skincare range launched on the 19th October and is designed to protect users from “blue light pollution”, emitted from digital screens.
However, she’s been criticised for helping to develop such a product when some research around blue light pollution has proven it has a negligible effect on skin.
RFLCT by Valkyrae Watch on YouTube
Dr. Ludger Kolbe, Chief Scientist Photobiology at The Beiersdorf research team, ran a study which concluded that “the amount of artificial blue light emitted during conventional use of electronic devices is nowhere near enough to trigger harmful skin effects” and that “compared to the emissions of the sun’s natural blue light, those of artificial blue light are virtually undetectable.”
