Streamer Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofsetter (29) is the biggest gaming streamer in the world. She is now promoting a product that she has allegedly worked on for 2 years: The skincare line “RFLCT” is supposed to protect against blue light emitted by monitors or smartphones. She is facing a lot of criticism for the products. Twitch streamer Hasan Abi says it’s just soap.
This is Valkyrae:
- Until January 2020, Valkyrae was a Twitch streamer who made a name for herself with Fortnite while maintaining an Instagram account and being active on YouTube.
- In January 2020, she switched to YouTube Gaming. There, she became the biggest gaming streamer in the world: Especially with Among Us, she achieved great success.
- Valkyrae is now also a co-owner of the esports team 100 Thieves and has several irons in the fire, including a range of skincare products.
This is how the streamer promotes her product: The streamer claims to have worked for two years with a team on RFLCT: The product line is designed to protect users from the harmful effects of “blue light” (HEV light) emitted by screens.
The product page cites a study stating that there is “increasing evidence” supporting the thesis that blue light contributes to skin aging.
In an interview that accompanied the product launch, it states: Especially someone like Valkyrae, who spends so much time in front of a monitor, must be careful to avoid the “ugly side effects” associated with blue light. It is said to cause “DNA damage” and “tissue and cellular damage”. Blue light has a negative effect on the eyes and contributes to skin aging.
Valkyrae says the idea for the product came to her after she suffered from acne and felt constantly unwell due to streaming so much. Therefore, she decided to focus on her health and skin health. The cream now fits into a lifestyle that mainly takes place in front of a monitor.
“This is just damn soap”
Dhis is the criticism of the product: Essentially, the criticism is: It is not scientifically proven that blue light really has a negative effect on the skin.
A user on Twitter says, for example, that the whole company aims to explain to the average customer that the product is based on actual science. This is not the case. There is a lack of studies proving that blue light really has significant negative effects on the skin (via twitter).
The Twitch streamer Hasan Abi says:
“I don’t believe that damn blue light destroys the skin as the RFLCT product claims: It’s just damn soap.”
Hasan Abi
This is how Valkyrae responds: Valkyrae tweeted that she was told to wait until tomorrow before commenting. She is also confused.
The tweet was later deleted.
As the site Dexerto reports, changes have already been made to the RFLCT website. Now it is stated that there is evidence that blue light negatively affects the skin. In earlier versions of the site, this had been presented as a clear fact.
Valkyrae is aware of the downsides of being a streamer – one can probably fear that in the coming days some new experiences will emerge:
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