How do you change someone’s mind about a bad beauty product?

Anonymous asks…My partner both uses and (attempts to) distribute Nu Skin/Pharmanex/Epoch/LifePak products. I don’t know how he started but he says it was related to his contact dermatitis on his hands and needing better moisturizer. The products are 5x the price of high street products, and they make a lot of outlandish claims. I think he’s effectively wasting his money in a huge way and also possibly harming himself. He buys -every- product of theirs, not just ones for hand moisturizing as he originally started with.  How can I convince him he’s not using miracle products like he thinks he is and that they are not worth 5x the price of other products?  The Beauty Brains respond: Perry and I have discussed your problem and it’s not an easy one to solve. If your partner is as set in his ways as you make it sound then there’s probably little you can do to change his opinion. But there is one little test you can do to assess his open mindedness and to establish a possible plan of action. Just ask him the following question: “What would it take to convince you to change your mind about these products?” His answer will probably fall into one of four categories and then you can respond accordingly. (I’m paraphrasing his potential responses, of course.) Answer 1: “Nothing will ever change my mind.” Your action: Now you know that you’re just wasting your breath. If he’s that closed minded then it’s highly unlikely that anything you s...
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