THRIVE BY LE-VEL DEEP DIVE | The truth about Thrive, watch this before joining! ANTI-MLM
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- In today's Anti-MLM video, it's time to break down the details about Thrive/Le-Vel! We're going to be going over what the company is, how to join, what they sell, their pricing, their compensation plan, and their income disclosure statement. Lots of super problematic and concerning things about this company... so buckle up!
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So I randomly came upon this video at the best time. I signed up as a promoter last month. About a week ago I asked the person who signed me up Sponsor how much they make. They didn't respond. So I followed up with them a few days later and that person got really nasty with me. I said this must be a pyramid scheme. That person said no that would be illegal. Anyway, to make a long story short the person blocked me from her social media and team page. Wow! So thankful for this video because it confirms that Thrive is ridiculous and it just wasn't me. Thanks so much!
When I was with Herbalife I remember getting into a “disagreement” with a man high up in my upline. He said i needed to drink more shakes and eat less food. I said “you can’t live off the shakes alone.” He said, “why not... if I was stranded on an island & only had my shakes I promise I’d survive & so will you.“ I heard the same statement at almost every convention from many people. These wellness companies are seriously dangerous to people with EDs & everyone.
I remember buying and taking Herbalife about thirty years ago trying to lose weight after having my daughter. I literally didn't know what an mlm was. I just remember it gave me a headache. I was eighteen years old.
There was a horror story on another channel about a girl who's aunt got her started on the shakes in high-school. She almost died ended up in rehab with anorexia and had to be trained to learn to eat solid food again. Terrifying. And her own aunt never stopped encouraging her to drink the shakes even as she was in the hospital
@@ginnygin7141 omg. Awful
I took Herbalife at 31 and it dried up my salivary glands. Thank God it was temporary, "only" lasting a few miserable months. I took the bottle to my doctor saying "but it's all natural". His response? "So is arsenic".
Wow I’ve been using and distributing Herbalife since 2015 and I have never met anyone in the company say to only consume shakes and no food or less food! Wow I’m so thankful my team and uplines have never been so toxic. I’m sorry you had to experience that !
I’m so embarrassed to admit that I was a promoter for this company. I was a brand new mom and wanted to lose weight. Another promoter reached out consistently and I fell for it. I also had no idea what an MLM was. They would text me every single day, multiple times a day. They would get upset if I didn’t sell. I decided this was too much so I left without notice. It’s a TOXIC business!
Don’t beat yourself up about this. It seems that lots of women, young mothers especially, fall into this trap. Pat yourself on the back for seeing through this trap. You are the empowered woman❤.
Omg 😱 really? Sorry
Are thrive bars good,??
Don't be embarrassed. I join Mary Kay years ago, and I was only in it for a few months. But *from the beginning* they push me to recruit and host a bunch of parties each week. The brainwashed started immediately, and I thought I was just failing at trying to do a good thing. It's insidious, and the people who join are often victims, too.
So sorry you went through all that. Similarly, I was on the customer end and the salespeople kept pestering me about buying and using it always wanting progress from me when I really just wanted to be left alone to live my life like a normal person. It’s ridiculous.
It’s insane just how pushy these mlm folks can be, both on other salespeople and on their customers.
My ex coworker used to be in Thrive and got weight loss surgery and then claimed that Thrive made her lose all the weight. She lost 100lbs. I wanted to call her out on her posts, but I didn’t want to cause issues. It’s sickening that people will blatantly lie like that. I always knew these weight loss products are bs but to know for sure how these companies operate and the Huns, it’s quite eye opening.
A friend who was into beach body tried something like that with me. I had just lost like 60 pounds on keto and she wanted me to try beach body. She said I was already in a good start. I am sure she would have used my pre keto photos if I would have joined.
Should have called the b*tch out. Snakes in the grass… 🐍
Even if you had called her out, especially on her own posts, she would've deleted your comment and blocked you, which shows how greedy they are. They don't care about tricking people, they just want money.
My friend did the same. Had weight loss surgery and then was on thrive and insinuating that’s how she lost 100 lbs. she then stopped and is now on plexus and selling for them and claiming plexus is helping her lose the weight. Ugh!! She tried to get me to try both of them and I said no. I don’t do MLMs
THREE DAYS BEFORE COVID-19 BREAKING OUT IN THE COUNTRY WHERE I LIVE, I STARTED EATING CORRECTLY AND SENSIBLY FOR 11 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS PLUS EVERY, EVERY SINGLE DAY, I WOULD DO AN EXERCISE REGIMEN AND I DROPPED 35 LBS. I WAS "THRIVING" WITHOUT THRIVE.😁🤗
@Rachael Nelson, if you could rephrase your sentence, and use punctuation, you may get your point across. Right now, it looks like you simply typed out random words.
How does your plan work during non-covid normal living?
Good for you!!! 💖💖💖💖
Good for you but all the caps dude. I hope you're still health and can make comments without caps lock on 🙏
@@Anna-Rose- it’s not that hard to read tho Lmfao come on now
Thank you for sharing this video! I was a customer, then a promoter, then I quit. Everything was great until I tried a new product, and all the positive changes in my life immediately turned upside down. I had severe mental health issues directly linked to this particular product, and NO ONE was talking about it. I couldn't get answers from my upline or the company. I had a few friends who had similar issues from this product but we didn't talk much about it due to the severe depression we were all suddenly facing. I fought to get answers until I was too mentally exhausted to care anymore. My Thrive "friends" were dropping off rapidly, as I was no longer actively promoting or participating. I lost most of my pre-Thrive friends because they were simply tired of that being all I talked about, followed by the depression during which I wasn't active in any of my relationships. The toxic positivity is real! It's been a few years now, and I'm clawing my way back to me.
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience!
Omg I can’t believe this!! 😭 who was your up line?
Omg scary! Are you saying that once you stopped taking the thrive product you suffered depression? I'm asking because i had no energy, I'm not over weight and it made me feel great. Im on my 5th day and I'm worried after reading your comment. Tia.
@@nicolercard6349 check out the Chris watts family murder .I believe that the effects of thrive contributed to it.
Was it In capsule form, in the blue & white container? (Not sure if I can say it’s name here.).
That EXACT thing happened to me.
Congratulations on your education degree, Hannah! It's no surprise that you're an educator, because you're so articulate. 😁❤️ ( Student teaching is a lot of hard work and such a learning experience, as I remember doing that, too.)
Yeah a great education and she can’t do math!!! Not to mention claiming a product is a scam and hasn’t even tried the product. Can you do the math of $16 times 30 cause obviously this so called educator can’t!
I love your videos! I got into Mary Kay and got screwed over hard $5,000 to be exact. I'm with you on the Anti-MlM I wish you would do a video over Mary kay or It- Works!
Thanks Stephany! They’re on my list! ❤️
Mary kay got me too. Smh!
Yep MK got me too 😒 y’all are not alone lol
Same. I was 18 and got talked into 5,000 of Mary Kay inventory. I couldn’t even give it all away. Nothing like being an 18 year old preyed on by some Twit who wants to keep her pink Cadillac. Had to drop out of college to pay off that debt.
@@HannahAlonzo t
Just subscribed to this channel due to her hard work , research , stating facts and honesty. Plus she doesn’t ramble on and on. Sounds like they are selling a LOGO not a product. What’s disturbing to me is the idolization, bragging, and almost treat the company like a god they worship. Most people don’t brag on social media or what all they did that day( which isn’t being superhero because you answer a few calls, wash dishes, and take kids to school) it’s shoved in your face in every post.
I actually use this product and I'm just a consumer and it actually works it feels great I have never felt better just so you know
I’m a graphic designer and the home office of a large supplement MLM is in my city (not Thrive). They DO sell their packaging, slogans and logos to make customers feel soooo cool and above it all. My biz partner and I told them to move on.
Mlm's are cult-like
what company?
I doubt I will ever hear about Thrive without thinking of Shanann Watts. I am not saying there is correlation, but can anyone dissociate the two thoughts/
Right!! The documentary on Netflix is just incredible too
Yeah No one will be able thrive without thinking about S.W. wow a friend of mine Is on me about this stuff. I'm like sister chill.out! I'll.try.it later. She needs People so she can get products. And she wanted me to pay for a trial. I'm like sister. When I'm ready. 2 weeks later a sample kit on my porch. Then She also Tried to drop off 2 full kits. When I decide to try... No worries. I'm like Why the pressure!?!
@@jadeb2852 I hope she doesn't make you pay for it.
All those videos of her and the family were mostly because of here MLM involvement.
same here
You’re a PRO in this! Numbers, marketing, explaining! EVERYTHING!!! I feel so dumb I’m older and a mom lmao because you’re so extremely smart. Love it! Coming from a business family background I thought I knew something but since we don’t do mlm lmao I don’t understand how this work. I remember about recruiting once my aunt joined when I was younger and of course she got nothing out of it.
Do you think the effects of thrive could have effected Chris Watts? Such a tragedy.
@@PrplAngl I believe thrive was the main reason they were headed for foreclosure on their home, the reason he hated his wife, because of how much can she spent on the company and their bills went unpaid - I think had she never chose an MLM company, I believe he wouldn’t have killed his whole family. I know my comment is harsh, but it’s my honest opinion
Please don't think you are dumb because you don't speak math well. I don't either. I am howoone if millions of the amazing multitasking homemaking mother's. Only one of the most important jobs. Good father's being the other. For years I felt less than for never being capable of other than basic math. Though I am very good at many very practical things many are not. *Hugs*
Seriously just stop !!
He’s a sociopath -- he BRUTALLY ki^led his wife and KIDS for another woman not because she joined an MLM ! That’s victim blaming & the most ignorant thing I’ve ever read ! Educate yourself.
My mother in law did thrive, among almost every other mlm. She swore by it, especially those stupid patches. Swore she was loosing weight and had so much energy. She kept gifting me the shakes and patches. The shakes weren’t bad, but neither one of these products gave me energy or helped me drop weight. Meanwhile the maybe 5lbs she lost, after shelling out tons of money on these products for months, was because she started walking every day.
Well maybe the extra energy made her lose the weight 🙃 energy source of patches seems to be mainly coffee extract which I think is the worst form and why pay so much..
@Justice55339h you'd be better off grinding up caffeine pills yourself and putting that on your inner thigh with a large bandaid. 😂
RIP Sha'nann. She was drowning in $29K of product in her basement when they died.
Omg and from the comments on this video... So many have still been duped by this $cult.
She's the reason why I'm even on UA-cam searching thrive right now 😥 R.I.P Shanann and baby girls 😥
Omg THAT much??? I had no idea!
What do you mean? And how do you know?
@Rob Wilson I think it's really weird you went and commented on MANY videos a bunch of different violent things you've done. You do realize if someone clicks your name from a comment we can see all of your recent comments. Your comments keep changing too. 🤔 I'm anti MLM but I'm also anti-lying for clout and attention too.
What got me watching anti-MLM content was Shanann Watts. I knew about some of the OG MLMs such as Avon, Amway, and Mary Kay. At that time, I had not ever heard about Le-Vel, Monat, Beachbody, Arbonne, Young Living, etc.
Being a true crime junkie, I watch a lot videos with that content. In one of the videos, Shanann was selling some type of drink. The video host was talking about how fast and how far she advanced in her company, and how they sent her on all expenses paid trips, yada, yada, yada.
So I found anti-MLM content while researching Le-Vel.
Same
Me too
And Shannan didn’t make shit. They made it seem like she made a lot of money but they were about to go into foreclosure. Just Shows how fake these people are.
Same
And her being involved with this MLM was what drove her to bankruptcy. They want you to lie to your family and friends about these crap products so that everyone is throwing their money away. (I am a true crime junkie myself!)
One of my friends *just* signed up for this MLM, and I haven't heard a deep-dive on it from my other anti-MLMer commentary creators so I'm really happy you covered this.
That’s exactly why I wanted to make one, because it’s a company not often talked about! Thanks for watching! 🥰
Check out isabella lanter. She has several about thrive
How’s your friend doing?
Hey Hannah! I’ve been watching your videos for a couple of days and now for the first time I’ve scrolled down the comments.
On one hand, all of the MLM representatives getting all condescending and trying to disprove your data-based arguments with sell-pitches are an added entertainment value. It means you are doing a great job.
And you seem like a level-headed, confident person so it probably doesn’t bother you all that much - but I just want to say that that you give off very warm and soothing energy, so I want to send some positivity your way, too. :)
Keep up the good work and Happy Holidays!
I am so grateful for the education you are providing here, Hannah. It's pretty eye-opening, astonishing but saddening. Thank you for the knowledge to protect myself and my loved ones.
Love your passion on this topic and your time/effort to help get the truth out there!! I hadn’t heard of this MLM until now, so I’m glad to be informed in case I ever hear a friend or family member buying into their BS! “Vector” is one that preys hard on high school and college students here in Ohio. Back in highschool a friend of mine got roped into their schemes. She gave them my contact information as a personal reference, and every once in awhile they still bother me to this day, trying to get me to join via letter mail and phone calls!...mind you it’s been over 10 years since they got my contact info from her. It’s annoying, but their desperation is also kinda funny 😂 But wow, the claims and products by this Thrive company are so ridiculous...they should be absolutely ashamed of themselves for taking advantage of people! Ugh.
That’s a crazy story! They are definitely persistent because the “business” only works if they keep finding people to recruit… I appreciate you taking the time to watch! 🥰
I’m here because someone told me about these products that are supposed to make me lose weight and feel better and I wanted a real review about it. Thanks for breaking everything down and by the way, the price has gone up to $320 for the 8 week plan and $160 for the 4 week. We are in the middle of a recession and I don’t know about anyone else but I think that’s just too much to pay for products that you’re not sure will even work!
So what I want you to do is go to GNC find all 100 vitamins, minerals, amino acids, antioxidants and pre and pro biotic enzymes and I guarantee that there too if the line will cost at least $160. Not to mention your body will only absorb 30% of the stuff from GNC but whatever
Thanks, LeVel rep!
I don’t plan to buy it at Le-Vel, GNC or anywhere else so your snarky comment was waisted.
@@TheJennnq 🤣🤣
Thanks for proving that assumption makes a person a ASS @Thejennnq
Congrats for your degree. You are doing such an amazing job at exposing those frauds and I'm sure you have helped a lot of people
I’m soooooo grateful I ran across this video! Thank you for taking the time to share this!
I just sent in a story, and Hannah!!! Omg, I sent it before I watched this video. Everything you talked about was extremely eye opening. I tend to gloss over certain things so I didn't quite catch the descriptions you've stated the first time around, thank you so much for putting it in a better perspective. I'm glad I am no longer associated with thrive anymore, and I will retract what I said in my email that had anything positive about this company
Thank you for warning people vulnerable to these scams and all the misery these MLM companies bring to family life. They play on people's desperation
Personally I think they play on people’s greed.
They count on newbies seeing $$$ that high ranks make, but not sitting down to do the math as to what it would take to get there.
Yet another sad indictment of our failing educational system.
@@sharim They probably play on a lot of human nature, greed, desperation and vulnerability!
There are intradermal medications that are released throughout the day like fentanyl , nicotine, and scopolamine . I would be incredibly worried about putting a nutrition supplement on my skin because if they worked , what is in them ! Nutritional supplements are not regulated by the FDA because they are grouped with cosmetics and not medications . That is why there such many non regulated dietary supplements . I have heard of nutritional supplements with arsenic and lead in mlm products. Sorry edit ( it’s subdermal not intradermal ! )
Thrive always makes me think of that sad case of the woman and kids that was killed by her husband ...
She swore by this stuff...and
She was at the top of the mlm
I was really into the true crime part of the story. Totally didn't realize she was in a mlm.
She was no where near the top of the MLM, which these deep dives expose. She was heading to her 2nd bankruptcy due to her involvement in MLM'S. Thrive was her 8th I believe & that is underestimating.
@@rgb188stop making crap up
Definitely wasn't at the top. If she said that then she lied
I had someone push this on me (a friend of a friend) to purchase (she was a high up there rep and always pushed this on everyone). I own a meal prep business so I don't believe in these quick fix solutions to "losing weight". She had purchased some products from me and with her I just got the vibe of... I purchased from you, you now should purchase from me. So I ended up caving, mainly bc I wasn't as confident as I am now to say hell no and she was also saying she just needed me to purchase it to hit her quota. I just purchased the shakes and thankfully quickly cancelled to not get the auto renewal. But then she had the nerve to tell my friend that my products were over priced, I just couldn't help but laugh. Keep sipping the MLM Kool aid lady!
I used a motion sickness patch last year and experienced EXTREAM withdrawals after taking off the patch. When you wear patches that pump drugs (or supplements or whatever) constantly into your body, you're body craves that thing and you need to be weened off. I learned that the hard way. Thrive's patches seem scammy at best and super dangerous at worst.
That sounds HORRIBLE.
I’m glad you came through the withdrawal safely.
Just a statistics update: the mean is calculated by adding summing up a the numbers and diving by the number of data points summed. The median is described correctly but the conclusion is incorrect. It is the number right in the middle but it doesn’t tell you much without the another average calculation. The mode is what I prefer - that is the MOST common result (which is how you described the median). For example in this number set 1200, 100, 100, 50, 50, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 the mean is 168.89. The median is 50 and the mode is 5. While you might be able to say most people made zero if the median is zero (true!!) it’s not always accurate.
Found you through Chelsea. You're video is well researched and you are so well spoken. Great job girl!!!
Thank you for watching Kristy, I appreciate that so much! ❤️
I very distinctly remember my family buying and using thrive when I was in middle school and high school. My mother, grandma, and older sister were more into it than I was. No one ever sold products just used them. My mom would drink one of those shakes every morning. She tried to get me to drink them but I thought that they were disgusting and refused. She did however make me take the vitamins and wear the patch for a short period of time. I stopped taking the vitamins because I never really cared about taking them, and I stopped wearing the patch because it hurt to take off and people at school kept asking me if it was a nicotine patch and I didn’t want to get in trouble with my teachers. I didn’t know that thrive was about weight loss until now. But I don’t think my mother did either. Growing up her and my sister were and still are plus size and I was always average weight. Weight loss was never pushed on me or my sister. My mom always says that as long as your healthy your size doesn’t really matter. So when she had us all take thrive I don’t think it was to loose weight. From what I remember my mom was told that everything we were taking had “ vitamins and nutrients” in it. In high school I was in a weight lifting class and my sister played sports. Before thrive my mom had me take those “ hair, skin, and nails for growing teens” vitamins you cans find at Walmart. I really just think that my mom wanted to make sure that were both getting the vitamins that we needed, especially because we were active.
Well vitamins from typical pharmacies/stores like Walmart are usually very toxic terrible quality. MLM's often have higher quality health products like health food stores or better
I'm surprised the income disclosure statements of these companies get so little attention as they basically tell the whole story (well if they at least include the median)..
Keep up the good work.
I agree. So many huns go into an mlm, work "the business" for years and then only when they exit and run into an anti mlm video on UA-cam do they discover the income disclosure statement.
You don’t make shit I’ve been with him for three years and I have only made $1593 anybody really wants to know
If you need to know anything just ask me
@@user-AllieG12345with who?
I dont know how I got here 😂 but I’m SO glad I did…
I was literally watching Chris Watts/Shannan Watts murder documentary and then next minute I’m here learning about how horrible MLM companies are…thank you!
Maybe ,just maybe, the whole watts case was a scam to get people thriving ? Get thrive / levels name out there . I only say that because that case is so shady ALL OF IT ! Anyway this video isn’t about that . Beware of what you see on the internet . It could all be a as fake as levels claims ! Just saying :)
Have a nice day 🕊🤍🕊
@@ReallyReall wouldn’t that be awful
Yes alot of meds come in patches. It's called a transdermal dose. Meaning the skin absorbs the medicine.
That may be true, but do the ones that thrive makes work well or are clinically proven??? You can make a patch out of anything but to make medical claims is an entirely different ballgame.
I just went back on your channel to watch your videos. You've always been so detailed and researching hard facts. Wished I discovered you way sooner. I love your work, Hannah.
What confuses me is that they advertise it as an 8 week program, but the distributors continue to use it as a permanent "lifestyle". Maybe I missed the explanation somewhere. Also if you haven't already, check out the ingredients. It's basically a crap ton of stimulants, which explains the need for the sleep gel.
I don’t use the sleep gel never have and don’t need to … thrive alone helps me sleep wen it’s time for bed never kept me up or have that jittery feeling … 👌🏼👌🏼 love my products
Those with heart conditions definitely need to stay far far away. I knew of someone who is deep into the program, and has ended up in an ER with high blood pressure.. but keeps up the sacred regimen. Of course a person would feel good and lose weight, have energy,.. they are hopped up on herbal stimulants. Dangerous.
I think there are steroids in there if it is only recommended for 8 weeks.
@@user-AllieG12345 love thrive products. I just choose which ones work for me and live normally. The only thing Thrive replaces are the energy drinks I bought everyday
I was on a road trip to visit family recently. I listened to this and many other videos on this channel while driving. When I arrived to my sister’s apartment building, what was on her neighbor’s doorstep? A large box marked on every side as from Thrive. My sister hasn’t met that neighbor yet, but she now knows to expect some kind of MLM pitch when she does.
If you’re considering joining an MLM, I say have someone you really care about and trust read out loud to you all the information. I swear it’ll hit different then if you just read it yourself or hear it from your up line.
There’s something about your mom or husband or grandma reading it out loud, hearing and seeing their reactions to it as they go…. I’m telling ya it hits different
If my best friend says it’s a scam or suspicious, I will always trust her instinct. She is better at having more clarity than I do for these types of things
Honestly I don’t know which would be worse - if their products work or if they don’t. Topical stimulants that would make you lose weight are downright scary.
Thanks for this MUCH needed reality check. Keep up the great work!!!
I would never get involved in MLM and wouldnt spend my money on this product but I just wanted to say, as you seem incredulous that a patch can deliver through the skin, that transdermal absorption of drugs has been well documented for some time now and lots of medications are administered this way, including hormone therapy, where the hormone enters the bloodstream via the skin.
I appreciate your feedback! I’m not intending to be incredulous of the method, I take a huge issue with the claims that it is making that it will control weight.
The patches are actually little billboards that you walk around with on your body, thus becoming free advertisement for the company. As far as weight loss, only diet changes and exercise do that. And that's free.
Great point!
@@HannahAlonzo You also have to be careful what you put in your body, depending on your health statuses, such as Kidney and Liver disease...I wish you would list the ingredients, not only is it a financial burden but could also affect your health?
Thank you for this! My friend JUST started selling this stuff. I’ve heard of it but didn’t know what it really was about. I went on UA-cam for reviews and it’s exactly what I kind of guessed what it is, a. Scam! This is her 2nd day of trying to sell this and she’s working hard on me to buy, but now I definitely won’t!
Hi Hannah, I appreciate you and your content. You are very pleasant and nice to listen to. All the best.
Only half way through the video but wanted to say thank you for making this with such well rounded information. I have an acquaintance who started selling Thrive and I’ve always been against MLM, my mom would always do them off and on growing up and it took all her time and money. Not sure how to tell my friend that she’s being scammed and these products are not healthy.
Love this video!! I've been working on a deep dive on thrive for a few weeks now!
I didn't know that Le-Vel was supposed to be 8 weeks. I know people who have been using the shakes and patches for a few years. Someone gave me a 3 day sample, and it made me sick on the first day. I only accepted the free sample, never gave a card number. When I told the girl that I got sick, she unfriended me because she knew she wasn't going to sell me anything. She wasn't going to sell me anything anyway, but without the trip to urgent care, I know that she would have kept trying
*shock* OMG YOU DID THIS FOR MEEEEE!!! Uggghh yr the best.
Been binging your videos for 3 days now, this one is one that my coworker convinced me to try. I also know a few friends who also use it, and they all just LOVE it. I will look to see if you did an in-depth of all their products. I want to say I ended up trying some chocolate greens powder but that may have been another thing she talked me into trying 🤦♀️ anyway your videos helped me realize how susceptible she is to these MLM and to just say no from now on! ❤️
I was with It Works for about two years and I have to say. I loved the products! However I hated how it screwed my life over with relationships, and financially. I would buy these products to use every day, but I wouldn’t buy it for the selling price, or to contribute to fricking up peoples relationships, and finances.
How did it ruin relationships ? So interesting to hear how Hess companies actually ruin lives so sad. Makes me not want to buy them.
Surely you can find the same products in non-mlm companies
@@annacostello5181where???
Love these videos! I'd love to see any of Jessica Herrin's family of brands such as Stella & Dot, Keep Collective or Ever. I definitely think they posture as a good MLMs because they are jewelry and not making any health claims but they are all the same!
Thank you for your support!! I will look into those! ❤️
So I have nothing about the company, my SIL sells it, but I am unable to take most if not all of the products due to medical issues. But what I wanted to come on and say is that vitamin patches actually do work, for the most part and work well. They are absorbed by the skin and put directly into the blood stream, which is great when you need an energy boost, so you put on a B12 patch. But you have to be careful, because they are vitamins they aren't regulated and can cause issues. Before you take anything I always suggest that you read up on ingredients and see what interactions can happen with any meds you are on; or what side effects can occur. And that's just in general. Hope this helped in any way and stay safe with anything you are putting on or in your body. Oh, and thank you Hannah for making these videos. Maybe I'll get up my nerve to email you what I went through with an MLM.
I never joined THRIVE as a promoter but I did buy some of the products and honestly even tho it's an MLM I really liked it. It gave me so much energy and I even stopped drinking coffee when I was taking it! I can't afford it anymore but I did enjoy the products and shakes (I always used milk and frozen fruit).
(Edit to add) My friend who was a promoter used to give me her products when I couldn't afford it for free out of her own personal stuff. I'm not saying MLM's aren't wrong but I really did enjoy their products. The energy was unreal.
I only took the 3 step one and the only thing I hated were the patches. My skin won't keep any kind of stickers on including bandaids lol they fall off immediately.
Same
I love Thrive. I love the way it helps wake me up, the way it made quit redbulls everyday. I just enjoy it. I also really love how happy every.single.person. I have ever met, is while using Thrive.
I do agree MLMs aren't that great. I wouldn't be the recruiting type of person that push and push to spend your money but I do like the products just be picky on what you buy and buy it for your body not what everyone else uses and does.
Thrive literally has tons of coffeee extract..at quite a price..But I have found some MLM's have great health products lol..I buy from a couple I just never sell
Thank you for this!!! The comp plan is like breaking down the DaVinci Code
ROTHFL
Glad to see a vid on this from you. I tried this after being recommended it by my old coworker. The patches seem to have black splotches after all day use, which does suggest it does… something? Idk. Either way, I think the patches are kinda bunk.
I swear, mlms have become so much more aggressive once social media got involved in it. My grandma is an Avon salesperson but at least she does it the old fashioned way and isn’t all “Hey hun!” about it. XD
A friend of mine got sucked into Thrive. Boy, did she drink the Kool-aid... She's high up the ladder now and I think that even if she wanted to get out, she's in too deep. She has a fairly large team or that's at least what she promotes on her social media accounts. She has tried to peddle Thrive products on me but I have always decline. It's such a scam.
My dad does use a sticker/patch he has to change every day to control his insulin levels. But it is prescription by his specialist doctor and we get it from a pharmacy. So the tech does exist...but not from a sketchy mlm
I had a driver for my company try to rope me into this yesterday, and as soon as I woke up this morning I knew I wanted to watch this one
Its tragic that Shanann didn't have the chance to realize the Thrive gig was not sustainable,and unstable. She did work hard at it which was obvious. I feel she was doing her best,not sitting on her ass,a motivated person and a great mother from what I could see. Parents are never perfect. Guarantee her daughters across the hall were in the front of her mind as he murdered her-extremely cruel way to go. Wish she could've kicked the crap out of him. The fact she had no defensive wounds confirms he caught her off guard.
THIS WAS THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF HOW NOT TO EVER SIGN WITH A MLM COMPANY! THANKYOU.💙
You are so smart! I love your videos!🌸🌸🌸💖
I know a person who is involved in Thrive. I feel sorry for her. I thought she had quit, but she's back on her Thrive BS. Sadly, she's also pregnant and I think she's using the patches, etc. I'm not sure that's the smartest thing to do while pregnant.
if caffiene isnt good while pregnant and smoking isnt i imagine any other stimulants arent either
Thank you!! I was THIS close to joining Thrive. Luckily, my husband warned me about it. I thought the products seemed beneficial and was going to go all in!!! Thank you
So happy I could help!!
@@jenniferaguiar1710 really? What are the benefits and isnt it costly though??
Thrive is amazing changed my life I only use a personal account for myself you don't need to recruit or sell to anyone ! , the energy I have is amazing since taking the supplements .
@@jenniferaguiar1710 I mean the products seem legit and I need energy that's for sure! My husband wont even talk about it hes convinced it's a joke but I've seen many people that have been very happy with Thrive
@Marcie please consider the source. Of course people who are in Le-Vel will say the products are amazing. Anything to sell… Also the products are not FDA approved, they have not been clinically tested, and the product claims have not been proven.
Thanks for this new anti-MLM video!
Wow, as I've been watching your videos over the past few weeks I've thought "good thing I've never gotten scammed into an MLM." But then I think back and remember something in the past about Thrive being a part of my life. I got some samples and surprise - the patches didn't do a damn thing. Lol. I'm surprised they're even still around because this had to have been at least 7-8 years ago.
Why are there SO many companies called Thrive? I was listening to this video while driving (audio only!) and passed a gym called Thrive.
I love how sassy you are in this. keep it up!
I spent over $100 on these products. I tried them for 2 days and had terrible side-effects. I threw the rest of them away. Live and learn
You talk about my 2 favorite subjects: anti-mlm and reselling 😀
Yesss! My two favorite subjects too! 🤩
Same I’m so excited!!!
while there are chemicals you can absorb through your skin (that's why nicotine patches work), I don't know of any that can safely cause weight loss. Although, given the overall shadiness of MLMs, I wouldn't be surprised if the chemicals in thrive patches are unsafe and/or don't cause weight loss when applied topically.
I’m commenting this before watching this video lol but in my high school health class we were learning about placebos, and the example my teacher used was Thrive! Funnily enough my math teacher the next year swore by it and had a patch on her arm every single day 🙄
Let’s get a counter of how many times promoters say “premium products” or “health wellness” even though none of them have gone to school to be a legit nutritionist 🤣🙈
YES
@@jenniferaguiar1710 we can tell your too brainwashed and far too gone to understand FACTS!!! What “might” work for you, might not work for someone else. Jus move on!!
I just got to the patch 😬🙈 So upsetting how predatory these companies can be
Absolutely! This company preys on people who may have insecurities about their health and wellness and their product claims are completely ridiculous 🙄
All these MLMs remind of when I was in junior high and they would recruit us little kids who aren't old enough to work to go out and sell magazine subscriptions door to door. They wouldn't pay us of course but they would promise us prizes like Nintendo 64s, Sega Dreamcasts and even a limo ride! Oh shit! At the time I remember we would get into and since we were under age it was hard for people to say no to us. Honestly the whole thing seemed super sketchy and exploitative of children. I don't know if it's still going on in the junior high schools.
Why are the people in these comments that are level huns so terrible at typing coherently. Like, they're literally the only ones with comments that I have trouble reading
I am so glad you said that. They seem to use the same phrases and emoji's like a bunch of teenage girls. But hey, they are on their way to getting a "free" Lexus, so I am told. If you took away that delusion, how many of them would even sign up for that rubbish?
I got pulled into level thrive. Ughhh I needed to hear this like 2 years ago. I wasted so much time and money trying to make it as a stay at home mom. I tried just to keep failing and my upside was always doing wonderful things. I couldn't keep up. But I know realize that was the whole point. I feel so foolish.
Hey you woke up. Good for you ❤️😉💕
You and many many others! MLMs are the worst!! 😢
These business models are designed to do that. It was doing exactly what it was supposed to do. Listen to Life after MLM podcast. It's very healing.
Unfortunately I’ve had to stop block some people involved in MLM. I told them many times that I wasn’t interested and they kept insisting and trying to pressure me. I can see how this might damage their friendships. People start avoiding them.
Very true...
Although this video understandably did not discuss the Watts case, Le Vel received a lot of negative press through that case, particularly their income structure. It was through that case I heard of Le Vel. A few months ago a random DM came my way and guess what, it was a pitch for Le Vel.
Love your channel and the ability to learn about all and I mean alllllll the MLM companies out there. A friend of mine warned me to be careful when posting any kind of advice seeking post on a social media platform, particularly mom groups. These type of posts are what mlm folks seek and use to their advantage to make a pitch.
These guys brainwashed my dad into this! I'm currently trying to plan how to tell him to drop this and seek better means of income.
Your 👏 cells 👏 use 👏 carbs 👏 to 👏 function 👏
Also, a boosted immune system is the definition of an autoimmune condition, and I've already got one of those. I don't need another. 😂
That is not what people mean by boosting your immune system, genius..I'm not defending mlm's but natural health supplements make all the difference for many including those with such conditions
My mom once got a free thrive pack from a distributor - I had no idea what MLMs were at the time but she convinced me to try it for a day. I’ve NEVER felt so bad in my entire life... I fully believe the products are garbage
Oh my gosh that’s crazy!! Thank you for sharing your experience!
Omg I literally was interested in trying this so I also got a pack trial and I took a capsule today and I feel like shit I just feel awake but really mentally weird never again I’m throwing away the rest.
Look at the Shannan and Chris Watts case to really see how this can affect people.
I was waiting to see how long it took for me to find ur video on thrive....lol...I'm a happy customer with a friend who doesn't hound me to join. But I still find myself wanting to watch this...😂😂
Thank you for this and all of your other videos! I would love to see a deep dive of Shaklee.
just found this channel!! I'm liking it!!
So happy you’re here Jessica!
I bought this stuff from my exes mom for a little while. The shakes were expensive but I had been looking for a shake I could have in the mornings that wasnt gritty like I find most protein shakes are. I tried the stickers too. They always irritated the heck out of my skin, so those didnt last long with me. But I didnt find the shakes worth the money, and I'm glad I never started selling!
when I worked for publix the bakery manager was selling color street nails. for starters we aren't allowed to wear fake nails and also paint our nails. due to us working with food. I worked in the deli. she prayed on the people in her department to buy the nails. she even tried to send me some samples over Facebook messenger. I said no and she left it at that. at the time I was working hard to lose weight so I felt better about myself. my upcoming wedding was just a bonus for me. anyway she was also trying to lose weight. she tried some diet I cant remember and I guess wasnt doing well. while I was doing the good ole just count the calories you take in via a calorie counting app to help me keep under my daily calories. Anyway one day I noticed a very familiar patch on her arm. it was a Lev-vel patch. when I first heard of this company it was being marketed to the grocery guys as like extra energy or something. it definitely wasnt weight loss back in like 2015. because my husband wasnt trying to lose weight because he didnt need to. he knew it was a pyramid scheme, at the time we hadn't heard of MLM. he only took the samples to support the guy who decided to work under the person he got them from. I'm unsure if this is correct or not I could be remembering, but i wanna say they are advertising it to also help women get pregnant. I'm unsure if that is true, but the bakery manager had been struggling to get pregnant. its sick how these companies pray on vulnerable people. I dont think she did either MLM for the money cuz department managers make good money. I also felt its inappropriate for managers to try and sell things to their employees and possibly convince them into their down line. Because they know how much the employees make because they know their wage and they make their schedules. the store manager didnt seem to care that people were using work to sell other products.
Now it makes so much sense why the watts children Bella& Cece were constantly snacking. There was no real meal like ever and they were constantly eating marshmallows or some kind of ready out of a bag/box snack. Especially Bella looked malnourished, pale and had no hair growth. I think that’s why they were napping and sleeping for a total of 16 hours a day, because they had no energy due to the lack of real meals.
Man y’all are sick. Y’all know nothing about this woman & her children who are no longer here. Wow. 🤦♀️
@@mindyann8903 i mean i dont think she forced her kids on it? kids can be prettyt thin if they are active alot or have health issues unrelated to food still a bad company and product
@Mindy Ann oh bs .. everyone following her own fb posts can see how terrible she was towards those kids ..all she cared about was living in a fake world and selling thrive .. they were losing their house and bills piled to the ceiling because of this mlm company .. the watts case should make everyone run from any mlm company ..
@@ginaskiski8354i see her being very warm and loving toward the kids mostly in her videos. She is naturally not going to be fully attentive to them while doing work-related videos to earn money for her family, but she was not fully inattentive during them either.
@Justice55339h all for show to sell her junk .. a real job would have made a huge difference in their lives ..
Okay but... Can we at least give Thrive props for using the Oxford Comma? I feel like so few people use it that any example should be encouraged... 🤔🤣
My friend is involved but she doesn't want to face the fact that this company isn't good
Probably because MLM's are such mixed bags. Lots of them have effective unqiue health products, and lots of people use it to earn a little supplemental $. It seems only to be those who get very heavily sucked in like Shannan who get in over their heads, majorly scammed, and pulled into the cult-like nature of it all
My daughter does thrive. She claims it gives her energy all day. That's only because she's hopped up on caffeine from the products.
May be the main reason, but I'm wondering if other herbs/nutritional aspects to it are contributing, otherwise wouldn't more of them figure that out and just go drink more caffeine..Shannan Watts said she had to drink lots of coffee before using Thrive..though I know Thrive is full of coffee extract...
i was told it costs 200$ worth of product in order to become a promoter. i have been hounded by promoters on facebook. tried the free sample it did give me energy but the patches broke my skin out and the shakes were disgusting. i support the hustle but its all bs
I used to be a promoter for thrive, their shakes are so disgusting!! I had to gag it down.
I loved the vitamins for women. Really gave me so much energy without feeling jittery. Lasted all day. But. It is expensive and I don’t like the company structure. But loved the vitamins:-)
I was told this would cure my anorexia. My lack of energy due to anorexia while I was in rehab by the woman who was there to do group therapy with us. She also done an essential oils class with what must’ve been thousands of pounds worth of doTerra. I went to my room later that day and saw a mist diffuser and a doTerra body wash on my bed. I didn’t report it but I didn’t understand at the time how predatory that is.
I got into thrive a while back and lost a ton of money. I'm happy to email you my story
Ughhh!!!!! A friend of mine got me on a call and pitched me Thrive while I was in my eating disorder. At the time I didn't understand MLMs and I was lured in because I thought she just wanted to talk. I must have been extremely impressionable at that time because I bought the shake mix from her. Looking back on that, it makes me cringe!!!
That is so sad to hear that you got preyed on while you were in a bad place :( hope you’re ok now
So Im anti MLM but using a patch for medication distribution has been used since the 1970’s. Saying it’s JUST a sticker is very misleading and can be damaging as well. I get it, the patches probably don’t work but don’t downplay the fact that patches can and have been used successfully.
I think she was saying it’s “just a sticker” specifically for weight loss. There are totally tons of super effective patches out there!
@@mckaylaaelisee it definitely didn’t come off that way to me. I had the immediate thought as OP. I’ve had the birth control patch. While I agree we know nothing about it unless you read an ingredient label I think saying “it’s just a sticker” is very damaging especially since someone said they did use them but it made them feel AWFUL. So it does do something but not good things. This makes more than a sticker
@@jilliansnyder7959you guys are telling yourselves what you want to hear..some people said it has helped them a lot, others have said some products made them/others ill or adversely affected their mental health. The product in the patches is real and will affect people, for better or worse
I was brainstorming stuff this weird and off the wall for a fictional day spa for a sci-fi-fi D&D session. Like, this stuff is so out the realm of reality. No one could possibly believe this!?! Right????
This was powerful! Thank you for the work you are doing.
I’m curious as to how the “original” MLMs like Mary Kay and Avon that have been around almost since I was born, started this business model and how it worked for them initially. I’m wondering where this “legal pyramid scheme” idea came from.
My mom sold Avon in the 70s. She knew she wouldn’t make money. She did it for the social aspect. I enjoyed some of the products but a lot of avon scents turn my stomach to this day. I still use skin so soft💁🏼
I did avon a few times. I made money. I got my products paid for. I wouldnt do it now. Too much work for what you earn.
I’ve been trying to tell my girlfriend all this but she won’t listen to me. She just tells me I don’t support her. :(