Dior Ad Banned as Natalie Portman's Eyes Look Too Damn Beautiful

This time, even L'Oréal complains

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It's been a while since I'd heard from Britain's Ad Standards Authority, so I was excited to learn that they dropped their mighty ban hammer on a Christian Dior mascara ad featuring Natalie Portman. According to the ASA, the digital alterations to Portman's eyelashes were so obvious that they "misleadingly exaggerated the likely effects of the product." Now, this isn't really news on its own—most cosmetics companies either suck at Photoshop or are rich enough to not care.

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