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Topic: Cosmetics

Demi Moore Gets Her Old Young Face Back in Helena Rubinstein Ads Another Photoshop travesty

Photoshopping in fashion ads is something that gets bloggers foaming at the mouth every time they see it. And while it's probably something we all need to get over, Demi…

March 21 2012

Gandon, L’Oréal Account Lead at McCann, Exits for Publicis Taking on a top Nestlé role?

Aude Gandon, the Paris-based L’Oréal worldwide account director at McCann Erickson, is leaving to join Publicis Worldwide, say sources close to the situation. Her exit marks a significant management change…

February 16 2012

Taylor Swift's CoverGirl Ad Is Pulled Over Bogus Eyelashes Photoshop strikes again

Of all the blatant and unnecessary Photoshops in fashion photography, the hammer came down on Taylor Swift's eyelashes? Really? Yes, really, according to the National Advertising Division of the Council…

December 23 2011

Marc Jacobs Ad Banned for ‘Child Sexualization’ U.K. regulator slams ‘provocative’ pose

A Marc Jacobs perfume advert featuring the 17-year-old actress Dakota Fanning has been banned after complaints that the image "sexualized a child." Britain’s advertising watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority, ruled that…

November 09 2011

Ad of the Day: Dermablend A concealing makeup's impossible mission: covering up Zombie Boy's tattoos

Next time you need to hide your face tattoo, consider Dermablend Pro. The L'Oréal-owned cosmetics brand hired Rick Genest, perhaps the world's most recognizable full-body canvas, to star in its new…

October 25 2011

L'Oréal Advises Men on Perfect Facebook Profile Picture Are they mocking Dove's 'Real Beauty'?

Men are clueless brutes desperately in need of guidance when it comes to grooming. So, L'Oréal Men is offering up a new character, the Expert, to help out with a…

August 16 2011

Julia Roberts, Christy Turlington Ads: So Photoshopped They're Misleading?

Models' images retouched for cosmetics ads? No. Freaking. Way. It's true! And the U.K.'s ad watchdog is having none of it, banishing separate L'Oréal ads featuring Julia Roberts and Christy…

July 28 2011

Ad of the Day: Revlon Aronofsky directs Jessica Biel and Pharrell Williams in an ode to plump lashes

It's always interesting when a famous feature-film director decides to make a commercial. My favorite of all time is probably Wes Anderson's American Express spot, illustrating the fictitious (or maybe…

June 02 2011

Zooey Deschanel unrecognizable in new ad

Zooey Deschanel got airbrushed all to hell for this Rimmel Lasting Finish lipstick ad, which has shocked and offended the same people who wig out over every bad modeling Photoshop…

March 22 2011

Beauty brand tries unretouched makeup ads

You can make this stuff up—but go easy on the retouching. Beauty brand Make Up For Ever has released what it says are the first cosmetics ads that aren't Photoshopped…

March 21 2011

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