“I think my hair deserves to go beyond one-tone colour.”
Woo. Good for you.
Three pictures of women with spotless faces, creamy skin, shining smiles and silky, smooth, liquid-like, illustrious two-toned hair that’s flowing in the wind.
I’m special. And if I buy this product, I’ll look like these women.
Have you ever wondered about that? You see a picture of a woman with clear, moisteurized skin and below her is a chart of comparisons and “clinically-proven,” “studies show” and “doctors reccomend” comments. You automatically think that if you buy the product and use it you’ll look like the woman in the picture. Have you ever thought that there might be no connection?
There really isn’t. The advertisers are using these pictures to illustrate their product, not prove it. The woman in the picture was picked out of hundreds of women for her nearly-flawless skin and dazzling smile, and even after that she was rendered in a image-manipulating program to make sure all blemishes were gone and her skin looked the way the advertisers wanted it to. This isn’t the way you’ll look if you use their product. It’s the way they want to you to think you’ll look, and it works.
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Wow. I love this blog. What a wonderful surprise! Why didn’t you tell me about this when you were making it!?!
You know who I am now…
I~
Comment by Anonymous February 20, 2008 @ 1:51 pmWell you see, I just set it up yesterday. (=
Thanks! I thought it would be fun to start a blog and I sat there, trying to think of a domain name. I went through various names (The Monday Morning Bayonettes, for instance – don’t as me why!) and then I randomly thought up “There’s Generally More.” I stopped….There’s generally more behind lots of things…hehe..
And I’m going to ruthlessly analyze everything, too, not just ads. Ads are all I can get my hands on at the moment, but I will branch out!
– CH
Comment by CH February 20, 2008 @ 6:22 pmNot to mention that hair deserves NOTHING, as it’s actually DEAD…….
Comment by alphabetika February 20, 2008 @ 6:32 pmVery good and helpful post.
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