Is the Lynx Effect real?
Lynx run a series of tongue in cheek adverts promoting their product’s ability to improve your attractiveness to women. Some of them are very amusing. I always have a twinge of concern with these...
View ArticleAre Magazines Making You Fat?
Are the slim models in the magazines and on the television distorting your view of yourself and making you fat? Continue reading → The post Are Magazines Making You Fat? appeared first on Colin's...
View ArticleCan you trust before and after photos?
The short answer is no. You knew that already didn’t you. But thanks to a lawsuit between Estee Lauder and Swedish model Caroline Louise Forsling we now have proof. Ms Forsling was hired to do a...
View ArticleGosh! Hugh Laurie is the new L’Oreal Men Brand Ambassador
“This morning the L’Oreal Ambassador, Mr Hugh Laurie, handed Gillette a final note stating that, unless we hear from them by 11 o’clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their Gillette...
View ArticleInsecurities – should you let the cosmetic industry play on them?
You don’t see so many adverts that flagrantly play on your insecurities nowadays. This is just as well. There is only so much vomit available to respond to them. But that doesn’t mean that the same...
View ArticleArmpit Pigmentation – Do You Worry About It?
Anushka Sharma is a leading Bollywood actress. Although Bollywood films are getting very popular around the world I think it is a safe bet that she has been hired by Nivea to promote their brand on...
View ArticleDove Soap
Dove have been running a rather stupid advert showing the difference between Dove and ordinary soap. They put some coloured paper in the shape of a woman on bars of soap and left them on the soap bar....
View ArticleThree Things Beauty Bloggers Should Know About Science
I know that a lot of people who read Colin’s Beauty Pages are beauty bloggers. So I thought you might like some tips on how to cut through the hype behind beauty products to get through to the reality....
View ArticleBeauty Bible Author Reveals Truth About Cosmetics And Science
I have only heard about the Beauty Bible compiled by the redoubtable Jo Fairley recently and I haven’t read it yet. In fact I haven’t actually even seen it for sale anywhere. A quick check on Amazon...
View ArticleCan You Trust Adverts?
We all see a lot of adverts and most of us do our best to ignore them. Somebody who is trying to sell you something is rarely a source of useful information. But just how far do advertisers go …...
View ArticleCan Blue Light Reduce Pain?
When you really want something to be true it is sometimes easy to let your normal standards of evidence to drop. If you have back pain – and most of us do at some time – it would be really … Continue...
View ArticleBeware White Bread
Multinational companies are soulless entities that exist for no other reason than to benefit their shareholders. You need to take extreme care when you are looking at the adverts they produce which...
View ArticleA Different Way Of Looking At Cosmetic Adverts
Aristotle pointed out that a really good argument is one that addresses three different ways of making the point. He called these ethos, pathos and logos. Ethos is the authority and personality of...
View ArticleToothpaste Cannot Regenerate Your Enamel
The human body is continually breaking itself down and reassembling itself, even bones. This is a good feature because it keeps everything in good condition. It also means that many problems can be...
View ArticleChristina Hendricks’ brief spell as a bottle blond
I subscribe to a newsletter from the Advertising Standards Agency which lists all their recent rulings. It is a good way to keep abreast of what claims you can get away with or not. The place all...
View ArticleIs It Time To Buy Some Flu Treatment?
There have always been people out to separate you from your money and prepared to say almost anything that will work to do so. Since the internet has been widespread there have been many more...
View ArticleBrand Rings Wrong Bell
There is an advert for a hair care product running on British TV at the moment. I’m afraid I can’t remember the product, or even the brand. If you recognise it from the description please let me know....
View ArticleDove Soap
Dove have been running a rather stupid advert showing the difference between Dove and ordinary soap. They put some coloured paper in the shape of a woman on bars of soap and left them on the soap bar....
View ArticleRosemary Water – Is It Good For You?
I am not religious, but I was struck once by something a Catholic priest said on the radio. He was talking about a seminar they had just had on morality. “It’s easy to agree on principles. The...
View ArticleFake Reviews Online
A quick guide to telling whether or not you should take online reviews seriously. The post Fake Reviews Online appeared first on Colin's Beauty Pages.
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