BS: Yesterday's beauty products . . .

Subject: RE: BS: Yesterday's beauty products . . .
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 20 Feb 11 - 06:09 AM

"without this constant crap from advertisers who try to convince"

It's called 'Unrestrained Capitalism', or if you are more cynical "Crass Commercialism".

Subject: BS: Yesterday's beauty products . . .
From: Brian May
Date: 20 Feb 11 - 06:02 AM

When I see today's adverts showing some young lass's flawless skin and bright eyes selling an anti-aging product, I am amused to wonder:

Where are all those earnest young women now, the ones who said 'Oil of Ulay', 'Nivea' and all the expensive slop (if it costs more, it must be better eh)? The ones from 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and yesterday . . . ?

I am not slagging moisturisers etc, they do help the skin, why wouldn't they? But '83% of women agree xxx defeats the signs of aging and wrinkling around the eyes etc'. Then you read in VERY small print (from a survey of 136 women [who probably work for the company anyway]).

That's why I admire artists like Joan Baez, EmmyLou Harris etc for growing older gracefully - it's inevitable so why not accept it?

Why can't we, as human beings, just be happy to have the opportunity (especially in the West) to be ourselves, without this constant crap from advertisers who try to convince the less confident to try and be what they're not?

Ah well, if I keep this up I'll end up cynical.