By Stuart Smith on October 25, 2012
No surprise that the Advertising Standards Authority has banned another beauty ad – this time Black Swan Actress Natalie Portman modelling Christian Dior’s mascara, on account of her eyelashes being airbrushed to artificial perfection. Much more interesting is the fact that the complainant is not some earnest advocate of “real beauty” and, er, truth in [...]
Posted in Clients, Creative, News, PR | Tagged ad ban, asa, Cheryl Cole, dior, L'Oreal, Natalie Portman ad, Rachel weisz
By Stephen Foster on February 1, 2012
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has banned a McCann Erickson ad for L’Oreal’s Revitalift Repair anti-ageing cream as the picture of L’Oreal ‘brand ambassador’ and Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz was ‘digitally enhanced.’ Actually it’s had more retouching than the average collapsing Old Master painting (montage of the real Rachel and L’Oreal’s version from The Telegraph). [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Media, News | Tagged ad ban, advertising standards authority, asa, Daniel Craig, football association, james bond star, L'Oreal, mccann-erickson, Rachel weisz, revitalift repair anti-ageing cream
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