tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post7470212504169792451..comments2023-08-14T16:35:49.756+01:00Comments on Cruella-blog: Dear SantaCruellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-32359882400929403222008-12-27T21:58:00.000+00:002008-12-27T21:58:00.000+00:00I can't find the original ad but I'm 99% certain i...I can't find the original ad but I'm 99% certain in it Andie McDowell refers to wrinkles as 'lifelines' but this was later changed to ''deep set wrinkles''. I remember thinking the ''wrinkles as roadmaps'' philosophy seemed a bit odd in a wrinkle cream advert but quite liked it was really noticable when it became ''wrinkles as horrifically scarring signs of being old''.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02920087258580357905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-5193965537027497642008-12-15T14:45:00.000+00:002008-12-15T14:45:00.000+00:00I remember my mother once watching an advert for o...I remember my mother once watching an advert for one of those creams - Ulay, as it was then.<BR/><BR/>They were pimping it as the perfect Mothers' Day gift. Mum quietly suggested that any of her offspring purchasing said gunk as a gift for her would swiftly find themselves cast from the house head first.<BR/><BR/>Words that I've always lived by!<BR/><BR/>DDungeekinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181585428709956991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-55037694656019713792008-12-14T01:20:00.000+00:002008-12-14T01:20:00.000+00:00My uncle once bought my grandmother corn plasters ...My uncle once bought my grandmother corn plasters for Christmas.Chris Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571344994926061634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-32425584437864424612008-12-13T08:52:00.000+00:002008-12-13T08:52:00.000+00:00It's not the products that annoy me, nor the givin...It's not the products that annoy me, nor the giving of them (although they fall under my 'no thought given' category, along with bath salts and aftershave).<BR/><BR/>No - for me it's the advertising that's frankly insulting. L'Oreal seem to be the worst culprits. They fill their adverts with pseudoscientific terms that make it sound like you're buying the Elixir of Youth.<BR/><BR/>Examples:<BR/>What they say on the advert.<BR/><I>What they're not telling you</I><BR/><BR/>"Now containing Age Immuno Nano Spheres"<BR/><I>internal working name for 'castor oil'</I><BR/><BR/>"...containing our unique ActiveMoisturisation technology..."<BR/><I>otherwise known as 'tap water'</I><BR/><BR/>"...was found to be five times more effective at reducing wrinkles than competing products..."<BR/><I>competing products tried were: engine oil, some stuff we found in a pot at the back of the stores cupboard marked 'Sample#17 - Do Not Eat', and Marmite</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, I've made up the stuff above, but I hope you see what I mean.<BR/><BR/>I sometimes wondered where Brannon Braga went after he stopped writing Star Trek technobabble scripts. I think I now know.GreyAreaUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135102928321167372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-62262356572301310132008-12-13T08:49:00.000+00:002008-12-13T08:49:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.GreyAreaUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135102928321167372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-32220557136678455442008-12-12T21:20:00.000+00:002008-12-12T21:20:00.000+00:00Wait until you reach the time to use Oreal's 'Age ...Wait until you reach the time to use Oreal's 'Age Perfect'. Sigh.Judith Weingartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683483030413488309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-64766163173173842832008-12-12T19:12:00.000+00:002008-12-12T19:12:00.000+00:00LOL. Am only 28 but know words to Abba songs. Shou...LOL. Am only 28 but know words to Abba songs. Should I admit that?<BR/>Also wear cardigans. In a young and fashionable way, of course.butterflywingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16873407072604417252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-53538158759391945262008-12-12T17:25:00.000+00:002008-12-12T17:25:00.000+00:00"Inability to use predictive text?"Now, that's jus...<I>"Inability to use predictive text?"</I><BR/><BR/>Now, that's just not fair. No-one over the age of fourteen can do that well.GreyAreaUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135102928321167372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-37615316601871512442008-12-12T08:03:00.000+00:002008-12-12T08:03:00.000+00:00Life-long cardigan-wearer here! You can't beat a ...Life-long cardigan-wearer here! You can't beat a nice comfy cardy.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, Kate, you have hit upon one of my most persistent bugbears - the anti-ageing product advert, with it's too-bright lighting and strangely expressionless women. I can't remember which one it is, but one of them at the moment says something as banal as "when you get older, you start to look older" as though it's the most devastating news a woman could hear, and I always think, "Oh well, if we're all going to start *gasp* LOOKING OLDER, we'd better just kill ourselves..."<BR/><BR/>Ahem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-8878301663743749422008-12-12T03:46:00.000+00:002008-12-12T03:46:00.000+00:00As I understand it a simple cream will solve all t...As I understand it a simple cream will solve all these issues. I'm just not sure where you should apply it...Cruellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-21198864869774004742008-12-11T20:47:00.000+00:002008-12-11T20:47:00.000+00:00Ohhh Kate, if I can put a tick next to all your si...Ohhh Kate, if I can put a tick next to all your signs of ageing does that mean I must be old?<BR/><BR/>Ah,it's ok, panic over, I don't wear cardigans (yet!)CathElliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08614232194572864503noreply@blogger.com