TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

"In our factory, we make lipstick; in our advertising, we sell hope." 
                                                                                                                - Charles Revson


Introduction

Teaching Standards

Critical Thinking &
Media Literacy

Deconstructing A
Print Ad

Words & Images

Celebrity Endorsements

Facts & Figures

Body Image

Ingredients: What's In this stuff?

Magazines:
Content Analysis

Sexual Images

Retouching, Airbrushing, &
Body chopping

Music/Cosmetics 
Collaboration

Glossary

Links to related sites

Recommended texts

  

 
 
 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cosmetic Advertising:
Deconstructing
The Real Messages
in the media


©2004 
Frank Baker, Kara Clayton
media educators

(NOTE: portions of this page are under construction)


actress Jamie Lee Curtis
goes without makeup

Celebrity endorsement plays an important role in luring young consumers
to purchase cosmetics and toiletries products. Lancaster’s licensing agreement
with Jennifer Lopez for a line of products under the J.Lo brand name is just
one example. Moreover manufacturers play on teens’ image-conscious attitude
and their desire to imitate pop idols by introducing affordable versions of products used by stars. (Source: The lure of generation Y
http://www.euromonitor.com/article.asp?id=194 )

Gwyneth Paltrow new face of Estee Lauder

AVON BREAKS NEW GROUND WITH SALMA HAYEK PROJECT
http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=41858

Ashley Judd - the face of American Beauty cosmetics

Britney Spears-Elizabeth Arden   

     Picture to come 

    

See more in Celebrity Advertisements

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