Cosmetics brand Makeup Forever has created what the company claims to be the first advertising campaign that has not been retouched. The pictures feature girls who have been made up with the brand’s HD products and there’s no photo-shop in sight. I think the girls look great and you really get a feel for how [...]

Airbrushing has become a much talked about topic lately, as magazines and companies airbrush their models to such an extent that they appear doll like. On the other side of the coin, many celebrities have been releasing pictures of themselves airbrush free in order to show how deceptive computer manipulation is. Now Debenhams has joined [...]

Oh dear, not long ago I was talking about how unfair airbrushing is, now it seems I am addicted to a new airbrushing program called Picnik. The online program allows you to slim your figure, whiten your teeth, give yourself an instantaneous tan and add highlights to your hair, amongst others. I’ve had a little [...]

Whilst I am no stranger to photoshop, I have never used it to improve pictures of myself… not yet anyway. I do know of a few friends who have used the image-altering software to airbrush away spots, red-eyes and improve skin tone though. I even remember one friend using it to make her chest bigger. [...]

The Liberal Democrats have announced that people who appear in advertisements aimed at under-16s should not be airbrushed or enhanced to make them look more attractive. They have also suggested that The Advertising Standards Authority should also create new rules so that advertisements aimed at adults should indicate if images have been airbrushed. Jo Swinson, [...]

If you haven’t seen this amazing advert from the folks at Dove, then you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years. Alright, it is not new but it revolutionised the way we all look at those airbrushed pictures in magazines. I must have seen this video a hundred times, but I don’t [...]

I came across this link on The Cult Beauty Blog and thought it was such an eye opener it would be worth sharing. It shows just how all those models in magazine-land have been nipped and tucked to huge proportions. Crikey. Check it out here.