All one observant Jewish mom wanted was to look pretty for the day of her son’s bar mitzvah, during the sabbath when she isn’t allowed to apply or touch up her makeup between sundown Friday and sundown Saturday. She bought a bottle of Lancôme makeup online that boasted 24-hour coverage…but also expected the promises the product’s ad made to be literally true. We posted this story when it broke earlier this week, but got hold of some new information that makes the whole situation even more stupid. [More]
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Newsflash: ’24-Hour’ Makeup Is Not A Guarantee
By 5.1.13
Most women in their thirties have been playing with makeup for at least half their lives. For them, it would not be a newsflash that “24-hour foundation” does not, in fact, stay on your face unmarred for 24 hours. [More]
FDA To Lancome: If Your Creams Stimulate Stem Cells Or Whatever, They're Actually Drugs
By 9.12.12
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates both cosmetics and drugs, but they’re not the same thing. The distinction is that drugs affect the structure of your body or the way it works, and cosmetics just make you look nicer. It’s the difference between a tube of mascara and a prescription of Latisse. Try telling that to Lancôme, though. The FDA happened to stop by the company’s website one day, and noticed that the company makes some claims that make their products sound less like cosmetics, and more like drugs. [More]
UK Bans Ad Featuring Julia Roberts' Overly Photoshopped Face
By 7.27.11
While we can definitely say that 43-year-old Julia Roberts still looks pretty darn good, it’s safe to say that no one on this planet, regardless of age, has the flawless glow of the woman pictured in the Lancome ad seen here. In fact, the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority found the retouching work on this ad, and others, so misleading that it has banned them. [More]
Wrinkle Cream Revealed
By 12.28.06
Consumer Reports has finally tested wrinkle cream, and the results are not shocking. Even though they tested creams that are as inexpensive as $40 dollars to as expensive as $335, “There was no correlation at all between price and effectiveness.”
