topic Re: Before and After Closeups in Suggestion Box

Before and After Closeups

catlovercb — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:11:51 GMT

When products that state that they minimize or get rid of fine flines and wrinkles etc,it's obvious the before photo is zoomed in more than the after photo, so of course the wrinkles appear minimized. Also sometimes the persons hair is styled nicer or they have lipstick on or something, making the photo more aesthetically improved. It should be exactly the same for before and after. This is fraudulent. I've wasted a lot of money buying products for the face and body that make claims that they improve the skin when they really don't.

Re: Before and After Closeups

Kachina624 — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:38:18 GMT

Thosecphotos are a huge joke as far as I'm concerned. I intently study them and rarely see any difference or a difference so imperceptible no one would ever notice. Cosmetic products do not remove wrinkles; they can only soften skin temporarily but this seems to do little to reduce the signs of aging. With women, hope springs eternal and many of us are only too willing to believe these products will return them to a youthful state.

Re: Before and After Closeups

Peaches McPhee — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:40:34 GMT

Yes it is very obvious to me. Others must not see it though.

Re: Before and After Closeups

Annabellethecat66 — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:53:23 GMT

I totally agree. I don't see much difference at all.

You know as many beauty products sold and with everyone buying all of this stuff (myself included) we should all look amazing. Sure?!!

I just use Dr Denese as does my daughter. I guess it works because people say I don't look 73. It won't be long and I'll be 74.

I just wish I'd taken better care of the rest of my body. It's all gone to (the bad place).

Re: Before and After Closeups

Memebell — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 01:07:43 GMT

And worse, or funnier still, sometimes without looking at the captions, I think the befores look better than the afters!

Re: Before and After Closeups

santorini — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 01:17:13 GMT

Or the trick of having the "after" girl smile a little. That always brings up the marionette lines. They make sure to block out the rest of the face so it's not so obvious that she's in a small smile.

Re: Before and After Closeups

patbz — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 01:49:53 GMT

What really annoys me are all the smart phone filters: I earned my "life stripes" (lines) and I'm proud, not ashamed!

Re: Before and After Closeups

GenXmuse — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 01:57:13 GMT

I think people see what they want to see and waste a lot of money on something that doesn't work.

Re: Before and After Closeups

millieshops — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 04:05:02 GMT

@catlovercb I often can't see much difference, but I doubt what they say is fraudlent. I hear virtually every presentation include the words "minimizes the APPEARANCE of wrinkles." That doesn't mean it actually improves the skin.

I can see the difference in my own appearance when I use my moisturizer, but that doesn't mean my lines and wrinkles are gone. They require moisture once again a few hours later!

Re: Before and After Closeups

Venezia — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 04:17:56 GMT

Well, before and after photos have never made me decide to buy a product or not. So, if I've wasted money on products that don't work as I had hoped, that's on me. No one is holding me to ransom and forcing me to buy.

I have found that Peter Thomas Roth products work well for me personally.

I sometimes think people expect miracles in a week. My sister-in-law was a great one for thinking that a cream could reverse in a week or a month, the decades of damage that smoking did to her skin and no amount of reasoning could convince her otherwise.

So every time a product didn't produce those results she felt ripped off. And she never stuck with anything long enough to see actual results; just kept hopping from one product to another.

Re: Before and After Closeups

January121 — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 04:26:57 GMT

@Memebell wrote:
And worse, or funnier still, sometimes without looking at the captions, I think the befores look better than the afters!

@Memebell .... so glad you wrote this ... I feel exactly the same way 😂🤣

Re: Before and After Closeups

Mimi 1883 — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 11:03:36 GMT

@catlovercb "Before" and "Afters" are a joke; smoke and mirrors. To be more exact, it's the models' positioning and lighting (much brighter than the "before" pics) that makes it appear that the product makes a positive difference in the "after" look. Apparently, a lot of people are fooled by this sales tactic.

Re: Before and After Closeups

Desertdi — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 14:11:31 GMT

I can do my own "before and after" in less than 5 minutes. First, a hyaluronic moisurizer followed by a dusting of mineral color-correcting primer, neutral eyeshadow, blush, mascara and lip gloss. "Almost a no-makeup" makeover............

Re: Before and After Closeups

Shanus — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 15:49:40 GMT

Ditto to comments made by others.

I'd also prefer vendors that present skincare products be of the age that would need line smoothers, etc. even though they're expensive moisturizers. It's difficult to believe a 35 yr. old or someone 50 who obviously has had some work done because they look exactly the same the last 10-15 yrs. they presented the same product. Misrepresentation, I'd call it.

Re: Before and After Closeups

corita — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 18:05:46 GMT

@Memebell wrote:
And worse, or funnier still, sometimes without looking at the captions, I think the befores look better than the afters!
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I have also thought the same!!

Re: Before and After Closeups

Catch71 — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 18:46:26 GMT

I used Dr. D. for many years and my jowl still fell and tons of wrinkles from the mouth down. No wrinkles on forehead and eyes are not bad. I think its genetics. I used those firming facial pads Dr. D. swears by and they obviously did nothing for my chin area.

Must not have worked for her either as she had work done, and admits it. No need to poof this post, she looks entirely different. That tells me hew own products were not enough for her either.

Re: Before and After Closeups

bigtraps — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 19:05:04 GMT

Got that one right.

@Shanus wrote:
Ditto to comments made by others.

I'd also prefer vendors that present skincare products be of the age that would need line smoothers, etc. even though they're expensive moisturizers. It's difficult to believe a 35 yr. old or someone 50 who obviously has had some work done because they look exactly the same the last 10-15 yrs. they presented the same product. Misrepresentation, I'd call it.

Re: Before and After Closeups

bonnielu — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 23:23:08 GMT

Watch the lighting, the slight angle. So many subtle tricks we would never notice.

And my rant...... those selling these products... many of them Botox treatments. SO OBVIOUS. Tells for this... look at the shape of the features, cheeks, lips, etc. Should be a disclaimer. Dishhonest.

Re: Before and After Closeups

SeaMaiden — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 00:46:25 GMT

So many times the before pictures look better than the afters..... I think they might have mixed them up?

Re: Before and After Closeups

Calgal2too — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 05:32:50 GMT

What frustrates me, is that, often, the AFTER picture shows that the model is wearing makeup, lip color, hair is styled, smiling. Pure deception. HSN just did that on the M Asam TS.