Before and...after? - Page 2

4doggies · ‎03-10-2010

I agree, usually change is mimimal or not there at all. What Desertdi said--so funny, I was watching presentation for SSC, they held model's brow up-up-up and and it was much higher--for 3 or 4 seconds. They kept the camera on her and brow quickly reverted to it's natural position, looked exactly like the untreated brow. I don't know why they kept the camera on her, it didn't do them any favors, but it was fun to watch.

Abrowneyegirl · ‎03-15-2010

I notice you never see the live shot of one eye with the treatment and the other without anymore. Now it is done with photos. ""untouched photos"" of course!

Q4u · ‎03-17-2010

This has always been a topic for me.... especially a few years ago when it was really evident what they were doing. I have what my DH laughingly refers to as "a calibrated eye". This has been proven over the years as his Engineering mind demanded proof (with levels and measuring tapes)... so when the Q started showing how dramatic the differences were when a "shaping undergarment" was put on... I couldn't believe my eyes. Yes, the person looked considerably smaller, but then so did the background, the vases, the shelves, etc. But even more ludicrous was that if you compared the areas that CAN'T change, like neck, upper arms, face, etc... the model was thinner EVERYWHERE.

While I believe there is still some visual hocus-pocus still going on, I believe it's gotten better in the undergarment shaping befores and afters.

Now... the anti-aging creams... that's another laugh altogether. I've tried all the brands the Q carries over the years, sometimes twice... and have never, ever achieved the results shown in the "after" photos. I know I can't be the ONLY one that has had no visual results.... come on.

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151949 · ‎03-09-2010

The ones that make me LOL are the hair product ones where in the before the hair has been washed and air dried and that is all - then in the after it was professionally blown out or curled. DUH.

sun8shine · ‎02-15-2013

Ok sorry to Wen girls. But I had a colleague recommend Wen to me once because she was using it. Before she started talking, I thought that she had just come from the gym or she had oily hair and it was the end of the day. Her hair was a limp, greasy mess. it looked really dirty.

So anyway when I see Wen presented that is all I can think of. That and the cost.

That being said it could have been that she was not using it properly etc. So please don't get mad at me. This is just one real world experience.

NC Bandwagon · ‎05-03-2014

On 7/11/2014 KateChopin said:
I know my allergy eyes are always blurry, but I am starting to think all these before and after pictures for beauty products look the same. The "after" looks just like the "before", but everyone is oooohing and ahhhing over it. Maybe an eye doctor appt. is in my future...

No, it's not your eyes. Sometimes when they're showing a hair model, look for the sentence, "after, with pro styling." The before picture is usually hours before the show. If you look at the model right before the hair product is demonstrated, you'll see that their hair already looks very nice.

With anti-wrinkle creams and serums, the before and after pictures won't look much different because usually those things take days or weeks to start working. Another thing I noticed with the anti-wrinkle stuff is that sometimes, in the before picture, the model will not be smiling. Smiling and not smiling will make your face look quite different when showing those anti-wrinkle creams.

For makeup, it's a mixed bag. Sometimes the model will look better, sometimes she won't, and sometimes there's no difference at all.

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brewhaha · ‎07-25-2010

I thought it was because my tv is so old.

KateChopin · ‎04-03-2010

On 7/11/2014 pdxlalesley said:
It's not just you. My DH usually says as he passes through the room, "she looks better in the Before."

So does mine!

It also makes me laugh when in the BEFORE photo, the model is shown in a still shot looking sad, and in the live AFTER, she has a pleasant expression on her face, and some makeup as well. Now, do you want to be SAD, or do you want to be happy? Hmmmm?

They were showing some eye cream the other night and I swear they used the same pic for Before AND After!

bellamack · ‎03-09-2010

On 7/11/2014 pdxlalesley said:
It's not just you. My DH usually says as he passes through the room, "she looks better in the Before."

Ha ha, mine says the exact same thing!

Irishrose136 · ‎12-26-2013

On 7/12/2014 KateChopin said:
On 7/11/2014 pdxlalesley said:
It's not just you. My DH usually says as he passes through the room, "she looks better in the Before."

So does mine!

It also makes me laugh when in the BEFORE photo, the model is shown in a still shot looking sad, and in the live AFTER, she has a pleasant expression on her face, and some makeup as well. Now, do you want to be SAD, or do you want to be happy? Hmmmm?

They were showing some eye cream the other night and I swear they used the same pic for Before AND After!

It's all part of the subtle aspects of the "selling game". You want to be brighter and happier and have the world around you look pleasant and affluent. The beautiful people in our society are the successful ones, the rich ones who are powerful and draw people to them, being liked and admired. And after all, isn't that what we really want?

Advertising (and shopping channels follow the same rules) is about creating a dream world that you can be part of if.......you buy this MU, use this shampoo (everyone in Wen is part of a close-knit family with some adorable furry family members - don't you want to belong to this happy exclusive group - remember you can call, they will take care of you like you're part of the family.......what a warm fuzzy feeling.......I want to belong......I'm calling to order some Wen right now), drive this car etc etc.