I want to see ideal beauty in Avon brochures

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Rose65

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Do you take Avon? I do and have always liked it because it's a little indulgence just for me. I order lipsticks, nail polish and jewellery occasionally. There is a lovely friendly girl that sells it round here. It just all makes me feel good.

Yet I have one problem in recent times. The models in the brochures are far too 'diverse' for me. I do not wish to see 'real women' with all their imperfections - I see that in the mirror!

I actually want to see youth, flawless skin, perfect lips nails and eyes, slim figure and gorgeous hair. Ideal impossible beauty. Because surely that is the dream and is the basis of all advertising. We all know we cannot easily look like that but certainly for me, I want to try, to strive. For that I will buy products that promise it.

Does that make sense?
 

I'm the opposite... I want to see what a product can do for a *real* person, and not an air-brushed photoshopped faux woman. I think that "perfect model" look has been part of the problem young girls have had with self-image and it causes psychological damage because a regular person can't reach those ideals.

I don't do Avon except for the Sweet Honesty products which I've loved for about 40 years now. Some of the fashion and beauty sites I visit are now using dudes with fake eyelashes and pretty dresses... and high heels, etc. as models. That's all fine and good if that is their lifestyle choice, but it's absolutely NOT going to make me want to buy the product. SMH
 
CallMeKate said:
I'm the opposite... I want to see what a product can do for a *real* person, and not an air-brushed photoshopped faux woman. I think that "perfect model" look has been part of the problem young girls have had with self-image and it causes psychological damage because a regular person can't reach those ideals.

I don't do Avon except for the Sweet Honesty products which I've loved for about 40 years now. Some of the fashion and beauty sites I visit are now using dudes with fake eyelashes and pretty dresses... and high heels, etc. as models. That's all fine and good if that is their lifestyle choice, but it's absolutely NOT going to make me want to buy the product. SMH
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couldn't agree more..with all of this
 

There must be different schools of thought on this, on what is beauty. I expect models to look the perfect ideal. Not a reflection of reality, if beauty products are to be sold. Avon brochures are now spoilt for me and I buy far less. Diversity is reaching it's tendrils into everything.
But that's only my perspective, it's interesting to have different angles on this.
 
Rose65 said:
Do you take Avon? I do and have always liked it because it's a little indulgence just for me. I order lipsticks, nail polish and jewellery occasionally. There is a lovely friendly girl that sells it round here. It just all makes me feel good.

Yet I have one problem in recent times. The models in the brochures are far too 'diverse' for me. I do not wish to see 'real women' with all their imperfections - I see that in the mirror!

I actually want to see youth, flawless skin, perfect lips nails and eyes, slim figure and gorgeous hair. Ideal impossible beauty. Because surely that is the dream and is the basis of all advertising. We all know we cannot easily look like that but certainly for me,
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This is what causes so much depression, and low self esteem, because people thing they should look like the flawless model on the cover of a magazine and yet despite applying all the cosmetics they're promised will do that..they still don't.. and why? ..because mostly they are young with flawless skin, and secondly they're made up by experts.. and often using different products to the ones being advertised...
 
Rose65 said:
Do you take Avon? I do and have always liked it because it's a little indulgence just for me. I order lipsticks, nail polish and jewellery occasionally. There is a lovely friendly girl that sells it round here. It just all makes me feel good.

Yet I have one problem in recent times. The models in the brochures are far too 'diverse' for me. I do not wish to see 'real women' with all their imperfections - I see that in the mirror!

I actually want to see youth, flawless skin, perfect lips nails and eyes, slim figure and gorgeous hair. Ideal impossible beauty. Because surely that is the dream and is the basis of all advertising. We all know we cannot easily look like that but certainly for me, I want to try, to strive. For that I will buy products that promise it.

Does that make sense?
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Yes, it does but not everybody will feel this way so it's important to respect the opinions of others. I do like to see models looking flawless. This is what I am paying to see and it motivates to do better, look better, because I like a challenge and always strive to be the best even if I am only competing with myself if that makes any sense. It's a self concept thing.
 
Rose65 said:
Do you take Avon? I do and have always liked it because it's a little indulgence just for me. I order lipsticks, nail polish and jewellery occasionally. There is a lovely friendly girl that sells it round here. It just all makes me feel good.

Yet I have one problem in recent times. The models in the brochures are far too 'diverse' for me. I do not wish to see 'real women' with all their imperfections - I see that in the mirror!

I actually want to see youth, flawless skin, perfect lips nails and eyes, slim figure and gorgeous hair. Ideal impossible beauty. Because surely that is the dream and is the basis of all advertising. We all know we cannot easily look like that but certainly for me, I want to try, to strive. For that I will buy products that promise it.

Does that make sense?
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I've known and used Avon since 1966. I clearly remember the special line for children "Pretty Peach" I believe it was called. Mother was a representative until 1972. I was allergic to just one item back then, the Avon Bubble Bath.

I was a representative from 1984 until 1991 and got my Christmas Crèche collection of mini ceramics. Unfortunately, they've stopped the collection and we never got the cow. Bummer!

I'm in favour that if a cream is made to effectively remove deep wrinkles (hey some promises that 😂) I'd want to see it used on someone who's actually HAVE said wrinkles to begin with. I prefer life's representation than plastic models with everything toned and smoother that makes the cream useless 😹😹😹.

Third generation now, as I've shown my daughter the ropes and she's been a representative since 2012 and going strong. She's received her delivery this morning. She got me January Sales gifts. Two wonderbras and an Aries pendant in gold with miniature pearls.

Here's her Avon superstore link, if you're in the UK. Cheers!
My Avon Store
 
If you are selling beauty, then show me beauty. Whatever that is. I need to see you look good to be enticed to purchase something. Those before and afters almost always make me think there's nothing happening. Avon had a great lipstick they discontinued. I always get compliments from other women when I wear it. I wish I could repurchase it.
 
My daughter has given me several times Avon cosmetics, and she used it for a while. It is simple and not expensive cosmetics. It's a good mid-range product. It seems to me, the more mediocre the product, the brighter and more beautiful its advertising.
 
I too looked up Avon 2023, everyone looked way better than me! Nothing wrong with admiring beauty. No one wants to look at the likes of me and I don't either.
 
I sold Avon for a while when I was barely out of my teens. I also was a customer for a long time. A co-worker sold it, then a friend. I haven't worn lipstick in years but I liked their "flavored" lip glosses. I never was into their cologne selection, but my mother and godmother were, so I ordered gifts for them. I also ordered a couple of caftans from their catalog.

I enjoy seeing beautiful people as much as the next person, but I'm happy to see diversity when it comes to models. I've seen "big girls", senior models, an albino model and even a model with vitiligo. First of all, some young women and girls who constantly see perfect looking people in magazines, on T.V. and movies feel "less than" when they can't live up to that standard of beauty. Their self esteem suffers and that is not a good thing. Secondly, women and girls need to learn that we each have our own unique features and they can be beautiful too.

I was a chubby Black girl who felt the "less than" because I never saw models that looked like me. It took years for Black women to be considered beautiful by others' standards. Our hair had to be straightened, some even tried lightening their skin. As a teen, I never saw Black women or girls on magazine covers besides Ebony magazine, which was geared toward Black people. But the girlie magazines for teens like Seventeen and fashion magazines like Vogue did not feature us. I was 27 years old when the first Black model, Beverly Johnson was featured on Vogue's cover. Seventeen featured it's first Black cover model, Joyce Wilford in 1971.
 

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