Don’t you just love how we mimic nature? When fall turns in, all those falling, colored leaves? Doesn’t it push you into becoming a red-haired? No? Well, you must be one of the few who doesn’t feel that hair dye urge once fall kicks in! It so happens that everyone (and, maybe, their respective dogs) [...]

Didn’t you miss a good dose of photoshop-less ad campaign pictures? Madonna photoshop-less pictures are my favorites, by far! She’s such an iconic piece of media work, I’m always enjoying a bit of demystification of her media persona. Remember her advertorial work for Dolce and Gabbana? Well, there she goes, in all her natural splendor, [...]

I came across this today and I’m so happy I did since I was looking for a simple, compelling guide to basically retouching your photos using the infamous Photoshop. This is how it’s done, my daaahlings! There’s no magic wand, just few simple clicks and the smoothing occurs! If you need a cover-ready face and [...]

I told you there was going to be more than one magazine outrage of the day, did I not? After seeing a Julianne Moore –like Drew Barrymore on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar, let’s get into some Precious Elle time! Elle Magazine celebrates its 25th anniversary with a multiple covers issue. From Megan Fox to [...]

There’s actually just a handful of things a magazine issue can do to you – besides actually buying it, that is – and one of them is appalling you with a cover only. Today I will get into that. Again. And I’ll start with a mild one: Drew Barrymore on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar [...]

Has anyone seen anything recent with Matthew McConaughey? A movie, I mean? I’m a simple girl and I love simple romantic comedies. The last I’ve seen from him was that – a romantic comedy with him and Jennifer Garner. Ghosts of girlfriends past, yes, that was it! Oh, well, he wasn’t such a gentleman in [...]

Some photoshoppers just can’t seem to get it right, no matter what! It’s either that, or whoever’s supervising the marketing dep chez Ralph Lauren has serious optical issues! We know what happened in the past, we were part of the buzz created and we were sincerely hoping that the future might hold something better! Well, [...]

Have you seen the latest in airbrushed ad campaigns? It comes from Ann Taylor and it looks like the one below (the untouched photo at left and the after-photoshop image at right). There’s really nothing wrong in smoothing the skin a bit, hiding the blemishes, adding a bit of luminosity here, enhancing the shade there. [...]