beauty ideals
Big eyes, small face, slender arms and legs…here’s the ideal woman you’ve been praying for!
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Shannon McNaught
Jul 1, 2016 - Tweet
- Japan
- (beauty • beauty ideals • beauty standards • big eyes • praying mantis • slender • small face • unexpected • women)
Poignant video about inner beauty is an unlikely ad for a beauty clinic 【Video】
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Aleisha Riboldi
Sep 22, 2015
At first glance, it looks like a trailer for a new movie or even a documentary about the pressures of beauty, popularity and social media. But in what is one of the most elaborate video commercials we’ve come across in a while, one beauty clinic in Thailand has gone to extreme lengths to advertise its services. Playing on the vulnerability of today’s millennials and modern societal pressures of beauty, they have produced a 14-minute short film which is as compelling as it is a disturbing.
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- SE Asia
- (advertising • beauty ideals • skin • video • YouTube)
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