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Bare Escentuals has its first major ad campaign, and they're touting it as an un-retouched look at real women with natural beauty. They also say they selected the women based on their answers to questions about their lives and not their looks, which is almost true. More »
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Buzzfeed calls our attention to this gallery of before-and-after images of vintage pin-up ladies — proving women have been retouched in photos, paintings, and advertisements long before Photoshop came into our lives. In this era, artists were "fixing" imperfections on their models with an actual paintbrush. More »
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You are not the only one whose skin isn't always perfect. But you could get that feeling from looking at the magically pore and blemish-free images we're bombarded with on billboards and in magazines. One photographer inadvertently let us in on the process. Watch the miraculous transformation in our video. More »
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Scabs, scrapes, zits, braces: They make us "imperfect," but they are part of life. And except for Brazilian supermodels, we all have to deal with them—especially during our growing-up years. So shouldn't our school pictures reflect that reality? More »
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Are you an "Inquiring Siren" who wants to exercise her god-given right to be Photoshopped? One boudoir photo studio is here to help — because "every woman deserves to see herself retouched." More »
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Jacob, a Canadian clothing store, has pledged to stop retouching models' bodies in ads, though it will even skin tones and erase tattoos digitally. A company rep says they're striving for more realistic ads, but customers still expect "aspirational" images. More »
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Hey, look: Unretouched images of Jennifer Aniston popped up online. We suspect they're outtakes from a 2006 issue of Bazaar. Too bad her cute freckles were Photoshopped out for public consumption. More »
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A British health magazine decided its April cover model looked "unwell." So they retouched her to look 15-20 kg (33-44 pounds) heavier. More »
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Demi Moore is still claiming her W cover wasn't Photoshoppped, and tells Bazaar: "I called the photographers, and they said, 'We did not touch anything on your hip, your thigh, or your waist. It was the position.'" [New York, Earlier] More »
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Our Photoshop of Horrors Hall Of Shame gallery prompted a reader who once worked for the now-defunct glossy mag Hollywood Life to send us the following message, regarding a 2004 cover and Mischa Barton's hand: More »
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A group of doctors and academics have submitted a report to the U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority, saying retouched images make women and girls as young as five hate themselves. They want disclaimers on ads, but will that make a difference? More »
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In appearances on the Today Show and Good Morning America, SELF editor Lucy Danziger revealed that she's totally unrepentant about Photoshopping her magazine's Kelly Clarkson cover, and about convincing readers that looking your "personal best" means looking like someone else. More »
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In the wake of a disturbingly wrinkle-free Twiggy ad campaign, British Members of Parliament are calling for a ban on Photoshopping ads aimed at children, and disclosure of digital alterations in ads aimed at adults. More »
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Remember how Jessica and I put on some American Apparel monstrosities and looked like 10 pounds of shit in a 5-pound bag? The point, of course, was to look disgusting, and while most of the comments from you Jezzies were totally supportive, other people just didn't get it. They said that we looked gross and fat because we are gross and fat. And one of those comments told us that we needed "less blogging, more jogging." Silly boys! In this digital day and age, that's not how you lose weight; that's what Photoshop is for! After the jump, check out the "better" versions of our American Apparel-ed bodies. More »
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We decided to craft a little (and admittedly throwaway!) response to Redbook's diet-and-image obsessed July 2007 cover, in light of, well, our earlier post! Check it out after the jump. Have any of your own you want to share with us? Email us, or put 'em in the comments. More »
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