Thanks to the NFL, Cover Girl Has a PR Nightmare On Its Hands
The NFL's oafish response to the Ray Rice elevator tape has led to a national outcry against the league's leadership and the culture it has allowed to fester. It was only a matter of time, really, before this became a PR nightmare for its many sponsors and partners. The latest? Cover Girl, the "official beauty…
Mascara Ads Will Never Not Feature False Eyelashes
In news that will surprise no one, despite years of being chastised by the National Advertising Division, makeup companies have continued to fight the good fight and attempt to convince customers that those SKY HIGH lashes are the result of their product and are not also helped by a good set of falsies. At this point,…
Get Your Bougie Capitol Self Some Hunger Games Makeup
The first images have been released for the makeup you, YES, you can buy from CoverGirl’s Capitol Collection, inspired by The Hunger Games book two, Catching Fire. As seen in the images above, of District 1 ("Luxury") at left and District 4 ("Fishing") at right, the collection is about displaying pure wealth, not the…
Meet Your New Athlete Cover Girls
Cover Girl signed two new faces, and both are athletes: boxer Marlen Esparza, right, and beach volleyball player Jennifer Kessy, left. Kessy and Esparza will compete at the London Olympics this summer — and they make a bit of a change from the roster of actors, singers, and models who usually shill for Big Makeup. …
Cosmetics Companies May Be Forced To Stop Lying To Us With Photoshopped Ads
Recently, CoverGirl cosmetics ran an ad for mascara that featured pictorial proof that their mascara was capable of transforming women's eyelashes from anemic to voluptuous. Except the pictorial proof of the makeup's effectiveness was actually just a photoshopped image that sort of represented what the company wanted…
Lipstick That Isn't Going Anywhere
Much unlike many a magazine editor who recommends you buy all sorts of crap that they most likely got for free, your Jezebel staff doesn't get jack shit (other than books, unsolicited). And that's how it should be. But on our own time, in our personal lives, we still buy stuff. So this is Worth It, our daily…
Mascara Ad Uses False Lashes To Convince You Of "True" Volume
This fairly straight-forward CoverGirl LashBlast ad — seen in this week's Ok! magazine — features two images of ANTM winner Nicole Fox, and one beauty shot of a mascara bottle and wand. The copy asks, "Is your volume true? Or false?" And continues: "LastBlast gives you true volume. If your mascara promises volume but…
Rachel Zoe Sees Her Fashion Line Sitting Beside Alexander Wang And DVF
- Rachel Zoe is seven months pregnant, and in possession of a brand-new fashion line. She has a new assistant, and gets followed around by a team of 20 for her Bravo show. Also, she's having a boy. But the clothes:
The Picture That Caused A Fight Between Anna Wintour And Grace Coddington
- Model Coco Rocha unearthed and published the Steven Meisel photograph that Anna Wintour famously killed from Grace Coddington's 1920s-themed spread in The September Issue — previously only glimpsed ever-so-fleetingly in the movie. So this is it. It's purty. [OhSoCoco]
What Was Drew Wearing? And Other Red Carpet Questions
Plenty of the luminaries on CoverGirl 50th-anniversary red carpet were lovely. Then there was Drew Barrymore's neon sack...
Lady Gaga And Her Meat Dress Top 2010 Fashion "Moments"
- Lady Gaga's meat dress was named the top fashion moment of 2010 by the sartorial sages at Time, closely followed by M.I.A.'s burqa, and Venus Williams' lingerie-inspired French Open get-up. Let's discuss. [Time]
Estée Lauder Signs Its First Black New Face In God Knows How Long
- Joan Smalls — a model whose career we've been tracking for years — bagged an Estée Lauder contract. The Puerto Rican's ads will debut next spring. "We are rejoicing in the importance of global beauty," said Aerin Lauder. [WWD]
Something About Ann Ward's Neck Is ... Missing
It looks like someone took a straight-on cut-out of America's Next Top Model winner Ann Ward's head and pasted it onto an angled shot of her body. Where did her neck go? Maybe it's under that voluminous brown hair? Uh...

