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Creative advertising

Wednesday, 21. October 2009, 04:05:46

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I like creative advertising. I have an entire album full of photos of creative, funny and/or weird ads.

However, some advertisers can be a little too smart for my likings. Like, when Garnier says in their ad for Fructis hairshampoo: "Fructis. That has been proved" - then it makes me wonder what it is exactly that has been proved...

And the other day in the supermarket, there was a shower cream from Sanex, that made me stop and look one more time. Take a look:


Dermo
re-vital
Omega 6 & AHA



Dermo is something with skin
Re-vital - well, I understand re-vitalizing
Omega 6 is some kind of sebacic acid
And AHA is... umm... yeah, WTF is that???

Is it "Now with AHA"? Or, "AHA, we've got it now!" :idea:

They might as well have written: "Not containing AHA!", and everybody would have thought that it was a good thing is wasn't there...


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Comments

der Wandersmann 21. October 2009, 04:32

LOL

Dacotah 21. October 2009, 04:34

AHA

:smile:

Angeliki 21. October 2009, 05:04

aha hahahhahaha p:

27 abbreviations are killing each other to be chosen p:

http://www.abbreviations.com/AHA :lol:

Angeliki 21. October 2009, 05:05

PS

Carol is correct but I thought it will be fun to throw another 27 :D

Dacotah 21. October 2009, 05:21

:D

r♡se 21. October 2009, 07:11

Haha! You're right. It's the same in TV commercials when they talk about what active ingredients there is in their new and improved facial anti-wrinkle creams! :D

Kittylicious 21. October 2009, 08:15

@ dW ~ Yes, that's what I thought too!

@ Carol ~ Thanks. But how many does that? Google weird ingredients when they get home from shopping? :wink:

@ Angeliki ~ :lol: I like that! Especially the Awesome Heavenly Angel. :lol:

@ Rose ~ Have you noticed that when they throw percentages into their commercials? Like, 83% finds that the cream works like this, then there's usually a little *) saying with tiny little letters: "Tested on 27 women" - I mean, what the fuck? Only 27???

r♡se 21. October 2009, 08:23

:lol: Yes! And I do wonder about that laboratory in Switzerland they keep referring to... p:

Smeee-Heeee 21. October 2009, 08:27

Do they expect us to be up-to-date with the new, happening ingredients in toiletries? I'd never heard of AHA before Carol posted the link, either...
I think you're right, people would buy it just as much if they put "now without" :lol:

Kittylicious 21. October 2009, 08:30

@ Rose ~ I've been wondering about that thing in Switzerland too! :lol: Perhaps it's because they believe that consumers are so stupid that they think that a laboratory in Switzerland must be neutral, no? :D

@ Kimmie ~ They could also change the slogan: "AHA - now it actually works!" P:

Moesring 21. October 2009, 09:13

I see you didn't mention if you were taken in by the buzz-abbreviation (like a buzzword, only an abbreviation instead :o:). :sherlock:

r♡se 21. October 2009, 09:14

Ah, I didn't think about that neutrality thing! That could be it! :D

Smeee-Heeee 21. October 2009, 09:18

:lol:

Dacotah 21. October 2009, 09:56

Sorry, don't understand the questions.
How many does what?
:smile:

The Dark Furie 21. October 2009, 10:13

Oh Kitty, haven't you ever used musical shower bottles before? Using genetic modification they've created molecules that play audible notes when aggravated, meaning the music plays while you massage the shampoo into your hair. This one obviously contains the programming for Take On Me. :up:

The Dark Furie 21. October 2009, 10:15

*rereads own comment and rushes off to the patent office*

Gavin Sheedy 21. October 2009, 15:11

Brad Pitt's urine.

The Dark Furie 21. October 2009, 16:50

You found out the secret ingredient of Diamond White! :yikes:

dbshadow(Deacon Blue) 21. October 2009, 16:53

"WYK" (Whose Your Kitty) and "AHA" (Awesome Heavenly Angel) have now only to decipher the "Mystery of the Big Bang Theory" and the world will be safe from all creative advertisers. :cat: :angel: :knight:

Suntana 21. October 2009, 17:15

There are 2 possibilities.
AHA could stand for - Aha, yeah right. Like there's actually an Omega 6. :D
Or it stands for - AHA!! If you are reading this, we have already snagged you in our web of BS marketing. monkey

RedFreya 21. October 2009, 17:31

It`s obviously made from the Norwegian rock band a-ha. They are splitting up, perhaps they are being recycled as a shower cream . :yikes: :lol: :lol:

Kittylicious 21. October 2009, 18:20

@ Moe ~ If you're asking me if I bought it, the answer is no. :smile:

@ Rose ~ See how clever I pretend to be. :D

@ Carol ~ I meant that not many people will google an unknown ingredient they've read on a shampoo bottle. :smile:

@ Mik ~ A shower cream that plays "take on me" when rubbed in??? Whoa... I better buy a couple of them next time! :yes:

@ Gavin ~ Is that white? :left:

@ shadow ~ I'm afraid that it's going to take some time. :D

@ Sunny ~ :lol: - I like that! "Aha, yeah right" :lol:

@ Freya ~ Then I'm definitely not buying. Imagine to rub Morten Harket onto your body! :yikes: :lol:

Gavin Sheedy 21. October 2009, 18:51

Don't go there! :lol: His love urine.

r♡se 21. October 2009, 18:52

Originally posted by Zaphira:

Imagine to rub Morten Harket onto your body!

Not only that... but imagine if he rubs off! :eek: :lol:

Kittylicious 21. October 2009, 18:54

@ Gavin ~ Oh dear, have mercy! :lol: :faint:

@ Rose ~ That's exactly where I didn't want to go! :lol:

Dacotah 21. October 2009, 20:40

Oh, not me.
:smile:

Jurjen 21. October 2009, 21:08

It's always the same when I try to participate into a conversation about all these great new products with these great compounds. So someone tells me something is good because it has lets say omega 6 in it. So I try to be interested and ask what it actually is and what good it does.
Somehow I always manage to kill the conversation at that point :D

Stardancer 22. October 2009, 03:36

:lol:

The Dark Furie 22. October 2009, 10:15

Don't use too much. You'll be sucked into a black and white comic book world. :yikes:

Kittylicious 22. October 2009, 15:03

@ Carol ~ :cool:

@ Jurjen ~ I bet you're really good at that! :lol:

@ Star ~ P:

@ Mik ~ I might ending up running away with one of the bad guys. :D

The Dark Furie 22. October 2009, 15:36

:yikes:

Dacotah 22. October 2009, 17:55

:D

Kittylicious 22. October 2009, 18:23

And smileys, my friends, can either kill comments or keep on forever. :D

Jurjen 22. October 2009, 22:32

:yes:

Kittylicious 23. October 2009, 04:00

Thank you so much for cementing it, Jurjen. :lol:

Jurjen 23. October 2009, 08:39

You're welcome :lol:

The Dark Furie 23. October 2009, 11:31

:rolleyes:

Kittylicious 23. October 2009, 11:44

Two in a row? That's worrying! :worried:

The Dark Furie 23. October 2009, 13:28

:left::right:p:

Kittylicious 23. October 2009, 16:45

I need to get Kimmie to take your temperature now. :lol:

The Dark Furie 23. October 2009, 17:36

It's somewhere around "RAGE" degrees at the moment. :irked:

Kittylicious 23. October 2009, 18:42

Impressive. It looks as if your blood pressure is a bit too high at the moment. :worried:

Mina 26. October 2009, 03:25

*adds AHA to the water source*

Kittylicious 26. October 2009, 05:05

*gets a bit worried*

Mina 26. October 2009, 13:43

:sing:

Drink it, drink it you will see
Your skin will look most lovely.

:D

The Dark Furie 26. October 2009, 14:19

Did that singing nutcase just drown a popular 80s group? :eek:

Gavin Sheedy 26. October 2009, 16:51

He just downed their love urine.

Kittylicious 26. October 2009, 16:55

This is the time where Dannii would say he was lost! awww

Gavin Sheedy 26. October 2009, 17:09

Whereas the rest of us should just know better.

A-ha are breaking up.

Kittylicious 26. October 2009, 17:49

I don't know better. awww

A-ha... again? P:

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