Comments on: Whitewash and Photoshop http://www.afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/ ~ all shades of beautiful Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:59:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Beyoncé I am….Tour in Seoul « Kiss My Kimchi http://www.afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/comment-page-2/#comment-277812 Beyoncé I am….Tour in Seoul « Kiss My Kimchi Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:44:18 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/#comment-277812 [...] Perhaps it was that L’Oreal debacle that brought the fierceness out? But perhaps not since that controversy seemed aimed more at L’Oreal than Beyoncé. Maybe it was the resurgence of everyone’s favorite [...] [...] Perhaps it was that L’Oreal debacle that brought the fierceness out? But perhaps not since that controversy seemed aimed more at L’Oreal than Beyoncé. Maybe it was the resurgence of everyone’s favorite [...]

]]> By: Reality imitates satire | AMERIKA http://www.afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/comment-page-2/#comment-249274 Reality imitates satire | AMERIKA Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:58:12 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/#comment-249274 [...] diversity,” there are also cases of people subtracting diversity that also looks stoned, and lightening diversity so it appeals to a wider audience. It’s all the same response, pandering, to a reality people [...] [...] diversity,” there are also cases of people subtracting diversity that also looks stoned, and lightening diversity so it appeals to a wider audience. It’s all the same response, pandering, to a reality people [...]

]]> By: Nandi http://www.afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/comment-page-2/#comment-129112 Nandi Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:18:03 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/#comment-129112 Sure wish to heck they would have done that, lighten us up, for us with those darn school pictures!!! Sure wish to heck they would have done that, lighten us up, for us with those darn school pictures!!!

]]> By: LV http://www.afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/comment-page-2/#comment-128948 LV Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:16:19 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/#comment-128948 I also noticed this as in the new issue of Essence, but I also noticed the House of Deréon ad a few pages away where Beyonce is almost the same color as she is in the L'Oreal ad. So you can't get mad at L'Oreal for doing what everyone else is doing, you have to attack the industry as a whole. I also noticed this as in the new issue of Essence, but I also noticed the House of Deréon ad a few pages away where Beyonce is almost the same color as she is in the L’Oreal ad. So you can’t get mad at L’Oreal for doing what everyone else is doing, you have to attack the industry as a whole.

]]> By: Cheli http://www.afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/comment-page-2/#comment-128909 Cheli Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:28:36 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/#comment-128909 has anyone asked themselves why beyonce is getting paid to advertise hair when hers is not of the real variety? has anyone asked themselves why beyonce is getting paid to advertise hair when hers is not of the real variety?

]]> By: Ms. Bar B. http://www.afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/comment-page-2/#comment-128426 Ms. Bar B. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:22:38 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/#comment-128426 Oh yeah, you can check out the link below for a comparison of the photo from the ad in Essence and the one that has been circulating. http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/08/beyonce-loreal-ad.php Oh yeah, you can check out the link below for a comparison of the photo from the ad in Essence and the one that has been circulating.

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/08/beyonce-loreal-ad.php

]]> By: Ms. Bar B. http://www.afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/comment-page-2/#comment-128418 Ms. Bar B. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:51:04 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/#comment-128418 As I am a relatively new reader of this blog I thought this post was interesting enough to aid me in a final paper on the effects of images in pop culture, so thanks Afrobella. In addition to that I would just like to say that I just received my latest issue of Essence (which has the Obama fam on the cover) and this L'oreal ad is featured. Let me report that in this ad the photo is in the right tones for both B's skintone and the hair color. I'm not sure what happened with the photo that we have here. Perhaps this was one that was touched up too much or perhaps after the attention L'oreal decided that they should present B as she originally is. Who knows? Also, there have been other celebs who have questioned the way that their photos have been presented in ads: Mary J Blige for a cover of Essence that she didn't like (I think it was Essence), and Queen Latifah was upset that pounds were taken off her body in ads for the Chicago movie. But anyhoo... Just wanted to say thanks again for giving me an image to work with =). As I am a relatively new reader of this blog I thought this post was interesting enough to aid me in a final paper on the effects of images in pop culture, so thanks Afrobella.

In addition to that I would just like to say that I just received my latest issue of Essence (which has the Obama fam on the cover) and this L’oreal ad is featured. Let me report that in this ad the photo is in the right tones for both B’s skintone and the hair color.

I’m not sure what happened with the photo that we have here. Perhaps this was one that was touched up too much or perhaps after the attention L’oreal decided that they should present B as she originally is. Who knows?

Also, there have been other celebs who have questioned the way that their photos have been presented in ads: Mary J Blige for a cover of Essence that she didn’t like (I think it was Essence), and Queen Latifah was upset that pounds were taken off her body in ads for the Chicago movie. But anyhoo…

Just wanted to say thanks again for giving me an image to work with =).

]]> By: Sugar Hype » Blog Archive » SPOTTED: BEYONCE IN L.A. http://www.afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/comment-page-2/#comment-128290 Sugar Hype » Blog Archive » SPOTTED: BEYONCE IN L.A. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:47:28 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/#comment-128290 [...] the still brewing L’Oreal controversy, Beyonce was spotted arriving in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon. It is rumored that the singer is [...] [...] the still brewing L’Oreal controversy, Beyonce was spotted arriving in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon. It is rumored that the singer is [...]

]]> By: flygyrl72 http://www.afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/comment-page-2/#comment-128002 flygyrl72 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:16:10 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/#comment-128002 Yo.... I like Beyonce. She's pretty & she's a good performer...but, Beyonce is TOTALLY COMMERCIAL. It is what it is. I don't look to that chick for any inspiration style or fashion-wise & certainly not sista-wise. Although, she finally got on my radar by looking flawless in Dreamgirls... Yeah, she looks a little different in these ads, but I don't think she looks all that different from how she usually looks...artificial. She is a talented performer though, & I always thought she was the best dancer in Destiny's Child. In that "No, No, No" video w/ Wyclef, she was the only one puttin it down, droppin it like it was hot...LOL... But, to Kelis...she's a public figure, she puts it out there for the public, so therefore, public gotta right to comment. I don't necessarily think that folks is just plain hating on her, saying that she wants to be White (anyone that has ever heard that chick talk knows for damn sure she's not trying to be White, she has never lost her sister drawl, never...I sometimes used to cringe when I heard her talk, now I appreciate that she doesn't go outta her way to tighten up on her pronunciations & get all nasal , she's articulate, but she keeps it real) Man, I just wish L-Boogie hadn't of went crazy (she'll be back), then she woulda represented for all us boho sexy natural chocolate (or not so chocolate) sistahs...talk about fly ass dopeness...man... Yo….

I like Beyonce. She’s pretty & she’s a good performer…but, Beyonce is TOTALLY COMMERCIAL. It is what it is. I don’t look to that chick for any inspiration style or fashion-wise & certainly not sista-wise. Although, she finally got on my radar by looking flawless in Dreamgirls…

Yeah, she looks a little different in these ads, but I don’t think she looks all that different from how she usually looks…artificial.

She is a talented performer though, & I always thought she was the best dancer in Destiny’s Child. In that “No, No, No” video w/ Wyclef, she was the only one puttin it down, droppin it like it was hot…LOL…

But, to Kelis…she’s a public figure, she puts it out there for the public, so therefore, public gotta right to comment. I don’t necessarily think that folks is just plain hating on her, saying that she wants to be White (anyone that has ever heard that chick talk knows for damn sure she’s not trying to be White, she has never lost her sister drawl, never…I sometimes used to cringe when I heard her talk, now I appreciate that she doesn’t go outta her way to tighten up on her pronunciations & get all nasal , she’s articulate, but she keeps it real)

Man, I just wish L-Boogie hadn’t of went crazy (she’ll be back), then she woulda represented for all us boho sexy natural chocolate (or not so chocolate) sistahs…talk about fly ass dopeness…man…

]]> By: coco_fiere http://www.afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/comment-page-2/#comment-127877 coco_fiere Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:20:31 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/08/08/whitewash-and-photoshop/#comment-127877 It's remarkable to notice how much of an uproar this has caused because it's Beyonce. It tickles me how many people, who have never met Ms. Knowles (Carter), seem to know what she thinks, what private things she may have done to herself and what she is trying to represent. Amazing! The ads with Eva Longoria showcase her extensions/weave and false eyelashes to sell the mascara and hair color and Beyonce wearing a weave is no different. Most models and celebs wear weaves to protect their natural hair from the damage that frequent,extreme styling does to it. Gabrielle Union wears a weave and Kerry Washington has worn one for roles and appearances. So what? Did you get this upset when our own Oscar winner JHud clearly had about 20 lbs shaved off her album cover? Do you insist she had "final approval" and should have told them no? The colorism-induced self-hatred makes a lot of our sisters hate on one of our own and it's ridiculous. Beyonce is a light-skinned woman with a lot of influence. Rihanna is a light-skinned woman with growing influence. Halle and Latifah are medium-complected women with influence. Kerry and Gabrielle are darker-complected women with influence. They are models and their bankable faces get people to buy stuff--period. We should be proud of them all and not insist that THEY are "trying to convince us what to buy and what to use" because they are just faces for the companies who are trying to convince you what to buy and use. Do you really think Hillary Swank only wears Insolence perfume because she's in the ad? Do you think Eva Longoria uses Feria or Preference when Ken Paves does her hair? Chill and focus your anger and vile for the right target....L'Oreal and the ad agency they used. Peace It’s remarkable to notice how much of an uproar this has caused because it’s Beyonce. It tickles me how many people, who have never met Ms. Knowles (Carter), seem to know what she thinks, what private things she may have done to herself and what she is trying to represent. Amazing! The ads with Eva Longoria showcase her extensions/weave and false eyelashes to sell the mascara and hair color and Beyonce wearing a weave is no different. Most models and celebs wear weaves to protect their natural hair from the damage that frequent,extreme styling does to it. Gabrielle Union wears a weave and Kerry Washington has worn one for roles and appearances. So what? Did you get this upset when our own Oscar winner JHud clearly had about 20 lbs shaved off her album cover? Do you insist she had “final approval” and should have told them no? The colorism-induced self-hatred makes a lot of our sisters hate on one of our own and it’s ridiculous. Beyonce is a light-skinned woman with a lot of influence. Rihanna is a light-skinned woman with growing influence. Halle and Latifah are medium-complected women with influence. Kerry and Gabrielle are darker-complected women with influence. They are models and their bankable faces get people to buy stuff–period. We should be proud of them all and not insist that THEY are “trying to convince us what to buy and what to use” because they are just faces for the companies who are trying to convince you what to buy and use. Do you really think Hillary Swank only wears Insolence perfume because she’s in the ad? Do you think Eva Longoria uses Feria or Preference when Ken Paves does her hair? Chill and focus your anger and vile for the right target….L’Oreal and the ad agency they used. Peace

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