In this early 1970s Maybelline print advertisement, a beautiful, but ordinary woman is drawn applying mascara. The largest text on the ad reads, “Maybelline presents new automatic MAGIC MASCARA with totally NEW Spiral Brush,” which draws viewers in to read more about the exciting, revolutionary product. Beneath the woman, the text also contains phrases that are emphasized through bold fonts, such as, “never has lash-loveliness been so easy, so pleasant, so perfect!” and “so smooth, so safe, so pure… lashes look their longest and loveliest always.” In addition to these claims, the price of only one dollar is showcased next to a brightly colored tube of the new mascara. The last text shown at the bottom of the page reads, “Maybelline… devoted exclusively to the art of eye beauty.”
This advertisement uses loaded language, plain folk, and appeals to pathos, ethos, and logos. Words such as “smooth, pure, loveliest, and perfect” all convey pleasant and light emotions such as joy and contempt. As a result of this loaded language, the product appears to be more desirable now that consumers associate positive emotions with it. These phrases containing loaded language not only appeal to pathos, but also to ethos by suggesting that Maybelline is the highest quality and most trustworthy brand of all eye makeup. In addition, this ad uses the plain folk persuasive technique through the average, middle class woman. It also showcases the low cost, and emphasizes how easy the mascara is to
Television advertisements have been a part of pop culture for years, these quick minute long clips gain the popularity of its viewers through humor, shock, or simply good salesmanship. The ShamWow infomercial has become one the most well known television ads in America. Its popularity came from its snappy dialogue, believable offer, and enthusiastic spokesman. But what made this infomercial so successful? Today I will be analyzing how the ineffective use of the appeals of ethos and kairos, and the highly effective appeal of logos and pathos effect the audience in the ShamWow commercial.
The definition of true beauty continues to evolve as generations pass and new ones emerge. Ulta Beauty, a popular cosmetic store, sells products with the aim to make women feel confident in their skin. Their use of advertisements helps spread the word about new, improved product lines and reach out to potential buyers. Selling makeup is the obvious goal of a cosmetic store, but the kind of consumers they attract and how varies between different franchises. When a company displays their products in one shot instead of in a commercial, the task of conveying the message becomes harder. Ulta Beauty persuades women to purchase their products by pointing out buyers’ insecurities while still appearing to promote empowering feminist values.
Advertisements are everywhere. From billboards, to magazines, to newspapers, flyers and TV commercials, chances are that you won’t go a day without observing some sort of ad. In most cases, companies use these ads as persuasive tools, deploying rhetorical appeals—logos, pathos, and ethos—to move their audiences to think or act in a certain way. The two magazine ads featured here, both endorsing Pedigree products, serve as excellent examples of how these modes of persuasion are strategically used.
L’Oreal heavily utilizes pathos in its True Match Powder advertisement to generate sales. The company itself runs on an emotionally-charged slogan: buy L’Oreal “Because You’re Worth It”, so this comes as no surprise. Recently, many major makeup brands have been under heavy criticism because their products do not cater to a wide range of skintones - L’Oreal attempts to set themselves apart in this advertisement. They use pathos in the imagery on the advertisement, in the text throughout, and in their graphic art slogan on the bottom left.
We live in a fast paced society that is ruled by mass media. Every day we are bombarded by images of, perfect bodies, beautiful hair, flawless skin, and ageless faces that flash at us like a slide show. These ideas and images are embedded in our minds throughout our lives. Advertisements select audience openly and subliminally, and target them with their product. They allude to the fact that in order to be like the people in this advertisement you must use their product. This is not a new approach, nor is it unique to this generation, but never has it been as widely used as it is today. There is an old saying 'a picture is worth a thousand words,' and what better way to tell someone about a product
Recently, Fenty Beauty released a commercial onto Instagram, Twitter and Youtube. This is the ideal method for displaying the makeup line because commercials have motion, which allows the viewer to see the use of the products in various looks. This advertisement shows a wide variety of people from different cultures and parts of the world. This makes it relatable to almost all people watching it because people automatically connect to advertisements where they see people that they associate with themselves. Therefore, by using this technique people will have a positive image of the brand and are more likely to buy the products. Along with the use of diverse models, there were animations of the products all linking together. By showing models in various shape, skin colour and background, Fenty Beauty focuses on an audience that has been rarely targeted. The audience for the makeup line are people with darker skin tones. The market for this audience was nearly untouched so there was definitely money to be made. This advertisement is also very unique in the way it shows its products. It has an aesthetic feel and makes itself visually appealing by using varying shades of colour, shapes, and camera angles along with upbeat music synced animations keeps the audience engaged. This creative use of visuals make it more appealing to the audience so that they are more likely to buy the product. The visuals show all the products in the product mix. The packaging of the products in the
Due to having Taylor Swift as the main actor, leads to emotions being the strongest appeal used in this ad. This makes the audience want to buy this silk foundation to make them
Beauty is the quality of undeniable attractiveness possessed by a confident individual. Beauty is culturally valued because of its effect to make someone feel confident, creative, and unique. The beauty industry is expanding faster than ever because of the constant publicity it is receiving, whether it through social media, articles, or blogs. There are stores that are dedicated solely to all things beauty. One store in particular is Ulta Beauty. It is a beauty emporium where makeup gurus, or any ordinary person, could really get creative. Ulta’s popularity continues to grow because of its fun, colorful, and persuasive ads. An example would be an ad which contains a subtle, white, sparkly background, with vivid hues of purples, pinks, golds, and blues clustered together on the right side, with the words “All things beauty. All in one place. Go ahead, lose yourself,” and the large “Ulta Beauty” logo in the center of it all. The ad uses color, text, and gender appeal to connect to the value of beauty and to persuade women of all walks of life to shop there.
Jean Kilbourne shows that the major messages is that exhilaration come from products, and ads are guided customers away from what make them really happy. Every sentiments is used to sell something and leave shoppers romantic about the products.Advertisers exploit buyer's human desires for link, calmness,esteem, and
At the top of this ad, the words “COVER GIRL” are printed in big size which makes it easy to spot. Under the Cover Girl, consumers can read Cover Girl’s famous slogan “Easy, Breezy, Beautiful” which is meant to send the message that Cover Girl products give them a natural beauty. The color of these logos usually matches the color of the product that they advertise. In this ad, Cover Girl uses the phrase “Insta-Gorgous” to introduce their new product; the ad catches the attention of the younger generation, who is obsessed with social networking, by linking the product to instagram. The add also encourages the viewers to use the product, take pictures and instagram them to #covergirl. The writing on the ad says “ A do-it-all foundation that’s insta-natural, insta-shine free, insta-lasting and insta-gorgeous”, which describes all the qualities that consumers look in a foundation. This is a foundation that gives you a natural beauty and lasts all day long. Cover Girl manipulates women into buying their products by using colorful ads that catch the consumers’ eyes and smart logos that give the consumers the necessary
Appeal is the key to the car of spending. Advertisers know, to be successful, they must be able to quickly grab an audience’s attention and promptly make their point to keep it. A good advertisement must also contain all three of Aristotle’s appeals; pathos, ethos and logos, in order to convey a message to the masses. The visual appeal that is given from the Crest Complete with Scope ad is a prime example of how the Procter and Gamble (P&G) Company market their products to a generation that in fast-paced and easily distractible.
In Chapter Seven of Practices of Looking, we start to explore in the ideas of advertising, consumer cultures and desire. Everyday, we are faced with advertisements through newspapers, magazines, TV, movies, billboards, public transportation such as buses and taxis, clothing, the internet, etc. Logos, such as signs, or anything that resemble a brand, are everywhere, they are on clothing, household items, electronics, cars, etc. Consumers are always showing off their brands and advertisements and we are used to seeing those brands and advertisements in an everyday setting. In modern media, advertisers are pressured to always change the ways they show off and get the attention to consumers, old and new. Advertisers also used present figures who were glamorous. Advertisements set up a certain relationship between the product and its meaning to sell the products and the hidden meaning we link to each of the products. Advertisements use the language of conversion. Advertisers try to create a customer relationship to the brand to try to form them as familiar, necessary, and also likeable.
On May 2014; the Women’s and Health magazine published an advertisement for Sofia Vergara featuring Head and Shoulders. Head and Shoulders is a shampoo product with different kinds of shampoos. This advertisement is selling the green apple head and shoulder shampoo with its conditioner. Who are the targeted audience? Why would any person choose this product not the other? A lot of questions the advertisement must reply on to be considered as a good advertisement. One of the main questions asked would be if this was a persuasive advertisement or not. Such a question is answered through the use of logos ethos and pathos.
Since similar standards for beauty have been created by advertisements have been around for so long, women do not know they have been manipulated and now accept them as true. Because of this, this advertisement’s portrayal of a “beautiful” woman is an effective strategy to convince women to buy the Be Delicious perfume.
The target market for Maybelline’s Great Lash Mascara is primarily women between the ages of 15 and 35. Because of this large age gap, Maybelline over the years has become a more contemporary brand for all women of all races. They have done this by providing foundation shades in a wider range of colors and introducing products that women of any age can use. Maybelline also produces different products for each country that they distribute to. Each ad within an ad campaign is altered slightly or tremendously to better suit the culture it is marketing to. In the U.S., a large percent of females begin to use makeup before the age of 16. As a girl uses Maybelline Great Lash Mascara, a well-known product, it could have possibly been bought for her or given to her by her mother. With this specific product being around for many years, many women have grown to be brand loyal to it. As a young woman grows into adulthood, the cheaper mascara option of Maybelline Great Lash can be compared to other brands of higher price. Other competitors can provide a product that a consumer can reach for as they grow and can begin to afford to spend more on a better quality or different formula of mascara. This can relate to income or social class within demographics as well. Some women choose this specific SBU because of the affordable price and what they expect out of the product. This specific product is a simple mascara that lengthens and darkens lashes. As these consumers grow older, they may