False Advertising

It is amazing that so many of us are sucked in to the false world of advertising.

Weather it be a shampoo advertisement where the model flicks her waves of perfect hair while we sit there trying to hide our own limp locks then rushing out to buy their brand because we have a hope that maybe we too will have a head full of bouncy shiny hair after use.

or...

Before and after pictures that are meant to give us a real idea of what we ourselves can expect from the treatment that we are considering. It goes without saying that we want to see real life cases of the results that the the equipment / treatments in clinics are achieving.

I have been doing some research on other clinics in the area and checking out their before and after pictures and here are a few that I have stumbled across!

Would these pictures make you want to go and get botox at these clinics if you were considering it?

With some of the biggest names on the high street making false claims what are we supposed to believe, can we trust any of them to be the anti ageing, body boosting, collagen repairing products that we so wish they are?

Does Celebrity endorsement make us want to buy a product because of the way they look on the advertisements along with all their airbrushing and hair extensions? 

They are supposed to include disclaimers

Example 1. Loreal's publicity storm over Elvive Full Restore 5 Range "Cheryl Cole's hair was styled with natural extensions".

Now I must have seen this advert 20 times and not once did I see this. That's because for the 30 second duration of the advert it flashes up for 2 seconds!.   Its equivalent to your friend waiting until you have turned to leave the room and miming behind your back!.  This has caused outrage from her fans as they felt they had been sold a lie.  (which they had).  But it has all very cleverly been covered up by what is called 'Effective Crisis Management' by giving her a new shorter do as you may have seen.  All this said we still all fall for the celebrity endorsement as statistics say that Loreal's sales went up  from 10,000 to 250,000 between Sep and Nov last year.

Example 2. Clarins EP3 Product.

They scaremongerd their customers into thinking that everyday domestic appliances could damage or age the skin and that their "Anti Electromagnetic Waves"(claim on the bottle) would help against these harmful effects. Well it turned out to all be a load of tosh, lying about research. Is this really what a billion dollar Cosmetic company need to be doing? 

The question remains to you..

Would you buy a product because your favourite celebrity say's he / she uses it and its great?

Good Botox Bad Botox!

We all know that the decision to have a treatment such as Botox or Fillers is a big one.

With all the media coverage about celebrities that use botox and fillers it gives us a lot of mixed signals and makes us all the more wary.

Good V's Bad

The questions we ask ourselves are will mine be good or will I be one of the unfortunate ones?

With so many options available now and nearly every salon introducing you to their in house practitioner its like a minefield. 

Here at Planet Skin we urge you to do your research about the practitioners that you are considering using, don't be fooled by fancy websites. Make sure that the decision you make is a well informed and researched one.

Ask questions and be sure that you feel 100% comfortable with your decision and your choice of practitioner.

Here is an interesting conversation regarding some of the legals about nurses that practice.

Consulting Room  is the UK's largest independent aesthetic website providing clear and unbiased information for anyone interested in the wide range of specialist surgical and non-surgical cosmetic treatments available today.  You will also find out what the industry average prices should be.

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Red Face? Rosacea!

We all flick through the magazines and see the flawless complexions of the Hollywood beautiful and wonder why we have been so cursed with our red, blotchy and uneven skin.  How do they do it? apart from the obvious airbrushing which unfortunately is not available to us, what do they use/ do?

Well I have been doing some research into this to find out.  

Rosacea is a Chronic condition that effects the skin on the face and usually begins with reddening and sometimes spots to the cheeks, chin, noes and forehead but can also affect the neck, chest, ears and scalp and may become hyper sensitive to certain triggers. This can worsen over time if untreated. You  may have heard it called "couperose".

There are treatments that can treat this condition so fret no more my Planet Skinners I will now share the secrets.

VPL 

Environ

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Trend Setters

Just as Sheep have Shepherds, Tunbridge Wells has Planet Skin.

We may have only been around since December of last year but it seems that we have been setting trends for other salons in the area.  We have added so much value to our services that other salons are struggling to even compete.

The technology we use is unrivalled in the beauty industry and the results that the treatments achieve along with the pharmaceutical grade product Environ are unbeatable.   

In this current economical climate that is the dark cloud over all our heads it feels that we are being made to choose between nails and waxing, facials and massage. Why can’t we choose which bill we pay and let the others one rot away? No such luck. 

If you have had a look at our special offers you will see that Planet Skin has opened the doors to body beautiful not just single treatments.  Let’s face it if you’re going to have great skin then you need to have great nails, eyebrows, eyelashes too!.

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