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May 27 2005 9 Comments

Facial grease findings

It’s not uncommon to see young women in restaurants or coffee shops dabbing their faces with (for want of a better description) grease removing paper. And as the humidity begins to rise, getting rid of this unwanted and shiny substance is deemed ever more necessary; with the little pieces of paper used becoming almost transparent due to an excess of, erm, facial matter.

One manufacturer however claims that not only will its product result in the skin being nice and dry, it will even feel like that of a baby. And what better way to emphasise this than by using the photograph of a toddler on the packaging?

freaky baby

On closer inspection though, I’m not sure that the little chap pictured was the ideal choice. Far from it in fact. As whilst he may have a cute little face, rather worryingly he appears to have the upper torso of an old man. Plus an unusually large left hand.

Or do all babies look like that?

Categorized: Odd

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  1. debx says

    5/27/2005 at 9:07 pm

    hahaha!!! yes indeed the baby upon closer inspection isn’t exactly what i’d call “ideal”….

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  2. 988066 says

    5/28/2005 at 2:02 am

    That baby is quite disturbing-looking. Then again, I find most babies rather unsettling.

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  3. Jacke says

    5/28/2005 at 6:58 am

    Perhaps the idea is that even old people will get skin like a baby when they use the, uh… grease. Still, it’s a pretty disturbing picture.

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  4. countess says

    5/28/2005 at 9:44 am

    definitely not ideal skin to have. the baby looks to have rosacea!

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  5. Andrew says

    5/28/2005 at 8:49 pm

    don’t you think the baby is too “red” ?

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  6. der says

    5/29/2005 at 9:42 pm

    I think you’re all getting this wrong. The picture is of one of the ingredients, it’s not supposed to show the effects of applying the stuff or anything.

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  7. debx says

    5/30/2005 at 6:27 am

    of course the picture is supposed to “subtly imply” the effects of applying the stuff.. they’re promoting such that its supposed to be like baby skin after applying. that picture has everything to do with marketing the product.

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  8. momoftwo says

    6/6/2005 at 1:18 am

    As a mother I feel I can admit that babies are often really wierd looking, and as far as babies go this one’s moderately cute. But why does it say in big letters Baby Collagen? Do they have a baby farm somewhere where they extract it for use in this product

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