By Vanessa • 14 years ago

L’Oréal Just Doesn’t Learn


UPDATE: I have been contacted by a L’Oréal spokesperson and the picture above was actually NOT taken by L’Oréal but a publicity photo submitted to them by Pinto’s management.
After Beyonce was pretty much airbrushed whiter by L’Oréal not too long ago, it’s all the more infuriating to see that their tendency to equate lighter skin with beauty hasn’t changed. When they say Freida Pinto of Slumdog Millionaire “is the new face of L’Oréal,” what they seem to really mean is she has a new face of L’Oréal. Un-fucking-real.
Via the Frisky.

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