An Ad Out of Place
October 7, 2008 
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When I was browsing Cosmo magazine, I came across this ad with black snake.
The ad is so strange to me to see in such a feminine magazine. It seems to be so sudden after I started with the warm pink front cover and go through all those girly fashion ads. I see it is trying to sell their cool, bold image here, but I wonder if it’s really appealing to those girls who love to read about relationships, fashion tips, and celeblities. I guess they would rather like to see pop, colorful pictures instead of this glossy snake skin.
I agree and disagree because, there main approach is just to sell you a product at whatever it takes to reach that goal and profit. By having having these flashy fashion ads that are probably 99% air brushed and digitally manipulated it creates attention and an audience. Gives people the notion that hey “maybe I can look like that,” when its sometimes virtually unobtainable, but advertisers don’t care they want you to go out and keep buying these products so you can try and reach that unobtainable beauty. glossy snake skin sells and creates attention.