Dream On!

I an going to start off with a bit of a rant about something I have been reading about on many other blog sites - that is the Rodial product 'Boob Job'.  Ben Goldacre posted yesterday that the company in charge has finally given up some of it's research for scrutiny - it is hilarious to read - for research simply substitute advert and you will get the idea.  The biggest graphic on the page is a beautifully proportioned glistening female torso with curvy bum and boobs that would not be out off place in any fitness mag selling supplements.  Says it all really.

I confidently expect to see sales go through the roof however as everyone loves to believe the hype.

In the news there is also a libel action brought by Rodial against Dr Dalia Nield, a cosmetic surgeon at a London clinic, who had the audacity to question the company's claims,  this has lots of bloggers exhorting their readers to sign up the petition to change England's Libel laws here.  I wouldn't disagree as this whole thing seems farcical and ridiculous - but Rodial will not doubt get more publicity out of their actions and more mugs will buy their ridiculous products.

I say ridiculous but they would be wonderful and live in abundance in my bathroom cabinet if I was fool enough to think for one second they worked.  I would be having a few gallons of the Tummy Tuck for example - which promises to flatten your stomach by actually breaking down fatty cells and boosting cell metabolism.  Then there is the 'Crash Diet'  - scientifically proven no less, to break down stubborn fat from any area of the body you wish to lather it on to for 8 weeks or so.

They also sell cleansers and spf containing sunscreens.  I kind of believe that their cleanser will clean your skin and that their spf's will keep the sun off (a bit at least) yet they are happily selling sanity next to total bollocks.  Why doesn't their website spontaneously combust when they have the audacity to put in writing 'scientifically proven' and 'clinically proven' next to such ridiculous claims? Or am I am fool for believing that their spf's are real? Is the entire cosmetics industry just an exercise in self-delusion?  

Okay so I already know the answer to this.

It reminds me of the time I went to a Health and Beauty Expo and there was a very very large lady selling miracle products at a stall. She was the ideal sales person, chatty, enthusiastic and the products were lotions and potions all packaged in bright appealing colours. I was instantly hooked and wandered over to see what she was hawking.  Turns out it was a 'revolutionary' slimming product that helped remove stubborn fat deposits and slim you down all over.    The large lady in question was actually the inventor and of course she was very persuasive about its efficacy.  I didn't have the heart to ask her why her wonder slimming cream hadn't worked on its own inventor.

I wonder if she sold the formula to Rodial?