I find it an ironic beauty issue, and a legitimate one, that white girls poison their skin with sun damage by trying to look darker and black girls try to look lighter with bleaching products. Ever noticed that white girl Paris and part-African American girl Nicole Richie have almost the same ideal skin color? It’s interesting, perhaps all Mexican women feel fantastic about thier skin tone? Or are they trying to look different too?

Since beauty products are going to be sold though (and let’s face it most of us buy them and hope they work), I prefer to be marketed to in Dove’s Real Beauty way.

It makes me feel better about myself, pregnancy mask and all.

This is my way of voicing my consumer preference for this kind of marketing. Maybe other beauty product companies will follow Dove’s lead. They should, Dove’s sales have gone up 700%, according to some stats I’ve seen.

I prefer encouraging Pro-Woman and Pro-Girl advertising since beauty advertising is here to stay.

Dove may deserve credit for some of their “real beauty” ads, but as soon as the winds of consumer preference change, they’ll move on to something else. And it may not be so pretty.