Media Reviews
Biolage Styling products by Matrix (magazine ad)
Now here is a blonde that is really taking a hair ad to new heights. She’s not particular beautiful. But I absolutely love the fact that the texture in her hair and the haircut really defines what this product is all about. Strength in styling …
Hype magazine
South Africa’s first and only specialized Hip Hop magazine, the Hype mag, has seriously grown on me in such a huge way that it has become a monthly thing for me.
Since I first got an issue of the mag, I have never missed a subsequent issue after that and …
Matruvani Kannada
Matruvani is a Kannada monthly published by Mata Amritanandamayi Tust, Kollam, India. It is also published in different languages, but this review pertains to the Kannada edition of the magazine. The one most important feature of this magazine is that profound thoughts of spirituality are expressed in a simple …
IKEA “Another Baby” (television commercial)
In this commercial, a clearly middle aged black woman thumbs through the latest IKEA catalog. She stops on a page that has a beautifully assembled children’s room, complete with furniture and the accoutrements that IKEA is known for. The woman turns to her equally aged husband …
Malayala manorama
Malayala manorama is a leading news paper in India especially kerala state. Though the news paper reading more than 90 lakhs people, the media could not satisfy the need of people faith fully. Most of the news writing on the congress perspective only. This media may …
Sound and Vision magazine
Sound and Vision magazine is for those into the home entertainment world. I received a free subscription to this publication, which is why I’m reading it every month. Overall, I’ve found it to be interesting and full of information. Now depending on how into electronics and …
Real Simple Magazine
There is no doubt in my mind that I am a marketing executives dream. I see a new product and I have to have it. Open the closets in my home and you will find that just about everything I own has been profiled at some time in the …
The MBT Anti-Shoe (magazine ad)
What in the heck is an anti-shoe? That is what I say when I take a peek at this ad in Wired magazine. In the middle of the page is what looks like an orthopedic sneaker. But at the same time, I’m intrigued by …
Family Fun magazine
Family Fun magazine is an excellent magazine for the entire family. Each issue is packed full of fun activities, great articles, recipes, and reviews.
Each issue of Family Fun has lots of fun activities relating to that particular month. For example, March would most likely have crafts dealing …
Birds & Blooms
Birds & Blooms is a beautifully photographed magazine. I used to subscribe to Birds & Blooms because I just loved receiving the magazine and looking at the pictures. I was not too interested in reading the articles or learning anything about birds, I just loved the photographs. Birds & …
Grazia Womens Magazine
Grazia is one of my favourite magazines as it is mostly about fashion, but not in the glossy, very arty way that Vogue does it. Grazia seems to make fashion more accessible an down to earth by featuring a lot of candid, paparazzi photos of stylish celebrities, not …
Nivea “Live and Be Loved” (body lotion magazine ad)
Singer Duffy has been chosen for this particular ad. In a close-up photo, she is shown with a little dab of the lotion on her nose. She is looking up and off into the distance. But you can see that she has a little of …
Article : “Single-Handed Cooking” Written by JJ Goode
“Single-Handed Cooking” written by JJ Goode was the complete opposite of what I thought it would be. I thought it would be about a single parent or a single person in general working in the kitchen by themselves, but it turns out it’s about a guy overcoming the adversity …
Junkmail Classifieds Newspaper
This is one concept I give a lot of credit for to the pioneers that identified a need to fill the gaping hole in this market. A weekly newspaper published especially for the listing of classified advertisements.
I find it to be a bit limited however, in the sense that …
Eau de Toilette by Gucci (magazine ad)
This model has doe eyes and is resting comfortably on a block of perfume that looks terribly expensive. I think that this is the perfect way to show off a fragrance by Gucci. This brand is one of the top brands in the world. And …
Sunset Magazine
I’ve lived in California practically my whole life. If someone were to ask me if Sunset magazine was an accurate description of what the California lifestyle is all about I would have to say yes, by and large. It is a lifestyle here and you either buy into it …
TV Guide
For the majority of my lifetime, I’ve received the TV Guide. The magazine as it is today, though, is night and day from what it once was. This is mostly because of two things — the internet and cable TV with its programming guide. The days of …
Total Biscuit, The Cynical Brit
Satirist video game reviewer, The Angry Video Game Nerd, has spawned many a YouTube reviewer. Some have created a persona all their own while other have tried to ride his fury-driven coat tails. The Happy Video Game Nerd, Caddicarus, and Angry Joe stand out as some of …
Maximum PC Magazine
If you are a hardcore computer geek then there is no doubt that you know this magazine. Those of you who are not computer geeks will find a lot good information in the magazine too.
The idea of the magazine to appeal to the hardcore computer geek but …
Giant magazine
When it came out last year (2005), GIANT magazine was the coolest. It touted itself as being men’s interest, but I had such fun with it. Its book and movie reviews were sharp, plentiful and on the mark, the interviews were punchy and fascinating, and even the layout …
Packers Dope Sheet
Now that football season (well, pre-season) is starting again, I am once again making my weekly visit to Packers.com in order to read their weekly dope sheet.
When it comes to lead up to games, the Packers Dope Sheet is probably the best place to gain a full understanding about …
Jaguar XF (magazine ad)
If ever there was a magazine ad that captured sleekness, power, and luxury this is it. The XF looks like one powerful machine. Shown in sleek silver, it covers two whole pages. The first page gives the customer a view of the front of the …
Nintendo DS “Play For Me” marketing campaign
I really like the ads where celebrities are shown playing hand-held video games against their friends. In this commercial, America Ferrera is shown having a good old time supposedly by herself, in a nondescript location. Her device has her name emblazoned on the front of the Nintendo …
Weight Training for Women
I have been going to the gym for decades now, and my interest in weight training has been on and off through all these times. I have tried one personal trainer after another, and I have since come to the conclusion that I have to take charge of my …
My Home Magazine
My HOme is one of the local interior design magazines in the Philippines. I first chanced upon this magazine in 2003 and since then I have been an avid supporter of My Home-never failing to get a copy of their montly issue and encouraging other people who are into …
Southern Comfort & Lime (magazine ad)
SOCO & Lime is what the ad says at the top. I had no idea what in the world SOCO was. I had to actually scan down to see that this was a quirky nickname for Southern Comfort whiskey. I have had this whiskey …
V-103 Frank Ski Morning Show
I don’t listen to the radio often. But there are many mornings when I just want a dose of “what’s going on in the community.” So I turn to V-103. First of all, let me say that this station plays some of the …
Magic Pot magazine
Magic Pot is a fortnightly magazine which I have subscribed for my kids. It is a wonderful magazine providing various kinds of activities making learning fun and easy. I am always on the lookout of some good reading and activity source for my family. I had spotted this magazine …
FOX NEWS
Fox News does dish out news and commentary much like CNN though tears earlier, it was not termed even by members of the media as “mainstream”. And I t still remains NOT mainstream. Yet, Fox News captures the news and cable audience through out the world because it is …
WWE Magazine
As an avid World Wrestling Entertainment fan all my life, and as a fan of reading, I am overjoyed that there has been a magazine to put both of my guilty pleasures into a format that I can read. Read about WWE, thats great. As a girl growing up …
Baby Driver TV Commercial for Suburu
After decades of watching commercials on TV, I’m tired of them. I tend to zone out, multi-task, or change the channel when a commercial comes on. Sometimes, though, an ad campaign does capture my interest. One of those is the Subaru Dad and Kids campaign. …
Best Buy Gift Card (magazine ad)
If you had a gift card for Best Buy, would you feel like it was burning a hole in your pocket? Well that’s what this ad wants to make you believe. Now, I know that Best Buy offers many more products than movies and music. In …
Goldie Hawn Featured in AARP Magazine
I have been enjoying AARP magazines for about five years now. The AARP March/April 2006 issue is one of my favorite issues. I love the picture of Goldie Hawn on the cover. In my opinion, Goldie Hawn is strikingly beautiful even at sixty years of age.
An …
New Yorker Obama Musilim Cartoon Cover
If you have not yet seen this outrageous cartoon drawing of Democrat Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, then you have been under a rock for the last few days. This is the current cover of the New Yorker magazine this month which was drawn by an artist as …
American Baby Magazine
Shortly after finding out I was expecting my first child, I began to look for magaizine subscriptions on parenting. I found American Baby very pleasing to read in the doctors office, so I went to their website. There I found many resources, including how to get a …
The Girls Next Door (E! network show)
Everyone loves Playboy, all things associated with Playboy. Hugh Hefner is an American icon. Known for playing host to some of the most decadent parties in the world at the Playboy mansion, this show focuses on the personal life that he shares with his three girlfriends, …
Better Homes and Gardens
Better Homes and Gardens is a magazine that I agreed to try on trial basis. I received an issue the other day. It is the October issue so needless to say it has many fall ideas in it. It includes Halloween cupcakes among others. I like Better Homes …
CVM News Watch
Whenever I can’t get to watch the news programme “Prime Time News Headlines” or, there is some major newsworthy event I want another perspective on, I watch the “CVM News Watch” programme. It is a news programme that starts at eight in the night on one of our local …
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