Dove Rules – Uh, Soap not Birds

I have a crush on one of the Dove deodorant women. No kidding, a woman on a deodorant commercial has captured my fancy! It must be Spring.

Said woman is in the commercials for Dove Clear where they have women turn their shirts inside out to show that the deodorant doesn't show on their clothes. They say her name is Kelly, but for all I know, it could be Amanda. In addition to being part of the ensemble commercial, Kelly gets her own commercial. She's so cute, I want to tickle her. I already use Dove soap and deodorant, but if I didn't, I probably buy 'em just to get work for Kelly. Ha!

Being the stalker freak that I am, I decided to go to Dove's website to see if I could find out anything about Kelly (if that's your real name!). I didn't learn anything about her, but I did end up on Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty site. VERY COOL campaign! I had already been impressed by their use of "real" looking women for their commercials. But that Evolution movie they have showing how our views of beauty get distorted really rocks. It shows the transformation of a regular-looking woman into a hot model, with lighting, makeup, hairstyling, and image alteration. I called my sister up and asked her to please watch it with her teenage daughters. I should have suggested she watch it with her son, too.

Yeah, I know Dove is selling products with these campaigns, but I still think they are to be commended for what they are doing. We need to see, in the media, what real women look like and celebrate them as beautiful. If Dove makes a few bucks off this, that's quite all right by me.

And Kelly? Call me. You know where to find me.

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