Maybelline Rodeo Lip Colors

About the most aggressively literal interpretation of the popular lipstick-as-a-weapon motif I've ever seen.

Maybelline Smokeys

I admire Maybelline's confidence in launching an eyeliner by drawing a direct correlation to a cartoon bear mascot.

Beauty for All Seasons

Well, she's smiling a bit more in the second photo, but other than that? I can't actually tell that she's wearing more flattering shades of makeup in the "After" shot, or that solid red works better for her than plaid. She looks fine in both pictures.

This is probably why I'm not a highly-trained professional color consultant.

Berlei

It is not immediately obvious that this is an advertisement for lingerie. Until I saw the Woolite bottle in the corner, I assumed Berlei was hawking beige eyeshadow.

Her mullet is pretty fierce, though.

Calvin Klein

I adore hand-sketched fashion advertisements, like this one. The only disadvantage -- and, in a case like this, it's kind of a big one -- is that sometimes it's impossible to tell what the outfit looks like in real life. As near as I can tell, she's draped in a billowy down comforter.

Claude Montana

She looks like the cool, sinister, glamorous lovechild of Denise Crosby and Nick Rhodes, and she can wear head-to-toe purple and green without looking like a bunch of grapes. Well done, lady.

Elizabeth Arden Color Plays

I have a pretty good eye for color, and even so, the differences betwixt Arden Blush, Arden Red, and Arden Pink Pink are not staggering.