Celebrity photoshopping

There's nothing wrong with a little Photoshopping (officially it would be "photo manipulation", everybody knows that it exists. It's like all the recent doping scandals in professional cycling, it's advanced so much the moneymakers just can't live without it.

Beauty ads use their own doping drugs and it's called Photoshopping.
Let's take a look at how Lancôme transformed 45-year old Julia Roberts into a 30-something woman.

One could definitely say that she took her role as evil queen in search for eternal youth a bit to seriously (in the Snow white adaptation Mirror mirror).

Another recent example is from the radiant Eva Longoria, edited by L'Oréal. The mascara's name is million lashes but it's questionable whether your eyes will grow a million lashes or start to shine like two polestars.

A while ago there was this contra-movement from BBC for the charity project BearFaced. It involved some celebrities such as Heidi Klum, who posed on front of the lens without (or with very little let's say) make-up.

The initiative was received both warmly as hostile, like all main events are. Comments were given that it was not a big sacrifice and that it takes more to support charity than posing without make-up. But in a world filled with pictures like Lancômes' and L'oréals', I believe it can be quite refreshing to see a naked face.

Trampoline wall

And another trend in the extreme sports division. It's called trampoline wall.
This doesn't need much explanation. Just look at these videos.

Legends on board

I think almost everybody agrees that those Youtube commercials are pretty annoying when you start watching a video.
But yesterday a nice one appeared on screen. It was even so nice that I searched for this commercial on Youtube to share it with you guys :-)

Slacklining

This popular concept couldn't be easier. All you need is a long piece of rope and two items that are strong enough to hold your weight.

Slacklining

It's not the same as tightrope walking, where the rope is bound tightly between two objects.

Tightrope walking

Last April the North American Dean Potter set the World Record of the highest slackline walk. He did this in China, crossing the Enshi Grand Canyon (Hubei province), at a height of 1800 metres!
He walked over a 2cm thick rope during two minutes, walking a 40m distance in total.

All I want for Christmas is you (x2)

Every year at the return of Christmas we see the return of Mariah Carey as well, performing her all time popular song "All I want for Christmas is you".

Right now there are two popular versions circulating on Youtube.

Which one do you prefer?

The livingroom concert with Jimmy Fallon & the Roots?

A solo performance at the Rockefeller centre in NY ?

Bond in the mix

And in continuation of the previous video, I give you the remix of some Bond songs - by A. Skillz & Krafty Kuts

Coca cola ad II

Unlock the 007 in you. You have 70 seconds!

In the Station of Antwerp crazy stuff can happen.....

Lennon and Maisy

Don't you just love Youtube... Thanks to this invention the whole world can enjoy listening to some beautiful singers.

Just take a look at these lovely sisters.

Give it up for Lennon and Maisy Stella.

WTF Japan Seriously

Japanese are known for inventing some crazy stuff and apparently they produce some excellent commercials too! The website "WTF Japan Seriously" has some excellent examples of beautiful Japanese publicity and other videos. Check it out!

Wanna see more? There's a whole Youtube channel dedicated to this madness!

Urban knitting

The image of knitting has had an update since the uprising of urban knitting. Forget this:

And imagine this:

Yarn bombing or urban knitting is a kind of street art where anyone can start knitting on trees, statues or anything else there can be in the streets. In Dutch it's known as "wildbreien".
This trend first showed op in 2004 in the Netherlands and started to spread out to the USA and otherwhere in the world.

Harmoniepark Antwerpen

This art is also seen as a form of graffiti but in comparison with the traditional form, this art is easy to remove once authorities consider this as vandalism.

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London

Do not remove please!