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Axe hair crisis people need Hot Girls!
Posted by: admin in hair care industry, media images on February 13th, 2009
A follow-up on my earlier Axe Post. This craigslist ad was brought to my attention about what the going rate for a Hot Girl in Little Rock, Arkanasas, happens to be. Evidently, $14.00 an hour. From the job post, emphasis mine:
PAY RATE IS $14.00 hour The purpose of this event is to drive awareness to a new line of AXE products.
Ambassadors will engage consumers in-store and provide them with and interactive and educational experience regarding AXE Hair products.
must be 18 to 45 yrs of age must be energetic,slender,attractive,and comfortable with interacting with customers
But, I thought we were trying tell guys that they need to have better hair? Why do you need someone “slender and attractive” to do so?
The Axe Effect on our self-esteem
Posted by: admin in hair care industry on February 5th, 2009
For personal reasons, I find this AXE campaign to “solve the escalating hair crisis” particularly amusing. It is all over the Toronto subway system at the moment and it was the inspiration for this blog in the first place.
There is great irony in being so upfront with the suggestion that Axe hair care products are going to get you girls, something so far removed from common sense that the only people that must be taking it seriously are those whose conversations with women always end with the phrase “umm, i gotta go to the bathroom…”. Preying on these men and teenage boys is simply wrong – I know, I used to be one of them. A few of them may snap and run amok, some of them may be become Napoleonic megalomaniacs in later life, but the majority will just be lonely and sad for a good portion of their lives as they wonder why they have no luck with women.
A background:
In June of 2006, not long after moving to Los Angeles, upon being quoted $75 USD for a simple trim, I decided to give the hair care industry the finger. Since then my purchases of hair care products have been limited to no-name anti-dandruff shampoo (watch out ladies!) and conditioner. My haircuts have been infrequent and done either by a willing volunteer or by my fiancee once it gets too much past shoulder-length. This is after giving assurances that I will not blame them for any mistakes — what mistake can you make with bushy, curly hair like mine anyway?
In the last few years, if I had a $20 bill for every compliment I’ve received on my hair, I might have almost enough to get back the money I spent on haircuts, gel, pomade, wax, honey, hair toothpaste, tar and whatever other gimmicky products they may have come up with since then, products which gave me a grand total of zero compliments in all those years.
Axe Fact: 100% of women find men unappealing who would buy Axe hair products to compensate for their insecurity.
Look out for my undercover operation to see if I can find out what the Axe hair crisis people think of my hair:
My hair on a not-so-good day