Total Makeover Retouching

[Jancy]

A friend of mine just sent me this link...
Thought you guys may find this a bit interesting and some a little too much..
http://www.naturalbeautiescontest.homestead.com/retouch4a.html
Jancy

[Vesta]

Jancy,
Wow! Like you.. I find some very interesting but those doll eyes and hair additions are spooky.
Thanks for the link

Vesta

[GaryK]

Jancy

Interesting... a little over the top for me.
She looked plasticy from this end. I would not have wanted to pay for that end result. Yet I am sure a lot of people would.;)

[Jancy]

Isn't that kind of creepy.
They look like wax! Just not normal looking for my taste.
I agree there is someone out there that would want their kids looking like that!!!
Jancy

[Diana]

That type of makeover on an adult might be more understandable, but on a child?......bizarre!
Diana

[dsfisher421]

Yikes, that is one creepy makeover.

[troush]

It reminded me of that My Twin Doll company...

-Trish

[nkeevers]

That is definitely scary! They do look like plastic dolls I used to buy in the store. And why on kids and babies?? Little over the top for me!

[Kathy]

Not to my liking at all ...... let the natural beauty shine through.

Scrolled through some other examples ..... scary.

Let kids be kids I say.

Kathy

[AngelicKim]

That is just wrong and too freaky looking. Reminds me of the horror film Chucky. But yes, people do pay to have it done. I had a few customers at Olan Mills that wanted it done for their daughters that they enter in pagents.

[troush]

The eyes just look too fake to me. There are a couple that looked good (one of the wedding shots, and one young girl), but my daughter didn't even have that much hair until she was 4! Goodness.

-Trish

[Tina_B]

I agree it is just weird to want a child to not look like a sweet child anymore. I like the natural beauty each chlld has. It is ok to tweak a photo but a total makeover is to much.
Tina B

[lindaf]

Ewww!! Thats so creepy. It reminds me of those freaky beauty pagents for little girls.

[Bayla]

Talk about overkill! I think all the natural beauty has been taken out of those kids...

Bayla

[kevq]

Why do this to a child.From a pretty little girl to a grotesque parody of a plastic doll!!
Kev.

[echoblue]

Reminds me of the Bellissima (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043332/) film by Visconti... Exactly what Kev says - the transformation of a beautiful normal child into an almost caricatural doll, or even worse, a freaky miniature adult. :eek:

I can't imagine a parent would actually LIKE something like that done to their child's pic.. but it's true some people do. :(

[JulieM]

I hate to think what that does to a girl's self esteem to have mom touch up her photo that way or worse yet to have mom actually do that to her in real life...

[echoblue]

or worse yet to have mom actually do that to her in real life...
Julie, I think you just hit the nail on the head - it's horrible when parents don't accept their children as they are, and want to force them into becoming "prettier" in a grotesque way like that... :mad:

It's absurd trying to convert human reality into such a false image of itself.

[Jancy]

It really does creep me out looking at them, It's insane--But it is true , some people are so into this kind of stuff, poor kids having to deal with a parent that. I agree the EYES and Hair are so fake in most pics.
I am sure those pics are hanging on someones wall somewhere. And the parent is just so proud! SCARY!! :eek:
Jancy