Toys for tots, tits, tatts

With Christmas within arm's reach, all kinds of marketers are trying to get a piece of the spirit. It sometimes leads to odd couplings.

Chicago's Admiral Theater, which despite the classy name is actually a strip club, is offering to exchange one free lap dance for a donation of a toy for charity.

Aren't all lap dances for the "needy"?

In Memphis, Tattoo artist Jay Guzman is offering free tatts for a toy donation to his favourite Christian cause.

Huffington Post says that when customers bring in a toy worth $25 or more, Monday through Wednesday, they can get a tattoo or piercing of comparable price in exchange. Guzman said in an interview, "Everybody associates tattoo artists with being criminals, bikers, degenerates — and I'm a believing Christian and I believe what better way to be Christ-like than by giving back."

It's a good point. Strip clubs, tattoo parlours... if Jesus the man were here right now, that's exactly where he would do his ministry: among the very people his more hypocritical followers despise.

F'd Ad Fridays: What's under the makeup?

Via Illegal Advertising:



This ad for Dermablend is actually pretty effective at selling its product. After all, if you can make Zombie Boy  pass for having virgin skin, this stuff will probably do a great job of hiding your '90s tramp stamp from your parents-in-law, or a hickey from your coworkers.

Rico Genest is a Canadian guy who has been covering himself in tattoos since he was 16. His look caught the eye of Lady Gaga, who featured him (and imitated his tatts) in her "Born This Way" video.

Which is interesting, because he was born more the way he looked after the makeup, even though it is twice removed from nature:

I don't know how durable this stuff is, but you could almost make a fashion out of changing your skin tone to match your mood or the crowd you're with. Or disguise yourself just for fun.

Anyway, here's a making of:



Happy Weekend.