Advantages: A great magazine with good content. Disadvantages: At the dearer end of the market.
-MARIE CLAIRE-
"Marie claire presents new, innovative and inspirational ideas, combining style with commonsense. A magazine of contrasts, it beckons its readers with pages of the finest fashion, beauty and food. It's a winning formula of serious journalism and a healthy dose of glamour".
Marie Claire is a thick glossy monthly magazine from IPC Media and it is Jam packed full of interesting articles that are topical and highly interesting. It celebrates its 15th year of production and it is aimed at the prime 25-39 age market. Marie Claire is a high quality, better than average, woman's fashion and beauty magazine and Its readership is over 15 million each month worldwide. -
I have been buying Marie Claire on and off for quite a few years now. They always have such great gifts offered with this magazine and the month ...
Morning_Becomes_Electra 06.05.2008
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Advantages: HIGHLIGHTS ISSUES ABOUT WOMEN IN OTHER CULTURES Disadvantages: FULL OF ADS, PATRONISING!!
MARIE - CLAIRE
I used to buy this magazine in my twenties, but then stopped. I now only read it at the hairdressers. This is why:
***WHAT DOES IT OFFER?***
Marie-Claire is a fashion magazine with special interest articles aimed at women. It's motto is "Fashion With Heart" and it is priced at £3.30. This month's issue (Jan) has 244 pages, plus a 32 page special about hair at the back (confusingly upside down).
It has an expensive glossy feel to it with heavy quality pages. However a rough estimation tells me that over 50% of it's content is ads!!. In fact, I leaf through 8 pages of ads before I even get to the editorial. Many of the ads are for high end designer companies such as Prada, Gucci and Armani.
The magazine aims to publish stories about inspirational women and takes an ethical stance (also having a 'green ...
LAURALILIA 18.01.2009
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Advantages: Quick, cheap and clean service Disadvantages: General public can watch
I happen to work in Claire's accessories and i'll have you know that our ear piercing service is not unhygenic or dangerous. All staff are fully trained to pierce ears. Whichever Claire's it was that you went to and witnessed the piercer not wearing gloves or washing her hands, you should have reported her and she would have lost her job. It is compulsary to wash your hands, put on gloves and then use the alcohol based handwash once you have put on your gloves.
The table used to for piercing is wiped down before and after every piercing using antibacterial spray. Also the piercing gun is cleaned before and after every piercing using antiseptic wipes ( whilst wearing the gloves ) making them completely sterile. The earings are individually packaged, meaning no bacteria can enter the packaging and the earing comes pre-packed in ...
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