I’m one of those weird people who actually watches commercials most of the time. And other than Sonic and Progressive Insurance, the commercials that have caught my attention most recently are those for NuvaRing.
Let’s take a look at the first commercial they put out:
I apologize for the bootleg quality here. Just pop a Miller Lite and pretend you’re back in college.
Then, here’s the newer commercial, with real people instead of computer animated ladies:
Notice anything different? I always thought the first commercial was amusing because once the swimmers decide to shed their old birth control for the NuvaRing, they get these super sexy, super skimpy (and dare I say, a little skanky?) suits. They also seem to get breast implants too since they’re all quite busty. It seemed like they were saying, “You can take the pill and look like your grandma, or you can get NuvaRing, and look like a Pussycat Doll who gets laid all the time.”
Now, with the new ad, the NuvaRing girls all have on normal, and actually, kind of conservative suits. No skimpy bikinis here–these ladies are wearing one pieces, tankinis and tasteful halter tops with boy short bottoms. It almost made me wonder if someone called the NuvaRing folks out on that first ad and they changed it to be a little less ridiculous. And honestly, I think it’s a smart move because I don’t know if they checked recently, but usually, you use half-naked hot babes to sell stuff to horny men, not horny women.
13 responses so far ↓
The Mayor of Bethville // October 6, 2008 at 3:01 pm |
Shed your conservative swimsuit and your inhibitions, girls! It’s time to get slutty!
TheDomina // October 6, 2008 at 4:01 pm |
I love how this is tagged “Flo”…
I saw this commercial last night and was wondering the same thing!!! I actually thought those computer animated girls were super creepy, the real person commercial is so much better.
lalaland13 // October 6, 2008 at 5:20 pm |
Have you been reading Slate? They just did an Ad Report Card feature on it, and The Fray has people arguing over Nuvaring and if it falls off during sex.
ineffable.me // October 7, 2008 at 12:00 am |
the nuvaring really skeezes me out. theres no way i could just shove something up my cooter and leave it there for 3 fucking weeks or whatever.
this has nothing to do with the commercial. my apologies.
dorothyzbornak // October 7, 2008 at 12:05 am |
@ineffable.me: No, I completely agree. That shit freaks me the fuck out. There’s no way I could use that thing. And I’d be scared either a.) it would fall out, or b.) I wouldn’t be able to get it out.
TheDomina // October 7, 2008 at 1:19 pm |
I think you’d DEFINITELY be able to feel it during sex….
lalaland13 // October 7, 2008 at 3:58 pm |
I might not be opposed to it, actually. Apparently you can take it out for up to three hours with no ill effects, so that would take care of the sex part. Supposedly it also distributes the hormones a bit differently from the pill…having said that, I understand the skeeved-out factor, for sure. And the falling out thing might get annoying, although I wonder if it depends on what kind of vagina you have on if it falls out or not?
OK, thinking about this too much. I need to go back to pretending to work.
Andrea // October 19, 2008 at 9:46 pm |
I used to use the ring, actually for three years, and I freakin’ loved it.
Do you ladies use tampons? Frankly that freaks me out more then leaving a tiny ring up there that isn’t absorbing fluid that is meant to come out of you.
I am back on the pill due to my fiance thinking the ring was causing an allergic reaction “down there,” however I think he was just being a tad overdramatic, there wasn’t anything visibly wrong.
But I changed to give him peace of mind. We never had may problems with it during sex though, sometimes one of us could feel a little pressure, and I was just taking it out, but my gyno said this wasn’t the best practice, I guess mainly because you could forget it out, which I did do once.
I really wish I could go back on it though, my periods were light and short, I only had to think about birth control twice a month instead of every day and if you have issues with putting your own fingers in your vaginal canal then you shouldn’t be letting anyone else put anything in there.
Leratz // December 18, 2008 at 7:01 pm |
The ring is bullshit. Me and my partner used it and now we have a daughter. Don’t get me wrong, my daughter is absolutly gorgeous and i feel blessed and extremely lucky. Just throwing it out there that the ring don’t work.
dorothyzbornak // December 18, 2008 at 7:03 pm |
@Leratz: Oh, my! That’s good to know. I wondered what the rate of success for it was. I just don’t trust stuff like that because it seems like it could get moved or dislodged fairly easily. I’m glad it all turned out well for you in the end, but that’s good information to know.
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gordonsowner // March 27, 2009 at 12:52 pm |
Popped over here from TBogg — just need to leave the comment somewhere that my 6 year old daughter told me one day that instead of Disneyland, she wants to go to NuvaRing because they have a pool and they bring you stuff to drink — it looks fabulous. I laughed and laughed until I just sat there with a very uncomfortable feeling.
dorothyzbornak // March 27, 2009 at 1:47 pm |
@gordonsowner: OMG, that’s hilarious!