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Dear Cosmetics Companies,<\/p>\n

Instead of advertising mascara with fine print included that the model(s) is(are) wearing false lashes, how about you show us what the product will actually do for the large percentage of your customer base who cannot afford\/have no time to mess with\/are scared of\/do not have a clue about false lashes and who would just like to have their natural lashes be at least somewhat visible on their face.
\nRegards,<\/p>\n

Someone who strongly desires a 5-minute morning routine,<\/p>\n

aka The Utah Hostage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Cosmetics Companies, Instead of advertising mascara with fine print included that the model(s) is(are) wearing false lashes, how about you show us what the product will actually do for the large percentage of your customer base who cannot afford\/have no time to mess with\/are scared of\/do not have a clue about false lashes and … Continue reading Truth in Advertising<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nTruth in Advertising - Tales of a Former Utah Hostage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/theutahhostage.com\/?p=303\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Truth in Advertising - 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