Elisabeth Hasselbeck promoting Bright Beginnings formula
The View's Elisabeth Hasselbeck has replaced Brooke Shields as the new spokesmom for Bright Beginnings formula. I spotted the new ad running in one of the parenting magazines I now subscribe to.
Last year, I stirred up some trouble on my site, the Celebrity Baby Blog, when I pointed out that Brooke Shields was shilling for this brand but perhaps it was the tagline they were using that riled up our readers... "Everything matters to me... that's why I used Bright Beginnings with DHA & ARA. There's simply no better choice." This time, Bright Beginnings is using the tagline, "The highest DHA at a low price. You can do the math. Heck, she can do the math." At first, I thought they were talking about Elisabeth being able to do the math and thought, "gee, that's sort of obnoxious," but then I realized they were talking about the baby (whose name is not mentioned anywhere in the ad or on the website, which I find sort of strange).
Now, as a breastfeeding-only mother, I have no idea what DHA even is, but perhaps formula-feeding mamas know. In any case, a very sweet photo of Elisabeth and baby Grace can be found on their website, as well as coupons (in case you're interested).
Source: Bright Beginnings










4 Comments:
That is probably the worst tagline I have ever seen. Ugh.
BTW, usually these formula companies claim that "Breast is Best, but... then use our stuff." I wonder if in the initial Brooke ad you mention they say this in the fineprint?
Did Elisabeth completely switch over to formula? I admired her for trying to nurse as long as she could. Haven't watched the View in ages but I know the show upset a lot of breast-feading mothers. Again, I think I saw tears from Eliz.I still think Brokke was a beautiful spokes person for the ad.
DHA & ARA are found naturally in breastmilk and as an additive to some formulas. I think the taglines for both are to make Bright Beginnings (basically considered a "generic" formula) in competition with other formulas.
Who wrote that tagline? How about, "Heck, BABY can do the math?" How the heck is the magazine reader supposed to know that the baby is a GIRL?
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