

But Right Girl is using the Schick Hydro Silk TrimStyle women’s razor to artfully fashion her topiary into the shape of a heart. Left and Center Girl are hacking away clumsily with their clippers. The camera pans across the women in medium closeup as they trim their bushes. They both have small clippers.īut the brunette at right is smiling as she picks up something different. On each pedestal sits a Bonsai tree, cleverly positioned in front of each woman’s bikini area.Īs the women reach down to pick up trimming utensils, the expressions of the women at left and center turn to soft frowns. The women walk up to three short pedestals and turn to face us.
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Would you like to suggest a topic or a TV commercial to review? Drop me a line at ad opens with a wide shot of a gorgeous swimming pool surrounded by impeccably shaped and manicured greenery.įrom the right enter three young women in bikinis, all quite fetching. It wasn’t on my radar, but it should have been. Many thanks to Tony, a Cranky reader affectionately known as “Captain Curmudgeon,” for suggesting I review this ad.

But four years later, the ad is still running. Schick received a fair few complaints at the time, and even threats of boycott. Schick’s “trimming the bushes” TV commercial for its Hydro Silk TrimStyle women’s razor debuted in 2015, raising eyebrows and sparking controversy across the ad world.
