Real beauty is unaltered beauty

Unrealistic beauty images can impact our mental health. With our Beauty Unaltered^® initiative, CVS^® is committed to only showing digitally unaltered beauty images.

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Celebrating 5 years of Beauty Unaltered®

Our ongoing commitment

Five years ago, we made a pledge to change the way beauty is represented in our digital imagery. Today, we remain committed to 100% transparency in labeling our beauty images, so we can pass on a healthier self-image and social media landscape to the next generation.

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Our promise to you

A promise to represent beauty as it truly is — real and unaltered. It’s our commitment to you.

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Making our mark

Our Beauty Mark appears on photos of models that have not been thinned, smoothed or digitally altered.

Striving for change

We are striving for social change and leading a movement to change the industry, and we’ve asked our partner brands to join us.

Real beauty. Real transparency. That’s our Beauty Mark.

[Beauty influencer talking to camera]

Influencer, speaking: Here’s the secret to make your makeup last all day. Once you’ve created your look, just use a setting spray.

[Reveal to a young girl, sitting alone in her bedroom and holding her phone]

Description: Video of influencer appears on the girl’s phone. The influencer’s face has been altered by a beauty filter. Her complexion is smooth and freckle free, her teeth are whiter and her hair has soft, full waves.

Influencer, speaking: Just shake the bottle and hold it a few inches from your face and you could look flawless all day.

[Description: Girl watching video intently. Her expression changes and she seems sad]

[Text: Beauty filters are impacting our mental health. Help create a healthier feed. Tag your posts #DigitallyAltered or #BeautyUnaltered]

[Text: BeautyUnaltered. Champions of real and unaltered beauty for 5 years and counting.]

[Text: CVS. Here, healthier happens together.]

What we see matters

90%

of young women report using filters and feeling pressured to look a certain way on social media.*

85%

of young women wish for more transparency in beauty imagery*

71%

of women say it's impossible not to compare themselves to others online.*

Mental health services

Having a healthy self-image is important, especially in the digital age. We are committed to 100% transparency in our beauty imagery and being an ally to those struggling with mental health issues.

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Thank you to our leading partners for their commitment

*FOR SOCIAL MEDIA STATISTIC: Above survey results are from 2020 research by professor of Social and Cultural Analysis Dr. Rosalind Gill, PhD, among women ages 18 – 30.
*FOR TRANSPARENCY IN BEAUTY AND COMPARISON ONLINE STATISTICS: Above survey results are from 2021 research by media psychologist Dr. Pamela Rutledge, PhD, among women ages 18 to 35. The survey was conducted by CVS Health^® through The Harris Poll.