Health and beauty

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Airbrush
- Upheld
- Social media (paid ad)
- 29 July 2026
Two paid-for Facebook ads and a website for a hairstyling company misleadingly implied they were endorsed by fashion brands, used unrelated influencer content to promote their product and didn’t have evidence to show that testimonials were genuine.
Bolt Healthcare Ltd t/a Bolt Pharmacy
- Upheld
- Social media (paid ad)
- 29 July 2026
Two paid-for Facebook ads for an online pharmacy failed to make their commercial intent clear and falsely implied they were acting for purposes outside their trade by presenting websites used for advertising purposes as independent review sites. They also promoted weight loss prescription-only ...
Bolt Healthcare Ltd t/a Bolt Pharmacy
- Upheld
- Social media (paid ad)
- 29 July 2026
Two paid-for Facebook ads for an online pharmacy promoted weight loss prescription-only medicines to the public, against the law and our rules.
Kind Patches Ltd
- Upheld
- Social media (paid ad)
- 15 July 2026
A paid-for Facebook ad for a supplement company made claims that a supplement patch could help with weight-loss and made medicinal claims for products that weren’t authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The ad was also socially irresponsible and incl...

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