The first thing 99.9% of women will do before leaving the house is spending an hour (or two) in front of the mirror applying make up. Used well, this can enhance the best features a girl has to offer but in most cases, it's used to essentially trick people into thinking they are good looking. Why is this important to TRP? Well, once you learn to recognize what women look good without make up and what women go from an 8 to a 5 without it, you'll eventually stop pedestalising women.

I've seen women that look vibrant, stunning and full of life, but once they remove something as simple as their eye make up they literately look like they're dying or even like a young boy. Of course there are women out their that still look beautiful without make up, by from my experience they're far more rare. I grew up with an older sister so after some time, I learnt how to figure which women are naturally beautiful and which women are just "in disguise".

Men are lucky in this regard we can go from below average to extremely good looking without the hours spent in front of a mirror. Without make up, what can a woman show? Unless they're blessed with a great pair of tits and a nice ass, most women look devoid of life.

So in short, when you're having approach anxiety just remember that 8/10 over there most likely looks like a 5/10 without make up and that you have no reason to stutter and sweat over them. With or without make up, women start declining in looks after they hit 25 or so, while us men have the potential to go up and up without the need of make up or various hair treatments.

I found this post on Return of Kings posted in the comment section of a related article and believe it sums up the situation:

This is why it's so important to break down a chick on the first couple meetings you're with her. Women's mouths usually create a deal breaker for any kind of long term commitment within 20-30 minutes of first interacting with them anyway, but it's important to take a good hard look at what this person is as a human being.

I start by taking away all the make up- mascara, lipstick, foundation, and concealer.

I then take away her hair curler/blow dryer, combs, brushes, shampoo/conditioner, and myriad of other products she dumps onto her scalp.

Then I remove her heals that make her taller, her bra that makes her tits look bigger, the dye that makes her hair a different color, and all the jewelry and trinkets she's using to draw attention to herself.

I then mentally release her into the wilderness butt-naked, and then visualize what she looks like three months later.

That's a human being in its purest form. Imagine this girl now - this solid 7 or 8 to begin with is now an animal. Her hair looks like shit, her breath could start a brush fire, and her pussy smells like a Red Lobster dumpster on a hot summer day.

That's what you're getting guys if everything ever turns to shit in our modern world. I break this person down for one reason. If all that was left of her was just her personality and who she was as a person - would I go to bat for this individual? Would I protect and do everything in my power to see her survive? If you took away all of her tricks would she be worth it?

If this is a modern American woman, then the answer always has been, and always will be - fuck no.

TL:DR - Men have to work hard to become attractive while women merely disguise their imperfections with make up.

Fun Fact: How most women apply make up actually mimics the physical signs that display fertility in humans and our ape cousins.