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Many of the photos of celebrities that are called "no makeup" are at best "minimal makeup" -- or perhaps even more correctly, makeup that has been done specifically to create a "minimal makeup" appearance (sort of doubly deceptive) -- to wit, look a little more closely at a zoomed in version of the above photo of Jennifer Lawrence:
http://i.imgur.com/rkIfgjH.jpg?1
Note the area around the eyes:
The eyebrows have still been "plucked, trimmed & shaped," and if you look to the outside, it's obvious that a subtle "eyebrow" pencil has still been used.
The eyelashes -- yeah there's still "Mascara" on the upper lashes.
The eye "socket" area still has "eye shadow" -- both on the upper eyelid as well as a hint on the lower lid as well -- it's just not as obvious because instead of some contrasting "color tint" it's a subtle tan shade that only slightly differs from the natural Caucasian skin-tone.
Then look at...
The lips... think there's no "makeup" there? Think again, there's both a subtle colored lipstick/lip gloss as well as a light "pencil" work to outline the lower lip.
The cheeks; see that slight "rosy" glow? Natural? My arse. There's rouge there -- it's just been applied VERY lightly... and blended in with...
A "foundation" layer of makeup that's covering the rest of that face. Say what? Yes, Virgin-boy, I assure you -- based simply on the "reflectivity" of the skin in that shot (look at the edge of the face near the right side of the photo... do you see ANY "transparent/translucent" quality to the skin?) -- and add in the fact that without at least some "foundation" makeup, it is really, REALLY difficult (nigh impossible) to subtly "blend" the other makeup aspects noted above (the rouge on the cheeks, the eye shadow, the eyebrow pencil) and NOT leave some "edge" that becomes obvious as all hell under bright-light photography. It's just that the foundation layer in this case has been INTENTIONALLY applied in a very light & thin fashion, to purposefully allow certain specific "blemishes" (freckles, etc) to show through -- or in fact even MORE likely, those "blemishes" and "freckles" have been artificially re-added at the end to create this very SPECIFIC "faux natural" appearance, rather than some "perfect, entirely blemish-free porcelain skin" (it's sort of like creating a "faux-marble" painted surface).
Finally... in the irony of ironies, a light "gloss" has been added to certain spots over the top of that foundation. Why? Because "natural" skin is a bit oily and has at least SOME slight "gloss" to it... but the foundation makeup is "matte" so to eliminate that dead giveaway and make it look "natural" they re-add a little bit of gloss (to cheekbones, nose, forehead).
Also... don't believe me on any of that? Seriously: http://www.lorealparisusa.com/en/beauty-library/articles/the-new-natural-how-to-get-the-no-makeup-look.aspx
Rather than "gross", I would say the proper word is how "common" or "mundane" they actually are -- they are NOT anything "special" -- there's really NOT a whole helluva lot of difference between them and some random chick you pull off the street (in part, because that's actually who they are/were... just another random chick off the street)... the only REAL difference is that they get "gussied up" by the (cream of the crop of) professional makeup artists.
-- IOW, get this through your thick skull:
There are NO "10's". Period. Zip, zilch, nada, NONE.
In fact there are arguably no actual "9's" and probably very few "8's" either.
EDIT: That "high SMV" (i.e. 8..9+) chick you met at the local club the other night? Yeah... here's a reddit thread that's an excellent example of the before and after of that. Remove the paint & the rest of the "decoration" and she's probably more of a "5" on the SMV-beauty scale (IOW, just a normal person) -- but what you wanna bet that once she's donned the "painted face, etc" that her whole attitude and personality & behavior changes in many ways as well.
-- Get a bunch of cotton balls soaked with some "industrial strength paint stripper," then wipe down just ONE SIDE of any "attractive" woman's face ... and you're in store for a MAJOR surprise.
You're going to find a whole shitload of "defects" -- pockmarks from acne, much smaller (narrower & relatively "dead" looking) eyes; the eyebrows will be so thin & plucked as to make them appear at least "unhealthy" if not outright "sickly", etc.
IMO, every guy who ever thinks about marrying some chick should be allowed (required?) to do that exercise, so that he KNOWS what he's buying.
-- It's akin to "thumping for bondo" when buying an old used car -- the paint job may make it look like a million bucks, but you need to know (at least something about) the REAL condition, what's hiding under the "gloss."
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