Have you noticed that every single actress out there has a flawless face, body and hair? I have noticed that many people suffer from depression because of what the media shows us. A look of " beyond perfection" that is not human. It is impossible for hundreds of actors and actresses to be so good looking merely because beauty is valued for its scarcity. Otherwise plainess would be revered. Therefore actors and actresses are plain people hiding behind masks and today I intend to prove it. You need not be unsatisfied with yourself anymore. In fact there are probably a good deal of people in this forum who look better than these people you will see. People who grace the cover of all the celebrity magazines out there.
Hollywood is fake. A good deal of us look better than these people. Yet they are still idolized! This is a false cult.

I hope people will stop being depressed over "not being pretty enough."

Unfortunately, most of  the people seen here  are wearing some make up anyway in these images (foundation).



http://misspulps.skyblog.com/pics/133171121_small.jpg



http://bryanrocks0.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/camerondiaz.jpg.w180h173.jpg

I'm sorry but just because she has blue eyes doesn't mean they are nice...



http://www.battlehype.com/content/no_makeup/lisa_kudrow.jpg









http://media.skoopy.com/misc/celebs_without_makeup/





http://www.battlehype.com/content/no_makeup/nicole_kidman.jpg



http://www.hereinreality.com/makeup/jlowithout.jpg











http://www.hereinreality.com/makeup.htm



http://www.battlehype.com/no_makeup_menu.php


Please feel free to look up any celebriity you wish. Thereare only one or two who look like they do irl with make up. Have a wonderful day!

Ok a few of those links have been rerouted so please excuse a few of them...I don't know how that happened.

Hi Sara,  great links  :) I like to watch guys faces when they look at their dream girls without make-up.....  ;D  ;D  ;D
Every great now and then pictures like the ones in the links are being published. And I think this is important. Especially for teenage girls who like to compare themselves with some celebrity.
And yes, Sara, you are so right: we have a lot of beautiful people on this board.  :) A lot more beautiful than any make-up can make anybody!
:)  :)  :)  :)  :)

All the make-up in the world and plastic surgeries cannot make anybody pretty, who is an ugly person inside........

Thank you so much moonchild. You really made my day! :)

But I have a feeling it's not onyl restricted to teenagers. I see full grown adults waist deep in it too :(.
*hugs*

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All the make-up in the world and plastic surgeries cannot make anybody pretty, who is an ugly person inside........

so true!! i think forums prove that, becuz we all talk to each other, and care about each other without caring about that persons looks.

thanks for sharing Sara :)
love the JLO pic :P ::)

Amen to that, Sara!  ...now if we can only convince the rest of the world.

Is it evil that I get a little giggle out of seeing Oprah or Nicole without makeup?  

Hollywood just really wants you to see the fantasy as reality.. that's their job.  And while screen actors and actresses from the 30's, 40's and 50's were fashion icons of their day, people of that time were not literally bombarded with the images of their icons 24/7 as we are in this mass media frenzied world.

Just another reason to turn off the TV once and awhile... (or, better yet, once and for good :) )

I feel sorry for these women. They have made their "made-up" faces the norm and now it's unexceptable for them to be seen without it. Make-up can really just hide the real you.
So many girls/women wouldn't be caught dead without it on. I am happy with my natural face (not that I won't do anything to help it stay healthy) and I hope you all can be too.
Meg

Well, I don't feel sorry for them because they know what they are doing. Thy're endorsing a false image for millions of dollars. They know they're fake.
Lol, I do turn my tv off alot because not only am i tired of the assault on my mind...but the shows are mostly boring nowadays.

Look at the "after' pictures--you can't tell me that there isn't some airbrushing going on as well.   :P

Thanks for posting those links Sara. I was secretly having sadistic moments... until I saw my beloved Nicole Kidman and ohhhh mannnn.

Anais

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Thanks Sara for those great links.

We are all beautiful in one way or another, having a beautiful face or body is immaterial.

I have self-esteem isssues sometimes- overweight, acne. It makes me feel so much better that celebs look exactly like everyone else without makeup on. Whats ironic is, if you look at some magazines that have celebs in them and you see one without makeup there will be comments like "look how terrible they look!"
Hello! They look exactly like you!  ::) Hippocrites >:(

Hi Sexywitch,

I'm sorry to hear you have self-esteem issues but I am sure they are unfounded. No one else will notice, we only notice these things no one else does. I look in the mirror and hate what I see sometimes but then I look away and focus on how I would like to think I look then put a smile on my face and avoid mirrors. Always makes me feel better. Beauty is inside us so although these celebs can look beautiful, we've all heard stories about how nasty they can be, somehow mutes the beauty you can see doesn't it. Don't forget too, that most of the pictures you see of them are airbrushed to look perfect, I bet even they don't recognise themselves in the mags.

Thanks Jules. I dont feel that way all the time. It used to be a lot worse. Especially in middle school. Kids can be so cruel. But since finding my spiritual path, it has made me feel more empored as a woman. And if I'm going to lose weight, its going to be for me and for my health. Not to look like some snobby, "I'm so much better then you" celebrity.  ;D

Aww, I'm glad it helped. You know. All those people who didn't have pimples in high school (most probably had veyr good make up too), had dry skin. And in the future they will probably have wrinkles. It wont help them to tan either, since that is the cause of 70 percent fo wrinkles. So just ride pimples out and enjoy youthful skin for your life.

Those were some great links.  The ones of Pamela Anderson were really shocking.  Makeup makes her younger by 10 years at least!

I rarely wear makeup myself, but I think makeup is okay as long as people realize that it's merely paint on a canvas.  

wrote on Jul 21^st, 2006 at 8:49am:

I rarely wear makeup myself, but I think makeup is okay as long as people realize that it's merely paint on a canvas.

I like that analogy Khrome.

I do admit to wearing makeup even to just go the grocery store, not a lot, just eyeshadow and mascara. But this topic has made me think. I dont need to wear makeup all the time. It's our society that makes us think that wearing makeup is the only way to be beautiful. I have a sister who used to live in CA, and she wears a ton of makeup, but I think she looks so much better without it.

I'm one of those who seldom wears any makeup.  A bit of moisturizer and maybe a bit of lip color is about all that I can handle.  Special occasions will have me adding a touch of blush and maybe some subtle eye shadow.  I guess I'm just a minimalist.  Either that, or my growing up during the hippie era permanently stunted my ability to handle makeup.  ;D

Thanks again guys. Too much make up is silly. And yes  "its makeup on a canvas" and as long as you admit that, I think it's ok. Don't worry bikerbraid, I'm semi-hippie myself :). Somtimes, instead of make up, just try a moisturizer 9like BB does) and some non-talc baby powder on the face. You will like the results.

Very true!  Me myself, I wear only very little to go out.  I mean, heck after years of putting in on with a trowel for my job as a cosmtices lady. I knew it was getting bad when people from work did not reconze me without my make up!  And it's so true that the stars are made of make up and there pictures are airbrushed.  Such baloney!!!