She's not horrific, but she's definitely not anything special. I've never thought that she was particularly attractive even at her best with makeup. Take away the makeup and she wouldn't even be the prettiest female in my office (neither am I before anyone asks). |
You are describing 99% of celebrities. Most are average looking. It’s called average for a reason. Plastic surgery and makeup help a lot of them. |
And why going make up free is somehow "groundbreaking, important, or helpful" to you is beyond me. |
LOL +1,000 |
Because no one does it! Yes it is groundbreaking, because I can't think of another celebrity woman who goes in the red carpet or appears in photo shoots without makeup. Because she is older and allows her older face, with it's natural texture and wrinkles and redness, to be seen by the general public. And because she is not apologizing for it or admitting it looks bad, but glamorizing it and daring to present it as beautiful. Some years ago, Jaime Lee Curtis appeared in a magazine in minimal clothing without retouching, lighting, or flattering posing, to demonstrate that her body looked like a normal, middle aged woman's body, with sagging, fat deposits, cellulite, etc. People called it brave and it was in a way, to expose herself without artifice. She made a point, and it was a fair one. What Anderson is doing is similar, but different. She's not letting it all hang out -- she's still been ng styled, she's wearing flattering clothes, her hair is styled, there is artifice there. But she's leaving her face bare and daring to present it as beautiful as is. Many people will disagree but I happen to agree with her -- she has a striking, beautiful face and I think it is made more interesting to look at, and more beautiful, because it is in its natural state. You disagree and hate it, it makes you mad to look at it. So yes, it is groundbreaking. I think it's fascinating. I hope it convinces other celebs to do the same, or to experiment with what beauty is. In the age of Botox, Ozempic, Spanx, fillers, contouring, the Kardashians, etc., I am interested in seeing something else. Anything else. |
| Look at all the publicity Anderson has received due to going makeup free. Her career has been revitalized. The cynic in me wonders if this isn't the way she planned it. |
I mean the PR stunt romance worked as well. I also think some of the shows and documentary worked and much of the modern public realizes how badly she was treated during the sex tape incident (she and her then spouse were the victims of a terrible invasion of privacy but were blamed or treated as a joke). |
This^. It's refreshing to see a celebrity trying to look like a human not a Kardashian doll. |
She looks great for her age, just not an artificial made up beauty. Her eyebrows are gone due to over plucking of decades as many of women her age and she isn't drawing artificial ones. |
It seems like you are missing that she’s had a pretty steady career even before her no makeup thing. I definitely agree getting attention and she’s on an up swing lately because she just did a big movie recently, but she’s been steadily working, on Broadway, she cofounded a beauty company, and she has almost 5,000,000 Instagram followers that she has been engaging with over the years. Just because you haven’t seen her stuff, doesn’t mean she hasn’t been working. |
Her skin looks fantastic and she's declining to do fake caterpillar eyebrows and this offends you? What a strange take. Not everyone finds the drag queen look aspirational. |
I think the eyebrows are the only problem with her look, otherwise she looks lovely. |
| I think she looks weird beyond merely aging. Her eyes look dead. Just in 2019, she looked like herself. Maybe that just turned out to be too much work and a losing battle. |
Not the PP, but there is a middle ground you know.
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Again - middle ground? Why do some of you always think in extremes? |