The Demoiselles Respond: Makeup-less, and true to our word!

Last week, Elle’s emphatic rant about Chic Report’s perception of Scarlet Johansson’s makeup-less cover of French Elle received a lot of really positive, aligned responses from you guys. One lady in particular, Eyeliah from Style Symmetry, was so outraged by Chic Report’s “suggestions” that she was inspired to post photos of her face, completely free of makeup, on her own blog. She announced her intentions on Twitter, and I told her that if she did it, we would, too!

Eyeliah posted her stunning, stunning photos of herself last week, you can see them here. True to our word, here are ours!

Elle: I took these ASAP after waking up, so not only am I rocking the “no makeup” look, but also the “crazy hair” and “sleepy eye” looks, too! I wanted to note that, after I took my makeup-less photos, I noticed a lot of things about my face that I’d never really taken the time to observe before. I noticed that my lips are very asymmetrical… And I really like it! I always felt like I was too “plain looking”, so these photos really helped me to realize my individual beauty.

Jennifer Nicole: Elle had the right idea: the best thing I could do was take these first thing in the morning. Because I was half asleep, it was easy to relax and let the photos happen. You’ve probably seen me without makeup before – on Awakened Aesthetic, Livejournal, or anywhere, really – but it’s rare that I’m makeupless and smiling. I love how pink my lips in the morning, and the way my eyes have started to crinkle as I get a little older. And rosacea? It just means I never need blush!

Help us win the fight against this anti-progressive beauty standard by uploading your own makeup-less photos to our Flickr group!

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