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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Lovely project ladies! I may even be inspired to do this sometime this weekend…
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Posted by Ashe Mischief | July 1, 2009, 2:15 pmYou girls look amazing… I wish I had the balls to go makeupless on my blog!
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Posted by JP | July 1, 2009, 2:21 pmBeautiful!
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Posted by Tiff | July 1, 2009, 2:32 pmSo pretty guys! Just lovely and natural, I wish I had the confidence to join you, but I do not leave the house really or virtually without my eyeliner…ever.
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Posted by Pamela Quevedo | July 1, 2009, 3:15 pmI LOVE this. You guys have inspired me to do my own makeup-less picture. I had considered doing this before, but you just made me want to do it that much more.
& both of you are gorgeous. :]
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Posted by Ev`Yan || apricot tea. | July 1, 2009, 3:17 pmI love this! I may just have to take some make-up free photos for tomorrow.
You look gorgeous.
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Posted by Freya | July 1, 2009, 3:38 pmWe’re nude! (Well, our faces are.) @TheDemoiselles Respond: Makeupless, & true to our word! http://cli.gs/uBV3M
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Posted by Jen | July 1, 2009, 7:05 pmRT: We’re nude! (Well, our faces are.) @TheDemoiselles Respond: Makeupless, & true to our word! http://cli.gs/uBV3M
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Posted by Ashe Mischief | July 1, 2009, 7:18 pmBeautiful. RT @craftyasparagus We’re nude! (Well, our faces are.) @TheDemoiselles Respond:Makeupless & true to our word! http://cli.gs/uBV3M
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Posted by Kristin Price | July 1, 2009, 8:06 pmRT @TheDemoiselles: New @ TD: We’re nude! (Well, our faces are) @TheDemoiselles Respond: Makeupless, & true to our word! http://cli.gs/uBV3M
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Posted by Pamela Quevedo | July 1, 2009, 8:15 pmRT @TheDemoiselles The Demoiselles » Blog Archive » The Demoiselles Respond: Makeup-less, and true… http://cli.gs/uBV3M (via @tweetmeme)
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Posted by Freya West Potempa | July 1, 2009, 8:35 pmBoth of you look lovely!!
I uploaded my own makeup-less face to your Flickr group.
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Posted by Diana | July 1, 2009, 8:35 pmYou girls are so naturally pretty sans makeup. I look… well… let’s just not test that one with me
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Posted by dreamsequins | July 1, 2009, 8:45 pmAbsolutely ravishing. I may just partake in this, as I don’t wear (much) makeup 90% of the time anyways.
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Posted by kaitlyn | July 1, 2009, 9:12 pmOh girls thanks for posing – you are gorgeous!! I added my photos to your flickr group too. Commenters, so excited to see your posts!
Spread the word!
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Posted by Eyeliah | July 1, 2009, 9:30 pmWhy the naked face? http://cli.gs/uBV3M I figured, after that post, it was time to change my avatar.
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Posted by Jen | July 1, 2009, 11:03 pmLovely!
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Posted by natalie | July 2, 2009, 9:28 amThese pictures are gorgeous! I am definitely going to participate in this as soon as I get home.
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Posted by Zombie Lace | July 3, 2009, 4:00 pmWow; after seeing you two and Ev’yan, I think I’ll jump on board. I don’t generally wear makeup, but I’ve never really done a close-up shot without it…hmmmm…
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Posted by Alicia | July 9, 2009, 12:28 pmI did my own post inspired by you lovely ladies. It took a while for me to get up the courage (eeek! strangers seeing me without makeup! lord have mercy!) but here it is: http://www.yourwishcake.com/2009/08/on-being-makeup-free.html
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Posted by wishcake | August 14, 2009, 4:55 pmaaand. here’s mine.
you both look lovely without make-up.
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Posted by Crystal | August 28, 2009, 2:25 am