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Smuterella said:^ I'm with you on that. I met the most stunning woman yesterday and she wasn't wearing a scrap of make up. If she hadn't been so lovely I'd have wanted to sick in my mouth a little.
Ha! She was sickeningly beautiful with no makeup on wasn't she? Not to mention perfectly slim despite 2 kids... which she didn't look old enough to have!
I also feel vile without makeup on...which isn't to say I won't nip out without any on - I do. But I don't like it.
Here's a little anecdote about why I love being all put together with good hair, makeup and my style intact. I recently spent two days being an extra on a new big budget WWI movie. We had no makeup on, and our hair was 'styled' to look greasy and windblown. When I went for my costume fitting, I was told to have no makeup then, but I did wear my 50s cat eye glasses when I met the assistant director.
I went home after the first day on set (during which I wore contacts) without having my wage docket signed, and when I went up to the same AD the next morning (who had personally handed me the slip the day before and actually told me off for not collecting it upon arrival, plus had spoken to me a couple of times during the day) whilst wearing my glasses he looked surprised and said 'Oh, I didn't see you here yesterday'! So essentially I was completely unnoticeable without my glasses on! I was completely taken aback, because throughout my life from teenage years, due to always having a specific and rather eye-catching 'look' (be it grunge, metal, rockabilly or vintage), I have always been the one people know instantly by sight, even to say hello to me when I don't have the foggiest clue who they are!!
All this just goes to show that without my carefully perfected makeup and 40s hairdos I am just a very plain and unremarkable girl. And vain as it is, I hate that idea! But if I can use makeup and styling to create some sort of beauty, then so can everyone. Thus I still agree with the Helena Rubenstein quote.