As if we're not in enough trouble...

[TreasonousBastard]

http://celebritytoob.com/pictures/30-fairly-shocking-pictures-of-celebrities-without-makeup/attachment/celebrities_without_makeup_1/

[Warren DeMontague]

1. I know, this is supposed to be some sort of shocking, dream-destroying revelation.

You mean Beyonce looks like a normal person when she goes out to get the newspaper in the morning? NOOOOOO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been fortunate- or unfortunate- or really sort of neither---- in my life to have known more than my share of "famous" people. Now, certainly, in our oddly celebrity-obsessed culture it may be strange for some people to discover that these people are, indeed, just people.


But, some people are beautiful, with makeup, without makeup, whatever. Still, we are -many of us- appearance-based animals. It's a reality, and not one that's going away.

FWIW, I don't usually look so hot when I grab the newspaper first thing in the morning, either.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. And Katie Couric actually "looks her age"...

when shot with a sharp lens and lousy lighting.

Some of them, like Beyonce, look like they just got up or are on their way to the grocery store, but some of the others fascinate me at how much they don't look at all like who they are. No doubt a lot of it isn't what they look like, but the lousy conditions the paparazzi were shooting in. And, yes, many of them actually look pretty good either way.

But, it's all part of the magic, and still fascinates me how a little, or a lot, of paint and good lighting can maintain the illusion.

[Warren DeMontague]

3. Ah, and who is the great art master who makes all the grass green?

Truly, that is the question.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

4. I think Beyonce still looks great there

Same with Mila Jovovich.

The paparazzi suck. They are hiding behind bushes trying to catch people sweating like pigs while jogging.

[Doctor_J]

5. Beyonce, Tyra, and Anne H look great anyway.

Some of those pics are damn scary (ref Kelly Clarkson). those make-up artists are magicians.

[HappyMe]

6. Jennifer Lawrence and Kelly Osbourne

don't even look like the same person.