Say No To Tango!

As the canvas to the picture, skin is in my opinion the most important aspect of beauty. Get the skin right and whatever else you do will look fine. Get the eyes and the lips looking incredible but leave the skin looking ruddy and dull...well lets be honest, noone's gonna die but the look just wont live up to its full potential.
There's lots that can go wrong when it comes to skin. My pet hate orange foundations or a thick laquer of fake tan on the face. It just looks plain wrong. Need I say more?

Valentino - like fine wine, he matured into a mahogony table.

Heather, 18 appeared on Snog Marry Avoid (Love it!!)
Fergie - not of the Black Eyed Peas
Frank Lampard
Really, Frank Lampard? Thought you were going for the natural look did you??Thought not. You may as well just go the whole hog. How about you take this picture to your make up artist (surely there cannot be a professional behind this!?) and beg her to lay this monstrosity upon your tangerine pus!?
But there's always one who goes out of their way to be different. Step up Paleface Johansson. Look at the difference between the colour of the back of her neck and her natural tan shoulders. Oops.

And it certainly doesn't stop there - overexposure to sunlight can leave you looking like this old pair of handbags. (Donatella Versace and Iggy Pop)

Bad times. No moral of the story here. Just a warning. Bad make up can happen to good people.

An Epiphany. OOH.

I don't know about you but I for one, have always been one of those girls who would goes to the shop down the road with not a stitch of make up on...but kinda looks at the ground to avoid meeting anyones eye(and then doubtless sees someone she knows and has to hide!).

My boyfriend likes me without make up on...in fact he says he loves my 'bald eyes' and says that my eyes look big and cute. Bah, I spend way too much time not to mention money, on make up for that to be the case!But 9 times out of 10 isn't that just the way with most guys??

Now I'm sure that their ignorance to make up is largely questionable here: guys tend to like the no make up 'look' which we all know (all too well if you ask me!) is not actually sans product!

BUT... read on to see where i make a slight, if not, complete bloody massive U-turn all over the road!

So what started me off down this treacherous path of bare faced confusion? Well, today I came across a picture of Dita Von Tease sans make up...And i see it! I see what they see!

Now please, in no way am i saying that i look anywhere close to the stunning NATURAL beauty of Miss D vonT, but having always been presented with her high maintenance glamour, which for the record I adore, I find it refreshing...nay, illuminating (!) to see her without make up.

Just look!

I am not saying that ill be giving up make up. or even toning it down. God no! Perish the thought! But what I am saying is this: The next time my boyfriend tells me he likes my bald eyes I'm not going to tell him that no, in fact they are piggy eyes and look MINGING. I'm going to chill out and believe him.

And just like that, i had my epiphany moment. ta da!

So here's a bunch of other celebs looking stunning sans product for your consideration.

Christina Aguilera for Versace

Ashlee Simpson.

Audrina Partridge from The Hills...not entirely convinced that this is COMPLETELY no make up.but close! Jessica Simpson

And finally Eva Longoria

And yes, they all look stunning.

But what are your views??