sans maquillage

I wrote this a long time ago, but I figured I'd post it here.

I was so excited when I saw that French Elle had a model without makeup on their cover this month (April 2009). Like the article says, American mags need to step it up! C'mon, Vogue, you've bent and broken a ton of fashion "rules" - let's see some American girls without their makeup, looking beautiful on the pages of high fashion magazines. Not only are they without makeup, but they are without any retouching or Photoshopping, too! And they still look amazing. France is ahead of us in a lot of ways, and now they can triumphantly add this to their list...when celebrities are featured sans maquillage (without makeup) in American rags, it's always to say, "Hey, look how crappy this star looks without her pounds of eye makeup/foundation/lipstick!" But Elle is showing that fresh-faced can be beautiful too. Props!