# A Picture Thread: Before & After Make-up, Or Other Things **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840 "2009-01-31T05:36:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/21 "2009-02-01T01:05:36Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > [With goatee](http://www.muppetlabs.com/~eric/robotarm.jpeg) > [With full beard](http://www.muppetlabs.com/~eric/DSC00042.JPG) > [Clean shaven](http://www.muppetlabs.com/~eric/P1010114_2.jpg) > [Without hair](http://www.muppetlabs.com/~eric/0110071842.jpg) > > These span about the last ten years, but except for the shearing, I don’t think I change much. Between the goatee and the full beard, I think the big fuzzy ears is a bigger difference than anything else… ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/22 "2009-02-01T01:06:30Z")
I liked those pics from **Robot Arm** - a good demonstration of how the same person can look very different due to the presence or absence of facial hair. **NinetyWt** - I can’t get that link open, much to my disappointment (30 pics is a feast). While I appreciate the kind words of **Quartz** and **Jkilez** , I wasn’t looking for compliments - I just had to post something to get the thread started. However, to the extent that those are nice pics, I can explain the secret: as my husband took them, he said “think of your husband!” or “think of our son!” So, as embarrassingly corny as it sounds, it’s love that you see in those photos. **fachverwirrt** : that’s a riot! Your makeup looks sort of like one of the characters in “Space Mutiny,” which we watched in the MST3k version last night. **olivesmarch4th** - I think I’ve said this in other picture threads, but your photos never correspond to my mental image of you: you are supposed to have black hair and dark brown eyes! Your photos are like mine though - very similar with or without make-up. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/23 "2009-02-01T01:12:37Z")
**Opal** - Wow! Awesome collection! In the first photo you look eerily like a good friend of mine. Nothing like her in other photos. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/24 "2009-02-01T01:16:13Z")
My turn. [Before](http://picasaweb.google.com/random789/Sdme?authkey=wjePu6ZPVPw#5297629270268205474). And after [rock](http://picasaweb.google.com/random789/Sdme?authkey=wjePu6ZPVPw#5297629109874890914) [climbing](http://picasaweb.google.com/random789/Sdme?authkey=wjePu6ZPVPw#5297629223396695330). Including a conceited (and slightly drunk, I think) [self-portrait in the bathroom mirror](http://picasaweb.google.com/random789/Sdme?authkey=wjePu6ZPVPw#5297629141499198322), heh. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/25 "2009-02-01T01:18:44Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > I have kind of a lot of these… > > [haven’t gotten out of bed yet](http://gallery.opalcat.com/albums/OpalCat2007/0414071032_G.jpg) I love this one! I think it makes you look beautiful 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/26 "2009-02-01T01:33:10Z")
Oh I came across a few others that fit the “before” concept compared to photos of me now. I am done now, I promise! [No hair](http://gallery.opalcat.com/albums/Early1990s/redpic_001.jpg) [high school, doing nontraditional things with eyeshadow and lipstick](http://gallery.opalcat.com/albums/HighSchool/beat_up_makeup.jpg) [high school, trying really, really hard to be taller than my 6’4" uncle](http://gallery.opalcat.com/albums/HighSchool/bathing_suit_1.jpg) [high school: sophomore class picture](http://gallery.opalcat.com/albums/HighSchool/yearbook_sophomore.jpg) [high school senior picture. Please forgive me: it was the '80s](http://gallery.opalcat.com/albums/HighSchool/1989a.jpg) [high school, but the scary part is that’s me on the right, and my dad’s 2nd ex-wife on the left.](http://gallery.opalcat.com/albums/HighSchool/piano_with_jennie.jpg) [the only picture of me that I know of to exist of me pregnant](http://gallery.opalcat.com/albums/Early1990s/15weekspregnant_001.sized.jpg) [the day of giving birth, still in the hospital](http://gallery.opalcat.com/albums/Late1990s/one_day_old.jpg) (mind you, he’s 13 years old now!) [two of my favorites with Dominic when he was a baby](http://gallery.opalcat.com/albums/Late1990s/mom_baby.jpg) [me about 60lbs heavier than before having a baby](http://gallery.opalcat.com/albums/Late1990s/opalcat.jpg) [even heavier, on the Rikki Lake show](http://gallery.opalcat.com/albums/Late1990s/ricki1.jpg) And yet further in the past, [early fashion experiments with paper muffin cups](http://gallery.opalcat.com/albums/Childhood/muffin.jpg) [later, totally unaware of what life had in store](http://gallery.opalcat.com/albums/Childhood/young_me11.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/27 "2009-02-01T01:34:35Z")
[As a toddler](http://www.flickr.com/photos/32527822@N04/3242106915/) [With full makeup](http://www.flickr.com/photos/32527822@N04/3038837266/) [With no makeup, wet hair, and glasses. Yikes!](http://www.flickr.com/photos/32527822@N04/3038837266/) [Cross-dressing](http://www.flickr.com/photos/32527822@N04/3242943852/in/photostream/) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/28 "2009-02-01T01:35:53Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > I love this one! I think it makes you look beautiful 🙂 Aw, thank you! That photo (mainly the hair) was actually the inspiration for this painting of mine: [Being Art](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/art_book_09_2008/06_paintings?full=1) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/29 "2009-02-01T01:37:45Z")
> [@Pyper](#): > > [With full makeup](http://www.flickr.com/photos/32527822@N04/3038837266/) > [With no makeup, wet hair, and glasses. Yikes!](http://www.flickr.com/photos/32527822@N04/3038837266/) These link to the same photo ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/30 "2009-02-01T01:47:28Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > These link to the same photo Doh! Here’s [without makeup](http://www.flickr.com/photos/32527822@N04/3242118845/in/photostream/), I hope. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/31 "2009-02-01T02:00:24Z")
> [@JustAnotherGeek](#): > > waitasecond! I missed the thread! Icanhaslinkplz? > **[Boston Dopefest soon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=502923)** > > The venerable Robot Arm and I were wondering if it’s time to round up the usual suspects for a Boston Dopefest. I, for one, have a raging case of winter doldrums and would love to get together for dinner or something. Any takers? I’m not even... ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/32 "2009-02-01T03:32:56Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > **NinetyWt** - I can’t get that link open, much to my disappointment (30 pics is a feast). Hmm. Try opening just [one](http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/NinetyWt/Curlytop/SeniorPortrait.jpg) (HS photo). There’s only 19 pics in the album, not 30. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/33 "2009-02-01T04:18:36Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > That’s 13? You look like a bank manager. I was thinking more like “county-level politician”. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/34 "2009-02-01T04:23:00Z")
Hmm, 30 years, 30 photos … someone needs a little help with their reading comprehension, and it isn’t the _other_ posters in this thread. One pic worked fine **NinetyWt** - I take it that was a “before.” I don’t know how old you are, but the glasses, clothing and hairstyle look very similar to my era - I graduated in 1976. **Pyper** , your “supernerd” picture is actually really cute, I think … okay, you don’t look like a supermodel in that shot, but you look like someone I’d want to know - smart and funny. Speaking of glasses, mine are really thick so I generally stick with contact lenses. I’ll post again in a little while with a picture of me wearing them. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/35 "2009-02-01T04:32:35Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > That’s 13? You look like a bank manager. My son is 13. These photos look decades apart! ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/36 "2009-02-01T04:48:06Z")
Ah, here we go: [me wearing glasses.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/7971087@N03/3242530853/) That makes for a much more dramatic contrast in my case. As you can imagine, I wear contact lenses most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/37 "2009-02-01T05:21:44Z")
[This](http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/uefY5ecc-IVBuPvtVm8_nQ?authkey=Ml8YJbbWpwI&feat=directlink) is me without makeup. It was taken four years ago. [This](http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vYqHYJARD7NaXtX6Wu31QQ?authkey=c9Eto27z67Y&feat=directlink) is me with makeup, taken last month. I had fallen asleep at the foot of the bed, though, hence the somewhat goofy look on my face. I think my husband caught me in the middle of saying, “What?” He had brought my son in to wake me up. I haven’t found a digital pic of me in full spackle - I think I have them all hard copy and I’m far too lazy to scan them. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/38 "2009-02-01T05:36:09Z")
> [@3acresandatruck](#): > > Ha! **CairoCarol** , I can’t see any difference in your pictures. You ladies got nothing. Now _this_ is scary: before and after the passage of 4 decades. > [Me at age 13.](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn106/3aaat/file004/thenandnow1.jpg) > [Me at age 53.](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn106/3aaat/file004/thenandnow2.jpg) 13? Really? You look like a full grown man. I guess you were the guy in school who bought the booze for your underaged friends. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/39 "2009-02-01T05:41:08Z")
[No makeup](http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/978/13109011mc9.jpg) (I actually just washed my face) [Seven minutes later](http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7828/13109012lh3.jpg) If I’m going out, I put a little more emphasis on the eyes, but this is my normal makeup. It’s really weird to stare at yourself closely for longer than a minute. ---
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/40 "2009-02-01T06:01:22Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > My turn. [Before](http://picasaweb.google.com/random789/Sdme?authkey=wjePu6ZPVPw#5297629270268205474). > And after [rock](http://picasaweb.google.com/random789/Sdme?authkey=wjePu6ZPVPw#5297629109874890914) [climbing](http://picasaweb.google.com/random789/Sdme?authkey=wjePu6ZPVPw#5297629223396695330). > Including a conceited (and slightly drunk, I think) [self-portrait in the bathroom mirror](http://picasaweb.google.com/random789/Sdme?authkey=wjePu6ZPVPw#5297629141499198322), heh. Wow, nice job, **Reply**! You look great. How much weight did you lose? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840.md?page=3)