# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/81 "2009-02-03T19:26:58Z")
[Barefaced.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/troubleagain/3251385374/) [Makeup, no glasses.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/troubleagain/3251385398/in/set-72157604504174322/) [Makeup and glasses, which is how I usually face the world.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/troubleagain/3250558271/in/set-72157604504174322/) (I have contacts, but I can’t see up close with them. So I save them for special occasions,when I don’t have to be particularly functional.) ---
**Author:** ![KnitWit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@KnitWit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KnitWit)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/82 "2009-02-03T19:28:32Z")
> [@TroubleAgain](#): > > [Barefaced.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/troubleagain/3251385374/) > [Makeup, no glasses.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/troubleagain/3251385398/in/set-72157604504174322/) > [Makeup and glasses, which is how I usually face the world.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/troubleagain/3250558271/in/set-72157604504174322/) (I have contacts, but I can’t see up close with them. So I save them for special occasions,when I don’t have to be particularly functional.) You have increditly beautiful skin! You look terrific bare faced, though, I can see that the mascara makes your gigantic eyes stand out a bit more. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/83 "2009-02-03T19:40:44Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I just grabbed the first two off of MySpace, but here ya go 🙂 > > [Me without makeup (and rocking on sweet hat, if I may say so myself)](http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/56/l_31a793cbff6175298ff10903ae1ea58a.jpg) > > [And me with makeup (and a new hair color. . . and a tan).](http://a219.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/127/l_edae07cf024ee3d8c5e2b7d0fd6d137a.jpg) Your make up (or the camera angle) makes your boobs pop in the second photo. But you knew that, didn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/84 "2009-02-03T19:44:39Z")
> [@KnitWit](#): > > You have increditly beautiful skin! You look terrific bare faced, though, I can see that the mascara makes your gigantic eyes stand out a bit more. Awww, thanks, that’s sweet. I think I look like a ghosty in the bare-faced. Plus I have rosacea and dark circles, but hey, I’m almost 43. I shouldn’t expect to look like a young 'un. And you? You’re GORGEOUS. Congratulations on your weight-loss.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/85 "2009-02-03T20:09:37Z")
> [@KnitWit](#): > > Okay, take 67. You’d think I’d know how to use this machine by now. Thanks to all the extremely clever “wits” who made cracks about Facebook. I didn’t realize you couldn’t look at photos there if you weren’t a member. > > Before: > > [http://i42.tinypic.com/2daxajb.jpg](http://i42.tinypic.com/2daxajb.jpg) > > After: > > [http://i44.tinypic.com/2igylc9.jpg](http://i44.tinypic.com/2igylc9.jpg) Congratulations on your success! You are stunning. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/86 "2009-02-03T21:01:04Z")
> [@Hostile\_Dialect](#): > > I do. I just have no money. Really, between my out-of-state speeding ticket, textbooks next quarter, and saving up to study Spanish dialectology in Spain this summer, I can’t spend a dime on anything that isn’t: > > 1. food > 2. one of the three things mentioned above > 3. buckeyes > > Hostile Dialect, > Hostile Dialect, Narcissist Considering the “3. buckeyes” was contrived as a jab at another poster, it’s inappropriate to use it outside the Pit. Please do not do this again. ---
**Author:** ![KnitWit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@KnitWit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KnitWit)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/87 "2009-02-03T21:09:32Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Congratulations on your success! You are stunning. Wow, so many compliments, I should have done this sooner! It’s nice to hear. I have a difficult time gauging what’s “normal.” So I’m often looking around at other women trying to figure out, “Do I look like that? Maybe I’m about her size?” So just hearing that I’m more or less normal-sized is really great. It’s one of the reasons I was determined to post those photos. Not fishing for compliments, just wanting to run my “look” up the flagpole. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/88 "2009-02-03T21:26:08Z")
> [@KnitWit](#): > > Wow, so many compliments, I should have done this sooner! It’s nice to hear. I have a difficult time gauging what’s “normal.” So I’m often looking around at other women trying to figure out, “Do I look like that? Maybe I’m about her size?” So just hearing that I’m more or less normal-sized is really great. It’s one of the reasons I was determined to post those photos. Not fishing for compliments, just wanting to run my “look” up the flagpole. Since I have lost a lot of weight - and am still trying to lose, I know how nice it is to hear. Which is one of the reasons I mentioned it. The other is - you are stunning. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ptr2void](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ptr2void/32/3406_2.png) [@ptr2void](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ptr2void)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/89 "2009-02-03T21:50:05Z")
**KnitWit** , you look great no matter what your weight. And congrats on that, by the way…I’ve lost about 135 in the last year myself. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/90 "2009-02-03T23:41:47Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > And each as nonflirtable as the others. Hmmm. You did OK in my book. Or, do you mean flirted with, as opposed to flirting? Eh, either way, I think you’re a good-looking guy. ---
**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 4, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/91 "2009-02-04T01:37:02Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > Considering the “3. buckeyes” was contrived as a jab at another poster, it’s inappropriate to use it outside the Pit. Please do not do this again. Actually, “buckeyes” has been used outside the Pit a number of times in the past several weeks (sometimes by me), and AFAIK no one has gotten slammed down for it before. I didn’t know this was a rule, and I’m pretty sure **Hostile Dialect** didn’t either. I don’t like this, but here isn’t the place to discuss it. Oh well. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Teaira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9d8465/32.png) [@Teaira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teaira)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/92 "2009-02-04T04:44:41Z")
First thing in the morning (no make-up): [http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff44/Alayna1011/random022.jpg](http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff44/Alayna1011/random022.jpg) Normal: [http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff44/Alayna1011/CAM\_0405.jpg](http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff44/Alayna1011/CAM_0405.jpg) ---
**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 4, 2009, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/93 "2009-02-04T06:04:22Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Or, do you mean flirted with, as opposed to flirting? Flirting, flirted with, realization that I am flirting, analysis of my flirtatious technique, and other flirting-related topics; I’ve just never been able to do it. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/94 "2009-02-04T06:46:10Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Actually, “buckeyes” has been used outside the Pit a number of times in the past several weeks (sometimes by me), and AFAIK no one has gotten slammed down for it before. I didn’t know this was a rule, and I’m pretty sure **Hostile Dialect** didn’t either. > > I don’t like this, but here isn’t the place to discuss it. Oh well. ☹ Without getting into a bunch of stuff (in fact this hit me out of the blue and only tangentially reminded me that it \*may \*involve me–if it doesn’t, move along.) There was once a discussion where it came out that I expressed that the term “buckeyes” to refer to chocolate covered peanut butter balls [primarily in that thread where I was looking for a recipe] was rather gross to me for a variety of reasons [body parts+food tends to gross me out in general, regardless]. All hell rained down as a result and I think there was actually a pit thread or some discussion elsewhere. (I can’t help it–I’m squeamish and have a highly graphic sense of imagination.) Anyway, if that’s all it is, then let’s just move on because it’s really stupid and shouldn’t snag up the flow of a totally unrelated thread. Mods: if this is indeed what you’re referring to, I hope I haven’t violated anything with my explanation. I’d also just like to say that references such as this really don’t register on my radar so you don’t need to intercede on my behalf if indeed that is what you were doing. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/95 "2009-02-04T07:47:36Z")
Now that **OpalCat** has given the OK, I eagerly await the official official ruling, if there is another one. In the meantime, I’ll assume that “3. Buckeyes” isn’t kosher. Still, JMHO, I saw it as a new board meme to replace “3. Hi Opal!”, which could just as easily be considered harrassment of **Opal** anyway. And now that she’s given the thumbs-up, I’m wondering if this new meme will be allowed to take its rightful place. What say you, **Skip**? Hostile Dialect, Hostile Dialect, Narcissist ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/96 "2009-02-04T13:03:26Z")
Hmm… Let’s play dress up! [Normal me](http://www.flickr.com/photos/35045752@N03/3252418443/) [Flapper me](http://www.flickr.com/photos/35045752@N03/3252418381/) (on the left, obviously) [Japanese-style me](http://www.flickr.com/photos/35045752@N03/3253264358/) (apparently this is an old-lady kimono, but it IS pretty…) ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/97 "2009-02-05T00:15:01Z")
Okay. Both of these pics are a few years old but I don’t have any good recent closeups that fit the OP’s request. Me without makeup. This was a candid snap: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/2020/1926420573_ff22679cae_z.jpg "Too Much Hair") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11125007@N05/1926420573/in/set-72157602868406160) Me with makeup. This was done for a portfolio. I used to model, just part time, nothing spectacular. It’s kind of scary looking to me now: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/2199/1943204720_7598141857_b.jpg "Portfolio 6") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11125007@N05/1943204720/in/set-72157602868406160/) Generally the only makeup I wear regularly is rouge. Mainly because I’m lazy, not because I have anything against makeup. ---
**Author:** ![CallMeKate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@CallMeKate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CallMeKate)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/98 "2009-02-05T00:53:11Z")
I have a few pictures. [![](https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/fave-1.jpg) ](https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/fave-1.jpg) ^No make up, just chapstick. [![](https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/timewithAJ045-1.jpg) ](https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/timewithAJ045-1.jpg) ^No make up… being silly. [![](https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/vermontandthecadillac017.jpg) ](https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/vermontandthecadillac017.jpg) ^ No make up, natural light [![](https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/katep62.jpg) ](https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/katep62.jpg) ^Eyeliner, mascara, and lipgloss… I never do much more than that. ---
**Author:** ![CallMeKate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@CallMeKate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CallMeKate)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/99 "2009-02-05T01:10:15Z")
oh yes… and these are some of me daily… I’m a picture whore: [![](https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/FB1.jpg) ](https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/FB1.jpg) [![](https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/FB3.jpg) ](https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/FB3.jpg) [![](https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/FB4.jpg) ](https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/FB4.jpg) [http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/FB2.jpg](http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/FB2.jpg) (TODAY!) [http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/fb5.jpg](http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll241/kateann735/fb5.jpg) (a little make up) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840/100 "2009-02-05T01:52:56Z")
> [@Creaky](#): > > Okay. Both of these pics are a few years old but I don’t have any good recent closeups that fit the OP’s request. > > Me without makeup. This was a candid snap: > [Too Much Hair | J. K. McNulty | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11125007@N05/1926420573/in/set-72157602868406160) > Me with makeup. This was done for a portfolio. I used to model, just part time, nothing spectacular. It’s kind of scary looking to me now: > [Portfolio 6 | J. K. McNulty | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11125007@N05/1943204720/in/set-72157602868406160/) > > Generally the only makeup I wear regularly is rouge. Mainly because I’m lazy, not because I have anything against makeup. As I have mentioned before - you are an attractive woman. With or without makeup. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-picture-thread-before-after-make-up-or-other-things/483840.md?page=6)