Thank you!
And like any woman vain about her looks I am always delighted to hear it, because we vain women are a covertly insecure bunch. 
No makeup (this is from a few years back)
Powder, mascara and lip gloss (from halloween of last year)
Full face of makeup (and washed-out lighting)
As a victim from Snakes on a Plane (gory)
I do wear makeup more regularly, but don’t have any fairly recent photos.
I don’t know if I’d phrase it just like that, but I think there is some wisdom there. A few years ago, when we had just moved to Egypt, I didn’t know a soul and I had to force myself to go out and meet people. I really hate doing that - I’m the shy loner type, and I have little in common with a lot of expat women, but I knew the alternative (utter isolation) was worse.
So I forced myself to go to some women’s guild event, and stood around during the coffee break looking for someone to talk to - hard, because it wasn’t a newcomers’ group and most of the women there already knew each other and were clumped in little groups.
Suddenly I spied a very attractive woman standing by herself with incredibly well-done make-up: a huge, huge amount of it, but tastefully done. My instant reaction was “no one as pretty as she is could wear that much makeup unless they feel insecure around people, AND she’s got a real artistic ability.” So I forced myself to go say hello.
Turned out that not only was I spot-on in my assessment of her, she lived in the apartment building next door to mine. It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
This is me (and my wonderful wife) in 2007
and (without my wife, who was visiting NZ) in 2008, having lost 25kg.
I got there via a bit of running, including a charity 10km.
And of course, along the way I lost the beard (before and after).
Si
OK, my before and after weight loss pics. Still working on another 20 pounds or so.