The Australian Women's Weekly

Bare Essentials

When a middle-aged celebrity turns up to Paris Fashion Week without any make-up, you know a revolution is afoot. Pamela Anderson’s bold move got tongues wagging about her bravery but it signals a cultural shift gaining momentum: We’re finally embracing a more natural ethos. We want skin that looks like skin. But we still want good-looking skin.

By good I mean plump, smooth and even-toned. All of which (disappointingly) tends not to happen without some form of intervention. The ‘no make-up’ make-up look either requires regular skincare effort or (ironically) make-up to pull off, but nothing complicated. It should look like a second skin, just enough to add more lustre and glow than we naturally

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