Most American women would agree that those Frenchies have something going on. That certain je ne sais quoi they posses is what women all over the world work tirelessly to achieve. However, some of their best style advice takes no money and minimal effort, and that is to embrace character flaws.
The April issue of French Elle features eight female European celebrities--including Eva Herzigova, Monica Bellucci, Sophie Marceau, and Charlotte Rampling--all without makeup and all entirely without Photoshopping or retouching of any kind. (Wow!) The mag's headline "Stars Sans Fards" translates to “without rouge/makeup,” but it's a French saying that also suggests a sense of “openness.”
Of course we've all seen tabloid magazines with headlines such as, "Stars caught without makeup, Yikes!" The most unflattering pictures are used to scrutinize celebrities, tearing them down to make us non-celebrities feel better about themselves. (I'm suddenly back in junior high!) What makes this pictorial so special is that it seems to embrace the organic beauty of these already stunning women. How refreshing would it be to see the celebs we love in the States, as they are? Not to criticize them, but to showcase the real beauty of these women. Women's magazines are constantly telling readers how to bring out and embrace their natural beauty, then put overly airbrushed models on their cover. Seems a little counterintuitive, if you ask me. There's no doubt these women are beautiful (airbrushed or not), so let's take a cue from our European neighbors and practice what we preach. Go ahead, and put real women on the covers as they are, flaws and all.
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