“No makeup” photos make the news about once a year, but let us not become desensitized to the power of an actress volunteering for one. It shouldn’t be a big deal, but in today’s tabloid/blog world, it is. Teri Hatcher, 45, posted 8 photos of herself to her Facebook page Tuesday, taken alone in her bathroom after a bedtime bath the previous evening. “Thought about all those damn critics of my face. Love it or hate it, my face that is, no surgery, no implants, no matter what ‘they’ say. Decided I’d shoot myself in [sic] to reveal some truths about ‘beauty’ and hope it makes you all easier on yourself,” she writes on the first photo. “Did I every [sic] toy with fillers or Botox over the years? yes. Tell me does this look Botoxed to you? Yes I am alone in my bathroom naked in a towel on behalf of women everywhere trying to make a point. Women YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL,” she captions the next picture. She’s laughing in that shot, as though she knows what a ridiculous idea this is, but is doing it anyway. You’ve got to like her for that. The next photos show her doing all the things one shouldn’t be able to do if they’ve had Botox —  raising her eyebrows, which reveals (gasp!) wrinkles on her forehead, scrunching her face like a monkey, and showing a wide range of emotions. “I can be mad, or confused or sad and tired. Julia Roberts had that same vein in her forehead in Eat Pray Love. Proud of Julia for being a real woman on a real journey,” she writes.
Finally, Hatcher explains that whether a shot of a celebrity is “glam” or “trash” comes down to lighting. To prove it, she posts a new promo shot taken by Matthew Rolston for the upcoming seventh season of Desperate Housewives, where she credits his lighting for making her look so fabulous. (Somewhere, a makeup artist feels slighted.) “Hope you learned something. You create your own paradise or prison. Being happy inside is all that matters,” Hatcher concludes. “Find that in whatever way works for you. See something in the mirror you love every day.”
What do you think about Hatcher’s effort? Is her private bathroom photo session more or less effective than a Jessica Simpson magazine cover? Before you answer, ask yourself whether you’d have posted these shots on Facebook. If you’ve ever removed a tag of your name from a friend’s uploaded photo because you didn’t like how you looked in it, don’t even kid yourself.
More effective… as she looks like a real person. Even if those shots of Jessica Simpson were 100% makeup free, it still looked like she was professionally styled, lighted, angled, etc.
She used to be smoking hot, now she’s old
Yeah, that happens to humans sometimes.
Getting old is certainly better than the alternative.
Agreed. Teri Hatcher looks better than all the woman on “The Real Housewives”
Old and beautiful are not mutually exclusive.
Agreed.
GO GIRL!
Cheers pal. I do apperactie the writing.
Go Teri! Loved her as Lois Lane, still love her as Susan Mayer. I definitely think it takes guts to post pics of yourself fresh from the bath sans make-up. I don’t think I would do it! She’s fabulous and she looks great. I hope to look like that when I am her age!
Oh please. she has a serious case of ‘michael jackson nose’ she may not be wearing any makeup or anything but she definetly has had BAD plastic surgery to her face. just fess up already.
i would still hit that damn hard…and force her to call me superman
She’s real… and spectacular…
Kudos Teri!! Very cool!
never has a woman NOT needed BOTOX…still spectacular!
She looks like a normal woman but if her body is tan, her face should be too. It looks like the face does not match the body.
It’s probably because of the flash, or maybe she looks so great because she uses lots of sunblock on her face!
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