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LOURDES LEON: TOO MUCH TOO SOON

Moschino designer Jeremy Scott posted this photo of himself and Lourdes Leon at the Met Gala, and they both look good, but….Madonna’s daughter is only 24, yet with that heavy Kardashian inspired makeup she could easily pass for a 38 year old cocktail waitress in Las Vegas. Doesn’t she realize models are supposed to look YOUNG and fresh? She’s going to age herself out of the business…

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JEFFREE STAR IS SMARTER THAN HE LOOKS

At first glance, YouTube superstar Jeffrey Star (born Jeffrey Lynn Steininger Jr) might not seem that appealing (personally, we are somewhat appalled by tall men wearing extreme makeup) but he does set a good example in one way. He worked very hard for years, and made himself a YouTube entrepreneurial success. He is now selling his cosmetic collection online to 18 million subscribers and rakes in around $4000 a day. (Imagine that many people wanting to look like him!) This photo says it all: Jeffree is in Beverly Hills sitting in his new custom pink Rolls Royce SUV that cost him over half a million dollars. Inspiring – if he can do it, so can YOU!

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BRITNEY SPEARS: PLEASE DITCH THE TOXIC EYELINER!

She keeps TRYING, but Britney Spears, 39, cannot compete with her boyfriend Sam Asghari’s extraordinary -and flattering- Instagram posts. Sam must have professional photoshoots every week because his social media is loaded with self promoting- and sexy -pics of his muscles and handsome face in beautiful lighting. Britney’s pics are limited to selfies taken at unflattering angles. Brit recently made a fuss over her new “haircut” -“In with the old – out with the new!” she declared. Actually it looks like she had her old long hair extensions removed and is giving her scalp a break. Her hair does look better, but what we’d like to see her remove is that black makeup around her eyes.

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LADY GAGA IS GETTING THAT KARDASHIAN LOOK

Hate to mention it, but it seems like ever since Lady Gaga came out with her cosmetic collection Haus Laboratories, she has started looking more and more like a Kardashian. Extremely glamorous and artificial. Hopefully she will ditch the fakery in the movie role she just landed opposite Brad Pitt. She’s costarring with Brad in a thriller called Bullet Train, and the premise is interesting. Five hired assassins find themselves on a bullet train from Tokyo to Morioka with only a few stops. Their missions are related to each other – who will make it off the train and what awaits them at the terminal? Remember, Lady Gaga got an Oscar nomination for her last movie A Star is Born.

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IRELAND BALDWIN HAS THE ANTI-KARDASHIAN LOOK

Call this the anti-Kardashian photo. It seems like Ireland Basinger Baldwin is always posting photos of herself in her car. She looks especially pretty here – partly because she looks NATURAL – with a minimum, not a maximum, of make up, false eyelashes and fake hair, and nary a trace of photoshopping. It’s too bad that young girls who idolize the Kardashians and want to look like them, are now taking pains to look as UN-natural as possible. Females would be much better off aspiring to a more organic type of beauty.

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COLIN FARRELL HAD A RADICAL MAKEUNDER TO PLAY THE PENGUIN

Batman has resumed filming in the UK – remember Batman himself Rob Pattinson tested positive for Covid (so he said) in September, and the set was closed down. Actors are being VERY cautious, as you can see by the plastic shield that Colin Farrell (yes, that’s HIM!) is holding. We can’t help but wonder why handsome Colin was hired to play The Penguin and has to endure HOURS in the makeup chair every day to look like THIS – a physically unappealing man. Are there no unattractive guys in Hollywood available for this role?

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BEST DRESSED CHARLIZE THERON WON UK AWARD FOR BEST PROSTHETICS

We’re just about overdosing on award show gowns, having seen SO MANY in the past few weeks, but we think Charlize Theron looks sensational in this beautiful shade of purple. She was nominated for Lead Actress for Bombshell at the EE British Academy Film Awards but Rene Zellweger took the award home. However, Bombshell DID win the award for Best Hair & Makeup, and we think that’s because of Charlize’s amazing makeup and facial prosthetics that made her so closely resemble her character Megyn Kelly.

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DENISE RICHARDS DOESN’T NEED ALL THAT FAKERY

Denise Richards was born lucky – with natural and exquisite good looks. But look what reality TV has done to her! The Kardashians and The Real Housewives reality shows have made natural beauty a relic of the past. It’s all about more and more makeup, false eyelashes, gobs of lip gloss, and hair extensions for young and old. Does all this paint really improve the picture? Are maturing women not allowed to look relaxed and natural? Are all these women afraid to revolt? (Denise Richards looks a lot better off-camera – here she is filming Housewives in New York.)

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IS KHLOE KARDASHIAN TRYING TOO HARD?

The 34 year old Kardashian youngest sister already looks like she’s been around the block too many times. Why? Apparently she hasn’t yet figured out that basketball players don’t make the best husbands or boyfriends. (They ARE tall, though.) Her marriage to Lamar Odom was a blazing failure and her baby-daddy Tristan Thompson has two roving eyes. What’s a girl to do? What NOT to do is leave the house looking like THIS – too much of EVERYTHING- hair, makeup, (even her knees are made up) cleavage, and general glitz. Khloe was on the prowl at Diana Ross’s birthday party.

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