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6	->''Gimme the girl that's beautiful''\
7	''Without a trace of makeup on''\
8	''Barefoot in the kitchen''\
9	''Singin' her favorite song''
10	-->-- '''Joe Nichols''', "Gimme That Girl"
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12	The fashion industry would have you believe that without make-up, expensive designer clothes, and fancy hair-care, all women look like trolls. [[SheCleansUpNicely Hollywood is all too willing to pass that message along.]] Some women, however, are always gorgeous, even without the aforementioned fashion accessories. In fact, sometimes they are even better-looking that way.
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14	For men this trope has slightly more mainstream recognition, probably because personal grooming [[{{Metrosexual}} is frequently seen as unmanly]]. A PermaStubble helps contribute to the {{Hunk}} persona.
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16	It may stem from the notion that a woman who puts a great deal of effort into fixing herself up on a daily basis could be seen as shallow and superficial, caring only about her looks. Make-up, hairstyling and carefully chosen clothes are instead seen as trying too hard, while rolling out the door in sweat pants, T-shirt and bedhead is more accessible.
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18	This trope is the inversion of SheCleansUpNicely, where a woman (or man) is just as appealing dressed down and casual as when they are trying to be fashionable. It can also be an [[MisaimedFandom audience's reaction]] to HollywoodHomely, in which case an attempt at SheCleansUpNicely will likely be seen as an UnnecessaryMakeover.
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20	Be cautious about the application of this trope; RealityIsUnrealistic. An actor [[BeautyInversion playing a role as a scruffy character]] may be genuinely trying to look bad, but even still it sometimes takes ''more'' effort to make someone look "natural."
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22	A SisterTrope to GlassesAreSexy, {{Meganekko}}, UglyCute and NerdsAreSexy. Contrast with CurlyHairIsUgly for a hair-specific variant.
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24	!!Example subpages:
25	[[index]]
26	* UnkemptBeauty/AnimeAndManga
27	* [[UnkemptBeauty/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
28	* UnkemptBeauty/{{Literature}}
29	* UnkemptBeauty/LiveActionTV
30	* UnkemptBeauty/VideoGames
31	[[/index]]
32
33	!!Other examples:
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35	[[foldercontrol]]
36
37	[[folder:Advertising]]
38	* There's an ad for ''Five Hour Energy'', where a guy gets up, grumbling about how he hates mornings until he pulls out the product, then the next we see him, he's dressed and shaved, saying "Let's do this!" If you watch the commercial from beginning to end, you may notice he looks about ''10 years older'' when cleaned up.
39	* Similarly, there's a Hulu [[http://youtu.be/xVxhBH9Dsxw commercial]] in which a BigBeautifulWoman goes out for a night on the town, then attends a board meeting at work the next day. She looks far more youthful riding a motorcycle, dancing with disheveled hair, and jumping into a swimming pool than she does in a drab business suit.
40	* An advertisement for Zzzquil, a sleep aid, depicts a number of people looking goofy while sleeping, then at the end shows an attractive woman waking up smiling with messy hair and bright, sparkling eyes. The point seems to be that you'll sleep deeply (the goofy sleeping people) and wake up refreshed (the attractive woman waking up).
41	* A Japanese governmental campaign to promote energy conservation has two characters, [[RightWayWrongWayPair Mirai and Ima]], in which Ima, a messy and lazy slob, receives instructions and tips from the organized, tidy Mirai. Early on, the campaign backfired in a way. Their target audience, Japanese teenagers and young men, found Ima's too-large and asymmetrical clothing, long, [[MessyHair messy]] hair, and sleepy demeanor to be more attractive than Mirai's overbearing and smug attitude.
42	[[/folder]]
43
44	[[folder:Comic Books]]
45	* ComicBook/{{X 23}} wears her hair in simple styles (usually long and loose, less frequently in a ponytail or braided, but never done elaborately), doesn't wear makeup (the exception being during her prostitute days in ''ComicBook/{{NYX}}''), and eschews fashionable dress (an attempt by Jubilee to give her a makeover in Paris left Laura distinctly uncomfortable), with a personal style that is either gothic, strictly functional, or casual, or varying combinations thereof. She's also considered to be quite a beautiful young woman.
46	* Betty from ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' is a tomboyish girl who doesn't wear make-up and, apart from early decades, dresses in attire like tees more than anything. This puts her in contrast with her friend Veronica, who dresses up in expensive designer brands and wears make-up. Veronica does tend to give some of her clothes to Betty though.
47	* ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'': Thorn spends most of the time with her hair messy and in worn-down clothes and yet, she looks prettier [[spoiler: than in her princess attire]]. Fone Bone simply praises her to the skies.
48	* [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]] seems to actively avoid brushing his hair most of the time, and usually dresses in baggy clothes or minimally (tank tops, shorts, baggy shirts) and is also a bit of a slob. He's also depicted as one of the most attractive men in the DC universe, even among the [[TheBeautifulElite attractive Bat-family]].
49	* ''ComicBook/BlueIsTheWarmestColor'': Clémentine and Emma. They have both slightly messy hairstyles.
50	* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' uses this as part of his disguise. Clark is always very well-groomed and professional looking, but as Superman his hair is messy-curly (obviously because he is flying a lot) and in more modern iterations, can look a little scruffed-up.
51	[[/folder]]
52
53	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
54	* ''ComicStrip/LilAbner'':
55	** Abner's pursuer (and later wife) Daisy Mae Scragg, like most of the other Dogpatchers, generally wore rough, tattered clothing, but she seems to have at least combed her hair and washed her face regularly.
56	** Moonbeam [=McSwine=] (who provides the page image) is a purer example. Despite the tattered clothing and general inattention to hygiene, she's still one of the prettiest women in the Dogpatch area (after Stupefyin' Jones, whose beauty is, well, look at the name).
57	[[/folder]]
58
59	[[folder:Fan Works]]
60	* ''Fanfic/ABoyAGirlAndADogTheLeithianScript'': In this ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' fanfic [[RebelliousPrincess Luthien]] IS the most beautiful woman in the world. Even if her hair is unruly and badly cut, her dress tattered and dirty, she is wearing no jewelry and she has been wandering in the woodland for days with little rest... she will still look strikingly gorgeous.
61	* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': Shinji always thought that [[FieryRedhead Asuka]] looked beautiful -[[AmazonChaser and/or hot]]- no matter what (although in chapter 21, she had a makeover and his legs quit on him).
62	* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Carol Danvers, who usually dresses in intentionally scruffy t-shirt and jeans, often with short hair, and tends to avoid make-up and fancy dresses like Kryptonite, yet is still considered to be very attractive. That said, it is explained that she actually doesn't mind getting dressed up every now and then (and [[SheCleansUpNicely cleans up nicely]] enough to be considered on par with [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman literally supernatural beautiful women]]), she just refused to do so whenever she could to spite her father who had StayInTheKitchen values.
63	* ''Manga/Evangelion303'': [[FieryRedhead Asuka]] is a {{Tomboy}} {{Tsundere}} but she always looks beautiful, even if she is [[http://eva303.smackjeeves.com/comics/920334/051/ sleeping]] or [[http://eva303.smackjeeves.com/comics/1794691/025/ she looks completely haggard]]. However when she has a makeover [[http://grummancat.deviantart.com/art/Something-About-The-Way-You-Look-Tonight-533558636 she is downright striking]].
64	* ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'': In chapter 11 Asuka wakes up and does not bother with brushing her hair, thinking that Shinji would not notice. However he DID notice... and he thought that she looked really, really stunning.
65	* Velvet in ''FanFic/TheCommission'' is still the BadassAdorable she is in canon, just one with a fashion sense that drives [[TheFashionista Coco]] up a wall.
66	* [[Franchise/StargateVerse Samantha Carter]] in ''[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-27400/DianeCastle+Xander+and+Yet+ANOTHER+Demon.htm Xander and Yet ANOTHER Demon]]'' is noted by Xander as clearly not trying to be attractive: no makeup, a masculine haircut, and wearing standard [=BDUs=] and combat boots. Yet he still thinks she looks just as gorgeous as Anise and could easily be a model if she wanted to.
67	* In ''[[Fanfic/NotCompletelyAltogetherHere The Eternity Effect]]'', Glinda becomes more attractive after she stops wearing make-up. Glinda couldn't wear make-up after becoming a ghost. Even after passing on into the afterlife, she couldn't bear to look into a mirror due to traumatic memories. As a result, she stops wearing make-up, however her mother compliments her that she's looking fresher lately.
68	* In the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31564853 A Little Red and Blue]]'', Sharon is inadvertently sent to the year 1944 by Wanda and is later found by the past Steve and Bucky, introducing herself to them as "Kate". Due to the differences in how women dressed between the time periods as well as Sharon [[HomelessHero not having time period appropriate currency and ready access to a shower]], Steve and Bucky note that "Kate" doesn't wear make-up and has slightly masculine clothing but consider her to be very attractive nonetheless. When Bucky's aunt Agatha helps Sharon with her hair and make-up, the two men are even more impressed.
69	[[/folder]]
70
71	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
72	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'': Being a street rat, Aladdin himself only wears patches and rags, goes around barefoot, and his hair is noticeably disheveled. This doesn't stop him from being utterly handsome.
73	* Belle in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' when her hair gets loosen, during the wolves incident and when she runs to save the Beast.
74	* Merida in ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' has [[WildHair long, untamed hair]] and spends a significant portion of the movie in a ripped-up dress and covered in dirt smudges. She still manages to look cute as a button, though.
75	%%* Vanellope von Schweetz and Sergeant Calhoun from ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph''.
76	* Maria Posada from ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', as pointed out by some jealous GirlPosse in the corrida's audience: ''"she's so natural!"''.
77	* In ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', the Queen dresses Snow White in rags and has her work as a maid to dull her beauty but Snow White still becomes the fairest in the land and catches the eye of the Prince.
78	[[/folder]]
79
80	[[folder:Manhua]]
81	* Played with in ''Manhua/GoddessCreationSystem''. Xiaxi's image is that she's wearing little to no makeup or cosmetics to let her natural beauty shine, which Mingluan notices with approval. However, it's not actually true: She's actually going through quite a lot of effort to maintain her appearance and just makes it ''look'' natural.
82	[[/folder]]
83
84	[[folder:Mythology & Religion]]
85	* ''Literature/TheBible'': Esther is one of many young women being inspected by the king as a new bride, and each of them is allowed to take whatever they want with them when they're presented. However, Esther takes "nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed." She's nonetheless noted to impress everyone who looks at her, and the king chooses her as his new queen.
86	* Myth/ClassicalMythology:
87	** Beroe, daughter of Adonis and goddess Aphrodite. She was specifically noted for never using a mirror and not wearing make-up or jewellery, yet her natural beauty was still enough to drive her suitors crazy.
88	** To a lesser extent, all goddesses who weren't overly concerned with their beauty - ever heard of an ugly goddess? Artemis bathed occasionally, but other than that, it is not known that she did anything for her looks. As a virgin goddess, she had no reason to cater to the MaleGaze, and jewelry is rather impractical for a hunter. And she was still beautiful enough that at least one mortal man gave his life to stare at her.
89	** Athena, the Greek goddess of war and wisdom, was always portrayed as being as being far more concerned with battlefield strategy and knowledge, but it is worth noting that she was right there in competition with Hera, Queen of Olympus and Aphrodite, goddess of love, for Paris' golden apple, the beauty contest which helped start the Trojan War. And the Trojan prince hungrily took in Athena's flawlessly beautiful nude form, as well as that of her immortal stepmother and step-sibling.
90	** Dionysus was often depicted as a PrettyBoy who spent most of his time at mad, drunken revels in the woods, sometimes without clothes.
91	[[/folder]]
92
93	[[folder:Music]]
94	* Music/{{Lights}}. Even with hair that is often unruly (except for her [[DistinctiveAppearances trademark combed-over fringe]]) and a minimal amount of makeup (she is rarely seen without eyeliner), Lights still retains [[{{Moe}} a natural cuteness]]. Many fans can't help but fall in love with her, especially {{when she smiles}}.
95	* The Music/NoDoubt music video for '"Underneath It All" shows Music/GwenStefani gradually wearing more "plain" clothing and makeup, becoming more attractive with each step.
96	* Music/CourtneyLove in her heyday frequently wore tattered babydoll dresses and bright red lipstick ''in the vicinity of'' her mouth rather than ''on'' her mouth, and appeared to be completely unacquainted with the concept of hairbrushes. She cleans up occasionally now, but 'messy' is still her most iconic look.
97	* Speaking of Music/CourtneyLove, her husband, rock icon Music/KurtCobain was also seen as this. Once you got past the generic clothing, the messy hair (which became a trendsetting hairstyle), and his messy facial hair, he was otherwise a handsome man to many people, including Love, who often compared him to Hollywood film stars like Creator/BradPitt, Creator/TomCruise or Creator/GeorgeClooney.
98	* The country song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmekzvbKrF8 "Gimme That Girl" by Joe Nichols]] is about this trope.
99	* The Adam Gregory song "Crazy Days":
100	--> ''Don't worry 'bout what to wear''
101	--> ''Those faded cut-off jeans are my favorite pair''
102	--> ''Don't go messing with your hair''
103	--> ''Let it all blow around''
104	* Here's what Music/TaylorSwift looks like [[http://www.taylorpictures.net/displayimage.php?pid=17538&fullsize=1 without makeup]].
105	* Katiejane Garside of Daisy Chainsaw/Queen Adreena/Ruby Throat is an amazing exemplar of it [[http://katiejanegarside.com/gallery.html]]. NSFW.
106	* Implied about the girl sung about in "She Don't Know She's Beautiful" by Sammy Kershaw given that a lyric comments "Mornin' comes and her hair's all a mess. That's when she thinks she looks her worst. It's times like this she don't know why I can't take my eyes off her".
107	* The Lucius song "Wildewoman":
108	-->Her eyes are light and clear
109	-->And fearless like Chicago winds in the winter time
110	-->And her hair is never quite in place
111	-->And the knees in her jeans have seen better days
112	-->And she's no beauty queen but you love her anyway
113	-->She's a wildewoman
114	* Music/JanisJoplin had this look, though reportedly her personal hygiene left something to be desired.
115	* One of the things the singer of Before You Exit's "I Like That" likes about their crush is her lack of makeup.
116	* Music/MeghanTrainor's "Made You Look":
117	-->I look good in my Versace dress,\
118	But I'm hotter when my morning hair's a mess.\
119	'Cause even with my hoodie on,\
120	I made you look.
121	[[/folder]]
122
123	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
124	* This is why Wrestling/SaraDelRey took to face paint and masks. Initially she just stopped wearing makeup to be taken more seriously but people kept [[ComplimentBackfire telling her]] she was pretty anyway.
125	* Part of Sofia Castillo's appeal, and part of her feud with Marina Tucker, who believes the world needs saving from Castillo's makeup lacking face.[[/folder]]
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127	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
128	* From ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' we have [[Characters/{{Pathfinder}} Amiri the barbarian]]. [[http://paizo.com/image/content/CrimsonThrone/PZO9010-Barbarian.jpg See?]]
129	* ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful:'' One of Terra's Charms allows a Princess of Hearts to ignore social penalties from being dirty and unkempt, provided that she has some legitimate reason for being so.
130	[[/folder]]
131
132	[[folder:Webcomics]]
133	* The two unnamed characters in ''Magan&Danai''. When one of the women wakes up her girlfriend is already getting dressed. The woman gets dressed and her girlfriend is ''still'' getting ready.
134	* Erika from ''WebComic/LivingWithHipsterGirlAndGamerGirl'' ignores her appearance to the point where she's almost [[ThePigPen a walking sanitary hazard,]] but she still looks spectacular enough to be the subject of much FanService.
135	[[/folder]]
136
137	[[folder:Web Original]]
138	* The Website/UrbanDictionary refers to this trope as "[[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hot%20mess hot mess]]".
139	* A lot of "Natural Nudes" websites go for this angle, exemplifying the unaltered beauty of the female form.
140	* Widget of the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse''. She's very attractive, but she doesn't use makeup and she just slaps a bicycle cap over her hair, then jumps into baggy clothes and maybe a lab coat. She has a huge crush on Thunderbird, who thinks of her as a "pal".
141	[[/folder]]
142
143	[[folder:Web Videos]]
144	* ''Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos'':
145	** The three male leads (Alex, Jay, and Tim) from ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets''. They dress in baggy thermals and hoodies, sport MessyHair and CreepyShadowedUndereyes, and generally look as if they haven't slept in weeks (as per the nature of the mythos). This hasn't stopped the fanbase from crushing on them ''one bit''.
146	** Jessica from Season 2 is an in-universe example. Same unhealthy pale skin, [[CreepyShadowedUndereyes dark circles]], and rumpled clothes, but Jay is noticeably tongue-tied around her.
147	** The male protagonists of WebVideo/EverymanHYBRID don't give much thought to how they look -- particularly Evan, who sports messy hair and baggy, somewhat ratty clothes. The fanbase couldn't care less. Evan once had to address the audience in-character, requesting that they stop writing erotic fan fiction about him and his friends. (Unfortunately, the attention only escalated -- and didn't end with the completion of the series.)
148	** Many protagonists in the mythos seem to fit this trope (not to mention a few ''antagonists''). It's become a [[RunningGag running joke]] in the fandom that in order to star in a Slenderverse vlog, you must possess the kind of good looks that hold up under constant insomnia, SanitySlippage, and being [[{{Squick}} splattered with blood.]]
149	[[/folder]]
150
151	[[folder:Western Animation]]
152	* Most of the female characters in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' fit the trope, including Marceline, Betty, Doctor Princess, Canyon, and even [[Characters/AdventureTimePrincessBubblegum Princess Bubblegum]] (especially in her scientist attire). [[spoiler:Finn's mother]] in the 2-part fifth season premiere.
153	* Sadira on ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries''. Jasmine was also this whenever she dressed down in some form (like when she became a street rat in the episode "Sand Switch").
154	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': Vi is younger than her [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends game counterpart]], and bare-faced with limited access to conventional grooming. She's still good looking, but it's toned down since she's usually dirty and/or beaten up.
155	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderPrincessAzula Princess Azula]] MadnessMakeover and failed ImportantHaircut during her VillainousBreakdown does little to make her any less pretty. Even after being drenched in water by Katara, her makeup isn't ruined one bit.
156	* Kevin Levin in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' and ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien''. Face stained with oil? Hot. Exhausted, dirty and with his clothes in tatters? Hot, hot, hot!
157	* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'': While no one (especially the legions of furries she created) would ever object to seeing Gadget all dolled up, Chip and Dale consider Gadget to be just as beautiful when in her normal purple jumpsuit and with messy hair.
158	* ''WesternAnimation/LaffALympics'': Daisy Mayhem, the only female member from the Really Rottens, is always barefooted, split-haired and wearing t-shirts and torn jeans, but she's gorgeous.
159	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
160	** Princess Cadence in some scenes of the season two finale.
161	** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicFluttershy Fluttershy]] looks pretty even when she is dirty with changeling goo in the end of To Where And Back Again. Actually, she is a lot prettier in her usual simple looks -particularly when she takes care of animals - than when she wears fancy dresses and complicated hairdos.
162	** Sugar Belle looks pretty good even when she is covered with mud in "The Break Up Break Down".
163	** The brief moment in "Sisterhood Social" where [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRarity Rarity]] is standing the rain. Her mane dripping wet and she looks [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXrpRJV_8yU great]].
164	** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTwilightSparkle Twilight Sparkle]] sports a rugged bedhead in "Bridal Gossip" that looks pretty good, while her disheveled manecut in "It's About Time" (courtesy of misapplied dragon fire) makes her look ''badass''.
165	** In "Simple Ways", Trenderhoof falls for [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicApplejack Applejack]] while she's working on the farm, seeing her through a CrushFilter and describing her as "beautiful" even when she's covered in mud and sweat.
166	* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerAdora Adora]] looked beautiful with her hair down, after [[spoiler: having a hard battle with Light Hope]] in the end of Season 4. Hordak, too, looked hot even covered with scrapes and having lost his sanity almost completely.
167	** [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerEntrapta Entrapta]] looks pretty good in her mechanic overalls and oil-stained top, as Bow, Hordak and King Micah can confirm.
168	* Lance in ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'' tries combing his hair neatly for his high school's dance but ends up keeping it in its usual messy style. He already had plenty of fangirls before he tried this.
169	* Ivy of ''WesternAnimation/WhereOnEarthIsCarmenSandiego'' has wild, short cut hair, and dresses in clothes better suited for action than for fashion, and is still considered beautiful in-universe.
170	[[/folder]]
171
172	[[folder:Real Life]]
173	* Creator/AmberBenson, often seen at [[JustForFun/OneOfUs conventions]], wearing such [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/nullasalus/amber%20benson/amber-benson-houston-convention--3.jpg casual]] [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/nullasalus/amber%20benson/amber-benson-pop-culture-con-mar-6.jpg attire]] as a [[Music/TheRamones Ramones]] t-shirt, cargo shorts, and gigantic boots. Ask any fanboy, they'll say she's just as sexy dressed down like that as [[OfCorsetsSexy wearing a corset]] [[http://crushingclams.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/amber-benson-31.jpg in Maxim]].
174	* Creator/SummerGlau certainly seems to have this trait, as she looks more attractive and beautiful ''without'' makeup. This is especially noticeable with her characters in ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' and is rather striking in ''[[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek Deadly Honeymoon]]'', where there are scenes showing the characters without much makeup and later with it - and the difference is amazing. With the makeup, Summer looks like a doll, while without it, she looks very real and natural.
175	** On that note, behold: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120419205616if_/http://www.summer-glau.net/gallery/albums/LA%20BTS/LA_BTS_001.jpg Summer Glau]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150429002649if_/http://www.summer-glau.net/gallery/albums/LA%20BTS/LA_BTS_002.jpg in a]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150428233510if_/http://www.summer-glau.net/gallery/albums/LA%20BTS/LA_BTS_003.jpg potato sack]] (or approximation thereof).
176	* TruthInTelevision: Sometimes tabloids print photos of celebrities caught without makeup. The point of this is obvious; as pointed out in the header, the fashion industry wants us to think we all look like trolls without their products. A while back, a paparazzi caught a snapshot of Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal coming home from some awards show. Apparently, even tired, disheveled, and (possibly) hungover, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Maggie_Gyllenhaal_11.jpg she's freaking gorgeous]]. She's most definitely wearing makeup, though, and neither her hair nor her clothes are below average for any woman in public.
177	* Creator/MarilynMonroe once posed in a [[note]]form-fitting, tailored, with fringe on the bottom[[/note]] potato sack, just to prove to everyone what they already knew.
178	** Also, she was discovered ''[[WrenchWench working in a factory]]''. (It was UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.)
179	** An apparently real candid shot of Marilyn without makeup was printed in the biography ''Goddess''. She looked startlingly like Ingrid Bergman, and the caption "Lovelier without makeup" was entirely deserved.
180	* Music/AmandaPalmer wears wacky costumes onstage, but there's plenty of pictures of her completely dressed down. She looks extremely different without dark lipstick and eyeliner on, but she still looks quite beautiful. And her hair is always unkempt looking.
181	* Creator/EvangelineLilly; supposedly the actors don't put on makeup when they're on [[Series/{{Lost}} an island far away from civilization]].
182	* Seychelle Gabriel dons a makeup-free face as Lourdes in the post-apocalyptic universe of TNT's ''Series/FallingSkies''.
183	* The [[OlderThanSteam seventeenth-century poets]] Ben Jonson and Robert Herrick [[http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/simplex-munditiis/ both wrote]] [[http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/herrick/disorder.htm poems about]] this trope.
184	* According to legend, Richard Burton proposed to Creator/ElizabethTaylor after seeing her freshly awoken, without make-up and with pillow hair, and wearing a decidedly unsexy pair of flannel pyjamas.
185	* Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter seems nearly incapable of being a Kempt Beauty; any photo of her out of character will almost invariably have [[MessyHair her hair]] looking utterly wild.
186	* Creator/CliveOwen's bed surely travels with him. He always seems to have awoken up five minutes ago, even when he [[ShootEmUp kills mooks with carrots]].
187	* Creator/MiaWasikowska, when her hair is long, anyway, looks like a real-life [[Series/{{Firefly}} River Tam]]. Her haircare routine seems to consist of two steps: 1. Wash it. 2. ''Maybe'' comb it.
188	* Creator/EdwardFurlong is this trope embodied. His hair is always long and messy, his clothes are always loose and he's partial to plaid flannel shirts and torn jeans, yet he's quite the MrFanservice, especially in his youth.
189	** Lessened as of late, as chronic drug and alcohol abuse have taken their toll.
190	* Creator/RobertPattinson is known for very unkempt hair and usually unshaven appearance, yet is seen as a heartthrob by many people.
191	* Much of artist [[http://philnoto.tumblr.com/ Phil Noto]]'s work has this aesthetic, and he's cited 1960s pin-ups as a big influence on his style.
192	* Many of Annie Leibovitz's photos are of people undressed or dressed down, particularly a series in the book Women, featuring Vegas showgirls in and out of costume.
193	* Creator/MichelleRodriguez has a sexy down to Earth tough girl look with little to no make-up. Seeing her in a dress and all dolled up is unnerving to say the least.
194	* Music/{{Beyonce}} [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/14/beyonce-bikini-singer-goes-au-naturel-yacht_n_2130283.html without makeup]].
195	* Invoked by the PowersThatBe behind the Official Stargate Conventions when they started offering two options for photo ops with Michael Shanks: scruffy, unkempt Michael, or the suavely dressed, shaven version.
196	* Former child star Mara Wilson tends to have this look when she shows up in the occasional "where are they now" type article. According to the woman herself, photographers just have a knack for catching her when her hair is a mess.
197	* Ladies and gentlemen, Creator/ZooeyDeschanel's [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bn21a4-IEAAT-nT.png make-up free selfie]].
198	* Also, Creator/EmiliaClarke [[http://uk.eonline.com/news/406400/game-of-thrones-star-emilia-clarke-stuns-without-makeup.html with no makeup]]
199	* Spanish actor Jordi Mollà somehow keeps ending up looking like he just rolled out of bed in many of his, er, roles, notably in ''Film/BadBoysII'' and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riVNiwGSqYs his Bacardi spot]], even when he ''does'' clean up.
200	* Creator/MarkRuffalo [[http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/infinitely-polar-bear-2015 has been cited]] as "cinema's leading purveyor of rumpled, bed-headed sexiness". This is an ''incredibly'' accurate statement.
201	* Music/AliciaKeys opted for a more natural look, showcasing it for the cover art of her 2016 album ''Here''.
202	* In his younger days, [[Music/PearlJam Eddie]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_DmK19U8AAjFqW.jpg Vedder]]. Despite generally looking like he'd just thrown on whatever clothes came to hand when he'd gotten out of bed he had (and still has) plenty of fangirls (and fanboys). The Seattle grunge scene in general was rife with (primarily male, although not all) examples of this, including Chris Cornell (although Cornell's look was usually somewhat tidier than Vedder's)
203	** [[Music/{{Nirvana}} Kurt Cobain]] takes the cake in some people's minds. Despite wearing increasingly contrived combinations of thrift-store trash (he got married on the beach while wearing only ugly plaid pajamas and a granny purse), and despite having perpetually greasy hair and {{permastubble}}, his sensitive, tormented expression and very blue eyes made him quite attractive to a lot of people. Anecdotally, quite a few men [[EvenTheGuysWantHim questioned their sexuality]] over Kurt.
204	* On her 39th birthday, Creator/RosarioDawson posted some nude selfies of herself on Instagram, where she appears to have no make-up. [[http://thefappening.one/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Rosario-Dawson_thefappening_one-3.jpg One of the more SFW images.]]
205	* Creator/PedroPascal merited an online ''GQ'' [[https://www.gq.com/gallery/pedro-pascals-rakish-mustache-breaks-all-the-rules-for-sexy-facial-hair article]] praising his ability to pull off neglecting to professionally groom his mustache. Judging by [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CGVMz0iD5gF/?igshid=luf5npksz1pq comments]] on photoshoots he did in anticipation of ''Series/TheMandalorian'' Season 2 and ''Film/WonderWoman1984'', MessyHair and patchy stubble don't ruin his sex appeal, either.
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