Standing in the front pew at the New Year's Eve service was a group of young women in long skirts, long hair and no makeup.

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Minimal jewelry and almost no makeup.

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Her hair was unstyled and she wore no makeup, although her neckline was sharp and her lips were decidedly plump.

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Her face was white and empty, no makeup, her hair a mess.

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Jolie is presumably wearing her own clothes, no makeup, and toting her own elegantly weathered monogrammed Alto bag.

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Today she wore no makeup except black eyeliner, and her face was prettier, more harmonious in the subdued light.

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But increasingly, the women who look the most beautiful and the most modern seem to be wearing little or no makeup.

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No Oscar nominations are likely for this one, unless it picks up some for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, but it would be truly wonderful to see an unexpected nod for Best Original Screenplay for co-authors Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard (which would be entirely reasonable).

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