In the U.S. recently, all five hosts of "The Talk, " the successful daytime TV show, garnered appreciative reviews when they appeared makeup free (even Sharon Osborne).

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To finish the look, his tidy mustache and makeup-free face communicate inner pain and attrition, if not overt repentance.

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Vaute's values infused all aspects of the show, from the animal-free makeup and hair products used on the models to the vegan petit fours and cheesecakes inscribed with a V from Vegan Treats bakery of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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Her face free of makeup, this sophomore at Columbia University is all ingenue.

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Her face was clear and bright, her hair a rumpled silver in the odd light, her eyes calm and free of makeup.

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Wine flowed while hair and fashion stylists offered guests free consultations and two makeup arts slathered foundation and lipstick on willing participants.

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