I look like an ugly potato without my slap, no way would I go makeup free like Pamela Anderson, says Vanessa Feltz
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THERE are not many women who can pull off wearing not a scintilla of make-up on a Hollywood red carpet, but Pamela Anderson is one of them. The former Baywatch star went with minimal touching up at this week’s Golden Globes and looked amazing. Good for her.
![[Vanessa Feltz says she would never go make-up free]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/celebrities-seen-attending-creakers-gala-958617189.jpg?strip=all&w=685)
If I looked like Pamela, I might not wear make-up, either. But if you’re not born a bobby-dazzler like her, why would you have the bare-faced audacity to go make-up free?. Most women think they look better with make-up, and I certainly wouldn’t sign up to a movement that makes women feel guilty for using cosmetics. That’s much too dictatorial.
![[Pamela went with minimal make-up at this week’s Golden Globes and looked amazing]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/pamela-anderson-attends-82nd-annual-961787108_708ddf.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
It’s as if you are saying: “If you wear foundation and lipstick you’re superficial, you’re fake.”. I am horrified at the idea of make-up shaming. I don’t want men, or other women for that matter, to start judging women for wearing make-up. There shouldn’t be pressure one way or another.
![[Vanessa appearing on This Morning this week]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RexShutterstockThisMorningTVshowLondonUK06Ja15077952fjpg-JS961932054.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Those pictures of Pamela Anderson brought back some miserable memories for me. A few years ago, BBC Radio 2 organised a publicity photoshoot for some of their presenters and I was invited to take part. To my amazement, the photographer was Bryan Adams, the pop star.
![[A well made-up Pamela Anderson in the Nineties]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-79148491jpg-JS962209124.jpg?strip=all&w=705)
He had a very impressive studio, which was part of his posh home in Knightsbridge, central London. I just pitched up, as instructed. But when I arrived, I was told that for this shoot Bryan wanted a no-make-up look. “OK, don’t panic,” I thought. He probably means make-up that looks like no make-up — so lots of foundation, some powder, some contouring, a very light rim on the inside of the eye and neutral lipstick.
