While the world has yet again gone mad with the leak of unretouched images of Beyoncé, just think back to the contrast last week when we all went mad over Uma and her bleached brows. Or the previous time when Renee Zellweger almost broke the internet with her markedly different look on the red carpet. Too much or too little? Are we ever happy?

I tell you what, I for one, am. Because look! Beyoncé is a real live woman after all! She's just like me with the odd line and bump here and there. Well actually, she's not because she's still unattainably gorgeous, since I don't have the same genetic raw materials she does. Damn it.

Beyoncé unretouched is not flawless (shock!), but she is still profoundly great looking. And if you don't think so, clearly you been drinkin' you been drinkin'.

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Sophie Beresiner
Beauty Director

Sophie Beresiner is the Beauty Director for ELLE UK. Having cut her teeth on teen titles she spent her career working up to the ELLE mothership, the brand she loves above all else. Except perhaps her Cornish Rex cats and extensive shoe and lipstick collections. Sophie is also a brand founder of luxury ceramic candle brand No.22 (and single-handedly keeps ASOS afloat)