

The latest video exposé of the power of makeup in the hands of Japanese women has been circulating online to the usual howls of terror…
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The all but indistinguishable contestants of a “Miss Korea” contest have been the subject of considerable attention online, in no small part thanks to Korea’s reputation as a powerhouse of plastic surgery.
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The disturbingly impressive results of South Korea’s notorious love of plastic surgery (most statistics have the nation as the most intensively enhanced on earth) have yet again surfaced, with the comparison imagery provided by various clinics proving especially controversial in Japan amongst those less than enamoured with the “Korean wave.”
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, Japan, News
- Date: Feb 21, 2013 20:24 JST
- Tags: Comparison, Fashion, Idol, Makeup, Marketing, Music, Photoshop, Plastic Surgery

AKB48′s much put upon Mariko Shinoda has been the subject of considerable praise after some rare shots of her without an outer hull of makeup applied emerged – admirers maintain she may even be naturally pretty.
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Famed “Real Barbie” Valeria Lukyanova has been posing with her family, revealing that her claim that her striking resemblance to a plastic doll is down to “good DNA” may be true after all – although others merely marvel at the quantity of makeup and Photoshop the tribe seemingly has access to…
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Yet another precipitous celebrity decline has been exciting online interest – this time that of Uno Kanda, formerly widely recognised the very model of an elegant fashionista.
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The latest showing of eastern Europe’s premier human Barbie dolls – together, this time – has seen them bewilder the online multitudes with the question of just where photoshop, makeup, surgery and plain freakishness begin and end, some even going so far as to comment that they “have actually regressed into the uncanny valley…”
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Sep 12, 2012 03:12 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Cosplay, Dolls, Guro, Image Gallery, Makeup, Photoshop, Plastic Surgery, Romania

The latest creepy Barbie cosplay to distress cosplay fans online yet again comes from eastern Europe, although the lady responsible claims she is actually portraying “an anime character” rather a mere doll.
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Scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano may yet return to form, having recently been exciting the attention of fans by rather cryptically remarking that her breasts “suddenly get bigger once a year,” exposing them on her site to illustrate the fact.
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Sexy Chinese idol Wendy Lee (李穎芝 / Li Yingzhi)’s recent bout of race queening at a Beijing motor show has caused an Internet sensation, but those not dazzled by her sparkly bust have been wondering just what happened to her face…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Apr 24, 2012 03:29 JST
- Tags: Brazil, Comparison, Fashion, Greece, Korea, Plastic Surgery, Rankings, Statistics, USA

Statistics showing just which nations engage in the most cosmetic surgery demonstrate the rather impressive lead the likes of South Korea, Brazil and the US have over everyone else – something admittedly evident from looking at the less than natural wonders each of these nations is so blessed with.
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Not to be outdone by actual superpowers, Russia is fighting back with yet another mindbending fusion of what it can only be hoped is mostly Photoshop and makeup, all for the dubious cause of looking more plastic than plastic.
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