Celebrities, Hard-Pressed To Recognize
 Stars without makeup are fascinating. We're so used to seeing them groomed, coated, and shellacked into perfection that when it all comes off, what's underneath is often shocking.
Sometimes it's for the better, and we wonder why they don't show some restraint more often, but more often than not it makes us realize just how much makeup is their friend. Here are five stars without makeup who you would be hard-pressed to recognize. 

 
Jennifer Hudson -- Not bad, but not the superstar we know.

 
Courtney Love -- Wow. Just wow. 


 
Katie Holmes -- Joey Potter she is not in this shot.

 
Britney Spears -- Where did her eyebrows go?

 
Rihanna -- Gorgeous without all of the gunk.