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By/June 12, 2018 2:14 pm EDT/Updated: Dec. 17, 2020 3:39 pm EDT

Bravo's Real Housewives stars are rarely seen in the wild without first having spent hours with a glam squad, getting their hair and makeup done by professionals. As such, their bare faces are almost exclusively captured in grainy photos not totally unlike the Bigfoots and Loch Ness Monsters that came before them (though Bigfoot would probably have some issues fitting into their designer stilettos). On the rare occasions when a Real Housewife actually does take off her makeup and shows off a fresh-faced look, she's absolutely unrecognizable — from Lisa Rinna, whose lips are a national treasure, to Camille Grammer, who looks stunning days after battling cancer. Maybe this camouflage is a survival mechanism evolved from seasons spent dodging the paparazzi. Hey, celebrity photogs can be vicious.

Here are the stars of the Real Housewives series that look totally different without makeup. Warning: You might not be able to look at your favorite housewives the same way again.

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Lisa Rinna

Lisa Rinna is so ubiquitous with the Real Housewives brand that her name was used as a clue on Jeopardy — that's fame right there. Like you'd expect from one of the major Beverly Hills cast members, Rinna is almost exclusively seen with heavy, professionally done makeup and juicy, plumped-up lips (she admits she's gone a little overboard with the Juvéderm injections). Her lips are her trademark and happen to be even more striking when she wipes off her lipstick and goes au naturel.

In a rare, makeup-free Instagram photo, Rinna looked almost nothing like herself. In fact, she looked even better bare-faced than she did all glammed out. Maybe it's natural beauty (she's a soap star, after all) or maybe it's plastic surgery (she's been fighting off rumors for years). Either way, she looks absolutely stunning with a fresh face. Unfortunately for her, she has encountered a few haters. When one Instagram user told the star to 'put the makeup on please,' Rinna hit them with some major sass. 'Let's see you without makeup Hon,' she wrote. Burn!

NeNe Leakes

NeNe Leakes isn't just one of the fiery forces behind The Real Housewives of Atlanta. The star's sass and style landed her a gig on E!'s Fashion Police. Needless to say, Leakes is pretty well-acquainted with a professional makeup crew, especially since she was been tasked to uphold red carpet law and call out those who commit crimes of fashion. We'd hate to see that citizen's arrest (Leakes is known for starting more than a few volatile arguments on RHOA).

Despite her TV fame, Leakes isn't always dressed to the nines like the fashion felons she brought to justice before Fashion Police was canceled. She likes to keep it real and occasionally flaunt her natural beauty on Instagram. In a 2016 Instagram post, the starlet uploaded a makeup-free video thanking her fans for selling out two of her comedy shows in Charlotte, N.C. From the low-key look alone, you'd never guess this was a television star. She looked like any other fresh-faced mama.

Kim Zolciak-Biermann

Kim Zolciak-Biermann is never tardy for the party, even if she has to undergo hours of hair and makeup before an event. The star is almost never seen without two things: a full face of makeup and a killer weave. Zolciak-Biermann has a penchant for fake hair and a wig collection so large that it could be its own museum, so you'd never guess that her natural locks are actually stunning.

In an episode of Watch What Happens Live, host Andy Cohen mused, 'The fascinating thing is that Kim has a full head of thick, blonde hair that looks like hers, but she wears a big, heavy wig over it.' Why? Apparently, it's a whole lot easier. She gets to spend more time with her kids while her hairdresser styles the wig on a mannequin. Hey, to each their own.

In a rare Instagram post, Zolciak-Biermann showed off a fresh-faced, wig-free look. She's absolutely stunning, but we'd never recognize the RHOA star like this on the street.

Ramona Singer

It was pretty clear that Ramona Singer was going through something during the filming of season 10 of TheReal Housewives of New York. She'd seemingly been in the center of all the juiciest mean girl drama and put her $4.9 million apartment on the market two years after her heartbreaking divorce was finalized. She'd lived there for 20 years, so it was a hard change. But sometimes change is good.

Luckily for Singer, she's got a thick skin — and a thick layer of makeup. Like her RHONY sisters, she's almost never seen without her face fully done up. The truth is, however, that Singer goes to the gym bare-faced just like the rest of us, and her pre-gym selfie proves it. She looks nothing like the pinot-guzzling party girl who regularly slurs her way through 'Turtle Time' with smoked-out eyes and smeared mascara. It's actually pretty refreshing to see Singer healthy and happy.

Luann de Lesseps

Money can't buy you class, but it can buy you excellent skin. Luann de Lesseps, best known as the Countess on The Real Housewives of New York City, is one of the most glamorous of her group of friends. Would you expect anything less from the Wilhelmina model-turned-budding cabaret star? With a $25 million net worth, de Lesseps can certainly splurge on her makeup team. In fact, they're so talented that it led Gawker to question how the star could possibly achieve such smooth, glowy skin without a 'virgin sacrifice to dark lord Satan.'

As it turns out, the Countess is naturally gifted with pristine skin. In a fresh-faced Boomerang posted to Instagram, a glasses-clad de Lesseps raises her coffee cup in what we can only assume is a toast to her age-defying beauty. Yes, she woke up like that. Sure, she looks nothing like herself without makeup, but she's got a whole Benjamin Button thing going on that's making us pretty jealous. When even your mugshot is oozing with beauty and sass, why even bother with makeup at all?

Alexis Bellino

The Real Housewives of Orange County's Alexis Bellino boasts notoriously voluminous, long, shiny blonde hair, which goes perfectly with her usual full face of makeup. The star is rarely caught on camera without a heavy-handed layer of foundation, some contouring, and a set of dramatic falsies. She even admitted that her go-to look can be a little too much at times (like, for instance, when she tried to cover up some bruising she may or may not have gotten from a nose job).

'I was seriously falling out of my chair laughing at my makeup,' she said after watching herself in a 2012 Las Vegas-themed episode. 'Honestly, if I had gone out for the evening with no makeup on and full bruises exposed, I would have gotten a lesser reaction than with the three-layer fudge look.'

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