I was initially not drawn in by the premise at all. Sounded pretty cliche, like another superficial 'ugly girl turns beautiful and thus gains value' scenario - but I'm glad I was wrong! There's so much attention to detail and it maintains a character with integrity! Also grade A meme drawings. This author is seriously an art god.

But to be specific, our heroine is very relatable, likable and hard working. She struggles in the beginning. but prevails after a lot of failure. While yes, it appears that she's magically transformed into a beauty, it's not without us constantly still seeing her natural looks and all the hard work she puts into looking good. She stays true to herself in many ways, and others important to her also love her for who she is. Also, it's impressive how much detail was put into demonstrating the power of make-up. The best I've seen for any manga/comic.

All in all, it's refreshingly realistic and thorough, and the romance is adorably sweet. Plot-wise it isn't extraordinary, but it doesn't have to be because there's a lot of depth and interest elsewhere. I whole-heartedly recommend this for something light and entertaining!

... Last updated on February 18th, 2019, 4:22am

it’s only good till season 1 tbh.

The MC has no character developments, her personality is trash. She judge people by their looks even though herself is ugly, girl please look in you mirror.

It’s only good untill Suho went to Japan. It gotten worse when she became the second ml’s girlfriend. She pushed Seojun into becoming an idol and then breakup with him because she’s scared of the spotlight? Honestly one of the worst.

It doesn’t have any good message.

in short this is about a girl who has low self esteem about her face and covered it with makeup, surrounded but handsome boys but......., judge people by their looks even though she herself is ugly. NO CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AT ALL.

If you want to read something about makeup and the message is to love yourself just the way you are then read “make up man”, don’t read this because this’ll made your self esteem and confidence and loving yourself decreased.

The art is good, but wow is the premise flawed. The main character is like the girl from Switch On--beautiful and popular in public due to makeup, but actually a quirky pimply teen with bad hygiene and low self-esteem. Yeah, it's funny for the first 10 chapters, but it takes a ridiculous amount of time for the plot to arrive at "guy that fell in love with her love her no matter her appearance." Since then, it's been in an uninspired limbo of an unconvincing love triangle...

Story: 3/10
Characters: 1/10
Aesthetic: 9/10
Humor: 7/10

... Last updated on July 8th, 2020, 7:54pm

When I read this story at the beginning of...2018? I liked it. It reminded me of Switch Girl. To everyone, she's always beautiful and perfect; at home, she's a dork. I liked it.

But after a while, it truly feels like the author is forcing her characters into what she originally imagined (MC and MML together) instead of accepting that it no longer worked. And the absolute torture of the 2nd Male Lead is what made me completely drop it.

It's one thing to have someone hurt cause everyone hurts after a break up; it's another to continually torture a character for whatever reason.

The art is beautiful. But the story was drawn out much too long and I don't think I can deal with a character being hurt over and over and over.

Sadly, this True Beauty has lost it's beauty

... Last updated on December 27th, 2021, 9:41pm

Art is pretty, but the plot is really slow and soap opera-ish.

only the art is good.. everything else is trash... I usually force myself through a series if the art is exceptionally beautiful but... the story is so bad....

this was good at the beginning and showed some very promising ideas, but i don't see any real direction being taken here anymore. i personally don't enjoy how the second male lead was treated either. female lead is really toxic with how she thinks so superficially about others and don't find her tolerable enough to even read this anymore. i stopped around when she started doubting 2nd lead and their relationship. he was really sweet with her and it made me uncomfortable to see her still be so superficial with him when he seemed to be more down to earth with her regarding a lot of things. the main male lead had a good story as well and that would've had just as good of a story with her should the author have not tried to make this drag out more, but instead it's just morphed into a shoddy love triangle trope where i don't want anyone to end up with her.

the series is way too long now. once it nears over 50 chapters, we should be getting real growth and there isn't anything to point towards that at any point of the series. it's a shame, because i think this could've already had two good endings and the art is very nice.

i don't recommend this and it's a shame to feel this way about the story.

I really liked the beginning of this series. It looked promising. However, after Suho left the story took a turn to its worst. I tried so hard to continue, but I now finally dropped this after ~115 chapters. I just... can't continue with this crappy story. Too bad, because the art is pretty. 🙁

ok pretty consistently if you recognize that the MC is a very flawed character and don't expect her to only have good results
it's not light and entertaining at all IMO, tons of body image angst and bad choices being made

As everyone said, the art is great, the plot was suppose to be good. Key word being was. If you said that this is good then it’s either your first few manhwas you’re reading or you’re just into the ugly girl becomes pretty trope. When I first read this in 2019, I anticipated the future chapters. I always wonder how the ending will be like and if the MC realises that she is worthy to be loved, ugly or not. But it just gets bad and more bad after season one.

Art:10/10
Plot: - /10
Characters: 1/10

There’s no message. Characters just disappear into the oblivion. Like there are so many characters just seem like fodder to make MC look super popular because she is pretty. But the most annoying part is when the author decided to make the 2nd male lead date the MC. It was kinda unexpected for me but nevertheless I was happy that happened. Then sh*t happens. In the end they broke up. If that wasn’t bad enough 2nd male lead just had to see male lead no.1 with his ex girlfriend which he had some feelings for at his best friend’s urn. As much as I want to be happy for the main couple, what the 2nd male lead just leaves me so sad. MC isn’t that all great either. Sure you’ve been bullied because you’re ugly but why are you judging others for how they look and the fact that they use filter for their photos? Like huh? What?

Just don’t waste your time reading this and put yourself in this emotional rollercoaster. If you want a story with a similar premise (that actually has a message) read The Makeup Remover by Lee Yeon