Victoria Beckham took herself off glamour duty during a family day at a Los Angeles hotel over the weekend, reclining poolside without her heels - or make-up.
The former Spice Girl, who is rarely seen in public without a full face of foundation, let her guard down while relaxing with her mother Jackie and son Romeo.
But her au naturel look, complete with pinned back hair, revealed her problem skin, which looked both blotchy and riddled with pimples.
Cosmetic dermatologist Dr Aamer Khan said: 'Posh has had dreadful acne. The discoloration of her skin is partly due to this and sun damage.'
Victoria recently admitted she has to work hard to look red carpet-ready.
She told Allure magazine: 'As you can see, I’m a normal-looking girl, and I just make the best of what I have.
'I’m not out-of-the-ordinary-looking at all – I’m incredibly ordinary.'
And without a hint of irony, she also claimed she doesn't like being the centre of attention and that in fact, she's actually uncomfortable in the spotlight.
She insisted: 'I'm not the kind of person that stands there and loves the attention.'
'It might look that way, but it makes me very, very nervous.'
Victoria Beckham's bad skin laid bare as she goes au naturel
Victoria Beckham's frank admission: 'My looks are incredibly ordinary... I just make the best of what I have'
Victoria Beckham has credited careful grooming rather than genetics for her head-turning Posh look in a frank new interview.
Despite acquiring a handsome husband and status as a paparazzi favourite, the former Spice Girl insists she doesn't consider herself exceptionally attractive.
She told Allure magazine: 'I'm a normal-looking girl, and I just make the best of what I have.
'I'm not out-of-the-ordinary looking at all - I'm incredibly ordinary.'
The mother of three, who rarely leaves the house without stilettos and a firmly fixed pout, says after years of practice, she now has red carpet preparations down to a fine art.
She told the publication: 'If I'm going to an event, it takes me about an hour and a half to put my hair up and have some makeup put on.
'[But] I don’t have a stylist. I deal with that side of things myself.'
With so many preening tricks up her selve, Victoria says she yearns to impart her wisdom on a daughter.
She added: 'At the moment, we're fine, the five of us.
'At some point, I'd love to have a girl, you know - just for all the clothes I've got to hand down. It would be tremendous fun.'
'I've got great girlie advice that I can share.'
Victoria Beckham's plane scare
Victoria Beckham was involved in a terrifying plane incident.The former Spice Girls singer was flying to London from Los Angeles with two of her children - five-year-old Romeo and three-year-old Cruz- when a bird flew into one of the plane's engines as it taxied down the runway.
The pilot had to quickly apply the brakes, bringing the aircraft to a screeching halt.A passenger onboard the flight told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "It was really scary when the pilot suddenly slammed on the breaks. We had no idea what was happening and you immediately fear the worst.
"Young children were crying and for a moment I feared it was going to turn into a scene from a disaster movie."Fire crews quickly arrived on the scene to douse the engines with foam.Victoria and her sons were ferried back to the airport separately from the other passengers to give her time to change out of the flight pyjamas she was wearing.
The source added: "I was sitting a few rows back from Victoria and her sons, who were at the front of the plane. Victoria wasn't wearing any make-up and had changed into the pyjamas provided by the airline."Her husband David and their eldest son, nine-year-old Brooklyn, were not on the flight.
Shouldn't you be somewhere else? Posh turns up looking rather tipsy in New York
While her former Spice Girl bandmates were collecting a Best Band award at last night's Glamour Awards, Victoria Beckham was in need of a little help from her friends as she left a New York restaurant.
Posh was flanked by two pals as she tottered out of upmarket restaurant STK in the trendy meatpacking district.
Her absence at last night's high profile event - attended by Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton and Melanie Brown - did not go unnoticed but it seems she had a more pressing engagement.
Posh flew to New York for the high-profile CFDA Fashion Awards on Monday night.
Yesterday she went to a meeting in Manhattan at Conde Nast before indulging in some retail therapy at the Bergdorf Goodman store.
Perhaps she was a little giddy over the news that her husband David has bought her a vineyard for her 34th birthday.
The star is said to have paid a seven-figure sum for the estate in the Napa Valley, which will produce wine exclusively for their consumption.
Meanwhile, her Hollywood pal Kate Beckinsale, who won best film actress last night, said her boobs were being helped out by a very unusual gift from her pal Victoria Beckham.
She said: 'Victoria gave me some nipple covers, which are very useful. She said, "Use these so you're not smuggling peanuts in your frock!."'
Kate and Posh are constantly photographed together when they're hanging out in LA.
The actress added: 'I do see Victoria quite a lot because she's got kids the same age as mine and she's English and a really good laugh.' Read more!
Posh goes for the Amy Winehouse look...but fails to pull it off
The former Spice Girl has copied troubled singing diva Amy Winehouse's exposed bra look in a photoshoot for trendy US designer Marc Jacobs.
But with her silicone enhanced chest bursting forth from the dress' bodice, it made for a particularly vulgar take on the already decidedly common look.
The wannabe style queen struck an awkward pose - a cross between a teapot and a shop window mannequin - dressed in an outfit which looked much like a decorative toilet roll cover in the latest campaign for the trendy US designer.As the former Spice Girl modelled her most bizarre look yet for the trendy US designer - full lace gown, and squiggly headpiece - complete with a heavy layer of fake tan for her supposed friend.
But with friends like these, she surely doesn't need any enemies.
Victoria appears in the latest of a series of arty adverts for the popular designer's fashion house Marc Jacobs, which was shot by celebrated fashion photographer Juergen Teller.
The former Spice Girl, has made no secret of her desperate desire to be a style icon, but judging by these pictures she's come up considerably short.
Hoisted up like a shop window mannequin Posh was left inches off the floor, with her usually expressionless face typically devoid of expression.
Hopefully the photoshoot she took part in the other day at the Chateau Marmont hotel which go some way to repair the damage.
Today the mother of three, who has launched her own dVb fashion range, was seen shopping at trrendy mall The Grove in LA.
Last night husband David was presented with an award for receiving his 100th cap for representing England.
Heidi Klum's Posh cakes
Heidi Klum gave Victoria Beckham a year's supply of cupcakes for her birthday.
The supermodel splashed out $2,000 for a dozen of the treats to be delivered to the Spice Girl's Los Angeles home every Friday afternoon for the next 12 months.
Victoria - who is normally very strict about her diet - shares the cupcakes with her soccer star husband David and their three sons, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.
A source said: "Victoria loved Heidi's present and the whole family look forward to the delivery.
"Her favourite is a chocolate sponge cake with chocolate icing and dark chocolate flakes. Heidi is very popular with the Beckham boys right now!"
Victoria - who turned 34 on April 17 - also believes snacking on the sugary treats will help her conceive her much longed-for baby girl.
She said: "She and David are desperate to conceive and Victoria knows she needs to gain some weight in order to do so. The cupcakes should certainly help."
David and Victoria Beckham paint it black and white in monochrome outfits for his 33rd birthday
It seems matching monochrome is the new rule for the Beckhams.
For Victoria's birthday bash in California last month they stepped out in co-ordinated outfits - with Victoria in a white dress with black-and-grey pattern while David sported a grey, white and black ensemble.
And now the couple have done it again - this time for David's birthday.
It is David's big day today, and if his wife's parties for her own birthdays are anything to go by, he can surely expect more celebrations.
The couple went for a romantic candlelit dinner spending almost two hours at posh LA restaurant The Ivy on the Shore last night.A source said: "It was just the two of them - the kids weren't there.
"It was a very romantic affair with low lighting and a single candle on the table.
"They were holding hands, smiling and looking into one another's eyes.
"Anyone would think they had just met."
The former England captain turns 33 today but celebrated his birthday a night early.
The soccer star is thought to have brought his celebrations forward because his team, LA Galaxy, have a match against Real Salt Lake on Saturday.
David and Victoria attended a function at their sons' school before heading out to dinner.
A source said: "Everyone was expecting them to throw some lavish party and invite all their celebrity friends.
"But they were clearly just happy with some alone time." Read more!
What cheek! Gisele hits the beach in barely-there denim shorts
Former Victoria's Secret model Gisele Bündchen wasn't keeping much hidden during a seaside photo shoot in Malibu yesterday.
The Brazilian took to the sand in a daring pair of shredded denim shorts that exposed almost all of her derrière.
The 5' 11" star was being photographed by Mario Testino, famous for his work with Diana, Princess of Wales and Hollywood's biggest stars including Demi Moore, Madonna and Angelina Jolie.
Gisele, 27, was fresh from from whirlwind holiday with her American footballer boyfriend, Tom Brady, who plays for the New England Patriots.
Last month the pair holidayed in Costa Rica, then stopped off for romantic visit to Paris before flying into Ibiza, where Gisele was booked to to promote the new collection of Vogue sunglasses.
And there was probably no expense spared on the trip - after all, Gisele was named the highest paid model in the world after earning more that £16 million in just 12 months.
She has made an estimated £75 million fortune and is the face of more than 20 brands around the globe.
Party planner Victoria Beckham hosts a posh do for her mother's 60th birthday
Victoria Beckham made sure the vintage pink champagne was flowing freely yesterday as she helped her mother ring in her 60th birthday.
Posh, who frocked up for the occasion in a white and silver confection and faux fur bolero, was hosting the intimate party at London Claridge's, attended by more than a dozen friends and family.
The former Spice Girl was the first to arrive at the five star hotel just after midday to check all the arrangements were in place.Then guests - including Victoria's father Tony, sister Louise and David's mother Sandra - revelled for more than six hours in a private room, where canapés were provided by Gordon Ramsay's in-house restaurant.
An onlooker told the Mirror: "I saw at least five bottles of Laurent Perrier pink champagne leave the room empty - and it costs £85 a bottle.
"But it was clear from the amount of bubbly going into the room that money was no object and Victoria really wanted to spoil her mum and her friends.
"Everyone was smiling - it looked like a really cool party."
Victoria's husband David, was notably absence from the celebration - he was back in the US playing with his team Los Angeles Galaxy.
The England star's side lost 4-0 to Colorado Rapids in the Galaxy's season opener. Read more!
Jordan, Posh and Amy are spitting
Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty as Olympic athletes, Posh Spice with a pig nose and Gordon Brown as Ebeneezer Scrooge, will be among the stars as a rebranded, revamped Spitting Image returns to TV screens.
The two dissolute pop stars will be shown representing Britain in a 2012 London "drug Olympics", in the new ITV satire.
But unlike Spitting Image from 1984 to 1996, the characters will not be mocked as unflatteringly ugly puppets - but unflatteringly ugly 3D computer animations.
The new £2.5million show, Headcases, reunites some of the key names behind Spitting Image - including head writer Henry Naylor and impressionist Rory Bremner.
But this time, celebrities under the spotlight such as Prince William and the Beckhams are shown in Toy Story-style CGI animation.
Even so, each show will be finished just hours before transmission to try to maintain the cutting edge for which Spitting Image became (in)famous.
Spitting Image became notorious for such depictions as John Major as an entirely grey man, the Queen Mother as an alcoholic gambling addict, Norman Tebbit as a leather-clad "bovver boy", former Tory Home Secretary Kenneth Baker as a slug and Tony Blair as a man with a ludicrously expanding smile.
Perhaps in a nod to this earlier example, Headcases will feature Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's bust swelling and shrinking depending on the terrorist threat to the UK.
Princes William and Harry will be seen ordering ham and caviar pizza, while the prime minister is a Dickensian miser persistently irritated by spoof calls from Tony Blair.
Mr Brown is portrayed throwing a celebrity party at Downing Street, but a mistake by Alistair Darling means Winehouse and Doherty are the only guests to turn up.
Senior Conservatives David Cameron, George Osbourne and a binge-drinking William Hague will also appear, as will French president Nicolas Sarjozy and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg - but Jack Straw, David Davis and Vincent Cable missed the cut.
Electoral fairness laws mean Boris Johnson cannot turn up on screen until after the London mayoral elections in May.
Naylor said: "It is bold of ITV to commission a new satire in the Spitting Image slot with a high political content.
"Part of our mission is to make politics accessible to people."i Read more!
Uh-oh eh-oh: Victoria Beckham unveils her new 'Teletubbies'-inspired look
For a woman who has an endless carousel of clothes, Victoria Beckham's choice of attire was peculiar, to say the least.Indeed, many observers were left wondering if Posh was inspired by a well-loved children's television character - Tinky Winky of the Teletubbies - when posing for a recent Marc Jacobs photo shoot.In a quirky new advert, Victoria donned a windmill-style antenna on her head - just like those worn by TV favourites Tinky Winky, Dipsy, La Laaa and Po.She has taken part in this witty ad campaign for the fashionista's favourite fashion label Marc Jacobs, which counts Sophia Coppola and Scarlett Johansson among its famous fans. The Spring ad campaign shot by Juergen Teller for Marc Jacobs shows a madcap Posh in another shot where she is seen with her head and hands sticking out of a giant shopping bag - and another where she is completely inside it with just her legs poking out.Posh is also seen wearing the pink tabard-style tunic dress she wore on the Victoria's Secret pink carpet at the Spice Girls' first comeback performance.However, despite a US fashion critic naming Posh the worst-dressed star of last year, it appears that not everybody shares that view, as the self-styled fashionista is set to appear on the cover of British Vogue. Victoria, 33 - who is pals with designer Roberto Cavalli - will also be featured on half a dozen spreads inside the British edition of the style bible in April.It will be the first time the mother-of-three has been a Vogue cover girl and the honour is sure to seal her status as a style queen. "Victoria's doing the fashion shoot this week with top photographer Nick Knight, who's shot stars like David Bowie, Kylie Minogue and Kate Moss," according to a source."The magazine is planning to dedicate 12 pages to her. It's rare for Vogue to use someone other than a model for the cover, so it's a real coup for Victoria."The shoot is reported to be Victoria's most risqué yet.
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