Hillary Clinton wore little make-up for her speech - and everybody's talking about it

On Wednesday night, Hillary Clinton made her first public appearance since her concession speech, after she lost the election to Donald Trump.

She was honest, she was moving - and she was uncustomarily fresh-faced.

Speaking in Washington, DC for the Children's Defense Fund, where she once worked after graduating from law school, Clinton appeared with noticeably less make-up than usual, and her hair not set in its familiar waves.

Introduced by the founder of the Fund as "the people's president", Clinton has access to innumerable beauticians, make-up artists and hair stylists, so this does seem to be a deliberate choice - and a statement.

Liberation? Sincerity? Exhaustion? Down with the patriarchy? A plea for sympathy?

An elegant comparison to an orange-faced buffoon?

Either way, it's got everybody talking on Twitter.

There was some mixed reaction:

Overall, though, the online response was generally one of applause.

But it's 2016, and the choice of any woman (or man) to wear/not wear make-up really shouldn't elicit any comment at all.

Especially, as this person points out, because Clinton has had something of a stressful year...

Indeed, her speech was incredibly honest about her pain.

I will admit, coming here tonight wasn't the easiest thing for me.

There have been a few times this past week when all I wanted to do is just to curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house again.

But she did offer a message of hope for the watching world:

The divisions laid bare by this election run deep, but please listen to me when I say this: America is worth it, our children are worth it. Believe in our country, fight for our values, and never, ever give up.

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