
Sade proves on the April cover of Ebony that there is nothing old about 51. The 'Soldier of Love' singer looks amazing and ageless in her cover photo, but the magazine has generated some internet buzz because one of the Brit's signature features seems to have been airbrushed away. Her freckled fans are up in arms. It's not as if she wouldn't have looked just as beautiful with her nose and cheeks covered in the familiar dots.

Tell us: do photo editors go overboard with airbrushing? Do you like Sade better with freckles?


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By: treschic on 3/03/2010 9:10PM
Hate the cover without the freckles that is part of her. Ebony should be ashamed for airbrushing her face to that extreme.
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By: Wish Belkin on 3/05/2010 11:37AM
Freckles or not, she is hot!
Not a bad singer either.
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By: Mimi on 3/07/2010 2:58PM
TO ALL OF YOU JEALOUS OF SADE HATERS:
IT'S CALLED "MAKE UP"!!!!!
SADE WAS ON THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW PERFORMING "SOLDIER OF LOVE"
SINCE I DID NOT SEE ANY FRECKLES I GUESS THEY AIRBRUSED THEM OUT FOR HER PEFORMANCE (SMH??)YEAH RIGHT.
GO TO YOU TUBE THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT TO JEALOUS AND HATEFUL TO DO SO:
SADE-"SOLDIER OF LOVE" @THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW
I SAW THE SHOW AND SHE DID NOT HAVE VISABLE FRECKLES BECAUSE SHE USED WHAT'S KNOWN AS "MAKE UP".
IT COMES IN A LIQUID FORM FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO APPARENTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
I ALSO LOOKED AT SOME OF SADE'S PAST ALBUM COVERS AS WELL AS PICTURES OF HER AT VARIOUS EVENTS AND SHE WEARS AGAIN WHAT'S KNOWN AS "MAKE UP".
I AM SHOCKED THAT SOMEONE STARTED AN ARTICLE BASED ON SHOULD SADE HAVE WORN MAKE UP FOR A COVER OF A MAGAZINE OR NOT.
WHY WOULD THE AUTHOR OR THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OF YOU ON HERE POSTING ASSUME THAT HER FRECKLES WERE AIRBRUSED OUT AS OPPOSED TO THEM JUST BEING COVERED UP IN WHAT IS KNOWN AS "MAKE UP?"
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ALL OF YOU HATERS AND THE AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE.
1.HOW MANY COVERS OF EBONY DO YOU KNOW OF IN WHICH A CELEBRITY IS PHOTOGRAPHED WITHOUT MAKEUP?
2. PLEASE PRINT THE NAMES OF THOSE CELEBRITIES THAT WERE ON THE COVERS OF EBONY, JET OR ESSENCE WITHOUT MAKE UP. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
3. WHY DO YOU ALL FEEL THAT SADE SHOULD BE ON THE COVER WITHOUT MAKE UP?
4. ARE YOU ALL THAT JEALOUS OF HOW SADE LOOKS THAT YOU FEEL SHE SHOULD NOT WEAR MAKE UP ON THE COVER OF A MAGAZINE?
5. IN OTHER WORDS YOU ARE SAYING SHE SHOULD WEAR MAKE UP WHEN SHE MAKES PUBLIC APPEARANCES AND WHEN SHE IS IN CONCERT BUT WHEN SHE IS ON THE COVER OF A MAGAZINE SHE SHOULD NOT WEAR MAKE UP?
6. DO YOU ALL KNOW HOW STUPID YOU SOUND?
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW THIS, SADE IS BLACK. SHE HAS BOTH A BLACK AND A WHITE PARENT BUT HER SKIN IS NOT WHITE. THEREFORE SHE WILL NOT CRACK UP WITH WRINKLES LIKE WHITE WOMEN THAT ARE HER SAME AGE. WE ALL KNOW WHITE WOMEN WHO ARE THE AGE OF SADE WOULD HAVE HAD SEVERAL VISITS WITH THE PLASTIC SURGEONS BY NOW BUT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE SADE...BECAUSE SHE IS A BLACK WOMAN.
AS BLACK WOMEN WE KNOW THAT WE DON'T AGE LIKE WHITE WOMEN DO AND I AM SHOCKED AT SOME OF YOU FOR THINKING THAT SADE SHOULD HAVE TONS OF WRINKLES.
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By: RYM on 3/03/2010 10:56PM
I think the freckles should have been left alone, without them the cover does not stand out like any other photograph of Sade. The editors definitely went overboard with the editing.
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By: jocelyn george on 3/04/2010 1:17PM
She has had botox or something else also.
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By: Sus7637 on 3/07/2010 12:22PM
it cracks me up when typical woman in your category of jealousy always love to speak negative about ppl that are gorgeous and have things going for them that are positive. this is what jealous woman do all the time against another woman that - look better than them in every way. they always show their jealous of other wmn by what they do, what they say, and in their looks at them.
it makes me feel good when its done to me because i already know what it is.... and jealous wmn are only telling me that what i already know.
if you have nothing better to say but to show jealousy towards someone, keep your mouth shut!
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By: E on 3/05/2010 9:46AM
My mom has a lot of freckles but when she puts makeup on (which isn't necessary to me for SADE) they get covered easily. I think that it may have been unintentional. Just focus on the the good and incredible thing~SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S IN HER 20'S IN THIS PICTURE, AND SHE'S 52.. Now that's amazing!
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By: ShaNayNay on 3/05/2010 10:11AM
You're an idiot!! That's the thing...we really DON'T know how she really looks like at 52. If they airbrushed her freckles, they probably airbrushed a lot of other things like wrinkles and bags. Besides, are you so naive to really believe that she hasn't had any "work" done? Ebony, just like all the other mags, promote an unrealistic and unhealthy image that morons like you buy into.
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By: thekingdom2010 on 3/04/2010 5:50PM
No not Sade too!! Please leave her alone. She is just fine the way she is. Next thing you know they will be changing India Arie. I could always count on Sade to keep it real. Sade please don't let them turn you out.
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By: barbarascy385 on 3/04/2010 5:23PM
Sade is a beautiful woman and did not need any airbrushing. The freckles are fine and they do not diminish her beauty one bit. Waste of money in my opinion.
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By: Bruh on 3/09/2010 2:23AM
Why y'all tripping????? This is not the first
pic to show Sade without freckles....and who says
they were airbrushed out? Maybe the makeup person
decided to cover them up. Some people LOOK for
shit to complain or get upset about. Mary J. has
a scar, you see it on some pics, others you don't.
Its STILL Mary J., and this is still Sade. She
is a beautiful woman, period, but stylists and
magazine people do make editorial decisions of their choice as to what the cover will show.
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By: bigdrob1 on 3/05/2010 6:32AM
Heasus mirimba, the kootch want to look like she have left the jungle of Kenya! Mo European! like a Brittykitty.
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By: Elmo on 3/05/2010 7:12AM
She is a true classic beauty - naturally. The cover does not improve on the real person. An excellent artist and always one of my favorites both as an artist and beautiful woman.
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By: Rose on 3/05/2010 8:41AM
I agree they should hve left her face alone...she is a natural beauty I almost didn't recognize her wihtout them
Maybe they should have checked first, Not everybody wants to be airburshed
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