It’s always a treat to see celebs not wearing make-up. Here is perennial face-painter Christina Aguilera who looks surprisingly fresh-faced even without the facial accoutrements. Although, I’m not sure if it’s the cap covering her head, but she doesn’t seem to have any eyebrows. I hope she does have them, otherwise she looks like a patient undergoing chemo. Put down the tweezers girl and let them grow out for once, you’d look a whole lot better.

Channeling her inner ’50s noir superstar, Christina Aguilera strikes several classic poses in this golden-era themed ad campaign for a jewelry company. Don’t really know which jewelry company, or how long ago these pics were taken, but all I know is that they’re the best photos of Xtina I’ve seen in a while. Fitting that she looks like a screen goddess here since there are rumors of her doing her first film. She’s rumored to be considering a role in the upcoming Burlesque playing a stripper. If that pushes through, she’s gonna have to ressurect her Dirrrty persona once again.

Here’s another great photo set from photographer Ellen Von Unwerth. This time around, she’s using the wily, scorching ways of Christina Aguilera. As Ellen pushes the contrast in her photos, she also pushes her subject’s sensuality to it’s breaking point without really going overboard. So I’m guessing Christina’s the perfect subject to achieve that effect. Sheding her ultra-skanky Dirrrrty ways, Christina’s gotten to be mroe of a classic bombshell than a slutty ho. Nice move, Xtina!

We’re used to seeing a voluptuous Christina Aguilera, perfectly made up, sex-appeal oozing out of every pore. Well, this isn’t one of those moments for her. Looking a tad frumpy in layered clothes and flip-flops with a scowl to boot, Xtina looks less-than-starry. Sure, she’s got a baby in tow, but that shouldn’t stop you from looking fierce. Maybe after the supposed fight with husband Jordan before this picture was taken, Ms. Aguilera wasn’t in a very photo-oppy mood.

In this time of an economic crisis, Christina Aguilera is cutting costs. The sexy musical MILF just celebrated her son’s 1st birthday, sharing the party with pal Nicole Ritchie’s son who was born just hours after. But bear in mind, this is still a Hollywood birthday party. Inspired by the children’s book Where The Wild Things Are, the party had an elaborate jungle theme with balloons and decorations. The guests came dressed as characters from the book. I dunno about you, but I would’ve given anything to see Christina dressed as a sexy fox. Mmmmmm… I guess I’ll just have to settle for these equally hot pics.

I’m not really into these music awards shows. All I want to see during these shows is if someone has an oops moment that I can talk about but so far, during the 2008 American Music Awards held at the Nokia Theatre in L.A., no celebrity had one. Sucks. But anyway, here are some pictures from some of the performers that night. Check ‘em out, especially Christina Aguilera’s outfit.