If there was ever a banner year for au natural looks, this would be it. No-makeup selfies win loads of likes, store shelves are seeing an influx of hair stylers meant to play up curls, and negative-space manis flaunting bare nails are totally on-trend. Loving your wrinkles, freckles, and birthmarks is in; Photoshop regularly gets roasted.

That's why we were a little taken aback by new findings recently published in the journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. Based on a long-running survey of 14,000 adults, the study's authors found that well-groomed women make an average of $6,000 more than women who seem to spend less time on their appearance.

To get to this point, those surveyed were asked questions about their job, income, and how much time they spent on grooming, while their interviewees simulantously rated them on how attractive or #wokeuplikethis they seemed. What the researchers found was that women who were deemed naturally attractive made a lot more money than women deemed unattractive. AND, women who were not considered naturally attractive but seemed to put a lot of effort into their appearance made significantly more dough every year than their less polished peers.

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We’ll give them this: Looking like you have your ish together does matter. Brushing your teeth and hair, and wiping the sleep out of your eyes are all pre-work musts. But a full face of makeup? We're not so sure.

Even more annoying: Among men surveyed, grooming didn’t make much of a difference at all. As the study's author's told The Washington Post, "For women, most of the attractiveness advantage comes from being well groomed. For men, only about half of the effect of attractiveness is due to grooming."

Ugh—sexism wins again!

Jessica Chia Jessica Chia is an Assistant Editor at Prevention.com and is completing her aromatherapy certification level 1.

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