I got to say, it kind of breaks my heart that you don't want to believe me that I did the make-over myself
but on the other side, I have to say it also cheers me up a lot, that my make-over is seemingly so great, that nearly everyone mistakes it as the original
IamSam even mentionned that he made a image-search and he could only find the original picture, not my makeover...
Tom Mann: I'm not sure whether I understood you correctly, yes the one in the makeover does have another skintone, all I used was "Auto Color" and then I used "Fade" on "Auto Color". was this your question?
I love to explain how I did the make over,
*)on her lips and her nose I used liquify
*)changed the eye and haircolor and eyebrow with different layer option (Color/Softlight/....) (I have to say I do not follow any specific rule when working with layer options I just play with them and change them till I achieve the result I want)
only with these basic things in Photoshop I did this makeover, I know the difference is huge between the two photos but here you can see how much haircolor and eyecolor can change the appearance....
That was my only second makeover, I really did not think that I am so great at this that no one will believe me that I did this