Actually, I was just thinking...and maybe it's true that most of Specktra doesn't feel intimidated, and I can think of reasons why...
I've noticed that Specktra members have been some of the most supportive and encouraging people I've met online, period. And I really think that comes from being confident in yourself. Also a lot of you love to experiment with some wicked awesome makeup, which the average person would be scared off by but you guys have the confidence to rock it!
So perhaps, Specktra members tend to be more self-confident than the average woman? After all, the average Specktra member is by no means the average woman in terms of makeup consumption, and maybe it's true for the average woman that she is "put off" by pretty staff. I mean, not that these women are any more shallow or have terribly low self-esteem, it's that they're in an environment that's not comfortable to them. It's new, it's strange...they don't know how to act when a perfectly made-up, beautiful SA goes up to them. I know we've all had that feeling (it's true for me when I first started out buying makeup!)
I remember learning in my (intro) Psychology course (so don't go thinking I'm some expert in Psych or anything, haha, just something I came across), that when put under stress, i.e. a new environment, new experience, etc., and expected to make a quick decision, we'll often fall back on the "normal" reaction...oh there was a psych term for this that I don't remember! But you would react in a way that was "socially accepted", a way that you were taught over and over again, whether directly or indirectly, and often these would be more archaic or stereotypical reactions. In this case it would to be jealous of a 'physically superior' woman and to react adversely.
So I think Specktra members are just really comfortable in the whole makeup world, and therefore don't feel threatened or uneasy about anything at all, which leads to them acting quite normally around beautiful SA's.
Sorry, another essay!!