editing, is it to much sometimes?

The first one is natural, just resized & sharpened.  The second one has been lightened in the darker areas to the left, eyes given a bit of a sharpen, brighten, darkened the lips a little &-some skin smoother/brightening & an all out color contract adjustment.  Oh, the second image I used the liquify tool to smooth out my cheeks...To much, or just enough?  My daughter got me thinking about this this morning.....

xoxo, lela