How to do Glamour Shots in the Gimp

I was reading about a journalist who showed the effects of photo retouching and decided to figure out how to do the glamour shot in the GIMP 2.8.

First things first, duplicate the layer and add a strong Gaussian Blur (under "Filter" -> "Blur") of around 70px and mode "IRR". This will blow up your highlights. Add a white layer mask and change your foreground colour to a pale grey. Choose the paintbrush tool, setting the brush to a circle/19, zoom to 200% and paint over the eyeball only on both eyes. Now, apply Gaussian blur again, this time at 20.0px and keep the blending mode. To remove wrinkles, use the healing brush (the bandaid in the tools selection) to paint over splotchy skin, wrinkles, etc. Finally, Image => Flatten and save the image. Both images are below:

Gimp Glam Shot