Angular Roughness - 1 Tip For Instantly Better Materials! (Chocofur Tutorial)

Objects don’t need explicit coating to have multiple lobes. Plastics in particular all show a degree of SSS with fresnel reflection on top. When viewed head on, the (dull) SSS component is dominant, at glancing angles the sharp reflective component takes over.

Yet, roughness remains constant. It’s only the mixture of SSS and reflective components that changes.