13. Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys has been in the public eye for over 10 years, so you can imagine her latest decision to stop wearing makeup completely must have been an incredibly empowering, albeit scary moment for her. Keys opened up saying that she was working on a new album and got absolutely fed up with “how much women are brainwashed into feeling like we have to be skinny, or sexy, or desirable, or perfect…I was tired of was the constant judgement of women.”
Keys admitted that she used to be terrified of leaving her house without wearing makeup. “What if someone wanted a picture? What if they POSTED it [online]?. These were the insecure, superficial, but honest thoughts I was thinking. And all of it, one way or another, was based too much on what other people thought of me.”
Keys ended up participating in a no-makeup photoshoot to help promote her latest single, and after the experience said it was “the strongest, most empowered, most free and most honestly beautiful that I have ever felt.”
12. Mila Kunis
Mila Kunis has caught some negativity in the past for some unflattering photos without makeup, but it’s clear that the 32-year-old actress is absolutely gorgeous no matter what she does to her face. The above photo was taken for Glamour magazine and shows Kunis wearing only serum, eye cream and a bit of lip balm. When talking to the magazine about her daily life, Kunis admitted that she never wears makeup. She continued, “I don’t wash my hair every day. It’s not something that I associate with myself. I commend women who wake up 30, 40 minutes early to put on eyeliner. I think it’s beautiful. I’m just not that person.”
Kunis went onto express a strong disdain for photoshopping images as well, and told the story of an outrageous example “there was a company that I did a photo shoot for once that manipulated the photo so much, I was like, that’s not even me, like, what’s the point? You wanted my name, and then you wanted the version of me that I’m not. I absolutely hate it.”
Given that Kunis is a relatively new mom with Ashton Kutcher, you can imagine makeup takes an even further backseat in her life!
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