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These Celebrities Went Makeup-Free and Gasp! Survived
by Ashley Hoffman | October 1, 2015 at 12:59 PM
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Beauty. As women, it’s all we have. Perhaps not all. But the transparent, real, makeup-free face is trending everywhere from model instagrams to the Styleite offices, where on some days we CBF to care about it.

And go figure. Tyra Banks and Chrissy Teigen just made the news for daring to go make-up free on camera. The horror THE HORROR! Spoiler: they’re naturally modelesque, but real talk: we do need these women to show us their reality face without photo filters, contouring, or an emergency staff of people to make their eyelashes stay in line. These pictures are a tonic to the image altering so often required of women, and it’s refreshing.

One thing though. Sometimes when young women look at Photoshop-free images of women, it’s even worse on the old self-esteem because some people really do wake up like they slept in a rosebud. We simply cannot win, you guys! But at least we have these make-up-free pictures to rely on as proof that your favorite celebrities are all human women.

See below for some of the splashiest make-up free selfies from Laverne Cox to Zendaya.

1. Tyra Banks

You know how people say #nofilter but you know there's a freakin' filter on their pic? Or maybe there's a smidge of retouching going on but they're lying and saying it's all raw & real? Well, this morn, I decided to give you a taste of the really real me. I wanted to smooth out my dark circles so badly!!! But I was like, "Naw, Ty. Show 'em the REAL you." So…here I am. Raw. And there YOU are…looking at me, studying this picture. Maybe you're thinking, "Whoa, she looks ROUGH." And if you are, great! You deserve to see the REAL me. The REALLY real me. #RawAndReal

A photo posted by Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) on Jun 17, 2015 at 7:28am PDT

2. Olivia Wilde

Behind the scenes of @meadowlandfilm, last year, being shot by our badass director @reedmorano, in a hot sweaty car in Yonkers, NY. Premiering in competition at @tribeca next week holy sh#*!

A photo posted by Olivia Wilde (@oliviawilde) on Apr 12, 2015 at 6:43am PDT

3. Chrissy Teigen

Movies in bed with my puddy buddy. And before a dog in bed gets you all riled up, just know that we stink equally.

A photo posted by chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) on Sep 5, 2015 at 6:19pm PDT

4. Zendaya

Fresh baby facededed…goodnight

A photo posted by Zendaya (@zendaya) on Sep 3, 2015 at 9:22pm PDT

Sofia Vergara

A little sun before heading to Mexico lindooooo today !!! ✈️are u packed @reesewitherspoon

A photo posted by Sofia Vergara (@sofiavergara) on Jun 21, 2015 at 1:08pm PDT

6. Kendall Jenner

A photo posted by Kendall Jenner (@kendalljenner) on Apr 26, 2015 at 9:28am PDT

7. January Jones

It's always fun to wake up with your jewels on. Prickly but fun. Makes you feel serious. @ireneneuwirth I can't figure out how to take the fucker off. It's pretty serious about wanting to keep me.

A photo posted by January Jones (@januaryjones) on Jun 2, 2015 at 6:15am PDT

8. Laverne Cox

Finally a few days to relax. I feel so privileged to be able to do work that I love and very privileged to be able to take time off occasionally. I take none of it lightly. Always good to have days with no makeup to let my skin breath. #washfacenobase #TransIsBeautiful

A photo posted by laverne cox (@lavernecox) on May 27, 2015 at 1:37pm PDT

9. Lady Gaga

I know when John comes to see me in the mornings it's gonna be a good day 🙂 what a sweetheart

A photo posted by The Countess (@ladygaga) on Sep 30, 2015 at 10:48am PDT

10. Heidi Klum

before 😳

A photo posted by Heidi Klum (@heidiklum) on Apr 14, 2015 at 12:07pm PDT

11. Lorde

in bed in paris with my acne cream on

A photo posted by Lorde (@lordemusic) on Feb 10, 2014 at 12:08pm PST

12. Rihanna

she bored

A photo posted by badgalriri (@badgalriri) on Dec 22, 2014 at 10:20am PST

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