"Every time I left the house, I would be worried if I didn't put on makeup: What if someone wanted a picture?? What if they POSTED it??? 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."
--Alicia Keys, Lenny Letter
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Alessia Cara
"We all look at ourselves in the mirror and think, I hate this, I wish that were different -- from something minor like, 'I have a pimple today,' to something major like, 'I don't want to live anymore because I don't think I'm good enough.' ... We decided that every performance I do of [my song] 'Scars,' every interview I do about it, I am not going to be wearing any makeup, because how could I be preaching a song about being yourself and being beautiful and perfect the way you are -- and have a full face of makeup? I want to show people that I am comfortable enough to go on national television and just be myself. It would only feel right if I am 100 percent me."
--Alessia Cara, Glamour
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Jessica Biel
"There's a vulnerability to being photographed without having your eyes defined or your eyebrows filled in, but I don't wear a lot of makeup in my personal life. I find that men, in my past, have preferred me without it. They always said, 'No, take that off.'"
--Jessica Biel, People
The world's most famous supermodel may also be the world's biggest fan of no-makeup selfies. Cindy Crawford regularly posts bare-faced snaps from spas, poolsides and her home that make us want her life and her skin-care arsenal. In this picture, she celebrates turning 50 with a no-makeup photo. Is it us, or does her "first day at 50" look more like "first day at 30"?
Never afraid to break with convention when it comes to beauty and fashion, Tilda Swinton's style simply doesn't seem to include full-faced makeup. She seems as comfortable front row at Fashion Week bare-faced as she does in a classic red lip on the red carpet. When a Harper's Bazaar reporter once asked how to get the Tilda, the response was simple: "'Just take your mascara off.'"
