We’re all in this together. No, we’re not quoting High School Musical; we’re talking about how our favorite stars are just like us — at least when it comes to self-esteem. Unretouched celebrity photos show us their cellulite, stretch marks, scars, butt pimples, and that most of the time their bodies don’t look like what you see in the magazines. They’re human beings who have to deal with the same hang-ups we all do, plus the harsh judgment the media puts on them for any minimal flaw (or what society considers a flaw). The struggle on their mental health is real, no matter how full their bank accounts may be.
To get a celebrity picture worthy of printing, lighting operators and makeup artists ensure every inch of their client looks unblemished. Retouchers then spend hours perfecting any stray hair or bump. But, as much as these things highlight their beauty, there’s nothing like a good old Instagram reality check for a bit of body positivity and love. When stars show themselves without makeup or filters and with all the imperfections we also have, it helps us realize that those same imperfections don’t make them any less worthy of love or attention.
We’ve got a gallery of unretouched photos of celebrities who embraced and shared the beauty of their skin — take a look at these awesome ladies for a refreshing dose of reality and body positivity!
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When Helen Mirren Gave Us This Fresh-Faced Selfie "Literally First Thing In The Morning"
When Model Denise Bidot Gave Us This 2022 Motto "Stretch Marks, Cellulite, Rolls, Who Cares?"
When Drew Barrymore And Cameron Diaz Got Together For A Sunny Selfie, And Reminded Us To Always Wear Our SPF
Happy Easter!
When Keke Palmer Shared — And Continued To Update Us On — Her Experience With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) And How It Affects Her Skin
When Lady Gaga Posted This Photo Of Herself Without Make Up
When Zooey Deschanel Posted This Selfie Immediately After Rolling Out Of Bed
When Salma Hayek Shared This No-Makeup Selfie And Praised Her "White Hair Of Wisdom"
Adele Celebrating With No Make Up On
Given I haven't really paid attention to the majority of mainstream music as much as I did when I was a teen, I still sometimes forget all the weight she lost and get mildly shocked when I see pictures of her now. I wish I could do the same >.>
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how about we let people wear whatever amount of makeup makes them happy :)
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I think she's really beautiful without all that dramatic makeup she usually wears. I'd like to see her this natural more often.
I'm waiting for the day where we don't have to point out 'lady so and so bUT WITHOUT MAKE-UP' anymore (of course I understand why it's done here because it was the point of this thread, I just mean in general).
Hello... It's me.... I'm beautiful with and without makeup.... To go over everything... (It doesn't make sence, and it isn't the actual lirics, but I like it)
The original also doesn't make sense. "We broke up a long time ago, wanna talk about it?" Uh... no.
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She is almost unrecognizable since her weight loss to me...she was beautiful before and even lovelier now. She a real inspiration as she's shown she's not just an amazing and unique voice but so mentally strong to lose that weight and keep it off as that's the hardest part. It takes personal discipline and strong mental fortitude. I well respect her for these reasons, not to mention her music which I've been a fan since the first time I heard that rich soulful voice :)
People, don't do the duck lips - no one, and I repeat, NO ONE LOOKS GOOD DOING IT!!
STAGE makeup. She clearly isn't walking around daily with that amount of make up on.
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Verified Portrait Of A Hungover Woman Who Had Cake For Breakfast
When Zendaya Posted This Side-By-Side Of Her Actual Body Compared With A Retouched One
Omg she's a grown woman, not a 10 year old girl. She's already slim!
When Katy Perry Posted This Selfie Right After She Gave Birth To Her Daughter, Daisy
When Lizzo Self-Appointed Herself As Our "Roll Model"
Listening to her songs gave me the confidence to tuck my shirt inside my jeans instead of constantly hiding my belly under baggy shirts. After decades of being told not to wear this and that, it feels liberating to finally start gaining that confidence.
When Sarah Hyland Shared Her "Painful" Truth As A Person Living With A Chronic Kidney Condition
When Aja Naomi King Celebrated Her Postpartum Body In An "After" Photo Shoot Taken Days After Giving Birth To Her Newborn Son, Kian
When Serena Williams Didn't Have Her Photos Retouched In Harper's Bazaar
When Ariana Grande Posted This No-Makeup Selfie Before Getting Ready For The Day
She just looks so much better without the makeup and pony tail. I'd hate my hair in the same do every day. Not to mention it hurts when your hair is pulled back like that by the end of the day.
When Gabrielle Union Turned To Her Front-Facing Camera To Show Off Her "Freckles Galore"
Adele Without Make Up
Ashley Graham For Swimsuits For All
That’s A Wrap On #armaggedontime! What A Gem Of An Experience; Feeling Very Grateful To Everyone Involved
When Model Iskra Lawrence Celebrated Her Cellulite And Rightfully Reclaimed It As "Cellulit"
I've seen babies with cellulite, we really need to stop pretending like it's something abnormal. Second; lovely photo <3
When Lady Gaga Posted This Photo Without Make Up On
Cindy Crawford
When Selena Gomez Shared This Behind-The-Scenes Shot From Her New Unretouched Photo Shoot For La’mariette
Okay, Humidity
Alexandra Daddario Posting Without Any Make Up
When Lili Reinhart Joked About Her Very Real Struggle With Cystic Acne
She's beautiful! Just wondering... Am I the only one that can't stop looking at the little foot that looks like it's growing from her head? Lol
When Halsey Shared This Snap Of Their Postpartum Stretch Marks
Note: this post originally had 88 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
Good on those showing non edited, non altered face and bodies (about 15% of these). As for the others, they have spent significant amounts altering their looks surgically and cosmetically in order to appear 'naturally' beautiful, and can afford skincare and body treatments the average Joe can't. Like they say, you aren't ugly, you're poor.
I don't understand why society has to praise celebrities for showing how normal they look without make up. What's the point?
Because women still feel pressure to look perfect and glamorous. There's a standard that still exists that pressures women to look a certain way or we'll be judged for it. They are trying to get rid of the stigma of showing your face without makeup. Even celebrities feel this pressure.
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Rant time: I'm SO done with this war on cellulite and stretch marks. I understand the history and emotion, I've lived through my own years of shame for anything that wasn't perfect on my body. But can we PLEASE collectively stop thinking having barbielegs is 'the normal' and anything else is deviating from what is normal? Cellulite is normal (except maybe sudden cellulite on the breast), especially in women, as the fat is mostly distributed underneath the skin, and because of hormones. 85 - 92% of women have cellulite. Your skin is an organ, it's flexible and it changes. It's supposed to, because everything else changes too. Change can be difficult. Dealing with and accepting the change is the goal, not trying to prevent it (aside from sunblock). Okay I'm done ranting, thanks for attending my TedTalk.
Ok but they still spend thousands upon thousands on skin treatments, daily skincare, etc. Normal people don't do all that. We can't.
I was just wondering. Does this kind of thing only apply to women? I notice I don't see too many untouched photos of men. I imagine the sight of a guy with breasts and his stomach hanging over his belt line would get some kind of reaction.
Can we start a trend of being allowed to have a mustache as a woman next?
Omg!!! Real people with real skin!!! What an amazing and brave thing to do on line (sarcasm much?)
SoooOoOoo... the attractive celebrities without make up ... are... still... attractive? Great... I'll.. just go bury myself back in my potato bed where I belong...
Guys have cellulite too. But ours is bad. Screw that. We can't all be 8 or 13 skinny and bronzed summer babies forever. Embrace your shell.
My eyes are bleeding. What makes these women think people want to see them at all, much less at their most repulsive?.
This. It’s beyond time to take the whole Barbie-doll size and makeup pressure out of society.
Forgive me for posting some song lyrics here, but maybe young people haven't heard it, and it has an important message. (I wish I looked 50% as gorgeous as I did when I thought I was awkward and ugly) Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth, oh, never mind You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth Until they've faded but trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back At photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now How much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked
Because men aren’t expected to look perfect with smooth skin and a perfectly flat stomach.
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The only big takeaway I got from this list is that S L is a major incel, what an insufferable douche.
I'd it supposed to be a compliment to say someone looks "soooo much better without makeup"? Because I think it's rude. They don't wear makeup for you.
For people hating on this, maybe you are unaware of the experience I grew up with as a young girl. Constantly being exposed to "perfect" women, gorgeous, skinny women who's sole purpose is to look appealing and, in film, just be there for eye candy. I took it upon myself to look behind the scenes and only then did I realize behind each perfect woman is a team of experts. But the rest of the world was unaware and even still today people strive to achieve what society sees as "the perfect body and face". Whether we like it or not people get more, fame, attention, love, likes and shares, and money, all because of their beauty. And there has been a standard of beauty that has been perpetuated by both men and women that when women don't attain it they get disrespected, ignored, called sloppy, lazy, or gross. Yes, this is real. This is the stigma and standards we are trying to abolish. Stuff like this didn't exist when I was a kid.
I am beyond grateful that we've gotten to a point where celebrities can post a no makeup selfie and it not be the hot celebrity gossip of the year. The fact this exists shows what progress we've made in the last 20 years. As a young girl growing up in the late 90s early 2000s It means so much to me that young girls of the next generations don't have to struggle so much with their self worth and self esteem and don't even have it cross their minds that their body isn't good enough for a bikini. Let's not put down posts like these that are trying to destroy awful sexist standards on women and making way for a new and better future. I am passionate about this. Sorry for my essay, thanks for reading.
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Can we make it basic law to forbid celebreties to use makeup at their jobs? They can use it in their free time as much as they want, but to stop creating fake ideals, this would be a big step. And also ban photshopping people to make them look better for magazines and stuff? Not a single one in this list needs makeup. I'm a little shocked because most of them look better without makeup.
Good on those showing non edited, non altered face and bodies (about 15% of these). As for the others, they have spent significant amounts altering their looks surgically and cosmetically in order to appear 'naturally' beautiful, and can afford skincare and body treatments the average Joe can't. Like they say, you aren't ugly, you're poor.
I don't understand why society has to praise celebrities for showing how normal they look without make up. What's the point?
Because women still feel pressure to look perfect and glamorous. There's a standard that still exists that pressures women to look a certain way or we'll be judged for it. They are trying to get rid of the stigma of showing your face without makeup. Even celebrities feel this pressure.
Load More Replies... Rant time: I'm SO done with this war on cellulite and stretch marks. I understand the history and emotion, I've lived through my own years of shame for anything that wasn't perfect on my body. But can we PLEASE collectively stop thinking having barbielegs is 'the normal' and anything else is deviating from what is normal? Cellulite is normal (except maybe sudden cellulite on the breast), especially in women, as the fat is mostly distributed underneath the skin, and because of hormones. 85 - 92% of women have cellulite. Your skin is an organ, it's flexible and it changes. It's supposed to, because everything else changes too. Change can be difficult. Dealing with and accepting the change is the goal, not trying to prevent it (aside from sunblock). Okay I'm done ranting, thanks for attending my TedTalk.
Ok but they still spend thousands upon thousands on skin treatments, daily skincare, etc. Normal people don't do all that. We can't.
I was just wondering. Does this kind of thing only apply to women? I notice I don't see too many untouched photos of men. I imagine the sight of a guy with breasts and his stomach hanging over his belt line would get some kind of reaction.
Can we start a trend of being allowed to have a mustache as a woman next?
Omg!!! Real people with real skin!!! What an amazing and brave thing to do on line (sarcasm much?)
SoooOoOoo... the attractive celebrities without make up ... are... still... attractive? Great... I'll.. just go bury myself back in my potato bed where I belong...
Guys have cellulite too. But ours is bad. Screw that. We can't all be 8 or 13 skinny and bronzed summer babies forever. Embrace your shell.
My eyes are bleeding. What makes these women think people want to see them at all, much less at their most repulsive?.
This. It’s beyond time to take the whole Barbie-doll size and makeup pressure out of society.
Forgive me for posting some song lyrics here, but maybe young people haven't heard it, and it has an important message. (I wish I looked 50% as gorgeous as I did when I thought I was awkward and ugly) Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth, oh, never mind You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth Until they've faded but trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back At photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now How much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked
Because men aren’t expected to look perfect with smooth skin and a perfectly flat stomach.
Load More Replies... The only big takeaway I got from this list is that S L is a major incel, what an insufferable douche.
I'd it supposed to be a compliment to say someone looks "soooo much better without makeup"? Because I think it's rude. They don't wear makeup for you.
For people hating on this, maybe you are unaware of the experience I grew up with as a young girl. Constantly being exposed to "perfect" women, gorgeous, skinny women who's sole purpose is to look appealing and, in film, just be there for eye candy. I took it upon myself to look behind the scenes and only then did I realize behind each perfect woman is a team of experts. But the rest of the world was unaware and even still today people strive to achieve what society sees as "the perfect body and face". Whether we like it or not people get more, fame, attention, love, likes and shares, and money, all because of their beauty. And there has been a standard of beauty that has been perpetuated by both men and women that when women don't attain it they get disrespected, ignored, called sloppy, lazy, or gross. Yes, this is real. This is the stigma and standards we are trying to abolish. Stuff like this didn't exist when I was a kid.
I am beyond grateful that we've gotten to a point where celebrities can post a no makeup selfie and it not be the hot celebrity gossip of the year. The fact this exists shows what progress we've made in the last 20 years. As a young girl growing up in the late 90s early 2000s It means so much to me that young girls of the next generations don't have to struggle so much with their self worth and self esteem and don't even have it cross their minds that their body isn't good enough for a bikini. Let's not put down posts like these that are trying to destroy awful sexist standards on women and making way for a new and better future. I am passionate about this. Sorry for my essay, thanks for reading.
Load More Replies... Can we make it basic law to forbid celebreties to use makeup at their jobs? They can use it in their free time as much as they want, but to stop creating fake ideals, this would be a big step. And also ban photshopping people to make them look better for magazines and stuff? Not a single one in this list needs makeup. I'm a little shocked because most of them look better without makeup.
