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
When Selena Gomez Filmed This Tiktok And Said She Won't Suck In Her Stomach
Verified Portrait Of A Hungover Woman Who Had Cake For Breakfast
When Katy Perry Posted This Selfie Right After She Gave Birth To Her Daughter, Daisy
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 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
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
That’s A Wrap On #armaggedontime! What A Gem Of An Experience; Feeling Very Grateful To Everyone Involved
When Lady Gaga Posted This Photo Without Make Up On
Cindy Crawford
Okay, Humidity
When Selena Gomez Shared This Behind-The-Scenes Shot From Her New Unretouched Photo Shoot For La’mariette
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
When Rihanna Shared This Pic With Visibly Unshaven Leg Hair And Her Fans Celebrated It In The Comments
And When Selena Shared This Photo Where She Showed Off Her Kidney Transplant Scar
When Sarah Hyland Decided Not To Wear Spanx To The Teen Choice Awards And Let Her "Kupa" Show
Tyra Banks And Her BFF Without Make Up
When Ashley Graham Posted This Selfie Admiring Her Pregnancy Stretch Marks
When Lady Gaga Shared This Selfie And Let Her Stretch Marks Take Center Stage
When Rachel Bloom Was Brutally Honest About How Her Busy Filming Schedule Caused Her Hormones To Run Amok
When Former Bachelor Contestant Bekah Martinez Said That Every Mom Bod Is Perfect In Its Own Way And Had Zero Patience For Anyone Who Thought Otherwise
When Padma Lakshmi Posted This Thirst Trap Letting Her "Stretch" Take The Lead
When Paris Jackson Posted This Selfie Embracing Her Armpit Hair
When Dua Lipa Shared This Selfie Of Her "Unhappy Skin"
When Hilary Duff Proudly Embraced Her Dimpled Skin
When Beauty Influencer Kandee Johnson Talked About How Beautiful Her "Thighlights" Are
Can I call them that too? Even though they are green because of my veins tho-
When Nicole Byer Showed Off Her Bikini Bod And Pole-Dancing Skills, All While Celebrating Her "#veryfat," "#verybrave" Philosophy
Verified Lake Life. Apres Swim
When Danielle Brooks Joked That She "Didn’t Get Thick Off Eating Lettuce"
Superb actor!! That last oitnb series was soooo heavy and she was BRILLIANT.
When Robyn Lawley Shared This Pic Of Her "Tiger Stripes"
When Lorde Talked About Her Struggles With Acne And People's Unsolicited Advice About It
Good that she talked about it, but isn’t this supposed to be “untouched photos”?
When Stacey Solomon Flaunted Her "Natural Glitter"
Doja Cat Posting Her Acne Problems
When Ruby Rose Showed Us That Even Famous People Break Out, Too
Taylor Hill Posted This Selfie In Morning Without Any Make Up On
Tracee Ellis Ross Showing Her Messy Hair
I think there's a hulu special celebrating African American hair. I believe it features her, Oprah, and a handful of other stunning black women
When Jameela Jamil Shared This Pic Of Her Breast Stretch Marks And Called Them Her "Badge Of Honor"
When Lucy Hale Smiled For The Camera With Her "Zit Cream On Fleek"
When Rachel Bloom Shared This Candid Selfie Immediately After Her Breast Reduction Surgery
Catch Me Here Until Monday
When Bebe Rexha Shared This Beach Photo Of Herself Without Photoshop
When Jessica Simpson Posted This Photo Of Her Ankles, Which Became Swollen During Pregnancy
Looked like my ankles. I do not judge on appearance, but be careful. Swollen ankles during pregnancy can be bad. It can be a sign of Preeclampsia. People that have it during pregnancy can have heart attacks, kidney failure and edemas. After you give birth, you run the risk of seizures and strokes. A friend of mine got terrible blood clots after she gave birth to her second son. She had to be hospitalized for a few days while they put her on medication to get rid of them.
When Demi Lovato Shared These Photos And Said That She Loves Herself Wholeheartedly Despite Her "Imperfections"
When Olivia Munn Said She Wasn't Going To Let Her Cellulite Stop Her From Posting A Pic After Commenters Pointed It Out
She looks cozy as hell! And I love how the necklace looks with the outfit!
When Barbie Ferreira Posted This Photo Of Her "Lil Stripes" And Celebrated Just How Cute Her Body Is Because Of Them
Because Flying Makes My Nose Run
Ashley Iaconetti Embracing Her Acne Issues
Is this what we call acne issues? A couple pimples? I constantly have at least two pimples on my face and I don't call it acne issues. This girl is frigging adorable either way.
When Lizzo Shared This Topless Photo Of Herself
When Lizzo Shared These Booty Pics That Never Needed Facetune To Begin With
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Chrissy Teigen
Brooklyn Decker Shared This Photo Of A Neck Mole That Her Kid Thinks Is A Nipple
When Jameela Jamil Shared This Photo Of Her Legs
Sometimes these actually come across rude. Like if I posted a picture of myself and someone said "look at how brave she is to show her face". Like what? What's wrong with it?
When Chrissy Teigen Wished Herself A Happy Valentine's Day By Sharing A Photo Of Her Scars From Her Endometriosis Surgery And Breast-Implant Removal Surgery
When Chrissy Teigen Shared This Photo Of Her Inner Thighs
Ellen Degeneres And Wife Portia De Rossi
When Amy Schumer Shared That She's All About "Letting The Love In" This Summer
Jameela Jamil For Arcadia
Whitney Port On Haters
When Priyanka Chopra Shared This Photo To Let The World Know That Not Even She Actually Has Perfectly Smooth Armpits
Bella Thorne Without Make Up
So eyeliner, fake lashes, brow pencil, and lipstick aren't makeup anymore?
Ronda Rousey In Jimmy Fallon's Show
When Kim Kardashian Shared Photos Of Her "Psoriasis Face" And Went On To Call The Condition "The Shits"
When Kylie Jenner Posted This Snap Of Her Postpartum Stretch Marks That She Calls "A Little Gift From Stormi"
And Finally, When Kourtney Kardashian Sported Her "Little Stripes" For This Poosh Photoshoot
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.
