How do celebs like Fan Bingbing, Park Shin Hye and more look like without makeup?

Christina Aguilera

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The diva songstress loves playing with makeup. In fact, bright lips and long lashes have been Christina’s signature since the early-2000 when she started experimenting with more glam looks.

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But the pop star also looked stunning – and almost unrecognisable – on the new cover of a US magazine without a stitch of makeup on, saying that she’s at a point in her career where she wants to “strip it all back.”

Angelina Jolie

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She isn’t one of the most beautiful women in the world for nothing. From her sultry bedroom eyes to her sensual lips, Angelina is a total looker!

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We think she looks even better when she goes completely ‘au naturel’ and let’s her inner siren shine through.

Kylie Jenner

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As the queen bee of her own beauty empire, Kylie Cosmetics, the youngest member of the Kardashian clan is rarely seen without a full face of makeup on.

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We wish she would go barefaced more often though. Just look at those adorable freckles!

Jennifer Lawrence

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She’s a spokesperson for Dior, so JLaw always has to put her best foot forward and she does this by turning to the power of makeup to transform her from frumpy to fabulous.

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When she’s not working, however, Jen has a pared back beauty routine and prefers to not wear any makeup at all.

Katie Holmes

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Katie turns up the glam whenever she makes a red carpet appearance. No surprise then that she was the face of beauty brand, Bobbi Brown, back in the day.

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Katie still gives great face even when she’s not glamming it up for the cameras. Check out the actress’s bare-faced selfie fresh out the shower here as proof.

Blake Lively

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Since her Gossip Girl days, Blake has hardly put a foot wrong when it comes to her beauty look. She an MVP on the red carpet and usually likes to go full-on glam.

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Away from the limelight, however, Blake’s a typical southern American girl at heart. That means frolicking around in the great outdoors without any makeup on.

Sofia Vergara

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This Columbian beauty is no stranger to turning up the glam factor when she hits the red carpet. Just look at her flawless face!

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But Sofia also likes to kick back during her time off and go barefaced and good for her because her skin is gorgeous.

Lady Gaga

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Lady Gaga is famous for her extravagant tastes in fashion and makeup but it’s all part of her onstage persona.

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The real Lady Gaga aka Stefani Germanotta keeps it cool by going barefaced when she’s not performing.

Jessica Alba

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This Latino stunner always presents her best self to the world. She has to as the face of her own company, Honest Beauty.

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She’s not afraid to bare her sweaty post-gym visage to her followers on Instagram, however. Note that she still looks gorgeous even without any makeup on.

Cindy Crawford

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It’s mind blowing that Cindy Crawford is 54 years old. The nineties supermodel looks as stunning as ever and can still take a good shot if need be.

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She’s equally as beautiful without any makeup on. Check out her fresh-out-of-the-shower selfie, which emphasises her natural bone structure.

Cameron Diaz

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Cameron Diaz has been making heads turned since the early aughts with her vivacious personality and megawatt smile.

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These days she’s going makeup-free more often to highlight the pressures of ageing gracefully in the limelight.

Beyonce

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Beyonce is a bonafide chameleon when its comes to her beauty persona. She’s tried everything from sleek and sophisticated to daring and bold makeup looks.

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In this selfie though she’s gone back to her roots by embracing her natural curls and going barefaced in front of the camera.

Anne Hathaway

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Anne Hathaway always cuts a stylish figure whenever she makes a red carpet appearance.

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She’s a fan of letting her skin breathe in between movies though and likes to go without makeup whenever possible.

Alicia Keys used to pile on the product whenever she had to perform live during concerts, TV appearances and awards shows.

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She started a barefaced beauty revolution recently when she decided to stop wearing makeup entirely. Here she is posing with Tracee Ellis Ross at the MTV Music Video Awards.

Adriana Lima

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This stunning Brazilian model gives great face whether she’s on the runway or red carpet.

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But even models have their bad days. Adriana posted her tired, unmade up face on Instagram following a gruelling photo shoot abroad.

Adele

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The British songstress has made strong brows and thickly lined cat eyes her beauty signature throughout the years.

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She had to do without her makeup essentials recently when she fell sick. We think her eyebrows still look pretty flawless though.

Cara Delevingne

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The model-turned-actress sparked a wave of eyebrow envy when she first hit the runways and she’s usually rocking a full face of makeup on every occasion.

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But Cara’s never been one to take herself too seriously — she’s always sharing silly photos and videos of herself online, and isn’t afraid to show off her natural beauty.

Rihanna

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Whether she’s performing at a music awards show or promoting her own line of beauty products, it’s not often we catch the chart-topping performer sans makeup.

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This picture’s proof that you can’t hide true beauty, even behind a funny face.

Fan Bingbing

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She’s one of China’s most bankable stars and a style icon in her own right. Fan Bingbing always looks immaculate whenever she steps out for a movie premiere or awards show.

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Fan Bingbing

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But she has her off days too! Just take a look at this barefaced selfie, which shows the star’s enviable skin sans makeup.

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Gwyneth Paltrow

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The lifestyle expert who brought phrases like “conscious uncoupling” to our attention never puts a foot wrong in the beauty department.

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Gwyneth Paltrow

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She even practices what she preaches in terms of keeping it clean when she’s not in front of the camera, as evidenced by this no makeup snap.

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Lucy Liu

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Elementary actress and former Charlie’s Angel Lucy Liu always steps up her beauty game and looks beautiful when she’s gracing an awards show with her presence.

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Lucy Liu

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But the New York-born Liu also knows how to pare it back and looks gorgeous without any makeup on. We love her natural freckles too!

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Park Shin Hye

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The Doctors actress always looks so put together and stylish whether she’s on screen or off, which is probably why she’s the ambassador for K-beauty brand, Mamonde.

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This story first appeared on The Singapore Women's Weekly on April 24, 2017.

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Park Shin Hye

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Park Shin Hye is equally stunning in this no makeup selfie, proving that she really is a natural beauty.

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Jennifer Lopez

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Is Jenny from the block secretly Benjamin Button in disguise? Because she just keeps on looking better and better as she ages.

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She looks even younger when she’s not wearing a trace of makeup and if we looked this good, we wouldn’t hide it behind lashings of face paint either.

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This story first appeared in The Singapore Women's Weekly in April, 2017.