Whether they appear in movies, music videos, or on the front covers of magazines, famous celebrities are rarely seen without being glamorized by professional makeup artists and/or a misleading amount of Photoshop. But as you can see from this revealing list compiled by Bored Panda, sometimes these famous actors get tired of living up to expectations. Sometimes they just want to be normal people for a day, and what better way to act normal than by looking as tired and ungroomed as the mortal masses! Though celebrities without makeup are a rare sight, it is nice to know they're just like us.
From Lady Gaga and Sofia Vergara to Jennifer Lopez and Anne Hathaway, the pictures below contain a bunch of your favorite famous people sporting their natural beauty. Who looks the best without makeup? Let us know in the comments below.
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Liv Tyler
Beautiful woman engaged in an act of beauty! Love Love Love this photo
she sincerely looks way better than the rest of us even when make-up free
i was hoping to see donald trump with no spray-tan or yellow hair dye at #1 but no :/
Emilia Clarke
I'm sorry, but this photo doesn't prove Emilia Clark looks "no better than us"; it proves she is a goddess. This woman is gorgeous, no one can compare.
This article lies. All these women are stunners with or without makeup
Most people do not look this flawless without makeup. What the c**p.
Load More Replies...Lady Gaga
Reese Witherspoon
Gal Gadot
On second look she also has eyeliner on her lower lids. (I'm an actor who also models and you get to know all the tricks.)
Emma Stone
OK, she is wearing foundation, but regardless of that, she is a natural pretty girl.
She looks like the checker at your local Whole Foods. That's not a bad thing, but she looks like any other attractive woman you'd find anywhere...
Shakira
I wish she would go back to her natural dark hair. She looks the most beautiful then.
Use make up or Not. Whatever She always look so beautifull. At the time
Jennifer Aniston
I can't believe what beautiful skin she has, never fails to stun me
Zooey Deschanel
This is a classic look after waking up. One eyelid swollen, messy hair, a shirt we wouldn't' wear in public, but still makes feel a little sassy... I think we've all been there many times :)
me in the morning. instead i would be holding brush instead of phone :D
Emma Watson
The book she's holding is a must read for women. Around 800 pages, but once you start, you cannot stop. And yes Miss Watson is gorgeous.
I got an e-book but I couldn't get through it. And I consider myself a bookworm.
Load More Replies...Drew Barrymore
I bet that comes in handy when she wants to go out without the paparazzi following her everywhere ;)
Load More Replies...She does! She looks younger here than with makeup
Load More Replies...Rebel Wilson
She is probably the only one who TRULY does not have ANY makeup on, the others can say that but all of us ladies know they probably have a thin layer of concealer on , at least for sure for their undereye circles and possibly even filled in their eyebrows a bit as they tend to get thinner as we age.
Helen Mirren
Alicia Keys
I'm in awe of this woman, absolutely love her! One of the most beatiful in the world and a huge talent to boot!
Milla Jovovich
She looks great without make up. Perfect skin. However, she looks crazy as hell in this picture. Is it just me?
I haven't been to the haidresser in more than 2 years, not knwing what I want, but this is it! I'm bringing this picture and asking for the same cut! Love it! Thank you!
She doesn't look like she needs make-up, but that's a weird expression.
Cameron Diaz
i love her ... i think she's one of the most beautiful women in the world
Halle Berry
She looks SO pretty! I would like to see her like this more often. She doesn't need makeup
Sofia Vergara
Instant facelift when you're lying down (not saying otherwise she's not beautiful, it just adds to it).
Load More Replies...I believe she took that picture when she was sick and running a fever. And she still looks beautiful
Holy moly! Still stunning, but a completely different look. I would never have recognized her.
This pic must be from years ago. There is no way she looks this young even without makeup. (I do think she is amazing tho)
Eva Longoria
She looks like a waitress at my favorite restaurant. Pretty, but just like most pretty women you'd find in daily life...
Ellen Degeneres
She has her own make up free picture later down I think around no.40 somewhere
Load More Replies...Wow, Ellen has a ton of wrinkles, but they are laugh lines so that is a good thing. :)
Sophie Turner
Of course she looks the same, she's still basically a child :D.
Load More Replies...The one on the left. She plays Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones.
Load More Replies...That's not a great photo for this series, being too far out for much detail. Oh well!
Hopefully she stops using drugs and focuses on her career and doesn't mess it all up :((
Anne Hathaway
Anne has unfortunately let the fame get into her head. She is one of the most difficult actresses to work with
Adele
Wow ! ! She seems pretty exhausted. Her eyes say it. Take a long break girl.
I believe this is a screenshot of her apologizing for cancelling a show because she's ill, from some months ago
Load More Replies...why didn't they use a photo when she was not having a cold? 19622879_1...b68004.jpg
Uma Thurman
Ellen Page
Always been pretty but also usually doesn't wear that much makeup anyway so as for the post it's not that strong but her she's awesome. So up voted purely cuz she doesn't need make up.
She is a kid of beautiful that doesn't need makeup. I love her!
If I were ** years younger and had the chance, I dare say I'd switch teams for her...
Anna Kendrick
she hardly had any makeup during her time in Twilight so it was very quick for me to know who she is, she wears more makeup nowadays which is why some wouldn't be able to recognize her.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Ever read an interview with her? She seems like the absolute most annoying snob. You are right though, she sells some good stuff, but also some absolute nonsense that preys on people's 'wellness' ignorance.
Load More Replies...She looks like she has one of her jade eggs up her hoohah. I dislike her so very much
I don't know why, but I've always been severely annoyed by her. But I can't deny, she is beautiful. She looks so youthful here.
I cant stand this know-it-all, who really knows nothing. So this takes away any beauty she may have or me.
Salma Hayek
That was a bold pic to have taken. I cant help wondering if she had the picture taker, "Wait! Do I have anything up my nose before u take the shot?" *L*
Married to a Billionaire, wouldn't you look fabulous all the fricken time?
Blake Lively
She almost looks the same with and without makeup! She definitely has some strong natural beauty game.
Blake Lively can't seem to get her foot out of her mouth, these days.
her skin is beautiful she looks great with but awesome without it ;=]]
What the c**p. Is she seriously not wearing makeup?? I could never hate on her though, she seems too rad. Blake lively will always be goals!
Kristen Bell
It's a shame they didn't wait for her to get dressed.
Load More Replies...I like this one so much! her "I don't give a damn c**p and I'm happy with it!" expression is priceless
Maybe it's the giant coffee cup, maybe it's the cheesy smile, or maybe it's the no makeep but she looks like she just woke up for a very big day aND is still tired but just can't wait to get started.
Olivia Wilde
If it weren't for the deer-in-the-headlights expression, I'm sure she would be captivating.
I've noticed, a lot of these ladies have enormous eyes even without makeup on.
Zoe Saldana
Such a talented actress! Love her. And she looks awesome with normal makeup, green n blue alien makeup, and sans makeup!
She is beautiful with or without her make-up her skin is really really great looking ;=]]
She is in my opinion one of the most beautiful women in the world! She ain't so bad as an actress either! ;)
Cara Delevingne
She's not naturally blonde I don't think, maybe was when she was younger, I had white blonde hair as a kid!
Load More Replies...Why the heck isn't she pulling one of her usual absurdly weird faces?!
She's a model and an actress, recently starred in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Load More Replies...Ariana Grande
I call B.S. on no make-up! She clearly has concealer, brows filled in, and eyeliner! Faker!
She looks different because it's a very old photo! She was just a teenager here, it's obvious that now she's changed.. but I think she's always wonderful
No way! Looks better than with that ridiculous turdy tan and awful makeup.
Lena Headey
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. No pineapple on pizza !!!! >:(
Load More Replies...Nooo Canadian bacon with pineapple is the best pizza! Haters have to try it first at least once before they knock it!!! Just once!!
This is a pic that my friend Shaunna would appreciate....and not even for Lena... 😉
Penélope Cruz
It's a black/white photo but both these lovely women look like they do have a smidge of makeup on. Around eyes..
Cheryl Cole
Look for her hold photos. She had her teeth done. A job well done
Load More Replies...Another one - she looks like she has makeup on. Eye liner under the eyes! Maybe its Maybelline! Seriously though, if its "permanent" i.e. tattoo eye stuff does it count as no makeup?
I'm sorry but when are these pictures supposed to prove that celebrities look no better than us without make up?
Portia De Rossi
It's called aging, and I don't think she looks bad
Load More Replies...Laura Prepon
She looks pretty happy for someone who's had 40% of their eyebrows recently stolen.
I feel the eyebrow pain, I have approximately 5 hairs split between 2 brows.
Same here. I did horrible things to them in the 90s and they never fully recovered. QQ
Load More Replies...avocado toast! the food fad i have yet to try, but i'm sure i'd love.
She may have thyroid issues- that can affect eyebrows and eyelashes.
Serena Williams
No make-up? So those dark lines going into the inner corner of her eye are natural. Wow.
No make-up needed. Stunning-looking and an incredibly inspirational lady.
Kaley Cuoco
Take a close look. Another one who has eye liner on. That or permanent eye makeup. Upper & lower lids. No I am not sour grapes, I am cont
Oophs, I am content with myself. Just don't say w/out makeup. When it is clear you have a teensy bit on here & there.
Nope. No amount of surgery and makeup can help her. She needs a whole new personality and brain.
Naomi Watts
I liked her until I found out she transgendered her son, now I am just disappointed. And this is not a recent photo
Bjork
Whenever I hear Bjork I think about the Swedish chef from the muppets. 😆
Amanda Seyfried
Amanda is cute, but what I really Love is the skeins of beautiful yarn!!
Tracy Moorhead my thoughts exactly!!! Give me all that yarn and a cold room to crochet
Load More Replies...Robin Wright
Kat Dennings
Ok looks like eye brow pencil, touch of eye liner, poss a bit of lip stuff. Jyst take a closer look @ these women...
Hmm I am calling veneers for the teeth. . .my friend got a few of hers capped, their teeth look identical. . .
To quote one of my favorite characters, "That`s not food, that`s what food eats !" - Red Forman.
Katherine Heigl
Kesha
That's Kesha!? No, seriously...she should run with the beachy look. She owns that!
I never found her pretty, but wow! I guess the make up covered up her natural beauty!
Jessica Alba
Whoopi Goldberg
I dunno - kind of looks like he's got some eyeliner on. *lol*
Load More Replies...I still have no idea what Ted was thinking. Dude must have been high as a kite.
Whoopi hasn`t changed in decades. We must consider her being a vampire :)
Please tell me there are other OLD people here who know him from My So Called Life instead of The Joker??????
Gigi Hadid
Holy C**p! did she really just wake up?? doubt it. still gorgeous tho!
she looks great for just getting up out bed oops she is still in bed looking good ;=]]
Jennifer Lopez
So much c**p she's done to her face (see how shiny?) and eyebrows... not remotely what she looked like as a dancer on In Living Color. At least in this one she doesn't have the fake plumped up lips she sports now and then.
She's done so many chemical treatments to her face. That's why it shines like that. If she stopped, her face would look normal and wrinkled.
Load More Replies...Lorde
After nap look: "Where am I? What year is it? Have I been sleeping for last 10 years?"
This is a TRUE no make up shot as well. This is how most women look when we wake up! Guys just assume we wake up looking flawless! Then if we try to go a day without make up guys ask if were sick! SMH
SHe posted a pic of herself without makeup (in which she was fully awake) to protest photoshopping.
Jessica Simpson
I'm not sure who looks better her or her little girl they both look great ;=]]
Gwen Stefani
She's very pretty without. I think she'd be even prettier with more understated makeup rather than her normal.
she looks beautiful without her make-up she has not a single wrinkle on her awesome skin keep it going on ;=]]
Another one who is just naturally pretty and she dosnt need to wear all that makeup!
Tyra Banks
If their unrecognizable does that mean that they wear to much makeup on a daily basis?
Load More Replies...Maisie Williams
Ellen Pompeo
She is one of very few Hollywood women who seems to not have had a facelift.
you think so? i can hardly look at her face without thinking she's had work done! i feel like the area around her lips/her lips looks so weird and stretched
Load More Replies...Kate Hudson
it was always kate hudson sitting atop his head!!
Load More Replies...Goldie's daughter is starting to look more and more like her Mother use to.
All Kates have wonderful smiles.... Kate Winslet, Kate Hudson, Katherine Heigl, Kate Beckinsale..I can go on.
Lily Collins
She has foundation and powder on, and I think a very very light lipstick so this one doesnt count.
Elle Fanning
Julianne Hough
Hilary Duff
Katie Holmes
Simone Biles
Kelly Rowland
Nelly Furtado
Make up - most all of these women do. We are neither blind nor stupid. They have good facial bone structures, but they still have MAKE UP ON!! WAKE UP!
Jessica Chastain
I like Jessica Chastain because she was, because she's a hell of a good actress and is quite humble I believe
Emma Roberts
Gisele Bündchen
Oh, yeah... she fits the title perfectly "...Prove They Look No Better Than Us". Pfft! Girl, seriously?
Is this a joke?? Make up is visible lol.. heard she's a major b***h. her body has always been amazing but i've always thought her face was Horsey looking...
Make up - eye liner lipstick who do these women think they are fooling? Not us! They are all lovely but show the truth!!
Eva Mendes
Damn she's gorgeous! One of the hotter Hispanic ladies in Hollywood!
Shailene Woodley
Gabrielle Union - Wade
Vanessa Hudgens
Eye liner.. eyebrow gel.. teensy bit of lip color & just a whoosh of powder. Lovely features.
Cindy Crawford
It's called the "I have pampered myself my whole life with only the most expensive products and assistants" regimen.
Load More Replies...Good lighting & a smidge of powder, lipstick,good bones.. she certainly looks lovely still.
best products/food/cosmetics/nutritionists/trainers/ will get you THIS..
Beyoncé
Nothing false here! Just a bit of eye liner, powder, lipstick, good lighting & goid bone structure. Oh & some eyebrow pencil. I am not sour grapes, just don't like falseness.
Eye liner? 🤔 Lipstick? 👀... "Not sour grapes" Just a hater 😂😂🤷
Load More Replies...Alexandra Daddario
Selena Gomez
Let's be honest, Selena doesn't need makeup.
Uzo Aduba
But she doesn't even need makeup! Has beautiful eyes and eyebrows.
Doutzen Kroes
Katherine Langford
Come on! She is like what? 17? Of course she can go without makeup and still look gorgeous!
She's actually 21 but yeah she looks gorgeous <3
Load More Replies...i am going to stop to watch this list...sooooooooooooooo many 'famous'people that i never ever heard of!!
January Jones
Lipstick, light foundation & as someone else mentioned, good lighting/filtered. Same with most of these pics..
Jessica Biel
Danielle Brooks
Mindy Kaling
Dakota Fanning
i do not know her...she could go to the middle school in my city...just a girl...famous????
Nina Dobrev
You don't know that. Some people just have naturally dark, beautiful eyelashes.
Load More Replies...Agree Julia Ayllon. She is also wearing very light lipstick, & eye liner.
Emmy Rossum
I kinda feel like she isn't wearing makeup in Shameless at least half the time. I love her character in that because she often looks like she forgot to put on make up and comb her hair. That show does it right in the realistic character appearance department.
I just watched her in The Handmaids Tale,she doesn't wear make up in that either.
Load More Replies...Here we go again. Eye brow pencil, light pink natural lipstick, teeny bit of eye liner. Maybe a light dusting of powder.
Rachel Bilson
Bryce Dallas Howard
Katy Perry
U missed the point here... I think this post was meant for us to see the naturally beauty in not only these women, but also ourselves. It's showing celebrities are just like us and we are all beautiful. 😍💯 Just because it says celebrities "Without makeup" doesn't mean u gotta pick it apart and inspect it... Ohhh s**t guys look..👀 eye liner.. is that CONCEALER?!!! No.. As women we are supposed to support each other. Compliment one another and lift each other up. Just look at the freaking picture.... If it's light makeup it's still natural 👌💯
Load More Replies...She is so cute. She wears way too much make up regularly, imo. To each his own, but why slather on pounds of make up on such perfect skin?
Miley Cyrus
I think that this young artist deserves better than despise and hatred. She has an interresting voice. Have a look to the backyard sessions on YT. She is talented.
The problem is she won't let her talent speak for itself; she constantly made a spectacle of herself when there was no need. She should leave that behavior for no-talent hacks.
Load More Replies...All I can think of when I see her doing all of her over sexualized, attention seeking, crazy stunts is that her dad must be so embarrassed. His achy breaky heart breaks!
She's a little wackadoodle, but that's what makes artists interesting, and she's just getting started. Great voice too.
Malin Akerman
Sarah Hyland
Settle down, people. She has no makeup on but she is dying her hair and eyebrows. You can see this by looking at her hairline and how dark her scalp is.
Yes yet another one who doesnt count as she is clearly wearing makeup *L*
Just wrote this below statement to one specific person but I think you alllll missed the point unless I'm the only one that thought this article was supposed to be positive and uplifting towards women.....🤷 "U missed the point here... I think this post was meant for us to see the natural beauty in not only these women, but also ourselves. It's showing celebrities are just like us and we are all beautiful. 😍💯 Just because it says celebrities "Without makeup" doesn't mean u gotta pick it apart and inspect it... Ohhh s**t guys look..👀 eye liner.. is that CONCEALER?!!! No.. As women we are supposed to support each other. Compliment one another and lift each other up. Just look at the freaking picture.... If it's light makeup it's still natural 👌💯"
well that might be,. of course they're trimmed and styled but look at her hair... she's got plenty, i give her credit for her eyebrows to be natural here
Load More Replies...Ellie Goulding
I think she's just blowing a kiss, it's not a duckface...
Load More Replies...not relevant really to how one looks with or whithout make up
Load More Replies...Are you prettier? Show us a photo of yourself!
Load More Replies...Lupita Nyong'o
Abigail Spencer
Lol, my first reaction was "urgh look at that bacon!" I feel like I would break a tooth trying to take a bite of that 😂
Load More Replies...Rihanna
Gillian Jacobs
Sharon Stone
Demi Lovato
Zoe Isabella Kravitz
Ciara
Carrie Underwood
Alyssa Milano
Maybe no make-up but lots of filters applied to this one, so not really a true representation of her face without makeup. Not many, if any, people in their 40s would have skin all one perfect, flawless shade.
I love her! I loved her in Who's the Boss, Charmed and the first season of Mistresses!
Taylor Swift
Leighton Meester
Kate Bosworth
I can feel it in my bones - from this point onwards I will only be getting more annoyed as I list the makeup these women are obviously wearing. However, I am pretty sure there is some tiles I'd rather regrout. Before I go however, to the men who obviously compiled this list - learn to tell the difference between 'nude look' and 'no makeup'! You will save us women so much annoyance if you do.
Miranda Kerr
Kate Upton
¡Perrete! <3 I like her; no clue who she is, but she has a doggie, that's good enough ;)
Samira Wiley
Marion Cotillard
Chrissy Teigen
Lucy Hale
Zara Larsson
Nicole Scherzinger
The girl in the back should know that the thing she shows doesn't mean "victory". In 14 century it meant " fck u" xD
Ashley Graham
Naomi Campbell
Ashley Benson
Candice Swanepoel
Christy Turlington Burns
Elsa Hosk
Jessie J
Oprah Winfrey
Katie Couric
Nicole Richie
Are you prettier? Show us a picture of yourself!
Load More Replies...Shannen Doherty
Autum Reeser
Taylor Schilling
Priyanka Chopra
Martha Hunt
Karlie Kloss
Bar Refaeli
Alessandra Ambrosio
Heidi Klum
Yeah i think so too, some shading or contouring..
Load More Replies...Nicki Minaj
Looks like she's about to adopt four turtles with sick ninja skills and a never ending hunger for pizza
Britt Robertson
Elizabeth Banks
Melissa Joan Hart
Jennifer Hudson
Willow Shields
Rummer Willis
Lavrence Cox
Teresa Palmer
Aja Naomi King
Annasophia Robb
Lindsay Lohan
sorry but no. She has massive freckles. Yes she does have makeup on!!!
Iggy Azalea
Judy Greer
Sasha Pieterse
Amy Schumer
Emily Ratajkowski
Lily Aldridge
Sophia Bush
Bella Thorne
Behati Prinsloo
Martha Stewart
Arizona Muse
America Ferrera
I think this was after a marathon so she was probably thinking more about her achievements rather than her looks :))
Load More Replies...Barbara Streisand
Abbie Cornish
Diane Kruger
Madonna
well with lots of cash and the right plastic surgeon,you can.
Load More Replies...Bella Hadid
So tired of those two Hadid's. Without their mother pushing modeling and their money, they would be just like a gazillion of other pretty girls.
Lea Michele
Adriana Lima
Chelsea Handler
You mean they fotoshopped the red traces of sun burning on here noose and the wrinkles upon her eyebrows and everything? Wow, theses bastards...
Load More Replies...Just to be clear : I didn't upvote your comment because I think "they still look better than" you, i just had the same reflexion about myself ;p
Load More Replies...So many of these photos have filters applied. It's just like wearing makeup.
That and, they are still wearing makeup. Plenty of eyeliner, lip gloss, mascara, and powder to go around. Kudos to the ones who are actually not wearing makeup.
Load More Replies...I like this post a lot, especially because I am a girl in middle school. Most of my friends wear makeup every day, and sometimes I feel bad or lame for not doing the same. Mostly, I just couldn't care less, but it sucks to hear boys I know saying "Oh, she doesn't NEED makeup". I don't think anyone needs makeup, and to have people judging others for a personal choice is really annoying. Anyway, that's all for today :P
I agree. Makeup should just be for YOu. If you like wearing it, go for it. Otherwise, don't. People can be so critical about the way others look, it's awful. Just let people live!
Load More Replies...I didn't know half of these women, but they all look very beautiful! :)
Celebrities have merely maximized their genetic potential. Good grooming and expensive clothing go a long way.
I wonder how many of these photos are 100% makeup free... Oh well, still all lovely ladies, regardless!
Us who ? Most of them would look better than the average person, when they got out of bed. There is also a good reason for it : Hollywood, TV, the music industry, all employ mostly pretty people
What a stupid stupid article...they (almost) ALL looked great without make-up!
"no better than us". Sounds so demeaning... Sounds MEAN!!! ANYONE who beats his or her face for filth will look better... better 'than' me? I don't know, I look AMAZING with makeup. I look BETTER than my nomakeup self. Same as them.
Beats his or her face for filth? Is that an expression? What does it mean?
Load More Replies...I love that actresses are consider brave for taking a picture without makeup when we have men and women dying in wars.
Just to be clear : I didn't upvote your comment because I think "they still look better than" you, i just had the same reflexion about myself ;p
Load More Replies...So many of these photos have filters applied. It's just like wearing makeup.
That and, they are still wearing makeup. Plenty of eyeliner, lip gloss, mascara, and powder to go around. Kudos to the ones who are actually not wearing makeup.
Load More Replies...I like this post a lot, especially because I am a girl in middle school. Most of my friends wear makeup every day, and sometimes I feel bad or lame for not doing the same. Mostly, I just couldn't care less, but it sucks to hear boys I know saying "Oh, she doesn't NEED makeup". I don't think anyone needs makeup, and to have people judging others for a personal choice is really annoying. Anyway, that's all for today :P
I agree. Makeup should just be for YOu. If you like wearing it, go for it. Otherwise, don't. People can be so critical about the way others look, it's awful. Just let people live!
Load More Replies...I didn't know half of these women, but they all look very beautiful! :)
Celebrities have merely maximized their genetic potential. Good grooming and expensive clothing go a long way.
I wonder how many of these photos are 100% makeup free... Oh well, still all lovely ladies, regardless!
Us who ? Most of them would look better than the average person, when they got out of bed. There is also a good reason for it : Hollywood, TV, the music industry, all employ mostly pretty people
What a stupid stupid article...they (almost) ALL looked great without make-up!
"no better than us". Sounds so demeaning... Sounds MEAN!!! ANYONE who beats his or her face for filth will look better... better 'than' me? I don't know, I look AMAZING with makeup. I look BETTER than my nomakeup self. Same as them.
Beats his or her face for filth? Is that an expression? What does it mean?
Load More Replies...I love that actresses are consider brave for taking a picture without makeup when we have men and women dying in wars.
