This site uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising.
By continuing to browse, you agree to the use of cookies described in our Cookies Policy.
You may change your settings at any time but this may impact on the functionality of the site.
To learn more see our Cookies Policy.
FRESH FROM PERFORMING at the Champions League Final in Milan last weekend and ahead of her appearance on Graham Norton tonight, Alicia Keys is in the spotlight for a whole other reason.
We all get to a point in our lives (especially girls) where we try to be perfect.
And Keys then went on to describe her time in school:
Or how about in junior high school? Where all the “pretty” girls are wearing lipstick and eyeliner and mascara. Some of them are so skilled they even look like those models in every magazine you ever read — the ones who made you feel slightly uncomfortable with yourself or misrepresented or just unseen.
And since she has stopped wearing makeup, it’s been a revelation:
Advertisement
“I swear it is the strongest, most empowered, most free, and most honestly beautiful that I have ever felt”
cause I don’t want to cover up anymore. Not my face, not my mind, not my soul, not my thoughts, not my dreams, not my struggles, not my emotional growth. Nothing.
So many women have applauded her honesty
Alicia Keys helped me appreciate my natural freckles ❤
Monday 25 November, 2024
Monday 25 November, 2024
Download our app
Alicia Keys has spoken about why she has completely stopped wearing makeup
FRESH FROM PERFORMING at the Champions League Final in Milan last weekend and ahead of her appearance on Graham Norton tonight, Alicia Keys is in the spotlight for a whole other reason.
She wrote an essay for Lena Dunham’s LennyLetter this week outlining why she no longer wears makeup.
She’s written how she tried to fit in for years by wearing makeup but decided against recently
She began:
And Keys then went on to describe her time in school:
And since she has stopped wearing makeup, it’s been a revelation:
“I swear it is the strongest, most empowered, most free, and most honestly beautiful that I have ever felt”
Her essay finished on this note:
So many women have applauded her honesty
“Do what makes you feel good”
Whoops!
We couldn't find this Tweet
Some questioned whether her stance might be applied to others unfairly
Whoops!
We couldn't find this Tweet
But for the most part her honest assessment of her choices has gone down well
Whoops!
We couldn't find this Tweet
You can read the full essay over on LennyLetter.com now.
DailyEdge is on Snapchat! Tap the button below to add!
More These lads were spotted having a lovely pool party for themselves on a Dublin rooftop>
More There’s a new 60-second pizza place in Dublin giving out free grub on Friday>
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
Alicia Keys I don't wanna cover up Keys makeup