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Alicia Keys’ Bare Look
Behind the Singer’s Choice to Go Makeup Free
In 2016, singer, songwriter, and producer Alicia Keys made a commitment to go makeup free. Since then, the star has been photographed with a minimal to makeup-free look at many high-profile occasions, including last
While writing songs for her new album, Keys began to put words to what she’d been feeling. In one song, she wrote, “What if I don’t want to put on all that makeup / Who says I must conceal what I’m made of.” It was the beginning of understanding how her choices about her outward appearance had been based on “hiding a piece of who you are in order to fit into a picture of what others see as perfection.” If the lyrics were the beginning, a photoshoot for the album was the catalyst for her no-makeup commitment. Her photographer wanted to take photos that reflected the raw, real tone of the album. Keys was nervous — she’d walked into the studio in a scarf and sweatshirt, having just left the gym. But she decided to go with the untouched look. In the process, she found the intentions she’d put forth in her songwriting realized. “I swear it is the strongest, most empowered, most free, and most honestly beautiful that I have ever felt,” Keys writes about the shoot. While she still enjoys wearing makeup whenever she feels like it, Keys is no longer covering up who she is. “Not my face, not my mind, not my soul,” she declares.
year’s Grammy Awards and the 2016 MTV Awards. Fans and other stars have followed suit, posting #nomakeup selfies on Instagram and Facebook. But despite all the press, the 15-time Grammy Award winner is clear that she’s not anti-makeup. In fact, the decision wasn’t about makeup. “I love my lip gloss, I love my blush, I love my eyeliner. It’s not about that,” Keys said in a press conference. “It has to do with who you are, what makes you feel good, how you want to express that.” She enjoys using makeup, but was sick of feeling like she needed it to be accepted. “I was really starting to feel like that — that, as I am, I was not good enough for the world to see,” Keys said.
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