Alicia Keys "No Make Up"

[Anonymous]

I love Alicia Keys. Her talent and beauty are undeniable and I think she looked like a goddess at the Grammys. BUT, here is a little vent. Her "no make up" stance.....I mean, come on....her "no make up" look was totally created WITH make up. Her face and her beautifully radiant, glowing chest, WITH make up. I guess what bothers me is that she makes this big statement about "I'm tired of caring so much what others think" like it is supposed to be this liberating thing and instead she puts in as much effort still to look like she isn't trying. If the point is to lift women up and inspire them to be themselves, is it really helpful to pretend that she is going natural, when she really isn't? There are articles out there about the layers of oils, foundations, shimmery products and process of jade rolling etc. to the tune of hundreds of dollars to achieve her effortless look. Just because she isn't wearing obvious colors on her face, is this really any more "real"???

[Anonymous]

I get your point. But at the same time, I found that every time I see her I'm a little startled by how little makeup she's wearing. And I'm not even that into makeup! So it's having an impact, even if she does still have some sort of rigorous beauty routine I can't keep up with.

I still find it every refreshing and nice to see.

[Anonymous]

Love her in every way

[Anonymous]

There are articles out where she's talking about sometimes wearing makeup again -- the point being she not a "slave" to makeup anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are articles out where she's talking about sometimes wearing makeup again -- the point being she not a "slave" to makeup anymore.

Maybe not to make up in the conventional ways that most women wear it, but still not any less preoccupied with how she looks. I don't see the big liberating difference here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love her in every way

Every way but her scumbag husband, who helped steal millions from poor Malays.

[Anonymous]

Well I saw her over a decade ago in concert and the camera zoomed in on her face. Her skin looked really bad mainly dry. It's not surprising to me that she went this route. Her skin now looks really really good. It's obvious she's using a little makeup and oils to get the glow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love her in every way

Me, too.

[Anonymous]

She was "dating" her husband when he was someone else's husband so she I stopped paying her anything but dust long ago

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love her in every way

Me, too.

Me three. I took my DD for her first concert to see Alicia Keys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get your point. But at the same time, I found that every time I see her I'm a little startled by how little makeup she's wearing. And I'm not even that into makeup! So it's having an impact, even if she does still have some sort of rigorous beauty routine I can't keep up with.

I still find it every refreshing and nice to see.

This!

[Anonymous]

She hasn’t released a good song since she stole that lady’s husband. But I loved her music in high school.

Also she clearly wears makeup (perhaps not as much as other celebs?) but her skin has really improved since she has adopted her “no makeup” stance so if she likes it I love it.

[Anonymous]

She’s immensely talented and seems like a nice person (didn’t know about any husband stealing). But she looked totally 100% average on DM pics from the airport yesterday. That leads me to think she had a good amount of primping going on at the Grammys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love Alicia Keys. Her talent and beauty are undeniable and I think she looked like a goddess at the Grammys. BUT, here is a little vent. Her "no make up" stance.....I mean, come on....her "no make up" look was totally created WITH make up. Her face and her beautifully radiant, glowing chest, WITH make up. I guess what bothers me is that she makes this big statement about "I'm tired of caring so much what others think" like it is supposed to be this liberating thing and instead she puts in as much effort still to look like she isn't trying. If the point is to lift women up and inspire them to be themselves, is it really helpful to pretend that she is going natural, when she really isn't? There are articles out there about the layers of oils, foundations, shimmery products and process of jade rolling etc. to the tune of hundreds of dollars to achieve her effortless look. Just because she isn't wearing obvious colors on her face, is this really any more "real"???

Her beauty has also been enhanced by two rhinoplasty procedures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She was "dating" her husband when he was someone else's husband so she I stopped paying her anything but dust long ago

Why? That’s bizarre...