Alicia Keys dominated headlines after showing up to the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 28 wearing no makeup. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) Makeup-free and looking amazing. Here’s why I think people are upset. First, she’s not just doing her own thing —she's trying to make a statement. Keys declared she would start going makeup-free back in May, noting that she feels liberated to rock the simple look and even finds it refreshing to show her true self. But she later wrote in Lena Dunham's newsletter, Lenny: 'I hope to God it's a revolution.' ![]() ![]() ![]() And second, while the idea of saving all that time, money and mental energy we spend putting on a face is exciting, the lamentable fact is that most of us can’t afford to skip it. Y'all, me choosing to be makeup free doesn't mean I'm anti-makeup. ?? — Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) And then there’s the confidence factor. A 2011 survey showed that two-thirds of women who turned up for a job sans makeup said it was more stressful than a job interview or a first date, according to UK wellness conference The Vitality Show. Of the 3,000 woman polled, 70% of them said they would never want bosses or colleagues to see them barefaced around the office — let alone on stage in front of MTV's entire viewership. Only on Friday, the 'Girl on Fire' singer went on 'Today' to proclaim that baring all was like 'not covering up your true self.' Host and fellow pretty person Tamron Hall promptly whipped out facial towelettes and wiped her face clean. While that made for good TV and it’s nice that Keys thinks she’s starting a revolution (complete with hashtag, of course, #NoMakeup), our society is based on looks — and that’s not changing any time soon. At best, hers is a revolution for pretty people to. Still be pretty. FREE Download Alicia Keys So Simple Mp3. Bitrate: 320 kbps - File Type: MP3 - Source: MP3Barn. Truth is, the famous millionaire looks gorgeous either way and in this shallow society, not everyone can wake up, go outside and expect not to be judged. Keys, with and without. (James Devaney/Kevin Mazur) A 2011 Harris poll showed that nearly half of 1,200 women surveyed felt bad about themselves if they weren't wearing any makeup. Again, not the way things should be, but it sure is the way they are. And it's not very likely that women are going to be embraced for their bad skin and dark circles just because one famous musician said so. ![]() ![]() 'If my skin was as nice as @aliciakeys I'd wear no makeup but my skin is pizza so there's that,' one Twitter user wrote. From album: Alicia Keys (born Alicia J. Augello-Cook on January 25, 1980) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, actress, philanthropist, and author who has sold over twenty-five million records worldwide and has won numerous awards, including nine Grammy Awards, eleven Billboard Music Awards, and three American Music Awards. Keys is an only child born to an Irish-Italian mother, Teresa 'Terri' Augello (a paralegal and part-time actress), and a Jamaican father, Craig Cook (a flight attendant),[3] in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York. Alicia Keys (born Alicia J. Augello-Cook on January 25, 1980) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, actress, philanthropist, and author who has sold over twenty-five million records worldwide and has won numerous awards, including nine Grammy Awards, eleven Billboard Music Awards, and three American Music Awards. Keys is an only child born to an Irish-Italian mother, Teresa 'Terri' Augello (a paralegal and part-time actress) Alicia Keys (born Alicia J. Augello-Cook on January 25, 1980) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, actress, philanthropist, and author who has sold over twenty-five million records worldwide and has won numerous awards, including nine Grammy Awards, eleven Billboard Music Awards, and three American Music Awards. Keys is an only child born to an Irish-Italian mother, Teresa 'Terri' Augello (a paralegal and part-time actress), and a Jamaican father, Craig Cook (a flight attendant),[3] in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York.
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