Pamela Anderson explained heartbreaking reason she no longer wears makeup to events
Pamela Anderson shared the reason that she decided to stop wearing makeup completely.
Anderson, 57, developed a distinctive look in with her smokey eye and over-lined lips which became an iconic look for her back in the 90s and 2000s.
But despite how associated this look became with her, Anderson go on to make the decision to ditch makeup altogether.
It comes after Anderson stunned on the red carpet at the Academy Museum Gala, wearing a white blouse paired with a long and flowing mint green skirt and her hair done up into curls.
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While there's no doubt that she can pull off a great look with no makeup, Anderson has previously spoken about the sad reason that she made the decision.
In August 2023 Anderson walked out at Paris Fashion Week wearing no makeup, and would later say that she had decided to not wear makeup as she didn't feel like she wanted to anymore after her makeup artist Alexis Vogel died of breast cancer in 2019.
Since then, Anderson explained that she has just not had the heart to wear makeup without Alexis there, and has also reflected more broadly on what makeup and beauty mean for her.
"She was the best," Anderson said of Vogel's death and their working relationship during an interview with Elle.
"And since then, I just felt, without Alexis, it’s just better for me not to wear makeup," she continued.
Not only that, but Anderson would even say that her decision to go without makeup had been 'freeing, and fun, and a little rebellious' for her.
During a recent appearance at the 2024 Gotham Film Awards - where she had received a nomination for her role in Gia Coppola's drama film - Anderson reflected further on her decision to go makeup-free, as well as what it felt like for her to wear makeup during filming.
"I love to wear makeup too sometimes," she explained to PEOPLE.
"It has a time and a place. I just feel in my personal life, it just didn't really make sense."
The actress then went on to reflect on what 'beauty' means to her, adding: "Being brave and living your dreams. It's never too late."
Ditching makeup isn't the only lifestyle change Anderson has made in recent years, with the actress previously explaining why she decided to leave Hollywood behind - and how leaving cosmetics behind factored into this.
"[It] was the beginning of me letting go of the image I had always had of myself," she told Better Homes and Gardens magazine.
As to why she decided to move back to her native Canada, Anderson added: "I was not in a good space when I moved back to Canada. I don’t know what happened over the last few decades, but I feel now so far removed from the image of who I was. I felt very sad and lonely.
"It came to a point where I decided to move home and disappear and get into my garden."
Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Pamela Anderson, Lifestyle
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