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Best Barefaced Celebrity Selfies Of 2020

Celebrities posted more selfies sans makeup this year than ever before. Here are some of our favorite ones.
Best Barefaced Celebrity Selfies Of 2020
By Blake Newby · Updated December 30, 2020
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With so much upheaval in the world, makeup was a priority low on many people’s list this year, celebrities included. With more time relegated to the home than ever before, our favorite singers, actresses and socialites gave us more intimate peeks into their personal lives in more ways than one. It explains why barefaced selfies ultimately dominated social media in all of 2020, making celebs feel more relatable than ever, and serving as a comfort of sorts knowing that we’re all in this together. For many of us, this has been a year of relearning and falling in love again—or for the first time—with the skin we’re in.

So, let’s get barefaced. Check out 30+ makeup-less celebrity selfies that we loved this year and that you will, too.

  1. Gabrielle Union
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2. Yara Shahidi

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3. Nia Long

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4. Megan Thee Stallion

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5. Rihanna

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6. Cynthia Bailey

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7. Eva Marcille

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8. Teyana Taylor

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9. Yvonne Orji

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10. Sanaa Lathan

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11. Regina King

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12. Lizzo

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13. Ari Lennox

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14. Halle Berry

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15. Zoe Kravitz

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16. Jayda Cheaves

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17. Jackie Aina

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18. JT

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19. Justine Skye

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20. Willow Smith

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21. Jordyn Woods

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22. Octavia Spencer

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23. Supa Cent

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24. Savannah James

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25. Kelly Rowland

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26. Tia Mowry

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27. Indya Moore

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28. Erykah Badu

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29. Janet Mock

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30. Jill Scott

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31. Naomi Campbell

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32. Tika Sumpter

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33. Queen Latifah

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34. Winnie Harlow

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35. Keyshia Cole

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36. Tracee Ellis Ross

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