Before I sit down to interview Pamela Anderson, I'm staring at myself in the mirror, about to swipe on mascara and dot concealer under my eyes like I always do. As my hand is hovering over my products, I decide to forgo it—because I know all too well that, on the other end of the screen, Anderson won't be wearing any makeup. The 57-year-old, who has been publicly makeup-free since Paris Fashion Week in late 2023, doesn't disappoint—she pops up on Zoom wearing thick-rimmed glasses (she tells me she bought them at a drugstore in Barcelona for a couple of dollars, because "it's not an investment I want to make") and not even a stitch of makeup.
Anderson's makeup-free era has been making waves in the news. It's refreshing to see a famous woman embrace her natural features, but it's particularly inspiring to see someone who's long been known for her iconic beauty looks pare down (though she does still occasionally opt for a bold lip on the red carpet). Though Anderson is known for her razor-thin eyebrows, ink-black smokey eyes, and chestnut-lined lips, she doesn't like to revisit her famous beauty looks. In fact, she doesn't want her past to define her at all.
"I don't look back," she says. "I'm only looking forward and interested in what I'm doing now. Your past doesn't define you. Yes, I've had a really wonderful, exciting, messy life, and I get to draw from my life experience when I'm working. I've learned a lot of lessons. Of course, looking back, I can think, oh, maybe I would have done this or that differently, but I would never have known how to do that without the life experience I have now." |
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