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Today it might hard to remember a time when Alicia Keys, goddess of all things good and makeup free, actually wore makeup regularly. After declaring herself free of the stuff last June, her name became synonymous with natural beauty, her example responsible for an overhaul of our morning routines.
Keys recently explained that makeup and the effect it had on the skin made her feel “even more self-conscious, objectified and judged” in the early days of her career. But take a look back at her beauty looks of yesteryear, and you’d never know it. Her wide range of bold looks included bright eyeshadows, deep lips and more epic hairstyles than we can count.
Of course, starting with a pretty fabulous canvas helps, but looking back at our our favorite Alicia Keys beauty moments only solidifies that she’s simply stunning, both with makeup and without.
In honor of her birthday on Jan. 25, join us in fallin’ down one seriously gorgeous memory lane.
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2001Ron Galella via Getty ImagesAt the 15th annual Soul Train Awards
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2001SGranitz via Getty ImagesAt the 7th annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards
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2001Jeff Kravitz via Getty ImagesDuring an MTV rehearsal at the Metropolitan Opera House
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2001John Rogers via Getty ImagesAt the MTV Europe Awards
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2002Frank Trapper via Getty ImagesAt the Essence Awards
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2002SGranitz via Getty ImagesAt the Grammy Awards
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2002Tony Barson Archive via Getty ImagesAt the MTV Europe Music Awards
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2003KMazur via Getty ImagesAt Clive Davis' Pre-Grammy Party
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2003Jean-Paul Aussenard via Getty ImagesAt the VIBE Awards
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2004SGranitz via Getty ImagesAt Clive Davis' Pre-Grammy Party
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2004Dan MacMedan via Getty ImagesAt the Grammys
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2004Evan Agostini via Getty ImagesAt the Palais des Festivals during the 57th International Cannes Film Festival
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2004Stephen Lovekin via Getty ImagesAt the 19th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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2005Scott Gries via Getty ImagesOn MTV's "TRL"
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2005Carley Margolis via Getty ImagesOn MTV's "TRL"
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2006Bryan Bedder via Getty ImagesOn MTV's "TRL"
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2006Jon Kopaloff via Getty ImagesAt Clive Davis' Pre-Grammy Party
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2006Bennett Raglin via Getty ImagesAt the Tribeca Rooftop in New York, New York
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2007Scott Wintrow via Getty Imagesat BET's "106 & Park" at BET Studios
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2007Michael Loccisano via Getty ImagesAt MTV's "TRL"
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2007Jim Spellman via Getty ImagesAt Z100's Jingle Ball
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2008Philip Ramey Photography, LLC via Getty Images, XPOSUREPHOTOS.COMAt the Black Ball
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2008Frazer Harrison via Getty ImagesAt the BET Awards
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2008Jon Kopaloff via Getty ImagesAt the American Music Awards
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2009NBC NewsWire via Getty ImagesOn the "Today" show
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2009ROBYN BECK via Getty ImagesAt the American Music Awards
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2009George Napolitano via Getty ImagesAt the Collette Blanchard Gallery in New York, NY
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2010Bryan Bedder via Getty Imagesat the Gotham Magazine annual gala presented by Bing
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2010Jamie McCarthy via Getty ImagesAt a screening of 'Biutiful' hosted by the Cinema Society
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2010rune hellestad via Getty ImagesAt the Keep a Child Alive Black Ball
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2011Kevin Mazur via Getty ImagesIn the portrait studio at the iHeartRadio Music Festival
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2011Walter McBride via Getty ImagesAt the opening night after party for "Stick Fly"
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2011Maury Phillips via Getty ImagesAt the BET Awards
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2012Luca Teuchmann via Getty ImagesAt the the MTV EMAs
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2012Stephane Cardinale - Corbis via Getty ImagesAt the Givenchy Fall/Winter 2012/2013 show at Paris Fashion week
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2013Juan Naharro Gimenez via Getty ImagesAt the 40 Principales Awards
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2013Raymond Hall via Getty ImagesOn "Good Morning America"
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2013Juan Naharro Gimenez via Getty ImagesAt the 40 Principales Awards photo call
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2014John Lamparski via Getty ImagesAt the book release of "Blue Moon: From The Journals Of Mama Mae & LeeLee"
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2014Steve Granitz via Getty ImagesAt the Grammy Awards
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2014Daniel Zuchnik via Getty ImagesAt the Social Good Summit at 92Y
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2015Kevin Mazur via Getty ImagesAt the Tidal launch event #TIDALforALL
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2015Lars Niki via Getty ImagesAt "Billboard Women in Music"
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2015Michael Loccisano via Getty ImagesAt the Harlem School of the Arts 50th anniversary kickoff
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2016Clemens Bilan via Getty ImagesAt the ''The Voice Of Germany" finals
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2016NBC via Getty ImagesAt a photo call for "The Voice"
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2016Allen Berezovsky via Getty ImagesAt the MTV Video Music Awards
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2016Jason LaVeris via Getty ImagesAt the BET Awards
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2016Gary Gershoff via Getty ImagesPerforming in Times Square
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2017Noam Galai via Getty ImagesAt the Women's March on Washington