Since the age of seven, Selena Gomez has been interested in makeup as she began her career in the industry as a child actress.
However, as the pop icon got older, she previously admitted to interviewers that her relationship with cosmetics became unhealthy.
She explained in the interview with deer“You’re so young and then you work. I had professionals doing my makeup, and suddenly I could look 25 when I was 16, which was crazy.”
Then I felt like, “Oh, I look so young all the time.” I need to achieve this look more. I should try it.” “It made me question my beauty,” she said in 2021.
But sooner rather than later, maturity seeped in, Selena said Marie Claire In 2024 that their relationship is now healthy.
“I got healthier as I got older. I wanted to wear makeup to look older or to look like other people,” she revealed.
“Now I have a lot of fun with makeup, like doing my friends’ makeup or my own makeup. I want to highlight the features that make me unique instead of covering them up.”
To illustrate this point, Selena recently shared a no-makeup selfie on her Instagram Story, looking stunning and radiant, which was a stark contrast to her glossy look at the 2026 Golden Globes.
Moreover, her passion for beauty also led her to found Rare Beauty, a cosmetics company in 2020.