News and Trends Interviews Iskra Lawrence Explains Why It's Good to Ditch Your Makeup Sometimes The model shares why she likes to ditch all makeup from time to time. By Mara Santilli Mara Santilli Mara Santilli is a freelance journalist reporting on health and wellness and how social and political systems influence the well-being of certain groups, including but not limited to Black and brown communities, women, and the LGBTQ+ community. In her writing and editing work, she strives to provide adequate, compassionate space to the issues affecting these communities. Shape's editorial guidelines Published on February 27, 2018 Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images. Going makeup-free now and then is a welcome cleanse for your skin and can actually make you feel more confident, research shows. ( What Happened When Our Beauty Editor Gave Up Makeup for Three Weeks To go one step further, challenge yourself to post a makeup-free photo to Instagram. Body positive advocate and AerieReal role model Iskra Lawrence is a fan of sharing the occasional makeup-free selfie, and considers herself an early adopter of real-talk posts. "When I joined Instagram, I began sharing my raw photos along with my raw and honest thoughts and feelings," Lawrence says. "At that time no other models were doing that, and I found that my followers really related to it. The result was an intimate, special connection I still have with them." Even if you don't have Lawrence's 4 million follower base, your display of self-love might inspire a similar connection. By embracing your bare face and showing it off, you might move someone else to do the same. (Get inspired: Our Favorite No-Makeup Celebrity Selfies) Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit