15 Celebrities With Stunning Freckles

Honoring natural beauty notes will always be in style.

Let’s talk about freckles. Whether you’re born with your constellation, you’ve collected them over time (with some help of the sun, of course), or you apply them to your complexion with a pen or pencil crafted for the purpose, a speckling across the nose and cheeks can come with some decidedly retro connotations. From bucolic to girl-next-door authentic to ‘70s sun-kissed, modern freckles prove the confidence to allow natural skin to enjoy the spotlight.

While decades past may have found those who come by freckles naturally covering them up in favor of a singular pigment, freckles tend to further contemporary beauty moments. Whether by balancing strong makeup choices or simply announcing an eschewal of foundation, freckles offer a softness. These days, freckle pens and pencils transmute the flecks of pigment into something to be sought, evidence that honoring natural beauty notes will always be in style.

Emma Stone

Emma Stone may be a natural blonde, but her gentle freckles help make her oft-worn red seem a natural shade. Though the actor has claimed to have disliked and covered her freckles in the past, these days she leaves them on display—likely inspiring others to do the same.

Rachel Bilson

Even a small assemblage of freckles can make a strong statement. With a beauty look that could easily veer into bombshell territory (hello, Summer Roberts), Rachel Bilson’s freckled nose allows for a cutesy counter.

Rashida Jones

Even a small assemblage of freckles can make a strong statement. With a beauty look that could easily veer into bombshell territory (hello, Summer Roberts), Rachel Bilson’s freckled nose allows for a cutesy counter.

Erin Heatherton

Some freckled faces serve as instant signals of summertime. A commingling of freckles and buttery blonde offer Erin Heatherton a naturally sun-kissed look.

Zoë Kravitz

Zoe Kravitz’s beauty is a study in done-meets-undone, and her freckles lend to the aesthetic. Mussed micro braids and a sharp cat eye is offered further balance via the actor’s soft and subtle freckles, which she typically leaves on full display.

Devon Aoki

Freckles are instantly warming, a quality that Devon Aoki plays up with gingered lengths and tawny nude lips.

Meghan Markle

The Duchess of Sussex gives freckles the royal treatment. While Megan Markle tends to favor onyx liner and mascara, she keeps her freckles on full display, leading to beauty looks that are holistically approachable and soft.

Emma Watson

A small collection of freckles dotted across the nose further Emma Watson’s natural brand of beauty. Add brushed-up brows and a rosy cheek and lip, and the actor quickly becomes a hallmark of the organic English rose.

Salem Mitchell

For a collection of freckles so singular that they serve as an accessory in their own right, look to Salem Mitchell. The model’s generous collection of freckles is unique and striking, the natural adornments coalesce over her nose and around her lips, acting as organic punctuation and enhancement (and lending to some truly memorable makeup looks).

Lucy Liu

Lucy Liu’s freckles are all about placement. While she does enjoy the usual bridge of pigment across the nose, the bulk of the actor’s freckles sit high on each cheekbone, naturally drawing attention to her already aspirational bone structure.

Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson’s recent (and wholehearted) embrace of her natural beauty has revealed luminous skin and a soft scatter of freckles. While Anderson’s past penchant for a full face of makeup was glamorous in its own right, there’s something sweet and earnest about her freckle reveal, furthering the case for aesthetic authenticity.

Adwoa Aboah

From her buzz cut to her face full of freckles, Adwoa Aboah is a poster child for come-as-you-are beauty. Pinpricks of pigment decorate the model’s face, a visual gift that she honors by leaving her skin unobscured by camouflaging foundation.

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