Lady Gaga Looks Almost Unrecognizable in This Glowing No-Makeup Selfie

From Prevention

Lady Gaga is known for sharing her realest self on social media, and that includes a no-makeup Instagram selfie now and again. The Haus Laboratories founder loves her makeup (she created a whole brand, after all!), but she chose a bare-faced, natural look to share some kind words with fans.

“Thinking about the world and sending love. I walk in circles and reflect sometimes about what I want to say. I want to say I love you,” the “Rain on Me” singer, 34, captioned the photo—which highlighted just how amazing her makeup-free skin looks:

Gaga didn’t get that gorgeous skin by accident—she works hard at it. Her longtime makeup artist, Sarah Tanno, told TODAY that Gaga has “the most incredible skin in the business,” and apparently she’s big into face masks from Talika.

“They have one for everything you need,” Tanno said. “I love to give the hydrating one to Gaga on a flight to keep the skin hydrated. The anti-aging one is great for makeup prep because it tightens the pores and leaves the skin really smooth for application. They have a purifying one I like after we do a show to help detox the skin after heavier looks and sweating on stage.”

Gaga is also big on using cult-favorite skincare products like Ole Henriksen’s Truth Serum and Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentrate moisturizer. The moisturizer doubles as a makeup remover too, and Gaga told Allure she loves to use it for that purpose: “I’m kind of old-school. I put it all over my face and just wipe it off.”

Gaga also gets regular facials. Her facialist, Joomee Song, an esthetician and owner of Faceworks Inc., told Refinery 29 that Gaga was big into doing a scrub with hyaluronic acid to help minimize redness before shooting closeups for American Horror Story. “Instead of acids or granules, I use a piece of gauze as a physical exfoliant and hydrating emollient products to get her glow,” Song said. “Your skin already has the ability to shed its dead skin cells, and my goal is to support what your skin can do. So, I massage in a brightening serum and then literally scrape it off with the gauze."

And, of course, Gaga is big on sun protection: She told Allure that her favorite sunscreen brand is Supergoop. The results? Straight-up stunning.

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