Gwyneth Paltrow announces she's abandoning makeup as she 'really hates' wearing it

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Gwyneth Paltrow, 50, is no stranger to getting glammed up, as those who have followed her decades-long acting career will be aware, but she's now shared the truth about her ambivalence for makeup.The self-confessed tomboy admitted in a new podcast that she dislikes it so much she now almost never wears it.Chatting to reality star Kim Kardashian during the latest episode of the Goop podcast, Gwyneth - who ditched acting to start her own wellness brand - confesses she feels better when she's au naturel."I barely ever wear makeup...

I really hate it. I wanna scrape it off my face," she shuddered, adding: "I'm such a tomboy on that one."Kim, whose career has been built on her glamorous looks, sympathised that she has "started to feel that way too".Admitting that she only wears makeup day-to-day if she's filming or out on the town, she declared: "I don't wear as much as I did."I think that started in quarantine [when I had] nowhere to go," she explained.Meanwhile, Gwyneth has begun to embrace the natural look following her decision to retire from acting to focus on her lifestyle brand Goop.She was at the top of her game at the turn of the century, after winning an Academy Award for her performance in Shakespeare in Love - but she wasn't totally content.She explained her decision to quit, which attracted a backlash from disappointed fans, by telling the world that after she won the coveted Oscar, she felt people were no longer rooting for her.Instead, at a new height of fame, she despaired that people "were wanting to tear me down and take pleasure in it".However, she revealed on US channel NBC that she saw the experience as "a really beautiful lesson in knowing who you are...