Pamela Anderson on Her Makeup-Free Looks: 'I'm Doing It For Myself'

glamour.com:

is well aware of her beauty icon status.It's the reason she teamed up with Smashbox Cosmetics for its “Isn't It Iconic” campaign to celebrate the equally iconic Photo Finish Primer.

Shot by Davis Factor, photographer and founder of Smashbox Cosmetics, the shoot brings together two ‘90s beauty legends: (the first-ever makeup primer to hit the market) and Anderson (actor, author, and bonafide beauty chameleon.)“Doing Smashbox was fun for me because it was kind of a wink to the past,” Anderson tells Glamour. “Let's just do something fun, like a link to the past, to the '90s, kind of when both of us kind of came alive and grew next to each other.”It turns out, Anderson and Smashbox go way back. “I've known Davis Factor for a long time,” she says. “He was one of the first photographers outside of Playboy that I shot with.

I love history and that connection. There's always a personal story behind every decision that I make, and I always feel like that's where the stars align.”Although Anderson is glammed up in the shoot, she's worn a much more natural look in recent months.

In September 2023, the actor made headlines when she attended Paris Fashion Week with a . Anderson isn't done with makeup completely (more on that later) but insists that it's a part of her new beauty philosophy.“It's not taking myself so seriously,” she says. “There's obviously this campaign and with my own skincare line—I'm really embracing self-acceptance.