Pamela Anderson Says She Stopped Wearing Makeup After the Death of Her Makeup Artist

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Pamela Anderson is opening up about her glam evolution, revealing why she's been putting a fresh face forward in recent years.

In an interview with published on Thursday, the 56-year-old alum shares that she didn't often have a say in her appearance during the early days of her career. «I just went along with what people were telling me what to do,» she says.

In 2019, Anderson's makeup artist, Alexis Vogel, died from breast cancer. The loss put Anderson's perspective on beauty in sharp perspective. «She was the best,» Anderson says of Vogel. «And since then, I just felt, without Alexis, it's just better for me not to wear makeup.» Calling her new minimalist aesthetic «freeing, and fun, and a little rebellious too,» Anderson notes that she's always been one to buck trends. «I did notice that there were all these people doing big makeup looks, and it's just like me to go against the grain and do the opposite of what everyone's doing,» she admits. «I think we all start looking a little funny when we get older,» the actress continues. «And I’m kind of laughing at myself when I look at the mirror.

I go, 'Wow, this is really...what’s happening to me?' It’s a journey.»Anderson's interview coincides with her fall 2023 campaign for Aritzia's Babaton collection, which sees the fashion icon posing in business attire at her rustic home on Vancouver Island in Canada.