Kim Kardashian Wears Less Makeup as a Mom

Photo: Elle UK

In the January issue of Elle UK, Kim Kardashian opens up about how her life has changed since she gave birth to her first child with her husband, Kanye West. One of the biggest changes the star says she has made? Wearing less makeup. “I used to wear a lot and I think that’s why I looked like I had work done,” she tells the magazine. “I just wanted to be skin-to-skin with her, no makeup in the way.”

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From what we see of Kim Kardashian—which is a lot, thanks to the paparazzi and Instagram—her full makeup days far outnumber the bare-faced ones. She did post a couple of makeup-free selfies on her Instagram account over the summer (both got over 500K likes) but to us, it doesn’t look like her contouring and full, thick lashes are going anywhere.

Kardashian also talks to the magazine about confidence, saying it’s taken her a long time to get to where she is today after growing up with a lot of body image issues. “I am a confident woman, but I didn’t just arrive confident—it has built over the years and that is a big part of who I am now,” she says.

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And what does West think of her new beauty look? “Kanye loves me more natural. I think all men like less makeup on women. I think it’s sexier,” Kardashian tells Elle UK. Makeup or not, we don’t think looking sexy and confident is going to pose a problem for her.