Alicia keys vegetarian: How To Achieve Alicia Keys’ No Makeup Look
How To Achieve Alicia Keys’ No Makeup Look
Have you seen Alicia Keys lately? Because the girl looks bomb. Not that she hasn’t always, but right now feels like a bit of a moment for her. No one answered yesterday’s Open Thread by just posting this photo of her (yet), but they may as well have. Alicia Keys is summer beauty goals.
And I think she knows it, too. Back in June the 35-year-old singer penned a personal essay for Lenny Letter, attributing her new, #nomakeup (hashtag theirs, not ours) look to a shoot she did with Paola Kudacki fresh from the gym. “My face was totally raw,” she writes. “I had on a sweatshirt! As far as I was concerned, this was my quick run-to-the-shoot-so-I-can-get-ready look, not the actual photoshoot look. So I asked her, ‘Now?! Like right now? I want to be real, but this might be too real!!'”
Tom’s said it before and I’ll say it again: Paola Kudacki is a genius. But I’d argue Alicia’s fresh, clean look isn’t so far from her original brand of realness.
If anything, feels more on brand then a lot of what she’s done in the past. To confirm (and also just to chat), I spoke with Dotti, Alicia’s longtime friend and makeup artist who was also on set that day with Paola. For reference, Dotti did that cover of Allure where Bella Hadid looks so nice and natural. If there’s a woman who can make you look like the best version of yourself while simultaneously making you look like you’ve never even heard of makeup, it’s Dotti. So sit back, press play on “In Common,” and read on for product recommendations and a bit more on why skin will forever and always be in.
So, Alicia looks so good, right?
It’s a beautiful approach, isn’t it? It’s very elegant and very strong and very powerful, do you know what I mean? And you get to see more of her. She’s always had incredible eyes and freckles and things like that, but we get to relish in that now. And people don’t realize how young she still is! People forget because she’s been around for ages, but taking the makeup away reminds people of how young she is for some reason.
How did you start working together?
Six years ago, we met on set on an Italian Vogue story and she was actually pregnant with her first child, Egypt. We just gelled from the very beginning. I always eat very healthy—I’m a raw vegan person—so I gave her some of the food I was eating and there was a natural bonding there. We’re both very spiritual people.
What does Alicia’s new beauty direction say to you?
The look for this album, in my eyes, is just her growing as a woman and being more comfortable in and owning her beauty. She’s very strong with who she is. So the pared-down look was just the way to go. And it goes so well with her current sound because she goes out there on stage and she’s exploring and experimenting. It’s about enjoying life and just having fun.
Any secrets to achieving that glow if you’re not Alicia Keys?
One piece to note about her is that she is incredibly into acupuncture, exercise, and healthy eating.
That is a huge part of the condition of her skin—when you look after yourself on the interior, it automatically shines through on the exterior. I’m a huge believer of that and so is she. And in a way, that’s part of what she delivers when she sits down in my chair each time. Of course, there are a lot of elements to maintain in that—and people will find ways to not keep it all up—but they’re all important. When you see how good you feel and how good you look, not even in a vanity way, it just empowers you to live a healthier lifestyle and do more with it. I always want to deal with acne or things like that by addressing diet and stress and things like that instead of just covering it up. Alicia isn’t raw or vegan or anything, but she looks after her diet and eats in a very balanced way, which a lot of people do when you’ve got a lot on your plate to deal with. What goes into your body helps your mind and your spirit.
What’s your routine when she sits down in your makeup chair?
When she does come to me for makeup, I always work on bringing the texture of her skin to the front.
And also with her freckles! I just enhance what she brings to me. To start, we might do a mask to get some moisture in the skin. We do this lip treatment as well from Éminence—it’s three steps, so it’s nice to do if we have time. Éminence also has a nice rosehip mask that she’ll do, or we’ll do an SK-II mask. When we’re done, I do her lips with balms from 3Lab or Lanolips. I like both of those a lot because it’s the hardest thing to keep the lips hydrated and protected and they both work so well.
Even down to her eyebrows, we try to keep it natural. I’ll cut individual false eyelashes and use them on the eyebrow to have that realness. A lot of filled-in brows look like ink on skin, and then the light hits it and it looks sweaty or not real. There are ways to have a really heavy brow and look phenomenal, but in certain circumstances, it just looks more real to actually add to the texture. It makes you look younger!
Instead of foundation, we do a skin tint. There’s this Vita Liberata Self-Tanning Anti Age Serum and it’s great when you love your skin but you want to add that hue of life to it.
It just makes the skin look more alive—it gives a tan, but in a very natural way. A very golden hue.
And I have a thing for freckles. I’m obsessed with them. There’s this great felt pen by Anastasia in Universal Light and Universal Dark that helps bring them out in a very natural-looking way. If I bring any color to the cheeks, it’s just to highlight that youthfulness. Blush really helps bring a glow that people don’t realize is a little bit of makeup. The products I use change around a lot, but I do recommend Tarte’s stain. What you’re left with is the look of blood coming up to the skin like right after you’ve been exercising. For shade, we mix it up and she’s very lucky in that way because she can wear the blue reds, but she can also wear orange. She’s got a great palette.
There’s a beautiful brand called MV Organic Skincare and they make beautiful oils and rosewater. Sometimes I use the Instant Revival with the rose mist as a treatment. That alone makes her look really glowy and beautiful.
Because when you strip back all of the makeup, you begin to realize how youthful you actually are. Don’t get me wrong, there are times I love doing crazy, full-on makeup. But there is room for both. I happen to have a passion for skin. Not in a Hannibal Lecter way, but I definitely have a passion for it. [Laughs]
—as told to ITG
Alicia Keys – In Common
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Alicia Keys is planning a Vegan and Cruelty-Free Beauty Line
By Fabiana Buontempo
Alicia Keys is the epitome of a natural beauty.
In recent years, Keys has made it known that she goes makeup-free almost any chance she gets, whether it be to run errands, or on the red carpet. Keys has been vocal about how a bare face makes her feel. “It’s the strongest, most empowered, most free, and most honestly beautiful that I have ever felt,“ she said in Lena Dunham’s newsletter Lenny back in 2016.
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Thinking about u 🖤⚡️🖤
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It only seems fitting that the 39-year-old artist is teaming up with e.l.f Beauty to launch a new lifestyle brand, according to CNN. It is reported that e.l.f and Keys’ line of vegan and cruelty-free products are set to come out in 2021, according to The Beet.
The brand and Grammy-award winning singer have yet released which exact products will be part of the line. What we do know is that the line will have “an inclusive point of view and an “authentic voice that aims to bring new meaning to beauty by honoring ritual in our daily life and practicing intention in every action,” said in a statement this week published by e.l.f.
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When the photographer says “let’s get one with you looking away and laughing” 😆 Sending love, light and laughter 💜✨😂
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e.l.f’s head of communications, Melinda Fried is proud to say that this collaboration with Keys will “not be another ‘celebrity beauty line’ and that Keys has been very involved in the creative process,” as noted in an email on behalf of the company, according to CNN.
The singer is an inspiration to all as she’s been very candid about her own personal struggles, especially with her skin and the pressure society puts on women. “Now, through this new endeavor, she aims to help others find that same place of peace and power within themselves,” said Fried.
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New Zone 🧡 What’s ahead isn’t always a clear path but I’m learning how to leave space for the unknown. What things are you ready to leave behind to have space for what’s coming??
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More information about the collaboration will be announced in the next few months, according to CNN.
We’ll have to patiently wait to see what this beauty line will consist of, but from the sounds of it, it’ll be one not to miss.
In addition to working on an upcoming beauty line, Keys has just signed on to produce a new Netflix romantic comedy that will star Christina Millian, Jay Pharoah, and Sinqua Walls, according to Deadline. There’s no denying that the recording artist is multitalented and we’re excited to continue seeing what she has in store.
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Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys) biography, photo, personal life, listen songs online 2023
Alicia Keys is a talented American singer and a real smart girl. A magnificent voice, a memorable repertoire and a bright and extraordinary appearance – this is what distinguishes our today’s heroine from other representatives of the world stage. This is how we know Alicia Keys today. But what secrets does her past hold? How did this talented girl go to the heights of popularity, and how did her career develop? You will learn all this from our today’s article.
Be with us. It will be interesting.
Alisha Keys
Childhood and family of Alisha Keys
The future star of the world scene was born in the noisy and multifaceted New York, or rather in Harlem, in one of its poorest areas. Her mother has Irish, Italian and Scottish roots. The father was African American by nationality. In addition, it is quite difficult to say something more specific about him. When the future singer was only five years old, her father left the family and never appeared again.
Alisha Keys – NY
Despite all the difficulties and difficulties associated with the poverty surrounding her and the constant lack of money, Alisha Keys always went her own way and clearly knew what she wanted to achieve in life. Among many of her peers, who from an early age were involved in the drug business and other illegal activities, the girl has always remained a black sheep. But she was never shy about it. At an early age, at the insistence of her mother, she began to attend the Performance Arts School of Manhattan, where she began to comprehend the basics of playing the piano.
This activity gave her great pleasure. Alisha was excellent. She was appreciated by teachers, and at some point she became the real pride of her school. She played keyboards beautifully, sang in the local choir and even composed her own melodies. According to some reports, the composition Butterflyz, which was later included in the album “Songs in a Minor”, was written by a girl already at the age of fourteen.
Alisha Keys in her youth
Thus, thanks to music and her bright talent, Alisha managed to escape from the gray reality surrounding her and break through to the light. After graduating from school, the girl entered the prestigious Columbia University, but left it four weeks later. During this period, Alisha Keys plunged headlong into work and began to build a career as a successful pop singer.
Star Trek Alisha Keys
Alisha signed her first professional contract with producer Jermaine Dupri and the So So Def label behind him (which at that time was a division of Columbia Records).
The result of joint cooperation was the composition “Dah Dee Dah”, which, in fact, paved the way for the young singer to the professional stage. At 19In 1997, this song became the title theme of the acclaimed blockbuster “Men in Black” and instantly became a real hit in Canada and the United States of America.
Another important success in the singer’s career was the acquaintance with producer Clive Davis, who invited Alisha to record her first solo album. In addition, according to some reports, it was he who managed to profitably sell the artist’s new songs to several large Hollywood companies. Thus, in a short time, the compositions of Alisha Keys adorned such films as “Mine”, “Doctor Dolittle-2” and some others.
In 2001, the singer’s first album “Songs in a Minor” appeared on the shelves of American stores, which immediately became very famous in the New World and brought the young performer five Grammy statuettes at once. In total, sales of the debut album exceeded 10 million copies.
However, this was only the beginning of a long journey.
In 2003, the singer released a new album – “The Diary of Alicia Keys”, which again became very successful. Several compositions presented on the disc became national hits in the United States of America, and also brought the girl four more Grammy awards.
Alicia Keys’ third album, As I Am, was released in 2007. In just the first two weeks of sales, the record sold more than a million copies. This figure has long remained a record in the US and Europe. One of the biggest hits featured on the album was “Another Way to Die”, which became the theme song to the 22nd James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. It is quite remarkable that this song, performed in a duet with the White Stripes, is the only duet in the history of the legendary Bond.
Alicia Keys – no one live concert
In the same 2007, Alisha Keys first appeared on television as a professional actress. The debut work of the girl was the role in Joe Carnahan’s film “Trump Aces”.
The debut was successful and very soon new works appeared in the singer’s filmography. These were the films The Nanny Diaries and The Secret Life of Bees. The acting work of Alisha Keys in the last of these tapes was recognized by critics as especially successful.
Alisha Keys is now
In 2009, our today’s heroine returned to musical activity again. During this period, the singer presented to the public her fourth disc – “The Element of Freedom”, which also became very popular and successful.
Alisha Keys is currently one of the most titled singers on the world stage. Her personal collection includes fourteen Grammy Awards, five American Music Awards, ten Billboard Music Awards, six Soul Train Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, thirteen NAACP Image Awards and more.
Personal life of Alisha Keys
In the summer of 2010, Alisha Keys married a famous actor and composer
Swizz Beatz. The private wedding ceremony took place on the French island of Corsica.
A few months later, the newly-married couple had a son, Egypt Daoud Din.
In addition to her own son, the singer also brings up three adopted children, who appeared as a result of her husband’s previous romance. At the moment, the whole family lives in the United States of America and is thinking about several joint projects.
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- 2006: Trump Aces
Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys) – biography, news, personal life, photo She was born on January 25, 1981 in New York. American singer, actress, pianist, composer. Winner of fifteen Grammy awards.
Alicia Keys was born on January 25, 1981 in Manhattan, New York City.
Father – Craig Cook, he is a flight attendant, African American.
Mother – Teresa Ogello, she is an actress and lawyer’s assistant, of Irish-Italian origin.
Alisha said that she was lucky to be born and raised in New York, no one showed her anything about her race.
In 1995, Cook began writing music.
Graduated from the prestigious Professional Performing Arts School at age 16, then enrolled at Columbia University, but dropped out four weeks later to pursue a musical career.
Signed a trial contract with Jermaine Dupree and his label So So Def. She took part in the writing and recording of the song “Dah Dee Dah (Sexy Thing)”, the song appeared on the soundtrack to the sci-fi film – “Men in Black”.
In 1998 Alisha met Clive Davis, he signed her to a contract and got her a job with Arista Records. It was Davis who suggested that the young singer take the stage name Keys.
After the dissolution of Arista Records, Keys leaves with Clive for his new record company, J Records. There, she recorded songs such as “Rock With U” and “Rear View Mirror”, which later appeared on the soundtracks for The Mine and Doctor Dolittle 2.
In 2001, Alisha Cook released her debut studio album “Songs in A Minor” on June 5th. In the first week of sales of the album reached 235,000 copies, but then more than 10 million units worldwide.
Disco recording brought her wide popularity around the world. Keys is Best New Artist and Best R&B Artist of 2001 in US sales of “Songs in A Minor”. The critics were also enthusiastic. He has received 5 Grammy awards.
The first single from the album, “Fallin'”, plays on multiformat radio and spends 6 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single, “A Woman’s Worth”, peaked at number three.
Alisha Keys – Fallin’
Alisha Cook became the second solo artist to win 5 Grammys in one night after Lauryn Hill.
In 2002, Keys recorded the song “Gansta Lovin'” with rapper Eve and the song “Impossible” with Christina Aguilera for her album Stripped.
Alicia Keys in concert
On December 2, 2003, Keys released her second album called – “The Diary of Alicia Keys” .
It debuted immediately at number one in the US, selling over 618,000 copies in its first week and selling 4.4 million copies in the US, becoming the sixth best-selling female artist and the second best-selling R&B artist. The album is estimated to have sold around 9 copies.million copies worldwide.
The first two singles “You Don’t Know My Name” and “If I Ain’t Got You” reached the top five of the Hot 100 when the third single, “Diary”, reached the top ten. The fourth single “Karma” peaked at number 20 on the Hot 100 and number three on the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream.
“If I Ain’t Got You” spent over one year on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, breaking Mary J. Blige’s “Your Child” single record of just 49 weeks.
Alicia Keys was the most commercially successful female R&B artist of 2004.
In 2005, Keys won her second award for Best R&B Video for “Karma”.
At the Grammy ceremony, the singer performed “If I Ain’t Got You”. And a little later she received 4 Grammy awards.
In 2005, Keys opened her recording studio, The Oven Studios, located in New York on Long Island. She co-owns the studio with her creative partner Kerry “Krucial” Brothers. The studio was designed by famed studio architect John Storick, designer of Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios.
On July 14, 2005, she performed at the MTV Unplugged live concert series at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. She performed songs such as “Love It or Leave It Alone” with rappers Common and Mos Def, “Welcome to Jamrock” with reggae artist Damian Marley, and a cover of the 1971 Rolling Stones song “Wild Horses” with Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levin.
In the same place she presented two new original songs: “Stolen Moments” and “Unbreakable”, the lead singles from the album of the upcoming video album called “Unplugged” . The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 196,000 units sold in its first week. The album sold one million copies in the US and two million worldwide.
That same year, the disco record won three NAACP Image Awards: Outstanding Female Artist, Outstanding Song (“Unbreakable”), and Outstanding Music Video.
After the album, she was invited to perform on stage as an actress. She played the role of Georgia Sykes in the action thriller Ace of Trumps, which starred Ryan Reynolds on the set. In the center of the action is a comedian, drug addict and just a bad person Buddy Israel, who decided to hand over all his bandit friends to the feds.
A year later, she played the role of Lynette in the comedy The Nanny Diaries, on the set of which was Scarlett Johansson. The film is about college graduate Annie who takes a job as a domestic worker for the wealthy X family in Manhattan. Annie immediately acutely feels the difference between her modest status and the wealthy life of her owners, she is faced with the whims and quirks of a respectable couple and their mischievous son.
On November 13, 2007, she released her third studio album “As I Am” .
It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 742,000 copies, the second-biggest week of sales of 2007. And also it became a personal record for Alisha herself. As I Am became Keys’ fourth consecutive number-one album on the Billboard 200, tying her for the most number-one debuts by an artist with Britney Spears.
“As I Am” debuted at number one on the United World Chart, selling 876,000 copies. It sold over a million copies in just its first two weeks of release.
The album’s lead single, “No One”, peaked at number seventy-one on the Hot 100 and peaked at number one, becoming Keys’ third number one on that chart and also her fifth number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Alisha Keys – No One
In 2008, Alisha Keys opened the ceremony itself by performing Frank Sinatra’s 1950 song “Learnin’ the Blues” in a virtual duet with him.
A little later at the ceremony, she performed “No One” with John Meyer – guitarist and vocalist, who helped in the recording of “As I Am”.
An American newspaper reported that Alisha Keys received 5 nominations for the 2008 American Music Award for her album As I Am.
In November 2008, a re-release of her album is released, called “As I Am: The Super Edition” . In addition to all the previous tracks, it includes the new song “Another Way to Die” from the James Bond movie Quantum of Solace, as well as two other new tracks and a second disc of five songs from a live performance in London in early 2008.
“Another Way to Die” was a duet by Alicia Keys and Jack White. White wrote and produced the song, he also plays guitar and drums while Keys plays piano. The song received an international radio premiere on September 18, 2008. Early reviews for the song were mixed. Some critics expected the song to become more popular once it was played more on the radio and artists performed it live.
More Alicia Keys and her manager Jeff Robinson have signed a contract with the Disney Company to participate in future promotions and projects of the company. Keys and Robinson also formed their own television production company called “Big Pita, Little Pita”.
In 2008, Keys was criticized by anti-tobacco veterans for displaying the logo of Philip Morris cigarette brand on billboards advertising her upcoming concerts in Indonesia. The singer apologized after she discovered that the concert was sponsored by this firm. As a result, the company withdrew its sponsorship.
Keys participated in the election campaign of Barack Obama, recording theme songs with other artists.
In June 2009, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers presented Alish Keys with the Golden Note Award, which recognizes artists who have achieved extraordinary heights in their careers.
On December 1, 2009 Alisha released her fourth studio album titled “The Element of Freedom” .
After a short break in 2012, she released her fifth studio album “Girl on Fire” . The disco record immediately topped the US Billboard 200 album chart, becoming her 5th album at the head of America’s main chart. The single Girl on Fire of the same name reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The disc topped the US Billboard 200 chart, becoming Alisha Keys’ 5th album to reach number one in America, the total circulation of “Girl on Fire” in the US alone was 565.000 copies.
Alisha Keys – Girl On Fire
On November 4, 2016, her sixth studio album “Here” was released under the RCA Records label. The disc immediately debuted at number 2 on the US Billboard 200 album chart. It became Alicia Keys’ 7th Top 10 album with 42,000 copies in its debut week.
In 2016 she performed at the opening of the UEFA Champions League final.
Alisha Keys’ height: 168 centimeters.
Alicia Keys’ personal life:
In 2010, she married rapper Swizz Beatz. The couple have two sons, Egypt Dowd Dean and Genesis Ali Dean.
Alisha Keys and Swizz Beatz
Alisha Keys discography:
2001 – (Songs in A Minor)
2003 – (The Diary of Alicia Keys)
2007 – (As I Am)
2009 – (The Element of Freedom)
2012 – (Girl on Fire)
2016 – (Here)
Alisha Keys videos:
2001 – Fallin’
2001 – A Woman’s Worth
2001 – Brotha Part II
2002 – What’s Going On
2002 – Girlfriend
2002 – Gangsta Lovin
2002 – How Come You Don’t Call Me
2003 – You Don’t Know My Name
2004 – If I Ain’t Got You
2004 – Diary
2004 – My Boo
2004 – Karma
2005 – Unbreakable
2005 – Every Little Bit Hurts
2006 – Ghetto Story Chapter 2
2007 – No One
2007 – Like You’ll Never See Me Again
2008 – Teenage Love Affair
2008 – Superwoman
2008 – Another Way to Die
2009 – Empire State of Mind
2009 – Looking for Paradise
2009 – Doesn’t Mean Anything
2009 – Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart
2010 – Put It in a Love Song
2010 – Un-Thinkable
2010 – Wait Til You See My Smile
2011 – International Party
2012 – Girl on Fire
2012 – Girl on Fire (Alternate video)
2012 – Brand New Me
2013 – Brand New Me Part II
2013 – Fire We Make
2013 – New Day
2013 – Tears Always Win
2014 – It’s On Again
Alicia Keys filmography:
1969-2015 – Sesame Street
1984-1992 – The Cosby Show
1998-2006 – Charmed
2001 – Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (documentary)
2002-2005 – American Dreams (American Dreams)
2007 – Smokin’ Aces – Georgia Sykes
2007 – The Nanny Diaries – Lynette
2008 – The Secret Life of Bees – June
Alisha Keys compositions:
2001 – Dr.