Jennifer Love Hewitt rang in her 46th birthday with a series of bare-faced Instagram photos, embracing her natural glow instead of a full glam moment.
“46 years old. No make up and no filter,” she captioned the post, which shows her looking confident without a stitch of makeup, wearing a casual sweater and her hair down in loose curls. “One of my besties hates a filter so this is for you,” she added.
Despite her smiles in the photos, Hewitt shared that it’s been a difficult time for her. “It’s been a hard start to the year,” she continued. “I don’t quite feel myself. But yet I feel like maybe this is all to bring me closer to who I am meant to be.”
The 9-1-1 star went on to write: “In this feeling of loss and being lost I have found a strange calm and letting go that doesn’t usually come easy to me. I know that I have the greatest kids and husband ever. My brothers hugs heal me. I feel my mom with me everyday. My friends make me want to be a better human daily. I have all the things I really need and long truly for nothing other than joyful moments, continuing in the career I love, more time with friends, delicious food and to feel a shift to this year that brings clarity and hopefully the return of a little magic.”
Hewitt wrapped up her post with a heartfelt reflection on aging, self-love and the power of surrounding yourself with the right people. “I have experienced and seen how the world can be cruel to women as they age and yet seen the women I admire become happier, sexier and more powerful with every added number,” she wrote. “I am so deeply grateful for this life. I love all who choose to do it by my side and I am ready to give love today to the younger me and the older me because they are my ride or die’s. Sending love to all and cheers to 46!”
And she’s not the only one embracing a makeup-free moment on social media. In the last few weeks, both Madonna and Alyssa Milano have also gone bare-faced on Instagram, with Milano doing so in honor of her 52nd birthday. Madonna, on the other hand, posted hers just because. No matter the reason, we’re here for it—and we hope to see even more celebs following suit.
