Disney stars are some of the most attractive actors in the entertainment industry. And
while this means we've gotten used to the changing looks of these stars as they've grown
up, we're still used to seeing them wearing makeup for their roles. Without makeup, these
Disney stars look a lot different.
In a 2018 Instagram post, Emily Osment showed off a picture of herself without makeup, with
messy hair, and a drink in hand. The laid-back look suited the former Hannah Montana star,
but this is not the first time that audiences have seen Osment without any makeup on.
While the actress regularly sported a full face of makeup on Hannah Montana, Osment revealed
to Tribute that in Hannah Montana: The Movie, things were a little bit different for her
and star Miley Cyrus. She said:
"I mean, you can see in the movie Miley and I didn't wear any makeup at all. And we brought
everything down a lot, to make it feel like a real movie, like it was real."
Monique Coleman has changed a lot since her time in High School Musical. She looks completely
different these days, and, without makeup, that difference is even more remarkable. The
Disney star isn't bashful about posting photos and videos of her bare face on Instagram,
and, with a face as lovely as hers, we can see why. A 2020 Instagram video shows Coleman
sporting glasses and no makeup, which is quite a departure from her High School Musical look.
"Why is everyone staring at you?"
"Not me. You."
Coleman has been keeping busy since High School Musical wrapped. She's still acting, but she's
also an activist with her own company, Motivated Productions, which filmed docu-series Gimme
Mo for Discovery Life. The actress told Digital Journal:
"After High School Musical, I realized that fame and success were never going to be as
fulfilling as giving back. I decided to use my platform to try and make a difference for
young people around the world. This was the birth of GimmeMO', a global movement to empower,
inspire, and motivate the next generation of change makers."
The stunning Disney star Zendaya has shown off her flawless skin on Instagram more than
once. While the former child star is gorgeous without any cosmetics, she looks quite a bit
different from when she's all glammed up for the cameras. She posted a makeup-free photo
on Instagram in 2015. A 2018 selfie on Instagram shows her looking radiant and a bit younger
than she appears when wearing makeup.
She may be comfortable going barefaced and may look great without makeup, but makeup
has always been a fun hobby for Zendaya. The star told Allure:
"For me, [applying] makeup is a hobby. It eases my mind the same way someone would enjoy
painting. It's therapeutic; it calms me down."
"Right, and then blend it out. Uh. And then now you have a highlight, look at that. Boom."
The Shake It Up star, who's since gone on to star in HBO's Euphoria, added that she
has been fascinated by makeup ever since she was a little girl, saying:
"My mom had really old makeup that I'd play with. I'd try avant-garde stuff, crazy circles
all over. We had a great time, but it was this cruddy '80s makeup that had definitely
expired."
Even though Sabrina Carpenter says that her selfies aren't flawless, we're having a hard
time buying it. The Disney star told Billboard:
"Everyone takes a bad selfie, the first thing is to know that. Everybody takes at least
20 so even if you see a good selfie it probably wasn't the first one. So my tip is to just
not take it too seriously and have fun. That sounds cliche but the obvious ones are good
lighting and good arm positions."
It's kind of hard to believe that Carpenter's selfies don't all come out perfectly when
even her makeup-free selfies are stunning. Take, for example, a November 2018 Instagram
photo in which Carpenter shines radiantly without makeup.
The actress has loved makeup since her early days as a dancer. She said:
"When I was younger and a dancer I was so excited for recitals every year. I was like
finally, I get to wear so much makeup! It was so fun."
Disney star Bridgit Mendler has been rocking makeup since her teen years. The Good Luck
Charlie star told Newsday:
"I think I got my first gift certificate to the makeup store in my downtown when I was
like 13. But I was really young for my grade...So everybody else was already kind of wearing
makeup, and they were eighth-graders and were super cool. That was when I just started wearing
like a little bit of mascara. Mascara can really help sometimes."
Even though she got the hang of makeup at a young age, Mendler isn't always all glammed
up. In a July 2019 Instagram photo, she showed a fresh-faced look, captioning the makeup-free
pic:
"When it's too hot to nap."
Brenda Song hasn't changed much over the years. Just 16 years old when she landed her breakthrough
role as London Tipton on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, the actress still looks super
youthful. A 2015 picture she posted of herself without makeup on Twitter proves that her
incredible looks aren't the result of beauty products, either.
"Yay me!"
Another thing that hasn't changed much is Song's relationship with some of the stars
she grew up with on The Disney Channel. She's still close with other Disney alums, including
Danielle Panabaker and Aly and AJ Michalka. The actress told Teen Vogue:
"As we all grow older and spin into adult careers, seeing each other is amazing because
we've all been through this crazy thing together that not very many people understand. I wouldn't
stay friends with them just because we worked together."
Girl Meets World star Rowan Blanchard looks quite a bit different without makeup on. In
March 2015, she took to Twitter with a couple of makeup-free photos, writing:
"Here is a no makeup/ no filter selfie because I feel confident today."
Blanchard is one of those stars who likes to give her skin a breather whenever she can.
The actress told Byrdie that she only wears makeup when she's working and makes sure to
take care of her skin. She said:
"When I started getting into beauty, I was already known. I was working. It definitely
has an impact on me, but I feel like skincare gives me accessibility to confidence."
Blanchard invests in good skincare products, but she won't do the same for makeup, saying:
"I don't like spending a lot of money on makeup. I would splurge on food."
Without a thick layer of makeup, Debby Ryan's freckled face is hard to recognize. In a foundation-free
Instagram post in 2014, the Jessie and The Suite Life on Deck star wrote
"In real life, I have freckles. hiding is exhausting. what is your makeup hiding?"
A 2018 Instagram pic later showed the Disney star without makeup.
Ryan's transparency extends beyond her physical looks. The actress has also been open about
her struggles with anxiety. She told Teen Vogue:
"It feels like the world is [made of] walls and they're all closing in on you and strangling
you from the inside. When that begins to happen, your heart rate rises."
Ryan's anxiety has inspired her to become an advocate for destigmatizing mental health.
"As a person living with obsessive compulsive disorder, I've been trying to make room to
take a pause."
She explained:
"When you have a complicated relationship with your mind...all of the tricky things,
navigating [it] does not mean that you are broken and that something is broken about
you or something is wrong about you. But something is very wrong with society."
Disney star Laura Marano has struggled with acne in the past, but those days are gone.
In 2018, she shared a photo of herself without makeup to Twitter, after becoming a brand
ambassador for skincare line Acne Free. Marano's skin was clear of blemishes, and she thanked
the line for helping her become confident, quote, "to live my life more makeup free."
In an interview with OK!, Marano said that she wears so much makeup for work that she
sometimes likes taking a break from getting glammed up by keeping it simple with foundation
and chapstick. She also shared a hack for perfectly made-up lips, saying:
"My makeup artist has the best trick for putting on lip gloss or even just lipstick. You don't
do a kissy face or a serious face, you stretch your lips in a grin and you can get every
part of your lip. It looks really good after. It's awesome!"
Danielle Fishel is an iconic Disney star. Millions of viewers grew up with the actress
on Boy Meets World and its 2014 spin-off, Girl Meets World. Fishel showed her fans what
she looks like without makeup in a June 2018 selfie posted to Instagram. Her willingness
to show the world what she really looks like is very much in keeping with her Boy Meets
World character, Topanga, who was always unashamedly herself. In an interview with HelloGiggles,
Fishel said of her character:
"She was so absolutely sure of who she was and who her friends were...She never let the
people around her decide that it was okay to be less than the best that they could be.
And being that kind of person, and being around that kind of person, is such a comforting
feeling because you know you can totally trust them to not lead you astray."
"I do my thing and you do your thing. You are you and I am I. And if in the end, we
wind up together, it's beautiful."
In 2014, Cory in the House star Maiara Walsh uploaded a makeup-free selfie on Twitter on
a self-described bad hair day. While she looked more relaxed and laid-back than she does on
TV, Walsh was nonetheless gorgeous in the photo.
The Disney star is the sort of person who can get glammed up for the red carpet but
is also low maintenance. Walsh is quite practical, revealing to Flickering Myth that she knows
exactly what to do in the event of a zombie apocalypse, saying:
"I would make sure I had as many transportable provisions and basic needs as I could handle
traveling with. I would make sure family and loved ones were safe, have something dependable
to protect myself and others with, and stay on the move."
Makeup probably isn't one of the "basic needs" Walsh would pack, so it's a good thing she
doesn't need it!
China Anne McClain showed off a makeup-free and filter-free selfie on Facebook in December
2017. While McClain looked amazing, as usual, it's a different look from what we're used
to from the Descendants and Ant Farm star.
Going without makeup isn't the only way that the Disney star shows off her natural look.
McClain also embraces her natural curls. She captioned a 2017 Instagram post:
"Why do we let everyone else tell us what we should look like?...Haven't ever really
worn my hair natural but I'm sick of straightening this magic. I'm a black girl and I'm hella
proud. And whether you are black, white, brown, yellow, red, green, or purple you should be
proud too because you're BEAUTIFUL. "
Vanessa Hudgens is all about bold makeup looks. When the Disney star launched a Coachella-themed
collaboration with SinfulColors in 2018, she told Byrdie:
"I've always thought beauty is a place where you should be able to freely express yourself.
For me, that means trying different things and kind of being fearless. Beauty is a safe
place. I've always been taught to have fun with it."
The High School Musical star added that she loves experimenting with her makeup, saying:
"Like some nights when I have an idea for a look, right before I take my makeup off
and normally after I've had a glass of wine, I'll sloppily throw something on and see how
it looks."
"False lashes are always a very nice, easy touch. Instantly, you look like you've had
an extra five hours of sleep."
Hudgens may love getting glammed up, but she's not afraid to let people see how different
she looks with no makeup on. A 2016 video posted on Instagram shows that Hudgens looks
fresh and youthful without makeup.
Wizards of Waverly Place alum Jennifer Stone looks quite a bit different without makeup,
which she showed in a 2015 makeup-free Instagram photo. While Stone's freckle-filled selfie
proves that her good looks are effortless, things aren't always easy for the actress.
In 2018, the Disney star told D Life that she was juggling acting, nursing school, and
being diagnosed with diabetes.
Stone said that balancing school and her career is, quote, "a little crazy" and exhausting.
She explained:
"But I'm excited about doing both. To be honest, the hardest part is managing stress. My blood
sugars are really stress-dependent so whenever I'm stressed, in my brain I think I'm fine
but my body will tell me otherwise. I have to be good about time managing."
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