Christina Augilera is back, and on the cover of the upcoming issue of PAPER Magazine.
“I’ve always been someone that obviously loves to experiment, loves theatrics, loves to create a storyline and play a character in a video or through stage,” she explains while her makeup artist removes glitter from her eyelids. “I’m a performer, that’s who I am by nature. But I’m at the place, even musically, where it’s a liberating feeling to be able to strip it all back and appreciate who you are and your raw beauty.”
As she says this, she’s bare-faced, her freckles peeking out and her blue eyes sparkling without a trace of eye makeup — but don’t think she’s shelving her contour kit just yet. “I mean, I’m a girl that likes a beat face, let’s not get it twisted,” she laughs.
Find the rest of X-Tina‘s pipin’ hawt new shoot after the jump!
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I’ve never understood why she uses ridiculous amounts of makeup. The photos without makeup literally make her look younger than she did when she was 20.
You can’t even spell Aguilera correctly and it’s on the COVER…
LOL
She looks BEAUTIFUL in this shoot!!
This is an amazing departure for her and am blown away – she looks younger more vulnerable and absolutely gorgeous – kudos to Christina and Paper