Lauren Boebert Is Nearly Unrecognizable Without Makeup

Lauren Boebert isn't one to step out of the house without getting all gussied up. Unlike Sydney Sweeney, who wows without makeup regularly, the politician is very rarely seen without her signature heavy eyeliner, dark brows, and bold lip (she often switches between glossy pinks and bold reds). In fact, her makeup has become almost as notorious as she is.

But before Boebert became a controversial a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, she owned Shooters Grill in Colorado, where life was a little less glamorous. The restaurant's Facebook confirmed Boebert felt more comfortable wearing no makeup back then, as a 2015 photo showed her with a customer looking almost unrecognizable. The Republican had a ponytail with blond highlights as she posed in a black T-shirt in front of a gun mounted to the wall. Absent were her heavily filled eyebrows (which buck the 2024 feathered brow trend) and jet-black liner, and she hadn't developed her penchant for eye-catching lipsticks yet. Instead, the beauty showed off glowing, blemish-free skin and much thinner, less shaped brows. Though she loves showing off a tan in The House Chamber, her fair skin glowed and her lips looked naturally full. "We get to meet some really neat people, daily! Thank you to everyone who comes in and visits us!" she captioned the upload.

Since Lauren Boebert gained more prominence in politics, she's been very careful about always wearing makeup in public. Except on one occasion. The politician looked different again when she was photographed au naturel in her 2017 mugshot, where she appeared to be sans her usual full-coverage foundation (which isn't always applied to achieve the most natural foundation look) and heavy bronzer. Instead, she showed off a little darkness under her eyes, which is totally natural, and a couple of blemishes on her cheek and jaw. She was also without the faux lashes she grew to love, though her dark, natural ones were just visible.

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Boebert was arrested after failing to attend court following a traffic violation. But she didn't seem to mind the cosmetics-free photos floating around. Addressing the incident during a campaign stop three years later, she told fans (via Colorado Times Recorder), "I even got a pretty mugshot out of it."

We're not expecting to see the polarizing figure in public without a visit to the makeup chair again anytime soon, though. As hair and makeup artist Luna Viola told Nicki Swift, Boebert's more is more approach to getting ready may go deeper than her foundation. "Some people use heavy makeup to mask various skin issues or in some cases to boost their confidence if they have insecurities about certain features," she explained. But whatever the reason, if Boebert feels happy and confident, that's all that matters.