Drew Barrymore, 50, Embraces Her Age in Serene Makeup-Free Selfie: 'Where the Real Magic Starts to Spin'

Drew Barrymore is embracing her bare skin!

The talk show host, 50, shared a station connected Instagram connected Tuesday, June 24, successful which she went makeup-free — and shed immoderate ray astir her feelings connected nan milestone age.

The Charlie's Angels prima gave fans and followers a pared-down look astatine her skin without nan thief of makeup. The prima gave a large grin to nan camera arsenic she took nan selfie, which showcased her grin lines, arsenic good arsenic her forehead and oculus creases.

She kept a caller complexion that allowed an unfiltered look astatine her freckles and tegument texture, and her hairsbreadth — worn successful loose waves that fell past her shoulders — contained subtle strands of gray.

"50 = The B-Side of life — wherever nan existent magic starts to spin!" she captioned nan photo.

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Fans successful nan comments conception of nan station had affirmative words for Barrymore. "It’s amazing. Truly. Welcome to nan decade. You genuinely fto spell of everything that doesn’t matter," 1 personification wrote, while different added, "Life is ever amended connected nan flip-side! You are Beautiful Drew!"

Barrymore's makeup-free selfie comes 2 months aft she revealed successful April that she has not had immoderate cosmetic procedures done connected her face and hopes that she tin proceed embracing her beauty arsenic she ages.

"I haven't done thing and I want to effort and enactment that measurement ... but I besides americium like, do immoderate useful for you. The only point I do cognize is don't judge different group because they do things differently," she said successful a behind-the-scenes infinitesimal on The Drew Barrymore Show.

Barrymore further revealed that arsenic she ages, nan extremity is to beryllium much benignant and caring toward herself and really she talks astir her appearance, because nan "more loving, embracing, little dismissive that we tin be, nan amended it is for our intelligence crippled and belief game, which affects nan face."

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She added, "A grin is amended than immoderate lipstick you’ll buy, and soul dialog that isn’t truthful eviscerating of ourselves and truthful speedy to drawback a flaw — who says that’s nan flaw, by nan way, that mightiness beryllium personification else’s favourite point astir you...how ironic. It isn’t really you look, it’s really you feel."