--- description: Fans everywhere are tweeting barefaced selfies with the hashtag #GirlYouDontNeedMakeup title: Watch Amy Schumer's Perfect Parody of a One Direction Song image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Amy Schumer's One Direction Parody Perfectly Skewers Pop Songs About 'Natural Beauty'  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Apr 29, 2015 3:26 PM CUT  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Apr 29, 2015 3:26 PM CUT Amy Schumer parodied One Direction on _Inside Amy Schumer_ Tuesday night with a song about the cruel paradoxes of “natural beauty” in music, inspiring women to tweet selfies of their makeup-free faces. The catchy spoof, called “Girl, You Don’t Need Makeup,” skewers pop culture’s mixed messages about makeup and natural beauty — first, the members of a One Direction-inspired boy band tell Schumer to take off her makeup because she’s “got that inner natural glow.” But as soon as she does, they tell her to put some “natural-looking makeup” back on, and “don’t go outside like that.” Schumer also [asked fans](https://twitter.com/amyschumer/status/593234407449694208 "undefined") to tweet natural pictures of themselves, using [#girlyoudontneedmakeup](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23girlyoudontneedmakeup&src=typd "undefined"). The Internet responded quickly, with women — and even some men — sending thousands of tweets using the hashtag. > [](https://twitter.com/TessaM74/status/593332606885761024) > [](https://twitter.com/emilymusilchrch/status/593286636084985857) > [](https://twitter.com/anitabot/status/593238536008118272) > [](https://twitter.com/ryandangersims/status/593239668327469056) > [](https://twitter.com/colldolll%5F/status/593273841968906240) Schumer retweeted many of the selfies, and added a message to her fans on Twitter: > [](https://twitter.com/amyschumer/status/593292463218896896) > [](https://twitter.com/amyschumer/status/593292724092018688) > [](https://twitter.com/amyschumer/status/593292906082869248) > [](https://twitter.com/amyschumer/status/593293050320855042) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3840016/amy-schumer-one-direction-girl-you-dont-need-makeup/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3840016/amy-schumer-one-direction-girl-you-dont-need-makeup/"},"headline":"Amy Schumer's One Direction Parody Perfectly Skewers Pop Songs About 'Natural Beauty'","datePublished":"2015-04-29T15:26:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:16.029Z","description":"Fans everywhere are tweeting barefaced selfies with the hashtag #GirlYouDontNeedMakeup","url":"https://time.com/3840016/amy-schumer-one-direction-girl-you-dont-need-makeup/","keywords":["Living","Newsfeed","feminism","women","Television","celebrities","viral","One Direction","Amy Schumer","makeup"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3840016/amy-schumer-one-direction-girl-you-dont-need-makeup/","name":"Amy Schumer's One Direction Parody Perfectly Skewers Pop Songs About 'Natural Beauty'"}}]}] ```