--- title: Adele Goes Makeup Free in Instagrams description: On Instagram, Adele posted two selfies, both of which featured the singer without her signature swipe of lipstick and iconic black cat-eye. canonical: https://time.com/4417658/adele-makeup-free-instagram/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-21T18:36:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:02:58.860Z og:title: Adele Goes Makeup-Free in Latest Instagrams og:description: Like the rarest of all Pokémon og:url: https://time.com/4417658/adele-makeup-free-instagram/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25992a930feb0326/69889ea4a988cab9d96b8ba5/adele-makeup-free-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 9000 og:image:height: 5063 og:image:alt: Adele Performs At Arena Di Verona, Verona og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Adele Goes Makeup-Free in Latest Instagrams twitter:description: Like the rarest of all Pokémon twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25992a930feb0326/69889ea4a988cab9d96b8ba5/adele-makeup-free-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Adele Goes Makeup-Free in Latest Instagrams > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Francesco Prandoni/Getty Images) Francesco Prandoni/Getty Images by [Emily Kirkpatrick / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Emily Kirkpatrick / People Contributor Jul 21, 2016 6:36 PM UTC Right now, Pokémon Go pandemonium has swept the nation. People are losing weight, getting dates, getting robbed, and alienating their non-Poké playing friends all thanks to this little app. So allow us to couch this latest Adele story in terms that will make sense to you (and your unquenchable thirst to catch ’em all). Remember last week when typically jaded, laconic New Yorkers lost their goddamn minds in Central Park when an extremely rare Vaporeon spawned right before their eyes — causing ordinary citizens to go scrambling, phones desperately outstretched? Well, Adele wearing no makeup is just like that Vaporeon, only rarer. On Instagram on Wednesday, Adele posted two black and white selfies on her tightly curated account, both of which featured the singer without her signature swipe of lipstick and iconic black cat-eye. In the first image, captioned “Vancouver, CA,” a bare-faced Adele sits on a patio, gazing off into the distance (hopefully contemplating her next smash hit number one album) while enjoying a glass of wine in an elegant lace maxi dress paired with leopard print flats. In the second image, Adele mugs for the camera, making a very serious face while pointing to the label on her jumpsuit that reads “Canucks Security.” Clearly, the pop star is taking her new law enforcement role extremely seriously, which means no time for superfluous cosmetics. For those trainers looking to add the elusive makeup-free Adele to their ever-expanding roster of Pokés, simply set out a lure consisting of a couple Grammys, a couture gown, and a recording of yourself saying “Hello…it’s me,” on repeat. Then simply wait 5 years for her to release a new album and she’s all yours. _This_ [_article_](http://stylenews.people.com/style/2016/07/21/adele-no-makeup-selfie/?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fstylewatch%2Fofftherack+PEOPLE.com%3A+Style+Watch+-+Off+The+Rack&xid=socialflow%5Ftwitter%5Fpeoplemag) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4417658/adele-makeup-free-instagram/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4417658/adele-makeup-free-instagram/"},"headline":"Adele Goes Makeup-Free in Latest Instagrams","datePublished":"2016-07-21T18:36:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:02:58.860Z","description":"Like the rarest of all Pokémon","url":"https://time.com/4417658/adele-makeup-free-instagram/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25992a930feb0326/69889ea4a988cab9d96b8ba5/adele-makeup-free-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Emily Kirkpatrick / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25992a930feb0326/69889ea4a988cab9d96b8ba5/adele-makeup-free-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Adele Performs At Arena Di Verona, Verona","caption":"Adele Performs At Arena Di Verona, Verona","creditText":"Francesco Prandoni/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4417658/adele-makeup-free-instagram/","name":"Adele Goes Makeup-Free in Latest Instagrams"}}]}] ```