Millie Bobby Brown candidly shows 'real face' as she's praised by Drew Barrymore

25 October 2023 , 08:20

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Millie Bobby Brown candidly shows 'real face' as she's praised by Drew Barrymore

Millie Bobby Brown has been praised for "normalising breakouts" after sharing some makeup free snaps on social media.

The Stranger Things star, 19, asked her own beauty brand to "send help" on Instagram as she posted two selfies on Tuesday. In one shot, the Eleven actress sports a full face of makeup as she poses in front of a mirror, while the other snap shows the teenager sitting in a car with her blemishes and pimples uncovered.

Millie, who is engaged to Jon Bon Jovi's son Jake Bongiovi, captioned the two contrasting images: "@florencebymills send help!" Florence By Mills is the young star's vegan and cruelty free beauty brand, established by Millie in 2019 is a bid to learn more about the beauty industry.

Millie Bobby Brown shared two selfies with her millions of followers on Instagram (Instagram/milliebobbybrown)

It was this picture that won the Stranger Things actress praise from the likes of Drew Barrymore (Instagram/milliebobbybrown)

Millie's fans loved their idol's candid update on Tuesday, with one of the star's 63.5million Instagram followers rushing to the comment section to write: "thank you for normalizing breakouts." Drew Barrymore even applauded Millie, telling her fellow actress: "I love keeping it real. You are the greatest."

In 2019, Millie received a huge backlash as she seemingly shared a skincare demonstration using products from her line without actually putting anything on her face, which appeared to have makeup on it. Social media users were quick to notice, with one commenting: "Are we going to ignore the fact she never put anything on her face?"

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Millie deleted the post from Instagram amid the controversy and went on to issue a statement. She told fans: "I’m still learning the best way to share my routines as I get to know this space better — I’m not an expert. I thought doing a quick video replicating my personal process for that night was okay, but that’s not what was conveyed. I understand, I appreciate all of your feedback on this journey, please keep sharing your thoughts and I will too!"

Speaking last year, Millie revealed she launched Florence By Mills without knowing much about the beauty industry. The actress told Allure: "That's why I created this. I'm going to take you on this journey with me, so we can learn more about botanicals, serums, fruit and vegetable extracts, enzymes. Things that are so important for your skin, but we don't know about because we're young."

The teenager continued to tell the publication that that many young people, including herself, don't relate with beauty terms like "anti-aging" and "depuffing," adding that her generation "needs to know more." Millie also touched on her struggle to handle online criticism and trolling and admitted she prefers to communicate with her fans through blog posts on her beauty brand's website.

Zoe Delaney