Beyonce Opts For Minimal Makeup, Simple Dress For 'The Thriving Child' Book Launch (PHOTOS)

We can't all be glamorous all the time. Even when "we" are Beyonce.

On Monday night, Beyonce went full-on glam for the Met Gala 2012. (We were there to see Bey make her tres grand entrance, strolling in on the arm of Andre Leon Talley thirty minutes after the red carpet had officially ended and decked out, of course, in that fabulous and very sheer Givenchy lace dress).

But on Tuesday night, Beyonce scrubbed off the makeup and attended a low-key soiree at the house of her friends Antonio "L.A." Reid and Erica Reid, along with her hubby Jay-Z, who had skipped out on the Met Gala.

Feting the release of Erica Reid's parenting advice book The Thriving Child, the 30-year-old singer and new mom herself kept her look simple, opting for a classic teal dress and hoop earrings to pal around with other guests, including Mary J. Blige, at a private residence in New York.

Also making us swoon: an adorable pic of Jay-Z playfully touching his wife's face. Is there a Tumblr exclusively devoted to Bey-Z PDA yet?

Beyonce recently told People that she does her own makeup and cuts her own hair -- and as much as we love her in no-holds-barred glam, we might even dig the natural Beyonce a teensy bit more. Rumor has it her husband does, too.

Check out photos below!

See some celebs who went totally makeup-free below!

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• Demi Lovato

• Britney Spears

• Krysten Ritter

• Claire Danes

• Kate Moss

• Rachel Hunter

• Katy Perry

• Jessica Stam

• Selma Blair

• Rita Ora

• Fergie

• Tilda Swinton

• Paris Hilton

• Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

  June 2011

• Mila Kunis

  April 2012

• Brooke Shields

  October 2012

• Brooke Shields

  August 2011

• Jessica Simpson

• Cameron Diaz

  August 2011

• Jessy Schram

• Britney Spears

  September 2011

• Sarah Jessica Parker

  October 2011

• Ellen Pompeo

  July 2011

• Ellen Pompeo

  January 2012

• Kate Hudson

  August 2011

• Ciara

  August 2011

• Minka Kelly

  April 2011

• Kate Moss

  September 2011

• Kate Moss

  September 2012

• Kate Moss

  September 2012

• Zoe Saldana

  September 2011

• Liv Tyler

  September 2011

• Janice Dickenson

• Liv Tyler

  November 2011

• Busy Phillips

• Halle Berry

  September 2011

• Jennifer Love Hewitt

  October 2011

• Jennifer Love Hewitt

  April 2012

• Elle Fanning

  October 2011

• LeAnn Rimes

• LeAnn Rimes

  October 2012

• Salma Hayek

  October 2011

• Uma Thurman

  October 2011

• Marion Cotillard

  November 2011

• Hilary Duff

  October 2011

• Maria Bello

  November 2011

• Lala Vazquez

  November 2011

• Kim Kardashian

  November 2011

• Snooki

  October 2012

• Goldie Hawn

  October 2012

• Amber Valletta

  March 2013

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Comments

[kathleens]

08:45 PM on 05/11/2012

Beyonce would look good in a potato sack.

[GWBear]

03:30 PM on 05/11/2012

If you look closely, she obviously is wearing a fair amount of makeup, well applied but definitely there, so what's the point? What is so "fresh faced" here?

[sylkol]

09:37 PM on 05/10/2012

She looks good. Her fake hair looks much better than usual, by far. Her real hair actually lays pretty close to the fake hair. Usually, it's swept back and the wig plopped on top. She looks better with less and a middle part.

[knj1022]

08:49 AM on 05/18/2012

Not really sure if you are trying to let the world know that she wears fake hair or not but we all know. She even made a song about it telling the ladies to pat their weaves. So we all get it.

[Grace Farmer]

06:36 PM on 05/10/2012

'Cuts her own hair"hmm

[rabbitfurcoat]

05:24 PM on 05/10/2012

She looks lovely. Mama Tina needs to lay off the botox, she's starting to look scary.

[hattieli]

12:34 PM on 05/10/2012

Her makeup is just right it makes her beautiful and younger.

[mplsdiva]

09:40 AM on 05/10/2012

What a beautiful woman. Going with minimal makeup makes her look younger.

[Sunflo]

11:25 AM on 05/10/2012

classy and like someone who can be taken seriously.

[hueylover]

04:05 AM on 05/10/2012

She is beautiful :)

[catgirl666]

11:32 PM on 05/09/2012

A natural beauty, no denying it!

[MarieNat]

07:45 PM on 05/09/2012

I like that photo of her with her husband. They clearly dig each other,

[WhatevaCleva]

07:36 PM on 05/09/2012

She's a pretty lady with or without make-up just like Kelly Rowland and Nia Long...but there's nothing wrong with a little bit of Ruby Woo every now and then...

[Coherent1]

06:29 PM on 05/09/2012

She's absolutely beautiful and Blue Ivy has her eyes.

[Chandler Windham]

05:57 PM on 05/09/2012

Until Jay-Z stops using the N-word…Stop showing me this idiot! That goes for the egomaniac liberace- West as well.

[Patrice2012]

10:56 AM on 05/10/2012

I know. Jay Z sickens me to no end with that.

[Chandler Windham]

02:52 PM on 05/10/2012

Amen!

[knj1022]

08:51 AM on 05/18/2012

When you saw that the article was about Beyonce you should known that they were going to bring Jay-Z into the picture, so you should not have even clicked on the article if you hate Jay so much.

[Chandler Windham]

05:25 PM on 05/22/2012

I will do what i want donut-hole!!! Now go get me a Hot-pocket

[usamade]

04:24 PM on 05/09/2012

She's beautiful.

[morrisar]

04:20 PM on 05/09/2012

I think she looks gorgeous without makeup!!

[imanormalalien]

11:59 PM on 05/09/2012

she's obviously wearing make up, just less than she normally does