Christina Aguilera Is Unrecognizable Without Makeup

In the issue, Aguilera opened up about her stripped-down look, saying, “I've always been someone that obviously loves to experiment, loves theatrics, loves to create a storyline and play a character in a video or through stage. I'm a performer, that's who I am by nature. But I'm at the place, even musically, where it's a liberating feeling to be able to strip it all back and appreciate who you are and your raw beauty."

The 37-year-old was photographed by Zoey Grossman.

When she's not all done up for a red-carpet appearance, Christina prefers to just chill. She shared, “I love hanging out with just my close girlfriends and guy friends, which happen to be my gay friends. Just good, quality time with people who are super down-to-earth."

Aguilera is a mom to son Max and daughter Summer. She commented, “I don't want to inject too much upon her as to how I'm choosing to live my life and what I've done in my career. I just hope I can allow what I'm doing to influence her to be her own person. That's truly what I hope for her… I really want to make sure my children are both very confident in the sense that they know who they are and that they won't be easily swayed by outside opinion."