Beyoncé really wasn’t kidding when she sang “I woke up like this.”

The reigning pop queen, 32, posted two pictures of herself without any makeup to her Instagram account on Wednesday evening, showing that she doesn’t need the help of stylists to look her best.

In the two images, the “Single Ladies” singer appears to have just woken up. Her natural, makeup-free face glows, a reminder that she — like the song of the same name off her self-titled fifth album — is “flawless.”

The selfies are just another example of how the rules of celebrity don’t apply to Beyoncé. In December, the pop star released her latest record without any prior notice or promotion, an unheard of move by an artist of her magnitude.

Even though it was released with just 17 days left in 2013, the critically acclaimed album — which features appearances by Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jay-Z and Drake — sold 1.3 million copies before year’s end, making it the eighth highest selling record of the year.

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