Anderson goes on to place her decision in the context of beauty standards and her station as a celebrity. “You kind of have to challenge beauty sometimes. You know, if we all chase youth or we’re chasing our idea of what beauty is in fashion magazines and everything, we’re only going to be disappointed or maybe a little bit sad,” she says in the video, adding, “I also feel as a woman and as a woman of my age and a woman in the public eye, I just kind of think it’s also your job to be model of everything, just all sorts of choices.”

For our ongoing series posing questions relevant to indie beauty, we wanted to dig a bit deeper into the impact of Anderson’s makeup-free moment. We asked 15 beauty entrepreneurs and executives the following questions: What do you think 56-year-old Anderson’s decision not to wear makeup to Paris Fashion Week says about and means for the beauty industry? How do you see the business of makeup for mature women evolving to meet the needs of contemporary customers for it?