Gabrielle Union went makeup-free while showing off her “fire” transition to 53 in a plunging black dress.The Bring It On actress turned 53 in Rome on Wednesday, October 29.Her husband Dwyane Wade also shared a glimpse of the couple’s celebration in Rome.<\/p>\n
Gabrielle Union<\/a> was feeling \u201cfire\u201d as she rang in her 53rd birthday\u2014and she proudly ditched her glam on camera to celebrate. On October 29, the Bring It On alum gave fans a behind-the-scenes glimpse at her getting ready transformation, going makeup-free in an animal print bathrobe before ringing in 53 while glammed to the nines.\n<\/p>\n Union, who celebrated her 53rd birthday on Wednesday, showed off her bare complexion as she got ready for her birthday festivities in a transition video. In a Reel shared to her Instagram, a makeup-free Union could be seen sitting in a makeup chair while she got ready for her big night at 52. Lighting a birthday candle, the then 52-year-old star posed in a black-and-white cheetah print bathrobe while prepping her glowing skin with black under-eye patches. Union covered her hair in a colorful silk scarf as she leaned towards the camera with the candle in her hand.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Gabrielle Union going makeup-free on 53rd birthday.<\/p>\n Instagram\/Gabrielle Union<\/p>\n In the next scene, the Perfect Find actress gave fans a look at 53 as she blew out her candle, now posing in a plunging black dress with a full beat. \u201cBlew out a candle, kept the fire,\u201d she captioned the video, adding a fire emoji and the hashtag \u201c53.\u201d A smiling Union styled her dark hair in a side-parted blowout with voluminous curls as she celebrated the milestone in a low-cut black jersey gown with a pleated scoop neckline, barely-there straps, and a flowy silhouette. The mom-of-four<\/a> iced her fingers in two multi-watt diamond rings and added a pair of big silver hoop earrings. In contrast to her makeup-free cameo just moments before, Union highlighted her glowing complexion with a soft purple smoky eyeshadow, defined black eyeliner, a glossy mauve pout, and sculpted cheekbones.\n<\/p>\n Gabrielle Union in a plunging black dress on 53rd birthday.<\/p>\n Instagram\/Gabrielle Union<\/p>\n Gabrielle Union celebrating her 53rd birthday in Rome with Dwyane Wade.<\/p>\n Instagram\/Dwayne Wade<\/p>\n While Union kept the rest of her birthday festivities off her grid, she previously told People<\/a> she hoped husband Dwyane Wade<\/a> would take her \u201cout on the town<\/a>\u201d in Italy, where she was scheduled to film during her birthday\u2014and according to the retired basketball player\u2019s Instagram tribute to his wife, it looks like her birthday wish came true. \u201cThe birthday you needed for you,\u201d he wrote, adding a red heart emoji. \u201cHappy birthday Mrs. Wade!\u201d He shared a carousel of Union rocking her natural curls<\/a> in a side-parted style and a taupe power suit while enjoying cocktails at a rooftop bar in Rome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gabrielle Union went makeup-free while showing off her “fire” transition to 53 in a plunging black dress.The Bring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-263646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}