Mariah Carey without makeup — we should all be so lucky

Sure, it was Mariah Carey’s birthday this week — strike that, her “anniversary� — but she was the one doling out a present to fans: a shot of herself without makeup and looking lovely.

“Love to all the lambily!!! #WWLD,� she wrote on Instagram just hours before it was her birthday on the West Coast, captioning the shot of herself with a fluffy stuffed lamb in honor of “Worldwide Lamb Day.� Mariah’s fans, dahhhhling, make up the “lambily,� of course, and Worldwide Lamb Day suspiciously resembles the diva’s birthday.

Carey turned 43 on Wednesday, a performance night on “American Idol� that found the diva wielding a flashing plastic “magic wand,� tweeting at Ryan Seacrest while on the air and getting bleeped a la Steven Tyler.

But back to the picture: Does Mariah look closer to 43 or 23? You be the judge, and let us know in comments.

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