With a mission to make her daughters understand the true meaning of beauty (minus society's sillier beauty standards), Blake Lively is quick show her family and her fans that she'll be the first one to make fun of herself.

Over the weekend, the 29-year-old actress showed off her sun-kissed skin during a day trip to what looked to be a carnival, in a rare photo of herself on Instagram.

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In the snap, The Shallows actress can be seen wearing her enviable, golden hair long and loose and sporting white-framed sunglasses and a sun hat to shield her from the sun's harmful rays.

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Unfortunately for the star, it was only after taking this stunning selfie that she realised her face was covered in 'clumpy sunscreen'.

She captioned the shot: 'Life can be so sweet...even when your face is covered in clumpy sunscreen and you have no idea but are still feelin good.'

The mother-of-two's post comes four months after she revealed she doesn't want her two-year-old, James, and nine-month-old daughter, Ines, growing up thinking perfection is the ideal.

'What little girls are seeing isn't what [these celebrities] look like when they wake up in the morning — even though it's no less beautiful, she says.

Hear hear, Blake.