Pippa Middleton stepped out this week in London and reports could not help but comment on that fact that she was without makeup, sporting a barer and more natural face.

The 29-year-old met her mother for lunch at the eatery Comptoir wearing a turtle-necked sweater with dark jeans and a scarf around her neck. In the past Middleton has sported thick black eye liner and heavy bronzer and with no makeup during her recent outing, could it be that she now looks more like her sister, Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton?

See photos here of Pippa without makeup.

Pippa serves as a columnist for Waitrose Kitchen, the in-house magazine of the British supermarket chain Waitrose. She contributes a monthly feature entitled "Pippa's Friday Night Feasts" where she offers readers "relaxed and easy entertaining ideas," according to The Christian Post. She also has a published book titled Celebrate.

"It is a bit startling to achieve global recognition before the age of 30 on account of your sister, your brother-in-law and your bottom," she wrote in her book. "One day I might be able to make sense of this. In the meantime I think it's fair to say that is has its upside and its downside. I am by nature an optimist so I tend to concentrate on the advantages."

Her dating life has been much of a secret but she was photographed holding hands in February with 35-year-old stockbroker Nico Jackson.

Kate is expecting her first child with Prince William and is due to give birth in July. She reportedly hinted to the fact that she is having a girl during an outing earlier in March. She visited the National Fishing Heritage in Grimsy and when a local gave her a white teddy bear, Kate replied, "Thank you, I'll take that for my d-" before she broke off her comments.