If Lizzo’s shining, everybody gonna shine.
The “Juice” hitmaker stripped down on social media Tuesday to make a powerful statement about natural beauty, posing completely nude without any filters or photo editing.
“Welcome to Taurus season,” Lizzo began her caption. “To celebrate I wanna give y’all this unedited selfie. Now normally I would fix my belly and smooth my skin, but baby, I wanted show u how I do it au natural.”
The 32-year-old body-normative advocate has partnered with Dove’s Self-Esteem Project — “which is helping to reverse the negative effects of social media and changing the conversation about beauty standards,” as she explained — to keep the momentum going.
“Let’s get real y’all,” Lizzo urged.
Plenty of the star’s famous friends flocked to the comments to applaud her candid post, including Marc Jacobs, Jonathan Van Ness, Chelsea Handler, Jeremy Scott and Grimes.
“It’s you having no blemishes at ALL lol,” SZA chimed in. “Sigh I just admire u Fren.”
A champion of self-love, Lizzo often proudly shows off her curves in sexy outfits, swimwear and lingerie. But she’s also been candid about her body image struggles, and has spoken out about how going glam for work harmed her self-esteem.
“We get addicted to seeing ourselves really dolled up,” the pop star told People last year. “I had a few days off … where I wasn’t in makeup and I remember being like, ‘Yo why am I so ugly to myself right now?’ It’s because I got addicted, used to seeing my face with contour.”
Here’s to more makeup-free (and filter-free) moments in the future.