Nelly Furtado posts makeup-free bikini snaps to spread empowering message of body positivity
Nelly Furtado "experienced new levels of self-love" and "genuine confidence from within" in 2024.
Nelly Furtado has shared makeup-free bikini pictures to inspire people to be "body neutral" in 2025.
The 'Maneater' hitmaker has been on a "self-love" journey over the past 12 months after feeling the "pressure" to look a certain way in the entertainment industry and is now embracing her “individuality” and encouraging her fans to “express yourself freely” – regardless of whether they get cosmetic procedures or not.
In a lengthy post, Nelly reflected on Instagram alongside two snaps in a bold orange two-piece: "This year I became aware of the aesthetic pressure of my work in a brand new way , while simultaneously I experienced new levels of self-love and genuine confidence from within.
"I had to pursue some legal action against a few charlatans online selling services based on selling health and beauty myths about me.
"For whoever cares, I have never had any face or body surgeries or augmentation, besides for veneers on the top row of my teeth, quite recently.
So far, I have not had any face or lip injections or fillers of any kind, but I do have a loving, old school facialist who I purchase serums and creams from and I started that when I was 20. The day before photo shoots and red carpets , I drink a lot of water and sleep on my back. (sic)"
After denying going under the knife, the 46-year-old singer reminder her followers that makeup artists and stylists can do “magical things” to attain “a certain look”.
Nelly continued: "Sometimes on the red carpet or at photo shoots my makeup artist uses face tape to give my eyes, skin and makeup more lift. Sometimes my stylist uses body tape to give a certain look to different silhouettes.
Body makeup can also sometimes be contoured to achieve a certain look.
Makeup can do magical things ! So can great eyebrows ! So can a great hairstylist ! So can great underthings!
These photos I have no makeup and there is no editing or filters on these photos but I do have a spray tan! I have spider veins and they remind me of my mom and aunties and life so I think that’s why I haven’t parted with them so far. (sic)”
Nelly went on: "My New Year’s message for 2025, is express yourself freely, celebrate your individuality and know that it’s perfectly OK to be OK with what you see in the mirror, and it’s also OK to want something different. We are all cute little humans just bouncing around the earth looking for hugs."
She signed off the empowering message: "PS - this post is not intended to hate on anyone, I am just joining the storytelling community and this story is MINE."
