Her Instagram account is usually populated with professional shots promoting her latest Fenty beauty release, glossy magazine shoots or sneak peaks of her upcoming lingerie line.
But on Wednesday May 2, Rihanna decided to pare things back by treating her fans and followers to a few candid shots of her enjoying the summer sunshine.
Posting three pictures of her wearing a bikini and no make-up while basking in the heat, the 30-year-old captioned the collection: ‘when u can’t wait for summer.’
Candid: Popstar Rihanna, 30, has shown off her hairy legs on Instagram in a series of candid shots, inspiring fans to ditch their razors and embrace their body hair also
Showing her stripes: She also showed off her butt, prompting some fans to suggest rays of sunshine looked like stretch marks
Setting the record straight: Although Ri-Ri admitted to have stretch marks, she corrected one fan who had confused rays of sunlight for ‘tiger stripes’
Cute: One fan took to the comments section to compliment her ‘cute’ leg hair
Thankful: Another woman commended her for admitting to stretch marks and admitted she was always getting ‘body shamed’ for having them
Empowering: Another person told the Fenty beauty creator that she was ’empowering’
However canny Instagram fans were quick to point out the popstar-turned-music mogul’s leg hair, clearly visible in the sunlight.
And over 37,000 of them rushed to the comments section to praise Ri-Ri for ditching the razor and share that her picture had inspired them to embrace their body hair also.
In 2007 the singer fronted a campaign for Gillette Venus razors after the brand awarded her the Celebrity Legs of a Goddess award.
Instagram fan @deeleviso wrote: ‘When you post a pic with stubble on your legs and you still look hot af what a queen’
A sentiment shared by @sscowpunk who typed: ‘Hairy icon!!!! I love you’.
While @x_irisssss_shared: ‘i wanna be like riri and not shave my legs’.
Diverse: Rihanna is passionate about body positivity and is launching Fenty x Savage, a lingerie line that will cater to women up to a size 44DDD on May 10
New direction: In 2007 Rihanna fronted a campaign for Gillette venus razors (left) but in recent years has focused on her own beauty line Fenty (right pictured on April 5)
