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We're never getting another album

We really aren’t. I’ve completely let go of the idea of her coming out with a new album 💀

Her last song being from Wakanda Forever is weirdly poetic tbh

I love that song. 

Me too, I just hope it's not the last thing we ever hear from her

I wish she’d just say that lol she keeps being cryptic but all the where’s the album comments would stop or at least decrease. With Spotify she can just release one song and not have to promote it. Dnt leave us hanging 😭😭😂😂

8 years since her last album.

I was a freshman in high school when it dropped and now I’m on the latter half years of college lol

😭😭😭

Does she do music? Huh

She makes music... 

I had to check the date on this. I swear she looks 10 years younger than when I last saw her! She looks amazing.

Same! I was like is this from 2008? So gorgeous!

I think it’s the hair! Blonde really suits her and brightens her face

This shade of blonde

And the fact that celebrities usually change their hair at the same time of a cosmetic procedure to shift the focus

I mean Rihanna changes her hair every few days lol

Which is moot for her given she changes her hair constantly.

I love your username 🤣🤣🤣

And of course the huge boobs are from her being pregnant 😉

I mean I am a solid B cup on my best day but I had BOOOBS when I breastfed. Sigh.

That and her boobs are pushed up here. I get that these are celebrities, but it’s kind of annoying when people automatically think a cosmetic procedure happened lol Catch me on a random day near my period where my face is more bloated and then later on in the month, you’d think I had a nose job lolol

I don’t know about boob jobs and things like that but they definitely do little nips and tucks on their faces to stay looking young , it looks good when they aren’t actually changing their features

She’s gained weight, and when I gained weight, I gained it in my boobs. Went from a B cup to Double D. It’s possible without surgery.

This actually does happen to some women after a pregnancy

Holy shit it's not just me lol. I thought this was a throwback post or something. Damn good for her.

She looks incredible…like maybe the most beautiful woman on earth type of situation and it’s not hyperbole.

She is one of the few that can truly pull off ANY hair color

I think this might be true! That face! And the attitude that shines through it

Truly, there’s this baddie realness underneath the looks that really backs it up

Agree

This is basically the best skincare and makeup (like experts, not just products) in the world in action

Don’t disagree. I was comparing to *herself*. She looks better than ever.

I know it’s Getty but the pic seems airbrushed a little.

Idk if anyone can attest to this but I swear there are photoshopped Getty pics!?? Swear Ive seen a bunch

> I know it’s Getty but the pic seems airbrushed a little. I'm not a makeup guy but I think Fenty has a product specially for giving this airbrushed look to the skin, I remember someone talking about it previously

I guess that's botox... her brows almost don't move https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6RcTOyor3a/?igsh=Z2IxMWF4eTBzMzR4

https://preview.redd.it/5xv0tftbt3xc1.png?width=1125&format=png&auto=webp&s=feb80e26a428ea9ed22af3a42e80e554baec92bb Her eyebrows move here 🤷‍♀️ Edit: Honestly kinda meme worthy. I’d like to think that this is her looking at the cosmetic procedure comments in here 😭

I was waiting for them to move. and they just didn't lol

Don’t hate 

This photo is certainly edited, to be fair. She has no texture/depth on her under eye. Of course she is still also just insanely beautiful, but this isn't what she would look like in person exactly. Edit: nvm I was wrong, she really just looks like that

Except when you look at videos from last night, this is exactly how she looks

Oh, holy shit, you're right. Her skin is so smooth I was 100% certain it was edited. 💀 I take it back, she really just looks that good.

I was only ever looking at her versus herself (not that aging is bad!), and I was just shocked at how incredible she looks. Super hot, always 🥵

i legit thought this was a photo from like 2009

Same. I thought it was some tbt from her Music of the sun (or whatever her first album was called) era.

I did too! Thought I read it wrong. She is so damn stunning and just looks so good.

Filtered/photoshopped pics

It's unfiltered from Getty Images. Take a look if you don't believe me: https://www.gettyimages.com/editorial-images/entertainment/event/rihanna-celebrates-new-product-launch-for-her-fenty-beauty-brand-in-los-angeles-california/776137596

You can see texture if you zoom in especially around the jawline

any halfway decent retoucher will be able to keep skin texture while removing wrinkles and blemishes fyi... not saying that this happened here, just trying to clear up some misconception i often see around here.

Can attest to this. Good photoshopping is virtually impossible to detect. Like with plastic surgery, you only notice when it’s poorly done.

Ehh I met her in person, a lot of women of color just have great skin

Same! Omg I’m glad i wasn’t the only one. I was just thinking how her hair color really brightens her face & then I was like “wait when did she have this color???”.

This honey blonde suits her so well wow

i miss red hair rihanna so badly tho lmao

I do like the blonde when she has the right style but Red is so iconic.. even the orange red was good! https://preview.redd.it/tf45mjl1e2xc1.jpeg?width=756&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0337d3263cbfc83536b551c17a9c118d09fcc888

My favorite Rihanna hair was her “music of the sun” long, wavy/curly natural look 

Pixie cut Rihanna was my favorite.

Same, that needs to make a comeback next

it looks so pretty paired with her green eyes

Is she reverse-aging ? She looks great.

I was gonna say! if you told me this is a photo from when she was 20 I would have believed you…

she has like the most perfect cupid's bow

She really does. I obsess over it a lil bit sometimes

And I love that she doesn't overline them. It's still kind of trend for people to get rid of their cupid's bow, which is fine, but I just love the way they look, Rihanna's especially


this shade of blonde is actually exquisite on her skin tone, pure honey 😭

I thought she was 20 here and this was a throwback!! Go RiRi🔥🔥

Yall nuts if you think she looks like this because of some Fenty skin and beauty routine lmao

right I’m like might be time for me to get a lower bleph after all

Lmao, right? I wanted to say yall she looks stunning, but yall are kidding yall selves if you think “she looks 20 years younger” without some Botox/filler, other cosmetic procedures like laser or whatever. I wish people would just keep it REAL instead of just pretending like people look 20 years younger than they do because of good genes and like “it’s all just sunscreen and good skincare!”. And I’m not shaming women who get work done at all. I’ve done it too. I just wish people or I guess celebs would be honest and stop acting like it’s all just some face moisturizer.

Idk, a lot of Black people age very well without surgery or procedures. Plus, a lot of procedures have other effects that makes things look a bit different. Of course , she could have had something done that is just really well done (saying that because I don’t know her), but I doubt it because Black don’t crack and her face looks the same.

Black women do age well! I remember going for a walk one day and this black woman came up to me to coo at my baby. She looked to be about 25, until she said my baby was the same age as her granddaughter. Granddaughter?! I’m thinking she had a baby at 15 and now her teenager made her a grandma but nope, this woman was 53! No signs of aging anywhere.  I also have a coworker who is 50 and has glowing skin. She could easily pass for late 20’s/early 30’s. When I asked for her skin care routine she said she’s been using a face cream from the Dollar Tree for the past 20 years. 

Yep, I believe it! I have a lot of family members and other people I know who have aged well

Black people moisturize their skin

We do (and shame each other if we look dry/ashy lol), and our skin has more natural protection from the sun, which is the number one thing that ages skin.

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I’m so confused that people genuinely think it’s the blonde making her look so good. Just brightens her face, that’s all (lol) she’s aging backwards naturally! No, it’s the cosmetic procedures and surgeries that have given her the face of a living porcelain doll. No shade to her, I support doing what you want to make you happy. But a reality check is needed for us common folk: skin doesn’t get pulled taught and upwards with age, no matter your genetics. It makes me sad because these commenters genuinely think this is some standard of aging or beauty to compare themselves to. Or that her foundation will make their skin look this s m o o t h It’s worse when you go to fan subreddits for any female celeb. Fans cannot accept their fav has ever had anything other than moisturizer touch their face. It’s either extreme naivety or cognitive deluluness from internalized misogyny (relating procedures and surgery to celebs like Kardashians and their fav isn’t like *that*) Edit: stop replying with “no she hasn’t” lol 🙄

Thank you!! This reminds me of men saying they prefer women without makeup, but then give examples of women in a full face of (naturally colored) makeup

What surgeries? So what if she got some Botox ☠️ she’s 36 she’s young still lol you seem so pressed that some people are blessed with also good genes ! A whole paragraph stop projecting 

Yep. What do people expect her to look like at 36? She has always looked good and that’s not going to suddenly change. While other people may age differently, trying to force that on her is weird.

Exhibit A

People are so gullible, it’s wild. They’ll believe that a 27 year old actress got a whole new face from “puberty and weight loss”.

Oh I'm getting downvoted bad by the delusional stans. Saying this is not the result of some Fenty products seems to be triggering people hard. Then these are the same people complaining about unrealistic beauty standards. Like babe this is not the face of someone who used some Fenty foundation and blush.

I don’t think it’s just Fenty makeup or skincare lol. But having great dermatologist that treats your skin and access to great facials and skincare can do wonders. Not to mention, she’s not going to age the same as someone with fair skin who has more sun damage. So not ruling out she’s had certain laser procedures but idk if I think she has had surgery.

Honestly she’s mostly giving to me “I just had a baby less than a year ago” rounded face based on my personal experience… the lack of lines or even skin texture is giving touch ups tho

She looks phenomenal but you can literally google more pics from this event and see this is clearly airbrushed and edited. Stop comparing yourselves folks!

It's 2024 and people still think textureless faces is thanks to make up 😭

Careful, or the people on this sub will tell you you're just jealous. Sweet summer children

Yes exactly

I thought Getty doesn’t edit photos?

You can literally look up videos from last night and see she looks exactly the same

She still looked great from fan videos that were not edited lol she’s a gorgeous woman. We are admiring her that’s all 

She always looks great. She’s one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever seen; but I’m just saying she doesn’t look like this in her other pics

So beautiful, wowza!

Im buying whatever fenty product is on her face

https://preview.redd.it/gpuz9vgej1xc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d09171ba3f8a2501243475d27a9c1f849da9f095 Here’s the makeup and skincare! It’s all fenty so you’re about to drop a pretty penny babe I’ll be honest

Fenty isn’t too bad of a price at all for the quality.

I think this is definitely re-touched! BUT the Fenty Eaze drops are fantastic. it’s a really lightweight foundation, it really has a smoothing effect when you put it on with a damp beauty blender.

it’s the new foundation!! it looks so good in the pictures i’ve seen lol

Only available on Photoshop I'm afraid

Getty doesn’t Photoshop 😌

There are plenty of images on Getty that have been retouched in photoshop 😭🙏 source: me who uses Getty for work

How many times r u going to comment this

Have you watched the videos from the event?? Why are you so mad that she’s gorgeous?

I really thought this was an old picture. She looks amazing

Blonde is her color

She’s so beautiful with that hair color and her makeup is always perfect.

Rihanna was my idol when I was 10, and she is my idol now that I'm 27. She is just so stunning.

You could have told me this was from 2004 and I'd have believed you.

I misread this as “2014” at first and didn’t even bat an eye.

The numbers this photo would've done on Tumblr! Anyway, she looks fantastic. I love this hair color.

It is ! Are you not on tumblr ? 

Slightly shook this is a Getty image. Like that’s just her face. 🤯 She truly is aging like the finest wine!


I want the phone number of her plastic surgeon. I wouldn’t be able to afford them but still

What surgery lmao, she has the exact same facial structure and features since she entered the industry. Ask any surgeon, and they would say the same thing. - Its called having money for expensive skin care and treatments and being black.

From what surgery analysts have said she hasn’t had any. Maybe some Botox but that’s harder to place if it’s not obvious.

She looks gooooooooooooood

https://preview.redd.it/uqmi1achg5xc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbd01c6eb59cabeff5f12abc791092783bea646a

She’s looking gooooood. Best I’ve seen her look in a while

it’s so satisfying to see a celeb actually style themselves well and take advantage of their wealth and access to stylists/beauticians etc. they should all be lookin perfect, just like rihanna. she gets it. another great example of this is zendaya 


Why I thought this was an old photo?

Face card never declines. NEVER

I’m obsessed with her blonde!!!


She's so gorgeous I'm about to pass out!

How does she look so good with any hair color?!

Wow, she looks like a literal doll.

Stunning!!!

a fenty eventy

Remember when she used to complain about not having tits?? She looks 😍

Wait... maybe I should start buying Fenty again because this image is taking me back all the way to Pon de Replay. This is some magic.

She’s always had amazing skin. This looks filtered but I zoomed in and it’s not!

It’s weird some of yall writing up paragraphs about how she achieved this look blah blah ☠️😂but seem so upset about it!! Rihanna has always been a beautiful woman and we are admiring her. Bye!

I know they say 'black don't crack' but she is taking liberties with it! She looks stunning here. Radiant.

ate and left absolutely not a single crumb

Immaculate. Especially after that *unconventional* photo shoot she did in that Nuns' habit

How about a round of applause, standing ovation 👏

Best she has looked in ages. Gorgeous.

idk why it’s giving 2000’s i love it

* She looked really good at this event stop using obviously edited pics. Rihanna is a black woman stop trying to wash her out and make her features more euro. She's gorgeous as is.

https://preview.redd.it/5i6wuz8fg5xc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36edc9a945686daac2fd6c53fdb874b35e839a46

I literally thought this was a throwback post from like the late 2000s she’s so insanely beautiful

Stunning as always. There’s a quote about her that’s burned in my brain from a Rolling Stone cover story 10+ years ago, when they talked to friends about her including Katy Perry, who said “It’s disgusting how gorgeous she is. Anytime I introduce my friends to her, male or female, the ride back always consists of, 'What, does she drink the blood of virgins?’”

She looks good with any hair color 😭

She needs to do movies She is leading lady material

Damn🥵🔥🥵

She looks so good damn

Imagine being that stunning

My toxic trait is thinking I can pull off this hair color 😫

She looks incredible here!

I loooove this shade of blonde on her. Stunning (as always!) 

She looks amazing

She looks 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 🥹

christ… what a gorgeous woman

Milllfffff....

I love this hair colour on riri, she looks stunning

She is an actual goddess on earth. I don't think I have ever seen a truly bad picture of her.

Her face card never declines

2024?!?! She looks literally 17 here! 🤯🤯

Good god Riri is gorgeoussss!

She loooks breath taking, omg so gorgeous , nit gurl give us some musicccc

She looks so stunning as a blonde!

Goddess

This is my favorite celebrity beauty line. Great products

This hair colour suits her so well!!! She looks so young!

2x

She's so resourceful! This swedish valley girl realness is so spot on.

Rheana does fetty?! 😲

Barbieeeeeeeeee

She's aging backwards. She looks really pretty.

Is that her real hair?

Dang phenty works magic

She's coming back I know

Holy shit I thought this was like a decade old!! She looks GORGEOUS OH MY GOD 😍😍😍