Nelly Furtado entered the new year with a little self-love, sharing two photos of herself on Instagram wearing a bight orange bikini alongside a lengthy caption with her thoughts on body positivity and the idea of having a “body neutral 2025.”
“HAVE A BODY NEUTRAL 2025, , BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, LOVE WITH EVERY INCH OF YOUR HEART ♥️,” Furtado wrote. “THANKS FOR ALL THE MEMORIES THIS YEAR .”
“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,” Furtado continued, reflecting on 2024.
Furtado said that she’s “never had” cosmetic surgery on her face or body “besides for veneers on the top row of my teeth” and hasn’t received “face or lip injections or fillers of any kind.” However, she’s had to “pursue some legal action” against business owners selling services online “based on selling health and beauty myths about me.”
Furtado revealed that her current glowing appearance is the result of using serums and creams provided by an “old school facialist,” whom she has been visiting since age 20.
“The day before photo shoots and red carpets, I drink a lot of water and sleep on my back,” Furtado said, revealing more beauty secrets.
“Sometimes on the red carpet or at photo shoots my makeup artist uses face tape to give my eyes, skin and makeup more lift,” she continued. “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!” Furtado wrote, before stating that her latest bikini photos were unedited and she was wearing “no makeup” in the shots.
After noting that she embraces her “spider veins” passed down from her mother and aunties, she parted with a final message to her followers.
“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,” she concluded.
