Rihanna Celebrates the Beauty of Her Pregnant Form With a Throwback Maternity Shoot

Pregnancy comes with a wealth of mental, physical, emotional, and hormonal shifts—and, amid all of the growth and change, some truly goddess-level looks. To offer evidence of the divinity that comes with maternity, Rihanna graced social with a set of photographs from a 2022 maternity shoot featuring beach waves, body chains, and an in-womb RZA. 

The photo series—which the pop star titled “Rub on ya titties”—came with a thoughtful caption, a meditation on her first brush with maternity and motherhood ahead of the birth of her second child with A$AP Rocky. “In honor of my first pregnancy, embracing motherhood like a g, and the magic that this body made! Baby RZA… he in there not having a clue how nuts his mama is, or how obsessed he was bout to make me,” she captioned.

Along with the genuine sentiment, RiRi’s share came with a collection of vacation-ready beauty notes, all easily emulatable (well, save for the baby bump itself). To begin, dewy, sun-kissed skin should be on full display, golden tones emphasized with the help of gilded accessories. Nails worn long and boldly hued offer instant glamour (even sans ensemble), and fresh-from-the-water texture is, as always, the quickest route to mermaidcore. And for that extra dose of bad gal, finish with a generous swipe of peach lipgloss—warm, luxurious, and seemingly effortless, a perfect embodiment of Rihanna’s outward approach to parenthood.