Dear Rihanna: Rihanna covers latest issue of Allure magazine and fans send in letters

For her cover story, Rihanna doesn’t talk about herself rather her fans send in letters, talking about how Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty has changed their lives. You see, this cover is celebrating a year of Rihanna’s beauty line, Fenty Beauty.

For the shoot, Rihanna was photographed by Nigerian-Jamaican Nadine Ijewere. She was styled in Miu Miu, Calvin Klein, Kenneth Jay Lane and Marc Jacobs. All her makeup was done with Fenty Beauty products (obviously).

For the story, five women wrote letters to Rih, Rihanna or Robyn as they all see her in their heads, including model, Slick Woods, who recently walked for Rihanna at her SavagexFenty show and went into labour right after.

The letters are heart-melting and beautiful. They tell heartfelt stories of how Rihanna and her brand have changed these women’s lives forever.

Makeup founder, Cynde Watson, who tried to make an all-inclusive makeup back in 2007 and failed, had this to say to Rihanna:

“I truly commend your fearlessness and passion to continue the amazing fight to normalize inclusivity in the beauty industry. To be fair, there are a few key makeup brands that I recognize and appreciate from “back in the day” whose missions were and still are to celebrate multiple skin tones, but I credit you for breaking boundaries and shaking things up in today’s beauty space with your intense conviction and celebrity influence. You are inspiring consumers, retailers, and future beauty brands to think globally and recognize that all skin tones matter.”

Slick Woods wrote:

“You introduced me to a more mainstream level of exposure. I was famous for all of the wrong reasons before. People loved the idea of Slick, but you gave me countless platforms to let people actually fall in love with who I am. You made inclusivity cool, and that’s revolutionary. Now people are putting money toward inclusion, rather than putting money toward a certain supremacy. It’s a beautiful switch in pace. You have my loyalty until the end of time.”

To read all the letters, visit the Allure website.