It’s been a decade since this photoshoot appeared in the Estonian issue of Playboy and it shows. I’m not sure what nude models look like in Estonia these days, but this isn’t it. I’m not saying it’s bad, because it’s not. Beatrice is quite fetching, but it’s almost like the stylist and photographer couldn’t figure out what decade they wanted to emulate, which just goes to show how confusing the aughts were in terms of fashion and makeup.
That said, there’s something I really like about the faded red lip stain and the high red cheeks in the third picture as if Beatrice was sucking on a cherry popsicle on a hot day. One can only hope that’s what she was doing in between shots.
As a young lass, I used to take cherry popsicles and repeatedly line my lips with the melting tip to stain them red. It was my way to get away with wearing lipstick without really wearing lipstick. I was a tricky little nymph. My parents hadn’t forbidden me from wearing makeup, it’s just that lip stains weren’t something that existed in my universe. I didn’t want to wear lipstick, I just wanted my lips to look flush as if I had just come out of a makeout session.
Another handy trick for those emergency moments when you run into someone and you suddenly wish you had swiped on some tinted lip balm before leaving the house, you can gently bite your lips to draw blood to the area. They will instantly look a little bit redder and fuller.
Ah yes, the secret joys of being a woman. Beatrice knows what I’m talking about. Beatrice knows.
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