21 Celebrity Instagrams That Are Too Gorgeous to Believe
Raise your hand if you have ever experienced this uniquely 2016 phenomenon: you're out with your friends, your outfit is on point, the location is picturesque, and you need a photo, like, NOW. Of course, any true friend will take approximately 75 10 photos of you in various poses so that you can live your best Instagram life. It takes focus. It takes skill. It takes knowing your angles. But if you're lucky, you'll nail the image and reap the likes.
Celebrities, however, are not like us, in that all of their Instagrams look pretty perfect. And not only that, but they look wonderfully candid in a way that ours rarely seem to accomplish. Case in point: Selena Gomez, who didn't break 100 million followers on the 'gram for nothing. But she's not the only one with an envy-inducing feed. Here, we break down a few of the most iconic celeb Instagrams of all time, so good that you'll be inspired to try to recreate the image on your own. It will probably take way more than one try to get it right but hey, we believe in you. You can do the thing.
1/22Let's first start with the granddaddy of them all: this shot from Selena Gomez.
Raise your hand if you have tried to recreate this while running errands. Raise your other hand if you failed terribly.
2/22And then there was this moment from Kendall Jenner and Hailey Baldwin.
Make a mental note to pose like this at prom. For Kenny and Hailey, however, this was like, a Tuesday.
3/22Bella Hadid eats ice cream the way we think we eat ice cream.
As in, glamorously. Is it summer again? Can we make this happen for our 'grams?
4/22Allow Yara Shahidi show you how to check your phone at the beach.
Yeah, we look this casually and candidly perfect while finding the birthday cake emoji, too.
5/22Gigi Hadid went in for a casual hair check and came back with this glorious moment.
Same.
6/22Kylie Jenner's birthday getaway raises a lot of questions.
1, Where do we get that bathing suit? 2, Did you guys plan to coordinate? 3, wasn't the photographer scared to drop their phone in the ocean?!
7/22A simple guide to taking an outfit photo as great as Beyoncé's:
- Be Beyoncé.
- Get Jay Z to take your outfit photo for you.
Your move, #ootd mavens.
8/22Arden Cho looks way more glam at the airport than we ever will.
But she did just give us a reason to show up early for our next flight: namely, to try to recreate this photo.
9/22Kaia Gerber has nailed the art of the road trip photo.
How do you even coordinate this moment?! And who is driving?
10/22Shawn Mendes is like, the only dude who can pull off the whole "oh, just casually practicing the guitar."
We'd even listen to "Wonderwall."
11/22Demi Lovato's mirror moment is pretty much #goals.
Whoever took this for her even knew to angle themselves out of the reflection. Now that's true friendship.
12/22And this is how Jordyn Woods relaxes on vacation.
Can you invite us along next time? Pretty please? We'll take the photos!
13/22This photo of Ashley Benson and Shay Mitchell has everything.
Pasta, best friends, more pasta, best friends feeding each other pasta...
14/22How much do we love this Lucy Hale photo? Let us count the ways.
- Outfit goals: check.
- Hair goals: check.
- Instagram goals: YEP.
15/22Of course, there's this Taylor Swift-Gigi Hadid-Cara Delevingne moment.
As if you expected anything less from a squad of supermodels.
16/22Blake Lively followed this "expectation" photo up with a pretty relatable "reality" moment.
But even that looks better than most of our most-posed Instagrams, TBH.
17/22Ruby Rose's beachwear is next-level.
As is everything else about her, so are you really surprised?
18/22Did Zendaya's custom bomber and perfect makeup inspire you to duplicate this look?
Asking your BFF to help you recreate this exact pose would be worth it, especially for an A+ highlight.
19/22Hailee Steinfeld, how did this magic happen?
We only ask because we want to art direct our own version, but it's hard when our eyes are closed.
20/22Halsey may not have blue hair anymore, but the glow follows her around wherever she goes.
If you have a dress like this in your closet, getting a shot like this for your own Instagram might not be that hard. We can hope.
21/22And while this might not be the correct way to work out, it still seems like fun.
Channel Zayn the next time you're looking to mix up your routine. You're welcome for the Instagram likes.
