Celebrate Self-Love With These 10 Seductive Lingerie Looks

There's nothing more romantic than learning to love yourself, and while you're taking the time to practice self-love, you might as well dress the part. We rounded up some of the hottest lingerie to wear (this Valentine's Day, but also well beyond) when you're really feeling yourself. We also caught up with the models wearing the looks to find out what it is they love about themselves and the importance of self-care.

Check it all out in the slideshow below, and remember the wise words of RuPaul (of which model Esther reminded us), "If you can't love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love someone else?" So true.

Photographer: Ana IramStylist: Heather Newberger

Stylist Assistant: Ludovica Varotto

Makeup: Tony Tulve

Hair: Marina Guidos

Models: Esther at OMIT MGMT, Iman and Maggie at Wilhelmina, Alexa at IMG, Eddy LeRoy Jr.

ESTHER

What do you love most about yourself?

My lips.

Why do you find self-love so important?

I find it important because, like RuPaul says, "If you can't love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love someone else?"

What is your go to self-care ritual?

Probably skin care. Like, the time that I put into it makes me feel good about myself and it makes me feel like I'm actively doing something to improve myself, and it's important to me.

What is your skin-care ritual?

Oh god, there's a lot. Double cleanse, moisturize. No, double cleanse, tone, serum, second serum, first moisturizer, second moisturizer, eye cream, and a bi-weekly facial peel. I do a lot.

Get Esther's look: All products used in the story are by M.A.C Cosmetics. Prep skin with a combo of Prep + Prime essential oil and Strobe Redlite. Buff in the face and body foundation, hit high planes of the face with Luna CCB, and spotlight with Kitchmas pigment. Sketch and blend Cherry lip pencil across the lid and into the crease, tap Reflects Rust on the lid, and finish with a ton of Haute and Naughty Mascara. Add a touch of cherry lip pencil to bump up natural lip tone. Apply clear Lip Glass on lid and lip.

Latex body suit by CHROMAT, harness by Zana Bayne.

IMAN

What do you love most about yourself?

For me, I really love who I am, completely. I don't think there's any one thing that I feel the need to pick out that I love more than everything else. I feel like that's always kind of looked down upon as an answer, 'cause people always seem to pick one little thing, but I think that people should say they love themselves completely. Like, all my little quirks and stuff, I wouldn't change it.

Why do you find self-love so important?

I think because that's where everything starts. People ask, "How are you so confident?" And, "How did you start doing this career and doing what you love?" And I think it starts with loving yourself first. If you don't love yourself, nobody else is going to. How could anybody else? And you know, no matter what you want to do, you can't help other people if you don't even believe in your own self. I think everything starts with self-love and you becoming the person you want to be and doing whatever you want to do in life. 

What's your go to self-care ritual?

Oh my gosh, okay, chocolate first, for sure; my man, he always makes me feel better; and a nice bath bomb—a nice, lavender bath.

Get Iman's look: Prep skin with a combo ofPrep + Prime essential oil and Strobe Redlite. Buff in the face and body foundation, hit high planes of face with Hush CCB, and spotlight with Vanilla pigment. Line lids with DivineDivine Retro Matte Liquid Lip. Add hearts with lash glue on inner and outer corners of the eye to create a cat eye effect and finish with Zoom Fast Black mascara. Add Divine Divine to lips with the finger for lived-in effect.

Bra and skirt by CHROMAT, Earring by Lady Grey / Mega Mega Projects.

ALEXA

What do you love most about yourself?

I think that I adapt easily in environments and to people. I like to call myself a chameleon 'cause I can just, like, shape-shift; I just get along with everyone.

Why do you find self-love so important?

It's important because at the end of the day, seriously, no one else can make yourself feel better. It's you. You gotta know how to pick yourself up and just get on with life and know how to boost your own morale, 'cause no one else can fuckin' do it for you.

What's your go to self-care ritual?

It's probably David Bowie, caffeine, and chocolate. 

Get Alexa's look: Prep skin with a combo ofPrep + Prime essential oil and Strobe Silverlite. Buff in the face and body foundation, hit high planes of face with Luna CCB, and spotlight with Soft Frost Extra Dimension Skinfinish. Buff Saddle shadow and Blunt blush across the lid, crease, and lower lashline. Spotlight center of the lid and lower lash with Soft Frost and Reflect Transparent Teal glitter, add heart stone with Lash glue, and finish with Haute and Naughty mascara. Apply Vogue Retro Matte Liquid Lip across the lips for a touch of color. 

Top by Strita DTLA / House of, underwear by Fortnight / Bollare, skirt by Zana Bayne, shoes by MNZ.

MAGGIE

What do you love most about yourself?

If you were to ask me that question a year ago, I would have paused and not known what to say because it was hard to find something; now I pause because it's hard to find something that I don't love about myself. Over the last six months, I've gained more than 40 pounds, and I remember [with] the first few pounds, I was like, "Agh!" And then I started to look in the mirror, and I was like, "Oh wait, this is cool. I have boobs. I have a butt." Like, I just remember looking in the mirror one day and being really excited about how I look and feeling more myself that way than I ever had before, and that was really cool.

Why do you find self-love so important?

If you don't love yourself, who will?

What's your go to self-care ritual?

Depending on the day and what's not feeling so great, I'll either go for a run or order Thai food; maybe go to my favorite coffee shop and get a mocha. 

Get Maggie's look: Prep skin with a combo ofPrep + Prime essential oil and Strobe Redlite. Buff in the face and body foundation, hit high planes of face with Luna CCB, and spotlight with Beaming Blush Extra Dimension Skinfinish. Apply glitter to lash line with lash glue and finish with Extreme Dimension mascara. Apply Dance With Me Retro Matte Liquid Lip to lips, blurring the edges out with a Q-Tip for that freshly kissed smudge. Add red lip mix to center and highlight Cupid's bow with silver pigment.

Bodysuit by Strita DTLA / House Of, belt by Zana Bayne.

EDDY

What do you love most about yourself?

Probably my strong sense of self. I've grown into myself and there's nothing much you can tell me that I don't already know. I just learned to accept myself.

Why do you find self-love so important?

I feel it's a thing you have to practice, and once you achieve it, you're kind of infinite in a way. 

What's your go to self-care ritual?

Definitely my morning and night routine as far as cleansing and moisturizing and face masks and all that stuff. I find that so important because, like, these two little blemishes here? I'm freaking out over them. So I'm always looking up DIY toners and all this other stuff. I've been experimenting, but lately, I've been using a lot of Milk Makeup because I did something with them, so I have a bunch of their products, and I really like it. For a mask, I'm currently trying out the Glossier detoxifying green mask, and I like it so far. 

Get Eddy's look: Prep skin with a combo ofPrep + Prime essential oil and Strobe Peachlite. Buff in the face and body foundation and sweep the desired amount of Full Fuchsia blush through the crease, temple, and across the cheeks. Add rhinestones and sequins with Duo Lash Adhesive and Lip Conditioner on lids and lips.

Pants by MNZ, socks and necklace model's own.

Get Esther's look: Prep skin with a combo ofPrep + Prime essential oil and Strobe Redlite. Buff in the face and body foundation, hit high planes of the face with Luna CCB, and spotlight with Kitchmas pigment. Sketch and blend Cherry lip pencil across the lid and into the crease, tap Reflects Rust on the lid and finish with a ton of Haute and Naughty Mascara. Add a touch of cherry lip pencil to bump up natural lip tone on lips and clear Lip Glass on lid and lip.

Mesh dress by J Papa / House of, heart Pasties by XX from Dolls Kill, harness by Zana Bayne, shoes by Isa Tapia / Mega Mega Projects, socks by & Other Stories.

Get Iman's look: Prep skin with a combo ofPrep + Prime essential oil and Strobe Redlite. Buff in the face and body foundation, hit high planes of the face with Hush CCB, and spotlight with Vanilla pigment. Line lids with DivineDivine Retro Matte Liquid Lip, add hearts with lash glue on inner and outer corners of the eye to create a cat eye effect, and finish with Zoom Fast Black mascara. Add Divine Divine to lips with finger for a lived-in effect.

Body cage and underwear by CHROMAT, shoes by Isa Tapia / Mega Mega Projects.

Get Alexa's look: Prep skin with a combo ofPrep + Prime essential oil and Strobe Silverlite. Buff in the face and body foundation, hit high planes of the face with Luna CCB, and spotlight with Soft Frost Extra Dimension Skinfinish. Buff Saddle shadow and Blunt blush across the lid, crease, and lower lashline. Spotlight center of the lid and lower lash with Soft Frost and Reflect Transparent Teal glitter, add heart stone with Lash glue, and finish with Haute and Naughty mascara. Apply Vogue Retro Matte Liquid Lip across lips for a touch of color. 

Chain and bra by Zana Bayne, necklace by Lady Grey / Mega Mega Projects, skirt by Bordelle / Bollare, shoes by Dr. Martens.

Get Maggie's look: Prep skin with a combo ofPrep + Prime essential oil and Strobe Redlite. Buff in the face and body foundation, hit high planes of face with Luna CCB, and spotlight with Beaming Blush Extra Dimension Skinfinish. Apply glitter to lash line with lash glue and finish with Extreme Dimension mascara. Apply Dance With Me Retro Matte Liquid Lip to lips, blurring the edges out with a Q-Tip. Add red lip mix to center and highlight Cupid's bow with silver pigment.

Turtleneck by Nika Tang / House Of, bra top by CHROMAT, underwear by Fortnight / Bollare, shoes by Isa Tapia / Mega Mega Projects.

Get Eddy's look: Prep skin with a combo ofPrep + Prime essential oil and Strobe Peachlite. Buff in the face and body foundation. Sweep the desired amount of Full Fuchsia blush through the crease, temple, and across cheeks. Add rhinestones and sequins to the face with Duo Lash Adhesive and Lip Conditioner to lids and lips.

Underwear by Redwolf PDX, jacket by Zara, necklace is model's own.