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We sat down with Sanam to talk about her style, how she finally learned to love her culture, and why she's not cool with your egregious bindi accessorizing.

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00:00I think I came to develop a unique sense of style just by growing up not really
00:06loving myself, being very self-deprecating. My name's Sanam. I'm from everywhere. I
00:12feel great made up and I feel great like walking around natural without any
00:17makeup on and it took me a long time to feel good about both of those things.
00:24Makeup, it's definitely been like a form of healing, looking different whenever I
00:29want to. It's also helped me in a weird way come to terms with the way I look
00:33without makeup on. It's helped me like be able to like represent my culture
00:40strangely through it. Indian women, South Asian women in general, it's like a very
00:44distinct look and the way they do their makeup. My favorite makeup item is
00:49definitely eye makeup, especially eyeliner. My eyes are my favorite feature and I
00:54love to make them very dramatic and so eye makeup is definitely my favorite.
00:59One thing I would tell my younger self would definitely be hang in there
01:03because shit's rough when you're a teenager and it's a really like lonely
01:07feeling and I think if I saw myself six years ago I would just tell myself that
01:16it's gonna be okay and you're gonna be happy and you're gonna be okay.
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