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💅🏽🦚🪷 the ULTIMATE guide to becoming a south asian baddie 🪷🦚💅🏽

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‼️ the ONLY step by step guide you’ll need to unlock your inner desi baddie‼️ it’s got everything from skincare to fashion to makeup to fragrance (and even some optional book recs) that’ll help you find your true self. all you need to do take what y...
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step 1: ✨luscious hair & glowing skin ✨

skincare & hair care rooted in Indian ayurveda + products for common brown girl problems
 
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gives you a glowy base for your makeup or skincare 💚
Juicy Glow Prep & Hydrate Balm Stick - Mango People
 
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the key to thick, beautiful hair is a good Ayurvedic hair oil
Fortifying Hair Serum Oil | RANAVAT
 
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perfect for us brown girls with hyperpigmentation!!! I use the jumbo bottle bc I run out so fast 😭
Good Molecules - 1.0 oz Discoloration Correcting Serum
 
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loveeee me a good shimmery body oil ✨✨
Néroli & Orchidée Shimmering Body Oil

step 2: jhumka gira re 🎶

 
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gold baby jhumkas that go with every outfit 💛
Baby Jhumka Earrings - BySimran
 
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this is literally where I get all of my Indian and indo-western pieces. They are so easy to style up or down and I’ve gotten so many compliments in college about their designs and quality!!! def def recommend 🫶🏽
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free people has great colorful designs and tops made with breathable fabric 🫶🏽 I would pair this top with chunky gold bangles and gold jhumkas!
Night Stunner Tank
 
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if you’re interested in slow fashion, The Kismet Reserve, a south asian owned brand, sells beautiful vintage watches 🤎
The Kismet Reserve
 
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a cute belt accent to your fits. i meant it when i say including your culture into your daily life doesn’t have to be flashy 🫶🏽
jhumka waist chain
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step 3: it’s all in the eyes chico 💄💋

 
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my go-to color corrector for that brown girl hyperpigmentation
Kulfi Beauty Crease-Proof Long-Wear Hydrating Clean ...
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the best setting powder that doesn’t give flashback mary 👻
EASY BAKE LOOSE POWDER Banana Bread - Huda Beauty
 
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has a great variety of brown girl friendly shades for more colorful styles of kajal 🎨
Matte Fluid Eye Paint - about-face
 
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Long lasting fruity gloss to lip stain formula 🥭🍓🍊
Mango People Lip Stain

step 4: scents that’ll make them palat, palat, palat

scents that remind you of home
 
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a musky floral with sandalwood and magnolia notes
3.4 oz Beautiful Magnolia Eau de Parfum Spray - Estée Lauder
 
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notes of orange, musk, and neroli I wear this to dinners and late night events it gives soft feminine but still seductive
Néroli & Orchidée Eau de Toilette | Fragrance