Lara Dutta on beauty, plastic surgery and more

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Read the full article on gulfnews.com - Lara Dutta on beauty, plastic surgery and more https://gn24.ae/7f2eae1d9628000  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos  Miracles don’t always come in an expensive jars, claims former beauty queen and Bollywood actress Lara Dutta. She should know. Last week at Dubai’s Beauty World ME exhibit, Dutta unveiled her range of skincare products called Arias.

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00:00Well, I honestly think that every, you know, moment, time comes, every idea's time just

00:15arrives.

00:16And I think this is the time for Arias.

00:19It obviously had a lot of work that went behind it.

00:22So we've spent almost two years on the formulations, putting together the right ingredients, understanding

00:27the kind of skin that we wanted to address, and worked with dermatologists in India, across

00:33the globe.

00:34A lot of the ingredients that you'll see in the products, a lot of them are from India,

00:38but then other things are also brought in.

00:39So it's, you know, it's making sure you get the best quality of skincare that your buck

00:46can buy.

00:51I definitely think so.

00:52You know, so for me, I've spent almost 25 years in the beauty industry, and I've used

00:56obviously products from around the world.

00:58But I find that, you know, buying a cream for me from a company that's a Scandinavian

01:02company or a European company or French company, I mean, obviously, the creams are amazing

01:07and they're amazing results.

01:08But our skin types are completely different.

01:11The things that are causing our skin to age as we get older are different reasons, you

01:15know.

01:16So for us, climatic conditions in this part of the world, you know, rising pollution levels,

01:20you know, all of that is points that need to be addressed.

01:24So to find or to have a comprehensive skincare that you can use every single day, that's

01:30gentle enough that you can incorporate it into your daily routine.

01:34And at the same time, it's not going to bust your bank, you know, because a lot of times

01:37I find women go out and buy that one jar of really expensive cream, and then they hang

01:42on to it for two years, you know, so it's used very sparingly.

01:46And I think as a woman that you shouldn't need to compromise on looking after your skin.

01:50So the idea is to make a line that is absolutely affordable, even for middle-class women that,

01:57you know, you're not thinking twice before looking after yourself.

02:03I think for me, true beauty is being able to celebrate yourself every single day, to

02:06look in the mirror and say, it doesn't matter if I'm fat, thin, dark, fair, old, young,

02:12I'm just so happy and contented and proud of who I am.

02:15When you're affordable, you don't want to compromise on what it is that you're putting

02:24in your product.

02:25You know, so to make sure that you're being able to source, you know, all the ingredients

02:29that go into the formulations, to be able to source them ethically, so we're cruelty-free,

02:34we're vegetarian, the products are, we're paraben-free, sulfate-free, you know, so to

02:37just make sure that you're not harming your skin, it's gentle, and at the same time to

02:42make it sustainable.

02:43So you'll see a lot of the products, they have neem in it, they've got matcha tea, you

02:47know, so making sure that we're able to source ingredients that are also in many ways originate

02:52out of India, but at the same time, I didn't want to be an Ayurvedic, you know, brand,

02:57I don't want to be just, I want to be something that shows results.

03:00So you need, if you're going to be using a skincare product every single day, you want

03:04to see a difference.

03:05If it's not showing any difference to your skin, it doesn't make, there's no point in

03:08using it.

03:09You used it on yourself?

03:10I've been my biggest guinea pig, and over two years, so I know exactly what works and

03:14what doesn't.

03:20To be very honest, I'm not against anybody, exactly, I'm absolutely not, and I'm the last

03:24person who says, oh, I don't think somebody should, you know, do.

03:27I think for every woman, you want to be the best version of yourself, and so if you want

03:31to go out, and whether it's colouring your hair to, you know, injecting something into

03:35your face, it's absolutely up to you, and it's a personal choice that you make.

03:39I mean, I'm in my forties today, and to be very honest, and I say this very proudly,

03:42I have, except for giving birth to my daughter, I've had nothing else that I've gone under

03:46the knife.

03:52Oh, it is stressful, it's very stressful, and especially now that we live in this whole

03:55paparazzi culture where, you know, now of course, and then you're packed, you know,

04:00going in for, going into the dentist, you know, you're just, so, exactly, and so now

04:05there's that pressure, especially with social media, to constantly be on the top of your

04:09game, you know, and I've never ever allowed myself to play into that.

04:14I just, I'm not that kind of person, and I think I would be a rather miserable person

04:17if I was constantly playing to the gallery.

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