MUMBAI, India: Under the glow of a ring light in the spare bedroom of a high-rise apartment in the western Indian city of Mumbai, makeup maven Debasree Banerjee has found fans across the world with a simple philosophy: brown is beautiful.
Social media beauty and lifestyle influencer Debasree Banerjee applies foundation on her hand while going live on her YouTube channel in the city of Mumbai, western India on March 16, 2023. AFP PHOTO Banerjee's audience includes women from as far afield as the Middle East and United States who also have a deeper complexion, but have historically been overlooked by the cosmetics industry.
'People thought brown skin is not pretty,' Faby, another beauty influencer living in Mumbai, told AFP. 'But now we've started learning to love ourselves.'Faby has nearly 900,000 Instagram followers and has established herself as one of India's top cosmetic stylists, recently teaming up with top Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone to promote a skincare line.