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Yara Shahidiflaunts her natural — and unretouched — beauty on the pages ofHarper’s Bazaar‘sempowering August issue.
Thegrown-ishstar and teen activist (who founded a mentoring program calledYara’s Clubat age 15 and a platform that encourages voter registration calledEighteenx18a few years later) opened up about how she’s using fashion and beauty to make a difference.
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The African and Iranian-American star added: “My clothes need to have movement. For me, fashion is all about joy.”
Shahidi, who rocked natural curls and dewy skin for the shoot, also spoke about diversity — or lack thereof — in the beauty industry. Earlier this year, she became aBobbi Brown Cosmeticsambassador and starred in the iconic makeup brand’s extended shade range campaign.
“I love that more brands are doing this,” Shahidi toldHarper’s Bazaarof the foundation collection. “There have been times when I got out of the makeup chair and my skin looked gray. It’s why I think every single person of color usually brings their own makeup kit to set.”
In March, theblack-ishalumspoke to PEOPLE exclusivelyabout her partnership withBobbi Brown Cosmetics: “I actually use the product, but the brand aligns with me on more than just a skin care level, they understand the importance of platform.”
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“True beauty is being unique, experimenting, exploring, sometimes unsettling. True beauty is expansive, is happiness. True beauty is my unibrow!” Shahidi said in the clip.
“I think we have a tendency to materialize beauty, and connect it with product,” she told PEOPLE. “But this campaign is not about us saying, ‘to look better, do this or that.’ But rather, we’re of the opinion you should do whatever makes you feel good, and we’re addressing beauty as not something that’s even attached to a product, but as something that’s attached to this overall feeling of support and confidence which we all get from different things.”
source: people.com
