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that launched a thousand cut creases. scribers are also curious.The 36-year-old entrepreneur takes a [what I’ve had done]?” says Huda Kat-tan through a shy smile. I do—and I’m guessing her 43 million Instagram fol-lowers and 3.8 million YouTube sub-“SO YOU REALLY Wten doubles as the setting for the videos Beauty’s Dubai headquarters, which of-deep breath and walks me through all the We’re sitting in the bathroom of Huda ANT TO KNOW^
mentally—to transform herself into the lift. Fillers in her lips, cheeks, and chin, makeup innovator, mother, and monon-ymous beauty icon she is today. her jaw and cheeks. Semi-shaved-off tweaks in the face and jawline. A breast work it’s taken—both cosmetically and and under the eyes. Dissolving those fill-ers because she felt like it was too much. Feng shui consultations. Thread lifts in brows. Three years working with a life A nose job in 2013. Subtle Botox
treatment created by her Dubai-based tan says about the smile lines on either dermatologist, Mful.” Wthe muscle piece by piece. It’s very pain-was inspired by her most critical You-Tube followers. “I used to get comments saying, ‘You look like a nutcracker,’” Kat-coach. And, most recently, an innovative side of her mouth. “Msmall needle and actually rips the skin off a procedure where she goes in with a hen she’s in full glam, like today, arta Duarte, My doctor developed D, that
cedural cake: about two hours of makeup.of injectables, let alone cosmetic sur-Cover them up? Show them?’ And I was But Kattan’s complete transparency—at a time when many are still hesitant to disclose that they have had even a drop it’s all topped with the icing on the pro-gery—is a refreshing part of her brand. “I started bruising [from the treatments],” she says. “And I was like, ‘Wlike, ‘Fuck it. I’ll just start showing them.’ It’s hard not to balk at this confession. hat do I do?
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