{"id":2505,"date":"2020-08-15T06:38:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T06:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&p=2505"},"modified":"2021-04-14T11:37:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:37:39","slug":"huda-and-mona-kattan-join-rosie-huntington-whiteley-on-her-new-beauty-show-about-face","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/huda-and-mona-kattan-join-rosie-huntington-whiteley-on-her-new-beauty-show-about-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Huda And Mona Kattan Join Rosie Huntington-Whiteley On Her New Beauty Show About Face"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As part of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley\u2019s new six-part mini-series,\u00a0About Face<\/em>, the model, actress and designer caught up with some of the biggest names in beauty. Think Emily Weiss, Kylie Jenner, PONY Syndrome, Jen Atkin, Sir John and, last but not least, Dubai\u2019s very own Huda Kattan. And, don’t worry,\u00a0Grazia<\/em>\u00a0is here to fill you in the intimate details of Huda’s interview, from her childhood all the way to the creation of her dynamic beauty empire, and the struggles and inspirations that came in between.<\/p>\n

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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley on her quest to discover the success secrets of beauty’s biggest faces<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On her childhood, growing up in Tennessee, a southern state in America, Huda tells Rosie; “I just looked very different from everyone I was at school with. People would find reasons to say “You\u2019re super weird” or just be really mean. I think being Middle Eastern and also being a Westerner made me feel like I was always an outsider. And I thought, at the time, I just needed to be appreciated by everyone else\u2026”<\/p>\n

Thankfully for us, like many thriving entrepreneurs, the trail-blazer was soon to learn she didn\u2019t need other people\u2019s approval: “A lot of the issues I\u2019ve had have stemmed from my childhood: of never feeling good enough; of never feeling accepted. And now,\u00a0I have a lot of love for myself. I\u2019m not going to stress about how people feel; I don\u2019t know what the world expects of me and I don\u2019t care!<\/span>”<\/p>\n

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Rosie sat down with another powerful force in the beauty industry, Kylie Jenner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Huda reveals her long-term relationship with makeup began at home, “My sister, who\u2019s ten years older than me, inspired my love affair with beauty. She has these big eyes and she would put mascara all over her lashes\u2026 I just thought she was this exotic jewel! I used to steal her products, use them until they were empty and then put them back!”<\/p>\n

She adds that makeup acted like therapy for her: “It was almost like a safe space. It made me feel like I was another person, and I felt so powerful because of it<\/span>.”<\/p>\n

When it came to breaking into the industry, however, it wasn\u2019t so straightforward: “At first, honestly, no one wanted to pay me for makeup. So I was just assisting whatever makeup artist I could. At this one gig I was doing, I met someone on set and they were like, “Wow, your makeup is actually really good! Will you do a photoshoot for this Middle Eastern magazine?””<\/p>\n

Having been refused both the photos from the shoot and any sort of payment for the job, Huda went ahead and did it anyway: “One thing led to another and I actually ended up becoming the makeup artist for Revlon, for the Middle East. I did that for a long time – I just started saying yes to everything – that was probably the biggest catalyst for my career.<\/p>\n

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