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In my culture, girls are usually expected to wear the patas, sarees, but just not my thing
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I usually wear a suit or something very masculine presenting. I want to switch it up this year
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Full on feminine, like makeup, hair, heels, saree, make it look like a proper Bollywood scene actually
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Hi. What's up, gang? Seriously? Hi
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Hello. Pooja here. Nice to meet you. Come. My look is very masculine presenting
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I usually wear baggy clothes because I'm a dancer and I think my hair does most of the talking
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I think tomboy is more of a personality. A lot of people assume that it's a gender or a sexuality
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I think it's just something that people like to wear. Like, if you want to wear a pant, I think that's okay
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And if you want to wear a skirt, totally normal. My family has always wanted me to grow my hair back
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and dress up more feminine but I've just never really felt comfortable in those clothes
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Do you know how I cut my hair in 5th grade? Hmm
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What do you think about it? I always wanted you in frocks, in the short skirts, the Indian outfit
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and as you grew you became more of a tomboy. That was a challenge to me
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Okay, so you know how you wanted to see me in a saree? Yes, always wanted
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So, I've decided to wear a saree. What? Yeah. Seriously? I want you to pick the saree for me
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Yes, yes. That I can do. I have a saree to give you. Okay. That's not my saree
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That's actually your grandmother's saree. And she will also feel happy. Okay
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All right. Bye-bye. See you. See you. Are you ready for this
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Yeah. Let's do it. Let's go. Today, we are going to do soft glam look, which will go very well with Indian sarees
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Marina is not a makeup person but yeah I try my best to give the best to her So this is a pore primer So when you have you know open pores is the best thing to put so that it gives that smooth finishing and makeup will stay longer In my culture girls are usually
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expected to wear the pattas, sarees in school as a kid. I mean we used to just stick with wearing
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shorts or my football jerseys. All these teachers used to call me a boy like why are you running like
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boys why you always with the boys since then it's been in my head like oh maybe i should try to turn
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it down and i tried to do that when i grew a little older i had this group of girls that i was friends
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with and they were very feminine and i used to just follow what these girls were doing when i used to
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go to school with the dress or a saree people genuinely used to be surprised like oh you can
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actually pull up a saree even though i had long hair they never expected me to actually wear
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something feminine that kind of made me feel like uh oh i'm so out of place here because
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like i'm just doing the same thing as you guys so why is it so different are you nervous uh yeah maybe like a little skeptical about how this is going to turn out
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who are you revealing this look to um so my mom my grandma brother and best friend my mom has
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always wanted to see me in a sari every time she goes shopping she'll just buy and she'll come home
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and she'll be like see i got this for you you got to wear it and it's like a guilt trip for me because
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now i'm feeling bad that i'm not wearing it so even when you wear them you don't feel that you're
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enjoying i just wear it for them because just because they want it i think today you're going
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to enjoy i don't think you need contouring because you already have chiseled face so just go ahead
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with blush now. When I used to dress feminine, I never used to feel fully confident. Just my body
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language used to feel very closed. I used to feel like I could just, you know, wear what my brother's
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wearing. He used to just come up in something that I'd want to wear. If your sari has some gold in it
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this will go. Eventually, I finally gave up. I cut my hair. It was long hair. I had like all the way
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up to my shoulders I think They just took and chopped the whole thing Once my family saw They were very upset They were just like why Because I the only girl in my entire family Also they were just like so disappointed that the only girl also is looking like a boy now They took a lot of time to you know digest
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that. It just gives you a shut lift. People love to judge. And when it comes to the way
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I look, being a girl, I get judged every day. On the internet, there are a few people that
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come my way saying God has created only man and woman. I'm like, okay, good. Like I'm
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I'm not trying to be a man here, it's just I'm wearing a shirt. I'm sorry it's hurting your ego or something
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People on the road used to genuinely take their time to stop and stare at me
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They just would stare and they would judge me up and down. They're just like, what is she wearing
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It doesn't matter what they say because if they call me ugly, it's fine, that's your opinion. I can call you ugly back
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That's my opinion. Simple as that. We're done with the makeup. Now let's get to into sari and hair
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Okay. Let's go. I think a lot of people are going to be surprised when they see the look
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I've always wondered how I would look with long hair and with a saree
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Because at the end of the day, I'm still a girl. I still have a feminine side inside me
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How are you feeling? I'm actually very curious. I'm very excited and nervous
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I'm actually very, very nervous. Are you ready? Yeah. Three, two, one
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Oh my god! Okay, I did not expect that. Wow, my heart is beating so fast right now
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Like even when I was trying to imagine in my head, like with long hair, this is not what I pictured
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I still feel like I'm in my regular clothes and I'm talking to somebody I've met in some wedding or something
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The makeup looks amazing. The eyeshadow is very pretty. It feels very refreshing to see myself like this
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because a version of me like this can exist. Maybe not in this lifetime, but..
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I have a feeling like my mom will laugh at the very first second
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I feel like Stuti is going to flip. She's just going to be like... Huh I feel like my grandmother is one person I cannot expect I don know how she gonna react I hope they like it
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Then I'm becoming a model Before that I'll become Okay Hi What's up, man
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You're not Seriously? The one? It's the one. It's the one. It's the one
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Oh my god. Look at the one. I like your makeup. Your makeup is really nice
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I am pretty surprised. It's like I am sitting next to a different person
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Yeah, she does not look like Marina. She is wearing a lot of gold right now
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Yeah, she hates gold. I've seen only a picture of her wearing a saree, but right now, she's a new marina
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How do you feel? Nice. Nice. I like you. I like you
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So cute. Grandmothers and aunts, you know, they would have loved to see her this way, you know
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Everybody wait to see her and she's always in her blazer and shirt and tie
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I don't really like her with long hair. It looks pretty, but she does not look like herself
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I'm happy with how they reacted. Like, it was very sweet of them
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I think my grandmother wanted to see this the most, because even though she didn't speak much
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I could tell what she was feeling by her face. Even when I did have long hair, I've never felt like this
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I think it's the makeup and the jewellery and everything going on
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like, you know, proper Indian attire. I feel very, like, cool in a feminine way
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I will never dress like this ever again because I don't like the feeling of hair on my face every two minutes
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But maybe in the near future, when... Actually never
