I can't promote makeup on Instagram if I don't believe in the product.

If I'm asking people to spend money on Huda Beauty products, I have to genuinely believe we have created the best.

I would die to do Meghan Markle's makeup.

I love red laser therapy or red light therapy and you can do it at your home and it's really convenient. Kim Kardashian used it to get rid of her psoriasis and I've been using it for years.

I've had cystic acne; I've had it all.

One of my favorite drugstore brands is NYX.

The Dior Show Maximizer, the lash plumper, is one of my favorite products that I've used for so long.

The thing that helped me most when I started my own business was my experience as the president and PR director of student associations in college. Because of that I knew how to create and run an organization and how to really make things - even hard things - happen.

I ended up moving to Dubai and going into finance after college because of family pressure. I was trying to love it, but I just didn't.

Product development is emotional for me! It's really important as a brand that we feel that our products are going to be life-changing for everyone who buys them. We won't ever launch something we don't feel strongly about.

Our goal at Huda Beauty is to inspire anyone and everyone to create their own idea of beautiful with all of the products we offer.

Being from the Middle East paired with my upbringing in the United States had pretty polarising effects on the way I perceive beauty.

Being a Middle Eastern girl in America with a name no one could pronounce was not easy, so I turned to make-up and cosmetics as a way to deal with my insecurities, thus creating my long-term relationship with beauty.

I'm either full-glam or no makeup at all.

I basically shop in my sleep!

I spend the majority of my time in the office and I usually wear a casual bandage dress and flip-flops or slippers.

I really don't like monkeys.

I'm a Sephora girl.

I like to think limitlessly, and you can't be limitless if you're constantly looking at best practices.

I have the worst skin ever. If I don't take care of it religiously, I break out every single time without fail.

I can spend a minimum of $4,000 a month on makeup.

Every once in a while I need a break from Instagram; like six hours long.

My father runs a restaurant business in Delhi, so if I had chosen to sell kebabs, it would be far easier for me than for anybody else.

I am blessed to have got a chance to work with directors like Anurag Kashyap, Vishal Bhardwaj, and Nikhil Advani at such an early age.

I would like to say this for the record: that I am not trying to lose weight or gain weight. I am just trying to be the best version of myself, and that's really important.

Beauty has no set standard. It is honestly in diversity.

I believe in equal pay for equal work. Gender, race, skin colour, or ethnicity should not be the parameters to hire someone or to decide how much they should be paid.

I have always said that Twitter is my forum to talk to people about what's happening in my life.

A lot of people have ridiculous misconceptions about diet and workout routines. It is not about exotic greens and workouts from the western world. It is about what works for you the best.

Oh yes, my best birthday gift was when my dad gifted me my first car in college. It was a Maruti Swift. I thought that was the coolest thing ever. It was so much fun, as I could completely show it off to my friends that I have my own car now and not my dad's car.

It always seems like coming to my second home whenever I come to Lucknow.

If I'm playing an Indian in a Hollywood film, I won't do it in any funny Indian accent.

There are a lot of people out there who are just bullies. They constantly keep telling you that you are too fat, too thin, your teeth are not fine, you can't speak English really well, and you are too short, etc.

In 'Badlapur,' my character's name is Jhumli. It's a special film for me because I got a chance to work with my favourite director, Sriram Raghavan. I'm a huge fan of him.

If you think that one should do a commercial picture because everyone is doing it and that one will become a big star after that, I think that if you don't have that grain in you, it will not happen.

I don't want to be the glam doll; that doesn't appeal to me at all.

As an actor, I don't have an agenda. I don't have to prove a point; I am not a bastion of a particular brand of cinema. I am doing what makes me happy.

One thing we need to learn from the West is how professional they are about their work. A 7:30 A.M. call time means just that. That's something we need to imbibe from them. And people in the West need to learn from us how we work with our stories.

I think you don't have to be size zero to prove yourself... to connect with the audience.

Indian actors are afraid to go and work abroad because people are very professional over there. In India, we have become very lazy. Everything happens slowly, and as per God's will. A 9 A.M. call time means we start working at whatever time we wish.

As a member of the audience, when you see someone from your country working in an international project, your curiosity about that film increases manifold.

Anybody who says that favoritism doesn't exist in Bollywood would be lying.

Whether my film becomes commercially successful or not, only God can tell, or the box-office numbers. So why worry about it and get distracted?

I love experimenting with different kinds of workouts. It all depends on my mood and energy levels. Some days, it is a gruesome circuit; other days, it is weight training or Pilates.

Honestly, I got a lot of offers which were similar to 'Badlapur,' and I didn't want that. Unfortunately, we live in a world which is so myopic that they only want to offer you what you have already done.

If a woman comes out saying she has been abused or assaulted, we should not start finding flaws in her character or try to dig up her past for murky details.

When I am doing a role, I don't think that I am getting to wear a mini skirt or show my stomach. I am doing a role because I am an actor.

'Gangs Of Wasseypur' had two parts and 200 actors. I didn't think it would be that successful and go to international festivals. These things just happen. You should just do films that you like doing.

I started getting a lot of work once I came to Mumbai. I was working with some of the biggest ad filmmakers. But I had to give auditions.

I just love watching 'Andaz Apna Apna.' Every single time, I end up laughing so much that my jaws start hurting.