However like her mother, when it got here time for commencement, Fatehi additionally felt stress to comply with a extra conventional path. After highschool, she enrolled at York College in Toronto, the place she studied political science and worldwide relations whereas juggling a number of jobs (“waiter, McDonalds, telemarketing firm”). “I didn’t really feel like myself,” says Fatehi of that point in her life. What did gentle her hearth, although, was the response she bought from the viewers when she sang and danced at small gigs like weddings and anniversary events: “That is what gave me the arrogance—or the audacity—to [pursue] this.”
A Google search led her to a expertise company in Toronto which led to a proposal for a three-month modeling gig in India. It wasn’t precisely the massive break that Fatehi, a singer, dancer, and actor, had envisioned—however her agent noticed the big-picture advantages of forging a profession in India. “Bollywood inherently does music, dance and cinema collectively,” Fatehi recollects him telling her. So she packed her luggage and flew there alone. And in a matter of months, she was capturing her first film.
That’s to not say there weren’t some velocity bumps alongside the way in which. As a mannequin, Fatehi shortly realized that on-set make-up artists usually didn’t “perceive this face of mine,” she says. “I bear in mind sure make-up artists considering that what make-up appears to be like on another person would look good on me. It was one-size-fits-all, which was horrible for me.”
“Typically I take a look at older movies and photos of [myself] and I am like, ‘Oh my God, why did they contour my face like that?’” she continues. “Fortunately, as a result of I’ve a lot curiosity in magnificence and make-up, I noticed that much less is extra for my face. The softer it’s, the higher it’s.”
Immediately, she performs with “pinkish tones” on her lips—her tried-and-true lipstick is MAC Runway Hit—and tries to go as “naked as attainable” on the eyes. After a interval of coping with “horrible zits marks and scars” about 5 years in the past (“I used to be actually insecure,” says Fatehi), she found the Moroccan skin-care line Izil Beauty, for which she’s served as an envoy.
“I’m [also] loving lasers nowadays; there is a particular one I have been utilizing referred to as Pico that’s actually good for marks,” she says. “I like to be on the seashore and it would not matter how a lot sunscreen you placed on, ultimately you’ll get solar spots—so Pico has actually helped me with that.”
