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Under the glow of a ring light in the spare bedroom of a Mumbai high-rise, Indian make-up maven Debasree Banerjee has found fans across the world with a simple mantra: brown is beautiful.
Banerjee's audience includes women from as far afield as the Middle East and United States who share her South Asian features but have historically been overlooked by the cosmetics industry.
"You don't use foundation to look like somebody else. You need to wear it to match your skin tone," Banerjee tells AFP. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES