Page 14 - Cosmopolitan India - November/December 2022

Editor’s Letter
“Inner beauty,
then, is about
loving
ourselves and
loving others.”
Welcome to Cosmo India’s annual
Beauty Issue, a dedication to the many
ways in which you, dear Cosmo reader,
can feel your most confident self. In
the pages ahead, you’ll discover some
of the greatest make-up hacks, the
newest products worth your time and
money, and the best skin and hair
secrets coming straight from experts.
And yet, amidst all the lotions
and potions and lipsticks, I can’t help
but circle back to the age-old adage
that we have been reminded of
repeatedly... That true beauty is
inner beauty.
But what is inner beauty anyway?
And how does one tap into it?
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One of my favourite quotes by the
delightful British novelist, Roald Dahl,
sums up this elusive concept quite
succinctly: “A person who has good
thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can
have a wonky nose and a crooked
mouth and a double chin and stick-out
teeth, but if you have good thoughts it
will shine out of your face like
sunbeams and you will always look
lovely.”
Good thoughts, to my mind, are
what make someone kind and
generous and loving. It is good
thoughts—and, therefore,
a good heart—that make
us help a stranger, or care
for an animal, or stand up
for a cause, or pitch in for a
colleague. Good thoughts
push us to honour
ourselves and others, and
show us our most
authentic, compassionate
self every day.
Inner beauty, then, is about loving
ourselves and loving others. And if
that’s what makes us truly beautiful,
then I am all for adding a chunk to my
Holy Grail beauty bag.
Nandini Bhalla,
Editor
nandini.bhalla@intoday.com
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