became a big fan of spray tans when she realized that they can look good on everyone. “I used to think it was just for white girls. But it’s not,” Lakshmi, 53, exclusively told on Wednesday, May 29, about her love for the beauty treatment while promoting her Bare Necessities collaboration.
“My girlfriend who does my hair, she’s Filipino, and she told me, ‘No, it’s like body makeup. Think about it as body makeup.’” Lakshmi explained that changing her mindset about faux tans made her realize it’s a great tool that can help cover a lot of “little nicks and bruises.
” “I bruise easily,” she confessed. “But I love my legs now. And even when we were doing the photos for this, I said, ‘Look, make it look nice and process the photos, but don’t retouch my stretch marks.
’” The model shared that she was adamant about not doing any retouching, especially for her scar or inoculation marks because it would just “feel fake.” “People are used to seeing me,” she said. “And so I never thought that.
” Before Lakshmi fully embraced her body, she admitted that she used to hate her legs, especially when she was a teenager. “I wouldn’t wear shorts because I was basically a stick bug,” she told . “I was this height when I was 13.
I just weighed 35 [or] 40 pounds less, and I just felt very gangly and my neck was so long.” Lakshmi joked that she felt like she resembled “E.T.
with hair” during her “gawky teenager” phase. However, as she .
