LOVE IS THE MESSAGE Love is more than a feeling—it’s a way of seeing, a process of uncovering, a journey of becoming oneself. For the debut issue of @notes_on_beauty_, we asked: What does it take to truly see yourself? To love yourself? To unlearn the myths we’re told—and reclaim beauty on your own terms? “I neither know nor care who I truly am. Beauty, defined in market terms, is a means to choose what I want to look like on a given day. The days I look beautiful are the easiest, shortest days.”—@harinef @harinef photographed by @inezandvinoodh with @yad1m using @valentino.beauty, Style Director @ronbreezy, and @jimmypaulhair. Hari is wearing Very Valentino foundation and Brow Trio eyebrow liner in Brown by @valentino.beauty. Jacket by @valentino. Earrings by @cartier. Available for pre-order soon. Photography by @inezandvinoodh. Editor-in-chief and Creative Director @nickvogelson. Beauty Director @yad1m using @valentino.beauty. Style Director @ronbreezy. Hair @jimmypaulhair at @susanpricenyc. Manicure @theguythatdoesnails @seemanagement. Lighting technician @jodokusdriessen. Art director @makroop. Digital technician @akabriananderson. Production Director @lisaolssonhjerpe.