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Hi, I'm Dr. Deepika Chopra. My passion, calling and job is really all about blending together.

Holistic practices with real evidence-based science to help people around the world cultivate

more optimism, success, and resiliency. You won't want to miss this new podcast as you'll get

to hear from elite athletes, recording artists, couples, and maybe even my toddler.

So if you're into arming yourself with some new practical happiness tools,

join me on Mondays for your morning optimism dose. Oh, and don't forget, things are looking up.

Hi, I'm Mariana and welcome back to the Life with Mariana podcast. I'm so excited for this

episode because I have my friend Deepika Bhutiala joining us. She's the founder and CEO of Live Tinted,

which if you don't know what that is, it's a community-driven brand that celebrates multicultural

beauty. I've really been with Deepika for so much of this journey and I'm so proud of her.

So I wanted to bring her on so we could talk about the challenges she faces in her business,

the best advice she's ever received, and how she stands out in a crowded industry.

So if you want to hear all this and more from Deepika, keep listening.

Deepika, thank you so much for joining us. Thanks for having me.

So you are the founder and CEO of Live Tinted, and I feel like I've really been on this journey with you

since the beginning. Do you remember the first time we met in real life?

I was thinking about that yesterday and the answer is no, but it was definitely an event.

So I can't remember the very first time we met in person, but I remember when you first moved to

LA, we went to a breakfast with Jessica Alba and Honest Beauty, and there was only like six or eight

of us. It was really small. Okay, I just actually have to like dive into that for a second because I

moved to LA three days before that. And I remember walking into this thinking it was going to be your

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