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Salma Hayek relived her traumatizing experience with lip fillers during an interview with InStyle. The actress wanted to transform her look to play beauty business heavy-hitter Claire Luna in Like a Boss. “My friend [dermatologist] Dr. [Maurice] Dray said, ‘I don’t know if you’re going to be happy because it’s going to hurt super bad.’ I said, ‘Well, let’s give it a try.’ He put the first needle in my mouth, and I immediately said, ‘No! Forget it! I’m done!’
That’s when Hayek and Dray began to brainstorm alternatives to make it look like she had lip injections. The solution? Hayek wore big fake teeth, red hair, “attention-seeking” clothes, and gray contacts to complete her transformation. “I thought it would be kind of interesting to have some gray eyes because I wanted her to be fake-looking,” she said.
The experience taught Hayek a lot about the beauty industry. “There were so many things about human psychology I learned,” she said. “Our obsession with beauty and our image has so much to do with where our heads are at emotionally, spiritually, and psychologically.”
Written by: Nicki
