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Acid attack victim stars in viral beauty tutorial video with powerful message

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18-year-old Reshma was left with extreme scars covering her face.

An Indian awareness organization, "Make Love Not Scars" launched a beauty tutorial video titled: "How to Get Perfect Red Lips" that stars 18-year-old Reshma, an acid attack victim. The beauty tutorial shows her carrying out her make-up routine; the upbeat mood changes as the young girl tells the audience about "the most important tip." You'll get to buy red lipstick on the market just as easily as the corrosive acid that left terrible scars on her face for life.

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MUNTINLUPA, PHILIPPINES (Catholic Online) - In 2014, Reshma was attacked by her brother-in-law and some of his relatives while walking to school for an exam in an Indian town located at the northern part of Allahabad. The attack left her with a disfigured face and the loss of an eye. Her brother-in-law and his relatives threw sulfuric acid on her face.

The scars from the wounds caused the skin around her mouth to tighten, requiring surgery. The one-minute beauty tutorial video has been viewed nearly 120,000 times and starts with Reshma teaching the audience how to apply red lipstick.

At first, the video seems to be an ordinary beauty tutorial, but this campaign has more significance and impact. You can see the young girl seated inside a pink room ornamented with fairy lights and wearing a bejeweled necklace, and then she suddenly changes the topic to acid attacks, and how accessible it is to buy the deadly corrosive liquid. She mentions the victims of acid attacks increase each day.

The Times of India reported the present administration is "developing a software for online regularization of the sale of acid" in a bid to register buyers and track down its use.

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