Ariana Grande got vulnerable in her Beauty Secrets video for Vogue on Tuesday (Sept. 12), where she opened up about how her relationship with beauty has changed over the years.

“Being exposed to so many voices at a young age, and especially when people have things to say about your appearance at a young age, it’s really hard to know what’s worth hearing or not. When you’re 17, you don’t really know that yet,” she explained in the clip, in which she ran through her 1960’s inspired cat eye makeup. “Over the years, I used makeup as a disguise or something to hide behind with more and more hair and more thicker the eyeliner — that can be so beautiful at times and I still have love for it. I think as I get older, I don’t love that being the intention behind it anymore. I think of it as self expression and accentuating what is here. Our relationships to beauty is so personal, we’re here talking about beauty secrets. Isn’t the secret that we all just want to feel our best and be loved?”

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