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Aarzoo Sood is a content creator/ influencer from Himachal Pradesh. She is pursuing architecture. She started creating content during the lockdown out of boredom and now is winning the hearts of many people. Her reels have also reached 1 million views and it's been nine months since she is creating content for Instagram.
Q. Tell us a little about your journey. Was becoming an Instagram influencer always part of the plan? Honestly, it was never planned. During the lockdown, out of boredom, I started clicking my pictures. The pictures started getting good reach and finally when the reels feature came, I tried my hands on it. After some unsuccessful times, my reels started getting good reach and without realising, I was now influencing people. And here I am today, 9 months after, posting everyday and enjoying every bit of the journey.
Q. What's the best part about living in Himachal Pradesh ? Actually Himachal turned out really lucky for me. I’ve lived here since my childhood and I made one reel about Himachal stereotypes, which was my first reel to cross 1 million views. So, I think the best part about living in Himachal is that you get good content and Instagram worthy locations to shoot. Just beautiful.
Q. If you had to choose one state to live in (apart from Himachal) which one would you choose ? Since I’ve lived on mountains for a long time, I would really like to enjoy living around the beach, enjoying the tropical season and humid days. So, I would choose any state in South India. Also, the job opportunities there are a plus point !
Q. What do you prefer more, ethnics OR westerns ? I think that nothing can beat the Indian ethnic wear. They are so graceful and effortlessly beautiful. I love wearing a saree. I would prefer ethnics over western any day !
Q. Do you follow any particular fitness regime ? I’ve never been a fitness person. I honestly never workout. I’m lucky to have a fast metabolism so I don’t gain weight easily.
Q. How do you handle online trolling and criticisms ? I used to get so affected earlier when some random person would criticise me in the comments but now I’ve changed my outlook towards it. They’re watching my post, going through the comment section and then commenting something bad but in doing all this, they’re just increasing the engagement on my post, which increases the total reach. I’ve made peace with the fact that people are here to give opinions and we can just ignore it. But if there’s something that affects your mental health, block that person.
Q. Which is your favourite hill station in Himachal Pradesh ? This is very difficult to choose but I’ll say it's Bir and Biling. It is the world's second highest paragliding site and with such amazing views. There are so many cafes, paragliding, shopping points and the view to die for.
Q. Acting or dancing, what would you choose ? I don’t really know how to act so I’ll definitely choose dancing. I also trained in classical dance for 2 years and I don’t think there’s a single dancing function in my school that I’ve missed! I honestly love dancing.
Q. How did your family support you through this journey ? So when I started clicking pictures during the lockdown, my mom used to click most of my pictures. My parents have always supported me on the condition that my studies should not be affected by anything. Here I’m today, balancing studies and Instagram perfectly. My parents follow me on Instagram and they watch all my posts and I can tell that they’re really proud.
Q. Any 3 makeup products you cannot live without. I think you need only 3 makeup products to look lively: Concealer, Mascara, Lip Balm. These 3 products can literally make you look from shit to hit in 3 minutes.
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