Monica Ravichandran On Wedding Planning Hot Takes & How To Find A Compatible Partner

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🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Beauty creator Monica Ravichandran joins Real Pod for her first-ever podcast appearance to talk about her upcoming wedding, finding a compatible partner, and debunking makeup myths. Known for her viral “perfect red lip” series and advocacy for inclusivity, Monica shares how struggling to find shades that suited her skin tone inspired her hunt for the perfect wedding day lipstick. She opens up about the challenges of planning a three-day multicultural wedding, making controversial guest list decisions, and the intentional conversations that built her healthy relationship. Monica also reflects on healing from a toxic breakup through narrative therapy, learning to trust herself after years of people-pleasing, and breaking the cycle of anxiety. Tune in for an empowering conversation on confidence, compatibility, and creating a life that feels true to you!

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:04.4	Welcome to RealPod. It's your host, Victoria Garrick Brown, and this is the podcast where we hold nothing back.
0:11.4	Oh, so we're getting deep, huh? I really cried for 12 days straight.
0:15.9	Why do I want to be perfect? There's nothing in my life that is perfect.
0:19.3	Every week, I'll bring you honest, unfiltered,
0:22.0	and eye-opening conversations to help uncover the real in all of us. I crave the type of content
0:27.5	that you're talking about. I actually felt insecure. Oh my God, I'm not going to cry. Let me just
0:31.8	unload everything. New episodes every Wednesday. Leave those filters at the door because it's time to get real.
0:45.2	Hello, everybody and welcome back to RealPod. I'm super excited for today's episode because
0:51.3	today's guest is someone that I had been crossing paths with in this
0:54.6	industry for such a long time now. She's always so bubbly, so kind, so enthusiastic and
0:59.9	talkative. I feel like we have similar energies, which I love. Her name is Monica Ravishandran,
1:05.0	and she is a first-generation Indian Gen Z beauty creator who creates viral videos about her fun makeup looks, her expertise in
1:14.0	color theory, and was actually one of the very first people on the hashtag brown girl
1:18.1	makeup trend on TikTok.
1:19.7	Her wedding is coming up any day now.
1:22.7	So we are going to dive all into that today.
1:24.8	It's a really great conversation because Monica is talking about the
1:29.0	absolute nose, the absolute must-haves, the boundaries she set about her wedding with her family.
1:37.3	I thought this was such a healthy conversation and a good glimpse into what boundaries look like,
1:43.5	even when it's uncomfortable. So you're going to love hearing
1:46.4	that all from Monica. Stay tuned for that. Monica's also here to celebrate her collaboration with
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