The Spa @ Mumbai’s Palladium Hotel

I was invited to try this spa when it was the Shangri-la’s Chi spa but couldn’t make it then. It has now been renamed The Spa at Palladium and I am here to try out their signature sixty minute Aromatherapy Nodal massage. I am led down a dimly lit corridor to my treatment room which…

Unisex: The New Sexy in Fragrances

When Brad Pitt appeared in a Chanel no 5 ad last year mumbling words that sounded vaguely existential (who cares, it was Brad) there was a buzz that Chanel had bowed down to the hugely popular unisex fragrance trend and was launching a unisex version of no 5. It wasn’t true. Brad was merely adding…

Five lifestyle changes to make now, forever

  If you are interested in short term gains go on a diet, if you are interested in long-term health make a lifestyle change.Here are my five recommendationS.  Build an unrefined rice portfolio I don’t belong to the no- carb, no -wheat , no -rice school . Nothing goes as well with fabulous Indian curries…

Oil’s well that ends well

“In my 20s, oils and I broke up – they just weren’t cool enough! – but when I hit 30, we made up and it’s been peachy ever since.” My guest blogger,Chinmayee Manjunath today gives us a unique master class on using face and body oils. Chinmayee  is a writing coach, online content creator,  journalist,…