Category: Beauty List
Founder’s Club: Megha Asher, Juicy Chemistry
Meet Megha Asher who founded indie beauty brand Juicy Chemistry along with spouse and co-partner Pritesh. JC was was born when Megha herself battling hair and skin issues related to PCOD found that the ‘safe’ organic brand she picked up was actually loaded with synthetic c petrochemicals I often have one of Juicy Chemistry products…
Valmont: The luxury Swiss skincare brand is in India
Valmont is a highly storied, luxury skincare care brand coming from a Swiss clinic legacy that goes back to the 1900’s. Yes, Coco Chanel went there, so did Ingrid Bergman. The brand’s luxury skincare retail line based on the clinic’s protocols and experience, was born in the 1980’s and Valmont has over a 100 products…
Lip balm anyone ?
For lip balm lovers here is a Chennai based brand dedicated to lips and lip balms alone. At least for now . Lip balms have always been popular and have scaled up to being hybrid blends balancing flavour, tints and therapeutic goodness. A win win for lip balm fans and of course this is a…
Founder’s Club: ilana Organics Nikita Deshpande
”The biggest pain point for women today is the abundance of choice in beauty but lack of awareness/ knowledge to be able to navigate through this” Nikita Deshpande, Co founder ilana organics A tree called ilana “Ilana” means to be like a tree in Hebrew. That is anything that possesses the quality of a tree….
Cosmoceuticals? Nutraceuticals?Supplements ?
How do we feel about ingestible beauty? Is it easier to pop a pill or capsule for beauty benefits rather than apply multiple layers of creams and serums ? Cosmoceuticals and nutraceuticals have been around for a long time now. There is a blurred line between the two as many ingredients show up across the…
Beauty Review: Dr Sheth’s RoseHip and Retinoid Power Emulsion
Retinol is the most dermatologist recommended anti ageing ingredient toady and the one that has proven to show results. It helps skin elasticity and reduces fine lines – the signs of collagen depletion in your cells. It also gets cells to turn around faster helping kick start skin renewal- as your skin gets older this…
Bakuchiol -the phyto retinol skin care alternative
This article of mine appeared in the Mint on Babchi or Bakuchiol which is Natural Retinol and has been known as a skin healer in Ayurveda for a long time . I am posting the text here . `If the adaptogen ashwagandha was the trending herb in the beauty and wellness world for the last…
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