Kama ayurveda has set the bar high for facial oils with their cult Kumkumadi miraculous fluid so I was happy to review their two new facial oils – hydrating Urjasara and collagen stimulating Amarrupa. Both were sent to me by the brand to review. Both can be used as part of an am /pm routines…
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…
My Sasha doll (the one I don’t have but some collector does)
I was given a Sasha doll at age 5 by my aunt Chitra who then lived in Berkeley. I didn’t know what a Sasha doll was but I assumed the doll’s name was Sasha. She was a very unusual doll. She had chocolate colored skin and ash blonde hair and she wore a spiffy red…
Cinnamon Stories
If you follow spice stories then you know by now that Sri Lanka cinnamon is true cinnamon – (Cinnamon Ceylon/Verum). The other versions are Cinnamon Cassia and other cassia spin offs. True cinnamon is native to Sri Lanka, South India and Myanmar. Technically Indian cinnamon should be the same as the Sri Lankan one but…
Plant based meats: #Jackfruit
The visual you see is a pulled “pork” whopper made from jackfruit meat, with barbecue sauce and caramelized onions. I must say I am quite chuffed at how close it came to the real thing and it felt so much lighter. Jackfruit which is enjoying great popularity as a mock meat, one of the fastest…
The 72 hour pause
The Swedes have given us Strindberg and Nordic noir ( Wallander and Lisbeth Sander for a start ) and Ikea but they have also given us fika (the little social break) and lagom (a balanced life) so this experiment with a 72-hour pause caught my attention . In 2107 Visit Sweden http://www.visitsweden.com invited seven people…
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