Lips remain one of the most neglected areas, even for the most ardent beauty buffs. While we spend a fortune on serums and masks and moisturizers and oils for our facial skin and butters and scrubs for our body, we hardly give a glance to our lips other than buying lip balms or lip colors. But thanks to the modern stressful lifestyle, sun exposure, aging, environmental concerns, and other such reasons, we are often reminded of the need to take care of our lips too when they turn pigmented, dark, chapped, dehydrated, and succumb to the vagaries of age/ pollution/ sun exposure etc. Something sim ..read more

Looking for a value-for-money hair conditioning spa-at-home product? Who isn't! After all, we are all dealing with myriad issues of hair fall, hair thinning, itchy scalp, dandruff, frizzy hair, dry hair, dehydrated hair etc. etc. In fact, I don't remember meeting a single person in past couple of years who isn't fed up of all these hair-related issues. No matter what the issue, there is a solution. Check out this Bella Vita Organic Growth Protein Conditioning Hair Masque :) Packaging of Bella Vita Organic Growth Protein Conditioning Hair Masque is in a sturdy pl ..read more

The one product that changed my skincare game forever - Indulgeo Essentials Squalane Oil i.e. Squalane Skin Hydrator ❤️  Feb 2020 onwards I have been battling issues like rosacea, acne outbreaks, inflammation, and from April 2020 onwards, full on damaged skin barrier, meaning unbelievable amount of inflammation and outbreaks and redness on my cheeks and actually all over face. I am fed up of how my skin is behaving all of a sudden. All my life I have had pretty nice naturally glowing skin with minor skin troubles now and then...but now *sigh*. Anyway, I started researching like cra ..read more

'Dandruff Begone' is the chant many of us constantly bellow out in hopes of banishing this malady and I am no exception *sigh*. Over the years I have zero down on Khadi Herbals Neem Shampoo as the only shampoo that truly keeps dandruff away from my problematic scalp but it also keeps my hair super-dry. So I am always in need of a good conditioner. This product from the kind folks at Blue Nectar Ayurveda was a god-send for review purposes, an anti-dandruff conditioner. Packaging of  Blue Nectar Briganantadi Anti-Dandruff Conditioner is in a sturdy blue-hued plastic bot ..read more

We live in amazing times where we get to find hidden gems everywhere. Look at this Nilgiri Aroma's Shea Butter Daily Moisturizer I have fallen in love with over the past month. Packaging of  Nilgiri Aroma's Shea Butter Daily Moisturizer is in a sturdy plastic bottle with pump dispenser. It is not travel friendly since once the pump is activated it does not retract. So if you plan on traveling with it, take the product in a different container. Ingredients list includes Shea Butter and Aloe Vera in cream base. The base is not specified but it will have ..read more

Welcoming my most favorite facewash in recent times to the fold, Zilch On Cloud 9 Face Wash Jelly :) After Himalaya neem face wash and Just Herbs neem-bitter orange face wash, this is the only one I have come to love with all my heart! From the start, the Zilch brand looks outstanding from all the clutter in the market. Their philosophy is admirable too, with promotion of no BS, no drama, plain simple good stuff for skin. Everything, from their packaging to their website follows this philosophy. Packaging of Zilch On Cloud 9 Face Wash Jelly is i ..read more

Once upon a time, I had used VLCC facial kit at home and it was okay. Never had the inclination to try another one. but the kind folks at Indrani Cosmetics sent this beautiful Gold Facial Kit for trial and it looks so appetizing that I tried it today on myself as well as my mom's face and it turned out to be a total pampering day. Packaging of Indrani Cosmetics Gold Facial Kit is beautiful with hues of gold that are not gaudy. Little pots with ample products to last 4 sessions easily. It is travel friendly. Ingredients list of each product is different and clear ..read more

An unexpected premium product that helped save my skin in past 15 days after a surprise acute acne attack is here in the form of Indrani Cosmetics Anti-Acne Gel with Neem and Salicylic Acid. Yes, this is the same acne attack that I talked about in my Choonkar Organics Neem Oil Review.  One fine day I woke up to acute redness all over my cheeks and big painful pimples..and it is by combination of these two products that today it is much under control- Choonkar Neem Oil and Indrani Anti-Acne Gel. Here is a detailed look at Indrani's star product :) Packaging of Indrani Cosmetic ..read more

Want to meet a miracle worker? Here you go- Choonkar Organics Pure Cold-Pressed Neem Oil, Raw & Natural. And trust me, while I am easy to please, this product has made a special place in my heart based solely on its performance overnight.  Neem is famous in India as a traditional authentic potent Ayurvedic remedy for external as well as internal use. Internally it purifies blood and externally it is applied as a miracle remedy for pimples, rashes, acne, boils, and this is why I specifically chose Neem oil from Choonkar for review purposes because I had been battling horrible r ..read more

Sage Apothecary Activated Charcoal and Tea Tree Mud Mask was a part of samples I chose from Smytten... I chose the sample because I was looking forward to detoxifying my skin and cleaning my pores after a particularly stretch of bad skin including rashes, inflammation, acne outbreaks. Most of my sample choices from Smytten were terrific and my skin loved them and I am looking forward to trying their full sizes such as the Votre whipped clay mask and Fuschia Charcoal Mask. Packaging of  Sage Apothecary Activated Charcoal and Tea Tree Mud Mask is sim ..read more