Story of my life? Bad hair days.

I have hair that I simply cannot manage! It's wavy and frizzy, it has cow-licks, it has a widow's peak, it's now extremely dry at the ends, it's falling shedding like fur all over the place... I can keep on ranting about it.

It's tough to maintain good hair health with a lack of proper nutrition. That's principally why nearly every hostel resident will complain of hair fall and a lack lustre mane. The difference between skin and hair is that while skin is living, and you can boost it with external TLC, hair is dead, and 90% of your damage control efforts will prove futile, or if not, just temporary. Since the formed hair is already weak, there's little that can be done to repair it.



Nevertheless, caring for your tresses is vital, as it gives it some protection against the harsh environment! When I saw this hair mask which proudly declared 'For Rebellious Hair,' I knew I had to give it a try, with a small hope that it tames my hair too!

I absolutely love chubby lipsticks! They're fun to behold, easy to use, convenient to chuck into your handbag, and above all is their charm which tugs at the childish threads of my heart!

My very first chubby stick was Broken Hearted by MUA which Swati and I both got together ages ago (and only reviewed recently, sorry!), and then Sultry by Revlon gifted by Swati which I'm so hooked to, I cannot live without!


It was a while back when I realized my fair collection of lip products comprised only pinks and nudes in different tones, and I set out to remedy that with a nice brown shade for variety's sake, only to find a sudden dearth in good shades that would not make me look 10 years older! Kylie Jenner may have shot dark matte brown lips to fame, but in my very honest and humble opinion, that shade should only be reserved for editorial looks. Why would one want to sport lips that look as if they had all life sucked out of them!? It boggles my mind to no end.. -_-

Life has put me in a very paradoxical situation.

On one side my profession strictly demands clipped nails, and on the other side I love nail polish! It's a constant tug-o'-war between my desire to adhere to the rules, and break them by boldly sporting coloured nails. The only canvas I have left are my toes and I'm determined to make full use of them!

A lot of my Color Show nail polishes ran out (yes its possible to finish a bottle of nail polish) or turned goo-ey (like my beloved Green Grafitti which sadly just didn't work as a toe colour) and I had a major stash clearing phase. With ample space for new polishes, a Sally Hansen sale came right on time and I quickly grabbed two of the Triple Shine ones, and the Salon Manicure base coat too!

When you live in the tropics, and on the east side of the country, it's hard to come by a day when the sun isn't pouring all its malice on you. Remember the Glucon-D ad, where the sun keeps sipping away the energy of every poor soul daring enough to be outside? That's exactly what keeps playing in my mind every single time I traipse through my campus. Apart from feeling drained physically, I also feel drained aesthetically. My skin sports an astonishing tan despite all the protection I use, and also seems dull if I skip caring for it even for a couple of days!

Out of the numerous items I use to maintain some of the glory of my skin, this brightening face pack is a recent addition, but one well worth the expenditure.

Take a look at all the fun activities they had lined up!

I always like knowing about things that others absolutely love and maybe you would want to know about the things that you would always find in my stash. Here you go :

A Yiddish proverb goes like, “What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul”

One couldn't have merged brevity and truth better than this. The humble Bars of soap have been an integral part of our childhood and growing up years. It was the go-to solution, probably the only solution, of the cleansing regimen. Whether it be a Lifebuoy or a Lux, the occasional Liril or Cinthol, or for that matter the quintessential Pears, which always reminds me of my grandmom, as it has been her soap of choice for almost 20 years now (That's brand loyalty for you), these are our tethers to simpler times.
As we grew up, body shampoos, bathing gels, body spa treatments and everything in between vied for our collective attention as they infused themselves with sometimes exotic and most times inane "natural" herbs and spices and elements. We've all tried it, We've all liked it to a certain degree as well, we've come out of the showers feeling relaxed, a bit more manly, a bit more exfoliated and maybe a bit more nourished as our preferences went.
So when, on one of my e-commerce window shopping sprees, I chanced upon The Man Company's Charcoal soap AND it took me 2 minutes straight to throw my money at them. For the sake of full disclosure, the bar is black in colour and they had me right there. It arrived in a simple yet classy brown paper box and didn't have the slippery quality of other regular soap bars.

Hello all! Hope you are having a good Monday. Today, I am writing about one of my most loved products. The Clarins Lotus Face Treatment Oil. I am a huge advocate of it and have convinced quite a few others to try it too, and most of them have loved it as well. If I were to recommend one skincare product, it would be facial oils!

I have oily-combination skin and I never used to put anything on my face for a long time, even moisturizers. So, the thought of trying out an oil on my skin was sounded super crazy to me. But, I always battle acne on and off and I just wanted to give the Lotus Treatment Oil a try. After finishing a 2ml sample, I was so amazed that picked up the full size the very next day!