Brides are the cynosure of everyone’s eyes all through the wedding ceremonies and festivities. That is pressure alright! Looking flawless is easy now with the help of a stylist to help you assemble your wedding trousseau. Your best friend is, of course, the makeup artist, so choose well. She or he will add the magic needed to get you on top of the day. While she will do her magic, what is important is that your skin is a flawless…
Every bride wants to look her best on her wedding day. This is a very important day in her life when she embarks on a new journey. It is a day when she is the star of the show and all eyes are on her. She wants to look good for her bridegroom, for the guests, for the photos that she will treasure and most of all, for herself. It will give her a lot of confidence to face…
Gone are the days when we used to say that a girl’s wedding day is all she dreams of. Today, women dream of much larger things and make much greater accomplishments. But, the wedding day is still bound to be extra special, and a girl completely deserves to look and feel her best. To look and feel your best, a healthy diet is an absolute must – because what you eat is how you look. Here is a list of…
Wedding day stress can ruin your skin. And that is the fact of it. The mechanics of this ruin are seated in the hormone that stress causes our bodies to release – cortisol. High levels of cortisol lead to internal inflammation, which leads to hormonal imbalance. Hormonal imbalance causes excessive release of sebum which clogs up the pores, leading to trapped bacteria and debris. All this complex process comes to fore with a zit- right around your special day! Or…
When it came to skincare, grandma certainly did know best. We chat with cosmetologist Rubina Guleria as she shares wisdom on using amla for healthy skin.
Massaging helps invigorate blood supply and move the lymph. The increased blood supply helps bring in fresh oxygen to the cells and tissues acting as a rejuvenator of our systems. Together with that, it helps move the lymph. The lymphatic system runs congruent to the circulatory system in our bodies. Where the function of the blood is to supply the body with fresh oxygen and nutrients, the lymphatic system helps remove the toxins. These toxins could be from our…
Winters are a special season for me. I remember waking up to the smell of Nani’s (grandma) wood fire stove and hot milk, in a large cauldron, steaming up the kitchen. And there she would be dressed in a simple sari, glowing in the warmth of the fire. Her skin always glowed. To all my skin woes, at 16, her answer would be short and crisp, “Put some ghee” or “put some turmeric” or “put mustard oil” or “Tamater…
First things first – Why do we get tanned? Tanning is a protective reaction of our skin to protect it from burning up. To fight UV radiation, cells called melanocytes increase the melanin pigment and push it out of the cell, where it darkens the skin. This helps reduce UV penetration to the skin. Melanogenesis results in a delayed tan that becomes visible several hours after UV exposure. It’s the, for easier understanding, the tan which is in the lower layer of…
“One of the central factors that has been proven beyond any doubt to cause premature skin ageing is overexposure to UV radiation. However, other potential contributors to this process can include smog, pollution, cigarette smoke as well as other particulates in the air..” says Zoe Draelos, M.D., consulting professor of dermatology at Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C. We have heard it enough times to now maybe turn a deaf ear to it. Pollution affects our health very…
The most attention that doctors, friends, friends-who-are-half-doctors, and family-members-who-didn’t-become-doctors give to is how much sweet one should be eating if you are a diabetic. And the usual advice of “Karela khao”, “drumstick ke leaves khao” (“eat bitter gourd”, “eat moringa leaves”) can leave you a tad fatigued. My grandmom had this cheesy saying – where there are five people together, one or two irritating things are going to be shared. (sounds much more punchy in Hindi, so here…
