The Beauty Blog

Today I’m going to put a product review instead of those heavy-weight scientific skin related discussions. A few months back I bought this product called Kiko Milano Lasting Gel Eyeliner from www.nykaa.com . As it sounds, it is a gel eyeliner & I’m a serious fan of gel eyeliners due to its flexibility of application. Unlike pen liners, you can simply change your applicator brush & control the thickness of the lines you draw & gel liners tend to be longer lasting than pen liners. Before buying this, I was a user of Loreal Paris Gel Intenza & I must say, I was quite satisfied with it. But it expired & I had to buy a new black gel liner & then I found this. Its not long Kiko has been launched in India & I have to acknowledge I’m quite impressed with them. Currently I’m obsessing with anything from Kiko not because it’s #major right now but because of its awesome quality. So here goes my verdict. This Kiko Milano Gel Liner...

Chemical Vs. Herbal : The Age Old Paradoxical Situation I’m often asked about that age-old question: what kind of skincare products are the best? Herbal or chemical based. As I’m from India, this is the most common question people around me inquire about because in India, there’s a huge market of herbal products. Also ayurveda is emerging as a multmillion dollar business empire. Here I’ll use herbal & ayurvedic as synonyms (to save time) but to make things clear, they aren’t synonyms. Herbal products can be any skincare product with main components being sourced from herbs found in nature. Ayurvedic products are also natural products but are based on principles & teachings of ancient ayurveda. While for the last century chemical based products used to dominate the beauty market, ayurveda & herbal products are emerging as newer options & are already doing good. Now please note that anything I write here is completely my persona...

Today, after a long break I’m going to discuss about a much interesting topic, although ignored by most & atleast till date, I had to run google search atleast 300 times to get an insight of skincare product/ointment resistance. I don’t know why but no one seems to address this while this is a debilitating problem for most skincare-savvy people in the world. Let me describe the problem in detail first. We’ve always (atleast once in our lifetime) faced this problem. Like if you’re using a specific product for about 3 months in a row & suddenly discover that it is not working anymore. Now this problem is much pronounced with those if you’re using the product to achieve a certain result, like removing a scar, fading hyperpigmentation like treating melasma or post inflammatory hyperpigmentation or acne scars. Only that if you’re using a product to do a specific job, you’d notice that after using it for a while, it’ll eventually stop improving. Yo...