The Beauty Blog

A Sensitive Case Let’s be honest. We, almost everyone have faced skin sensitivity at some point of their life & its okay to admit it. Not all of these people are born ‘sensitive’. So here we’ll address the concern & first answer a few popular questions most people have about it. ·          What do you mean by sensitive skin? ·          Skin sensitivity refers to the situation where skin would react adversely to most of the popular skincare products & also cause massive flare ups when in contact with certain metals. These flare ups refer to anything from mild erythema (redness), itching to full fledged inflammation including massive break outs. Some people are born with sensitive skin & this prevents them from using most popular skincare products & some are also affected by wearing jewelry crafted from different metals. But these days a group is also e...

Now when it comes to me, I’ve had heavily damaged skin on my feet due to extreme sun exposure throughout my teenage years & although I’ve past those years long back, its still haunting my skin & I had to significantly modify my feet-skincare routine in order to reverse the damage (yes its still there). But on the other hand, there’re some people (Gifted ones) whose skin remain unchanged (visually) even after so much sun exposure unlike people like us with horrible sun sensitivity. Secondly think about the stress your feet goes through on a daily basis. It is the part responsible to keep us going on with our daily routine: to move, to stand, to lift something & even if we don’t do any of these, it is the part that’s holding our entire body so this body part bears the most stress & thus it is very natural for them to show that on skin. Pampering once a week is not enough to undo all that. It needs some recharging. So its important that you keep a fu...

Okay, so today we are going to discuss about dry skin. I agree that I’m a bit late in this because we’re past the winter in India & winter is the season where atleast 80 percent of us give skincare a thought (thanks to the extra dryness) but those people with already dry skin suffer extremely during this season. This winter I was busy baking cakes & tart; so It didn’t really strike me to post about this extremely common situation before someone asked a related question to me on quora. Now you may have noticed that I’ve mentioned different types of dry skin on the title of the post. This is important because most people are clueless about the ‘types’ & without knowing that, the problem cannot be solved no matter how much moisturizer you pour on your skin. Different Types of Dry Skin:   I’ve classified dry skin types according to their causes. First comes, Inherent Dry Skin: This is the most common type & unfortunately other types of dry skin...

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...