Do you get boils on your nose bridge or around in summers? {Your Opinion}

This question is primarily for people who wear glasses. Do the nose pads irritate your skin?

Come summers and this problem gets aggravated for me. The sweat and the heat and constant pressure on the bridge of the nose due to the nose pads creates little bubbles or boils on the skin. And, it constantly hurts me.

The only relief I get is by removing the specs but since I do not use contacts it is definitely difficult. If I sit in air conditioning or in a cool place, it provides little relief. But, if the area has been already inflamed, it hardy helps!! The only remedy to this problem is to remove the glasses and use ice on the boils! And, applying aloevera also helps.

Have you ever faced such problem? What do you do to prevent skin from getting inflamed by friction?

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How do you perceive people with fairness products in their hands? {Your Opinion}

Hey Everyone! Welcome to a brand new week :) And, I am trying to stay a little regular this week. So, lets raise a toast for that!

Anyways, I ran out of my face wash and since I was too lazy to go to the supermarket, I just went to the general store downstairs in the complex and bought the one face wash they had!

And, guess what, it was Pond's White Beauty Facial Foam. I bought it because it has no SLS. But, I did not take any poly bag to carry the items being eco-conscious :)

Now, when I was walking back, it struck me suddenly that what would people think of me seeing the White Beauty face wash in my hands. Not that I am too bothered about what others think but it sounded interesting to read about how you perceive such people!

I think its a very natural thing that if we find fairness products in someone's hands, we automatically check out their complexion and judge whether they really need those products or not! And, if they are even a bit darker, we do think they are interested in getting fair!

But, what would you think about a lady or girl carrying such products? Do you judge them? Or, try to check out their complexion and whether they really need fairness products? Or, do you just ignore it thinking it must have been the only product available in the shop they had to pick up!

What do you say?

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My Hair Diary - March 2013

getting snaps of my hair is damn difficult on the new cam!

So, another month gone! And, this month I was pretty diligent about my hair :) So, yay to that! But, unfortunately I am not as diligent on the posts so you would be missing the posts on Tuesday and Thursdays and weekends. And, I have yet to reply to comments!

What I did?

Moving on, I have been using Organic Surge. Coming up soon with the review. But, I am loving it for now. Its the only SLS-free shampoo I have used till now which actually cleansed the entire oil from the hair and made the hair pretty soft.

Next come the DIY's I did this month. Well, I did get inspired by my friend and tried to take more care of the hair. I got musk root and used it with yogurt as much as possible. And, I used parachute advansed hot oil almost every time I washed the hair. But, not every time! 

yeah, that's my hair just after washing without any serum or conditioner!

And, the next thing I followed this month was using Grapeseed oil with Rosemary EO on scalp and Pomegranate oil on the hair as an after-wash hair serum. But, one thing I had neglected was conditioner. I hardly used conditioner. 

One thing I noticed about my hair was that I was losing more of my hair if I did not wash it within two days and then it was getting itchy and very dirty. Well, this is what even my colleague complained. She told me that if even a little of sweat gets accumulated on her scalp, she starts losing hair and gets really itchy. And, if she is washing her hair daily, its behaving nicely! Yeah, the question is should we wash our hair daily? Let's see!!

Products Used

• Shampoo - Organic Surge Moisture Boost

• Conditioner - Kamini Conditioner + Liz Earle Botanical Shine Treatment

• Leave-in and Scalp Treatment - Soulflower Grapeseed Oil with Rosemary EO + Soulflower Pomegranate Seed Oil
  

• Hair Oil - Parachute Hot Oil Treatment

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Skinetica Anti Blemish Solution {Product Review}

Product Review by Punam

I was super excited when I received this solution from skinetica as I have oily, acne prone skin and the brand claims to reduce acne in 2-3 days. IS this really true? Let’s find out!

Price: £9.99 (Rs 840) for 100 ml

Ingredients
Purified water, Ethyl Alcohol, Fragrance, Quaternary Ammonium Chloride

My husband told me that Quaternary Ammonium Chloride is an anti-microbial which kills the bacteria.

My Experience

In a nutshell, its one of the nicest product I have used till now for my oily acne prone skin! It did reduce my acne to 50% in 3 days. It comes in a simple white bottle with a green flip flop cap that may leak if not kept straight.

It smells completely like any chemical would smell and initially it was strong for me but gradually either I got habituated or it became mild. Its consistency and texture is like regular water, transparent and runny.

It has to be applied like a regular toner with a cotton pad. As soon as I apply this, it gets absorbed into my skin with out making it dry. I started using it in last week of February when it was still colder and I expected it to dry my skin but it did not. I apply this after washing my face and my skin is good without a moisturizer. But I still use a moisturizer as a habit. 

I have two types of acne - cystic and tiny ones on my forehead. This solution was effective on my cystic acne and reduced their size in 3 - 4 days to 50-60% on using it twice daily. It had no effect on blackheads or tiny acnes on the forehead, though.

As a rule, my skin gets really oily in summers. But, right now my face is not that oily. So, may be this product is helping! I have stopped using it from last 10 days and I can still feel less oil. 

One more important thing which I noticed was that before and during my periods, I did not breakout which I usually do! And, the only new thing in my routine was this product. So, may be this actually controls bacteria!

Overall my experience with this product was good and I have noticed improvement in my skin texture as well. It is actually an effective solution to reduce acne.

PS: Product sent by brand. Thanks a lot Punam for such a lovely review! 

Horses have Split Ends too!!

Have you met Kini and her Black Beauty? Oh, they are the darlings of everyone! Even if you want to hate them, you can't. They are just so adorable that they would take away your heart with the innocence in the eyes and happiness in the smile. But, when you are so lovable, you would stand a sore sight for some eyes!

Kini loves to ride Black Beauty day and night. And, she loves long gallops, come sun or rain! And, when you love so much of outdoors, its inevitable that the effects would be visible on you. Not that the rosy cheeks did not use to glow with the rush of blood, but both Kini and Black Beauty were getting the brunt of wind and sun on their hair and skin.

The green eyes full of jealousy were quick to see the imperfections cropping up in Kini and Black Beauty. Their skin was drier and tanned and their hair was all frizzy and all over the place. But, these sights were more cuddly for others who loved them. One day it so happens that there was a horse race in the town and of course, Kini and Black Beauty had to win it. But, at the end of the match, due to the opponents deception, Black Beauty took a stumble and rolled over along with Kini.

The result was a mud-covered, hay-wired Kini and Black Beauty who found themselves subject of all the sniggers. A dejected Kini rode back home and when she got all cleaned up found her hair to be absolutely rough and dry like a broom with so many splits. Black Beauty fared no better. Even she had splits and her chestnut glossy locks poked into Kini's cheeks.

Kini has a habit which I have not yet disclosed. She is crazy after the Bollywood actresses and from time to time impersonates one or the other ladies. So, if it is Kareena month, she would use all her product endorsements right from the soap to makeup and if it is Aishwarya, the products would change accordingly. And, in the crisis, she depended on her darlings for rescue. On she went to the mall and bought all the products endorsed by her favorite heroines which was practically a lot of products.

And, then started her woes. None of the products worked on her and month after month she was tired of getting her hair trimmed to get rid of the splits but they would come back again and again! And, her hair was getting shorter and more drier. And, worse still, she could at least get her hair cut but what would she do to black beauty. She started testing the products and only if she was satisfied would she use anything on Black Beauty.

But, no miracle happened. The most promising ones failed. Finally, Kini's mom took matter into her hands. And, after one shower, Kini found her hair to be super soft and super shiny. Kini was so amazed that she went screaming in her excitement to her mom and gave Black Beauty a luxurious bath with her mom's help. A few more washes and a month and her hair had no splits yet. One more month and her hair was back to feeling lot softer than it had in the past few months. And, so was Black Beauty's!

When she and Black Beauty were back to their old self, Kini asked her mom about the magic formula. And, then her mom replied, “I have always trusted in my daughter's choices so I used your own formula. The only difference is I believed in what real women said and endorsed instead. Dove Split End Rescue System is the answer. And, guess what, it not only worked on you but also cured Black Beauty's splits!”

Do you think air makes your hair dry? {Your Opinion}

I have still not got out of that non-blogging mode. If you are a blogger, take my heed. Its dangerous. Even if you are not publishing them, just keep writing the posts to stay in practice or otherwise you might end up turning lazy and not do anything! 

Anyways, this question was prompted by my colleague last evening. She has curly and rough hair and her hair is really difficult to manage being a lot frizzy as well. She loves caring for her hair and she has been giving me quite some tips, some of which I totally agree with!

So, she observed yesterday that even if she sits in front of the fan, her hair starts turning rough! Yes, you would already know wind makes the hair a lot dry so when you are traveling, even if it is a public transport, hair does turn dry and gets tangled, right? At least, mine does.

But, she is right. Sitting right in front of the fan or under the fan will also turn your hair dry. Now, why it is so is something I can not say but it might be with the dry air. If the air is dry, it will try to suck the moisture from anywhere. So, if you are sitting right in front of the air, your moisture would be the first to get sucked up, I guess! Sounds really vampire-ish :D

Anyways, if you are present in dry climate, you would notice your hair getting drier anyways, howsoever much you might try. And, that happens with best of the hairs. Only, their damage is a little less noticeable in the beginning. Same thing goes to air conditioning. Do not let your hair or skin get too used to it! 

So, what do you think? Have you noticed your hair getting dry?

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Do you find more dirt on your neck than face? {Your Opinion}

Hey! So, following the Clinique 3-step skin care system I have been almost regularly using a toner. I am loving it because it hydrates my skin and I get to remove the dead skin cells also with it. You should definitely check out what Paris talks about exfoliation while toning. 

So, yes, since I have read her post and that was the same time I got to use the Clinique products, I decided to continue with the toning part. Right now, I am using Paul Penders which is an Australian brand. Anyways, coming back to the topic, I apply toner in the morning and evening both.

Now, I have noticed that in the morning even after washing my face, the cotton pad turns gray in color while wiping the toner and in the evening, it turns brown depending on whether my face got cleansed well or not otherwise sometimes it also turns gray.  

What's gray and brown? Gray are the dirty dead skin cells and brown is the left-over makeup and in my case sunscreen. So, it also becomes a good reason to double cleanse your face and neck instead of just using a face wash.

But, I have noticed consistently that more dirt is on the neck area than the face. I do not know why it would be so because I cleanse my face and neck equally while having the shower and I use my face cleanser till the décolletage! Have you ever face such an issue?

PS: Writing a post after so long feels really weird! I have been absent from the blog because of some issues and deadlines. And, now that I am back, I would like to remind you that I have rescheduled my timings. I shall be posting only three times a week - Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I want to follow this routine slowly and get back on track! Thanks a punch for your patience :) And, yes, I remember I have to reply for the comments and the queries.

   

So, what do you say? Does your neck look more dirtier than the face?

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