Ikkai Beauty

  Imagine a time machine that could make us look at least 10 years younger.   You enter as a 30-year-old with tired skin, puffy eyes and dark circles. But when you come out from the other end you look absolutely ravishing with youthful skin and glowing beauty. Well, unfortunately gals, neither have we invented such a dreamy machine nor yet found the mystical fountain of youth. However, if we start taking care of our skin from an early age then we can have everyone guessing our age… Earlier the better: It’s no secret that as we get older, our bodies change and everything starts to look and feel different. The most visible signs of ageing are reflected on our skin like fine lines, wrinkles, sagging, age spots and much more. As we age, our skin loses elasticity and also becomes rough. Hence, it is better to start taking care of our skin from an early age to minimize signs of aging. The younger you start, the more likely you are to have smooth, supple and tight skin well into...

 It’s caution time girls! It’s time when wind checks your hair without warning, rain spoils your makeup, and humidity after damages your skin. The weather is perfect for plans, but these lovely evenings come at a huge cost. Skin problems, humidity, sticky oily skin and acne. However, if you’re cautious you can make the most of the great Indian magical monsoons. How can one not go out in the rains!? But do keep in mind that when the season changes the skin changes. So it’s time you changed your skincare too. All your skin requires you to do is to perform the ‘necessary face four’ every single day. Exfoliation, cleansing, toning & hydration, if you use these four properly, your skin will love the monsoons even more. Good news is that the 100% organic Ikkai face soufflés perform all actions at once, that too in just 10 minutes. Exfoliation: The mildly-textured Ikkai face soufflés work as gentle exfoliators that open clogged pores, without being harsh on the skin. It will allow the...

 We all have friends who are always happy. Who always knows their next step and has everything figured out. Many of us, however, experience dull patches, again and again. It happens after every few months, every year. We do not do anything about it and it goes away for a while, only to come back stronger. Not to mention, it makes us feel irritated, lazy and hopeless. In times like these a book can save a soul, while sometimes going back to a guitar could be the answer to everything. Motivation lies where you are, all you have to do is look around. The question is, how do you start when you have no idea what is it that’s going to make you happy!? If you’re realising the fact that you’re no longer a good talk, see if these simple things work for you: 1: See if you’re being lazy The lazy inside the lady makes the lady stay inside the bed all day. Not good! If you’re smart and you procrastinate, you hate yourself for not doing what’s supposed to be done and then you get stressed, anxio...

Some TLC can never hurt anyone, especially when you’ve been there in the sun. Spending time outdoors in summer can really be a task and your skin has to take a lot, be it the prolonged sun exposure, the pollution or your sunscreen. Yes, it is recommended that you should reapply your sunscreen every two hours but the sun can get really annoying when it gets sweaty and this sunscreen gets mixed up with harmful environmental aggressors leaving your skin sticky and gross. We all talk a lot about pre-sun skincare, rarely do we know that slicking your skin with SPF is not an alternative to post-sun skin care . Is there actually something called ‘Safe Tan’?  No, tanning is never safe or ‘healthy' because some amount of UV rays have to actually pierce your skin to give you that “glow” which eventually leads to irreversible skin damage and can even thicken your skin’s texture.  De-tan at home Tanning is bad, worse when it’s uneven and patchy! To get rid of this nightmare, here are some...

The pace of growth in the Beauty Industry, especially ‘Skincare' as a market segment, is touching new heights day by day and with that comes its various challenges. Personal care, like it sounds, should be very personal which sadly isn’t the case anymore because the brands and their marketing and advertising strategies can influence you to buy whatever they want to sell you. Now the question is how to become a conscious and responsible buyer, well that’s all we’re going to talk about today. The Clean way! Our beauty and personal care market is flooded with labels calling their brands “clean” but can we really trust them? If so, then can we call them ‘ Natural and Organic skin care products '? To clear the confusion, not all clean brands make Organic skin care products and ‘Natural' is different from ‘Clean' beauty labels. If you have been reading about the beauty Industry then you must be aware about those serious accusations against some really well known brand...

Once upon a time long, long ago when our moms were young like us. They would read about all the cosmetics and beauty brands that were a craze abroad but not available in India. They would wait for someone to travel to the US or Europe to give them a shopping list of beauty products they desired. They would often ask their uncles or brothers to get “foreign” anti-ageing creams, orange peel-off masks and chocolate face packs for an enviable glow. At that time, getting these exotic beauty products in Indian markets was difficult as well as costly. Plus, Indian brands were hardly manufacturing them. Then there came a time we became obsessed with the concept of ‘ glass skin’ that gave rise to the popularity of K-beauty. As a result, shops and malls across India got flooded with K-beauty products and cosmetics. Before, you start confusing it with something from Kardashian franchise. Well, let us tell you more about it. It actually is the Korean influence upon the skincare routines and ...

Breakouts can be more painful than breakups, they keep coming back, they’re stubborn, hard to cover-up, leave scars and the worst part, they know when you have a special event coming up, so like that one toxic ex, they never forget to attend you when you’re happy. Like we didn’t have enough of them, hormonal breakouts, cystic acne and now ‘Maskne' a new term added to Corona dictionary; is a form of acne, prominently appearing on your cheeks, chin and around your mouth due to regular usage of masks. Why Maskne?   When you wear a mask for a long time period without any breaks, the skin under the mask can get heated up constantly and hence produces more oil, sebum specifically. We sweat a lot and there’s humidity trapped inside our masks too so no doubt why bacteria be playing there and taking that advantage. Maskne Tips Here are a few things to avoid, ·          Keep it Minimal – Avoid layering multiple products and serums, you just...

The social media trends and hashtags can really be helpful if you follow skincare/ beauty world, one such hashtag is #texturetuesday and almost every skincare enthusiast might have created something under this banner, a very trendy topic on Instagram is to create texture art with skincare products and no joke, it has some of the most beautiful masterpieces. So today, it’s going to be all about these exquisite textures and skincare formulations that will leave you wanting more.   The Velvet trend After glass skin, the most trendy skin/ skincare texture is now velvet. When we say ‘Velvet' you will immediately think about something royal, matte and soft, well that’s exactly what some sleeping masks these days deliver in these beautiful big tubs. Velvety skincare products give your face a very matte finish instead of a dewy, glassy sheen and these are very much in trend these days.   Lustrous Lips Creamy, glossy then came the matte and now it’s all about a lustrous ...

Sensitive skin is nothing but skin ailments like burning, itching, redness or reactions to the environment or cosmetics. For most people, sensitive skin problems result in premature ageing. Thus, one must give special attention to sensitive skin symptoms. Our skin is our body’s biggest organ. It grows continuously, and therefore sheds non-stop. The math says that our entire skin renews itself completely in 10 years. It is very important that we learn about our skin so we know what products to apply on it and what all we should include or exclude from our daily beauty routine. Basics are the best. Organic is the go. 1. Cleansing The outer most layer of our skin gets affected the most. The weather affects it, the sun burns it and the pollution tries to destroy it. In fact, that’s the reason why our skin hates harsh skincare products. What is recommended is that one must keep the beauty routine basic, thorough and organic. There are a certain things that one needs to remember on sensitive...