It’s an intimate matter: Women now have an array of menstrual, femcare products to choose from
Stepping away from stigmas to meet the needs of women are an array of femtech-monikered products that go beyond the pink.
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The dynamics of menstrual management and femcare are up, courtesy the eager urban spenders and dynamic innovators. (Representational Photo)
An upmarket, femtech squad of sorts has made its debut with Indian women taking control of their intimate hygiene, personal wellness, and health solutions. Strengthening the narrative is a desi collective, not really blushing all the way to the bank, while bringing out compact, ingenious, cyclical solutions for every fair, tacit need. From menopause cookies, UTI and PCOS drinks, thyroid control tea, herbal cramp relief patches, intimate washes, grooming products for down under, to coloured biodegradable pads, a boom has happened. The dynamics of menstrual management and femcare are up, courte
Celebrate your bio-individuality instead of harping on weight and inch loss
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Essentially, the state of your health is a measure of what you consume, physically, mentally and emotionally
You’ve tried every possible fad diet, cut out the carbs, stepped up the hours of exercise, and are still not there on the health index. Try moving away from the BMI fixation towards integrative nutrition that looks at wellness comprehensively, not just through the lens of food. It is about how you nurture your body, soul, relationships, career and the environment.
Essentially, the state of your health is a measure of what you consume, physically, mentally and emotionally the crux of integrative nutrition. It is also about working on everything from your relationships to career to sleep patterns and building a sustainable lifestyle.
Pastry chef Juhi Pahwa does not like sugar coating. The baker to the stars owns The Better Binge, an artisanal cake brand in Mumbai, whose gluten-free, vegan cakes are free of refined sugar, butter, milk, eggs and white flour. The brand has amassed close to 18.4k followers on Instagram, with Katrina Kaif and Jacqueline Fernandez having her cake and eating it too. Juhi believes a cake “is the showstopper of any table.”
A bestseller is jowar dark chocolate cake. So are her buckwheat pancakes with peanut butter strokes and a nutty organic drizzle, which Kaif and Bollywood fitness expert and influencer Yasmin Karachiwala enjoy the most going by the constant barrage of Instagram posts of them tucking in. Esha Deol loves the pinatas. Her other celeb clients are Manish Malhotra, Ananya Pandey, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt and Sophie Choudry.
Off and on, your lipsticks have been lying static next to those surly gherkins in the jar in the refrigerator. Your mini nail paints have sometimes visited the sausage drawer in the machine. Now comes the cool solution: the beauty fridge. Touted as the edgiest must-have for every skincare devotee, it is cruising its way up the beauty and skin health sweepstakes this season.
It comes in pastel colours and sorbet hues. Says Dr. Rinky Kapoor, consultant dermatologist and dermato-surgeon, The Esthetic Clinics, “The beauty fridge maintains the consistency of skincare products, lending better longevity to the formulations. In India, with the tropical climate, there is always the risk of product spoilage owing to bacteria, yeast, and mould. When you are using dermatologically recommended preparations, with active ingredients, storing them in a separate, sterile environment increases its shelf life.”
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Atul Kochhar is back with a bang on home turf. The London-based, twice-Michelin-starred culinary innovator has been serving gourmet fare over a decade at his prized cluster of tony eateries. Now he has Saga, set up in partnership with Delhi restaurateur Vishal Anand, to woo gourmets and gourmands alike.
Over the years, Kochhar has come to be known as one of the high priests of progressive, edgy Indian cuisine with a signature touch. From quaintly poised puri aloo tacos to his singular dalim shakarkandhi (sweet potato with ruby pomegranate and yoghurt swirls), and a delicately spiced curry leaf martini (a perennial favourite on the Benaras menu) he is the story teller of food. Kochhar said farewell to Mumbai, following the debacle of both his restaurants N.R.I. (Not Really Indian) and Lima. “I love Mumbai, but I made a wrong business decision,” he confesses. “Failures often teach and strengthen us. In retrospect, I feel we overlooked the basic mantra loca