Simple Skin Care Tips to Follow this Diwali

Hello there my lovelies … I absolutely love this time of the year …. Do you also feel the nip of the festivities in the air just like I do ?

It is the festival month and calls for celebrations galore. Playing dress-up is the part and parcel of everything festivals in our culture and it’s the time of the year when you want to look your best …… not that you don’t want to look your best any other time of the year…. hahahahha ….. It’s just that this time of the year is just so special !

I had been so busy lately that I didn’t have time to put together my wardrobe or accessories for Diwali night and all the other shenanigans that come with Diwali , parties, having guests over ,celebrations, going to people’s houses with gifts and receiving a whole lot of them when they come over . oh yes ! ….I am shameless in accepting that I love Diwali gifts and I love getting them as much as I love going shopping for Diwali gifts .

So it just so happened that I was playing dressup …. and I got into the mood of festivities and I pulled out my Indian Wear from my wardrobe and started to mix-and-match , you know that right !! that’s what I do best ……..what to do I cannot get enough of mixing and matching and I am happy to announce that all my outfits , my statement necklaces , my bangles even my sandals are ready already.

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What next needs to prepped …. yeah you guessed it right… Skin ….

Our skin is our best accessory nothing can match a glowing skin. Right ain’t I.

So one of my favourites is the VLCC Haldi Chandan Facial Kit, which is a simple DIY facial kit . What I like most about it that it’s got everything from cleanser , to the massage cream , scrub and the pack….Making it so easy for me to use it plus it’s so gentle on my skin, leaving skin refreshed and healthy looking. My skin is always happy after using it .

Also very important for skin is to have a good night sleep . You have to make sure that you catch up with atlleast 6 to 7 hours of good beauty sleep so that your skin looks healthy and fresh.

Besides a good beauty sleep , always ….. always remember to take your make-up off . No matter how tired you are after a long day or a late night or feeling lazy after a plain lazy day …. just make sure you remove any trace of makeup from your face . Clean face ensures pores wouldn’t be clogged and your skin would look healthier. Also Use a good hydrating moisturiser or a serum before sleeping for a happy skin.

Also very important is to drink a lot of water . During the Diwali festival we tend to do go overboard with the whole eating out thing and eating a lot of things that you don’t usually eat everyday literally everyday. Flush it out by drinking a whole lot of water to hydrate yourself . It’s going to show on your skin and your skin is going to say thank you by looking fresh…..

 

Most importantly stay positive and happy. Nothing works better than being happy and a positive state of mind. Meanwhile enjoy the festivities , dress up, look beautiful , take care of your skin and let me know what you all you did this Diwali to take are of your skin.

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My Spa experience at Antara Spa

Hello my lovelies if you have been following my social media , you know I had been busy attending a big fat wedding in Delhi. No matter how much one enjoys the celebrations and playing dress up, by the end of it all I was super super tired….. I came back to Mumbai exhausted and next day I got asked if I would like to visit Antara Spa ……OMG ….yes most definitely yes…. That’s what I needed the most then …. A good massage to relieve me of all the tiredness accumulated over a period of over a week…… Of course I would love visit the SPA….. big big Yes…
I Scheduled my appointment and was all set to be pampered….yay…. I am a total Spa junkie….You utter the word massage and it makes go weak on my knees….. I am always……always up for it…. I definitely love trying out new therapies ….well yes… I know , I know all  I need to say is I love a good Massage….hell yeah I Do…I Do …..
So apparently Antara Spa is at this beautiful club The Club , Mumbai …. its a beautiful club and pretty spacious considering it is in heart of Mumbai…the city short of space always….beautiful drive on their private road sort of sets the tone of what is to come once you are inside….. (you don’t have to be a member to book Spa appointment)
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 Antara Spa is the in-house spa  of  ‘The Club’ they incidentially are also celebrating their 10th anniversary this year.
At the Spa, I asked them to suggest their best therapy and I was told Vinotherapy should be best for me…. I was all for it… In my head I was going to be massaged in Wine…..hehehheee…. well yeah!…. that wasn’t the case….turns out for Vinotherapy  special Californian Candles are ignited to generate warm Grapeseed Oil …( in my defence there are grapes involved some how….hahhahahhahaha….couldnt resist this….;-)….)
Apparently Vinotherapy Hydrates and moisturises the skin…. yay….what else does a tired girl want….a soothing massage and skin hydration all at once……
There is something about the Spa’s that excite your olfactory senses and somehow it tingles down to feeling of relaxation already even before you start the massage…… I walked into the therapy room assigned to me and I was already feeling like I had stepped into a zone where I would experience extreme relaxation…..
My experience started with a foot bath and my masseuse  started the massage …….and I was in heaven…..I told her that I had been experiencing some pain in my shoulders and my feet hurt….and voila thats when the magic started. A good masseuse knows how to relax your muscles and ease off the pain….the aroma of the wax also tingled my senses in a therapeutic way…..
………….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…………yeah that was my state of being then…you know how it is when you have been just running around and don’t really get enough time to catch your breath….I had been living that routine for over a fortnight prior to this pamper session….this is what a doctor would advise too……I need to relax….and relax I did…..
yeah thats the happy me….smiling and happie happie…………. clicking happy selfies…( kindly excuse quality of the Picture…I was way too happy check and put on lights for a better picture quality…..but I had to put it here to share with my lovelies how happie happie me was……)
Signing off on a happy happy note…….with a resolution to pamper myself a whole lot more……..
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