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💆 Of Makeup Mantras and Bhallas

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      Naach 2017 This Saturday was different than any other..it was the day of the performance. All night, I kept awake going thru the dance routines in my head and now the day had finally come. I just wanted it to be over soon. It wasn’t the performance itself that was bothering me, but all the prep work that one has to do for that 10 mins of limelight..hair, makeup, jewelry, costumes and the drive to the place. I was supposed to meet up with the 5 of the girls at Pree’s house, so we could car pool from there onwards. My friendly neighbor G had agreed to come over to my house to do my eye makeup...gold eyeshadow and all. We had studied enough online videos to nail the look. By 4 pm, I had gotten my gear on and was waiting for G to come.   The doorbell rang and G walked in rather efficiently, carrying a makeup kit, looking no less than a doctor making a house call. She got down to business right away   and worked on the eyes...well, what I tho...
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What's the Matcha with you?

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These days the internet is abuzz with the health benefits of matcha, and how it is the best antioxidant there is. This is very similar coconut oil trend (or the goji berries trend) that seems to have spread like wildfire recently. I can’t recall a single get-together in recent time where coconut oil hasn’t somehow popped up in the discussion, and how the women start to swoon over its benefits (I like it too and have used it for my soap making  among other things), but this benefits of coconut oil business isn’t exactly a new discovery you know!   Anyway, now that matcha is all over the internet and is the new black coffee these days so let me attempt at providing a few basics here before someone pops up the ‘have you tried Matcha?’ question or suggests a trip to the Matchabar in NYC or a fancy Matcha Cafe. Meeting your Matcha: In Japanese (and in Hindi!), CHA  means tea, and MA means powder...so Matcha simply means is powdered...
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