Swathy and Sky

My August Haul

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SOS Organics Handmade Soaps
I had talked about my haul sometime back. Since, I was running short of ideas and since some of you had requested for the haul and reviews, I am putting up the snaps. Do check them out 🙂

Puro Room Freshener and Episoft face wash
Soul Tree Shampoo, Auravedic Skin Lightening Oil, Rustic Art Algae Soap, Rustic Art Aloevera Gel and Neutrogena Sunscreen
Tea light Candles and Diffuser…should have ordered a match box as well 😀
Oh, I did receive following products from PR.
  
Soul Tree travel size samples – both shampoos and one shower gel
Clean & Clear Fairness Cream and Face Wash (had been drooling on the product when I saw the ads!!)

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Episoft Cleanser
Rustic Art Aloevera Gel
Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Sunblock

How to take care of gray hair? {Hair Care}

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This has been a long pending post which had been requested by Smile. I am so sorry for the delay. To start with, I don’t have much experience with gray hair as my mom also has only couple of them coming up now that she is 51. And, she is not interested in covering them up. I do tell her to get the hair colored but she flatly says no.
Hair Coloring
This should come up as a different post altogether but I think its imperative to mention it here. You can always get your hair colored. Remember to get salon treatment. Shell out money coz its your hair!! It definitely falls on an expensive side when you count in the maintenance costs.
Henna-ing
This is definitely the most common practice but it turns the white or gray hair into orange which people now a days absolutely hate. So, really doesn’t do much of a job. Also, using Lush Caca Noir also doesn’t work on gray hair. I had suggested it to one of my friends but she confirmed that it didn’t work on gray hair.
Hair Science and Home Remedies
The hair which has already turned gray can never be turned black naturally. For that you will have to color the hair. But, you can always prevent new gray hairs from coming up. Also, gray hair is a lot of times hereditary so in such cases, its a little difficult to control. So, let me suggest some home remedies to PREVENT gray hair.
  • Use mustard or sesame oil on a regular basis, like twice or thrice a week. A regular usage helps prevent the hair from growing gray. They also help with hair which has turned brown!!!
  • Black Pepper and Yogurt mask
  • Curry leaves are supposedly great for protecting the black color of the hair. So, infuse your oil with dried curry leaves. (learn how to infuse oil here)
  • Other herbs which are amazing to prevent hair from growing gray are rosemary, thyme and amla (Indian gooseberry). They also help with hair growth. 
So, what’s your best bet to deal with gray hair?

    Lush Dark Angels Face Cleanser {Product Review}

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    Price: Rs 700 for 100 gms (approx.)

    Ingredients

    Rhassoul Mud, Cold Pressed Avocado Oil (Persea gratissima), Glycerine, Powdered Charcoal, Black Sugar (sucrose), Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Perfume, *Linalool, Sandalwood Oil (Santalum album), Rosewood oil (Aniba rosaeodora)
    Pros
    natural ingredients
    makes the skin really soft
    exfoliates amazingly!!
    Cons
    doesn’t control oil production
    doesn’t remove oil or cleanse really well
    very expensive!!
    My Experience
    I got this in June and have been using it on and off since then. I had been wanting to try the product since a very very long time so was very excited to try it out. So, how to use it a very big problem and trust me when I say its damn messy!!! It will blacken your washbasins and everywhere else it touches.
    How to use? Take a pea size amount and pour a drop or two of water on it and make a paste which will be a little watery and cleanse with it thoroughly. Though, I would like to say that it doesn’t really cleanse well. I use oil to remove the traces of sunscreen from my skin and this product doesn’t cleanse that oil as thoroughly as I would like.
    But, its a damn good exfoliator. It leaves the skin soft and smooth and removes the whiteheads but it didn’t really have any noticeable effect on my blackheads. I use it on alternate days to scrub my face properly. Its not at all harsh. Oh btw, avoid looking in the mirror or you might frighten yourself 😀 Yes, it looks like black paint on the face!!
    Its definitely expensive and would last two months at max if used regularly which I think is way too less. The expiry period of the product is probably four months from the date of manufacture but I do have issues with this date things in Lush. They provide date of packaging and expiry but the date of packaging is date when you buy the product. So, how do they calculate the date of expiry? Honestly, Lush is not really working out well for me!!
    Have you used Dark Angels?
     
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