Sonam Mehta

The other day I went to MINIMONO, the affordable store in Bangkok with everything priced at 60 Baht under one roof. I walked in with an intention to buy the quirky yet cheap products, but I landed up with my eyes popped out at this sleeping mask priced at 80 baht. A sleeping mask this cheap? No one would risk their skin, but I am here to experiment and share my views. Also, a sleeping mask with Aloe Vera and Cucumber. What could really go wrong with both the healing ingredients. So firstly, this product has the same fragrance as your HERBAL FACIALS/CLEAN UPS in Indian beauty parlors gave you. Oh how I used to love it, that earthy smell. The texture – who are the kidding? It’s not a mask mask. It’s a light-textured cream that can be applied as desired. As in, you can mask it or play around with the consistency on your face with a handful of it. Since it is feature- light, not greasy and not thick as all these MASKS claim to be. Minimono Thailand Smooth textur...

We usually are of the opinion that we do not really need to invest in a body scrub. I have friends who will buy body washes, soaps, bath bombs and incase they get a tan from swimming or the sun, they run to a beauty parlour or a spa for a body scrub. All you get is a one-time rigorous scrub in a soothing environment and a body massage to top it all. But do you think that one time is enough to get the tan out? Nope. So, every once a week I like using a scrub. Its like taking that extra time to shower. Scrubbing basically gets rid of the dead skill cells and doing it more frequently will remove it all! Basically, it exfoliates the skin, removing the dullness and giving it a nice radiance. And you know what? Exfoliating the skin makes the skin softer, shinier. Just like a pedicure – you get nice soft feet afterwards So, here’s my absolute fav body scrub of all time.   Carebeau Spa Lightening Salt . It is a perfect blend of sweet orange essential oil and granules of salt w...