"Why wear makeup? Why wear any at all?" I wondered as I looked into my closet beauty and skincare stash, under lockdown, and noticed I had A LOT. I would have liked to believe that my makeup stash was far larger than my skincare one, but that was not the case. Put together I had… Continue reading Abandoning materialism : pandemic panning and empties
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The Vanity Slump: Part II
For the vanity slump part I please click here . It has been a full 6 months now, we all lost a job, the pandemic destroyed all chances of getting a new job, we faced death of a loved once, grieving in death saw millions who lost their near and dear ones, the lockdown and… Continue reading The Vanity Slump: Part II
The Vanity Slump
Once upon a time there was a peasant girl who lived happily on her farm. She toiled day in and day out helping her mother in the fields and father in the forest to collect wood. Time passed and she grew up to be a young woman. She was talk of the village for her… Continue reading The Vanity Slump
The Bee Diaries : The Chemistry of Makeup
Take any beauty product, makeup or skincare cream, hand, foot or body lotion turn it around and look at the ingredients, most probably you will find beeswax as the first or main component. Little had I known that extensive studies and research in molecular biology, biochemistry and entomology of the humble honey bee (click here… Continue reading The Bee Diaries : The Chemistry of Makeup
The Beauty or Brains dilemma: accidentally in the Kylie Jenner trend
A smart, intelligent and hardworking young entrepreneur, thats what I saw. One lazy summer afternoon my friend starts commenting about my daily makeup routine and says "Zebbaaa you look a bit like Kylie Jenner! You should do makeup like her, it will suit your face, its the trend nowadays, oh your makeup style is so… Continue reading The Beauty or Brains dilemma: accidentally in the Kylie Jenner trend