Tag: #BlogchatterA2Zchallenge

BlogchatterA2Zchallenge, Food for Thought, Lifestyle

“Local Guide” from lonely in a crowd

Lonely in a crowd “Alone is how she feels, alone is how she’ll always be. You’re used to solitude, she tells herself. Be a stoic.”…..Margaret Atwood This post is about my journey from being lonely in a crowd to a local guide on google maps.As far back as I remember, I have loved my own […]

BlogchatterA2Zchallenge, CauseAchatter, Food for Thought, Mental Health

In pursuit of Happiness-A Paradox

What is the pursuit of happiness? The paradoxical feeling called happiness intrigues me a lot. In this context, I am not a happiness ‘guru’ nor am I here to give life lessons. What is happiness? How happy are we all? Why do people run after it? Do people actually get it? These are some of […]

BlogchatterA2Zchallenge, Skincare

Korean 7 Skin Method

How do Koreans get perfect skin? I have always been skeptical about using toners on my skin. Before K- beauty came into my life, toners were synonymous with alcohol content. That really put me off as my skin is very sensitive. But then the alcohol free Korean watery toners came into my life. They turned […]

Baked Goodies, BlogchatterA2Zchallenge, Cupcakes and Muffins

Healthy Olive oil chocolate cupcakes

Ingredients for Healthy Olive oil chocolate cupcakes Method for Healthy Olive oil chocolate cupcakes Beat the eggs till frothy. Add in the olive oil slowly to get a creamy/silky texture of the eggs.Boil the almond milk with the jaggery and cool down to a temperature at which you can dip your finger.Add the melted chocolate […]

BlogchatterA2Zchallenge, Travel

Goa Part- 1

What can be a better post than G for ‘Goa’! Recently, I started liking two particular urban phrases (by genius anonymous) which says, ‘You cannot make everyone happy, you are not Goa.’ & ‘The worst thing about Goa is- Leaving Goa.’ Goa Anniversary Trip Although, these lines sound cheesy and cliché, but I strongly believe […]

BlogchatterA2Zchallenge, Travel

Eager for Nature,Bengal Safari: (Part 2 Darjeeling Trip)

Continued from Part 1. Next morning we woke up totally refreshed after a solid 10 hours sleep on the super comfy bed. Thanks to the solid cut off curtains we had an amazing undisturbed sleep. For that day,we had planned a trip to Bengal Safari. But before that the breakfast buffet beckoned to us. We […]

BlogchatterA2Zchallenge, Travel

Darjeeling foot hills Birthday Trip : Part 1

This year we decided to go for a trip to Siliguri, Darjeeling foothills, celebrate hubbies birthday on the 21st of February. That was to be followed by a visit to the in- laws place i.e. Firoze’s hometown Guwahati. The last two weeks leading upto the trip was hellish at work. I got through it with […]

BlogchatterA2Zchallenge, Skincare

CICA and Ceramides in K- Beauty skincare

In this post I will share some knowledge about two popular K- beauty ingredients,Cica and Ceramides. I will also answer a few often asked questions about K- beauty. Ceramides and cica in my skincare products protected my skin barrier from the sun damage during our recent Goa trip together with heavy duty sunscreen usage! Why […]

BlogchatterA2Zchallenge, Skincare

Beauty and K-Beauty

Why all this hype about beauty? The first use of cosmetics derived from natural products to enhance beauty has been traced back to early Egypt by the historians. From an evolutionary point of view, beauty has had the key purpose of influencing reproductive natural selection. Human aesthetics dominated are by the external visible physical characteristics. […]