Navarasas Aromatherapy Body Oil Review

Hi

For last many days, I have been thinking of writing a review for Navarasas Aromatherapy Essential Oils and Blends. But got delayed for many reasons... So finally I started working on it.

Today's post is about the Navarasas Body Oil. This oil is infused with really incredible ingredients that make this oil a quick beauty remedy for many skin issues.

Key Ingredients : Rosehip Seed, Fractionated Coconut Oil, Lavender oil, Sweet Almond oil,Sandalwood and Rose Essential Oil.

Rosehip Seed is enriched with anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties and helps in decreasing environmental damage and soothe the skin. Fractionated Coconut Oil comes with disinfecting effect for the skin. Sweet Almond oil softens the skins and has calming properties as well as suitable for sensitive skin. Lavender oil relaxes the tight and sore muscles.

My Experience:
The Navarasas Aromatherapy oil is basically used as a soothing bath essential oil. The oil is of dark mustard color in runny consistency like usual oils. The aromatic fragrance of this oil is strong enough but is really uplifting. The smell with its healing effects linger on for many hours and is an absolute dip into aromatherapy experience all the day long.

I applied this essential oil on damp skin after shower and massaged it gently over all parts of body. It absorbs quite easily and feels so light on skin. I experienced no sticky feeling after its application. Infact, you may choose to directly towel dry your skin if feel so. But I am comfortable rinsing the oils to avoid any stains on the towel or clothes.

Since most of us indulge in a hurried routine bath during weekdays, I used this oil as a relaxant on weekends by directly applying it on the skin as a massage oil and the skin felt simply rejuvenated, soft and hydrated to its deepest level. So the application methods might vary, but the results are magnificent in every way.

This oil is a wonderful replacement for a truly emollient, protective lotion that you are using since ages. Navarasas Aromatherapy Body Oil also does the trick to cure skin itching, dryness, restore elasticity and protects against sun and pollution. In short, this oil is a great product to have your hands on it when your skin needs is a quick glamorous glisten because the skin drinks up the oil sooo happily ;)

Holi Gifting via 27coupons.com

Hey Friends

How was your Holi celebrations? Mine was full of enthusiasm and gaiety. Everyone at home and in the neighbourhood wore the colorful festive look that filled my heart with hope and positive feelings. Almost all my friends came to my place for the Holi celebrations. Forgetting all important works for a day and celebrating this day with friends is really something to die-for, because no other festival gives us so much liberty to let our spirits get loose and enjoy our hidden crazy selves ;) The most interesting part of the celebration is to dive in total wildness as we all do thumka dance to the rhythm of dhol and sing some traditional n bollywood foot-tapping songs in loudest possible pitch... Being gifted with and then unpacking quirky presents is nothing but the best enjoyment at the end of the celebration :)

Now accepting gifts from friends comes with a moral duty to give gifts also. I am always of the opinion to give someone a gift that might be of the taste and utility of the receiver. Buying something blindly, just because it looks cute or is available at discount is not my style ever. So this time also I did load of shopping for useful gifts for my loved ones. As you may expect, I wasn't wandering in the markets but like always preferred online purchases. 

There are some favourite online store which I trust to buy from including Flipkart, amazon, ebay, shopclues etc. Not because, they have widest range of products but also ensure timely delivery, quality assurance, safe returns etc. One more thing I make sure while online purchases is to compare prices at different stores and look for some discount codes, if available. While making usual purchases, it doesn't matter much to get discounts, but for bigger purchases it does. 

This year, I got a special gift delivered to my brother on Holi that I knew will be of great help for him. I bought him a ASUS Fonepad that easily fitted my budget as I got a tempting discount deal via 27Coupons.com. Actually I was already prepared to check the discounts on 27Coupons.combecause my previous experience was amazingly pleasant with them. 

I noticed this deal on Amazon  store which offered upto 75% off on electronics. 

The above offer was valid on landing page that opens up after clicking on View Offer link. I hurriedly click to see whether they have some tablets listed in there and got something just appropriate as I wanted because the offer was applicable on 

• Accessories
• Cameras & Photography
• Car & Vehicle Electronics
• Computers & Accessories
• Hi-Fi & Home Audio
• Home Theatre, TV & Video
• Mobiles & Accessories
• Portable Media Players
• Tablets
• Telephones & Accessories

 I bought the ASUS Fonepad of MRP Rs. 12999 at Rs. 9380 after a discount of 28%.

My brother is extremely elated to receive his special Holi gift. I can't imagine any other discount coupons and deals distribution platform to compile such wide list of coupons which fit in your requirements and budget so easily. Whenever I shop via 27Coupons.com, I am lured to explore more of its deals every next time because saving while shopping gives me Double Satisfaction.

Did you ever try using any coupon codes from 27Coupons.com, do share your experience too.

How to Feel Worthy of A Relationship

In life, when we are thrown together with someone by the circumstances of our lives, it forms a 'Relationship'. Many a times, these relationships include not only the people for whom we have a particular attraction, love or liking; but also the people we generally dislike, avoid interacting, ignore meeting, or even hate to have them in life. Still there is a moral responsibility of behaving sensibly to maintain the relationships without grumbling.

If I talk about myself, I consider myself one of the richest person in the universe to have most caring people in my life. All my primary relationship (mainly family oriented) are so intensely knitted together that one cannot think of seeing a single yarn separately.

Sometimes, I meet people who feel themselves misfit for a relationship and are hurting n cursing themselves. This is how you may realize your importance in somebody's life...

* When people around you are not friendly, affable or decent to you; I advise you not to feel frustrated but think that there is always a room for improvement. Until you are on the verge of extreme tolerance, try to settle your anguish than to be lonely. Because isolation is a disease in itself.

* Remind yourself again and again "I deserve your respect, your friendship, your devotion and your commitment; because I am worth it." And then also feel exactly the same, because when you feed yourself with positive thoughts like these then only you can ensure self-acceptance.

*Dump the fear of rejection from your heart. You are not an article to be measured up to assess your value. Start believing that there is no suspicion about being recognized for your strengths.

I always convince myself that I am a person with some flaws that I need to work upon, but have lot many positive behavioural traits that make me feel beautiful and confident of remaining happy in privileged relationships like being a daughter, a wife, a mother,a sister, a teacher and ofcourse a loyal friend.

I strongly believe in the Law of Attraction that can make magical things happen to you that you never expected. Feel yourself worth of every beautiful experience in your relationships and your destiny might change for better :)

What Keeps My Baby Happy

Babies are those cute humans who need to be entertained in really stimulating (and at times, weird) ways to keep them truly happy. When it comes to the critical discussion on 'what makes my child happy', not every baby appreciates his/her involvement in same activities. 

But the one thing on which every mom/parent would agree that when a baby is playing happily is a sign that he had his stomach-full of baby food and is not uncomfortable in a heavily wet diaper. I actually don't feel alarmed when he eats less than other babies of his age, because I notice that he himself shows signs of requesting for food whenever he is feeling hungry. So I make a point not to pressurize him eating as per my wish. My baby enjoys being fed the salty food with a little variation after few days and creates no fuss even while tasting new ingredients in his food. But I love his expressions when he makes funny faces as he tastes the first spoonful of that newly experimented food ;)

My naughty baby feels so happy when he is given the things which is not usually allowed to play with. He wants me to make him sit on his padded bedding in a corner of the kitchen where I am cooking and enjoys giving everyone headache by banging on a plate with a spoon and experience different sounds. He feels himself no less than a maestro creating symphony of love ;) ha ha ha. At times, he is caught executing his most notorious planning into an action in absence of all of us in the room.

At the end of the day, when its time for papa to reach home. He wants to welcome papa at the door, so gives me every possible hint to open the door and take a mini tour of the outside the realm of his nursery to experience interesting colorful things and people around. There is a whole hearted contentment on my junior's innocent face when papa wears this lil boy craving for physical touch close to his heart in his baby carrier. Its a moment of sheer pride to find everyone so happy and blessed in each other's company.

One sure shot way to make my baby happy is to show him soap bubbles going up in the air in his dim lit room with colored lights. He grins baring his invisible teeth seeing the bubbles grow when the lights are reflected from different angles and I adore that toothless smile of my bundle of joy.. touch wood to his happiness!!

My baby loves to react and reciprocate on Imitation Sound Game with me, when I show him a plastic toy or soft toy and make funny faces with sound of different birds and animals. He is damn focused at that time and imitates me exactly. Not only happiness is our mantra this moment, but I feel great satisfaction introducing some educational values in him :)

Exhausted from whole day's fun activities, when me and my boy are feeling low in energy and need a sound sleep; the last thing to ensure my baby's happiness during his sleep is a clean nappy. Because I don't want to cause him & myself surprise night awakenings due to excess wetting of his nappy. It a blessing in disguise that Pampers Baby Dry Pants ensures overnight dryness for my baby on the inside layer by using Magic Gel technology to lock in the moisture for 12 hours and promises freedom from sleep disturbances always.

I am loving this sweet baby momma duo in Pampers Baby Dry Pants advert ...

This post is written for Indiblogger's Happy Hour campaign in association with Pampers.

Style Compile for Your Party Look

Socializing, recreation n celebrations have become lifeline of this modern era where we are always busy enjoying parties almost every weekend. It doesn't matter whether you are hosting or attending a party, but your entire attention is on 'how to look your best in your party dress up.'  

When I happened to attend a cocktail party recently, I too wanted to amp up my party dress with right accessories. I had li'l bit of idea of what would be my idea outfit, but then decided to dive in some excellent choices available at some popular online stores. I thanked my stars that I stumbled upon many interesting online marketplaces where I found loads of fascinating and premier quality apparels and accessories as if I were roaming in a traditional Indian market seeking my favourite items.

The idea of catering to my party dressing by mixing n matching some not-so-expensive goods with a sensible taste of styling always pleases me and gives me a contentment to look best within my budget :) Infact I may specialize in being a stylist for my friends n colleagues at times when they need my inputs on how to put their best foot forward and take the center stage in a social getherings.

Given a chance to accentuate some of the bootylicious party dresses, as listed in this display, here is my style compile for you to steal the attention all the way :) I got my eyes struck on these sassy outfits pieces ...

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After donning the outfit selection, I had to give my party dress an extra kick with cool accessories, because it's the extras that make all the difference :) Just pile on some blingy jewelry and sparkly accessories for a party-ready look in seconds.. So what are the must-have accessories that should be staples in your wardrobe like mine ;)

Make A Statement With Bold Necklace
Pick a chunky neckpiece in shorter length for an outfit with deeper neckline that draws attention to your pretty face. A beaded beauty in multiple layers of varying length can be a stunner for all you fashionistas, when worn with figure hugging party gowns.

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Wrist Cuffs & Bracelet 
If you are a minimalistic and wanna ditch the a jewel around your neck, a cuff bracelet adorned with diamonds, stones or crystals will be the perfect accessory to accent to any kind of cocktail dress. At times, You may go for monotone gold or silver, else adorn multicolored stone cut into unique shapes and styled in a sassy piece of art for you only.

Ring Bling & Danglers
No budget to spend on real diamonds?? just go get it in cubic zirconia and no one is gonna doubt you. Looking glamorous with crystals, jewelry and other glitzy details can instanly charm your entire party look. A pair of drop earrings give your face an alluring charm and a cocktail finger ring brings glamour to celebrate elegance in your hand movements ;).

Beaded Clutch 
Uplift your party look carrying a unusual shaped metalic or beaded clutch in your hand that can not only hold your secrets, but hides the complete world of a woman inside ;) The clutch should not be too small to be a showpiece in your hand, but big enough to keep some must-have items like your cell phone, a lipcolor, or even your car keys in it comfortably.

Strappy Heels 
The finest choice to glitz your party outfit is to compliment it with a pair of classy strappy sandals. Skeptical about what color to opt? I suggest Silver or Golden works with just about any color. The sandals having some beautiful rhinestone detailing and delicate design can be worn with any dress in your closet without second thought.

With these essentials to create history, any party look can be deemed completely worth drooling over with a touch of glam makeup and hairdo :)

Eeshha Herbal Almond and Apricot Scrub Review

Hi

Today I am reviewing one more product from Eeshha Herbals Personal Care in the Face Care section. The product is Eeshha Herbal Almond and Apricot Scrub. A face scrub is the most wannable product in my facial care kit. Scrubbing helps to remove the dead skin and helps the newer layer of skin to come out. The frequency of using scrub on your skin should be kept as to benefit your skin like once a week. Because excessive  scrubbing may cause our breakouts, redness, irritating pores, or may cause any scars. I prefer scrubbing on weekends when I get some more time for myself. So lets move on to the review..

About Eeshha Herbal Almond and Apricot Scrub:
A natural fruit based scrub exfoliates the skin softly. Cleanses impurities and deep seated dirt preventing microbial action and acne. Cleansing and detoxification is further enhanced by addition of fruit enzymes in this formulation. It further allows production of elastin and collagen in skin cells. Thus provides a younger and healthy looking skin. Removes skin impurities,skin look younger and glowing.Tones,deep cleanses and removes blackheads.

Packaging:

Its a tube packing in white color with tight gripped flip open cap. The packaging briefs about the product and its uses on front side. On the back side you will find the complete details on its key ingredients, application instructions, quantity, shelf life etc. 

Key Ingredients:

Glycerin, Kaolin, Zinc oxide, Kishmish extract, Ashwagandha extract, Daru haldi extract, Almond oil, Gum acacia, Xanthan gum, Allantoin, Triclosan, Apricot shell powder, Vitamin E.

Price & Qty: Rs. 140 for 100 gm

Directions to use:

Apply on wet or dry skin and gently scrub desired areas of the skin in an upward motion. Rinse, pat dry and apply your favorite moisturizer. Gentle enough for daily use.

My Experience:

Eeshha Herbal Almond and Apricot Scrub is a pale brown creamy scrub with brown micro granules in it. The consistency is not very runny, but thick enough to spread easily on your wet face. (I have not tried using it on dry skin, as mentioned on the product packaging)
The scrub doesn't lather when you rub it on your wet face. Since it is not soap based, I felt no dryness on my face after its application. The granules don't hurt the skin when gently scrubbed on face and neck area, but they act as active exfoliators. So even the beauties with sensitive skin may use it without any hesitation.

Usually I scrub my face only once a week, but this scrub is gentle enough to be used atleast alternate days,if not everyday. But in case this scrub is to be used on other parts of body, then undoubtedly its a perfect choice for everyday use. 

Talking about its fragrance; if you smell the scrub deeply, it would absolutely resemble actual smell of apricots. The fragrance is so sweet and mild that doesn't feel overpowering to anybody.  
Like always, I liked the tube packaging too. Because I find these more hygienic as compared to tub packings.

Almond oil works towards moisturization of skin and increases the blood circulation of the skin. After a regular use of Eeshha Herbal Almond and Apricot Scrub, the skin looks younger and feels soft, smooth and flawless. 

Pros:
Hygienic & travel friendly packing.

Not harsh on skin.

Sweet fragrance.

Removes dead skin cells.

Purifies the top layer of the skin.

Creamy texture.

Pocket friendly price.

Cons:

Nothing !!

Overall Opinion:

The product is the right choice for beauties who have dry skin and are afraid of using scrubs that take away the required moisture from skin. The product delivers younger looking skin without contributing in any skin issues.

Optimism Is Contagious Too

Today I got to learn about a new name in Real Estate industry called Housing whose #LookUp Mantra changed my perception about this boring business into a colorful, positive and hopeful one. Knowing more about how Housing is nurturing optimism through human emotions attached to their home-their shelter; I also felt motivated to share a story of positivity that I had left a long lasting impression on my mind...

I am a person who don't feel hesitant to accept my realistic situation in front of anyone. At times, I am prompted to complain of what I have got in life when something falls short of my expectations. But still I keep doing my fair share of 'good deeds' because I hear mom saying this with lot of conviction that "we should keep contributing in noble causes. Because this is how we create good fortune." 

I came to understand mom's words much later, when I met a cheerful lady Binni (name changed) few months ago at my work place in reference to an educational adventure event that our institution wanted to organize for students. Since I met Binni few times more before the event date also, I felt myself quite comfortable in her company discussing about the proposed event. I am still clueless what was attracting me towards her charismatic personality.  

On the day of the event, as me and my colleagues reached Shivalik Hills with our students to participate in the adventurous activities, we were greeted by Binni and her team not with bouquet of roses, but with heart warming smiles. The leading lady had made fantastic arrangement of an array of multi-sport activities and was herself engaged in perfect execution of most of them.

Frankly, I was enjoying and learning her methodology to keep even the most unruly children in utmost discipline in such a humble and polite way. The command of her soft yet gripping voice had the impact of the order of an chief commander on the children. I presumed her to belong from an Army background in the past from her body language, firm voice and professional mannerism. 

Watching and admiring her for next 3-4 hours on the event day were actually enough for me to fall in love with her. So when she took a break from her involvement with children and sat to have lunch with us, I could not resist myself appreciating her for her jovial personality and effective work planning, saying "I really appreciate how you manage to be so lively, peppy and contented all the time. I wish I could be as happy as you.."

I never expected that I had hurt her Achilles' heel. Her expressions liquified the very moment and she narrated her heart-breaking story to us...Binny had faced severe exploitation by her in-laws since early days of marriage and had been a victim of worst case of domestic violence by husband. Bearing the teachings of her parents in her heart to be loyal to husband till last breath, she tolerated all the injuries on her body as well as on her soul for many months without uttering a word from her mouth...  

Binny had not thought in her wildest imagination that her husband would ask her for compulsive sex determination test in the fourth month of her pregnancy and would throw her on the road mercilessly in such condition knowing that she is bearing a female child in her womb. She was left with no option, but to go to her brother's house who was the only caretaker in the town. Her brother & Sister-.in-law (bhabhi) were really supportive at the moment and consoled her to stay there till her issue is resolved.

The misery didn't end here, but actually got multiplied when she gave birth to a baby girl suffering from Thalassemia that caused the infant deadly blood disorder due to abnormal formation of haemoglobin..... As Binny finished her sentence, we realized there were tears uncontrollably rolling down everybody's cheeks including the lady herself. Her struggle was intensified when sister-in-law refused to allow her live at their place realizing that they need to invest big sum of money frequently for baby's expensive blood transfusion treatment.

Life had taught Binny to be emotionally strong and self-dependent after so many jolts, so she bid good bye to her caretaker and began with utilizing her own skills to earn her livelihood. She began with organizing a small scale summer camp in an educational institute and earned great appreciation for her work. The handful of money earned that day boosted up her confidence and fueled the spark of not giving up for any challenge. Life was not a cake-walk immediately, but gradually she managed to survive for her own self and for her daughter.

As she stopped talking, we needed not to console her; but to my sheer surprise it was Binny who wiped our tears off and stood up with a winning smile on her face.

Her legal dispute is still in the process in the court, but today Binny is a well-known name as one of the most successful and reputed Event-Managers of the town.

I am convinced that Binny's happiness and present fulfilling life is a result of not giving up and continuing to make causes for good fortune even at the crucial moment, because this is how we come back to the realm of Faith and Optimism :)
This story is exceptionally motivating to me and taught me to be optimistic, so deserves to be shared.

This post is written for Indiblogger's HappyHour campaign in association with Housing.

Winners for Valentine and Holi contests by Vedantika Herbals

Hi All

Thanks for being fabulous readers of Alive n Kicking. The response for both the Valentine contests sponsored by Vedantika Herbals has been phenomenal. We felt touched by so much of love and wanted to declare everyone as winner. But like always, we have certain number of MOST DESERVING ones who take the center stage :)

The lucky winners for the "ValentineWithVedantika" Contest are:

• Gurjeet Chabbra 
• Sunita Singh 
• Sugandha Dixit

They all bagged not only the maximum number of entries, but also followed the rules properly. Thumbs Up for your efforts everyone.
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Talking about "MyValentineLook" Selfie contest, I enjoyed to see such gorgeous participants dressed in colorful attire and donning so pretty makeup :) And lets not forget to appreciate the male participants who shared their awesome selfies... One thing to mention before winner declaration that whoever posted pics other than selfies or posted more than 2 pics have not been taken into consideration for violating the rules despite of being nice entries. So now clap for our worthy winners and look at their cute selfies :)

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Last but not the least, we got quite interesting entries for the "Rang Tarang Holi" Contest, reading which we relived childhood memories, we learnt lessons and also visualized some naughty scenes happening in front of our eyes :) Finally this contest is won by none other than...

• Shaweta Jain (Thanks for reminding us to follow safe holi ethics)
• Jayanthi Parthasarathy 
• Urmila Mittal 

All the winners are requested to inbox their complete postal address and Phone Number by midnight 1st March (else new winners will be selected.) so that I may forward the details to sponsor for quick dispatch of hampers. You may expect delivery of your prizes within 4-5 business days. So don't ping me for dispatch details etc.

Those who could not win this time need not be disheartened. Like previous months, there will be back-to-back contests and surprises very soon. 

Keep participating !!