Lotus Botanicals skin care products

This post is specially for all my girl friends or those men who want to make their women feel special !

I have been using certain products of Lotus Botanicals since sometime now and thought I shall share my views about it with all of you. The reason being, we are nearing Christmas and New year and this is that time of the year when we gift our near and dear ones. This year am going to gift my girl gang with  amazing products from Lotus Botanicals.

 

Let me first introduce you to their brand.

Brand Story: “Our wellness cannot come at the cost of nature.” Lotus Botanicals was born keeping this very truth in mind. The mission is to find beauty secrets that creates a perfect balance between humans and our planet and between science and nature.

Lotus Botanicals embodies all things pure, balanced, and botanical.  They believe that true beauty lies in creating a harmonious balance between nature and science.  Between what we take and what we give. Between looking good and doing good.

The six key feature that pulled me towards the brand was

1.       Certified safe cosmetics

2.       Pure plant power

3.       Ethical beauty

4.       No preservative

5.       No toxic chemicals

6.       Unique time-tested formulas

 I have used their combo pack for skin care that consists of

Bio-retinol youth radiance face wash

Bio-retinol youth radiance ultra-crème

Bio-retinol youth radiance sleeping mask

Bio-retinol anti-ageing combo

Yes, ageing is a natural process but at the same time maintaining our skin as it goes through the various stages in our life is also essential.

The search for youthful skin ends here with Bio Retinol. One of the most talked-about, amazing skincare ingredients that have created a storm in the SkinCeuticals industry is Bio-Retinol. This plant-based ingredient, also known as Bakuchiol, is a stable, safe, plant-based alternative for all kinds of retinoids to tackle issues like acne, dark spots, wrinkles, fine lines, and uneven skin tone. Bakuchiol or Bio Retinol is a tropical plant used even in Ayurveda times. But due to the increased awareness about the goodness of retinol for a skincare routine, you can now get amazing skincare products that contain Bio-Retinol as one of their star ingredients. 

Lotus Botanicals now offers you a range of Bio-Retinol products with the goodness of Bakuchiol. Bakuchiol has proven to have multiple anti-skin ageing effects like decreasing fine lines, boosting collagen growth, etc. 

Bio-Retinol Youth Radiance Ultra Crème helps with skin renewal and boosts collagen production. The creme’s formulation helps restore skin, giving it more clarity and reducing fine lines and wrinkles. It revives the skin to become healthy and gives you a youthful state. Bio Retinol works best when applied at night. Usually, Bio-Retinol is a powerful active ingredient. Also, it makes your skin photosensitive. So, bio-retinol works best when you apply it at night. Try Bio-Retinol Youth Radiance Sleeping Mask, which increases skin cell turnover that helps with skin regeneration.

 

Also, the Bio Retinol sleeping mask also locks moisture, making your skin supple and smooth. This Bio Retinol Youth Radiance Sleeping mask is non-comedogenic, making it perfect for sensitive skin and skin prone to acne breakouts. You apply this mask at night and get youthful-looking skin in the morning! 

Also, you can start your morning with our Bio-Retinol Youth Radiance Face Wash which not only cleans the dirt off your skin but is a lightweight formula that also targets various ageing symptoms like fine lines and crow’s feet. 

My experience: Every morning, I use the face wash which has a mild fragrance and leaves your skin fresh and ready to face the day. 

The Ultra day and night creme certainly softens and nourishes the skin and regular usage I feel is effective in making the skin breathe well and make it feel youthful.

 

Another product that I would like to recommend from their range is

Ubtan De tan face and body mask

Traditionally we Indians have always used ubtans. Now, get a glowing skin with Lotus Botanicals Ubtan De-Tan Radiance Face & Body Powder Mask infused with 24k gold. It is made with natural ingredients like turmeric, chickpea flour and sandalwood. It gently exfoliates the skin giving a healthy glow. If you spend hours outside, it helps in de tanning and brightens dull skin.

My experience: our daadi naani k nuskhe for a clear skin always recommended scrubbing our skin with chickpea, turmeric and to top it with  sandalwood for a cooling effect. That's exactly how I felt about this ubtan from Lotus Botanicals. Mildly scented, easily mixes with water and gets absorbed fast.

Currently I apply the ubtan twice a week.

Hope this article on the skin care products from Lotus Botanicals helps you in making the right decision and choosing products fit for you. We shall come up with more such informative posts in future. Till then, ciao.

Bidding Farewell to 2022 and looking forward to a grand entry into 2023 !!!

How to create warm vibes at home this winter

December is here and so is winter! At my place in Bangalore, by 4 pm the chill starts setting in and eventually evenings become dull, dark and cold.

How do we then beat this weather? By bringing in some warmth to our decor.

Some tips to add coziness is thru textiles. Warm colours in furnishings like cushions, curtains, throws, rugs etc; works well during winters.

Have light curtains so that maximum light can filter into our homes.

Ensure you have a carpet or a dhurrie beneath your feet. 

Another way to introduce warmth in your decor is thru candles. Light them to set the mood for a calm and relaxed evening. 

I have captured some moments that makes my home feel warm and cosy. Hope you all like it too...

 

Colours like red, orange automatically add comfort and snugness which is so much required during cold times.

Another DIY arrangement with bangles to act as T light holders. Not only these little arrangements spruce up your spaces but add an element of friendliness .

This season began for me with soy wax candles from Boddhi Naturals

Soy Wax is non-toxic and cleaner-burning, being made with no toxins, carcinogens, or pollutants which means these candles are less likely to trigger allergies. As a vegetable-based wax, it does not give off any harmful byproducts or produces black soot that can stain walls and curtains like the other leading waxes.

You can enjoy these  handmade candles for a longer burning time too! 

 

These are some of my ways to beat the winters and feel cosy and warm always.

Wishing you all, the best, for the month of December and then we see a new dawn and a brand  new year!

Till then take care and keep smiling😊🤗

How to create a Diwali ready home

Diwali ready home is your everyday space with an extra dose of festive touch! It need not be something that is extravagant and burns a hole in your pocket.

For me, what works best is addition of flowers and lights, change of cushions, fresh bed linen and curtains. Having a clean home is anyway something that everyone aims for before the onset of Deepavali. By the way, if you haven't seen my last post on cleaning and tackling kitchen grime and dirt, do it here.

So, basically create corners in your home with love and warmth. How? Okay, look at these images below to gather some styling tips.

These are various setting created in my living room. Just a combination of elements that sends a happy vibe around your home. 

Styling tip

Colours are a big factor in home decor. How you may ask. Now, scroll to the first image. When I keep a plant on the centre table, I make sure the colour of the runner on the sofa or some other fabric is colour Coordinated.

For instance, the second setting, where in I have placed a cut work white mat on the table plus the plant and red rose petals, the cushion too is white, green and red combo.

The last setting has brass and zardosi cushions as part of the decor and both of these have a classic and ever lasting style. So, do you get the drift of how I plan my decor at home ?

Please do let me know, if you find this post useful or have any queries. I shall be most glad to answer them.

Have an enjoyable week ahead to Diwali. Do not forget to visit my instagram page for regular updates. 😊💕

To a clean & sparkling Diwali

The most awaited time, Diwali, the festival of lights is celebrated across the country with much pomp and show. The young and the old, friends and family all come together on this happy occasion to indulge in fun & frolic, lip smacking food to well decorated spaces to enjoy the festive fervour dressed in their traditional best.

And a good 10 days before the actual D Day, we start preparing our homes for the festivity ahead. Declutter becomes the mantra, everyone loves to talk about! All traditional decorations like brassware, silver, diya are taken out. Cleaned, polished and various corners of our homes are brightened up with flowers and the like. The mandir or the pooja room becomes the epicentre of activity. New torans are hung. Attractive rangolis are made. Amidst all this, cleaning the entire home and especially the kitchen is a ritual most religiously followed. Afterall, the kitchen is the heart of every home.

Cleaning the gas stove, chimney, backsplash used to give me nightmares, what with all the dirt and grime accumulation. It felt like a test of my muscle power. But not anymore! Let me share with you a cleaning product that makes my ‘Diwali ki safai’ so much easy!

The product in focus here is CIF. It helps to clean tough stains like the grease from our cooking and grime accumulation, leaving surfaces shine like new!

Today, I got down to cleaning my gas stove and the wall behind. The images below stand a testimony to how easy the whole process was.

BEFORE:

Notice the stains on the gas stove, burners and the grease on the wall. Well, now I have CIF to my rescue.

 

With CIF cleaner it is just 3 easy steps to a clean gas stove.

1.       Apply on a damp cloth

2.       Wipe over

3.       Rinse away

Taking a damp kitchen napkin, I applied CIF on it, wiped the gas burners, also applied on the wall and left it for a few minutes. Then you just rinse and wipe with a fresh napkin and lo! you have a clean and sparkling surface.

 New Cif Cream Lemon, with its fresh citrus scent, is packed with millions of natural cleaning particles. This multi-purpose surface cleaner removes 100% of tough dirt for a beautifully clean finish on a range of surfaces. It can be used as a kitchen cleaner to clean hobs, sinks, and kitchen tiles, as well as a bathroom cleaner to clean bathtubs, sinks, and bathroom tiles.

All you’ll need is a tiny squirt to completely remove all kinds of ugly dirt - even those that seem impossible to clean such as encrusted grease and dirty marks from walls.

AFTER:

 

Well, you sure can see me smiling, can’t you? The satisfaction of a clean kitchen is beyond words. So #Don’tJustCleanIt,CifIt

The Diwali vibe

How do you create the vibe of any festival at home? Rituals and food to a large extent help us, no doubt. But certain decorative elements are synonymous with festivals and as we all know Diwali is nothing without lamps!!! So, just get on with it.

All kinds of lamps, big or small, brass, silver, metal and our mitti k diye...sab ko chance do!!

It will be an absolute visual treat to see your home well lit on this auspicious day.

Sharing with you many such arrangements from our home from the years gone by.

A simple arrangement on our side table with a peacock lamp inside a uruli and flowers.

This one with silverware. Please, do not keep your silverware locked inside the safety of your locker.  Use them atleast on special occasions.  The fragrance of rajnigandha and the light from the lamps create an interesting tablescape.

Now for some more ...

Just plain T lights, flowers and rangoli...

Mitti k diye as a table centerpiece 

Table arrangement 

Pooja room 

At the entrance 

Candle with food laid on the table is perfect Diwali set up

Now, I leave it upto you to tell me, which one you find the most attractive or the one that screams Diwali.🙃

Shall soon share this year's Diwali decor with you. Till then scroll through my instagram feed here.

www.instagram.com/sajavatdecorblog

Festive styling with iTokri

I had the good opportunity to collaborate with a brand like iTokri, India's best handpicked artisanal product shop.

iTokri  crafts Initiative is involved in designing, production and sourcing authentic handicrafts products from across the country. It is an in-house platform developed by iTokri team for artisans to showcase their products. Each item is hand-picked and sourced.

The inclusivity of women, and the consciousness of keeping things environmental friendly while engaging in various crafts enables iTokri to impact the lives of 500 plus artisans and around 10,000 individuals.
Have a look at how I styled my living room with cushions from iTokri, this festive season.

I have styled with Shibori, applique cut work and kasauti embroidery cushions from their wide range of collection 

Applique cut work cushions:

An exclusive brand of authentic handmade products from desert regions of Barmer, Jodhpur, Pipad, Bikaner and some parts of Kutch.  The product range includes home decor products, clothing range and other accessories with hand-block printing, applique work, hand embroidery and handloom weaving of the region.

Kasuti embroidered cushion covers:

Intricate and artfully done kasuti hand embroidered khun fabric cushion cover. The name Kasuti is derived from the words Kai (meaning hand) and Suti (meaning cotton), indicating an activity that is done using cotton and hands. Kasuti is a the most intricate traditional form of embroidery practiced in the state of Karnataka, India.

Shibori cushions:

Shibori tie-dye cotton cushion cover are hand dyed using the shibori tie and dye technique, in which the fabric is tied using clamps or stitches in the required design and the pattern is dyed.

The living room gets a dose of freshness with these cushions from iTokri. Do tell me, how you liked my styling. Also, check out iTokri for all your handicraft requirement and much more.