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I quite enjoy taking my mom to historically significant places. When I was in school, she taught me about Mohenjo-Daro and Harappan civilization along valley of river Indus and ancient Egyptian Civilization on the banks of Nile river. I hoped to visit those places with her, however, I am not quite sure when and if that is going to be happen 😔. Being in Bangalore for almost 10 years, I always felt bad I never visited Bangalore fort and Tippu's summer palace 🙄. So, on long weekend of Karnataka's formation day, I went to these places with my parents. Tippu's Summer palace seemed too modest for a palace. It is surrounded by gardens in two sides. The ground floor is like a veranda held by pillars on front and back. Top floor could be accessed through four staircases and mostly comprises of a corridor with small balconies at the end of stairs. On one side there are rooms and we wondered how such great rulers could stay in such small rooms😯. Bangalore fort is few mins by w...

I was never a careful spender, however, I used to prefer getting more products than spending more on single product. Then I noticed I am not really using up the products and most of them ended up in garbage, often with more than half of the content left in the containers. I started calculating the amount of time taken to finish up a product and purchased accordingly. Soon, I realized I could actually afford one or two luxury items with same planning. Initially I bought only one high-end product per year. However, on-site assignment made more brands accessable (in terms of availability and affordability) and high end products​ increased in my stash. Chanel : 1. Mat Lumiere compact powder: few years ago, when I finished my Revlon compact, I realized it is a product I use for more than 2 years and worth splurging on. My first choice was Mac - my new found interest and even tried few of them (not big on window shopping, for me trying is one step behind buying). Then I came across Ch...

Being bought up in a town near the border of 2 states, with subtle mix of cultures, I always find myself at home in places which are high on diversity. Having said that, when I want to visit a place, I used to prefer those which focus on retaining and reflecting local cultures i.e., until I went to Indo-portugese part of Cochin and realized the beauty in blending. Recently, I got invited to a teammate's wedding reception in Pondicherry (well arranged​ on Saturday evening😘) and my two co-travelers immediately came on board. We started on Friday evening and reached early Saturday morning. We easily got to the hotel in an auto rickshaw - they are were easily available and the drivers are well aware of hotel locations. We found the hotel prices to be higher compared to our recent travels (where we got resorts with pools for same price as regular hotel room in Pondicherry) and early check-in was charged extra. After resting till noon, we went out to explore the place. The plan was ...

I seem to go through more products this month and, from feeling glad, I am starting to miss few of them😪. 1. The Body Shop lip & cheek stain: sometimes I feel that a product gets half empty quite faster and then drags on to get completely over - this product was exactly like that 😋. I don’t use blush but I got this as a freebie with one of my purchases in TBS and, since I already had too many lip products, I was using it as cheek stain. I didn’t have any plans to replace it, but halfway through, I realised that I started to like it. I had few more similar products in same category, like primer & mascara, and Benefit came up with these festive packs last Christmas which seemed to be tailor made for me. As I got eager to try the famous cha cha tint, this one seemed to be in no hurry to leave me. It finally got over (mixed reactions 🤓) and I got to open the cha cha tint. 2. Clinique clarifying toner: Clinique products were kind of hit and miss for me and, for that reason...