MAMAEARTH ULTRA LIGHT INDIAN SUNCREEN REVIEW

Hey! guys, I hope you all are doing well. Today in this blog I am going to give my honest review on Mamaearth Ultra light Indian sunscreen. I have tested for around 3 weeks and now my opinion about this product is ready.

(For, review I have used the 25ml tube which I got as tester free with my purchase. This size is not available to buy.)

ABOUT THE PRODUCT

• Name of the sunscreen: Mamaearth Ultra light Indian sunscreen 
• SPF: 50 
• Level of protection(PA): PA+++ which means the highest protection from UVA rays
• Shelf life: 2 Years
• Quantity and price: 80g product for INR 499 (only one size available)
• Buy from: Nykaa, Amazon or Mamaearth official site
• Colour of the sunscreen: slight yellowish 

CLAIMS BY THE PRODUCT

• Protect from UVA and UVB rays, crafted for Indian skin 
• Skin type: For all skin types 
• Paraben and silicone-free, dermatologically tested

INGREDIENTS

This is the ingredient list and specifically consists of CARROT SEED and TURMERIC.

MY OPINION 

• Texture: Had the soft texture means semi-solid-type 
• Blending: Easy to blend and easily absorbed by the skin

consistency of product

the texture of  product

  

       1. Does this sunscreen give a white cast on the skin? 

           My answer is NO, it does not give any kind of white cast on the skin after its application. 

      2. Is this sunscreen moisturizing? 

         Yes, of course, this sunscreen moisturized my skin. I am a dry skin type. 

      3. It is best for which skin type?
          My experience says that it is best for normal, dry, sensitive skin types. For oily and combination skin type, it can be slightly towards the oilier side but if you apply makeup or setting powder over it, it will give you a matte finish.

        4. How is the packaging?

         The packaging is quite simple with a regular plastic tube which is NOT eco-friendly. 

     5. Will I buy it again? 

        Oh, Yes! Definitely, I am gonna repurchase this product. 

      6. Are the ingredients safe? 

        Yes, ingredients safe for all skin type even sensitive skin can go for it.

     7. Can I use it daily?

        Yes, you can because it is a light sunscreen, and your skin will not feel heavy at all.

     8. Is this sunscreen all seasons friendly?

        You can use this sunscreen in any weather or season. It will not take your skin to any extremes.

      9. Rate out of 5? 

        4.5 stars, not 5 because of non-ecofriendly packaging. Otherwise, the product is awesome and I would recommend all my beauties to go for it. 

So, yeah these are my views on this product. Thanks! for reading. Stay safe and happy.

     

face

Welcome back again all my beauties! New weekend, a new blog from my beauty diary and today's topic is how to take care of your face skin. We will be covering a very basic and simple skincare routine. I will be talking about the eyes, nose, lips, and skin. 

EYES

The most sensitive and delicate part of our face. So, here are some ways of taking take of your precious eyes- 

1. Cleaning your eyes - Before going to bed, always make sure to remove your eye makeup. Then after it wash your eyes with cold water by splashing it on eyes. Don't be so much hard, do it gently. Such cleaning will help your eyes to remove microparticles, dust, etc. stuck in due to pollution. 

 MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT USING TOO COLD WATER AND ALWAYS USE FILTER WATER TO DO SO.    

2. Apply eye cream - Apply eye cream twice a day and it is the compulsory step to do. I am not saying do it if you have dark circles and puffy eyes. Genuinely, speaking I have never come across any such product which can vanish my dark circles and puffiness like magic. I personally use eye cream and recommend it to others for moisturizing the area around eyes. The skin around your eyes is 10X thinner and sensitive than your normal facial skin. It's really important to keep the eye area moisturized and hydrating. 

3. Do some eye exercises - After completing steps 1 and 2, now it is time to relax your eye muscles and get into a deep sleep. The whole day, we are in office, college working continuously in laptops,phones which strain our eyes so badly. Like our body needs some muscle relaxing exercise similarly our eyes need it too. (DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT DOCTOR OR PROFESSIONAL. I AM GIVING YOU OUT MY RECOMMENDATION AFTER DOING IT OVER MYSELF. THESE EXERCISES HAVE BEEN DONE BY ME OVER LAST MANY YEARS.)     

Let's see some of the eyes muscle relaxing exercises-   

   

 a. Horizontal movement: Move your eyeballs towards the right side then towards the left side. Repeat, this process 5 times each side.

b. Vertical movement: After the horizontal movement wait for 30 seconds then go for the same process of moving eyeballs but now do it up and down. Repeat the process for 5 times each direction. 

c. Squeezing eyes:  Close your eyes quickly, squeeze them, and feel your facial muscles moving for three to five seconds. Then open your eyes slowly and repeat the process 6-7 times by keeping a break of 2-3 seconds between each squeeze. NEVER SQUEEZE YOUR EYES TIGHTLY, BE GENTLE AND SOFT WHILE DOING THIS EXERCISE.  All the above exercises will help you to release eye stress and relax eye muscles.

4. Use castor oil over your eyelashes - Castor oil is the best ingredient if you want long, bushy eyelashes. Apply it every night before sleep and after a week or so you will get the result. You can use your fingertips for application over eyelashes or can also use a mascara brush for the same. You can get a mascara brush with a small bottle online or also if you have empty mascara then wash the brush and bottle and reuse it for this purpose.

NOSE

The biggest issue on the nose is blackheads and whiteheads. I have used lots of products till now for getting rid of blackheads but got no permanent solution. But there some steps by which we can decrease them-

1. Cleanse your face twice a day - especially a nose region. As we know blackheads come on the skin because of the clogged pores so it is important to make it clean and prevent clogging the pores.

2. Use scrub - it can remove the blackheads and also open the clogged pores. 

3. blackheads removal charcoal sheets - This is actually an amazing product. Using it once a week can remove the blackheads perfectly and gives you a plane, smooth nose. But again it is not the permanent solution. 

LIPS

Who don't like pink, hydrated, soft and supple lips? Of course, everyone loves it, So here are some tips-  

1. Say "YES" to LIP BALM - Never leave your lips bare always put the layer of lip balm over it. It will help you to keep your lips soft and moisturized. 

2. Lip scrub - Its a new trend going in the market but believe me this trend is actually effective. Scrubbing your lips removes dead skin cells, prevents pigmentation, and increases the blood circulation. There are two ways of lip scrub either you buy a good affordable lip scrub product or make a DIY!!! 

 DIY LIP SCRUB -

take half spoon white sugar or brown sugar. Add 2-3 drops of lemon and 1/4th spoon honey. Also add 4-5 drops of coconut oil and mix it well. Then apply on lips and start massaging with your fingertips or by an old toothbrush in a circular manner. Do this process for 1-2 minutes. Use a tissue paper to remove the scrub from your lips. tadaaaa!!! and the Magic happened!!!

Try it and comment down the result in the comment section you got after using this scrub.      

 

3. Drink an appropriate amount of water - You apply thousands of products but if you are not taking a good amount of water then there will be no effect. It is very important to keep your lips hydrated if you do not want chapped lips. So, drink around 8-9 glass of water daily. 

FACE SKIN

Now comes to the most important area, Face skin. There are many problems that occur in almost every girl's skin i.e. acne, blemishes, pigmentation, dry and flaky skin, dullness and the list is more to go long. But, taking proper care can help you to get the dream skin. Basically, the skin routine is divided into PM and AM ( I will be describing this topic in the upcoming blog). Here I am just taking the normal HEAD points, "NOT" explaining the proper routine.

1. Eat healthy food - Its really important to take necessary nutrients i.e. proteins, vitamins, fibers, etc. So always take nutrients rich food. Try to avoid fast food as much as you can, especially people with acne-prone skin.

2. More and more water - Water can keep your skin hydrated and also helps to remove toxins from your body. You can win 80% of the skincare game with just 8-9 glasses of water every day. 

3. Workout - Laziness in quarantine can easily make you leave workout. But, don't skip workout as it will keep your body fit, and also the sweating removes the toxic substances from the upper layer of skin giving you good glowy skin. 

So, yeah its a wrap up my gals! Thanks for reading and I hope this could help you out. 

               

Hey! My beauties,
Welcome to my beauty diary, in this, I will be discussing complete self-care from top-to-toe in each upcoming blogs. So, let's start from our topmost beauty i.e. hair. Everyone, whether its male or female adore their hair but only adoring it, is not enough. Our hair needs all our attention and care exactly like skin. So, here are some basic and affordable tips for caring for your hair. I have divided the hair care routine into 4 segments i.e. day, night, week, month.

Let's start with the first segment of routine that is- DAY TIME 

1. Open your braid - After getting up, open your braid and tie it as a bun, so that hair will not disturb you during morning routines by coming on the face, and also it will help to set your hair together with by bringing it back to its normal texture. 

2. Nutrients uptake - Before getting to bed; soak some resin and  2-3 almonds in water. When you get up the next day after brushing your teeth immediately eat this soaked raisin, almond, and also 3-4 dates ( intake should be before breakfast). 

• Raisin -  They're full of biotin that promotes hair growth and scalp health.
• Almonds-  Almonds are full of essential vitamins like Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Vitamin B1, and Vitamin B6 that helps in making your hair long and strong. The high amount of magnesium they contain promotes hair growth.         
• Dates - Dates can give you results for stronger hair in a short amount of time. Being rich in iron, dates improve blood circulation to the scalp which helps in faster hair growth.

The second segment- NIGHT TIME 

1. Comb your hair before going to bed - Never, ever forget to comb your hair before going to bed. Brushing hair stimulates the capillaries of the scalp, increasing blood circulation and the transport of oxygen and nutrients to the hair follicles hence makes your hair soft, strengthens the roots. Also, there is one more reason which I heard from my mom and grandmother that brushing your hair every night removes the dirt, grease, etc. which have stuck in your scalp due to pollution.

Pro tip:

• Always start combing from scalp to roots.   
• Paddle brush or Quill brush is best to use as these stimulate the blood circulation and also distribute natural hair oils over the scalp.

   

Paddle hairbrush 



Quill hairbrush

2. Always tie loose braid - After completing step 1, it is important to tie hair in a loose braid as it will prevent your hair from damaging due to friction during sleeping.

Pro tip:

• Never tie up the tight braid as it could be harsh on your hair roots and also loose braid will help the drying up of all-day sweat in the scalp. The dry scalp will prevent any fungal attack.

The Third segment - WEEK 

1. Oiling hair - Most of the people hate this step. Oiling hair is a crucial step and it comes under the week routine segment because oiling is not done every day. Do oiling at least twice a week, one day before your happy head washing day. Always apply oil on your scalp and massage for around 10-15 minutes this will increase the blood circulation in scalp capillaries.   

Pro tip:

• I saw many recommendations, not to oil your hair lengths because oiling affects only from roots, not from the lengths. But this is my personal experience that oiling lengths made my hair more soft and shiny whereas not oiling makes them dry and frizzy.        
• You can tie up your head with hair wrapper or by any cotton cloth all night it will help you in deep oiling the scalp.

2. Shampoo and conditioning - Always wash your hair twice a week or thrice according to the activeness of oil glands of your scalp. Use mild shampoo with less fragrance and according to your hair type.

Never apply conditioner on your scalp it is only and only meant for your hair lengths.      

Pro tip:

• Always take the appropriate amount of conditioner on your palm and apply it in lengths in a vertical motion. Never rub your lengths horizontally as it will create friction and ultimately leads to frizziness.                  
• Apply serum or 2-3 drops of normal hair oil on damp hair, this will make your hair soft, supple and shiny.

3. Hair mask -  A hair mask is a deep conditioning treatment that helps to heal damaged hair. This is an add on profit for the goodness of your hair. After shampooing hair, apply a hair mask and leave it for some time ( follow time limit of product given in label) then after washing it away, go for conditioning.  

Pro tip:

• Never apply to your roots or scalp.                 
• You can also leave it overnight but always read the instruction on the product label before use. 

Fourth segment - MONTH

1. Steaming - Its an amazing thing you can do for your hair. Before telling how you can steam your hair in the home, let me first tell about its benefit -

• Steaming helps the oil to get absorbed deep into the scalp and lock in the moisture- so right after oiling, you can go for 10 min steaming session.
• Steaming helps to clear the scalp so, any debris or dead skin is removed. 
• It also opens the pores which in turn helps in unclogging them and getting rid of any dirt and dandruff caused by bacteria.   

How to steam at home - Take a container filled with hot water. Dip a cotton towel or cloth in it then take out and try to squeeze a little ( as it is hot so it will be difficult to squeeze completely) and wrap your head with that, put it until your scalp stops feeling warm then repeat the process again. Do it for 10 min.  Steam at least twice a month. 

2. Hair trim -  Regular haircuts help keep your hair strong and healthy. Long hair should be trimmed at least 2-3 months. If there are more breakage and split ends, then you can cut as frequently as every 1-2 months.

So, Yes my gals! that was all about the basic hair care routine you can do in your home for gaining good, healthy, and shiny hair. All the tips mentioned above are tried and tested by myself.

Hope this could be helpful for all my beauties.