Beauty
From Blue Lids To Glossy Lips: Wallet Approved Spring Beauty Trends For South Asian Skin Tones
Spring has returned with a soft rainbow of colour that infuses our beautiful brown skin tones with freshness and energy. In this blog, I explore how we can take four, popular, mainstream trends and infuse them with a touch of spice, so that they make us South Asian Beauties sizzle without burning down our bank accounts. Blue Eyed Baby This spring is all about infusing a touch of azur
From Red Carpet To Reality: Stunning South Asian Celebrity Beauty Trends For 2025!
The recently ended awards season was full of South Asian beauties whose glamourous looks will serve as a font of inspiration as we prepare for weddings and summer parties. In this blog, I have culled looks from the major awards shows and events that highlight how we can emphasise our eyes, skin, lips and cheeks to create unforgettable looks that are full of star power. Be A Kajal Kween! Charli X
Nail It! The Lazy Girl’s Guide To Putting Spring Into Your Cuticles
Hands and feet, like the neck and the contour of the eyes, provide clues as to your biological age and lifestyle choices. In this blog, I explore how to care for the delicate skin of the hands and feet and how we can beautify them by using nail colours that celebrate our brown skin tones. To have truly beautiful hands and feet, requires incorporating simple daily and weekly beauty treatments that take moments to apply, and over time they wil
Get Aunty-Proof Confidence With These Pre-Spring Skincare Tips For Your Brown Skin
An unjust aspect of South Asian culture is how some aunties get away with body shaming South Asian beauties of all shapes and sizes. No matter how old we get and how many achievements we accumulate, the dreaded phrases uttered by far too many aunties, including but not limited to: gain kya (Did you put on weight?); khati nahin ho (You do not eat (enoug
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How To Rock The Icy Spicy Y2K Beauty Look This Valentine's Day
The iciness of the Y2K look with its infusions of silver and cool pink, appear to be antithetical for the brown skin tones that compose the rainbow of South Asian beauty, but I assert that brown beauties are born to be icy spicy. If we can learn anything from the icy beauty of the Indian born, lat ...
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Is 2025 Pantone's Color ‘Mocha Mousse’ a Wash for South Asian Skin Tones? Here is the Beauty Scoop!
Pantone has declared Mocha Mousse as the colour of the year because it is a mellow hue of brown that evokes comfort. As someone who has consumed her fair share of chocolate mousse and mocha pudding, I loved it until I realised that in terms of beauty, the shade does not translate effortlessly onto b ...
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Tame the Mane: ANOKHI's Guide To South Asian Winter Hair Care
Old Man Winter has arrived and with the dreamy scenes of hot cocoa by the fireplace, there are also scenes of South Asian beauties struggling to get their legendary locks to look lustrous. It is challenging to have a shiny mane, regardless of texture, because we are facing a trio of challenges: Ar ...
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ANOKHI’s Holiday Gift Guide To The Best Beauty Stocking Stuffers In North America!
The holiday season is soon upon us, and now more than ever there are vibrant South Asian beauty brands that offer products across several categories such as skin care, hair care, fragrance and cosmetics, that are glamourous and perfect to spoil yourself and loves ones. This blog focuses on sets an ...
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Samosa-Proof That Pout: The Ultimate Guide To Mastering The Perfect Red Lip For Diwali
The lady who always sets the standard for beauty is the inimitable Aishwarya Rai, whose red lip looks set ablaze this timeless beauty staple for 2024 and beyond. For the upcoming beautiful festival of light, Diwali, red lips are a wonderful way to infuse the centre of the diya into your fe ...
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Don't Let Your Glow Fade: Autumn Skincare Tweaks For South Asian Beauties
Autumn is a glorious time of year, as we can enjoy the sun’s rays without the sunburn, and the crispness in the air is refreshing. In terms of skincare, now is the time to increase the moisture, repair skin damage and integrate more self-care as we switch gears into high work mode. The trick t ...
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Look Fabulous On Your Road Trip With Our Beauty Packing Tips
In tough economic times, international travel is likely not an option, but this does not mean that travel is not off the table - it is just not taking off in an airplane and going overseas, a lot can be done locally! This is where the classic road trip, formerly of the overstuffed family car varie ...
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Channel Your Inner Bronzed Goddess With These Expert Bronzer Tips For South Asian Skin Tones
Summer is all about light and energy, and a bronzed look, without tanning, is the best way to integrate the spirit of summer into your beauty routine. Bronzing for South Asian beauties is about enhancing what you naturally own so that you look like you have captured the light, like a Goa Gal who t ...
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Sonakshi Sinha-Inspired Makeup Tips For Your Big Fat Indian Wedding
Summer is not only about sunshine, it is also about weddings, and if the wedding is a big fat Indian one, glamour is the rule! At Sonakshi Sinha’s recent nuptials, her neutral and red wedding outfits with timeless make-up demonstrated that regardless of your colour palette the rule always applies. ...
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Blue Is For Brown Beauties: Picking The Right Shade Of Blue Eye Makeup For Brown Skin Tones
Blue eye makeup is a breezy, dreamy beauty trend for summer 2024 that flatters brown eyes and all shades of brown skin. This blog explores the importance of how to pick the right shade of blue, the key products to create two different looks and tips on how to balance the blue eyes with the cheeks ...
