Aroma Magic Hydrating Seaweed Pack | Beauty Review

The third product in my Aroma Magic Haul few weeks ago was the fantastic Aroma Magic Hydrating Seaweed Pack. I love slathering on face packs at the end of every day as they are the best way to get instantly rejuvenated and brightened up :)

I got this one from Amazon at Rs. 655 for 200 grams and it is very easily available at online as well as offline stores.

Claims include moisturizing, soothing, detoxifying, oxygenating, hydrating, balancing and anti ageing with the help of Ingredients such as Seaweed, Aloe and Lotus Leaf Extracts with Calendula and Chamomile Essential Oils. Packaging is standard strong tube good enough for travel and quantity is good enough to last a month when used twice or thrice a week on face and neck.

It looks and feels like aloe vera gel with a very light blue-green color which is transparent and cool on applying. A little goes a long way so it lasts a long time. It applies nicely and feels just a bit sticky at first but then it feels like nothing at all. I let it stay on face for 1-2 hours and then wash it off to get instantly smooth,soft skin. It soothes and brightens a bit but mostly it is hydrating and moisturizing, I cannot talk about its anti ageing properties but its soothing and detoxifying properties are very real which makes it a wonderful value for money proposition. After a long day at work, just putting in on the face makes one feel refreshed. While it has no miraculous properties, it does make my skin feel better, as if it has been nourished from inside, and that makes a big difference :) Is this the best face mask for all skin types? Certainly, right in conjunction with Aroma Magic Anti Pigmentation Glossy Pack :)

YES

• Natural effective ingredients
• Value for money in all sense
• Rejuvenates, Refreshes, Moisturizes, Smoothens, Softens, Detoxifies
• Gives little brightening effect
• Easily available and very affordable
• Effective on all skin types
• No allergies, no breakouts
• Free of parabens, chemicals, anything harmful
• Not tested on animals
• Travel friendly tube

NO

Nothing really :)

Recommended- Yes! One of the best face packs for all types of skin is here. Rating is 5/5 :)

Zoobar, Vile Parle West, Mumbai

Man is a social animal. 

And probably the only animal that cages other animals for entertainment purposes! This is one concept I have never understood,honestly. I totally get the food chain & evolution logic but seriously,why O why must any animal be caged or tortured for any purpose, That too by humans who pride ourselves on being the most intelligent beings with conscience? This is why Zoobar becomes extra special as the concern for animals is evident in everything here,right from the ambiance and I am giving many extra points to them for that. Add to that, they give a portion of their earnings to charities involved in animal welfare, thank you good peoples :)

There is a wildness in everything here,but it is filled with so much kindness and the good kind of crazy. Absolutely love the wall art, the funkiness inherent in them, the animal statues and posters, puns like 'Be Paw-sitive' adorning the walls which enter straight away into the heart :D Very spacious indoor seating with a little wild and gothic outdoors option too! There are cages and lanterns and such knick- knacks all over, again stealing hearts over and over. AND there is a lovely book section. Read & Enjoy. What more could one want? Can you tell I am swooning over all of them already? :P Walk inside and there are huge LCD screens to keep up to date with various sports events and a breathtaking bar area with plethora of cocktails & mocktails options. All this at a stone's throw away from Vile Parle station, so more than full marks for location & ambiance. My sister got some stunning pics, check them all out at Prachi Shailendra Photography :)

Last Saturday, I had the privilege of joining some master bloggers and super foodies (all of whom I have admired for such a long time) to taste the breakfast menu. Oh,what a privilege and what a feast! Starting the binge on a healthy note was ABC juice, i.e. plain & simple Apple-Beetroot-Carrot concoction, with absolutely nothing artificial about it. Such a cleanse this was on an empty stomach. No sugar, no frills, full of nutrients, I can have this all day long :) There were creamy chocolate milkshakes and coffees with ice cream/ hot coffee and masala chai also on offer which were appreciated all around. It is clear how only most quality ingredients are used for everything here. 

Just when I could stop swooning over the healthy drinks, the breakfast spread made its entrance and we noshed on Bread with Mango,Orange & Mixed Fruit Jams, Cheese Mushrooms on Toast, Baked Beans with Bread, Potato Rosti & Grilled Tomatoes, Fruits Platter with Yogurt Dips and Waffles + Pancakes combo with Honey, Maple syrup and Chocolates. Does it all sound delicious? It tastes even better :D The mushrooms were flavorful and a complete meal in themselves, breads were warm and soft, Potato Rosti was the star dish -little spheres of delight we couldn't get enough of and Waffles made us all shut up and thank the Gods of food :) Also, I sort of polished off all the chocolate sauce on my own (yummmmmy,so dark and dense), so I think an apology is in order for my table-mates :D I loved the Baked Beans too though it was a bit on the sweetish side which is fine with me but maybe not for many other people. Also, this was purely a continental/ contemporary/ urban breakfast spread while many people would love to have more Indian options. This little nitpicking aside, I loved how their breakfast spread has proper amount of carbs, proteins, fats and other nutrients with bread, beans, cheese, fresh rocket leaves, fresh juices and more on offer. The non-veggies had many eggs options too which they loved a lot.

Overall, it turned out to be a brilliant start to a lazy Saturday evening with so much delicious food, heart warming company and hilarious conversations, ZooBar definitely has got its heart in the right place! More power to them :) I cannot wait to go back and taste their burgers, sandwiches and everything else they have to offer.

All Pictures Credit: Prachi Shailendra Photography :)

Rajdhani Thali Restaurant, Kurla Phoenix Marketcity Mall, Mumbai

By now I am sure everybody knows about Rajdhani Thali :) Delicious Pure Vegetarian food to be stuffed with till one can take no more. This outlet is in the mega mall Phoenix Marketcity bang in the middle of the food court at the top. The service is pretty standard across all Rajdhani outlets with the staff treating you like a family member and making sure you put on 10 kgs extra in body weight just by having lunch/dinner here :P Ambiance is very family friendly and noisy, this is one of those places that are almost always full and need no introduction. 

The thali is huge with a wide variety of items and people with tiny appetites will probably fill full just by looking at it :P There are starters like cutlets and dhoklas which I always find to be the best items on the thali,better than the main course (not to say that main course is bad!) while main course has 2-3 vegetables such as Potato curry, Fried Ladyfingers, Cottage Cheese in sweetish gravy along with Dal, Kadhi, Phulkas, Puris, Steamed/Jeera rice, Khichdi and there is always something like moong dal halwa and malpuas/jalebis for dessert (my second favorite after starters). Food is delicious but also very oily, in fact I think that the main course vegetables are oilier than normal and am not a big fan. Rice and Khichdi are good and go well with dal/kadhi. It is not a place for health conscious people for sure but it has that fulfilling quality that one gets on usually having food cooked in desi ghee :D 

Last time I was here (just about a week ago), we also had Aamras which was delicious. A nice place for lovely vegetarian family lunch/dinner. Best part is going here on Tuesdays means having a Thali at Rs. 250 only. 

The only reason I am not giving them high rating despite my family loving the thali is a little thing that happened the last time I was here. We loved the thali, the service, the food, everything was fine EXCEPT 10 minutes into our lunch,one staff member roamed around with a bevy of drinks (Mango Lassi and refreshing Kairi) and asked us which we would prefer. I got a Kairi while my mom and sister had the Mango Lassi. No doubt both tasted amazing BUT when the bill came, we realized that this was charged OVER and ABOVE the thali price. A simple word while serving it would be nice instead of being so hush-hush about it! I think the family sitting behind us was also not happy with this and we could hear them arguing with the manager about it (Well, they were leaving just as we were sitting so I am not 100% sure what they were arguing about but later when I got the bill, I did my 2+2=4 :P) 

No worries,it was not expensive but it is not about how much it costs,rather about how it was served, without telling us that it was not part of the thali! Apart from this little incident, everything else was fine and we had a good time stuffing ourselves. Also, all the food here is on the sweeter side which is fine with me since I have a sweet jaw, but everyone else, you are hereby warned :P You will crave for something spicy so be prepared before hand!