As India is grappling with acute shortage of currency notes, the women in the country are struggling to keep up their daily beauty regimen. Many women have reported that the economy has affected the way they spend money on beauty services and lifestyle goods.

More and more women are now spending less on their makeup, hair products and salon services in their effort to save money and survive the cash crunch. The economy sucks, and we have to hang on long enough for things to turn around.

So if you too have stopped going for salon pedicures, switched brands of moisturizer or limited yourself to fewer products per month, here are top tips on saving money on beauty in demonetized India without sacrificing too much: Continue reading

Where are my beauty addict girls, at?

Any guesses?

Yes, at Aplava.com – the new shopping website for beauty lovers and online shoppers.

I recently spent some hands-on time exploring the novel website and found the experience truly gratifying. If you still haven’t checked out the website, here’s a sneak-peak into the latest online beauty products store and my online shopping experience from them. Continue reading

Online shopping after a stressful week is one of my favorite ways to unwind. I’d relax on my bed, grab a cup of coffee and cruise through my favorite shopping website (read Jabong) looking for any affordable fashion find I can get myself as a budget weekend treat.

Sure, I do love visiting the mall and local fashion boutiques for big brands and custom-made Indian ethnic kurtis, but some of my favorite summer fashion kurtis don’t reside at big stores or boutiques. And if they do, the prices aren’t lucrative. Continue reading

If you’re like me who believes in saving money by shopping in sales and using online discount offers , I’m sure this might be happening to you many times –

You open your email to an exciting offer – “Heavy Discounts on Big Fashion Brands!”

But the moment you login to your favorite fashion shopping website, you find the flashed deal has either expired or the specific size and color you are looking for in the brand has already been taken! Continue reading

Deciding on your bridal dress can be tricky. You want to pick something that’s catchy but you don’t want to risk the chance that you’ll look back in ten years and wonder what in the world you were thinking!

Quite frankly, with plentitude of options and multitude of designers out there in the market – all vying for attention with their swoon-worthy wedding dresses, I can’t blame the brides for turning into bridezillas, when selecting their bridal dress. Continue reading

Being aware of my craze for shopping and desire to have a baby girl, all my well-meaning friends and family members started advising me against buying too many baby clothes and outfits, the moment my baby daughter was born.

And it made sense also. After all, no matter how beautiful a baby dress you buy, it’s finally going to end up in shit and spit on it! Then clothes and toys are something that you already receive as gifts from friends and relatives.

So with all good intentions to save money and be a wise mom, I started surfing the net for baby essentials like diapers, wipes, and bibs – stuff that you usually don’t receive as gifts. But spotting, there was a sale going on at The Little Shopper, I just couldn’t control the urge. Continue reading

Now that we are in full embrace of hot and sweaty summers, I’ve been on the look-out for some cute and classy summer tops. So I warmed up my shopping muscles and logged on to Jabong website for some affordable fashion finds.

And if you’re also like me, who loves fashion and shopping online, here’s a reason to rejoice – online shopping at Jabong.com has become all the more awesome and fun with the new Jabong online shopping app! Continue reading

Have you ever tried ‘browse shopping’?

It’s one of my favorite pastimes!

I’ve been a window shopping addict all my life. But now with a 10 month old daughter, who keeps me CHIEFLY grounded at home, I have discovered the fun of ‘browse shopping’ at online shopping websites. Continue reading