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Desi Diva
By Christina Kapoor
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Heaven-Sent
Hydration
What Desi gal doesn’t want to indulge her tired
out, overtreated skin? Radiant skin is the best accessory for the upcoming
holiday soirees after Diwali. From the office holiday party to a late
night cocktail rendezvous, your inner glow should extend to your outer
skin. Why not combine your love for serenity with a passion for skin
care? Pick up a yoga class before nourishing your skin with moisture
rich masks to bring out exuberance to outshine the stars. Organic skin
care lines, in addition to mainstream ones, offer a wide range of skin
care solutions to help you look as carefree as your chakras. After all,
your make-up will only look as good as the skin and soul beneath. A
quick 30-minute yoga retreat will not only detox your skin but also
firm up facial muscles.
Hydrate with Hatha:
Sundari Rose & Lavender Hydrating Mask: Hatha yoga harmonizes
the positive and negative currents in the body through stretching, exercising
and freeing, allowing the body to exist as an instrument of the soul
and mind. Extend the duality to your skin with this intensely hydrating
mask to nourish parched skin. Rose extracts refreshes and revitalizes
even the most sensitive of skin types. $40 | skinstore.com
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Bliss with Bikram:
Bliss Triple Oxygen Instant Energizing Mask: Practicing at
a temperature of 105 degree Fahrenheit, Bikram yoginis swear that the
heated rooms sweat out toxic junk through 26 varying poses. Put back
the glow with a Vitamin C-enriched mask that delivers oxygen to the
skin and hydrates with a megadose of antioxidant humectant molecules.
$52 | sephora.com
DESI DIVA HINT: While yoga will
help maintain your youthful glow during the crazed holiday times
ahead, skincare isn’t the only benefit of a holistic approach
to beauty. Expect to see and feel a renewed confidence, difference
in flow of energy, stronger down below, and increased mojo. Make
your weekly mask time for two, which will undoubtedly help you
reach higher levels of…ahem…consciousness. |
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Skinceuticals Clarifying Clay Masque: Inversions from Ashtanga
will help detox through an intensive series of postures, increasing
oxygen to the face thus leaving behind flushed, rebalanced skin. Add
this non-drying mask, which uses kaolin and bentonite to remove impurities,
decongest pores, and gently dissolve dead skin cells. $42 | skinceuticals.com
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Christina Kapoor is an L.A.-based style and beauty writer who has
worked behind the counter and in front of the camera on all things
beauty. Her musings have appeared in Elle, L.A. Confidential and
Upscale magazines.
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