#FrizzFreeHair | Vatika Women's Indiblogger Meet

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Dabur Vatika is one of the oldest and well known hair oil brands in India. They recently organised a Women's Blogger Meet in association with IndiBlogger for the launch of their new product in Mumbai on 10th October, 2015. Apart from the blogger, the event was also attended by the Management students of NMIMS.

After the registrations, the event began with a rocking performance by the IndiBlogger Band.  

Indiblogger band

This was followed by introduction to Dabur Vatika, its various products and finally the new Dabur Vatika Jasmine Frizz Control Oil was unveiled.

Dabur Vatika Frizz Control Oil Launch

The new Dabur Vatika Jasmine oil promises frizz control with the goodness of coconut, jasmine and silicone oils. It is a non-sticky solution and has mild jasmine fragrance. The room was filled the jasmine fragrance during the launch.

Dabur Vatika Fizz Control Oil

The launch was followed by discussions on hair care and a fun filled game of ROCK PAPER SCISSOR but with a tweak. Whoever won got to mess the other persons hair. And yes we didnt have to worry about going home with the messy hair as they had arranged for Champi stations to pamper our tresses.

Champi Station

The event was wrapped up after the lunch but not before a group picture. 

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The pictures are not clicked by me and belong to Indiblogger and Dabur Vatika.

Zindagi - Jodey Dilon Ko

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If you follow me on Twitter you already know what I did last Saturday. If not go here and read. Or just continue reading this post :D.

I got a chance to attend yet another Indimeet. If you have been reading the blog for a while you know how much I love them.  A chance to meet fellow bloggers, lots of fun activities and great food always make my day.

Zindagi IndiBlogger Meet was organized in Mumbai and Delhi to introduce us to Zee's new entertainment channel Zindagi - Jodey Dilon Ko 

The launch of Zindagi is significant in many ways as it is not just as entertainment channel 

but  a  philosophy  that  will  help  Indians  empathize  with  the  lives  of  those  across  the 

geographical  borders.  Zindagi  reinforces  the  vision  of  ZEE’s  corporate  philosophy 

‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbukam ‐ The World is My Family’ and aims to unite people in India and 

across the world with shows produced overseas. 

Entertainment is seamless as it cuts across boundaries and across strats of society. With the 

message of ‘Jodey Dilon Ko’,  Zindagi will touch hearts and break barriers to relate with 

people living across borders. As the first‐ever national launch for a Hindi language channel, 

the objective is to continue to deliver and spread strong human values through hand‐picked 

content across the world. 

Starting June 23, Zindagi will bring viewers in India stories from across the border, starting 

with stories from Pakistan that embrace universal emotions. A variety of shows, written by 

award‐winning novelists, literary stalwarts and adapted from famous novels and books, will 

engage audiences as a fresh alternative on television. 

This meet was not just fun but also heart touching. We were not only live in conversation with Delhi bloggers all the time but also got to interact with people from across the border - Sultana Apa, the director of Hum Network and Actor Imran Abbas (HE IS HOT!!!!) who joined us at the Mumbai venue.
Rather than writing a long post, let me just quickly tell you the highlights of the day.

Did you see Delhi Blogger on those two screens?

• This is the first time these international shows will air on Indian Television starting with Pakistani TV shows. But there are already fans of Pakistani TV shows here in India (All thanks Youtube). If you don't watch TV serials like me because most of them are looooooooooooong and unrealistic give these shows a try. Why you ask? Well these shows don't have more than 25-30 episodes  and promise some good and realistic stories. Also you finally get to see what life really is across the border.

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• It was Mumbai v/s Delhi. Yes debate on which city is better in terms of transport, street food, bloggers and Men (in terms of hotness). MUMBAI IT IS. And yes we earned it by proving it at the event.

Imran Abbas

• It was great interacting with people from across the border. To see that there is no difference between them and us. As Imran Abbas said - "Ek hi mitti se humari jade nikli hai" (we have common roots.) Also both Sultana Apa and Imran Abbas, answered each and every question that they were asked by the bloggers from both the cities not just related to TV but everything in general.

Mumbai Bloggers

• And apart from these we of course had the regular fun games that ended with a hud hud and a group photo. I am so happy that I got to attend attend this Inter-city and Across Border meet. Hats off to Indiblogger and Zee for making this happen.

Don't forget to tune into Zindagi TV starting 23rd June, 2014 not just for entertainment, but also to support this attempt by Zee to bring together the two countries.

All the above images belong to Indiblogger.

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Queen For A Day

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I know I have been MIA for quite a long time now. First my camera stopped working and I had to wait till the new one arrived ( Got a new camera already!!! More on that later ;) ). Also with exam coming up, I hardly get time for anything else. But I promise I'll be back to blogging regularly soon. And course I will find some time every now and then to say hello to you guys. 

Recently I was invited to attend an event - "Queen For A Day" at Taj Salon, Taj Lands End, Bandra. I was not sure if I ll be able to attend the event but then one look at the invite and I knew I would surely go. Tell me who could have said no after looking at this invite???

Invite

 I reached the venue a bit late. After the introductions and welcome drink, they asked me what I would like to get started with. They had various things lined up including, shoulder massage, manicure and pedicure, makeup, vintage hairstyles, etc. for the day. As the manicure and pedicure stations were already occupied, I chose to start with hairstyle.

Taj Salon

After a few suggestions by Jyotsana (hairstylist), I chose to go for a messy side bun. The staff at Taj is very knowledgeable and they keep giving you little tips and tricks. It took around 20 - 25 minutes and I loved the end result. 

Vintage Hairstyle

I got my mani and pedi done after the hairstyle. They have a sea facing pedicure station. Now how can one not feel like a queen when you see sun setting into the ocean while getting your nails done!!!!

It was difficult to choose a color from so many colors. I finally chose Big Red Apple by O.P.I 

Also got a chance to meet fellow bloggers and chatted with them over cupcakes and macrons. 

Finally I got my makeup done. Dramatic winged eyes, n*de lips with some coral blush. And Tadaaa I was ready. No wait...How can a queen be ready without her tiara??? Yes they had tiaras and other fun props for us to pose with at the royal photo booth. 

Photo booth

After all the fun it was time to go home. They had this beautiful goodie bag ( basket) for us. Isn't is pretty??? And yes they had arranged a car to drop me home. How thoughtful of them :D. Who leaves a queen out in Mumbai traffic :P 

  

It was a wonderful experience and yes they did make me feel like a Queen For A Day.

About Taj Salon:

Locations present:

Mumbai – Pune – Nasik – Ahmedabad – Jaipur – Jodhpur – Lucknow – Kolkatta – Chennai – Delhi

Timings:

9 am to 7.30 pm

With a burgeoning client roster of the crème de la crème of fashionistas, which include international celebrities and diplomats, and basic services like haircuts starting from Rs.750/-* for men and about Rs.1500/-* for women, Taj Salon has mastered the art of providing exceptional service at affordable prices.

All our hair and beauty services come with a complimentary consultation.

*Prices at The Taj Salon, Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai, as of October’13

• The Taj salon 1st opened its doors in 1940 as one of the only 2 salons in the country

• The salon was run by Madame Jacques (a French national who ) for 42 years and pioneered the shape of the salon industry as it is known today styling the who’s who of the world including former Ms.World, Madame Pompodour in those times. She had created a differentiation by importing colours/products from Singapore etc in a time when only locally made products were available.

• Madame Jacques retired in 1981 (I have heard that her advancing age and her losing her eyesight led to her retirement) and the salon was taken over by Taj Group, renovated and re-launched under the brand ‘Taj Salon’.
  
  
  
  

I was invited to try out these services but this has not affected my opinion

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How I Met The Sun

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How is the Sunday going??? Mine was okey-dokey . Went shopping in the evening and that is all I did today.But last Sunday was super fun. I attended my second Indimeet - The #Neutrogena Indiblogger Meet.
The meet was organised at JW Marriott Hotel, Juhu in the afternoon to introduce Neutogena's Ultrasheer Sunblock.

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The registrations started at around 1:30 pm and this meet unlike the last one had a huge participation with around 150 Bloggers.

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We were all given Neutrogena's Deep Whitening Mask to cover our face and relax before the event started . Also they gave us a tiny yellow umbrella witha small strip of paper to write our names and submit it back. Why?? I'll tell that a little later :)

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After everyone registered the meet started. It started in the usual Indi-intro style. What is that?? Well the Indimeets are not like the usual bloggers meet - no formal introductions. Instead they come up with crazy ideas, shuffle bloggers and make them run here and there and in the end you get to know the fellow bloggers but in a fun filled way :D.

After the introduction and some more fun activities Mr. Ganesh ( please correct me if I goofed up with the name)  from Neutrogena welcomed us and also introduced us to new Ultrasheer very quickly.

After that came in the tiny yellow umbrellas I told you about in the beginning of the post. We were all asked to pick up one umbrella each and find the blogger whose name was written on it. The task was to find the blogger and get to know about them. Later they called out names randomly and the person who had the umbrella with the names had to tell what they knew about the person. If you know them well. You get prizes. Isn't that cool??

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What next??? Indi team won't let you sit just like that :P. So came in the next activity. Everyone was asked to form groups according to the no. of holes in the tiny umbrella we had. Mine had 2 holes and so I went to the table no. 2. We were a group of 25 bloggers - the largest and the best :D. 

Now there were two group activities. The first one was to name our group and also prepare anthem  based on the theme - Fun in the Sun. Every group name was supposed to have "SUN" in it. Since we had a Sardar boy - Ratnadeep, in our group we name our group Sun Of Sardar (Full on filmy :P )  Mrs. Suranga Date wrote down a very catchy Bollywood inspired anthem and Vaisakhi sang it so well that we were declared the winners. Yayyy!!! 

Son of Sardar 

The second group activity was an attack - defend game. One team was given UV balls ( There is nothing like UV balls. We were given the smiley balls which they named UV balls :P) while the other team was given umbrellas, some were regular one while the others had holes in them. One team attacked with the ball ( Harmful UV rays) while the other team tried to defend ( the umbrellas with the holes represented regular sunscreen while the full protection was for Neutrogena's Ultrasheer - complete protection) Loved the way they incorporated the concept in a fun filled activity and even more loved throwing balls at the opponent team :P. At the end of the activity the best defending team was declared the winner.

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So after so many activities came in tea break. The food was in one word AWESOME. Lip-smacking kebabs, sandwiches, desserts and coffee :)

After the tea break the meet continued. There was a celebrity guest whom we got meet and talk to - the pretty Tara Sharma. She looked gorgeous in the yellow dress. She spoke about her TV show, how she had started blogging ( yes she blogs too), etc etc. 

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After all this fun was the gyan time. We had a practicing Dermatologist  Dr. Parekh.

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He demonstrated using UV sensitive film how Ultrasheer provides complete protection compared to  the other fairness creams and sunscreens in the market. One can clearly see how well Neutogena's  Ultrasheer works.  The Ultrasheer provides complete sun protection against UVA/UVB . It also contains patented Helioplex (it is a broad spectrum formulation for UVA and UVB protection using Avobenzone and Oxybenzone.) that works like an invisible shield to give superior protection. A detailed and complete review would be up soon.

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Here are a few important points to be noted when applying sunscreen by Dr. Parekh

• Only a high SPF is not necessary. The sunscreen should give you complete protection from UVA/UVB.
• Always apply sunscreen liberally on exposed area 15-30 minutes before heading out in sun
• Reapply after every 2 hours.
• Neutrogena's Ultrasheer is safe to use on kids above 3 years of age.

Be sure to to include these when applying sunscreen :)

And with this the event almost came to an end. Yes almost. What is left??? A crazy indiblogger harlem shake video. I won't do much of talking and let the video speak. The official video is not yet but here is a small trailer shot by fellow blogger Pankaja Date.

Leaving you with some more pics :)

Youngest and the cutest member of Indi -team. She is cho chweet :)

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All the bloggers together :)

I came home back with these. Indiblogger t-shirt, the volleyball I won, Ultrasheer products and a 4 GB pendrive :)

And this is How I Met The Sun. It was a fun filled afternoon.A big thank you Neutrogena and Indiblogger. You can checkout more pictures of the event on Neutrogena and Indiblogger Facebook Page.

Hope you enjoyed reading. Would love to read your comments. See you soon :)

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Mumbai For Women

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On 30 March, Saturday, Indiblogger in association with The Times Of India had organised a Bloggers Meet at the Times Of India building ( Yes the heritage building that will complete 175 yrs this year :D ). The meet was organised to discuss the issues affecting the women in the city. Born and brought up in Mumbai I was excited to attend this meet as it was something about me.
This was my first Indimeet  and I was surprised and glad at the same time to see active participation from Men in a meet that concerned women.

The meet started with bloggers introducing themselves, some fun activities and was followed by a a serious and very meaningful discussion on various issues concerning women - from safety concerns, security, independence, domestic violence, the rise in the no. of rape, molestation and eve teasing cases to the lack of sanitation facilities and health problems.
One by one all these issues were discussed. The bloggers as well as the reporters from Times Of India cited real life experiences and then the possible solutions were discussed too.
The meeting concluded with a heart touching video by Times Of India which in less than 2 minutes conveys what every women in the city feels.

               

I left the venue in the evening with the memories of a great afternoon, some new friends and a BIG QUESTION in my head.

"What women want from this city?"

"What I want from the city that has been home all my life?"

Of all the things discussed at the meet the most important change that I want to see is - I want my city to be SAFE and not safer than the capital or any other city. No comparison, no compromise when it comes to safety.So that my parents don't start worrying if I don't reach home before 10. So that like my brother I too can go out at anytime of the day or night. So that I don't have to be extra cautious when walking through a crowded lane.

Am I really asking for too much?? Smiles instead of lecherous stares? To make my home feel like home?

If we (both men and women) work together this can easily be achieved. 

All the ladies reading this - You have to stand for yourself if you expect someone else to stand by you. I know this is easy to say but yes keeping a mum, letting someone get away after doing something wrong to you will not help. Be strong, know your rights and break the silence. For e.g Times of India shared a pan railway helpline no that actually works. Whether you have lost something or there is some miscreant in your compartment call them on 9833331111 and they will be there to help you. And yes this no. is not just for you to read. Save it right now and share it with the people you know.You never know you may need this no. too.

Men have to break the silence too. If you want someone to save your sister, your wife, your mother, your daughters someday, come forward to help others today.

I know this is a distant dream but surely an achievable one if we work together.

Apart from safety the next thing that is very important is health problems. Women tend to ignore their health as they are busy taking care of their family. Please do not overlook this. Skip that party, cancel your parlor appointments or something else and get a complete health check up done. To take care of others you have to be fit yourself.

Would love to read your comments / suggestions.


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A Day Out With Blogger

- Guest Post by  

POONAM JAISWAL

Hello Everyone!!!!
I had this opportunity to attend the Mumbai Women Bloggers Meet Shave Or Crave organised by Blogadda.com with Swati.
The event was organised at SukhoThai Foot Spa, Andheri.

We were welcomed by the Blogadda representatives when we reached the venue and took us inside the spa.
The receptionist at Sukho Thai welcomed us and then asked me to fill a form.

Then the masseur led me to the changing room. After that she led me inside the spa.
The spa area was very dimly lit with a very soft music playing in the background. The walls adorned beautiful paintings.

The spa area is very peaceful and quiet. Something very rare in a city like Mumbai. The door that separates the reception and spa area actually actually separates two different worlds.
The spa area is divided into small cubicles. I was taken to one such cubicle.
The masseur first welcomed me with a namaste. Then she started with the foot massage followed by back and head massage. The fragrance of the aroma oils used and the gentle strokes to massage were very relaxing and I could feel all the stress leaving my body.
The massage went on for about 30 minutes. After the massage I was served a bowl of fresh fruits and refreshing hot ginger tea.
This was the first time I went to Sukho Thai and I am surely going back. You should surely give it a try too for the rejuvenating experience.

I was then taken to the meeting room upstairs where all the bloggers were blogged live on "How to get your man Shave"

We all hate the evening stubble, don't we??? Read some tips by Swati on how to make him shave ;).
It was then followed by a photo session. Also, the  Blogadda people gave us a copy of our photos.
This was then followed by yummy pizza, drinks and chat in the garden area outside the spa.
It was a wonderful experience and also an opportunity to meet the bloggers.

Thank you Swati and Blogadda team for this lovely experience. I so loved the pampering.

About Poonam

Poonam, 22 year old is a B Sc. Computer Science graduate presently  working with L&T Ltd.
Just 8 days older to me, she is my cousin and first friend. We have grown up together.
Puniya (that is what we call her :P) Thanks a lot for writing this. *hugs and kisses*

This post is a part of the 'Shave or Crave' movement in association with BlogAdda.com

My Week Highglights #1

Hey Gals !!!

Last week was an exciting one for me. And now its Monday again :( . How was the weekend?? What did you do??

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So here is what I did this week

• Started Blogging : Yayyy !!! Wanted to do this for long but something or the other came in between. But now I have a blog and I can write :D. Write what I like, what I don't. And yes I have made my new year resolution # 1 a week before the year ends. I WILL BLOG REGULARLY. So show some support pretty ladies:)

• Irani Cafe : 4 years ago we ( me and friends) had made a plan to go to Irani Cafe together. But then that never happened. I am still wondering why. But better late than never. So this Wednesday we went to Cafe Military. Loved the food. Its easy on pocket too. Their Kheema Pav and Caramel Custard is a must have.

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• Blogger's Meet : Attended my first ever Blogger's Meet - Shave or Crave by Blogadda and loved it. The foot spa at Sukho Thai was so good  ( a detailed post coming up soon ). Also it was good to meet the fellow blogger's. Thank You BlogAdda  :)

• Movie: Went for Dabang 2 with a friend ( just because she wanted to). Did you watch Dabang 2? I am not a fan of masala movies so did not like it much. You can surely miss this if you are not an ardent Salman Khan fan.

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• Handmade Clutch: Few months ago I had participate in Hidesign's  Art of Reuse contest and had made a clutch from the scrap leather they sent. The contest had so many creative entries.  I did not win but the Hidesign people gave me the clutch back and that too with their logo embossed on it. So happy. I am going surely flaunting this in coming posts  :D

• Happy Christmas : And Wishing you all a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS girls...enjoy. Wishlist for Mr. Santa Ready ??? :D

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