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Product Review: Oshea Colors Bullet Lipstick vs HD Matte Color: Neither is perfect, but one comes closer
Oshea Herbals sent over two lipsticks from its Colors range for us to test side by side, the Bullet Lipstick in Morning Glory and the HD Matte Lip Color in Tinch Of Mocha, and putting them next to each other made the gap between them impossible to ignore. The Bullet Lipstick in Morning Glory is where the trouble starts. Oshea markets this range on a creamy matte finish that hydrates and softens with castor oil, but the pigmentation does not back that up on a single swipe. One

Style Essentials Edit Team
1 day ago2 min read


Product Review: Chicco Pop Watermelon Splash Bubbly Bodywash: Tested by an Eleven-Year-Old, and He Approves
An eleven-year-old tests Chicco's Watermelon Splash Bubbly Bodywash, a vegan, dermatologically tested kids' body wash with a fruity scent and a thick, easy lather.

Style Essentials Edit Team
1 day ago2 min read


Product Review: Pilgrim Australian Tea Tree & Salicylic Acid Anti-Dandruff Shampoo: A Month-Long Test
We tested Pilgrim's Australian Tea Tree & Salicylic Acid Anti-Dandruff Shampoo for a month. Here's what actually happened to the dandruff, and the hair, after regular use.

Style Essentials Edit Team
2 days ago2 min read


ARAN Cucine's Guadalupe Puts the Real Design Work Behind the Cabinet Door
ARAN Cucine's Guadalupe kitchen system uses dedicated drawer inserts, modular dividers, and soft-close runners for everyday ease of use.
Shweta
4 days ago1 min read


Aston Martin Aramco Formula One™ Team and Globe-Trotter Release Their Third Collaboration, Limited to 100 Pieces
Globe-Trotter and the Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team release a limited-edition carry-on, passport sleeve and luggage tag, handcrafted in England and limited to 100 numbered pieces.

Style Essentials Edit Team
5 days ago2 min read


Parishae Adnan's Second Skin Closes NYFW: Sustainable Couture Made From Archival Fabric
Pakistani couturier Parishae Adnan closed Flying Solo's NYFW show with Second Skin, an 8-look sustainable couture collection built from archival menswear, bridalwear and deadstock.

Style Essentials Edit Team
5 days ago2 min read


Tamagotchi Ring by Bandai: A Wearable Digital Pet With a Color LCD Screen
Bandai's Tamagotchi ring is a wearable digital pet with a full color LCD screen, three finishes, and over 30 characters to grow.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Sep 71 min read


Meet Orphea: The Pocket-Sized Piano That Actually Plays Like One
Pianni's Orphea is a pocket-sized electronic piano with real keys, polyphonic play and MIDI connectivity, gearing up for a Kickstarter launch.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Sep 72 min read


Manish Malhotra Turns His Signature Into Everyday Fine Jewellery
Manish Malhotra has launched The M Collection, a line of everyday fine jewellery built around the House's M insignia, exclusively on Tata CLiQ Luxury.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Sep 72 min read


'M se Maa' Brings a Mother and Daughter's Story to the NCPA Stage
The National Centre for the Performing Arts presents M se Maa, a Hindi musical play about memory, motherhood and the moments that quietly shape who we become, staged at the Godrej Dance Theatre on 6 September 2026 in two shows, at 5pm and 7.30pm, as an NCPA presentation in collaboration with Story Circus.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Sep 52 min read


Priyanka Aelay's Painted Forests Come to KYNKYNY Mumbai
KYNKYNY Art Gallery, recently opened in an art deco building in Mumbai's Kala Ghoda, presents its next show this September, a solo exhibition by Priyanka Aelay titled "It Will Rain Again When We Meet," from 9th September to 1st October 2026 with free entry. The forest is the center of Aelay's world, and in these paintings it appears in a vast, lush expanse, its fauna half-hidden within the foliage, a fox in one corner, a tiger in another, and a jewel-bright bird peering out f

Style Essentials Edit Team
Sep 22 min read


Marc Meeuwissen of Dear Objects, Belgium: The Designer Who Builds With One Sheet and One Saw
Marc Meeuwissen of Dear Objects speaks to Design Diary International on building collectible design around a single material, one tool, and total restriction.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Sep 27 min read


Jae Ko, Maryland: The Artist Who Turned a Roll of Cash Register Tape Into a Career
Ahead of Striated, her debut solo exhibition in Belgium, Jae Ko speaks to Design Diary International on turning rolled paper into sculpture and why she leaves a work unexplained.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Sep 28 min read


Inside SANIKB: How a Foshan Ceramics Manufacturer Turns Buyer Briefs Into Locked Specifications
Rokan Liu of SANIKB speaks to Style Essentials on locked specifications, certification-first design, and why accountability, not cost, is where Chinese manufacturing wins next.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Sep 14 min read


Sculpted India Puts the Country's Overlooked Medium at the Center of the Room
Sculpted India's presentation at Design Democracy Hyderabad this September gathers three-dimensional works by some of the most significant names in modern and contemporary Indian art, and it does so with a clear purpose: to move sculpture from the edges of the country's art conversation towards its center. The showcase runs from 18 to 20 September 2026 at booth C20, bringing together works by Thota Vaikuntam, Krishen Khanna, M.F. Husain, Himmat Shah, Jogen Chowdhury, Dhananja

Style Essentials Edit Team
Sep 12 min read


Kasturi Kundal Weaves a New Chapter with Its First Delhi Boutique
Kasturi Kundal, the luxury Indian textile label, has opened its first boutique in Delhi, bringing its world of handwoven heritage to the capital after the success of its flagship in Raipur.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Sep 12 min read


Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna Return to Mumbai with Noir Botanica at Galeries Lafayette
Rohit Gandhi + Rahul Khanna staged Noir Botanica, a new capsule collection, at Galeries Lafayette Mumbai, blending tailoring, embroidery and atmosphere.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Aug 312 min read


Tramontina Brings Its Century-Old Iron Craft to the Indian Kitchen
Tramontina's Heritage Iron range brings uncoated cast iron cookware, built for Indian cooking, with a lifetime warranty. Price, availability and details.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Aug 302 min read


Anamika Khanna's AK|OK Arrives at Selfridges and Takes Contemporary Indian Design onto the Global Shop Floor
AK|OK, the ready-to-wear label from Anamika Khanna, has launched its first international collection, AKOK Resort, in an exclusive shop-in-shop at Selfridges London, a move the brand frames as a landmark moment for contemporary Indian design on the world stage.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Aug 112 min read


10 Books the World's Top CEOs Say Changed How They Think
Every "CEO reading list" article on the internet tends to repeat the same handful of titles regardless of who is credited with them. The ten picks below are different because each one traces back to a specific moment, a tweet, an interview, a blog post, where the person actually said it.
Alisha M
Aug 103 min read
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