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PRODUCT REVIEW | CodeSkin Hyaluronic 7+ Serum
The hyaluronic acid serum category in India is crowded enough that standing out requires doing something genuinely different. Most HA serums deliver surface hydration and stop there. The Hyaluronic 7+ works across seven molecular weights simultaneously, from high molecular weight forms that sit at the surface and lock moisture in, to low molecular weight forms that penetrate deeper layers to hydrate from within.

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20 hours ago2 min read


Book Review: Let Money Chase You: Smart and Simple Ways to Build Lasting Wealth by Indrazith Shantharaj
A review of Let Money Chase You by Indrazith Shantharaj — a refreshingly honest, jargon-free guide to building lasting wealth. No get-rich schemes, just simple, doable steps toward financial peace for anyone who's ever lost sleep over money.
Shweta
2 days ago3 min read


Book Review: Letters From Your Therapist: On Love and Loss by Kareena Mehta
A moving review of Letters From Your Therapist: On Love and Loss by Kareena Mehta — a tender, deeply human book on therapy, grief, and love that speaks directly to South Asian readers. Part letter, part poetry, entirely honest.
Shweta
2 days ago3 min read


Bindu & Rekha: An Art Exhibition Featuring Sai Akhil Anand
Bindu & Rekha by Sai Akhil Anand runs from 14 to 30 June 2026, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (closed Mondays), at the Sandeep & Gitanjali Maini Foundation, 38 Maini Sadan, Mezzanine Level, 7th Cross, Lavelle Road, Bengaluru .
Alisha M
3 days ago3 min read


Tried & Tested: The Skincare Worth Your Money
We get many products across our desks, and most are just okay—and "okay" doesn't make this list. This list isn't everything we've tried; it's the handful that actually worked well enough for us to keep using and recommend. From a pigmentation serum that delivers to a baby shampoo we'd trust, here are the ones worth your money. Our team has tested each one — click through for the full review. For Brightening & Pigmentation Alpha Arbutin 2% Depigmentation Serum — Proven Honest

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4 days ago3 min read


11 Self-Help Books Worth Reading in 2026 — That We've Actually Read
The self-help shelf is crowded, loud, and full of promises. For every book that genuinely shifts how you think, there are ten that repackage the same advice in shinier covers. So instead of handing you another recycled list of titles we've never opened, we've done something different: every book here has been read and reviewed in full by our team. No filler, no guesswork — just the ones we think are actually worth your time, grouped by what you're looking for. Whether you're
Shweta
5 days ago3 min read


Parmigiani Fleurier Carillon Tourbillon Anniversaire: A Grande Complication in Five Pieces to Mark Thirty Years
Parmigiani Fleurier was founded in 1996 by Michel Parmigiani, a watchmaker from the Val-de-Travers trained in La Chaux-de-Fonds whose early career was built on the restoration of historic timepieces for the Sandoz Family Foundation. One of those projects, a carillon pocket watch made by Perrin Frères in the early nineteenth century, forms the direct inspiration for the Carillon Tourbillon Anniversaire, a grande complication limited to five pieces to mark the brand's thirtieth

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6 days ago2 min read


Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Chronograph 007 First Light: When a Video Game Produces a Real Watch
Omega's relationship with James Bond stretches back to 1995, when Pierce Brosnan first wore a Seamaster in GoldenEye. In the three decades since, the Seamaster Diver 300M has appeared across multiple Bond films and spawned several collector editions tied to the franchise. The newest addition to that lineage arrives from an unexpected direction—not a film set, but a video game.

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6 days ago2 min read


Book Review: Wild Capital- Discovering Nature in Delhi by Neha Sinha
Wild Capital explores attention, revealing the profound beauty of the natural world that surrounds us daily, even in unexpected places. This book will quietly and permanently change how you move through Delhi, whether you love it, have complicated feelings about it, or have lived there and sometimes feel exhausted by it or grateful for it.
Shweta
7 days ago4 min read


Aqara Smart Lock U500: Three Versions for Gates, Glass Doors and Standard Entrances
Most smart locks are designed around a single door type, typically a standard wooden front door with a mortise or deadbolt. The Aqara Smart Lock U500 series, now available in the UK, takes a different approach, offering three separate versions built for door types that retrofit smart locks have historically struggled with.

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7 days ago2 min read


Acqua di Parma Bergamotto La Spugnatura and La Caletta: A Summer Collection Built Around a Centuries-Old Extraction Technique
Acqua di Parma turns 110 this year, and the anniversary has produced a considered series of releases. The latest is La Caletta, a summer collection developed in collaboration with French interior designer Laura Gonzalez, known for projects including the Cartier Mansion in New York and the Hotel Saint James in Paris.

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7 days ago1 min read


Le Creuset Fruit Cocotte Collection: Three Stoneware Pots Shaped Like a Peach, a Strawberry and a Blueberry
Hosting has shifted from formal dinners to everyday gatherings, with more people investing in their kitchens and tablescapes as extensions of their lifestyle. In that context, the objects that sit on a table or a kitchen counter carry more weight than they used to. They are part of the atmosphere, not just the function.

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Jun 42 min read


Salter Slushie Maker: A Frozen Drinks Machine That Takes On Ninja at Half the Price
At-home slushie machines have become a genuine kitchen appliance category over the past two years, largely on the back of the Ninja Slushi, which sells at £299.99. Salter, the British kitchen appliance brand, has now entered the same space with its own Slushie Maker, priced at £179.99 and built around a similar operating premise.

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Jun 41 min read


Dreame Cyber X: A Stair-Climbing Robot Vacuum That Cleans Each Step on the Way Down
Robot vacuums have been solving floor-cleaning across single rooms and open-plan spaces for years, but stairs have remained the consistent limitation. Most models stop at the edge of a staircase. The Dreame Cyber X, first previewed at IFA Berlin in 2025 and formally announced at Dreame's Paris launch event this week, addresses that directly with a purpose-built stair-climbing system and now comes with a stair-cleaning function that was absent from the earlier concept.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Jun 42 min read


Barista M3 1926 Limited Edition Carbon Fiber by Ducati: A Coffee Machine Built Like a Motorcycle
Ducati was founded in Bologna in 1926, and the centenary has produced the kind of releases one would expect from a marque of its standing. The Barista M3 1926 Limited Edition Carbon Fiber, developed in collaboration with Swiss manufacturer Cuisine Barista, is a different kind of object: a capsule espresso machine built with the same material logic as a racing motorcycle.

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Jun 41 min read


Norqain Adventure Chrono Swiss Football National Team Limited Edition: A World Cup Watch With Player Input
The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off across the United States, Canada, and Mexico in just a few weeks, bringing together 48 nations in the tournament's largest edition to date. Switzerland is among them, and Swiss watch brand Norqain, which holds an official watch licensing partnership with the Swiss national football teams, has marked the occasion with a limited edition chronograph that went through an unusually direct design process.

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Jun 42 min read


Breguet Tradition Seconde Rétrograde 7037, 7038, 7097, and GMT 7067: Four New References Extend a Collection That Began in 2005
When Breguet introduced the Tradition collection in 2005, the premise was straightforward: invert the movement so that its architecture faces the wearer rather than the watchmaker. The bridges, mainplate, barrel, and gear train, elements that conventional watchmaking keeps out of sight beneath the dial, became the visual substance of the watch. An off-center time display at 12 o'clock sat within that mechanical landscape rather than over it.

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Jun 13 min read


Louis Vuitton Color Blossom: When the Jewelry Archive Turns Into a Watch Collection
Color Blossom has been in Louis Vuitton’s jewelry collection for more than 10 years. Over the years, the collection has become one of the more quietly persistent signatures in the Maison’s fine jewelry range, revolving around the four-petal flower that appears in the house’s monogram next to a four-point star and a four-point star set in a diamond.

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Jun 12 min read


Product Review: Chicco Baby Moments Gentle Body Wash & Shampoo
The Chicco Baby Moments Head to Toe Wash is formulated with 92 percent natural ingredients, combining mild plant-based cleansers, oat bran extract, and apricot extract to gently cleanse without stripping the skin’s natural moisture. Free from parabens, SLS, SLES, alcohol, dyes, phenoxyethanol, and tropolone, the dermatologically tested no-tears formula leaves skin and hair feeling soft, nourished, and comfortable after every bath.

Style Essentials Edit Team
May 312 min read


Book Review: My Summer of Cricket by Nikhil Kulkarni
A deeply personal and emotionally resonant memoir, My Summer of Cricket by Nikhil Kulkarni follows one lifelong cricket fan’s journey across Australia during the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, exploring memory, migration, fandom, and the enduring emotional pull of the game.

Style Essentials Edit Team
May 314 min read
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