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About Lancy

Hi, I am Lanceek Cv. You can call me Lancy. 😊I found MABH as a teenager in 2011 to write about about beauty, haircare, and anything else I found curious about as a little girl. Now in 2026, the blog has grown with me. I'd love to share everything I find beauty in - my DIY projects, home decor, product reviews, food I cook, my random thoughts and hobbies. (hosting & antiquing lately).Write an email or drop a comment. I'd love for you to not be a stranger anymore. 💗

Papaya and Yogurt Skin Calming Face Mask – Do It Yourself

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Hello Everyone!

Summers are hot and harmful to skin due the red angry sun. Whatever sunblock or sunscreen lotions we use, our skin ends up with burning due to the UV rays in this peak summer. A simple homemade DIY fruit facial mask can help a lot in calming down the sun damaged skin and getting rid of tan. Make use of papayas and add that natural glowing shine to your skin this summer! No more sun tan and no more skin irritation. Check the recipe below!

Things You Will Need:

  • Two slices of ripen papaya
  • Two teaspoons of honey
  • A scoop of creamy yogurt
  • Half a lemon
  • Required rose water

How to Prepare?:

1. Mash the ripen papaya until it turns smooth and keep aside.

2. Squeeze the juice from half a lemon and mix it with equal parts of rosewater. If you are allergic to lemon juice, you can avoid it and add glycerin instead.

3. Take a small bowl and pour the papaya puree and rose water mixture juice to it.

4. Add honey and yogurt; blend well with a spatula until smooth.

5. If you prefer, refrigerate the mask for 10 minutes for an extra calming effect on your skin.

6. Your summer papaya face mask is ready to use now!

Ways to Use:

  • After a long day out in sun, when your skin feels dry, damaged and tired, cleanse your facial skin and apply this creamy face mask evenly.
  • Leave on for 15-20 minutes and wash off to see the instant results. This mask would clear up the new tan and softens the skin with its fruit extracts.
  • Papaya nutrients improve the skin texture while the lemon and honey extracts work on lightening the skin naturally. This skin lightening and calming face mask suits sensitive skin types the best!
  • You can also use this mask instead of your regular face pack to achieve clean and clear, tan free, spot free skin. If you have extra dry skin, use milk cream in the place of yogurt.
  • Twice-thrice weekly usages are best for faster results.
  • Is you skin feeling dry, lifeless and stretchy all the time in summers? Add some fresh cream and almond oil to this mask. Use this cream to massage your skin and leave on for 5-10 minutes after massage.
  • Splash cold water and wash away. This homemade rich massage improves the blood circulation and overall texture of the skin without drying it out.

Have you ever used papaya and yogurt together to treat your skin?

Banjara’s Rose Water Facial Freshener Review

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Hey All!

The first skin care ingredient I can think of in summer is ‘Rose Water’. I love using rose water in my skin care routine as it tones my skin, prevents dryness, delivers a fresh rose fragrance.. and all these with no-oiliness. No doubt, rose water is a miracle summer skin friend! The natural homemade rose water which I used to use when I was young never made my skin oily but 2-3 rose waters I tried in these years broke me out badly and spoiled my skin texture.


Today I am going to review Banjara’s Rose Water (Face Freshener) which I picked before a couple of weeks when I went for shopping. With little hesitation, I started using this rose water on my face and body. And read on to know more about this rose water.

Price and Quanity:

Rs.40 for 125ml

 

Shelf Life: 

36 months

 

My Take:

The product comes in a opaque pink colored plastic bottle with a screw cap. There is a plastic lid present inside when we open the screw up. We must make a small hole in it to dispense the product. I do not find the product easy to use or travel friendly. I transferred all the content to a spray bottle 🙂

This rose water is a transparent clear liquid with a added rose fragrance to it. The fragrance is not at all overwhelming. It is kinda natural, mild and pleasing to the senses.

I use it on my clean face after a tired day to brighten up my skin. It does a pretty good job. Though it doesn’t make my skin oily, it helps hydrating my skin up to a good extent after long time sun exposure. I use it as my everyday skin tone because putting on my moisturizer. At times when my skin feels very oily and greasy, I just wash my face, dab few drops of this rose water and leave on! (Only in summers though) I love this rose water’s effect on my skin. It made my skin smooth and less sensitive with daily usage. It did not break me out at all unlike the other rose waters I have tried.

Nowadays, I am also using this rose water on my body skin to make it soft and prep it for body lotion application. Overall, I am totally in love with this rose water! I am now planning to use it on my DIY recipes and face packs.

PROS:

  • Easily available
  • Affordable price
  • Transparent and light texture
  • Skin absorbs it quickly
  • It has a natural rose fragrance
  • Softens skin with regular use
  • All skin types will love it
  • Hydrates and prepares skin for moisturizer application
  • Relaxes skin after a long sunny day
  • Can be used along with face packs
  • Calms down breakouts and allergies
  • Can be used as a every face toner

CONS:

  • Bulky packaging

 

Rating: 4.5/5

 

Do I Recommend?:

I highly recommend this rose water to everyone! A must buy!

 

Would I Repurchase ?:

You got any doubt about that? I will definitely repurchase this until I find a better one.

Maybelline ClearGlow Shine Free BB Stick Fawn Review, Swatches

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Hello Everyone!

Today, I am going to review Maybelline BB Stick, a highly raved product after the Maybelline BB Cream. I have tried the latter before and it made my skin ghastly white and oily so never had a second thought to use it again. Once this BB stick was launched, I wasn’t that tempted to try it and I had no belief on the ‘matte’ effect to be frank. Let us check how it fared.

 

Price:

Rs.250 for 10g

My Take:

The BB stick comes in a beautiful turquoise colored twist up tube, in a stick form. The tube packaging makes it very handy, user friendly and travel friendly.

This stick come in 2 shades (Read only two shades!) namely Radiance and Fawn. The shade radiance is meant for fair to medium skin tones whereas the fawn is for dusky to medium skin tones. Fawn is a medium-light shade with yellow undertones. Indian dark beauties will never find this shade good on their skin 🙁 My skin tone is tad darker than fawn; I have a dusky-dark skin tone. Fortunately, the shade somehow blends on my skin and matches without leaving a white caste behind. The shade choices are too bad really! Only two shades for all Indian skin tones? That is not fair at all.

It has a smooth texture that glides easily onto the skin. You have to immediately blend this after applying it over your face and it blends like a dream! Seriosuly..! It is much more better than the BB cream in terms of blending. After blending, it settles into a fine matte finish. The coverage is medium.

While coming to the staying power.. It stays on my skin for about 6 hours without melting. But the 12 Hr Shine control claim.. Are you kidding? It turns my T Zone oily in 2-3 hours (Credit goes to Chennai’s Summer). And after that I need to touch up my face with a compact. I use it in a light hand as it is not the perfect shade for me and till now I haven’t experienced any side effects such as breakouts, allergies with this BB stick! (I am using it for past few ways)

Before and After Applying:

Overall, it is a tricky product I would say. If it matches your skin tone perfectly, you will LOVE it like anything! If it doesn’t, then you are going to be disappointed. Maybelline… Please introduce some more shades! Please!

PROS:

  • Handy and travel friendly packaging
  • Easy to use stick form makeup
  • Feels light on my skin
  • Medium coverage
  • Affordable price
  • Easily available
  • Smooth, easily blend-able texture
  • Not dry or patchy
  • Causes no breakout
  • Evens out skin tone with regular use
  • Staying power is good
  • Settles into matte finish
  • A good daily use makeup stick for everyone!

CONS:

  • 12 hr shine free claim is totally false!
  • Dry skinned ladies will need a moisturizer beneath.
  • Only 2 shades..!!? Grrr

 

Rating: 4/5


Do I Recommend?:

Yes! This product is so much better than the BB Cream from the same brand in terms of blending and matte finish. This one has become many girls HG makeup stick too! But keep in mind to swatch test the BB stick before buying it to know whether any one of these two shades suiting your skin tone or not.

 

Would I Repurchase?:

May be.. not sure! Whatever I put on my skin, turns my T zone greasy like hell due to this South Indian peak summer. I guess my winter skin will love it 🙂 Currently I am using this makeup stick as my everyday eye makeup base and it works excellently. If it suits me well in winter, I might buy it again.