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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. 💗

Vaadi Herbals Heavenly Lavender Handmade Soap Review

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Hello Everyone!

Today I am going to review the Lavender Soap from Vaadi herbals. It claims to be a handmade soap with essential oils.

Price and Quantity:

Rs.38 for 75g

My Take:

Packaging: This Vaadi Herbals soap comes in a beautiful lavender colored outer carton. The soap is packed in double layered thin plastic sheets (may be to prevent smell fading off? Hmm no idea!). It is a bar shaped gel based soap which is soft lavender in color. More than anything else, I loved the very relaxing lavender fragrance of this soap. For the price, this kind of relaxing original lavender fragrance is a steal!

This soap lathers well and washes off quickly. It removes dirt and traces of sweat very well, leaving the skin squeaky clean and smooth. It doesn’t moisturize my skin but it doesn’t dry it out either. As this is summer, I don’t mind using this soap for daily bath. (Instead of my regular shower gel) After I bath or have a shower with this soap, my bathroom smells good with the lavender smell 😛

I am sure that this soap will relax your senses at the end of your stressed day; that’s why I always use it at nights before going to sleep. One soap bar comes 15-20 days for me. Make sure to store this soap in a cool, dry place to avoid excessive melting.

Overall, I am highly satisfied with this soap mainly for its fragrance and for the very affordable price of Rs.38. If you are a lover of lavender fragrances, do not miss this soap. It is a great buy from Vaadi herbals!

 

PROS:

  • Good packaging
  • Heavenly lavender fragrance!
  • Lathers well and washes out easily
  • Leaves skin squeaky clean and fresh
  • Doesn’t dry out your skin
  • Relieves stress
  • Packaging is good
  • Affordable price

CONS:

  • Availability
  • If you are not a huge fan of lavender, you might not like it.
  • It might dry out your skin in winters; so you will need a heavy body cream

 

Rating: 4.5/5


Do I Recommend?:

I highly recommend this soap to everyone who loves lavender fragrances! This is one of the best soaps available with this very affordable price tag.


Would I Repurchase?:

Yes of course! Before that, I am going to try out their other soaps very quickly.

Maybelline Baby Lips Berry Crush Lip Balm Review and Swatches

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Hello All!

Today I am going to review Maybelline Lip Balm in Berry Crush Variant. Cherry Kiss and Rose Addict variants were already reviewed on MABH. This particular shade, Berry Crush is my first lip balm from the Baby Lips Range of Maybelline.

 

Price:  Rs 150 for 4g

My Take:

This Maybelline lip balm comes in a stick form, in a twist up type lip balm tube with a mini cap. I found the packaging easy to use, handy and travel friendly. The name ‘Baby Lips’ is cutely printed on the plastic tube but unfortunately the fonts fade off very quickly.

Berry crush is a beautiful pinkish berry shade. Compared to the few other lip balms in this range, the Berry Crush lip balm is well tinted. The texture is smooth, rich and non-sticky. I feel good about a thing that this lip balm is well moisturizing and at the same time it is not sticky or waxy on the lips. I could find micro shimmers on this lip balm which is meant to add that glossy sheen to the lips however they don’t show up on my lips at all. The fragrance is of course berry-like and sweet.

After applying the lip balm, my lips feel glossy, smooth and moisturized. This berry crush variant adds a natural pink flush to the lips. But if in case you have pigmented lips, this lip balm will not help to cover it. The shade is moderately build-able. It gives a natural, almost bare pink finish with one swipe and a well tinted lips with 2-3 swipes. It stays on my lips for around 2-3 hours and then fades off without leaving much tint behind.  My lips stay moisturized for 2 more hours even after the lip balm fades away. On 

Overall, it is a good lip balm for the price! Compared to the other affordable lip balms available in Indian market today, Baby Lips work really well in terms of moisturization. Within one month of usage, I could find the difference on my lips. They are comparatively soft, smooth and repaired.

 

PROS:

  • Handy and easy to use twist up tube
  • Lovely pinkish berry shade
  • Moisturizes lips very well
  • Lips stay moisturized for 2-3 hours (In summer)
  • Even after the lip balm fades away, lips do not get dry
  • Non-sticky and non-waxy
  • Sweet berry-like fragrance
  • Contain SPF which is a good thing
  • Affordable price and easily available
  • My lips really felt soft and repaired after one month usage!

CONS:

  • The 6 hours hydration claim is false!
  • If you are expecting this lip balm to cover up your pigmentation, no it wont!

 

Rating: 4/5

 

Do I Recommend?: Yes! I highly recommend this Berry Crush shade. This is my current HG day time lip balm. Every girl who loves tinted lip balms should at least own a single variant from Baby Lips. For this price, these are super moisturizing lip balms available in the market!

 

Would I Repurchase?: No! But I will definitely pick the other variants. I am currently eyeing out for the Mango Pie!

Lacto Calamine Sun Shield Daily Use Sunscreen SPF 30 PA++ Review

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by Arpita

Hi girls!

I am sure that even you want to try out this Lacto Calamine Sun Shield. But, I think after reading this review, you are going to change your mind 😛 Read on to know more.

Price: 

Rs. 199 for 50 ml

 

 

My Take:

Packaging: It comes in a cool looking white tube with all the information mentioned on it. The complete list of ingredients has been mentioned on the tube and on the outer carton too! The flip top cap is sturdy and the product is travel friendly, though I would recommend putting cello tape on its mouth whenever you carry it in your bag.

Fragrance: It smells like the normal Lacto Calamine moisturizers. The fragrance is a bit too strong and lingers on for quite some time, something that I completely hate.

Texture and color: It is slightly thick in texture and white in color, but it spreads easily onto the skin. However, it takes a lot of time to get absorbed completely. Actually, it never gets absorbed totally. I had just tried it once on my face and it made it all oily and sweaty.

Moisturizing ability: I think it is NOT for oily skin but only for slightly dry skinned beauties. This never broke me out but it does make my face all oily, sweaty, leaves a layer behind and the fragrance lingers on. Do you have oily skin? If yes, then stay away from this one.

PH and SPF content: This one contains SPF 30 PA++ and has a pH of 7.5, which is okay. It says that it provides protection from Broad Spectrum UVA+ UVB rays. But I am sure it won’t help much in the hot, scorching summers…

How it works on me?: I hate this sun shield. It makes my face even more oily, leaves a whitish cast which stays on for some time, takes a hell lot of time to get absorbed and does makes me sweat a lot. I have just used it on my face once and I completely dislike it. I wish, they make a mattifying sunscreen with a higher SPF soon!

In addition, its claims of reducing dark spots and all are false [I use it on my hands now]. I just want to warn you girls with oily skin. Do not waste Rs. 199 for this bad product. I am completely dissatisfied with this! I do not know but maybe girls with dry skin will like it. If this one, made for oily skin, makes my skin extremely oily, then I just wonder what the dry skin variant will do 😛 I don’t want to write any more about this flop product 😛

 

PROS:

  • SPF 30 PA++ and Broad Spectrum UVA and UVB protection
  • Packaging
  • Did not break me out
  • Whole lot of information and full ingredients list mentioned

CONS:

  • Makes the skin extremely sweaty
  • Strong fragrance
  • False claims
  • Leaves a whitish cast which stays for sometime
  • Does not help much
  • Contains a LOT of chemicals and preservatives
  • Everything else that you can think of 😛

 

Final Verdict:

Completely skip it if you have oily to super oily and even normal skin 😛 I am now using it on my hands and it makes them super oily too :/  :/ Please suggest me ways to empty this tube.


Rating: 1/5 [0.5 for the packaging and 0.5 for not breaking me out]