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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. 💗

Two Awesome DIY Skincare Recipes with Sugar

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Hello All!

Do you love sugar? Can you live without sugar? No kitchen in this world will be without ‘Sugar’.  Sugar is a food sweetening ingredient and yes it can so sweetly help you to beautify your skin as well.  Let us check 2 sweet beauty recipes with sugar now.


The first one helps in facial exfoliation and the last one helps to scrub away the rough dead cells from harder parts of the body. Make sure to choose fresh and clean sugar for these recipes and the sugar should be grainy enough to do the exfoliation part well on your skin.

Olive Oil & Sugar Facial Scrub:

Our facial skin shed dead cells everyday and they should be removed at least once in a week, as to maintain clear glowing skin.  A quick sugar facial scrub can remove the dead skin layer, without drying out your skin.

How to Make?: Mix ¾ teaspoon of sugar to 1 teaspoon of olive oil and scrub your cleansed face with this scrub recipe for about 5 minutes.  Then wash off your face with clean cold water or with your cleaning milk.

This scrub recipe removes the dead skin cells, refreshes skin and nourishes it with its moisturizing olive oil extracts. Whether dry, normal or oily, anyone can use this recipe but it is advisable to use a face wash to cleanse face in oily skin types after scrubbing with this recipe as it tends to change oily skin types even more oilier. Use this scrub once or twice in a week to get rid of dead skin formation and uneven skin tone.

Sugar & Citrus Knee Scrub:

Knees and elbows turn rough, dry and dark without proper exfoliation. Leave your worries, mix lemon juice and sugar together to make your instant knee scrub. Scrub your knees with this recipe for about 5-10 minutes and leave on for 10 minutes on the skin; so that the lemon extracts naturally bleaches the dark knees.  Wash off with cold and clean water then moisturize knees with a cold cream.

The sugar granules scrub away the dead cells well while the citrus extracts bleaches the dark areas of knees and elbows to bring out an even complexion. Use this DIY knee scrub recipe atleast twice a week to get rid of darkness and roughness on the knees faster.

Best Solution for Premature Gray Hair and Hair Fall: MABH RBQ

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Anita Dongre’s Query:

Dear Lancy
I have just come across your blog today while hunting for hair related problems.
Must say it is a nice read. Natural home tips does work wonders. You are too good and sweet to share it with us. I am going through a bad time with my hair and finding no help for it. I am looking forward for your care.


Hair Type and Description:

1. I have had lovely glossy hair; not thick nor scanty just good enough for someone to appreciate my hair and flow and yes it was shiny.

2. I am 34 years old from Mumbai. Have been graying for last 3 years – 2 inches from the forehead. Earlier it was the inside part and I dint bother much as I always leave my hair. Now the strands are clearly visible and looks awful.

3. I used to apply Mehendi during my college days. When it started graying I did start Mehendi but the grey hair turned in a mix of red grey and brown.

4. Last one year I started colouring my hair.

 

Hair Problem:

1. Coloring helped to hide my grays but graying increased. (of course I have only coloured the front 2 inches..rest untouched…left the behind inside grays as it is)

2. A big time hair loss and whatever is left is turning extremely dry. The difference is clearly visible how my hair was before and how it is now. It is getting dry as a broom. and I can say i have lost 1/4th of the volume.


My Query:

1. I am thinking of taking Vitamin E and Becosule capsules to combat vitamin deficiency, if any. Please advise.

2. Should I be applying egg whole with yogurt once a week?

3. Can I now go back to Mehendi?. If yes, what should be the preparation and where in Mumbai can I get pure Mehendi powder without chemicals.

4. Should I stop branded shampoos and resort to cleansing with soaking shikakai, reeta and amla seed over night. Or can u suggest me some good chemical free shampoo?

5. Which conditioner is safe as I have seen apart from hair loss while combing, lot of hair gets washed away after shampooing plus a 2 millimeter size hair strand right from the root slips out while conditioning. (I wash my hair twice a week. ideally I should thrice a week as it itches very bad as i travel to work in train.)

I am actually getting worried as I am loosing lot of hair with very low density of hair. Before it is too late I want to help myself with home care. and I am sure you can help me out.

Thanks Lancy.

Reply:

Hi Anita,
I understand your problem. You are suffering from premature graying of hair. I highly suggest you to consult your trichologist before trying any home remedies. Causes of gray hair can be many. It may be vitamin deficiency, hereditary, improper maintenance, change of water or anything else. Only your doctor can find out the main cause and give you a solution. Without knowing the cause, we cannot solve the gray hair problem completely but only can hide it with natural home remedies.

Mehendi is a good option and I love using Mehendi on my hair. If you are looking out for pure Mehendi powder in Mumbai, I am sorry 🙁 I do not know as I am a Chennaite. But one thing I can say is, try to prepare your own Mehendi powder at home. It will be much more natural than the store bought ones. Buy Mehendi leaves. Wash them, dry them in shade and grind them finely. There you go! You can definitely use Mehendi to cover your gray hair strands. Mehendi is a magical hair friend!

I take vitamin E and Becosules for my hair too and they work good to maintain my hair’s health and shine; but I suggest you to consult your doctor because taking any hair supplement as you did not yet find out the cause. Taking vitamin E and becosules everyday is never going to harm you anyway but consulting is better before starting any hair care supplements.

You have mentioned that your hair turned too much dry these days. And you also asked whether to use egg and yogurt on your hair or not. Try using this homemade egg hair conditioner recipe. It works excellently to cure extra dry hair.

I am not sure whether you should stop using branded shampoos and switch to natural ones. When I asked my mom about this, she said that Shikakai is a better option. Why don’t you try shikakai for a month and decide what to use? Find how to make shikakai powder at home? and how to make shikakai hair wash cream at home? by following the links. I hope these articles will help you.

Its normal to loose much hair while shampooing. (Read this: Why Do You Lose Much Hair While Shampooing?) So do not bother about that. But if you are loosing hair strands excessively, I suggest you to use Shikakai hair powder or The Nature’s Co Sandalwood Hair Cleanser after massaging your hair with hot oil twice a week. Hot oil massage helps with better blood circulation, thus stimulating hair growth. It also helps in controlling hair fall.

Hope these tips will help you however before trying all these, do consult your doctor immediately!

Girls! If you have few hair care ideas or product suggestions for Anita, please do let her know by dropping your comments below. If you want to submit your query to us, go here

Himalaya Herbals Natural Sun Protection Lip Balm Review

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by Arpita

I love purchasing and using lip balms. I have recently bought a few lip balms out of which this is the worst. Read on to find why! 😛

Price: 

Rs. 99 for 4.5 g

My Experience:

Packaging: It comes in the trademark Himalaya packaging. It has a retractable packaging, which is convenient. Somehow, I find the packaging boring and cheap looking. The bullet is a delicate baby and will break if you apply too much of pressure.

Fragrance: This has the weirdest fragrance I have ever sensed. I mean the fragrance bothers me so much. It stays on and on. I hate…Hate…HATE the fragrance. It is like Grease- Pure grease. Yucks!! I do not even want to write about the fragrance

Texture and Moisturizing power: It may seem a bit dry initially but after a few swipes, you will see that it has a smooth creamy texture but it feels waxy on the lips, which I hate. However, for dry lips, I think this lip balm will help. It has a good staying power of about 2-3 hours and it nicely moisturizes the lips.

PROS:

  • Nicely moisturizes the lips
  • Staying Power of about 2-3 hours
  • Price
  • Travel friendly

CONS:

  • Boring and cheap looking packaging
  • Fragrance (I have never sensed such a fragrance in any other lip balm ever!)
  • Waxy feeling
  • Very fragile bullet
  • Fragrance Lingers on
  • Transfers easily onto cups and all

 

Final Verdict: I do not recommend it at all and I will not repurchase this even if all the lip balms of this world are magically vanished! You will not be able to bear with the greasy fragrance it has. Just go to a shop where grease and all is found, ask them if they have pure grease and then run away from there after taking a sniff at it. Yes, that is what this lip balm smells like.


Rating: 1/5 [ giving 1 just for the staying power]

Honestly, I did not feel like writing this review but just wrote it to warn all of you about this BAD product. Hope I helped in saving your 99 bucks! Take care girls!

Good Luck Everyone!

Editor’s Note: I find the Himalaya Herbals Natural Intensive Lip Balm better than this in terms of cost and effectiveness. It has a not-so-good smell too but it works better. What say?