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Hair Oiling – A Self Caring Routine

By Soujanya Paddikal & Sheetal Kabra One of the fondest memories of my childhood, but at the time irritable, is that of my mother insisting on me regularly applying oil to my hair. It was a practice we were supposed to follow without demur. Years later, neither I nor my sister would continue this practice, […]

Hair Loss – A Common Saga

By Soujanya Padikkal & Sheetal Kabra Hair has always been a beauty standard for men and women. Be it mythology, fairy tales or songs, hair has always been a prized possession irrespective of gender and don’t we all wish for the perfect hair! Unfortunately, pre-mature baldness and or hair fall on a daily basis has […]

Natural & Safe Home Cleaning Products and Solutions

By Sheetal Kabra I have in my previous posts already highlighted the dangers of using commercial chemical based detergents and home cleaning products for both our health and the environment. Use of natural and chemical free home cleaning products is the need of the hour. This is the only way we can not just protect […]

Are your home cleaning products keeping you healthy or are slowly killing you?

– By Soujanya Padikkal & Sheetal Kabra Maintaining a clean house is an important factor for a healthy life. A variety of home care products like detergents, sprays, bleach, air fresheners, toilet cleaners, disinfectants etc are used by us to help keep our house clean and hygienic. But are they actually taking care of our […]

THE KARMA IN OUR PERSONAL AND HOME CARE PRODUCT CHOICES

Life is all about the choices we make  and I believe that holds true even for  the products  we use . Right from the tooth paste we use in the morning to the cleaning products we use to keep germs at bay,these choices  impact not just our health but that of the environment too.  It […]

Don’t try and fit into any set beauty standards, create your own!

by Sheetal Kabra It took a huge global outrage and protest against racial injustice for two large global players like Loreal and Unilever to drop words like “whitening” , “fair” and “light” from their skin products.  Johnson & Johnson has gone ahead and decided to stop selling its skin whitening creams under its Neutrogena and […]

I Wish, I Had Known This Earlier – by Dr. S. G Kabra

I Wish, I Had Known This Earlier – A True story written by Dr. S. G. Kabra My cell phone buzzed. I responded. “Hello?” “Hello.” It was a lady’s voice at the other end. “May I speak to Dr. Kabra please?” “This is Dr. Kabra.” “Dr.S.G.Kabra?” “Yes.” “Doctor Sahib, I am Mrs. Solanki from Bhatinda.” […]

Myths About Handmade Soap

We use soap every day and cleaning is the initial step with regards to dealing with your personal care. When you clean your body or skin properly then the rest follows. We all know why handmade natural soaps are superior to commercial soaps which are detergents in camouflage. Yet there are few myths prevailing about […]

Everything you need to know about natural soap!

by Sheetal Kabra We at Earthy Sapo, make soaps the traditional way. What exactly does the term traditional soap making mean?  Soap, by definition, is the result of a chemical reaction between an acid (fats & oils of plant or animal origin) & an alkali (lye or sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide). This chemical reaction […]