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Nature’s Call

Growing up in an Indian household, in a country steeped in culture and heritage, one starts their beauty journey with traditional skincare—secrets our mothers and grandmothers have sworn by for generations. I grew up with my mother and grandmother’s nuskas, or tips they’d learned from their mothers, passed on from an older generation. Every few days, they would whip up a nourishing face mask or moisturising cream with ingredients in our kitchen—besan, kesar, ghee, and almonds; ingredients to which Indian women have contributed their

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