Love is a two way street: Love your hair and it loves you back!

My Proposal snap got noticed by my soon-to-be husband for one prominent reason... my hair! 


I never had 'very' long hair, they refused to grow beyond my waist and stopped growing just above my waistline - the reason being 'Split-ends'.


I have been blessed with thick black hair just like my mom (hers is more curlier than me though) but could hardly maintain it - resulting in roughness and then split-ends.


My earlier hair care regime:

1. Oil my hair, a night before
2. Wash it off with a Shampoo, the next morning.
3. Regular hair-trimming to get rid off those annoying split-ends
4. Thats it! 

The concept of using conditioners were all aliens to me!


Times changed, I saw women getting their hair colored; ironed; and chemically treated for a longer lasting look.  Their hair looked lovelier, shinier, and felt softer - I was impressed. But at the same time I didn't want to lose out on my individuality, I loved the color, black that my hair sported and somehow I was not ready to compromise on the 'waviness' of my hair. 


I remember once my friend commenting, "Straighting would look good on your hair" to which I had replied, "then I would look one-of-them as to me they all look same". My requirement was simple, to tame my unruly hair without compromising on its nature.  I now included 'conditioning' in my regime of hair wash.


After trying out quite a lot of options of shampoos and conditioners available in the market, I almost gave up on my hair - unconsciously I had started blaming my hair with the expressions like - 'Kuch nahi ho sakta' :( Why my hair never responded to these products was beyond me.


Very recently, I was contemplating the idea of hair Spa for my hair as a last resort before I totally gave up on it. My prayers were answered with an invitation from Indi Bloggers for a Dove Spa event. The event turned out to be a blessing. Apart from unlimited fun, treats, pampering, spot prizes that were showered on us, we got a chance to interact with Dove's official hair expert, Ms. Soumya. She cleared all our doubts patiently and I got to know more about hair masks and hair serums. I was now more informed about the 'correct usage' of these products - for a dry hair like mine she had suggested weekly usage of hair masks.


With my hair Spa done and armed with my Dove hamper of Shampoo, conditioner, mask, serum - the 'Dove Nourishing Oil Care Range' packaged in an awesome bag, I left the venue all excited and eager to shower my hair with love and kindness, called Dove. ;)


Its been 7 days since I started using Dove - for a change, my unruly hair seems to be all tamed. :D


It has been truly said, "Love is a two way street: Love your hair and it loves you back!"


My current hair-care regime is as follows (done every alternate day in a week):

1. Oil my hair, a night before/ an hour before  
2. Wash it off with Dove Nourishing Oil Care daily use Shampoo.
3. Apply Dove Dual Stripe daily treatment conditioner after every wash except on the day I use hair mask.
4. Apply Dove Nourishing Oil Care Repair hair mask - once a week only.
5. Apply Dove Nourishing Oil Care Vita Oil serum after hair is towel dried and whenever required in a day (I carry the little bottle in my bag!)
6. Thats it! 

Am loving the love that my hair is showering back at me :))))

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Vaahini - the beautiful flow of events

"Be a soul sister... give three tips to a working mother to balance her work life", read the invite for a contest, Me having too many things already on my mind thought of revisiting the website later, then immediately changing my mind I thought of attempting the contest. This One Act from my side led to a flow of beautiful events that I would nurture for a while.

I received a call announcing I was one of the winners who had won the contest and that I was invited to the Hotel Taj Mahal Palace to receive my prize. I couldn't believe what I heard, "was it Hotel Taj Mahal Palace she mentioned??" Though I had high hopes of winning the contest and getting my name and entry published on their website -https://microsite.accenture.com/vaahini/Pages/default.aspx;

I never imagined I would be felicitated for the same :))) and that to in a Grand event organized by Accenture in collaboration with the Economic Times.

I sought the permission from my manager, to leave an hour early in order to attend the event , instead of granting me the same my manager encouragingly asked to take leave a lot earlier in order to make in time and be dressed appropriately for the event. Wow!!

Tagged along my friend, Tanuja - my well wisher and motivator, I reached the event just in time. The event came across to be remarkable - well organized, focused, and informative. Did you know? "out of the 11,000 seats on the boards of Indian companies, only 5 per cent are occupied by women and this is consistent with global figures, where among the Fortune 500 companies, only 15 have women in top positions"

The event was graced by Managing Director & CEO, ICICI, Chanda Kochhar, author and columnist Shobhaa De, Managing Partner, AZB & Partners Zia Mody, and Executive Director, Accenture India, Rekha Menon. The men were represented by Chairman, Accenture India, Harsh Manglik, Resident Editor of the Economic Times, Bodhisatva Ganguli and Managing Director & CEO, Future Brands, Santosh Desai.

And what an honor to receive my prize from the hands of Ms. Chanda Kochhar, winner of Padma Bhusan - one of our country's highest civilian award.

And a heartiest THANK YOU to all my friends who supported and sent me their wishes. :) :)

PS: Visit the link to hear my sound byte and read my publlished entryhttps://microsite.accenture.com/vaahini/iwd-2011/Pages/international-womens-day-2011.aspx?tab=4