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Hair can be long and wavy, short and straight, frizzy and unmanageable, or smooth and shiny. Hair comes in many different lengths, styles, colours, and textures. Yet just about everyone — no matter what kind of hair they have — falls prey to at least one hair problem at some point in life. We know that many popular food items are loaded with toxic ingredients, but what you may not know is that shampoo and most of the other personal products we use every day are also full of bad stuff. What’s more, they are not strictly regulated by authorities...

Have you heard of “Day Zero,” ? It is the day on which Government shut down all the water connections provided to homes and corporations. Yes, this is exactly what happened to one of the most exciting cities in the world- Cape Town. This has again turned the spotlights on to big metro cities like Bangalore. In a recent BBC report, it is claimed that Bangalore could be one of the cities to face the same fate if measures are not taken at this very moment. The fear became more evident when Bangalore Development Minister admitted that by 2031, availability of...

When we hear about a natural solution to a conventional problem, we hesitate. The first question some people sometimes ask me is: does it really work? Is it natural… do plants clean? We're so used to conventional detergents that the idea of a plant can clean may seem even strange. Well, on top of all the reviews from happy users, we decided to dig into academic articles and do a short literature review.   Almost all the articles we reviewed acknowledge the cleaning properties of soapnuts and explain how they work, supported by the research. Pušić et al. (2011) for...