At Rs 1,300 crore and 40,000 people affected, the I Monetary Advisory (IMA) jewellery scam has opened up a can of worms in Karnataka, especially with the involvement of senior Congress leaders.
IMA founder Mohammed Mazoor Khan is absconding with majority of jewels missing from his shop. Names of senior Congress ministers including RV Deshpande, current revenue minister and defected MLA Roshan Baig are now associated with the scam, though both of them have denied any involvement.
In a bid to control the situation, the JD(S)-Congress combine government ordered an SIT (Special Investigation Team) probe into the case last week. The SIT will be looking at all angles including the role of the revenue department. In addition, the government has held high-level meetings with multiple agencies, such as the Reserve Bank of India, to bring in a regulation that aims at taking stringent action against such perpetrators.
Additional Commissioner of Police Seemanth Kumar Singh told Moneycontrol, “Given the gravity of the scam and the number of people affected, the government is talking to all agencies to put an end to the issue instead of working in silos.”
The scam came to light on June 10 when an audio clip of Khan blaming MLA Baig and other government officials of corruption went viral. In the video, Khan allegedly said that he defaulted on loans and couldn’t pay back on account of giving bribes. According to reports, Khan had fled from the country by the time the audio clip surfaced.
Since then, investors have been protesting outside IMA’s office. As the number of grieving investors increased, police set up counters for them to file complaints. The number of complaints increased from a few thousand in the first two days to 10,000 and now stands at 40,000. In addition, there was a separate counter at a different location for 200 employees of IMA, who have invested in the company taking loans from banks and have now lost their jobs.
“This is to protect them from investors, who might take it out on the employees as well,” ACP Singh said.
The case, ACP Singh explained, is not as simple as Khan being unable to pay on account of giving bribes.
Khan has probably been planning this for some time now. For instance, he began to default on payments since March. A significant amount of jewellery has been missing from the store.
“It is clearly a Ponzi scheme. Going by what we have uncovered, he was aware of what he was doing and he is liable for what he has done,” ACP Singh added.
This is not the first such incident in Karnataka though. In fact, the state has a long history of such scams. Prior to IMA, owners of Morgenall Cooperative, another halal investment company, fled after cheating investors in 2018. While complaints were filed, no progress has been made in the case and the owners are still absconding.
Similarly, investigation in the Ambidant case, which allegedly involved BJP’s Janardhana Reddy, and has an amount running into Rs 954 crore, is still ongoing.
ACP Singh told Moneycontrol, “In both the cases, we are trying our best to give the money back by confiscating the company’s properties and/or jewellery, as most of these investors are poor people.”
“However, it is not easy since the amount seized is far less than the amount cheated,” he added.
The world of makeup is always changing. One day, skinny brows are in; the next, thick and full brows are the look du jour. It can be hard to keep up with the latest beauty trends, but luckily celebrity makeup artist Keita Moore is here to help.
Keita Moore is a New York-based celebrity makeup artist whose clients include the likes of Dascha Polanco, Fantasia, and Chantel Jeffries, to name a few, and has worked with brands like Anastasia Beverly Hills. His work has been featured in the pages of InStyle and Elle, but beyond all the accolades, I especially love that he is dedicated to working with diverse talent and making the beauty industry a more inclusive space.
Here is what Moore had to say about the biggest beauty trends of the moment:
No Makeup Makeup:
No Makeup Makeup with Covergirl
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Creating this healthy look doesn’t always call for less coverage, but it’s about using more soft and nude tones on the eyes, lips, and cheek area. This will simply enhance your natural beauty.
To create this look I like to get the skin as healthy, soft, and glowing as possible by exfoliating with Sephora exfoliant wipe then massage Charlotte Tilbury “Magic Cream” into the skin.
Using the foundation of your choice, apply in problematic areas and buff outwards using a foundation brush to the areas where less coverage is needed. A great foundation to use is Dior Backstage foundation because it’s build-able.
I like to use little to no setting powders. Natasha Denona “Biba” Palette is great for creating a nude eye look. For example, something soft in the crease and a pop of glow on the lid or something soft and coral with a subtle glow on the cheeks and a pop of gloss on the lips.
Pop Of Color:
Pop of Color with Eyeliner
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You can intensify and brighten any makeup look just by bringing some fun attention to the eyes by using color liner or a bold, colorful mascara. I like to keep the skin glowing and natural when creating this look.
Fenty beauty Vivid liquid liners are super fun, colorful, and pigmented! You can use this as a liner or mascara by using a mascara wand.
Street Brows:
Street Brows
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Eyebrows are the structure of the face, and the trends have changed throughout the decades, but one trend that isn’t going anywhere is Street Brows. Brooke Shields was ahead of her time, because now we all want to have #BrowGoals, which is growing your natural brows and brushing upward and outward using a gel, pomade, or even soap!
I like to use a product called “Soap Brows” which comes in a small container; you wet it and brush through your brows using a mascara wand. It helps keep your brows in place.
If you don’t have full brows, you can cheat by using the Kat Von D brow pencil, which is so thin you can imitate tiny hair strokes.
Glass Skin:
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This is a term for wet looking skin. Instead of using a highlighter on the face’s high points, you would use something emollient. I like to use Danessa Myricks “Dew Wet Balm” because it’s easy to use. You just tap your fingers in the product and apply on your cheekbones, eyelid, or lips which gives a dampened gloss finish. This look is great for editorials or even the red carpet.
Acclaimed designer-duo Shantanu & Nikhil’s latest AW’19 collection is called ‘Raj-Kumari’.
Designer duo Shantanu & Nikhil recently unveiled their AW’19 collection called ‘Raj-Kumari’, which they say is the new face of Indian men and women who embrace tradition and contemporise it in their own inimitable style.
In an email interview with indianexpress.com, the designers, who have been a part of the Indian luxury industry for almost two decades now, talk about the new collection, their inspiration and how the label has stood the test of time.
Excerpts:
What is your AW’19 collection all about?
The AW’19 collection ‘Raj-Kumari’ is a beautiful and effortless blend where for the first time ever, S&N’s signature sartorial sense of aesthetics meets their ceremonial design sensibilities through couture. The new age ‘Rajkumari’ is fiercely spirited and ambitious. This season, S&N steers away from their signature decadent hues and move towards a bright and vibrant palette engaging colourful emotions and representing dynamic settings. From voluminous ball gowns, intricately designed lehengas and anarkali gowns to never seen before eclectic menswear, the collection
narrative encapsulates the vibrancy of vintage India blended with the glee and excitement of modern India.
The collection encapsulates the vibrancy of vintage India blended with the glee and excitement of modern India.
Why did you decide to name it ‘Raj-Kumari’?
The collection’s name ‘Raj-Kumari’ takes inspiration from the ancient form of storytelling in India, the colourful tales of Panchatantra and its historical significance denoting an Indian prince and princess. However, we have given this concept a new age spin syncing it with our vision for millennial India who are not necessarily royalty. We approach this impression by showcasing it as an expression of gender dichotomy; ‘Raj’ representing men’s subtle yet compelling presence and ‘Kumari’ depicting the radiant and charismatic feminine mien. It encapsulates S&N’s
egalitarian values and embraces tradition through a progressive interpretation.
It is said that for the first time your signature sartorial sense of aesthetics meets ceremonial design sensibilities through couture. Could you elaborate on the same?
The S&N AW’19 collection features ceremonial traditional silhouettes that work in tandem with vivid and vibrant colours imbibed with sartorial detailing. Decadence takes a backseat and abstract grandeur narrates the new S&N story.
‘Raj’ represents men’s subtle yet compelling presence and ‘Kumari’ depicts the radiant and charismatic feminine mien.
Who has ‘Raj-Kumari’ been designed for? What was your source of inspiration?
The collection is a celebration of free spirit and thought. It is for those who strive for individuality and authenticity, breaking the myriad stereotypical beliefs of tradition and fashion with comfort and style. It is the new look for today’s millennials who embrace their heritage and contemporize it to depict their distinctiveness. The collection is a portrayal of the juxtaposition that today’s millennials are, where they are as playful and spontaneous as they are articulate and composed, as feminine and dainty as they are bold and confident. They don’t shy away from voicing their beliefs and if need be fight for it. ‘Raj-Kumari’ reinterprets the Indian framework of beliefs wherein today’s millennials clutch the heritage of the rich land they hail from in one hand and bear the torch of the new age spunk in the other. They lead unbowed and throb hearts wherever they go.
What kind of pieces can we find in this collection?
In the Shantanu & Nikhil AW’19 collection, you’ll find pieces ranging from voluminous ball gowns, intricately designed lehengas and anarkali-gowns to never seen before eclectic menswear. The collection encapsulates the vibrancy of vintage India blended with the glee and excitement of modern India.
How has your label evolved over the years?
The couture space in India has witnessed an evolution of magnitudes and that has definitely aided our spectrum of growth. We have reached a stage where couture is not just about selling outfits, the ensembles communicate a story to the wearer in order to replicate the celebratory values of the occasion, so as to make them relive the
experience each time they adorn the pieces of couture. Thus, we as a brand have transitioned from selling couture to making the luxury customers experience the whole tale of the ensemble.
The data show that the return consignments were of $8 billion in 2018-19 and $8.3 billion in 2017-18
SURAT: Diamantaires in the world’s largest diamondcutting and polishing centre in Surat are hoping to increase export of diamond jewellery to foreign countries with central government waiving off 3% Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) levied on unsold precious ornaments brought back to India from overseas exhibitions.
The customs department issued a circular clarifying that the activity of sending or taking the goods out of India for exhibition or on consignment basis for export promotion does not constitute supply within the scope of section 7 of CGST Act. The circular clarifies that since no integrated tax was required to be paid for specified goods at the time of taking these out of India, the activity being not a supply, the said condition requiring payment of integrated tax at the time of reimport of specified goods in such cases is not applicable.
Exporters from Surat and Mumbai ship large quantities of diamond jewellery for displaying in exhibitions such as JCK Las Vegas in the United States, Hong Kong, Dubai and London, for which they have to pay 3% IGST. As the ornaments are not exported as part of pre-orders from foreign buyers, the diamantaires would sell some in the exhibitions, while majority of them were brought back.
On such imports, the diamantaires had to pay 3% IGST. However, the diamantaires ended up paying a total of 6% IGST on the unsold precious ornaments returning to India from foreign exhibitions.
According to figures gathered from the industry, the ornaments reimported after display in the exhibitions around the world contribute to around 25 per cent of total ornaments shipped out of India during the financial year 2018-19.
The data show that the return consignments were of $8 billion in 2018-19 and $8.3 billion in 2017-18.
Surat Diamond Association (SDA) president Babu Gujarati said, “Most of the small-time diamond jewellery manufacturers from Surat were not taking part in the exhibitions world over due to levy of IGST on unsold ornaments. Now, since the government has removed IGST on reimported unsold jewellery, the export of jewellery will definitely increase.”
As well as beauty, I am super passionate about jewellery, and would use every penny of my expendable income on pretty stacking rings, necklaces to layer, and huggie hoop earrings if I could. I love discovering new brands as well, both from doing my own research while out and about in London, and from places like Instagram. I’ve recently found a number of beautiful unusual jewellery brands, all of which feature unique, stunning pieces that are unlike other designs you will usually see.
While not long ago I wrote a piece about the coolest jewellery brands on Instagram, I decided I needed to dedicate an entire round up to brands that were a little bit different, and perhaps a little more under the radar. Inspired by a trip to East London’s Broadway Market, where there are little jewellery stalls and boutiques aplenty, I’ve come up with a list of five ultra-cool, covetable jewellery brands that you may not have heard of, but that are all worth checking out. From unique earrings that resemble safety pins to necklaces sporting pendants inspired by wildlife and nature, I’ve also picked out each brand’s standout piece to give you a taste for what you can expect.
Keep reading to learn about all five.
1. William Cheshire
I discovered William Cheshire during a chance visit to Broadway Market. The designer has a little shop that offers a peaceful haven away from the hustle and bustle of the weekend market, and that houses his studio where he makes all of his pieces as well as his showroom. While my dream piece is his Feather Ring (which costs a cool £1300), Cheshire makes jewellery for all budgets, and his pieces are so unique and unusual, they’re worth paying a little more for anyway. This is such a special little find I want to really shout about, and definitely a store you should visit if you love jewellery and live in London. Fear not, however, as he does sell some of his pieces online, too.
Gold Plated and Black Leather Libertine Bracelet
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William Cheshire
2. Maria Black
Probably the most well known brand on this list, Maria Black is still pretty under the radar. Maria Black sells in stores like Liberty, making Scandi-chic pieces accessible to UK fans direct from Copenhagen. My favourite of her designs are her single earrings, particularly the ones that resemble safety pins. This is the ultimate laid back, sleek jewellery brand that will become your go-to daytime favourite.
Maria Black Gold Plated Pebble Earring
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Liberty
3. Anna + Nina
Dutch brand Anna + Nina is quirky, fun and youthful. Each piece is inspired by the designers’ trips to far flung places including Thailand and India, and they use materials such as freshwater pearls and onyx. Their Dutch website ships over to us Brits, meaning we can get a taste of their awesome jewellery, and they also have stores that are definitely worth checking out if you’re heading over to The Netherlands.
Salty Shell Bracelet
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Anna + Nina
4. Reo Jewels
Another brand that I discovered down at Broadway Market, Jeweller Rebecca Ellis Onyett sells her pieces every weekend at the market, and now has her very own store in Margate. Rebecca is inspired by wildlife and nature, and her pieces all have a slightly raw, rough feel to them that are world’s apart from a number of sleek, polished popular brands. These are perfect as statement pieces, or equally work well when worn layered.
Rose Thorn Pendant
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5. Stellar79
A demi-fine jewellery brand founded by sisters Natasha and Sheena, Stellar79 is all about having fun with jewellery, while keeping things looking ultra-chic and up-market at the same time. The sisters’ passion for jewellery, combined with their Trinidadian and Mauritian Indian heritage, inspires their designs, and they’re passionate about ethically sourced gemstones and recyclable packaging. The sisters live and design in East London, while their jewellery is made in Jaipur, India. I love their bright gemstone pieces.
Senco Gold & Diamonds brand ambassador for nearly five years, Sourav Ganguly will be the face for its jewellery range for men – AHAM.
The nationwide gold and diamond jewellery chain has rolled out a new brand campaign “Shine On” with Ganguly to promote its new AHAM range of jewellery for men. Ganguly will be playing his own self, exhibiting how he outplays rivals and silences the critics.
AHAM, the new men’s collection offers a signature collection of rings, bracelets, cufflinks, ear-studs, chains and pendants in diamond, gold and silver. The collection has been designed especially for the cosmopolitan man; urbane, dignified and grounded. This Signature range can be used as part of daily wear as well as in social occasions or for sheer power dressing by the men of honour.
“Sourav Ganguly is our brand ambassador since 2015. He embodies the spirit of AHAM, which celebrates the man who has that sharp edge over others, who dazzles the world with his success. People may criticise him, but his outstanding performance silences the critics. His brilliance lets him rise above mediocrity. For him, a century is not enough. Even his rivals admire him when he outplays them. He is not afraid of failure because he excels beyond expectations. He is equally versatile, excelling at whatever he does in his own unique style, with impeccable class and elegance. This is the spirit of Aham, which means “self” or “ego” and Sourav Ganguly represents every self-made man who is comfortable being himself and letting his “aham” shine,” said Suvankar Sen, Executive Director, Senco Gold & Diamonds.
Expressing his views on the campaign, Ganguly said, “I am very much excited with the new range of jewellery collection, AHAM. I am not new with this brand as my association with Senco Gold & Diamonds dates back to 2015. All the collections are uniquely designed by karigars. The new collection embodies the spirit of self-confidence along with the desire to succeed. It gives me immense pleasure to be associated with such an eminent jewellery brand.”
The idea of the campaign is based on the persona and the charisma of a gentleman who is always shining brightly. The tagline “SHINE ON” signifies the inherent encouragement to become successful.
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Nostalgia continues to be one of fashion’s most prominent reference points. Style trends such as jelly shoes, choker necklaces, and even tie-dye can be directly correlated to a surge of mid-’90s childhood nostalgia in the form of fashion. The latest statement derived from our early years? Vetements’s teddy bear apparel.
Vetements—the reigning force of irony, and what’s more ironic than childhood nostalgia?—announced a surprise drop on Instagram yesterday, which has already sold out. The post featured a bright pink teddy bear affixed to a black backpack. The bear is slumped defeatedly, resembling an oversize stuffed animal you might win at carnivals that are too big to hold their own weight. Moschino has also recently dropped teddy bear backpacks.
Helmed by designer Demna Gvasalia, Vetements consistently releases collections that are a bit cheeky, anti-fashion designer fashion. Gvasalia creates clothing that playfully teases the people who buy them. For example, a $570 T-shirt that simply reads: “It’s my birthday and all I got was this overpriced T-shirt from Vetements.” The text demonstrates that Gvasalia knows exactly what he’s doing. Vetements’s collections can be read as a critique of the fashion industry from within, using meta-text and irony to tackle the absurd pricing (Gvasalia himself has said he wouldn’t pay full price for his clothes) and cycles of the fashion industry. Of course, they’re also directly participating and benefiting from said practices, making some question the efficiency of the statements.
Previously, Vetements has been creeping into the scope of appropriating childlike nostalgia in their collections. A bright pink, slightly shrunk T-shirt with the text “Someone who loves me got me this T-shirt from…Marianas Web,” looks like something your grandma might have brought you back from vacation in the Florida Keys, but so much cooler (I’m personally obsessed with this shirt). The reference to Marianas Web, aka the “deep web,” an unsavory part of the internet, adds a tinge of delightfully absurd humor.
Back to Vetements’s teddy bear fashion. Along with the teddy bear backpack (who says you can’t take your comfort toy to school with you?!), last week, Vetements dropped teddy bear slippers (the slippers, like the aforementioned backpack, are also currently sold out). The slippers are just like the kind you might have received on Christmas morning as a kid. The shoe very much says: “Wear your pajamas out in public.” Perhaps a sign that comfort dressing is about to make a comeback in a major way? The teddy bear merch can also be directly tied to the fleece trend we saw last year. Like tactile ASMR, dressing like a teddy bear is simply irresistible, connoting feelings of comfort. Wearing a teddy bear on your back will ensure that people will want to reach out and hug you — a childlike impulse.
Our prediction? We’ll be seeing a number of fashion influencers taking teddy as their +1 at NYFW in September.
Since the products have both already sold out, let us suggest some alternatives (hint: you can also try shopping in the children’s section).
Barmer: A family in the Vishala village of Barmer in Rajasthan is making heads turn with their exquisite art of making jewellery out of clay.
The family has been in the profession of making clay jewellery for the past 40 years. The technique of crafting perfect pieces of jewellery has been passed on well from generation to generation. Now, the Khans have started exporting their handiwork to foreign countries.
“I have been making jewellery from clay from the last 20 years. The demand is very low in India but foreigners really love this kind of jewellery. We make all kinds of jewellery for women. We don’t earn big profit in this profession. I only make articles if someone orders it, otherwise, I do not make them because the demand is very low here,” jewellery maker Zamin Khan told ANI.
Zamin added that he used to sell one article for Rs 20-30. But now the slump in demand forces him to sell them at higher prices. Besides small villages in Rajasthan, the articles are sold in Mumbai, Udaipur, Rajkot, and Una, Zamid told the news agency.
Arbab Khan, another family member, said the work has been going ever since. they started selling their goods in the foreign market.
“I have been doing this work for the last 15 years. Our family’s work is selling products to foreign markets. Due to this, work is going very well. I also sell our jewellery to the festivals organised by the government. We make nimboli, locket, necklace and bangles of clay which we export outside,” said Arbab Khan.
With the hope the tradition continues in the family for many more years, Zamin and Arbab have started teaching the art to their children.
Gawd, I feel awful. I gave away all my knee-length pleated skirts. In the 1980s, I had a collection of them: Armani, Perry Ellis, J.McLaughlin. They were preppy to the max, and they took me to every business meeting, funeral, book party, and luncheon where I was expected. The skirts worked as well with blouses as with turtlenecks. Likewise with blazers or hacking jackets. I wore them with knee-high boots, pumps, and ballet flats. They looked especially good with stacked-heel loafers. If you need help imagining these outfits, please refer to The Official Preppy Handbook, which I co-wrote in 1980. You’ll get the picture.
The Official Preppy Handbook
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Now these same looks are the backbone of Hedi Slimane’s sophomore collection for Celine, shown in March in Paris. In a black tent in front of Les Invalides, a glass box with flashing lights descended from the ceiling to the beeping and buzzing of electronic music. Out stepped a model wearing a blazer and plaid culottes, a look that could have come from the ’80s but felt utterly modern. It was a far cry from the former Saint Laurent and Dior Homme hitmaker’s signature rock-chick look that he reprised for his Celine debut. It’s hard to believe that one designer can zig and zag this spectacularly—it’s almost as if the woman he’d been designing for finally agreed to marry the nice young man from the great family with the huge house on the water, and now she’s expected to dress.
Layering and accessorizing are key to the prep aesthetic and to Slimane’s fall range. Slim-cut jeans are tucked into over-the-knee boots, worn with camel hair capes and Fair Isle sweaters. Voluminous silk scarves are tied girlishly at the side of the neck. Horsey details tell us where our heroine spends her weekend. Aviator sunglasses are ubiquitous. What is happening here? I see cardigans! I see houndstooth! Hedi, you’re killing me. Do you see the suede baseball jacket? I had that. Your perfect navy pleated skirt practically has my name embroidered in the waistband.
You sent the models out with simple air-dried hair, just like ours. Mostly straight, a little wavy; nothing studied or forced. Minimal makeup. Nothing too dramatic or sexy. We know. It’s the subtlety of this collection that is so appealing. It lures the people it’s meant to attract. And many of them like to show they have waistlines.
Which is to say that it feels like a return to the roots of Céline, the bon chic, bon genre label founded in the 1940s that I lusted after long before Slimane removed the accent. I remember my parents letting me choose a pair of loafers in the Paris shop on vacation: burgundy patent leather with a fabric logo inset on the vamp. Heaven. But not high fashion. When LVMH bought the company in 1996, the intent was to reinvent Céline as one of the luxury conglomerate’s marquee brands. It had a series of star designers, including Michael Kors and Phoebe Philo, who immediately preceded Slimane. For a decade, Philo consistently delivered deconstructed minimalist clothes that women loved. Her handbags had waiting lists that moved slower than that of a top Manhattan kindergarten. And I bet Slimane’s will be even longer.
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Flannel Wool Skirt
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Printed Silk-Twill Scarf
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$195.00
Baby Alpaca Cape
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$215.00
Tell me, Hedi, how did you do it? When we all thought you were studying art history at the École du Louvre, were you instead going rogue and embedding yourself at Deerfield or Andover? Did you call yourself “Eddie” or “the Hedster” and pretend to be a foreign exchange student? Did you smoke Gauloises behind the hockey rink so you wouldn’t get caught?
No more mourning for the Philophiles. Grief has given way to gluttony. That means everything automatically becomes the most wanted item in everyone’s shopping cart. So we’ll all skip lunch for a couple of months—who needs lunch? And, you know, instead of repapering the hall bath, we’ll just…not do it, because I cannot make the same mistake twice.
Four unidentified men robbed cash and jewellery from a senior citizen after offering him a lift to Delhi from Rajiv Chowk on Saturday morning. Police said the victim, a resident of Sector 82, was driven around in the cab for about 30 minutes and dropped off at Iffco Chowk.
According to the police, the incident took place around 5am when Ramjas, a senior citizen, was waiting for a shared cab to Delhi at Rajiv Chowk. Police said a white car, in which four men were seated, stopped and offered him a lift to Mahipalpur.
In the police complaint, the victim stated that after driving for a few metres on the expressway, the accused men took his wallet containing cash and ATM cards. They snatched his gold chain and rings and manhandled him, the police said.
A police officer privy to the investigation, requesting anonymity, said, the victim had withdrawn ₹42,000 cash from an ATM and was carrying it with him. “After driving him around for a few minutes, they let him go near Iffco Chowk and fled,” the officer said.
Police said the victim filed a police complaint in the evening. “The accused are yet to be identified. The modus operandi suggests they belong to a gang that targets commuters at Subhash Chowk, Rajiv Chowk and Iffco Chowk on the highway and loot them on the pretext of offering them a lift,” the officer said.
A case was registered under sections 379 A (snatching) and 34 (common intention) of Indian Penal Code at Civil Lines police station.
New Delhi-based fine jewellery brand Hazoorilal Legacy has signed Bollywood actress Tara Sutaria as their brand ambassador.
Sutaria, who is the new face for the recently launched 2019-20 campaign, made the association official on her Instagram via a series of images and videos from the photo shoot.
Ramesh Narang, Director, said, “It’s an immense pleasure for Hazoorilal Legacy to have Tara as the face of our brand. Her beauty and talent as an actor, singer and a performer added exuberance to each shot, perfectly highlighting and complimenting the brand’s legacy.”
Rohan Narang, Managing Director, added, “Tara’s freshness and charm made her instantly appealing to us as a brand. Her charisma and confident persona oozes in every frame, making her a delight to watch. She’s the one to look out for and Hazoorilal Legacy is excited to be a part of this journey.”
Talking about the association, Sutaria said, “It’s an honour for me to be associated with an iconic brand like Hazoorilal Legacy, a pioneer in the jewellery industry. I’m delighted to be a part of the brand’s legacy! I’m super excited and totally looking forward to unveil my looks in the months to come!”
Synonymous with fine craftsmanship and meticulous attention to detail, the jewellery house takes immense pride in its couture pieces that are in absolute harmony with the ever-changing international trends and fashion, marked by impeccable quality, style and unmatched aesthetics.
Hazoorilal Legacy is a manifestation of the vision of Hazoorilal Narang. He opened his first store, “Hazoorilal and Sons” in 1952, in Dariba in Chandni Chowk. He shifted the business to Defence Colony in 1972 and then moved further to South Delhi, Greater Kailash 1, in 1986. Now Ramesh and Rohan Narang continue his legacy and nurture his vision at the Hazoorilal Legacy stores in South Extension II, New Delhi and Gold Souk in Gurugram with an expanding international presence through fine jewellery exhibitions.
Arch & Hook debuted their ‘Blue’ hanger at London Fashion Week
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The war on plastic has destroyed the reputation of the most mundane accessories to our daily lives. Carrier bags. Plastic straws. Drink bottles. It is a movement that has prompted commercial reform, shifted government policy, and spawned growing industries centered on reusing or producing eco-friendly alternatives.
As we get to grips with the unglamorous side of our consumer habits, the fashion business is among those being forced to respond. Buzzwords like “sustainability” have rocked the industry, uprooted its foundations and jolted it into rethinking its appetite for excess. Implemented correctly, eco-friendly practices look good on the balance sheet, boosting operating incomes by up to 2%, Boston Consulting Group figures suggest. Done badly, firms rightly face accusations of “greenwashing.” With fashion’s impact on the environment no longer a backstage issue, leading brands are switching fabrics to kinder alternatives, using alternatives to leather, or organic cotton. But if they’re taking their environmental footprint seriously, they’re thinking about how their clothes are packaged, too.
“We’re All Guilty”
Arch and Hook founders Sjoerd Fauser and Anne Bas
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As photographers circled a small group of Extinction Rebellion protesters staging a ”die-in” outside the first day of London Fashion Week SS20, one corner room inside a building on central London’s The Strand was abuzz with PRs, reporters and industry insiders surrounding Roland Mouret, the fashion designer, who teamed up with Sjoerd Fauser and Anne Mas, cofounders of sustainable hanger startup Arch and Hook. The Amsterdam-based brand was officially launching BLUE, a hanger created to help combat the billions of pieces of plastic used by retailers that are dumped into the ocean every year.
Figures vary, but the company calculates that 150 billion garments are produced around the world each year, and that of those, two thirds are transported from factory to store using plastic hangers most likely made using polystyrene, widely not recycled, in what is called the “garment on hanger” process. These aren’t the hangers you see on the shop floor, because they are discarded in favour of branded in-store hangers. Although wasteful, the process saves retailers time as it leaves fewer wrinkles on the garment, meaning it is ready to be displayed faster.
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At the heart of the brand’s mission with the BLUE hanger, nicknamed the “soldier” by CEO Fauser, is to replace this unseen piece of polystyrene used to transport garments from the factory to the shop floor. “Let’s be honest, fashion is terrible for the environment,” Mas told Forbes. “It’s not durable. When something is not hot anymore you throw it out, and we’re all guilty.”
Mouret, whose generation of designers sped up the fashion season cycle from “two collections to six collections” a year, he says, was inspired to sign up to Arch and Hook’s mission after being introduced to Fauser by the British Fashion Council. “What we have created is a monster,” he told Forbes. Mouret labels the hangers the “the penicillin of fashion,” attempting to fight off the industry’s plastic-related ills.
Amid a chorus of statistics warning of fashion’s devastating impact on the environment, the company knows how to frame the issue to capture imaginations anew, comparing the scale of the hanger problem to the size of the Empire State Building and the Big Ben in their advertising campaign. The company estimates that out of those billion of hangers, which are only used once, 85% will end up in landfill, “taking more than 1,000 years to degrade.”
The messaging is getting through—the four-year-old company recently came through its Series B funding round, meaning Arch & Hook has now raised “tens of millions” of euros, according to Fauser. Sixteen retailers and designers—who are yet to be revealed—have signed up to use BLUE hangers since mid-September. Retailers are expected to return the hangers to the company to be reused or remade.
Hunting For Rubbish
Arch & Hook, which touts itself as the world’s “number one” sustainable hanger brand, sold its first Forest Stewardship Council-certified wood hanger designed for in-store use, in 2017. After gaining interest from luxury brands including YSL and Vetements, but struggling to meet the fast demand from their clients, the cofounders began to consider new materials they could use, including plastic. “We thought, if we’re going to go into plastics, we can not only on one side of the business sell fully sustainable wooden hangers and then on the other side of the business, partake in what we’re trying to cut,” Fauser said.
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In June, the company, which hired around 50 people worldwide, launched their “Mission-E” hanger made from recycled materials, before launching BLUE in September following two years of research for it. The hangers are produced from riverine debris from four of China’s largest rivers, including the Yangtze and the Yellow, which is collected before it reaches the sea. The materials are sorted and separated before being shredded and injection-moulded into the modular hangers that can be used for garments including T-shirts and trousers. China, which banned imports of foreign nations’ plastic waste in 2018, has approved Arch and Hook’s unique supply chain while providing the company with the relevant contacts for their recycling and garbage collection efforts, Fauser said.
Stemming The Flow
Disposable hangers are just one part of the equation. A cursory scroll through YouTube (no longer just a video-sharing platform, but also a hub of consumerism) will likely present you with an “unboxing” video of some sort, in which the vlogger will often fixate on the weight and quality of the packaging, giving it almost equal attention to the product within it. PR unboxings generate thousands of views for influencers, pushing brands to create increasingly theatrical packaging.
To attempt to offset this, Delta Global CEO Robert Lockyer, who has worked in luxury packaging for 28 years, consults brands on ways that packaging can be designed for reuse as a storage item, or for recycling. “I think it’s a final realisation that every business has a responsibility to do something about the voracious consumerism and waste we’ve had over the last 30 or 40 years,” he told Forbes. Lockyer counts luxury retailers Matches Fashion, Net-A-Porter, Tom Ford, La Mer and Ted Baker among his clients, adding that it’s the luxury brands that allow for more innovation when it comes to packaging compared with cost-conscious fast fashion brands. Matches Fashion told Forbes that 65% of their customers “try to live as sustainably as possible,” so making their packaging easily recyclable and free from plastic was a “priority.” Their signature marbled boxes contain a water-based finish and can be reused.
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Across the EU, the amount of packaging waste produced each year outpaces efforts to recover and recycle it. And while plastic bags and straws bear much of the backlash where single-use plastics are concerned,throwaway hangers are a more harmful culprit, Fauser says, because they are often made from a mixture of different plastics and therefore harder to recycle. Polystyrene is not widely recycled in the U.K., U.S. and Europe.
Yet, as Arch and Hook tries to stem the flow, the level of waste gushes towards them at a much faster rate than they can clean up. “There’s a lot of plastic in the ocean, so if we can sell over 1 billion hangers in an extended amount of time, we would be cleaning anywhere [up to 2%] of what’s out there,” Fauser said.
“There is so much out there, and that’s calculating that there won’t be anymore plastic put into the ocean.”
Arch & Hook’s contribution might be a drop in the ocean yet, if the innovation is adopted widely by the world’s most influential retailers, it could be one sign that the fashion industry is handling its sustainability problem seriously—not merely as a vanity project.
Besides showing the world that opposites can attract and prevail, co-founders Nooruldeen Agha and Jonathan Ellman have a goal to launch the first fashion-tech company that integrates the power of social media with streamlined logistics throughout the consumer’s experience.
Today Flip Fit launched with $3.75 million in Seed funding led by TLV Partners with participation from Lool Ventures. “Flip Fit is the evolution of social media and e-commerce–birthing the baby of Instagram and Amazon and creating the first physical product marketplace where your likes and actions impact the products you receive,” said Rona Segev, general partner at TLV Partners.
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By downloading the app, indicating fashion preferences, and liking select brands, users can receive a box of 10 fashion items—basically bringing the fitting room into their living room. They then get input from their community of influence on what to buy and what to easily return.
“The decision for today’s shoppers to buy happens once they receive validation from friends and family, but e-commerce has made shopping very isolating.”
“Fashion shopping has always been a social experience,” said Agha, co-founder and co-CEO of Flip Fit. “The decision for today’s shoppers to buy happens once they receive validation from friends and family, but e-commerce has made shopping very isolating. We are connecting the social behaviors of shopping, which were previously only possible offline, with a virtual experience—building a social media community at the center of fashion shopping.”
Agha and Ellman met a little over a year ago at a conference and immediately fed each other’s passions for building the next global tech giant. In a world where most new businesses are a “something”-tech (edtech, fintech, medtech), the two felt fashion was light on the kind of innovation they had experience delivering on. Ellman said, “There’s no Apple and no Netflix in the fashion space because it hasn’t yet been disrupted.”
The idea of bringing innovation to the online shopping space—and how critical that experience will be to the success of fashion brands and retailers—is not a new idea. Organizations like Stylus just this past weekend held their DecodedFuture innovation summit to share ideas and see who can get to a future the consumer wants first.
Agha, who is from Iraq, has been a successful software design engineer and founder for years helping to build out major online fashion marketplaces and subscription box offerings in Dubai. There he says he saw first-hand that “the box model and e-commerce weren’t coming together for the consumer.”
Ellman, an immigrant from South Africa, grew up in the United States before joining the Israeli Air force. He worked in investment banking and private equity in the U.S. and Asia, then went on to co-found and advise a variety of marketplaces, including Tapingo, which was acquired by GrubHub. Together, Agha and Ellman’s understanding of the consumer experience at the core of a successful marketplace has helped them breathe quick life into Flip Fit.
Fashion brands who continue to struggle to profitably breakthrough in an e-commerce world, know they have much to gain from the tech innovators who can converge competing or incomplete business models. In Flip Fit’s case, there are so many business models coming together in one company; it is startling. The company is one part fashion research, one part online shopping, one part box subscription, one part social influence to validate fashion choices, and one part logistics to cost-effectively streamline trying on a “full bracket” (multiple sizes or options of a garment) and easily returning the “Nos.”
Will Flip Fit’s model be able to connect a front-end experience like Instagram shopping, the full experience of social media influence, and a streamlined back-end logistics and return model? Many brands are ready to bet on it. According to Ellman, “Of the 225 pitches we’ve made to fashion companies including denim and T-shirt companies like AG, JBrand, Hudson, Retrobrand, and MadeWorn, there are 200 stocking in our warehouse right now.”
Agha and Ellman say they have each already done $100 Million exits, so this venture is about far more than proving they can scale. They talk of disruption and want to become legendary for fashion-tech innovation and leadership.
In the $2 Trillion fashion industry, the winners, even small ones, are going to win big. And, more importantly, they’re going to look fabulous while doing it.
Statement jewellery has grown as an integral part of trend styling. Their eye-catchy and unique designs are attracting the attention of the younger independent generation looking to experiment with their styles.
Leshna Shah, founder and creative head of jewellery brand Irsava, gives styling tips to people looking for a statement piece.
“Indian women are getting more experimental with jewellery like current ongoing trends are hoops, stackable and cocktail rings, multi-strand bracelets and chains. They are moving away from the traditional heavy jewellery and focusing on everyday wear jewellery,” she says.
Business formals
Stud earrings with a minimalistic pendant would go flawless with a formal look.
Casual formals
Diamond rings with dainty bracelets and light danglers are the perfect companion for casual formal outfits.
Light Indian ethnic wear
Stackable bangles and rings along with hooped earrings in coloured stones and diamonds can amp up your ethnic outfit.
Indian suits
Heavy diamond necklaces, bangles and dangler earrings are perfect to go with their beauty.
Dresses and jumpsuits
The best way to accessorize is with a casual outfit is to wear basic minimal jewellery such as stackable bracelets, or just a pair of hoops with a few rings.
Everyday wear
Simple big hoops or a dainty pendant can really brighten your everyday look.
Bhubaneswar: As many as 45 jewellery shops raided in Odisha. Raids conducted recently on 45 gold and jewelry shops in six cities of Odisha in between November 22 and 25, said a release from the Odisha consumer welfare department.
As per the release the raids were conducted on jewelry shops in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Rourkela, Sambalpur, and Balasore.
During the raid, out of the 45 jewellery shops, 29 shops were found violating the weight and measure standards. The department has collected Rs 3.77 lakh as fine from 27 shops.
The department has collected fines from Kalyani Jewellers, Lalchand Jewellers, Khimji Jewellers, Tanishq of Bhubaneswar, Epari Govindam, Jyotsna Alankar, Anita Jewellers from Cuttack, Keshab Jewellers of Berhampur and New Payal Jewellers of Sambalpur.
The matter had been discussed in the Odisha Assembly a few days back. During the discussion, the State food supplies and consumer welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain had intimated about the recent raids on jewelry shops. However, as it was complained that there were no raids conducted on big jewelry shops, Odisha Assembly Speaker intervened and directed to conduct raids on jewelry shops of Bhubaneswar and Berhampur.
Celebrity make-up artist Subbu passed away and Bollywoood is mourning his death. From Anushka Sharma to Katrina Kaif, B-town is pouring love for the makeup artist. Subhash Vagal, fondly known as Subbu, lost the battle with cancer and passed away yesterday.
The artist had worked with many many big names in the film industry, be it Anushka Sharma or Jahnvi Kapoor.
Expressing her grief, Anushka shared a few a pics with Subbu and wrote a heartfelt note which read, “One of the sweetest, kindest, gentlest beings has left us today. He was so talented and such a delight to work with. With him around, there was no drama! Only and only exceptional working environment and the result was that he made me look and feel so so beautiful each time he did my make-up. Subbu you will be missed so so much!”. She even captioned the pics as ‘RIP Subbu’.
Celebs commented on Anushka’s post offering their condolences:
Katrina Kaif also penned down a heartfelt note. The actress wrote, “A great loss ,so unexpected, cannot believe it …..such a incredible talent ,The first make up artist i ever worked with, taught me so many things , by my side for so many shoots ,days ,weeks months . It doesn’t seem real , such a gentle kind quiet soul , u never heard him speak about anyone in any way , he could transform your face and bring out beauty u could not see. Gone way too soon , cannot believe we will never have our discussions again . Rest in peace subhu you will be missed”
Celebrity photographer Dabbo Ratnani also posted his heartfelt wishes for Subbu:
On the work front, Anushka was last seen in Aanand L Rai’s Zero. Katrina will next feature in Sooryavanshi, co-starring Akshay Kumar. The duo will be seen sharing screen space after a very long time. The film is slated for a March 2020 release.
New Delhi: From traditional jadau to creative compositions, trendy textures to nature inspired pieces, the year 2020 is going to be a trendy concoction of jewellery.
ANSlife spoke to experts in the field to list out of the top jewellery trends this year.
Isha Pandey, Lead Designer of BlueStone Diamond
Talking nature
Exotic of flowers will flourish:
Dominated by flora and fauna, 2020 will be no exception with a lot of emphasis on statement earrings and rings. Allowing the warm shade of the metal to favourably highlight the colour stones, along with enamel colours like yellow and green will be carefully considered. Rings shaped as a blossoming flower, the fit should be comfortable fit and the composition of the gemstones will make this trend unique.
Arabesque
An unbroken flow of pattern:
Intertwining petal blossoms, plants, vines and leaves all rotating in perfect symmetry. Beauty and flawless execution alongside modern and original concepts. The arabesque is a design of curving line and interwoven elements like vines and leaves that are repeated in an often symmetrical infinite pattern. Arabesque designs on surfaces create a sense of pleasing overall rhythm and patterns. As the Islamic religion spread, arabesques could be found on the walls of mosques and palaces, on ceramic tiles and vessels and on glassware.
Trendy texture
Creativity across all mediums:
Within fine jewellery different mediums influence each other and expressions of creativity mirror a vast array of artistes. The modern approach to surface embellishment makes use of classic pro?les with raw materials and an otherworldly aesthetic. The texture on jewellery can either be achieved by engraving or embossing different patterns and motifs. The use of precious gems and stones on metals also provides an interesting synergy.
Ketan Chokshi and Jatin Chokshi, co- owners, Narayan Jewellers
Bridal jewellery:
While last year we saw jewellery was important for bridal ensemble, this year, bridal jewellery will further strengthen its position over trousseau given its preciousness and inheritance value. Leading stylist like Tanya Ghavri has also said that we should buy jewellery and then plan our outfits.
In bridal jewellery, we will see a lot of creative and new compositions. While Jadau will continue to be preferred for weddings, diamond jewellery will dominate the cocktail and reception looks.
Creative compositions:
While necklace, earrings etc. will remain the same, creative compositions will create new trends. In earrings. for example, asymmetrical designs which includes an earcuff in one ear and a stud in the ear will be strong. Ear climbers will make a comeback, these are continuation of the ear cuff. Ear jackets will also be in trend where one part of earring is in front and the other part goes behind the ear lobe.
Ageerika Hari, founder of Vaitaanika Jewellery
Gold finish:
It’s not just the wedding season when the gold finish is in, today even daily-wear jewellery can have a gold finish. Ladies love to accessorise and the best way to not break the bank and have enough is to have gold finish accessories. One can wear trendy bracelets or even multiple chains and pair them with pearls, gemstones, and other precious and semi-precious jewellery.
Diamond hoops:
Invest in timeless diamond hoops. Wear no makeup, dress like nobody’s looking and let your diamonds shine. 2020 will see a lot of different shapes and sizes for hoops, from double-hoop infinity designs or a diamond dangler or maybe a curved hoop earring. Diamond hoops are a choice for everyone; from the office to special occasions. With so many different sizes and varieties it can be worn as everyday jewellery and that’s the most beautiful thing about diamond hoops.
In the past year, there has been a noticeable shift towards dual tone jewellery — like rose gold and platinum or rhodium finished gold jewellery, etc. There is a growing design-first sentiments among young shoppers, and they prefer well executed and luxurious gemstone, kundan or polki jewellery. There is a strong preference for handcrafted jewellery as well as antique heirloom style pieces. These trends, we hope will continue through 2020.
The government has issued a notification on Wednesday making the hallmarking of gold jewellery mandatory. However, it has stated that it will give one year’s time to jewellers to register themselves with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in order to clear their old stock.
Union Food & Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said, “The purpose of making hallmarking mandatory for gold jewellery and artefacts is to ensure that consumers are not cheated while buying gold ornaments and get the purity as marked on the ornaments.”
Here are 8 things to know:
Hallmarking refers to the process of certifying the purity of gold. It is done by the Bureau of Indian Standards, a government body.
Three categories of jewellery will be hallmarked, viz. 14 carat, 18 carat and 22 carat. At present, 10 grades of gold jewellery are available.
The stated objective of hallmarking is to protect buyers against adulteration and lower carratage, and to compel manufacturers to maintain legal standards of purity.
The jeweller could face penalty and imprisonment of up to one year if the jewellery or artefacts made of 14, 18 and 22 carat gold are sold without a BIS hallmark.
Hallmarked jewellery will now have four components: BIS mark, purity in carat and fineness, assaying and hallmarking centre’s name, and jewellers’ identification mark /number.
A campaign to make jewellers and consumers aware of mandatory hallmarking will be organised at various locations across the country.
Around 40% of gold jewellery is being hallmarked currently, with the BIS running a hallmarking scheme for gold jewellery since April 2000.
As of December 31 last year, there are 892 Assaying and Hallmarking centres spread in 234 districts across the country. A total of 28,849 jewellers have been registered by BIS so far.
We recently tested 467 makeup products, donated by people in the UK, for bacterial and fungal contamination and found that 90 percent contained potentially deadly germs. These products, which included lipstick and mascara, could pose a significant health threat.
We found E Coli and Staphylococci in used eyeliner and mascara. These bacteria can cause irritation and conjunctivitis (pink eye). Although the symptoms of conjunctivitis tend to be mild – itchy, watery eyes – in extreme cases it can lead to sight loss. And the germs causing conjunctivitis can spread to other parts of the body, which can trigger a more serious secondary infection.
The lipsticks and lip gloss in our sample contained Staphylococci and various bacteria associated with faecal matter. These bacteria could cause redness, swelling and inflammation of the lips, which can be treated with antibiotics or antibacterial creams. But if the germs spread to the blood or deeper tissues of the body, the infection can become life-threatening.
Also, some strains of Staphylococci, such as Staphylococcus aureus, have become more resistant to antibiotics. S aureus is fairly contagious and can cause skin infections, including impetigo.
The makeup products we examined (lipstick, lip gloss, eyeliners, mascaras and beauty blenders) had between 100 and 1,000 individual bacteria, except for beauty blenders which had an average of a million bacteria. As few as 100 cells of some bacteria can cause infection.
Beware the beauty blender
Previous studies have investigated microbial contamination in makeup in other countries, such as Iran, Saudi Arabia and Italy. They have reported high levels of disease-causing bacteria, including E coli, Salmonella, Klebsiella and Citrobacter, but little research has been conducted in the UK.
Our research is the first to look at beauty blenders – a popular foundation blending and contouring sponge. (Over 6.5m beauty blenders have been sold worldwide.)
We found that these products are particularly susceptible to contamination as they are often left damp after use, which creates an ideal breeding ground for harmful bacteria. Most (93 percent) of the beauty blenders we tested had never been cleaned, despite two-thirds (64 percent) of those we surveyed admitting that they’d dropped them on the floor.
It’s actually easy to avoid germs from cosmetics. Beauty blenders can be cleaned with warm, soapy water. For lipstick, simply turn the lipstick tube up slightly and wipe off the top layer of lipstick with a tissue, then pour a small amount of rubbing alcohol and dip the exposed lipstick into the alcohol for 30 seconds. Remove it and gently dab the alcohol off and allow it to dry. This won’t affect the lipstick but will keep it clean.
Mascara pots can harbour bacteria, but they can’t be cleaned, so it’s best to replace your mascara monthly or use disposable wands.
Check expiry dates
All cosmetics are made under strict conditions to control the growth and accumulation of microbes during use. Preservatives are used to stop bacteria from growing, but they have a finite shelf life. All cosmetics have expiry dates, which are calculated based on the length of time the preservatives in the product are able to control contamination.
The makeup products we examined (lipstick, lip gloss, eyeliners, mascaras and beauty blenders) had between 100 and 1,000 individual bacteria, except for beauty blenders which had an average of a million bacteria. As few as 100 cells of some bacteria can cause infection.
If the expiry date is printed on the packaging, it is displayed in the form of a symbol resembling an opened pot with either 3M, 6M, 12M, 18M, 24M, or 36M printed in the middle, corresponding to the number of months the product can be used. Most products have an expiry date of three to 12 months, providing the user has not had an infection, such as conjunctivitis. However, our latest study shows that people are using products beyond the expiry dates and allowing microbial contamination to build up.
To avoid contamination, make sure you discard makeup that has passed the expiry period, don’t apply makeup if you have an infection or broken skin, never share cosmetics with friends, and definitely avoid using makeup samples in stores.
