STYLE

BEAUTY & WELL-BEING

Mind

Your beauty routine doesn’t need another product. It needs subliminal audio

Beauty-enhancing audio recordings (you read that right) that promise flawless skin and luscious locks are racking up millions of views on YouTube and being sold as bundles on Etsy
By Nandana Francis
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The Nod Shop

8 underrated makeup products that deserve more hype

A luminous Prada foundation, Laura Mercier’s tinted blur balm, and an ultra-fine Morphe brow pencil finally get the flowers they deserve
By Priyanka Parkash
Dorm room skincare
Skin

Your skin might be reacting to your new roommate

Freshers’ week is here and between adjusting to timed showers, new roommates, and exam-season stress, dorm-bound students are discovering that university life and clear skin rarely go together
By Patsy Anthony
Gen Z going grey
Hair & Makeup

How Gen Z decided it was okay to go grey

Before, a single silver strand at 21 meant an urgent trip to the salon and an existential crisis. Now, a growing number of young people facing premature greying are deliberately staying away from dyeing appointments
By Takshi Mehta
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Health

Your face has that LED mask. Now your brain wants in

Neuroscientist Sarah Turner thinks we’ve been pointing red and near-infrared light at the wrong body part. At the recent Longevity Summit in Mumbai, she made the case for taking it beyond the face—and into the brain, gut and body
By Sheree Gomes Gupta
J beauty
Skin

8 J-beauty buys that make it okay to spend your yen like Monopoly money

Ignore the Reddit hype and the viral video hauls. Let this be your ultimate guide to Japanese drugstore shopping
By Shyamolika Vaz

CULTURE

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House Call

How Anurag Kashyap became the new hype man of south Indian cinema

With his move from Bollywood to Bengaluru, the filmmaker has found a creative reset that is seeing him write prolifically, act regularly, and occasionally rue spending time away from his first love—filmmaking
By Priya Ramani
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Currently reading

RF Kuang’s new book is the diaspora read we needed

‘Taipei Story’ trades epic battles for Mandarin classes, roommate drama, and the business of figuring out where you belong when the place you call home doesn’t always feel like it
By Sheya Kurian
R.I.P.

The awkward tween has disappeared from our screens

There’s a reason 11-year-olds are watching ‘Euphoria’—the shows that once filled the gap between childhood and the teenage years are gone, leaving Gen Alpha to grow up on a media diet that has no awkward middle ground
By Sheya Kurian
holy molly

The high and the hilarious: How hallucinogens took over TV

Dropping acid, popping molly and smoking weed, television’s most bonkers leads are committing to tripping for a laugh-out-loud sequence
By Saachi Gupta
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Entertainment

“Mind wipe” and other great contributions to the English language courtesy ‘Adults’

The comedy on JioHotstar isn’t just capturing the Gen Z experience, it’s updating our vocabulary with it
By Saniya Jaffer
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Shuffled

Who knew miniature trees were Mona Singh’s jam?

Besides a wide spectrum of roles, online bonsai classes, power suits, tanpura and two pooches are keeping the actor’s plate full
By The Nod Desk

TRAVEL & LIVING

COMMUNITY