You Just Had To Be There! 5 Highlights From Nykaaland

Ever wondered where your favourite beauty and lifestyle icons started their journey? How did they get the courage and determination to keep walking, and what did they do to make an indelible digital footprint and set themselves apart in the internet landscape? 

We found out the answers to these questions and so much more in an exclusive panel titled ‘In the Business of Pushing Boundaries, powered by Walkers and Co.’ Exchanging banter and stories with moderator Freishia B, digital icons Rahi KoHEnur, Shantanu Dhope, Aastha Shah, Aanam Chashmawala, and Prableen Kaur Bhomrah opened up about the challenges they faced on their journey to success and how said adversities kept them walking on their own forged path.

There’s nothing we love more than two icons coming together and creating magnificence, and the Tanqueray x Jo Malone dinner certainly fit the bill. The invite-only event saw guests sipping on Tanqueray serves inspired by Jo Malone scents in a unique marriage of scents and sips, where each serve perfectly complemented pieces from the Jo Malone range. To top it all off, guests walked away with customised copa glasses with their names engraved on them, and their very own hand-painted bottles of Jo Malone perfumes.

Baileys took the excitement to the next level as guests got the chance to top up their experience with Baileys-infused desserts, created in collaboration with Sweetish House Mafia exclusively for the event. From cookies in a cup (finished off with a delicious pour of Baileys) to infused truffles that perfectly complemented the available serves, this was one partnership that definitely ‘sweetened’ the deal.

Attendees aged 25 years and above could enjoy a melee of cocktails and straight pours at the event’s exclusive bars, which included Johnnie Walker Black, Tanqueray London Dry Gin, and Baileys in the general access areas. VIP ticket-holders could cool off in the Blush VIP zone with Tanqueray No. TEN cocktails.

While both general access and VIP passes came with curated free hampers for the attendees, Nykaaland came with a plethora of games (with tons of freebies up for grabs as prizes) and activities that definitely left attendees and their pockets a few pounds heavier. Between this and exclusive masterclasses led by world-class makeup artists, we’d say beauty’s biggest playground was a roaring success!