Self-care is essential, and we like The Body Shop’s range of products – from their skin-care to their make-up. We found a great alternative to kajal eye-pencils – their ‘Skinny Felt Liner’ for INR 795, which is like a liquid liner in the form of a felt-tipped marker pen. It’s great for precision, and we use it ourselves. As much as we were tempted to buy that, we sniffed and sampled our way through the store – and were torn between their scented hand creams, priced from INR 345 onwards, and their new lip and cheek velvet stick. We chose to splurge on the latter because its 2-in-1 make-up appeal was more than anything else we tried. The lip and cheek velvet stick has a silky-smooth feel, and we sampled four shades before deciding on the eye-catching ‘poppy coral’ for INR 895.