The Nush Journal

 At night when the stars light up my room, I sit by myself, talking to the moon.           Tonight is a very special night for me, and it's Kojagiri Pournima (Sharad Pournima as some might say). Ever since a child, year after year, we celebrate this day by sitting in the night flooded with the light of the full moon, drinking milk.  Since moon is supposed to be closest to the earth on this day, the moon rays are said to have curative properties. The vessel containing the sweet is prepared and left in the moonlight to be consumed later.           According to Ayurveda, the `pitta' or acidity aggravates at the end of the monsoon season. This is the reason why cooling foods are recommended to neutralise the pitta and balance it. The consumption of cold milk and rice flakes is supposed to be a good remedy for pitta.           Coming back , I remember my mother would make me sit by the window,...

                 Just yesterday I happened to watch a movie called Pursuit of Happiness. It led me to tears, then led me to smiles, and then lastly to a place where I was wondering. All our lives we strive to be happy. WE THINK going to a reputed college for education would make us happy. We think falling in love would make us happy. We think being successful in our our lives would make us happy. But only if it were true. Is is that only after doing or getting the thing we want makes us happy ? I couldn't help but wonder, if all the things I want are given to me right now, can I be blissfully happy and possibly want nothing more in life ?                Most of our lives revolve around work, relationships and money, but we still look for something. Still seek the one thing which possibly makes our lives happy. Still think that after I get a certain thing I'll be happy. It's not wrong to want s...

       Who doesn't like ruffles ? As for me, I have a tendancy to like them even more, you'll get to know about them later. 👀. Anyways coming back to ruffles, I think they can make anything work. From Indian wear to Western, ruffles make a statement. Somehow ruffles accentuate your ootd from basic to chic.       Just like the dress I've worn, it makes it more chic and stylish just by seeing the ruffles. For today's look I've worn a navy blue dress with with ruffles on shoulders and at the bottom of the dress. I like wearing heels so I wore heels with light blue and dark blue crossovers. For accessories I wore dark blue studs with silver design, which matched with my carryon.  I hope you like my ruffles !  Dress from head to toe : Ajio  Earrings & Purse : Local Market (old purchase)  Makeup : Nothing except Lipstick : KayBeauty (KaybyKatrina)  Eyeliner : Lakme I'll see you in the next one.  Byee, Anu 💝

   I'm kinda relaxed in yellow nowadays, and that's because yellow adds to the little pop of colour one needs during these grey clouds and times. Honestly, 202o is the worst year so far and not denying it.  For today (actually, days before cuz I already posted this picture on my Instagram), I used a yellow eye-liner which matched with my outfit of a flowy forget-me-not yellow dress and decided to go all out and try something new. Also I did some colouring for the eyes which is very subtle. I can't remember but any nude - warm color is good   This is my final look. Tell me what do you like about it ! Follow me on Instagram  ! Bye for now,  Anu

 I happen to be that kind of a girl which doesn't go out that much. I don't. But. There's a big BUT (T) in the middle.(A teacher I used to hate in Primary School said this a bit too much). Anyway I DO like to dress up, as you can see. With the pandemic going on and stuff, I happened to organize my wadrobe, which led me to find this dress which I'd almost never wear but I loved it so much I thought why not put it in my blog ?  For my #ootd I wore a black dress with like shimmery stuff sewn in it, paired with black studs for the jewellery. Its like I'm going to a club or something. (I have never tho.) Actually this dress was gifted me a very long time ago, by my Mami who lives in New Jersey, USA. I'm surprised how the heck I still fit into that dress. For the make-up, I went for the smokey eye look and a nude lipstick to subtle the eye look. The lipstick was one of the cooler-toned nude lipsticks which goes quite well with dramatic eyes. Just like me. What can I s...