Bina Khan is a make-up artist, skin technician and writer. She owns a well-reviewed salon in Karachi and has a popular interactive Facebook group and a widely read blog.
For more information about Bina and her successful salon click here.
Certain scents and aromas have the ability to trigger vivid memories and emotions. Perfumes have a similar effect: they can remind you of a time or a person.
Before I start a facial, I ask my client if she knows how a facial works and why she is getting one. While the answers vary wildly (from “to get a glow” to “because my mother said so”) I rarely find anyone who knows what the logic behind a facial is.
I think it’s fair to say that today, being brown or of Muslim descent (whether you are religious or not) is the equivalent of being Japanese or German in the 1940s and 50s.
In Pakistan, even though we have not officially gone from fashionistas to recessionistas, there is no denying that giving the odd penny a good pinch is no bad thing.
Feeding our growing kids chemical-laden foods is messing up their systems in ways that we need to acknowledge. Thankfully, organic options are more accessible than ever before.