Beauty Indian

Primarily growth is being driven by segments like health, wellness and personal care. IDSA says the boom will be a result of good fundamentals, including large population and high purchasing power. The fastest growing segments in India in order of size are nutrition, kitchen, education, personal care and beauty products. Insurance also contributes around 10% to revenues coming from direct selling, as per the statement made by IDSA.

The success of direct selling is often attributed to the fast-paced life in the metros and large cities, but with majority of Indians living in smaller cities and rural India will this model work here as well?

Most of our growth has been happening in Tier-2 and smaller towns primarily because we are more visible there than larger towns.

For the first time,transgender to anchor TV show

For the first time in the history of Indian television, a transgender will anchor a talk show on a Tamil channel, Star Vijay, titled Ippadikku Rose (Yours Rose), glamourising a gender condemned to begging and sex work.

A 28-year-old transgender, Rose, hailing from Chennai, will come on air about issues hitherto considered 'hush hush' like homosexuality, alternative sexuality, child abuse, sex abuse and generally things labelled as taboo.

Dressed in glamourous costumes, that would range from designer sarees to western clothes, Rose will talk to celebrities on issues like phobias, rebellion and beauty "evoking emotions of all kinds in all kinds of people" for about half-an-hour in a late night talk show to be aired once every week.

Rose, a chemical engineer, who completed her MS in biomedical engineering in the US, had won a beauty pageant for transgenders this year in Chennai.

All about art:

In the Village and out

The Lamas celebrate a final ritual at 1 p.m. Nov. 25 during Indian and Tibetan Festival Family Day, also free with museum admission. Dance, music, Indian food, the elegance of Indian saris, the art of mudra (Buddhist hand gestures), presentations about Hinduism and Buddhism, and treasure hunts are all part of this enlightening and enjoyable day.

British beauty industry ignoring Asians

LONDON: The strength of the 'brown pound' - the term referring to the purchasing power of British Asians - is growing exponentially. But the multi-billion pound British beauty industry largely ignores this important segment of consumers.

Shop owners in areas with large minority of Indian origin such as Southall, Ealing, Harrow and Wembley in London, Leicester, Birmingham and Bradford continue to stock favour beauty products that are imported from the Indian sub-continent. Few prefer to buy mainstream British beauty products.

Products imported from India are endorsed by film stars such as Aishwarya Rai and others and are popular among women with roots in the Indian subcontinent. Recently, a men's beauty product produced in India and endorsed by actor Shah Rukh Khan proved popular in Southall.

Stolen Insulin Could Pose Major Health Risk on Black Market

PLAINFIELD, Ind. - Indiana State Police are looking for some stolen cargo that could be dangerous in the wrong hands.

In the dark, early Thursday morning, thieves took two trailers from Daum Trucking in Plainfield. They backed up a couple of trucks and hauled them away.

Inside the trailers were health and beauty products, but a lot of medicine too. Specifically, insulin that needs to stay refrigerated. Perhaps headed to the black market.

Sgt. Rich Myers of the Indiana State Police said the thieves must have known what was in the trailers. Myers also says that by not maintaining the medicine properly, the thieves could be selling a toxic product.

"If this insulin is not maintained at a proper temperature, it can go bad, and if someone does take this insulin it can cause very bad sickness and even death."

Trucker Ronnie Williams says onboard computers keep drivers informed of thefts like these.

The Villa Group Rebrands Spa in Nuevo Vallarta

Tatewari Spa reflects region and its Mexican Indian influences.

An intimate spa experience designed in European-Mexican style, the 17,000 sq. ft. Tatewari Spa serves as the resort's centerpiece surrounded by the beauty of mountains and the magnificent Banderas Bay. With its distinctive architectural design and trained wellness professionals, this unique healing sanctuary for body, mind and spirit takes a holistic approach through its regional influences, serene ambience and healing treatments.

Dadagiri at Kotla

The average Indian cricket fan would probably detest this idea, but a tentative Sourav Ganguly at the crease adds so much value towards an entertaining Test match.

That hesitant front foot in the beginning, the confusion in mind of leaving or playing at it, the flashes outside off-stump going tantalisingly over the extended slip cordon, and half-pulls to the short-pitch - walking in at 93/3 after 84/2, the perspective of a 203 run-chase for a fourth-day win can be pretty heart-stopping and full of suspense. Especially when a Shoaib Akhtar is charging in, and the Indian line-up's chronic collapse is always at the back of one's mind.

The beauty of Sourav Ganguly's innings comes after weathering the initial storm, when the off-side in front of him gets ironed by the meat of the bat.

British beauty industry ignoring Asian women consumers

The strength of the 'brown pound' - the term referring to the purchasing power of British Asians - is growing exponentially. But the multi-billion pound British beauty industry largely ignores this important segment of consumers.

Products imported from India are endorsed by film stars such as Aishwarya Rai and others and are popular among women with roots in the Indian subcontinent. Recently, a men's beauty product produced in India and endorsed by actor Shah Rukh Khan proved popular in Southall.