Wearing no makeup or switching your hair up can be hugely empowering, just as choosing to go with a certain makeup look can be equally emboldening. This week, we present the biggest and best trends for the year ahead and delve through the stats to find exactly what makeup and hair trends we expect to be seeing everywhere. Find out more about it in our Feature Story.

Glamour oozes from every page in this issue! On the cover, we have the bubbly actress Shraddha Das. The Bengali beauty who has numerous movies and web-series in multiple languages to her name talks to us about her journey and what changed the game for her.

Featured in People in Focus is Siya Kumar, a brilliantly talented entrepreneur who runs the successful beauty salon, Paris Dé Saloń. Also covered in In the Spotlight is Tanya Ghavri, a fabulous celebrity stylist whose muses includes Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt and many others.

In Grand Getaways, Tarun Kovuru, an architect from Hyderabad who is pursuing his Masters in Advanced Architecture tells us about his recent road trip around the beautiful country side in Spain, where he did loads of sightseeing!

And I hope you’ve been checking out our Tea Tales – a Short Story section. Stay tuned till the end as it gets more interesting with each chapter.  

Let's admit: No matter how full our makeup cases are, we can always find room for more beauty products if they promise to enhance our look. While we swear by certain eye shadows, bronzers, and lipsticks, there's something to be said for nature's offerings as well. We already know how a new wave of nutritional beauty supplements has taken the market by storm, targeting skin health, hair sheen, and even eye strength. Check out our Mind & Body section where we list some beauty supplements to accompany your healthy diet.

Finally, for an exclusive look at Prathik and Nishita’s wedding, do head to our Wedding Moments section.