Makeup is not only for beautifying yourself, but it also has a function to make your skin looks better. Not only this, makeup can increase your confidence as it hides all the scars on your face which enable your face curves appears more real and perfect. It is considered a true self-confidence booster. With this thought in their mind, sister duo, Taihseen, and Humera started a venture Makeovers By Taihseen and Humera in 2017.     

Taihseen has always been extremely passionate about beauty secrets and makeup. Since childhood, she used to observe her mother applying makeup with great pious. She has followed her and Humera (her sister) who were always pro in their approach. 

“Makeup was always my passion. I always use to do makeup myself. Not only this, as I was a fashion and makeup blogger, my followers always used to appreciate my work and keep on urging me to teach them. My sister and I have been approached several times by the Insta followers for teaching them makeup. After consistent requests on social media, we decided to conduct two days’ workshop regarding the nitty-gritty of makeup. There were around 10 students who registered for our workshop.  Seeing the response we were overwhelmed. We were literally mesmerized with the love and response and that’s where we decided to take a plunge. Our first batch commenced on 27 January 2017,” said Taihseen, one of the founders of Makeovers By Taihseen and Humera.    

For sisters, entrepreneurship was not something they wanted to do. However, today being a renowned makeup artist, the duo is glad that they decided to take a plunge. “Entrepreneur, not really but I ended up becoming one and I am really glad I did. I dint choose to do something for just the money. I did it because I want to live life on my own terms. Money comes as an added bonus, but the ultimate motive is to create something that can solve problems. And I believe the key to becoming a successful entrepreneur lies in being able to think like one,” opined Taisheen.

Taihseen sees challenges as something positive. She believes that there is never any progress if one doesn’t don’t face any challenge. “To be honest it wasn’t as difficult since my sister always had my back and her professionalism as my partner in this business really helped us to work positively as a team. Not only this, my family always supported me. Initially, there were other Mua’s who tried to drag us down, spoke ill about us but we ignore all the negativity and continued our work! We never stop working hard and I guess the price of success is hard work,” said Taihseen.

They provide 6 weeks basics professional course for students who want to pursue a career in the makeup industry. “We are also offering ‘professional airbrush course’. In a very short span, we started our monthly batches with six students in each batch. So far, I have certified over 150 above students.  Now I am also getting offers for bridal make-up. Gradually, I started providing basic self-grooming course for girls who simply want to do it for their own self,” informed Taihseen.

With this venture, sister duo wants their client to be fully satisfied with the service they are providing them and maintain healthily business relations with them.

Most Investment Bankers who rise the ranks to Associate, Vice President, Director, and then Managing Director earn salaries and bonuses of more than one million dollars per year. Other investment bankers transition to the buyside, where cushy hedge fund and private equity positions can pay even more. For those seeking more of a lifestyle, there are positions in Corporate America where people can find competitive salaries as well as stock options.

So why and how did High-Performance Coach, Author and Speaker Brendan Burns ditch this lucrative field for Life, Business, and Relationship Coaching? “It was my calling,” Burns explains. Many people think that he simply flipped a switch and decided to try something new, but there is a lot more to his story of world travel, coaching NFL athletes, and building a personal brand large enough to allow for live events in Costa Rica in New York City. 

To the outside person, Burns seemed “successful” on the surface when working on Wall Street, but deep down he was unfulfilled. He shares that this situation came to a peak when he woke up one day to find his live-in girlfriend gone, his Wall Street boss firing him, and his brother in the hospital. With Burns’s world crashing down, he did the only thing he could. He headed straight to the Self-Improvement section at his local Barnes and Noble and ultimately began studying 1-on-1 under the training of top business and relationship experts, many of whom were authors of the very books he first turned to find answers. After years of studying, research, and deep psychological work and training in this field, Brendan left Wall Street for good to pursue his passion as a high-performance life and business coach. 

One of Burns’s favorite areas of coaching is relationships. Specifically, helping his students and readers understand attachment theory and how it could potentially be hurting their dating life or current intimate relationship. There are three primary attachment styles, Burns explains, secure, anxious, and avoidant. 

Secure people make up about 50% of the population, and are the individuals who typically come to mind when thinking about healthy relationships. These people are comfortable with intimacy, warm, loving, and are available to their partners. Unfortunately, although about half of all people are secure, this is not the majority of people who make up the single pool. These people most frequently find themselves in healthy and satisfying relationships. So if you’re single and looking for a partner, pay attention because finding a secure partner is the best way to become secure yourself.

Next, the anxious style is characterized by wanting too much intimacy and closeness. These people are often overly preoccupied over their relationships and can obsess about them.  and obsess about the relationship. Burns shares that often people who identify with the anxious style will look for external validation that their partner likes them and that this type can become extremely insecure if that validation is not immediately offered. The best way for this type to find healthy, lasting relationships it to do deep internal work concerning their relational insecurities and to date a secure person, who can help them become more secure themselves. 

?Finally, avoidant people go to the opposite extreme of the anxious style. They tend to want too much space and to equate intimacy as a bad thing. They push away others and can be fearful of commitment or getting too close to another person. Often, avoidants develop these feelings as a result of having been smothered by someone in their past or because they witnessed or have experienced unhealthy or broken relationships in the past. Once again, this attachment style arises from internal issues, and to become more healthy relationally, avoidants should seek to work through their relational issues and fears and seek to become more healthy. 

The good news, Burns reveals, is that your attachment style is not set in stone. Anxious and avoidant types can become more secure with time, and that can dramatically impact the health and quality of their intimate relationships. In his coaching practice, Burns dives into this relationship tool, along with a host of other top resources and tools to help his clients find success in their personal life or business.

Today, Burns helps people from around the world maximize their lives. He shares all of his best business and self-development tools, to help people achieve high levels of success, fulfillment, and most importantly, happiness. He currently works with high performers, professional athletes, business executives, and others interested in personal or professional development. Brendan also manages the @brendanhburns account on Instagram, which has more than 100,000 followers. He currently resides in New York City, where he hosts the iTunes Show “The Brendan Burns Show,” which is also featured on Spotify.

Blogging has become one of the most sorted professions today. Gone are the days when one had to be conscious about looks and physique to be a blogger. A true example of it is Pranjal Salecha. She is a fashion, travel and lifestyle blogger who has completed her fashion designing from Pune. Later, she started working as a wedding planner and a freelance designer. While working, she simultaneously started her blog for the love of styling. After getting an overwhelming response on her blog, she left her job and became a full-time blogger.

Her Instagram handle, ‘thegulabigirl’ tends to focus more on the posts of fashion and lifestyle. Talking about her username, she said, “I have always been obsessed with pink and I am a bit desi at heart, so I wanted to have a fusion touch to it. I believe that my blog name should completely relate to me and that’s how Pink became Gulabi.” 

Having an experience of more than two and a half years, she recalls her phase of struggle. She had always been a reserved kid who was confused to take blogging as her career. One thing which irked her was that one must fit in the criteria of a model to become a blogger. Initially, her parents were not happy with her decision of being a blogger and for several months she kept it a secret that she had decided to be a blogger. But later, when the response was good to her blog, her parents were convinced with it and today they are proud of their daughter. 

Sharing her experience of traveling, she believes that travel makes her explore more things about herself. Not just this, it also helps her understand different cultures about different countries which she incorporates in her styling. She has traveled the countries like the Netherlands, Czech Republic, France, Singapore, Thailand, and Mauritius to name a few. When asked about her choice for luxury brands, she revealed that her heart beats for street shopping. She believes that the old and colorful bazaars are a wonderful experience as one can explore different streets of different cities.

Risers Accelerator has funded three startups, Cosmeto Food, Zeleno, and Playtoome, with a total investment of around Rs 11 Crore. Risers Accelerator is a conglomerate of 35 individuals based out of Delhi which is aggressively promoting startups with good business potential. 

Accelerator holds 10 percent equity in Zeleno. While, in Cosmeto Food Organic Pvt Risers Accelerator has funded Rs 2 crores for product distribution and it holds 10 percent equity in the company. Moreover, Playtoome will get the next round of funding from Risers of Rs 4 crore.

Apart from this, Accelerator is also in talks with ‘Just Happy’ as well, which is in the retail segment of household gifts stationery.

Speaking on the development, Pravin Khandelwal, Director, Leadership & Motivation, Risers Accelerator said, “Our focus is to accelerate the companies that have a noble cause attached to it along with the business part. With the latest order by the Indian Railways of 500 vending machines, Zeleno is on the right track and hopefully, the target of reaching every metro city by the end of this financial year will be achieved. We believe that the initiative will stand as the main pillar in the success of ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’, a campaign by the Government of India.” 

Risers Accelerator supported Zeleno, a startup dealing in Reverse Vending machines, recently got a contract through Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES) for Central Railways of 500 machines. Zeleno was started three years back by an ISB Hyderabad trio towards furthering the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Valued at Rs 50 crore, Zeleno has been successfully installing the machines in New Delhi and Lucknow. Piloting with these places, the company has already come up with a blueprint of places across India where the machines will be installed. Risers Accelerator holds 10 percent equity in the company.

Challenges a cause-based startup faces

“A new idea always faces apprehensions and these doubts increases if a cause is attached to the idea. People start talking about the viability of the project and ROI, etc. The need of the hour is that the incubators and accelerators should come forward to support these startups that have the potential to safeguard the future of the earth. We do understand that business is important and all of these startups are here to do that,” said Prateek Mittal, Co-founder of Zeleno when asked about the challenges a cause-based startup faces. 

What number says?

The idea is good as the business related to this sector is a growing one. In fact, studies put that in India around 90 percent of PET bottles are recycled out of which around 65 percent at registered facilities, 15 percent in the unorganized sector and 10% reused at homes. The model makes sense the rate of recycling of PET bottles is much higher than the rate in other countries such as Japan (72.1%), Europe (48.3%) and the US (31%).

“With such a huge recycling industry at work in India, the scope of such startups is good. The industry employees around 4 million people and it is one of the best ways of income generation for various people including rag pickers and recyclers. We see huge potential as India’s waste management sector would be worth US $13.62 billion by 2025,” adds Rachit Chawla, Director, Finance & Technology, Risers Accelerator. 

Cosmeto Food Organic

On the other hand, Cosmeto Food Organic Pvt Ltd is a startup that provides taste-able authentic Ayurvedic organic handmade skincare products. Risers Accelerator has funded Rs 2 crores for product distribution and it holds 10 percent equity in the company. 

It was established 2 years back by Himanshu Chadha.  Valued at Rs 20 crore, Cosmeto has been successfully operating pan India and is exporting to about 35 countries. The products by the company are made from ECOCERT Certified organic ingredients with tested and authenticated proven formulations. 

What market figure states?

Due to an increased focus on personal care, the market for natural and organic cosmetics market is thriving. As per the report by Market Research Future (MRFR), the global natural and organic cosmetics market is predicted to touch USD $25,100 million by 2023. 

“Our products are free of paraben, animal by-products, silicon, mineral oils, toxins, alcohol and other harsh cosmetic chemicals which are safe to be tasted as well. Since they are made of almost 100% natural ingredients, you might mistake them as natural food because of their appearance and texture. And yes, they are all taste-able,” said Chadha, Founder, Cosmeto Food Organic Pvt Ltd.

Playtoome- entertainment and consumer engagement platform

The third company in which Risers Accelerator has invested in is Playtoome, a company that is into technology-enabled live performance, entertainment, and consumer engagement platform. 

“Playtoome was launched with a singular vision – to transform the live entertainment space by connecting audiences with their favorite artists through technology and enabling more interactive and immersive live entertainment experiences. The investment will give a big boost to that vision. This association provides us with the capital infusion necessary to scale our operations and also unlocks access to key mentorship and networking opportunities critical to the growth of any emerging startup,” S Keerthivasan, Founder and CEO of Playtoome said.

Market numbers 

The company is targeting to be USD $50 million in business and 5 million unique customers in the next three years. Playtoome’s model involves enlisting music enthusiasts on its platform and based on their requests and preferences and the whole experience in an interactive manner. The online portal is two-year-old and has a customer base of 50,000 and has 3500 artists. The customers can view the concerts on his/her mobile, tablet, laptop, PC or even on a smart TV. On the other hand, it takes off the pain of paying a hefty fee for listening to live concert and to be physically present there. 

Abdul Al-Romaizan to be the next biggie as an author with his tremendous literature knowledge in the writing world has paved way to a number of opportunities in a similar industry.

Abdul‘s first book ‘Nasheed’ became a tremendous hit giving him a commendable name in the publication world.

Abdul Al-Romaizan a classic author that refines bold and classic tastes has reached the moons with his bewitched ideas and content.

Abdul with his achievements at a young age proved his noting sense and went on generating tremendous opportunities also making money and preaching thousands regarding the people who would like to persuade the career in the field.

Abdul is in cahoots with the celebrity circles of Bollywood and Hollywood having to be friends with international celebs such as Christiano Ronaldo, Gigi Hadid, Ellen DeGeneres and many more.

Abdul has published three books now: The most recent, NASHEED From Hopes to Memories: A Joyful Odyssey, celebrates the legacy of joy he has created and soon will be collaborating with the Indian market for his upcoming venture.

You would have seen people raising dogs, birds, cats at their home. Have you heard Cheetah as a pet? Well, don’t get surprised because some loves to raise wild animals which are rare to see in ordinary life. Sultan M Khoory is known for his passion for raising wild and exotic animals like Cheetah at his home. Don’t get surprised it’s true, this guy loves wild animals, and he keeps them at his house. So, if you have a heart problem and you are visiting him, then be careful, you will find something wild when you will meet him.

Sultan is a well-known young personality; he likes to travel around the places, meeting a different kind of innovative A-grade people. Many top celebrities from different countries are his close friends. They too often visit Sultan’s residence to enjoy Sultan’s unique love for wild animals. He is also known for his lavish lifestyle, cars and his business.

It is not like he only enjoys his life and moving around the places. He is also has a good businessman; Sultan is a Renowned entrepreneur, too; he is running multiple companies. The car business, cake business, Top Barbershops. Whatever he is holding has become a brand today at his place. 

This rich guy knows how to live life; he loves to build relations with top people around the places. He believes relationships are the best investment, it adds up many things, and you learn many things in life. 

Sultan is the best example of how to live life. He has maintained his family name and adding more in that which is an excellent thing. This young lad doesn’t know that he is already an inspiration for many. Every man who wants to grow in life should once follow his footsteps. 

Many business people don’t enjoy life, as they are not able to adjust the time for themselves. But Sultan knows how to maintain things in life. He distributes jobs beautifully, which helps him to remain fresh all the time.

He is not an ordinary guy; the way he is growing in his life is undoubtedly going to make him one of the most significant people in the future. Here’s wishing Sultan M Khoory all the best and we hope his love for wild animals remains the same for a lifetime.

Ratish R. Nair, Dr. Pabitra B. Chatterjee, Dr. Bishwajit Ganguly, Snehasish Debnath, Padmaja Wakchaur (Right to left)

The occurrence of prostate cancer is an emerging problem. Prostate cancer can be detected by measuring the level of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) in blood, but the test is not sensitive enough to demarcate low-risk cancer from the aggressive ones, often leading to overtreatment.   

Two compounds – spermine and spermidine — may help better detection of prostate cancer, especially in borderline ranges. They play a key role in cell growth and development and are found in body fluids such as blood and urine. Their levels rise in cancer patients, so by measuring them, a more accurate test can be derived.

Indian researchers have developed a cost-effective hybrid gel-sensor that could potentially be used to detect the elevated levels of high spermine in blood and urine. The material in the gel glows by fluorescence quenching in the presence of high spermine levels. 

The fluorescent material – Boronic acid integrated coumarin dye (CB) was embedded in agarose powder (a natural sugar) and water to make the hybrid gel. “Hydrogen bonding between spermine and CB quenches the electron transfer process in the sensor and enhances fluorescence emission. This makes the sensor highly sensitive and selective with a wide working window of 6 micro molar – 2.5 milli molar, that responds in 7 seconds,” explained Dr Pabitra Chatterjee, lead researcher from Bhavnagar-based CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, while speaking to India Science Wire.

For making the fluorescent material, researchers used simple mechano-chemical grinding in a mortar and pestle in the presence of methanol and incorporated it in an agarose gel matrix with subsequent heating and cooling. The structural integrity tests and crystalline studies confirmed the robustness of the hybrid gel. The soft gelatinous material had a shelf life of a few months when refrigerated. 

For testing, a small piece is torn away from the gel and dipped into the urine or blood sample. The dipped piece is then observed under a UV lamp; if the sample contains high levels of spermine /spermidine, the biosensor turns-on with a bluish hue. The intensity of the glow gives the measure of the level of spermine, which is evaluated by a fluorimeter. For reference, a ready chart was made by spiking the sample with spermine and taking corresponding fluorimeter readings.

Laboratory tests performed using human blood, urine and artificial urine indicate the sensor is non-toxic and did not interfere with any of the components of the body fluids.  The team is now looking to test it on clinical samples and further improvise the sensor to discriminate between spermine and spermidine.

The team included Ratish R. Nair, Snehasish Debnath, Shruti Das, Padmaja Wakchaure, Bishwajit Ganguly, and Pabitra B. Chatterjee. The findings have been published in the journal ACS Applied Biomaterials (India Science Wire)

Change management solutions are a new-age remedy for both C level and Mid-level HR problems. 

The mid-level organizations need to change management solutions for effective talent retention. It has become a trend in HR hiring as well.

“Changes have evolved over the years, from being complicated to entirely interdependent and even more complex. The higher failure rate of change management projects is primarily due to the absence of employee support. Here, the role of mid-level management evolves from just being an intermediary between employees and senior management to a communicator of benefits incurred due to organizational change,” said Divay Kumar, CEO, and MD, O4S. 

Today companies need a drastic change in mindset in order to offset the failures and support the systemic and successful deployment of new roles.

Why and where change is really required?

While mid-level talent may not set their firm’s vision; they are responsible for delivering organizational results and supporting senior managements’ strategies. As organizations become leaner and flatter in structure, mid-level talent typically fewer direct reports and must rely on strong influencing skills and the ability to navigate networks of resources to get results. 

On asking does the mid-level talent requires change in management solutions? Gaurav Bahl, CEO and Co-founder of KOOLCHAS, said “Talent are also the driving force behind the execution of organizational priorities and ongoing resurrecting. However, if we expect our organizations to compete, much less thrive, in the future, they need to figure out how to effectively devote resources to their middle layer. If organizations will start focus on developing their mid-level talent in the areas of communications, managing change, and coaching can expect improved engagement, retention and teamwork in their organizations”.

In organization retention of productive employees is a major concern of HR professionals and business executives as well. This is because it is more efficient to retain a quality employee than to recruit, instruct and orient a replacement employee of the same quality. “Fairness and transparency are fundamental yet powerful concepts that can make a lasting impression of employees. To manage employee relationship with the company, it involves strategic actions to keep employees motivated and focused so they elect to remain employed and fully productive for the benefit of the organization,” said CEO and Co-founder of KOOLCHAS.

How to retain talent?

In the initial years of a startup, employees find it interesting to work along the senior management within a close knitted circle. Employees, especially the young talent enjoys the environment and idea of performing together with a visionary entrepreneur. However, the business expands; it does witness a management change, and arise of a mid-level team to manage the growing headcounts, which ultimately creates an opaque wall with lesser interaction with the senior leaders. “This is what needs to be taken care of, as a senior management we need to promote ‘Self-determination theory’ and keep maintaining a sense of relatedness among the employee base. That’s how we can retain talent as monetary benefits are not enough,” said Divay.

Business is pretty fragile in the beginning, and change management becomes a necessity as it helps minimizing the negative effect incurred by ongoing changes.

Music is an art which has various moods. It also unleashes the versatile side of a person and one such person is Mehul Ganggar who is a very talented musician as well as a rapper. Mehul hails from Kutch, Gujarat and is currently residing in Mumbai. He is a phenomenal water drummer and fire drummer and has his own kind of style which makes him unique. He has been in this industry for the past 18 years and has performed with many Bollywood artistes pan India. Not just India, he has done several music tours globally with renowned singers and has also done Pre-Navratri shows in Canada, the USA, the UK and many other countries.

The talented musician is very fond of teaching musical instruments like drum set, octapad, dhol, percussion and roto. With having music as his prime interest since childhood, Kunal has his own way of playing the musical instruments and his kind of music is called as the MG Music. Without any doubt, he is a person with a creative mind innate in him. In 2018, he came up with his original song named ‘Dhatudii Patudii’ which was launched on his birthday and it was loved by all the Gujarati music lovers.

For the song, Mehul Ganggar had also been awarded with FNX Glamour and Lifestyle Award in 2018. His performances have left the people of Gujarat in his awe and during the Navratri nights, nobody performs the Fusion Navratri better than him. His love for teaching is beyond boundaries. Mehul makes sure to organise free music workshops for the people who belong to the poor families. Not just his sheer talent, but his grounded attitude is what makes him loved by the people of Gujarat.

Every woman is unique and beautiful in her own way. However, MAKEUP has become a way for a woman to look and feel beautiful while showcasing her confidence in a different manner. But it can’t be done alone to beautify the actual pretty nature of women, a little help from a Celebrity Makeup artist like a Meenakshi Dutt can create wonders.

A talented makeup artist not only transforms a woman into a symbol of how every beautiful woman should look like, but all together makes a woman feel gorgeous. Makeup Artist showcases her flaws to perfection while blending it to their beauty making her fall in love with herself all over again. Their hard work never goes unnoticed especially in the fashion industry where they are applauded for their magical work. Meenakshi Dutt is ruling the makeup industry in Delhi from past 21 years with her new trends and variety.

For a bride, there are so many options to spoil her and make her D-day memorable. Hence, making a choice for one of the Most famous bridal makeup artists, Meenakshi Dutt, is no longer an option but a necessity for brides.

Meenakshi Dutt is a makeup queen who rules the makeup industry and creates magic with her work. She makes everyone spellbound with her extraordinary talent and magical fingers that highlights the inner beauty of a woman. Optimally praised in India and around the globe with her magical trend and establishment for a style that shows modern beauty in nothing less than a PERFECT manner.

She is always dedicated to the complete picture -while keeping the most significant cosmetics, hairstyle, and accessories in mind. She believes that every element should be synergistic to weave an eccentric portrait of total beauty with great style.

Her passion and love for flawless makeup no doubt makes her stand out exceptionally and unmatched in the industry. With her charismatic personality, she gives an insight into the hidden beauty and highlights it in her work.

She was the queen of ramps while defeating other in the Miss Delhi and Miss Navy Queen beauty pageants. This beautifies her existence as a professional model in 1988. While moving along with her career, she worked as a television anchor and model. Later she became the makeup queen. Meenakshi Dutt steered uphill, culling out the career of a magnificent makeover expert and stylist in 1997. She stepped forward to give beauty a new look her vibrant and unique style statement.

Since 1997, Meenakshi Dutt has managed to bring her own style statement to fashion industry giving it a whole new meaning. With her innovative, creativ and eccentric ideas in the fashion industry , she has gained the attention of Bollywood and Hollywood celebs. She is approached = = for Red Carpet events by top celebrities due to her bestowed talent. Her gaga and knack for makeup and creativity have always kept her talent in the limelight shedding all the attention, cameras and lights upon her from every sphere.

As a sign of a successful career, she has also been associated with numerous projects around the globe. Some of them are under the domain of photoshoots, television and print advertisements, music videos, fashion shows, launches, tv talk shows. These are just top glimpse of the career of makeup queen everywhere.

The grace, subtly, sophistication in her styles helps in enhancing and bringing about the best in every face. She makes every woman in the country look no less than a princess especially on her wedding day as per the skin tone, facial features, and skin preference. She has mastered in Bridal make-up and hairstyles.

Meenakshi Dutt with her talent has managed to score in the list of Top 5 bridal makeup artists in India. She is the most trusted name in the fashion industry and is preferred by the leading designers, photographers, and modeling agencies. Meenakshi Dutt has established a new image for the Bridal makeup.