# Aabhaveda > Ayurvedic hair and skin care made with pure herbal ingredients - hair oils, face serums, masks and cleansers. Free shipping on orders over Rs500. ## Pages - [Disclaimer](https://aabhaveda.com/disclaimer) - [Facebook Data Deletion](https://aabhaveda.com/facebook-data-deletion) - [Policies](https://aabhaveda.com/policies) - [Distributor Queries](https://aabhaveda.com/distributor-queries) - [Our Products](https://aabhaveda.com/products) - [Homepage](https://aabhaveda.com): Aabhaveda offers herbal, Ayurvedic skincare, haircare, and personal care products made with 100% natural ingredients for holistic beauty and wellness. - [Our Wellness Blogs](https://aabhaveda.com/blog) - [Contact Us](https://aabhaveda.com/contact-us) - [About us](https://aabhaveda.com/about-us) - [Cookie Policy](https://aabhaveda.com/cookie-policy) - [Terms & Conditions](https://aabhaveda.com/terms-condition) - [Return & Refund Policy](https://aabhaveda.com/return-refund-policy) - [Shipping & Delivery](https://aabhaveda.com/shipping-delivery) - [Privacy Policy](https://aabhaveda.com/privacy-policy) - [Frequently Asked Questions](https://aabhaveda.com/faq) ## Blog - [Winding down without a screen: five things that actually work](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/winding-down-without-a-screen): Five concrete, free changes with a plausible mechanism, three things to stop bothering with, and when to see a doctor. - [Stress and hair fall: why the shedding starts months later](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/stress-and-hair-fall-delay): Telogen effluvium explained: why todays shedding reports on something two to three months old, and why that is good news. - [The night routine that matters more than the products in it](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/night-routine-that-actually-matters): Why the sequence beats the contents, a five-step evening that survives a real day, and the one step everybody skips. - [How poor sleep shows up on your skin, in order](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/how-poor-sleep-shows-on-skin): Under-eye shadowing within three nights, dullness within a week. What repairs overnight and why dark circles go first. - [Do herbal products expire faster? How to tell, and how to store them](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/do-herbal-products-expire-faster): Fewer preservatives means shorter shelf life. How to spot a rancid oil, what ruins powders, and what the PAO symbol means. - [Does onion oil really help hair fall? What the sulphur claim means](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/does-onion-oil-help-hair-fall): The sulphur-keratin link is real. Where the claim outruns the evidence, what onion oil plausibly does, and how to judge it fairly. - [Does natural mean gentle? Why botanicals still need a patch test](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/does-natural-mean-gentle): Plants make active compounds as defences. Why herbal is not automatically kinder, and what honest labelling looks like. - [How to patch-test properly, and what a reaction actually looks like](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/how-to-patch-test-properly): Why natural makes patch-testing more important, the 24-hour rule people skip, and how to tell irritation from allergy. - [Too many actives: the most common cause of a damaged skin barrier](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/too-many-actives-damaged-barrier): How to recognise a compromised barrier, which combinations cause it, and the reset that fixes it in two to four weeks. - [Never let a clay mask dry fully, and what to do instead](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/never-let-clay-mask-dry-fully): The crack you wait for is the signal the clay has started drying your skin. The right window, the touch test and what must follow. - [Over-cleansing: why washing more often makes oily skin worse](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/over-cleansing-oily-skin): The feedback loop behind oily skin, four signs you have crossed the line, and the two-a-day rule that breaks it. - [Seasonal skincare in India: what to change between summer, monsoon and winter](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/seasonal-skincare-india): Indian skin faces three or four climates a year. What to change each season, and why the transitions cause most problems. - [Iron, thyroid and hair fall: the deficiencies worth ruling out first](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/deficiencies-behind-hair-fall): Before months of topicals, rule out ferritin, vitamin D, thyroid and B12. Which shedding patterns point away from deficiency. - [Water, sleep and skin: what actually changes when you fix the basics](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/water-sleep-and-skin-basics): Drinking more water will not moisturise your skin. What dehydration and short sleep really do, and where the ceiling is. - [What to eat for stronger hair, based on how hair is actually built](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/what-to-eat-for-stronger-hair): Hair is about 90% protein. Which foods matter, why ferritin beats haemoglobin as a test, and what diet cannot fix. - [Abhyanga: the daily oil massage at the centre of Ayurvedic self-care](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/abhyanga-daily-oil-massage): What abhyanga is, why the oil is warmed, how to fit ten honest minutes into a real morning, and when to skip it entirely. - [What kumkumadi actually is, and why real saffron makes it expensive](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/what-kumkumadi-actually-is): Kumkumadi is a formula, not a herb. What the name means, why saffron sets the price, and how to use two or three drops properly. - [Three kitchen ingredients worth using on your skin, and four that are not](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/kitchen-ingredients-for-skin): Curd, honey and besan have a place. Lemon juice, baking soda, toothpaste and neat essential oils do not. Here is why. - [Hair oiling at home: the part most people get wrong](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/hair-oiling-at-home-the-right-method): Oil the scalp, not the lengths. How to massage, how long to leave it, and how to wash it out without stripping your scalp. - [Multani mitti face pack: how to use it without drying your skin](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/multani-mitti-face-pack-how-to-use): Why letting a clay pack crack is the mistake, how long to actually leave it on, and what to mix it with for your skin type. - [It began at a kitchen table, not a boardroom](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/it-began-at-a-kitchen-table): How a skin reaction and some stubborn dandruff turned into a formulation practice, and the two habits that carried into the brand. - [Why Ayurvedic preparations take time, and what to realistically expect](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/why-ayurvedic-preparations-take-time): Skin runs on a four-week cycle and hair on a much longer one. What that means for judging whether something is working. - [How to build a herbal routine one step at a time](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/build-a-herbal-routine-one-step-at-a-time): Replacing a whole shelf at once tells you nothing. Here is a slower way to work out which products actually suit you. - [The herbs behind the range, and what each one is actually doing](https://aabhaveda.com/blog/the-herbs-behind-the-range): A plain-language guide to saffron, onion, jadibuti, charcoal and multani mitti — what they are traditionally used for, and what they will not do. ## Optional - [XML Sitemap](https://aabhaveda.com/sitemap)