Vietnamese tea and health

"Drink wine in the morning and tea in the afternoon," said Vietnamese. While many may miss the wine, but tea in the morning, lunch and evening - never!
With the start of tea and tea all come to an end a meal. He was placed on the ancient altars as an offering, presented each guest. At festivals, weddings, funerals and business meetings cup of bitter Vietnamese green tea - an indispensable attribute.


The researchers claim that green tea grown in Vietnam before was in China. Some of the old tea bushes in plantations in northern Lang Son Mountains reach 18 meters in height.
When a guest comes into the house, the master or mistress of the house leaving all his affairs, washes his hands, gets tea-and proceeds to cook tea. Hospitality is a tradition, and who came to the location of expression, and no issue will be discussed without a cup of tea. Although Vietnam is no formal tea ceremony (like Chinese or Japanese), however there are some rules for the preparation of a perfect cup of tea.
In accordance with the tradition of tea should be made from rain water or, better yet, the drops of dew collected from lotus flowers before sunrise.
"At sunset, need to sit in a boat, sail to the growing lotus flowers, and until they are closed at night, fall asleep in each flower small amount of tea, and early in the morning until the flowers are not revealed to disrupt them with the dew of large lotus leaves collected in the jug. On collected water and lotus flowers collected welded together with the tea. " (From the memoirs of Mr. Truong Quoc Tiena).

Standard tea set consisting of teapot, four small cups and one large, used for filtering and bottling. Top tea sets - white and blue from the village on the outskirts of Hanoi Batchang.

Tea brewed with boiling water, pouring it into the teapot to the overflow. Because tea is always substituted by a flat tray to collect water and keep pouring out the bottom of the pot warm. Picking up a cup of tea, drink it in small sips, enjoying the taste and odor. And do not drink too much in these little cups - a lot of caffeine.

Standard Vietnamese green tea known as "tea, curved hook," because the leaves are rolled up after roasting. Some argue that the correct name of the tea - "palmopodobny" because the leaves are curved thin white coating, as a palm leaf. Tea is the highest grade is called  (Thai Nguyen) on behalf of the province where it is grown.

REVIEW: Lotus Color Dew Nail Enamel

As asked by Mehak (from PeachesNBlush), I am reviewing The Lotus Herbals Color Dew Nail Enamel in this post. Like I had said in my previous post this was the first time I was trying Lotus, so I was pretty skeptical and hence bought only one shade in 920-Rose Petal. Actually, I had been attracted by the nail polish bottle with its long and slender form that stood out from other brands in the store.

The bottle is really attractive and long. It has a long brush applicator, which actually makes the task of applying nail polish very simple 

The enamel as such has a very “liquidy” consistency and if you don’t remove the excess polish from the brush, it could just flow freely onto your fingers. But once you have managed to get the right amount on your brush, the enamel application becomes a dream… Even though it is quite thin in viscosity, two coats of the polish are enough for a smooth, glossy and a long lasting finish.

Now comes the part where I describe the part about how my nails look with the polish on. Well, honestly I haven’t seen such gloss on my nails ever before from any other nail enamel. The coverage is awesome and oh so glossy! I removed the nail paint from my nails after four days (cause I was preparing to review another polish) and there were no chips even then!!

Another important feature that totally bowled me over is that it was really really Quick Dry! By the time I finished painting my other hand the coat on the first hand was already dry!

Each bottle costs Rs.95/- and I must say that the enamel is worth every rupee.

Postives
Great coverage
Long Lasting
Very glossy
Quick drying
Reasonable at Rs.95/-
Didn’t make my nails yellow like Lakme does.
Love the bottle. It looks awesome on the dresser.
Long brush applicator makes it easier to apply.

Negatives
Lotus nail paints are not available easily at all stores. Only a few stock them 
Limited colors in the range

Will I buy another shade? Oh yes! I plan on buying all shades that are available :D (Greedy me!)

Oriflame, Lotus, FabIndia and maXfactor made my Day

Hola! This week has been extremely lucky for me and I have got to share my makeup haul with you guys! Like I said in my previous post I was out shopping with Sucharita for her wedding when I picked up a few goodies for myself as well… And as luck would have it just yesterday my Oriflame consultant delivered the products I had ordered for last month :P And then my sister who was in an awesome mood because of getting her first salary this month gifted me something. So all in all it has been a great week for me so far ;)

So, here I go! Lemme list it out for you…

1. Lotus Color Dew Nail Enamel – 920 Rose Petal
2. Lotus Lip Balm – Cherry flavor
3. maXfactor KOHL Pencil – 020 Black
4. FabIndia SeaBuckThorn Moisturizer
5. Oriflame SunCare Photostable Sun Lotion- SPF10
6. Oriflame Visions Quick Dry Nail Polish – Silver Pink, Crushed Damson
7. Oriflame Visions Quick Dry Top Coat
8. Oriflame Visions Soul Mates Eye Shadow – Adam & Eve

Phew! Now that was quite a Haul Huh? :D

I was trying the Lotus brand for the first time in my life and I was totally blown away by the nail paints! Are they awesome or what? The consistency of the polish was on the thinner side but with two coats I was totally ready to go! It’s my third day with the polish on and not a single chip as yet… And the polish is so glossy! My nails look fresh as ever. Since the day I bought it I have been gushing like a fool :)
And the bottle is so pretty and elegant looking!

The Lotus lip balm on the other hand was so-so. I mean nothing really special. It met my expectations but certainly didn’t exceed it!

The maXfactor kohl on the other hand has me all singing praises… It is truly smudge proof and very very long stay!

FabIndia’s SeaBuckThorn moisturizer comes in this very cute bottle with a pump and looks really pretty on the dresser. The moisturizer is soothing and I found the smell ok ok. A bit overpowering.. but fresh!

Oriflame’s SunCare Photostable Sun Lotion is something my skin loves especially in the winters. It gives medium protection from the Sun and is oily. Oily skinned people might not really like it!

Oriflame’s Visions Quick Dry nail polishes are good. Very reasonably priced and give good coverage and are fast drying. My only qualm is that they don’t offer a variety of good shades. A rainbow of colors is available in the more expensive range of the oriflame product family.

Finally, the Visions Soul mate eye shadow Duo… Honestly, this is the first time I will be trying it out and so you guys would need to wait for a review :)

I promise to give an in-depth review with price and pics of each product in my upcoming posts :)