Go Natural, Be Radiant with millennial skincare guru and bestselling author, Nikita Upadhyay

YFLO Kolkata went back to the basics with a heart-to-heart with millennial turned beauty-guru Nikita Upadhyay. The author of the Amazon best-seller “Roots to Radiance: Wholesome Beauty Solutions for the Millennial Life” has combined her years of experience in lifestyle journalism with the generations-old knowledge of beauty and personal care passed down in her family to create a Bible of home hacks for millennials everywhere.

In conversation with Shefali Rawat Agarwal, Nikita talked about her journey as a small-town girl from Chhattisgarh into the fashion industry, where she worked with noted designers like Ritu Kumar and Anju Modi and later went on to a career in journalism with Harper’s Bazaar Bride and Cosmopolitan India.

Realising that she had a gift for writing about health and wellness and in an attempt to address a growing need for simple beauty care tips for overworked millennials, she authored her first book and went on to setting up her own line of chemical-free skin and hair products.

As genuine and natural as the products she endorses, Nikita answered all the questions posed by the audience patiently and gave some excellent practical advice, especially for people working on a time crunch. She covered a wide range of topics – from hair, to skin, to the face and even healthy eating – and advocated going natural over chemical to get lasting radiance.