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5 days ago | 
voguearabia.com | Sara Hussain
Perfume is a time machine disguised as a bottle. One whiff and I’m seven again, legs swinging off my grandmother’s velvet sofa in Dubai, watching her light bakhoor in a brass burner. Tendrils of smoke ribbon through the room, casting a quiet kind of magic. Every summer holiday, I’d leave Delhi for Dubai, and for about two months, the scent of oudh was home. The city air was thick with it—the olfactory equivalent of a soft shawl wrapped around my shoulders.
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6 days ago | 
vogue.in | Sara Hussain
Perfume is a time machine disguised as a bottle. One whiff and I’m seven again, legs swinging off my grandmother’s velvet sofa in Dubai, watching her light bakhoor in a brass burner. Tendrils of smoke ribbon through the room, casting a quiet kind of magic. Every summer holiday, I’d leave Delhi for Dubai, and for about two months, the scent of oudh was home. The city air was thick with it—the olfactory equivalent of a soft shawl wrapped around my shoulders.
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1 week ago | 
vogue.in | Sara Hussain
We are living in the age of the high-protein diet. It’s in everything—powdered coffee, high-performance snack bars, kulfis and cakes. Social feeds are thick with 100-grams-per-day declarations, shaker bottles are treated like fashion accessories, and somewhere along the way, carbs became the villain of the wellness story. For some, what started as a clinical macronutrient has morphed into a personality trait—and a slightly obsessive one.
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1 week ago | 
vogue.com.tw | Sara Hussain |Jasmine Lee
1.5倍速追劇已成為多數人觀影的常態，《苦盡柑來遇見你》女主角IU觀察到此現象，曾在採訪時呼籲，希望觀眾能用正常的速度觀賞劇情，才能完整體會到一部劇在節奏設計上的用心，當1.5倍速成為常態，它會對我們造成什麼影響？以下是Vogue印度版編輯Sara Hussain的觀察和心得。 一切是從語音訊息開始的。我以「提高效率」為由，將播放速度調到 1.5 倍，其實大多時候只是因為我無法忍受那漫長的停頓、那些「嗯……」的猶豫，以及毫無重點的閒聊。 接著，我開始加速觀看化妝教學影片、YouTube內容，甚至連podcast也不放過。最後，我乾脆把整部電視劇當成代辦事項，一集一集快速播放——不是為了享受，只是為了「看完」它。 然後，這種習慣開始滲入現實生活。某次，一位朋友在敘述過程中停下來思考，我的眼皮開始不自覺地抽動，大腦像是本能地想要按下「快轉鍵」。另一位朋友跟我說，她以1.25倍速看某一個戲劇，因為她覺得節奏太慢了，「沒什麼事情發生，」她這麼說。...
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1 week ago | 
vogue.com.tw | Sara Hussain |Jasmine Lee
長壽，正式迎來屬於它的時刻。它出現在Netflix紀錄片《長生不死：矽谷富豪的逆齡人生 Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever》中，也充斥於社群媒體上——生物駭客們對追蹤睡眠週期的執著，遠超過他們對人際關係的投入；長壽也正在重塑整個美容產業，從膚屏障保護到深入細胞層級的成分研發。 回到現在所謂的“長壽”定義，不再只是多吹幾根生日蠟燭——而是延長「黃金歲月」。至於長壽秘訣和建議，乍聽之下，似乎就是傳統健康建議的翻版：吃得健康、睡得充足、規律運動、維持良好人際關係。 從「壽命lifespan」到「健康壽命healthspan」 在《Lifespan：為什麼我們會老，為什麼我們不必老去》一書中，遺傳學家Dr. David Sinclair大膽提出：「老化是一種疾病，而且是可以被治療的疾病。」他主張，像是間歇性斷食、冷療、針對性的運動訓練，不僅能提升健康，更能逆轉生理年齡。...
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1 week ago | 
vogue.in | Sara Hussain
There’s something mildly antagonistic about wearing a deep, heady perfume in the middle of an Indian summer. It’s impractical, maybe even a little masochistic, but I’ve always gravitated towards scents that carry weight. Vanilla, tonka, amber. Fragrances that announce themselves softly but firmly, that linger like the last note of a song long after the room falls silent. But CHANEL’s CHANCE EAU SPLENDIDE, the newest addition to the house’s cult-favourite CHANCE line, caught me off guard.
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1 week ago | 
vogue.co.kr | Sara Hussain
처음에는 녹음 파일이었습니다. 효율성을 핑계 삼아 녹음 음성을 1.5배속으로 재생했죠. 대화 중간중간 뜨는 침묵이나 ‘음’, ‘아’ 같은 의미 없는 말, 그리고 메인 토픽과 상관없는 어수선한 멘트를 견딜 수 없었거든요. 다음은 메이크업 튜토리얼이었고, 그다음은 유튜브 영상이었습니다. 최근에는 OTT의 드라마와 예능을 1.5배속으로 봤죠. 보는 즐거움은 없이, 단순히 어디 가서 ‘봤다’고 말하기 위해 내용만 확인한 셈입니다. 마치 체크리스트 항목처럼 시청한 거죠. 1.5배속의 편리함은 온라인을 넘어 오프라인 생활도 잠식해왔습니다. 이야기를 나누던 도중, 친구가 생각을 정리하려 말을 멈추자 제 눈꺼풀이 떨려오는 겁니다. 뇌가 스킵 버튼을 누르라고 지시한 거죠. 이런 일을 겪은 사람이 저뿐만은 아닌 모양이었습니다. 친구는 얼마 전 넷플릭스 드라마 <소년의 시간>을 1.25배속으로 봤다고 말했죠. “전개가 너무 느려서 말이야.” 사실 우리가 드라마를 보는 포인트는 거기에 있습니다.
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1 week ago | 
vogue.in | Sara Hussain
Before impulsive bangs, before blonde streaks, before anyone knew what balayage was, there was red hair. If you grew up South Asian, your first hair colour experiment probably came in a box, promising "cherry brown" but delivering everything from burgundy to maroon, auburn to mahogany. And, of course, it left your bathroom smelling like chemicals and maybe a little rebellion, too. No millennial woman could forget Katrina Kaif’s striking red hair in Fitoor.
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2 weeks ago | 
vogue.in | Sara Hussain
There’s something suspiciously comforting about makeup that jiggles. Maybe it’s the visual ASMR. Maybe it’s the tactile thrill of poking your highlighter like it’s dessert. Maybe we’ve all simply given up and decided we want our beauty routines to feel like a playground. We're talking about jelly makeup. Jelly textures haven't just wobbled onto the scene, with early launches from Milk Makeup, Glow Recipe, and the K-beauty world, their popularity hasn’t faded.
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2 weeks ago | 
vogue.in | Sara Hussain
No one warns you that hair loss doesn’t feel like an aesthetic issue; it feels like a slow betrayal. When I first heard about minoxidil for hair growth, I was sceptical. The idea of applying it daily and waiting seemed deceptively easy. But hair loss is anything but easy. It starts innocently enough, a few stray strands in your brush. But then, as time goes on, you start running your fingers through your hair and come back with a handful of evidence that something important is quietly slipping away.
