On a recent trip to India it quickly became apparent that many foreigners seek out all that is Ayurvedic.
When I wandered into the airport pharmacy at Mumbai to find tissues, the bored sales clerk perked up and said, "Ayurvedic massage oil?" He seemed both shocked and disgruntled that this was not my sought-after item. Elsewhere I encountered similar eagerness to steer me in the Ayurvedic direction: I began to read labels closely in an attempt to discern what was in these much-vaunted formulations. So much was labelled Ayurvedic that I began to wonder if the word was used the way the word "natural" is used on products in North America and Europe.
At any rate, when I ran out of shampoo, hair conditioner and sunscreen I opted for the Ayurvedic choices. Although the Shahnaz Husain products were pleasant to use and nicely fragrant, I'm not sure they did all they promised to do, but then what product does?