Anurag Kaul
For years or let me be honest, for decades, I had been envious of my wife. Why? Because she would always get loads of options when it came to ordering grooming products online. And I had to visit a store to get a handful. Then one day while surfing the Internet, I had a chance encounter with Mensome. The name piqued my interest.
A little probe on their website, I found out that the brand was started with the aim to make men dress, groom and gift in a better way. Thanks god! Someone thought about grooming products for men, finally. All the products, I soon found out, were developed to solve skin and hair concerns of men and were natural in composition. Being non-toxic and sustainable, not tested on animals, Ayurveda-certified and paraben-free were added advantages that prompted me to go ahead with an order.
I started shortlisting the products, and finally ordered Red Onion Hair Oil, Anti-bacterial Hair Body Wash, a few Anti-bacterial Bathing Bars in Musk and one Musk Natural Deodorant Cream to be used after bath. The products arrived at my doorstep in less than a week.
Believe you me, just one week into using these products, I was pleasantly surprised over by the quality. Being a frequent traveler as well an avid gym-goer, I find the Anti-Bacterial Bathing Bar in Musk and Anti-Bacterial Body Wash a perfect fit. It is ably complemented by the Musk Natural Deodorant Cream, both of which leave a long-lasting soothing fragrance. These are going to be much effective against Delhi summers, I am sure.
But it is the Red Onion Hair Oil that has bowled me over. I have used many brands of hair oils, but none had me this satisfied. They all felt sticky and too oily for comfort upon application – not just soaking my pillow in oil but also needing extra use of shampoo to clean and clear hair. This is the first time ever that a hair oil didn’t leave behind a trail of oily pillow cover after night application (I always prefer night application), and vanished in just single application of shampoo (Biotique’s Green Apple shampoo). Red Onion, i later read, not just helps prevent dandruff, lice infestation, but also premature greying of hair.
Now a little about the website – Easy to manoeuvre, it is neatly divided into five sections: Grooming which is further divided into bathing bars, body washes, body oils, hair oils and face washes; By Concern which has sections like Dry Skin and Hair, Anti-Hair Fall and Hair Growth, Stretch Marks, Skin Acne and Infections, Joint and Body Pains, Body Odour and Tanning and Sunburn and sub-divisions; Deodorants; Accessories, including Bow Ties, Cufflinks, Lapel Pins and Cufflinks, Tie Pins and Lapel Pin Combo Sets and finally, the Gift Shop.
Try for yourself to know how good are these.
