The Janma Journal

Journal

Gentle, evidence-led notes on baby skin, Ayurvedic ingredients and the science behind our formulas — written by the people who make them.

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family skincare

A formulator's honest guide to choosing one gentle shampoo a whole family can share. What the surfactant blend, pH and preservative system...

conditioner

The three ingredients that actually detangle a child's hair cost very little, and they are almost never the ones on the front...

detangling

A practical buying guide to pairing a kids' shampoo and conditioner for Indian conditions — summer sweat, monsoon frizz, dry winters and...

detangling

Humid air makes hair frizzy because hair pulls water out of the air, swells and lifts its cuticle. But the hair that...

kids hair care

Wetting your child's hair with clean water before they swim is one of the few pool-day habits that genuinely works — a...

hair accessories

A cosmetologist ranks the hair accessories in your child's drawer — from stationery rubber bands to satin scrunchies — by how much...

hair wash frequency

Sweat is mostly water and salt, so a rinse handles it — shampoo is for oil, product and road grime. An honest...

chlorine

Pool chlorine strips the fatty layer that keeps hair smooth; hard water leaves mineral film that builds up over months. Here's how...

braiding

Tying a child's braid tight doesn't speed up hair growth — growth happens at the follicle, and the strand you can see...

damp hair

Wet hair is the weakest hair your child has, and a braid locks it under tension for hours while it dries. Here's...

chlorine

For a child in the pool most days, the winning combination is a mild tear-free daily shampoo, a rinse-out conditioner after every...

detangling

Daily tight plaits, high ponytails and dance buns put steady pull on the finest follicles at the hairline — and over months...

frizzy hair

Monsoon frizz, an itchy scalp and hair that never quite dries are all the same problem wearing three faces: humidity in, moisture...