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Brand in spotlight

This month’s three brands

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  Nerah Skin

  Nerah Skin makes lightweight, pH-balanced skincare that pairs clinically studied actives with plant-based ingredients, with a particular emphasis on Indian botanicals. The brand began from one question: why should skincare be a trade-off? For a long time the choice on the shelf was between formulas that were gentle but underwhelming and formulas that worked but arrived overloaded. Nerah Skin exists to remove that choice. The philosophy is minimalism with depth. Each formula is built to simplify a routine rather than extend it — no unnecessary steps, no inflated promises, multi-benefit products designed to work with the skin barrier instead of against it. More than anything the brand is after honesty: giving skin what it needs and nothing it does not, for people who prefer clarity to clutter and substance to noise.

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  Diti Mistry

  DITI is the label of Diti Mistry, who makes handcrafted fashion and home accessories from discarded fabric, jute, wood and stone. She is a Fashion Communication graduate of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai. Her creative life started as an illustrator, doodler and artist. The turn came during an internship at a fashion studio in Auroville, where finding discarded and leftover fabric opened up sustainable design as a direction. After graduating she worked as an illustrator in advertising across a range of design projects. She started DITI in 2018. Since then she has shown at exhibitions across India and built a retail presence in Mumbai, Goa and Delhi. In 2023 she was part of Namaste India, showcased in Paris and organised by the Embassy of India, France. Her collaborations include UNIQLO and The Bookstore, New Delhi. Her work has been recognised at 20 Under 35 DesignXDesign, People of India, and Bharat Tex 2023 Women Entrepreneur.

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  SriJeevanam Enterprises LLP

  SriJeevanam makes leather-free, plastic-free everyday essentials from natural materials built out of agricultural waste. The name comes from two Sanskrit words — Sri, respect, and Jeevanam, life. Together they carry a plain belief: that all life, human, animal, soil and water, deserves dignity and care. Founded by Varsha in 2024, the brand stands on three principles — recycle, recover, repurpose — and is built for people who treat sustainability as a duty rather than a preference.

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