Passionate or aggressive, vain or humble, every woman got a chance to find out about her personality traits at the kissology counter set up by Mary Kay. All one had to do was apply lipstick on one’s lips and kiss a napkin. The imprint of the lips was compared with a kiss chart and the person’s personality deciphered accordingly. Passion forward, divine diva, Glow Girl and hippy chic were just a few of the many interesting personality types enlisted there. Every visitor, besides the personality card, also took home a kit comprising a hand emollient, hand moisturizer and hand scrub from Mary Kay.

Women queued up at the nail-art counter set up by nail guru pammy kaul of Scratch Nail Salon. Waterless manicures, designs in various shapes and a vibrant burst of colours, crystals, glitter and nail-art accessories made the stall a hit. The experts advised guests on how to groom their nails and decorate them. Pammy says, ‘women don’t realize that well-groomed nails are an asset. Hands are one of the most neglected parts of one’s body.’

Pammy kaul also held a workshop on how to maintain perfectly manicured nails. She suggests filing nails regularly as a way of protecting the bed. ‘Use ebony files board and file your nails in one direction. This prevents the nail bed from opening up and chipping,’ she said. Pammy also said stressed the importance of keeping cuticles moisturized at all times.

Looks salon set up a counter in the Good Looks Zone to emphasise the important of hair care and grooming. The Looks art team, a group of creative, talented stylists, headed by the creative director, gave individual advice on hair care and styling to the attendees.

From managing frizzy, brittle, unmanageable hair to problems of hair fall and dandruff-the experts addressed all sorts of tress troubles, besides giving quick tips on blow-drying, hair straightening and managing soft curls. Experts also discussed summer-time hair-care regimes, the products one should use and the styles that can instantly make you go “fab from drab” and help maintain your crowning glory.

The pond’s chat show, a much-awaited event involving three gorgeous women-well-known cosmetic physicians, ace designer and bollywood actor and jewellery designer-was held on the third day of the Britannia good housekeeping show 2010. The chat session began with the launch of the pond’s beauty council-the purpose of which is to simplify the art of looking good and help women bring back love and romance into their relationships.

Doctor, as a way of interacting with the audience better, recounted her long association with pond’s and spoke about how she has been using the cream since childhood. ‘Pond’s used to epitomize complete beauty care for us. Just apply it and rest assured about your skin,’ she reminisced. Doctor had a similar story to tell. ‘I don’t do much for my skin – there never enough time. I just slap on some pond’s cream at night and that has worked wonderfully for me all these years!’ she said, when asked if she followed any strict beauty regimen. Doctor said that through her role in the beauty council, she hoped to enhance the common synergies that her design label shared with pond’s, and that it would be the joined Endeavour to help women get radiant skin and help them with style and grooming tricks.