Foot Steppers is located on the first floor, above Satya’s Addlife in Pandurangapuram in Vizag. Sounds of thumping music emerge from this dance and aerobics studio. There is dark brown wooden flooring with large mirrors on the front wall...

Body tattoo that was earlier used by tribals to symbolize affiliation to a clan has now become a fashion statement. Most of us would love to have one but a few would be willing to undergo the painful experience of getting a permanent one done. Plus, there is the worry of whether its fancy will last only for some time...

As the dreaded hot summer winds sweep through the city and take a toll on Vizag, MetroMela meets up with hairstylist Rajat Babbar at the Jawed Habib salon in the city and gets some useful tips to combat the ‘ills’ of the weather on skin and hair. The young Amritsar-born Rajat has arrived in Vizag, courtesy an eight-year long stint at Habib’s in the field of hair care and skin care...

We all remember our geography textbooks and the closest we’ve come to associating Vizag to is with the Vizag Steel Plant. Yet, this young city has a lot more to offer – a glorious and historical maritime past, a corporate and promising present and an IT and ‘comfortable standard of living’ future...

Microdermabrasion is a beautification technique that is used mainly to ‘polish’ the face and the neck. Better known as 'skin polishing’, this technique is fast turning into a rage amongst those wanting a blemish-free complexion. Bringing this technique within reach in Vizag is Anu, the petite owner of Anu’s Beauty and Obesity Clinic...

As the curtain draws to a close on a turbulent, eventful, sometimes sad, sometimes jubilant and somewhat happening year 2008, MetroMela whizzes past all that was and all that could be as the last few pages of 2008 turn over and move into the New Year 2009...

The late rising of the sun, a sudden gust of wind, that bright glare of sunshine at mid-day softened by a faint chill, a hint of rain…welcome to the dawn of winter in Vizag. This is when the city begins to swing from very hot to very cold, and very rainy too. To counter this unpredictable weather pattern and to even out its effect on intake on food, MetroMela speaks with professional nutritionist Shambhavi Mishra in Vizag...

The quest for physical fitness no longer goes hand-in-hand with the need for an hourglass figure alone. Today, it means a lot more – it works as a perfect method to stay healthy and ‘flexible’, keeping those fragile joints (that may start acting up in old age) in working condition. Of course, the good...

Hair care, facials and pedicures for men? That’s right, the men folk need it as much as the women do. You may well ask why....

A few years ago, beauty solutions and beauty salons for men were unheard of – the local barber just about met the need for a quick haircut and a shave. But ‘times, they are a changing’ and why should men be left behind when it comes to beauty care? In Vizag, Effects, an exclusive...