Masala chai here is served in mitti kulhad clay cups, the traditional vessels still handmade on a potter’s wheel and once forgotten in favour of glasses and paper or plastic cups.
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Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Watch for pedestal logs, remnants of ancient trees perched atop a crumbly stand of thick clay as if on display.
Mineral pigments and kaolin clay add believable volume without stiffness, thanks to panthenol that conditions each hair.
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Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
22 Jan. 2026
The star ingredients here are oil-absorbing clays (including kaolin and bentonite) and the brand’s signature grapeseed polyphenols, which provide free radical protection as well as combat sebum oxidation—the reason blackheads appear dark.
Their soils range from light volcanic sand to dense basalt rock, often layered with ash from relatively recent eruptions.
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Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
As millions of former California residents have already concluded, that is something that no amount of sunshine, sand or Hollywood glitz and glamor can overcome.
Leptospirosis can also be found in contaminated water or soil and is spread by rodents.
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Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
30 Jan. 2026
For gardeners and farmers, Wisconsin's warmer-than-normal temperatures – and potentially an early spring – means soil may dry faster and early growth spurts of plants may need extra care.
An environmental group has purchased nearly all of the remaining land at Sargent Ranch, a vast property south of Gilroy along Highway 101 where Southern California investors sparked a 10-year controversy after proposing to build a sand-and-gravel quarry.
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Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2026
Here's how to track snowplows in Michigan In Wayne County, road-clearing trucks first prioritize freeways, then move to county primary and secondary roads, subdivisions and gravel roads, in that order, Tomocik said.
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