Personal care and pharmacies

If you need to urgently pick up toiletries, feminine-care products, cosmetics, or medicines while in Bangalore, the best places to find what you want are:

Health and Glow 

There are several Health and Glow outlets spread across Bangalore, but Via Her recommends that you stick to the Health and Glow outlets at Forum Mall (Level 1, next to Café Coffee Day), Garuda Mall ( 2nd Floor) and at Eva Mall (Brigade Road) as these are easy to locate and well-stocked at all times.

This is a chain of personal-care products shop in Bangalore. The all-women staff is quite helpful. This is the best place to shop for shampoo (Dove, Suave, Pantene, Herbal Essence, L’Oreal, Garnier), deodorant (Rexona, Axe), sunscreen lotion (Nivea, Olay), moisturizer (Nivea, Vaseline, foundation (Loreal, Maybelline, Victoria Arden) tissue paper, and so on. You will also find a range of cosmetics here including Revlon, Maybelline and Vichy.

Health and Glow is one of the best shops to pick up tampons. Tampons are otherwise not always readily available across India. You can use Whisper or Stayfree sanitary napkins, but if you are used to tampons, it is a good idea to pack your own tampons.

A pharmacy is attached to all the Health and Glow outlets. Here you can purchase medicines for ailments like cold and cough, fever, stomach upsets, and mild pain without a prescription. However, you will be required to carry your prescription for other medicines.

Fab Mall

Location: Level 1, Forum Mall, Koramangala

Fab Mall is a small departmental store with all the necessary personal care products including sanitary napkins, moisturizer, tissue paper, and sun block lotion. The deli located inside the shop also sells delicious cakes, sandwiches, and ice creams.

Spencer’s Supermarket

Location: MG Road, Bangalore

Spencer’s is a large grocery supermarket on MG Road, which also stocks all personal-care products you may need from moisturizer, sun block lotions, sanitary napkins, cosmetics, tissue paper and more.