My Life My Style: Falguni Nayar

Best work moment
When we go live with the new website at Nykaa

Books on your bedside
The Google Story

Massage or workout to de-stress
Both a swim and a massage

Favourite accessory
My Bottega Veneta clutch

Your IT tools
iPad and an Android phone

Favourite spirit
Caipiroska

Favourite wine
Château Latour

Favourite champagne
Moet & Chandon Rose

Your sleeping ritual
Sleep early and wake up really early

Favourite TV show
F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Best gift received
A beautiful poem - Ithaca

Best gift given
A good luck charm

Favourite accessory
A Rolex watch

Favourite cuisine
Thai, Awadhi

What food items do you like to shop for?
Cheese, fresh fruits and vegetables

Newspaper and TV channels and websites you prefer
Business Standard, Colors and Nykaa.com, of course!

Where do you like to sit when being driven? Upfront with driver of back seat like a memsahib?
Best style statement is to drive yourself, but not in Mumbai

On a plane, do you prefer to network, sleep or catch up on films and reading?
I like to catch up on films

Fancy coffee or masala tea?
Coffee, black or with a little milk

What do you cook on your day off?
Eggs, Gujarati food, especially veggies

Are you a beach or mountain person?
Mountain. I love trekking in the Himalayas

Your favourite city
Paris, Florence

What's your fragrance?
Annick Goutal

You get your work clothes from
Saris, I love handloom weaves

The shoemaker you trust your sole with
Salvatore Ferragamo

The gels and oils and lotions you swear by
A lovely rose and jasmine fragrance

Your favourite evening wear
A black dress or sari

What's your weekday breakfast like? And weekend?
Egg whites scrambled with dhania and green chillies or oatmeal chilla. Weekend is the same

Your current set of wheels
A black Skoda Superb

In the car, is it sleep or cell for you?
Cell to talk to family and friends

God for you is…
Krishna

Favourite cafe
Cafe Zoe, Mumbai

Favourite restaurant
Hakkasan in London

Workday lunch is
A dabba from home

Your workout regime
Morning walk

Your ideal holiday
With family in the Maldives

Your ideal dance music
Bollywood

At parties do you like to talk turkey or make PC?
Meet people

Your favourite motto
Retail is detail

Falguni nayar
CEO, Nykaa.com