ever wondered what it takes to make ice sizzle and that too at 16600 feet above sea level well if the feat of a city fashion team is anything to go by then it takes curvy bikiniclad beauties with loads of grit to make that happen yes you heard it right city models piyasha and sonal recently teamed up with stylist rajat and makeup artist kaushik to do a bikini shoot at 16600 feet the girls braved temperatures below 18ocelsius during the shoot which took place in army territory off lachun in north sikkim speaking to us about the shoot rajat said during a vacation to north sikkim a year back we visited many places which were not usual tourist spots and we came across this heavenly snowclad landscape that made me want to do a bikini photoshoot there i discussed this with kaushik but the main problem was that the area was under army control and no shoots were allowedwe overcame that by speaking with the army authorities but then came the real challenge doing a bikini shoot at sub zero temperatures the way the army and the models cooperated with us really made things happen the girls had to guts to flaunt a bikini at a place where we had to stay warm by wearing fivesix layers of clothing hats off another challenge the team faced was the absence of a place to change or apply makeupwe had to start makeup by candlelight at 3 am in the hotel the girls would don their bikinis and wear warm clothes on top they would then take those off right before the shoot and start shivering i had apply body gel to help them stay warm but they never complained even the army guys were amazed to see them posing in bikinis in those extreme conditions kaushik said the team travelled extensively across north sikkim for seven days and the effort is certainly visible in the photosheres a sneak peek at the stunning result expert speak anyone wearing a bikini has to be very careful about hygiene the skin near the contact points needs to be waxed and moisturized after wearing a twopiece the skin has to prepared for that perfect tone by mixing body oil with a bit of tinted moisturizer and a few drops of glycerine and applying evenly on all exposed body parts aniruddha chakladar makeup artist beauty expert if you want to flaunt your body in a bikini cut down on oily stuff mutton prawns egg yolk cold drinks alcohol and sweetsproper cardio and other exercises are musts if you want to get that hourglass figure your food intake should comprise 30 proteins and you should keep your age in mind while following a diet chart have lots of fruits and avoid carbs for dinner reshmi roy chowdhury dietician atoned body and loads of confidence are what one needs to flaunt a bikiniyou might have a broad structure or a thin frame but when