Mumbai Bloggers Meet: Outfit, Pictures, Chatter...

Oh yes, by now everyone knows about the blogger's meet we had in Mumbai last Saturday :) And even though most of the pictures have been posted on FB and Twitter, I will still go on with tradition and document the event as a post on ISLM :) What say?

This meet was initiated by Beena that was closely kept on track by Heer... The reason for the meet? Beena is on a vacation in Mumbai from the US and Jinal is also in Mumbai for a fortnight from Delhi, and the rest of us i.e. Heer, Preetha, Neha and I grabbed the opportunity to meet up when Beena initiated it :) I was meeting Beena after almost 6 years, last was when we were in college and as they say we simply picked up from where we had left... That's friendship isn't it :)

This time we all met up in South Bombay and went for lunch to Bombay Blues in Kala Ghoda... Ha ha it was FUN for sure... We had lunch for more than 3 hours and the servers there were quite irritated with us for sure :P They would keep coming for taking orders and we would just get so engrossed in our conversations that we would forget to place out orders... hahahahha.. and when 6 girls meet up, there is utter confusion trust me! And you know what the best part of it all was? We were all so comfortable with each other, no awkward silences, no having to think what to say next... Ooooh it was Amazing! :D I love you girls soooo much! And I am soo glad you are all my friends :)

I have no idea why I couldn't stop laughing... Btw will someone look at that gorgeous necklace Jinal's wearing!!!

All of Us.. I had to coax and cajole a watchman to take our pic :P

Jinal's missing cause she is taking the pic :)

Will someone look at how Neha poses naturally!!! ;)
 

Oh you know the best part, Beena got us all Maybelline Color Tattoos... he he he :D Best part? There's no difference between the Amreeki counterpart and the Indian counterpart... Quality wise - same, conatiner wise - same... Just that we Indians get a complimentary brush too ;)

After lunch, we did a bit fo shopping from Westside, Health and Glow and well obviously Colaba Causeway, where I picked up the first statement necklace of my life all thanks to Bina and especially Jinal! She just wouldn't hear a no and almost cornered me into buying one ;) Ha ha... But I am so thankful to her cause the moment I reached home, wore it and saw myself in the mirror, I couldn't help but start grinning like a maniac about how cool it looked ;)

Superb evening it was and I hope we keep meeting up like this often :)

Here's a pic of what I wore for the meet (though I did let my hair down and made a ponytail rather than a bun)...

Outfit Details:
1. Dress - Vero Moda
2. Footwear - Catwalk

And this is my Mumbai haul pic (some were bought during the meet and some before)...

Mumbai Bloggers Meet and Haul :) [UPDATED WITH MORE PICS]

Hello everyone... Finally I could get some time and could start posting about my Mumbai trip and the Blogger's meet that we had in two installments :) Got home late last night, then went out for dinner with the "pati" and finally when we were home, I was so sapped out of energy that all I could was think of my bed and some sound sleep :) Oohhh looks like the Mumbai trip did tire me out :) So without much ado, let me just start with all the updates :)

Mumbai Blogger's Meet
The Mumbai Blogger's Meet was almost in two parts, one in North Mumbai and the other in South Mumbai... In the North Meet, Jinal, Jyoti, Preetha and I met up at Infinity Mall (Malad) where we shopped from Colorbar and Inglot (as was decided)... Like I told you guys before, we met up like we knew each other since eternity and as if I was back from boarding school in Pune and was meeting all my old friends (there goes my imagination!) :P It was so much fun and we were all at such ease with each other that it totally amazed me! :) After we hauled at Inglot and Colorbar, we proceeded towards Inorbit Mall (Malad) and hauled at Make Up For Ever and Kiehl's! Yay yay yay! :D It was great fun! :)
Jinal like many of you all know is a sweetheart and her eye make-up was just AWESOME. She is a drum of constant chatter and some delightful gossip! She and I traveled together from Marine Drive to Malad, which took us about 2 hours because of Saturday traffic (yes Mumbai has a typical kind of traffic for every day) :D WHat do you expect from two girls left together in a vehicle, which neither of them are driving for two hours? GOSSIP! LOL yup! but no nothing mean and bad ;) Just generally fun and girly banter :)
We met Preetha and Jyoti directly at the mall. I was meeting Preetha for the first time and wow she is such a beauty! Typical South Indian features of a sharp nose and beautiful expressive eyes (bharatnatyam types)... And her hair? WOW! Long black perfect and thick! And her delicate neck was the epitome of femininity. Oh God! I sound like a pervert! :P Preetha I hope you don't mind! :D Ooh and Preetha is like this live review of anything Inglot! :D
What struck me about Jyoti was her clear, blemish free and beautiful skin :) Totally gorgeous and totally glowy! She was the chirpy, bubbly one. Well yes we all had our bouts of girly giggle everywhere we went and yup we did attract a lot of attention. But then you didn't expect anything less than beauty bloggers now did you? :P

The South Blogger's Meet took place in my backyard (figuratively) :P I took meet everyone for only about 10 mins as I had a bus to catch for Pune. Here, Jinal, Neha, Heer and I met up and nope this time it wasn't about shopping... It was a more relaxed sit, meet and eat at Theobroma kind of a meet and it was seriously great  to meet them! Neha has the most luxurious and most beautiful lashes I have ever seen on a girl! I swear! and Heer had these beautiful half Asian kinda eyes, which as you all know are my fav kinds... Heer has this really sweet smile and laugh and that accentuates the prettiness of her eyes :)

I don't have pics for the second meet as Neha is yet to mail them to me :)

With Neha

(L-R): Heer, Jinal, Me, Neha

My Mumbai Haul

MUFE
As I told you all earlier, I hauled at a great many places but I'll start with the highlight, which was MUFE :)
We all wanted to get ourselves the HD foundation, but sadly they were yet to receive their new shipment so we couldn't get the foundations :( But we all got our shades checked. Surprisingly Jinal, Jyoti and Preetha all ended up with the same shade 128, which the SA told us was "yellow" with a tinge of "Pink" while I was the outcast and he matched shade 153 to me, which he said is pure yellow. Now that wasn't a surprise! :P
They were out of stock of most of the stuff (weird) so I could only get myself a Rouge Artist Intense Lipstick in the shade "34" and a Star Powder in an iridescent duo-chrome shade of pearl and golden (shade 940). The star powder can be used as a highlighter, eye shadow, mixed with a clear lip gloss and even mixed with your moisturiser! What more could I ask for!? :D

It wouldn't be fair if I didn't mention the SA. He was just amazing! Very patient and extremely sporting! He took time with all of us and answered all our doubts and queries!

INGLOT
Inglot was the first store we visited as was planned and the SAs totally put me off. They were the rudest bunch of SAs I have ever met in my life. They at first refused to be helpful. The head SA was downright condescending at first when I was asking her the price of the empty palettes. Then I told her softly that if she could not provide me with some info in a proper way, I might as well head towards MAC. I dont know what made me say it but it made an impact and then on the SAs were a bit more bearable :P LOL!

From Inglot, I bought a "round" empty palette of 10, 4 eye shadows and one lip pan. Also I got myself a duraline! :) On buying all this I got an eye-shadow free! Yay! :D

COLORBAR
This was not planned but as usual I got tempted and I bought a blush (Floral Fuscia) and a smudge brush. With this I got to pick any eye shadow of my choice for free! Yay! I picked up "Proudly Purple" :D The SAs there were sweet enough and didn't over us like we would just flick something and run! :P LOL!

KIEHL'S
By the time we checked out Kiehl's Preetha and Jyoti had left and Jinal took me to Kiehl's where I had promised I wouldn't buy anything but ended buying a hair serum for dry and damaged hair (Yup! Thats my hair) :D Also, I got myself a sample for ultra facial cream and an overnight repair serum.

The SAs at Kiehl's were just amazing. Very cordial, very enthusiastic and very helpful :)

Hope you liked my haul :) 

Updates from Mumbai :)

Hello yellow to all my friends... Let me first say that i really really miss you all... Sighhhhh.. "yeh dooriyaan" :P LOL... Also, I miss my laptop, which I very "dumbly" left at home in Pune and I miss posting on my blog :( Somehow my camera isn't liking my parent's computer and so it refuses to transfer pictures to it... So the pictures that I took of my Blisscovered Box, of the Mumbai Bloggers Meet and most importantly of my haul cannot be flaunted and I'll need to wait till tomorrow night to post them and share it with you guys... But I'll give you a short description till then :)

Mumbai Blogger's Meet
Four of us met up... Jinal, Preetha, Jyoti and I :) The others gave is "dhokha" :(  We met as if we were friends since eternity and as if we meet almost every week! Everyone knew everything about everyone. Awesome isn't it? :) And the best part is we ended buying the same "jhatak" pink lipstick from Inglot... All four of us :) Ok about the haul... We rather I hauled at Inglot, Colorbar, MUFE and Kiehl's yay yay yay! But I think the maximum fun we had was at MUFE cause the SA was just fantastic, very patient and ultra helpful. Ok yeah he was a guy and I think guys somehow give better makeup advise. No offense to anyone really cause the girls at Inglot were just terrible! :( Rude and mean :( Siiiggghhhhh... But then I love the girls at MAC so then I guess I am contradicting myself :P
I am in love with Mumbai all over again :)

My Blisscovered Box
Well the contents aren't really a surprise to anyone... I got what almost everyone got... Just that I would have preferred the Chambor eye shadow trio but I got the pencil :( I hate the perfume sample... CK Shock... Very sweet smelling and over powering... I prefer more subtle and understated fragrances like Elizabeth Arden's Green Tea or say Burberry Touch... CK Shock reminds me of Nina Ricci :( From Shiseido they gave me a skin softener, which I am hoping I'll like, Omved Foot Soak, which I am totally dying to try out and H2O body butter, which surprisingly is very drying for me :( So overall I would give the box a "B" or rather an average rating :( Siiigghhhhh... Am I not sighing too much?

Ok, I am sleepy now and I am yet to book a bus ticket for myself :( Will do that... and you all do go on commenting :) Miss you guys!

Some Updates

Hello hello hello :) Yes I am very happy as of now... Ecstatic rather! Why you ask...
1. Received my Blisscovered Box today
2. Going to Mumbai tonight!
3. On leave tomorrow
4. Mumbai Bloggers Meet on Saturday
5. Planning to raid Inglot and MUFE :D

BUT
yes there is a but...
1. Haven't yet opened by Blisscovered Box cause am in office and its at home.
2. Won't be able to post about it till late tonight i.e. once am in Mumbai
3. My posts might just get a bit irregular

BUT
yes another but... Do keep visiting my blog for surprise posts. Also, do keep commenting, I will surely reply to all the comments though it may be sporadic and not very consistent. But I promise to reply to ALL comments :) Why? Cause I love chatting with you guys :)

Ok so now wish me luck for my Inglot and MUFE venture and pray that I get some awesome products and may be even some delish deals :)

AND
wait for flaunt/haul posts :D


And Mumbai beauties... Hope you guys are coming...
Venue: Infinity Mall, Malad
Day: Saturday
Time: 3:30 pm :)
Meeting Point: In front of the Inglot Store