EOTD: Soft Smokey Eyes... Double Winged Liners... Et Al

Till maybe yesterday 8:00 pm, I was on a winged liner roll.. I thought nothing could look cooler than the little flick that I did at the end of my liner... But God had some other plans for me ;) While doing an EOTD for the blog, I messed up my liner while winging it and voila I discovered that I had the ability to do a double winged and it looked good on me :D Yay! So ladies... Here goes...

Excuse The Oily Face :P

With Instagram Effects (I am so Addicted!)

 

MakeUp Breakup
1. MAC RicePaper - All over the lid, inner corners as well as a bit on the under eye area.
2. Inglot Matte 378 - Outer V and Crease
3. Maybelline Gel Liner - Lower Waterline
4. Colorbar Precision Waterproof Liquid Liner - Upper Lashline
5. MAC Zoom Black Lash Mascara

So how do you like the look? Do you like the double winged liner trend?

P.S. I am planning on selling a couple of my MAC stuff as some of the shades do not suit me :( Would you be interested in me keeping a sale?

EOTD & Makeup Break-up: Pink and Taupe

It's been a while I did any EOTDs for the blog... And I promise this time it wasn't laziness ;) The thing is as Winters start setting in and the weather becomes dry, I start getting dry patches over my lids and below my chin :( And though I do use an ointment for it, it does take time for them to heal completely... So last night while washing my face after the gym, when I noticed that the dry patches had started to heal, I for my brushes and my MAC and Inglot palettes out and did an EOTD... It felt so good :)

So here it goes...

With Flash

Without Flash

Makeup Breakup
1. MAC Sushi Flower (Light Pink) - Inner 3/4 of the eye
2. Inglot M363 (Taupe) - Outer V
3. Inglot DS51 (Sparkly Orange) - In the crease for blending
4. Maybelline Gel Liner - Lower waterline
5. Colorbar Precision Waterproof Liquid Liner - Upper Lashline (Winged)
6. MAC Zoom Fast Black Lash Mascara

Hope you liked the look :)

The pictures below are with Instagram Effects...

 
♥Those of you following me on Instagram must have already gotten a glimpse of the look last night ♥

Entry2 (Sunset In The Orient) For VanityNoApologies Makeup Contest

Hellloooooo people :) Last night I wasn't getting any sleep (Friday Fever I guess) and so I got out of bed and did this look, which in the morning I decided to send as my second entry to VNA's eye makeup contest :)

I started out with Yellow and then tried to mellow it with Orange and somehow it turned out to be like sunset :) Plus it made me look totally Oriental and so I cal this look of mine as Sunset In The Orient!

This look has been done using Inglot eye shadow shades DS51 and S400 :)

Hope you guys like the look :)

Here's the link to the contest btw :)

LOTD: For the love of winged liners...

The rate at which I am posting winged eye liner looks is quite alarming cause I stand a chance of becoming a drag and well simply over-doing it. From where I caught the bug I don't know but it sure seems to be persistent and is now deep inside of me, refusing to get out. I sound as if I am talking about a virus but ladies seriously, the winged liner trend is going almost VIRAL. If you know what I mean :P

This time I did a winged liner with my Indigo blue Inglot Liner (shade 83)... And I am quite liking the result...  

The confusion is if it looks better with a clear gloss or with the Pink lippy :) You comments and feedback is more than welcome :)

 

 

LOTD: Orange Eye Shadow for a Nude Look

The color Orange is totally IN right now and if you are a fashion and beauty magazine buff like me then I am sure you only have either this tangerine colored dresses in your head or are lusting after some floral prints... Going with that trend I wanted to use Orange in a more subtle way and maybe even make it look more wearable for day to day routine... Thus I came up with this look where I have used Orange eye shadow for a nude daytime makeup look... I swear I had no idea Orange could be used in such an understated and a casual look :) The trick is that we Indians have a warmer skintone so warm shades like Orange and Brown look super gorgeously natural on us :)  Oh yes do try it :)

Isn't it a pretty relaxing Sunday look? :)
P.S. I have used Inglot DS51 here :)

REVIEW & LOTD: Inglot Eye Shadow in DS 51

Ladies and gentlemen I am back and I would like to thank you all for being so patient with my slow trickle of posts :) But from now on I promise to be prompt and up to date :) When I did this look, I was having a tough time deciding if I should post this look as an LOTD or as a review and finally I guess the "review" won :D

I got this eye shadow from my Mumbai trip to Inglot. When I visited the store I had deliberately kept my mind blank and had decided to lose myself in the world of colors and choose whatever caught my fancy :) This trick sometimes works wonders, much more than going through endless hours of reviews and making a list et al. This is exactly why I love shopping for make-up in the store as opposed to online shopping (no offense anyone really). It's a personal choice right? :)

Inglot Eye Shadow DS51 is a delightfully bright orange with Silver sparkle and it beckoned me so much gusto that I knew it was going back home with me :) I expected it to look stark and bright on me (yup I love them like that) but surprisingly it turned to be divinely warm on me and looks like it was made for my complexion :) Now let me tell you about the love-hate relationship I have with the color Orange. Orange in clothing suits me very well, but Orange lippies make me look ridiculously "jaundiced". I know women who sport Orange lippies with elan (Jyoti, Kannu) but on me it just makes me look ill. So I was a bit apprehensive about going for an Orange shadow but thankfully and fortunately it totally suits me and I am in love (again! I know!) :P

I will not harp about the quality and stuff of Inglot eye shadows cause I have already review Inglot shadows (Douoble Sparkle, DS) here.

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Swatches

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Oooohhsss And Aaaahhss!!
1. Gorgeously Warm Orange Color
2. Shows up well over a primer
3. Blends easily
4. Negligible fallout
5. Very pocket friendly
6. Stays on for a fair amount of time on the eyes.
7. The silver sparkle present in the shadow does not irritate the eyes like Revlon's Plum Galaxy does!

Ouches!!
1. If you are not the kinds who purchase cosmetics online, then availability could be an issue for you.

Price
It costs Rs. 300/- for a refill pan.  
 

Repurchase?
Yes! For sure :D

Would I Recommend?
Yes I would surely recommend and if you are not buying it thinking that it would be too bright or stark then you are mistaken :) It is a beautiful and a warm shade :)


Overall Rating:
9/10

REVIEW & LOTD: Inglot Eye Shadow DS 72

First My Weight Loss Program Update
Peopleeeeeeeee as you all know I have put on a lot weight in the past few months. I used to fluctuate between 48-50 Kgs before getting married, I gained weight during wedding preps (yes i was very happy) and became 52 Kgs and after that my weight has been consistently increasing. When I weighed myself 2 weeks back I was 59 Kgs! Can you even imagine that? So then knowing my body's ridiculous tendency to put on weight and also shed weight with equal ease, I started on my patent diet plan and exercise regimen, I now proudly stand at 54.5 Kgs after 14 days! :) My target you ask... It is 50 Kgs :) In order to keep me motivated I shall be giving you updates of my weight in each post. I know I know many of you wont be interested but then you can just skip this part na ;) Also, if anyone is interested I can share my diet plan and exercise regimen with them :) *high hopes* :P

Review
As you all know I shopped a lot of Inglot in my recent trip to Mumbai. I had earlier used Inglot's lippies and cream liners but this was the first time I was purchasing their eye shadows and so this review is a bit special as I am reviewing my first Inglot eye shadow :) The shadow to be reviewed today is DS72, where DS stands for "Double Shine" and is a gorgeous "plummy" Purple with a sprinkle of silver shimmer in it. The shimmer does look chunky in the pan but there is negligible fall out and the shimmer is almost invisible when seen on the eye. Thus you see a matte shadow on the eye and not a DS! This is one major reason I love this shadow :)

Pigmentation wise, this shade fares so-so maybe because I am comparing them to my "awesomely" pigmented Sleek shadows. However, this Inglot shadow shows up beautifully on a primer and since I never do eye makeup without a primer so I am not complaining. But if you are the types who skip on the eye shadow base then you may not find it pigmented enough though this shadow is pretty build-able! :P

For how long do they stay? Well I am wearing this for over 3 hours now and it is still intact so I am guessing that it has some good staying power and does not crease easily :)

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Swatches

LOTD

Giving you guys a "front" pic to prove I ahev lost weight ;)

Oooohhss And Aaahhhsss!!
1. Gorgeous Purple Color
2. Shows up well over a primer
3. Blends easily
4. Negligible fallout
5. Very pocket friendly
6. Stays on for a fair amount of time on the eyes.
7. The silver sparkle present in the shadow does not irritate the eyes like Revlon's Plum Galaxy does!

Ouches!!
1. It is not super pigmented though on a primer it shows up well.
2. If you are not the kinds who purchase cosmetics online, then availability could be an issue for you.

Price
It costs Rs. 300/- for a refill pan.

Repurchase?
With all its pros, if I ask more then I must say I would be very demanding! :P And I am not demanding! I am soo gonna purchase this again if it gets over :)

Would I Recommend?
Totally! Its a gorgeous shade, reasonable and doesn't crease easily.

Overall Rating
9/10

About the Look:
I am starting this new section in every REVIEW & LOTD post where I breakdown the look make-up wise. If you guys like then let me know as I shall do a video tute of it :) Heer yes I remember you've asked me to do a video tute on my skincare regimen :) I am just thinking of a way of doing it without looking pretentious ;) heheheheeh...

For this look,
1. Inglot DS72 on the lid
2. Inglot M348 in the crease and blended
3. Colorbar Black Tie in the crease for depth
4. MUFE Star Powder as highlighter
5. Illamasqua Morale Blush
6. MUFE Rouge Artist Intense Lipstick in shade 34

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

REVIEW & LOTD: Inglot Freedom System Lip Pan No. 66

Grocery shopping essentially entitles me a minimum of 20 mins of browsing the beauty section where I go through the various Vega brushes, comb sets, bath sets etc for the millionth time. I never pick up anything from there but I still love browsing through the same wares on display week after week, month after month. What attraction it holds for me I don't know. Last Sunday again saw me rifling through all the brushes and combs that were on display but I surprisingly actually picked up something! I picked up a "lip brush" from Dio. No no even I had never heard of this brand before but out of impulse I picked this up and then I completely forgot about it! Just last night cause I was not getting any sleep, I started arranging my dresser when I realised that my Inglot Freedom System Lip Palette was lying forgotten in a corner. In order to cheer the palette up (yes yes my make-up are my babies and I like to pamper them), I brought out the new lip brush and applied each lipstick shade from the palette one by one. I was immediately taken back to my honeymoon (I had bought the palette just before leaving for my honeymoon) and was reminded of the clear blue-green sea and white sands of Maldives :) Sighhhh... *happy* *happy* :D Sharing some pics with you guys...

So anyways, my Inglot lip palette is again on the fore of my dresser and I know I wont rest till I hit pan with it :) Today I am wearing shade 66 and and it is complimenting my brown eye shadow from Faces Beechwood trio beautifully :) Shade 66 as you can see is a beautiful natural pink. Texture wise it is really creamy and feels very moisturizing on the lips.

Before I go any further with reviewing lip shade 66, I guess the Inglot Freedom System does have a mention that is due to it. By now most of us know about the freedom system at Inglot and it is something that totally leaves MAC and other brands behind. Why? Cause in the same palette you can have your eye shadows, lipsticks, concealers, brow wax etc!!! Can you imagine that? You can get yourself a mini travel kit in one palette! Awesome isn't it? :D Now lets just come back to our lippy review...

Image of the Product

Swatches

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Oooohhss And Aaaahhhsss!!
1. HUGE and I mean really HUGE range of shades available
2. Very moisturising lip color.
3. Very affordable
4. Good pigmentation.
5. Stays on for about 8 hours with meals and coffee in between.
6. Love the freedom system introduced by Inglot!
7. Does not cause allergies, reactions or any kind of irritation.
8. The pans can easily be removed from the magnetised palette. So its easy to make and remake palettes according to your needs!

Ouches!!
1. Inglot stores are present in only selected cities hence availability is an issue :(
2. The lippy starts to dry out the lips after about 6 hours.
3. I wish the freedom palette came with a brush as well :(

Price
It costs INR 250/-


Repurchase?
Yes yes yes! :D


Would I Recommend?
I would be a selfish b*tch if I did not recommend this to you guys!

Overall Rating
9/10