READER QUERY: Wrinkles on the eyelids and under eyes

Heylo girls :) We have have yet again another reader query... It asks...

Please give me some home remedies for my winkles on my lid and underneath eyes. None eye cream worked for me. Sometimes I use almond oil . It is so drippy that it gets inside my eyes .....Is it very harmful ?

REPLY

Almonds

First of all, using almond oil around your eyes is really good and no even if it enters your eye its not harmful!! :) I myself use Almond oil on my face before I go to sleep at night and it has done wonders for me. My friends tell me that it has helped them reduce dark circles as well... But don't apply it "drippingly"  All you need to do is take some oil on your palm and massage it around the eyes...

Similarly, Olive oil could also be of help to you :) 

Honey

Secondly, you could also use HONEY around your eyes. It has very high moisturizing properties. You could mix it with equal quantities of milk and massage around your eyes.

Thirdly, milk-cream i.e. "malai" also have very good moisturizing properties :) 

Also, I would like to suggest you to not use soap on your face but use some face wash that suits your skin type. They'll be more gentle on your skin :)

Oriflame Optimals Seeing is Believing Multi Benefit Eye Cream

Otherwise, if you are also looking for eye creams, then you could give the Oriflame Optimals Seeing is Believing Multi Benefit Eye Cream. I have recently started using this myself and it seems pretty good :) I'll be doing a review on it soon as well...

Also, I would like to add that if wrinkled lids are genetic then a complete reversal might not be possible. But then again who knows? :) All the best with these remedies.. Hope they work for you the way they have been helpful to me :) 

LOTD: Orient Inspired

 I love oriental or rather Asian features and I myself have been blessed with semi-asian features (thanks to my dad) and semi-non-asian features (thanks to my mom)... So tonight I tried this Oriental look and I guess I did succeed to some extent... LOL...
So here goes...

Oriental/Asian Look

Pink Smokey eyes

I did a pink smokey look for my eyes with a dab of pink blush to highlight my cheekbones :)




The products that I used for this look are as follows:
FACE:
         * Oriflame Visions Peach Me Perfect Foundation
         * Street Wear Blush
EYES:
         * Oriflame Air Soft Powder
         * L'Oreal Quad Pro in Dark Eyes
         * ELF Liquid Liner in Black
         * maXfactor kajal
LIPS:
         * Oriflame Color Attraction Lipstick in Germanium
         * Oriflame Berries Lip Gloss

Top Knot with chopsticks

I put up my hair in a top know and kept them in place using a pair of chopsticks in a X...

My first two Lippies: Maybelline Watershine + Oriflame Giordani Gold Paradise

There comes a stage in one's life when one thinks, retrospects and realizes that life is just rushing past you and you need to try some new tricks to catch on. So I said to myself "Suma... enough attention to the eyes sweetie... let's just do up the lips for a change"... LOL and thus started my quest towards lipsticks! You see I have been blessed with thin lips and so I have always avoided doing them up in a quest to not highlight them. But now I want to adorn them with luscious colors, tempting textures and bright hues.

Here are the two lippies that I have got myself as a start...

Maybelline Water Shine & Oriflame's Giordani Gold Paradise

PURE & Pink Flower

On the left is the Maybelline WaterShine PURE in B24 and on the right is Oriflame's Giordani Gold Paradise lipstick in "Pink Flower".

The Maybelline lippy is a pretty baby pink that looks really pretty on my lips. It's watery and creamy... extremely moisturizing. the only downside being that it wears off within 20-30 mins :(

The Oriflame's GG lippy on the other hand stayed on for a longer time. It had really good coverage and was really very moisturizing too :)

  

They are my fav lippies as of now (well I do own only the two of them as of now!) LOL!

READER QUERY: Makeup suggestions for hooded eyes

Hey guys... Sharmi has a query...

I am stuck again with makeup ideas. I have to attend a marriage reception. I decided to wear a salwar in maroon and green bronze brocade. I don't have much eye shadows. I am thinking to wear a golden brown base shadow. Now as my eyes are hooded, I always mess up during blending. When ever I apply a different color in my outer crease it looks so scattered. I am confused where to start the base, midtone and hightlight colors ? What should be the ideal shape after applying and mixing different eye color.

Again is it a better idea to wear kohl in the waterline and the midtone color in the lash line? Its getting so confusing.

REPLY
Hey Sharmi... I'll reply to you in parts...
1. Since you are planning to wear a suit in maroon green and bronze brocade, either a golden/bronze smokey look (like u said) or a golden-green smokey look would look best... A few ideas are as follows:

2. If you have hooded eyes then I would suggest you use a lighter shade in the inner 1/2 of your eye and a darker/contour shade in the outer 1/2 of your eye in an "upsweep" movement i.e. upward towards the eyebrows. Use of highlighter is a must! The highlighter is applied to the brow bone i.e. on the bone that is right below your eye brows and above your eye socket. See Image1

Image1

If you plan to go for a single shade of shadow then you could make it smokey by applying a darker shade of say brown or black on the outer corner and BLEND! Blending is a must... See Image2

Image2

If you aren't confident about blending or using more than one color, practice practice and practice... if u r running out of time to practice, then it is better to stick to one single shadow and apply it to only the lid i.e. from the lashline to the crease. Also, you could use a subtle color around the crease but this is optional. Use a bright color for this purpose like Emerald Green... See Image3 and Image4

Image3: Bright pink on the lid and Purple around the crease

Image4: Bronze on the lid and golden above the crease

3. The ideal shape of the eye is dependent on how you want to finally look. I for example always prefer to go for an "upsweeped" look. this makes my eyes look longer and enhances the almond shape. I honestly do believe that it is a very flattering shape :P

4. Always remember, avoid wearing kohl in your waterline w/o lining your upper lash line. Only kohl in the lower waterline makes one's eyes look tired!
Waterlining with kohl must always be accompanied with a liquid lining of the upper lash line.
Since you have mentioned that you have hooded eyes, I would suggest you to apply a liquid liner on your upper lash line in a way that it is thin in the inner region of the eye and starts thickening as you line the outer region of the eye. See Image1

I have been TAGGED

Ikya from makeupandjustabouteverything.blogspot.com tagged me and so here I go :)

Blush or Bronzer

Blush

Lip Gloss or Lipstick

Lipstick

Eyeliner or mascara

Eye liner

Foundation or concealer

Tinted Moisturizers (Is this allowed?)

neutral or color eye shadow
colour eyeshadow!

pressed or loose eye shadows
pressed

brushes or sponges
brushes

NAILS:
OPI or china glaze
China Glaze

Long or short
Looooooooonnnngggg

Acrylic or natural
natural

Brights or darks 
Brights!

Flower or no flower 
flower..

BODY:
perfume or body splash
perfume! 

lotion or body butter 
Body Butter

body wash or soap
body wash

lush or other bath company 
Bath and Body WOrks

FASHION:
jeans or sweat pants
Jeans

long sleeve of short
short!

dresses or skirts
skirts

stripes or plaid 
Plaid

flip flops or sandals 
Sandals :)

scarves or hats
None!

studs or dangly earrings 
Earrings

necklaces or bracelets 
None

heels or flats 
Heels

cowboy boots or riding boots
Riding Boots

jacket or hoodie 
Jacket

forever 21 or charlotte russe 
FOREVER 21

abercombie or Hollister
abercrombie

saks 5th or nordstrom
Saks!

HAIR:
curly or straight
straight :D

bun or ponytail
Bun.. messier the better

bobby pins or butterfly clips
bobby pins

hair spray or gel 
none

long or short 
longggggg!!!

light or dark 
dark!!!!!!

side sweep bangs or full bangs
Side Sweeps

up or down 
Up


RANDOM:
Rain or shine
Shine!

Summer or winter
Summer!

Fall or spring 
FALL

Chocolate or vanilla 
CHOCOLATE

East coast or west coast
West.

LOTD: Shades of Pink

Hey... Like you guys already know i went on a Pink over-haul over the weekend and ended up buying loads of cosmetics in various shades of my fav color PINK! :*

So, here goes the look that I did for an evening out with the boy friend...

The complete look :)

My eyes

a closer look

Self obsession?

My lips

The products i used...
EYES
L'Oreal Quad Pro: Dark Eyes
Oriflame Air Soft Powder
maXfactor kajal
ELF liquid liner
Oriflame Visions V* Freaking mascara

FACE
Oriflame Visions Peach Me perfect foundation
Maybelline Souffle Blush: Peach Satin

LIPS
Maybelline Water Shine lipstick: Pure B24

NOTD with Maybelline Colorama - Coral Chic

Hey guys... Today's NOTD is with the helpof the Colorama nail enamel i bought over the weekend.
The shade is called Coral Chic and it is a beautiful coral shade. It has these really tiny golden flakes, which are like almost negligible yet let their presence felt :)

Here you go...

It doesn't really have very good coverage but the shades in this range are just FABULOUS!!! :D