December Haul

Maybelline New York's Limited Edition Valentine's Day Colossal Kajal!

"This Valentine's Day, EYE AM falling in love!"

Snap Bazaar (January Haul)

Revlon Touch and Glow blush in "Pretty Pink"

Price: INR 550

Bourjois Effet Smokey Pencil Review @ Segments of life

 

                     Double-tipped eyeliner to smudge for a perfect every day smoky look!

New Wave Blue

Ultra Black

I have guest blogged for Fatema's gorgeous blog "Segments of life."

You can check out the complete review - "Here"

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Have you tried this eye pencil? What eye pencil are you using currently?

XOXO

5 Awesome beauty/personal care products under INR200(5$)

            1.    Lotus Herbals Lip therapy

INR 95

Claims:

Rehydrates- Imparts lips active moisturising benefits of Shea and Kokum natural butters.

Heals- It heals dry chapped and cracked lips.

Protects- Protects lips from sun’s UVA and UVB rays.

Okay this comes under 100 bucks category, but you get the point, right?

It is available in Chocolate, Velvetty Rose, Fresh Mint, Vanilla and Cocoa. I have this in Vanilla and though I don’t feel anything especially Vanillaish about it, it is a very good chapstick.

It has got SPF 15 too. It is perfect to wear under lipstick or glosses.  I think this is going to last really long, I have already have had it for three months.

 

       2.    Lotus Herbals WHITEGLOW Oatmeal & Yogurt Skin Whitening Scrub

INR145 (100gms)

Claims:Lotus WhiteGlow Oatmeal & Yogurt Skin Whitening Scrub exfoliates the skin gently, removes dirt, impurities, blackheads and whiteheads leaving your skin brighter and healthier with a shining glow. The gentle exfoliating action works on skin discoloration, dull and uneven skin tones and softens the skin giving you a firmer texture. Oatmeal exfoliates gently, restores the natural moisture balance of the skin and yogurt moisturizes and lightens the skin reducing imperfections giving you silky, smooth and brighter skin.

It claims that it is for all skin type.

This is a great scrub. Whenever I use it I actually feel that my skin has brightened a bit. It doesn’t prevent/extracts blackheads and whiteheads but exfoliates well. One more thing, it smells great!

           

3.Maybelline expert wear blush

INR 209(please don’t hate me because it is notexactly under 200 bucks :/ )

Claims: oil free, wont clog pores, dermatologist tested.

I like, I like. I have this in berry sorbet, and I love this colour.!!

Here is a closer view.

I think it would go with all skin tones.  Also it has just the perfect amount of shine in it, which works as highlighter.

                          

       4.    Garnier Light eye roll on

INR 199(there! That’s exactly under 200 bucks)

Claims:

Contains caffeine(of synthetic origin) which is known for its stimulating properties on micro circulation.

Contains pro vitamin B5 for its hydrating properties.

Garnier roll on is for dark circles and puffiness. Now it has not done wonders for my eye area or anything, but as I have heard eye area is very hard to deal with. It contains caffeine which is also the main ingredient in MAC’s fast response eye cream, and many other eye creams. You need more reason to buy this, well it was also voted as the product of the year 2010.

Garnier has just launched the new tinted versions of its eye roll on.

       5.   Maybelline Colossal Kajal

INR 150

Claims- 6 hours of black,bold,smudge resistant stay.

The ultimate in care with a combination of 5 caring ingredients. Formula enriched with vitamin E soothes the eyes.

It’s a great kajal and is really economic too. It does not exactly stay for 6 hours or anything but it does not smudge. It just, ummm….. disappears from my eyes.  Re application after some time is necessary but it does not smudge.

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Hope you guys found some useful information and ideas in today’s post.

So….have you guys used any of these products?

Thanks for following guys. I really appreciate it. J

Have a great week ahead!! 

XOXO

 

Bourjois healthy mix foundation- The misleading SA and Indepth Babbling

Do you get irritated when you go asking for a decent loose powder and the SA’s shove some mineral powder foundations in your face? Well after this happened to me for like 20 times, i did get super irritated.

Anyway I had told you girls some time ago that I had been looking for a new foundation for oily skin. I even needed a loose powder. I had finally made up my mind to by Revlon’s colourstay  foundation in combination to oily skin and had almost bought it, when I noticed that the foundation looked separated. It looked like two different colours were inside the bottle. When I inquired about it, the SA persisted that the foundation is in good condition and showed me the rest of the bottles which also looked like this. hhmmmm… but I knew that if I bought it, I wouldn’t be completely satisfied. So I went towards other counters when the Bourjois counter caught my eye. Now I have heard a lot about this healthy mix range and how natural it is and all that, but had never considered to buy it. The first question I asked the SA was if this had SPF, she told me it has SPF15. I also inquired if bourjois had loose powder which is used to set foundation . I didn’t want to rattle my brains out on this topic again so I just told her to pack bourjois healthy glow foundation and its loose powder.

Now when I was paying for this, the SA informed me that I had got a free Bourjois kohl and contour pencil. They had an offer on the purchase of products above INR 1500. Of course I got super happy. You know how we girls are.

At home when I was checking out these goodies I noticed that there was no SPF in these products. GASP. The SA had misinformed me. Urrghhh. But when I checked out the reviews online I relaxed a little cuz this healthy mix foundation has got majorly good reviews.

In fact this has also been voted as the product of the year for 2011!!

I was pretty sure that the powder I had bought was loose powder as I had even checked it out on other blogs before.. Turns out I was wrong!!

So when I was puffing up with this powder(which I have to do a lot cuz of the oiliness), after a while I noticed that things started to get a little caked up. After some hard-core research I found out that it indeed in powder foundation. Uuuurrrgggghhh again! I am not saying that it is bad, its just that you cannot puff up with powder foundation.  It would definitely cake up.

So instead of a foundation and a loose powder, I ended up buying two foundations.

I’ll write the reviews about these products after using them for at least a week or two. Overall I am happy, I think I have made good purchases even if by mistake.

So, have you tried this healthy foundation range yet?

Presently, what foundation are you using ?

Chambor Eye Pencil+ Smudger (Quick review)

Price: INR 425

I actually bought this eye pencil by mistake. I had heard good things about the bourjois eye smudger eye pencil but got confused and bought the chamber one instead. But its sweet .

Pros:

It is perfect to be used to line the upper lash line. Can last all day.

The smudger brush is nice, gives a nice soft look if eye liner is blended properly.

Can also be used to line the waterline.

Cons:

Is not as dark as Kajal on the waterline.

One of the caps was loose and kept on coming off, I finally lost it. The black one is a random cap I am using of some old eye pencil.

Will smudge if used on the water line or lower lash line.

Paisa Vasool: Yes

My Rating: 3.5/5

Would I buy again: No.. There are so many more eye pencils to try!!