My Top 5 Black Eyeliners   I think this was the first ever makeup product that I used when I got into makeup in my teens. This used to be the only thing I would wear and slowly started realizing that there are other products out there which began to gradually enter my kit. People always ask me how do I manage to do my eyeliner well and my standard answer is practice! Well I have been using it since I was a teenager and have enough years of experience under my belt 😛  I dont even know how many brands and tubes of products that I have gone through since I started using this. Well today I want to share with you my current top 5 black liners mostly which I have encountered in the last 2-3 years and now they make it to my favorites list. Most of them are easily available in India and the other 2 are international brands which are fairly easy to procure as well. So in no particular order lets take a quick look…   Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner Intense Black     This has been the newest…[Read More]

Kylie Cosmetics Lip Kit Kourt K Review, Swatch and Price   The internet has literally been taken by storm since the Kylie Lip Kits were dropped. I cant tell you how many comments I have read on Instagram bemoaning the fact that they didn’t get their hands on one or it was sold out before they could add it to the cart. There are articles upon article giving you tips on how to score yourself one of the kits during the next restock! Well truth be told I really wanted to see what the hype was about and when I spotted someone wearing this particular gorgeous color I knew that I had to have one for myself. And that is coming from someone who does not wear wine or berry shades at all! So I got my pointers down, followed the respective Instagram accounts to know about the next update and waited at the fated minute…Well a couple of quick refreshes later and some fast finger action landed me one of these kits in my chosen color 😀 I didn’t have half a chance to even think about getting any of the reds as they were sold out…[Read More]

Tarte Cosmetics Haul   It has been ages since I went nuts over makeup. I was honestly so over the fact and so tired of the mounds of unused stuff lying around that if I didn’t see a new lipstick ever it would have been too soon! But hey a man (or in this case a woman) never strays far from his nature 😛 Tarte is one of those brands that you get to hear about…though not a lot especially on our Indian scene but whenever it is talked about it is mostly product raves. The only way we can get our hands on it is when we spot in an international Sephora and then you are already so overwhelmed by the all the brands present that you dont end up grabbing all that you wanted (true story – I kick myself for forgetting to get the Sephora favorites kit). So when Tarte finally started shipping to India I had to place an order! They were just so many temptations that I went overboard but dont regret a single bit of it 😛 So lets take a peek into what I got…   Tarte recently launched a new…[Read More]

Faces Cosmetics Ultimate Pro Lip Creme in Fuschia Sparkler   Liquid lipsticks have been all over the place! They have literally invaded the beauty market with the matte ones being the most popular format for them. Though I have become a matte convert but at heart I’m still a gloss-liking-girl. But glosses have always been liquidy and thick thus causing them to feather, bleed, transfer…aka longevity has been the biggest issue when it comes to a glossy texture (among other things) hence a big reason why a lot of people dont like them. If only someone would come up with a long lasting easy peezy glossy liquid lipstick…sigh! Oh wait…has someone listened to my prayers already? Lets find out…       I came across the Faces Cosmetics Ultimate Pro Lip Creme by chance while browsing their counter one day and asking the SA “what’s new?”. She swatched a couple of these babies on me and said that they would last all day, how excellent they were, how blah blah blah…you know the customary sales pitch that promises you the moon and stars 😛 Well with a subtle skeptic eye roll I decided to try one out. I…[Read More]

Sephora Dubai Haul Sephora Dubai Haul

 I honestly had thought that I would not shop for cosmetics at all when I went to Dubai. Though the call of Sephora was strong I didn’t plan on setting foot in there coz I knew I would end up buying things 😛 But like all inevitable things it had to happen for one reason or the other…and I went in…and I was pulled under… 😀 Rather I went there twice, once in the Mall of Emirates outlet and then at the Dubai Mall one. The latter was a tad bigger than the former but I passed by all the US brands and headed straight for the Sephora in-house ones coz I really wanted to see what they had…Right now I’m kicking myself for forgetting to check out the Sephora favorite kits 🙁 But anyhoo let’s take a quick look at what I got… Sephora The Mascara and Sephora Kohl and Liner        I purposely avoided the US brands coz I knew they would be sold at a premium and I would rather have my sis get something that I really need from US itself. I did fawn over the Kat…[Read More]

Maybelline Rebel Bouquet REB05 Lipstick Maybelline Rebel Bouquet REB05 Lipstick Price Rs. 450/-

 Maybelline recently launched their Rebel Bouquet collection (known as Rebel Bloom in the US) which is their Spring-Summer collection made up of “bold” pastel colors. The collection in India includes 6 lipsticks and 9 nail paints. They have included some face and eye makeup products too but these 2 categories are the main focus of it. I was sent over some products from the range to try out and I will be reviewing the REB05 lipstick for you here first. Btw they have launched some really interesting nail paints in this collection under the Color Show Go Graffiti umbrella for just Rs. 145/-. Maybelline Rebel Bouquet REB05 Lipstick   Maybelline Rebel Bouquet REB05 Lipstick      The packing is very standard to the brand – rectangle shape with a red translucent plastic cover and a metallic body inside. There was a wrapper on top with the name of the collection printed on it in a very pretty design. It would have given a very interesting look if they had printed that pattern on the plastic cap directly thus setting it apart. The name of the shade rather…[Read More]

Lakme Absolute Studio Sculpt Lipstick Plum Spell Lakme Absolute Studio Sculpt Lipstick Plum Spell Price Rs. 700/-

 Lakme recently launched a whole new range of matte lippies called Lakme Absolute Studio Sculpt Lipstick which had the blogsphere buzzing. Few Kolkata bloggers got invited to an exclusive preview of their launch at the Anamika Khanna store before their grand debut at Lakme Fashion Week. I consider myself to be a matte lover in-transition as it is still difficult for me to embrace a true matte formula. Did you know that by design matte products are supposed to suck the moisture from your skin so that they can adhere to it properly and last longer? Well Lakme apparently came out with a new formula that gave you the benefits of a matte lipstick (deep long lasting color) sans its shortcomings (aka drying) and at the same time giving your lips a sculpted effect! Lakme Absolute Studio Sculpt Lipstick Plum Spell   Lakme Absolute Studio Sculpt Lipstick Plum Spell   Lakme Absolute Studio Sculpt Lipstick Plum Spell      Pretty tall order from one lippy wouldn’t you say. Lets dissect one to find out if it delivers on its claims. Starting with…[Read More]

Maybelline The Colossal Liner

Maybelline The Colossal Liner in Black, Price – Rs. 425/-        Maybelline has bought in a lot of new products in this past year, their recent launch being the Rebel Bouquet collection, and some of them have not only been very affordable but have just nailed it in the performance department. Recently they made some new additions to their very popular Colossal family. Today I will be reviewing the Colossal Liner in Black which is a felt tip liner pen. I really like this type of format as it makes the application process a whole lot easier and gives you more control on the kind of thickness that you want for your liner.    Felt tip of the liner   Swatch        Remember the thin brush liner of the days gone by? You really needed constant practice to achieve mastery over that brush. I would never be able to draw a thin line with it and in my attempts to even the line out I would end up with a thickly lined eyes. Cut to the present the thick line has sort of become my companion and something which I…[Read More]

Lakme Absolute Sculpt Studio Matte Lipsticks

 Lakme Fashion Week is here and with it Lakme is launching 15 new lip shades! It is all about the sculpted look and after the sculpted face and eyes have created such a storm it is time for sculpted lips to be the next talk of town. In collaboration with Anamika Khanna, who is the grand finale designer, a mini unveiling was organized for bloggers and the media at the designer’s store in Kolkata. We got a chance to try out 7 shades from the collection and also see the work-in-progress models of Anamika’s collection. Purnima Lamba, Head – Innovations, Lakme   Trying out the lippy called Red Flame from the range      Purnima Lamba, Head – Innovations, spoke to us about these new matte lip shades soon to be launched as Lakme Absolute Sculpt Studio Matte Lipstick. They give the color intensity of a matte lippy but sans the dryness ie they have a soft/semi matte finish. In spite of this they last for a long time. We got to try some of the shades and I was drawn to one called Red Flame. For some strange reason it was…[Read More]

Maybelline Valentine’s Day Kit – Rs. 999/-

Ho gayee hai mohabbat tumse   Aaein palkon mein khaab banke Reh gaye sar-aankhon par Bade hain ahsaan humpe Dil ne kiya jab asar   Oh, Mil gayee hai amanat tumse Ho gayee hai mohabbat tumse   – Aslam & Shibani        This is one of my favorite songs back when I was sixteen! Brings back such wonderful memories – the hopes, the wishes, the butterflies-in-my-stomach, the anticipation, the doubts…the entire naivety and expectations that Valentine’s would bring in. Waiting to confess to the one we liked, hearing other people confessing to you and who can forget getting chased by people one had no interest in and being ignored by the ones who had ours. Lol! What a beautiful roller coaster those days were. Though at that time a lot of them felt so embarrassing and end-of-the-world types but I would love to relive them once again any time. The best part would be getting those cards and gifts…remember how they would be hidden in your desk by your “secret admirer” (read the creepy weirdo in the other section 😛 ). Ah! beautiful memories…          Well…[Read More]