Myntra.com- Clothes and Makeup! Haul and Review

You guys know me, I'm never shy of shopping online! Be it Indian or international, I'm always looking for new stores to throw my money at. ;) 

Myntra has recently become one such site! I was quite surprised that I have never ordered from them before this! Considering they are India's largest shopping websites, have so many awards under their belt for being an amazing e-commerce website and have quite an aggressive ad campaign! 

Oh well, better late than never, eh?

Just for the record, I was contacted by Myntra to do this review a long while ago but thanks to me being super busy and my computer dying on me out of the blue, I didn't get the chance. >.<

I'm glad they haven't freaked out at me yet! ;~;

*is very sorry*

When I logged into Myntra, the first thing I noticed was that the layout was very clean, young, fun and colourful! All the products were categorised really well, from brand, colour, price, gender and what kind of product it was. This made looking for products very easy!

Of course, I was skimming all the makeup products together, because that's the way I roll! Lol! But in the end found two products I liked, a lipstick and a nailpolish, into the bag they went!

Just for larks I thought I would get a top too, specially for summer! I'm a closet goth or something because most of my clothes are black, I found a mint green top and dropped that into the bag as well.

I completed filling in my details and then waited patiently for my package to arrive! 

Luckily this took only 3 days, which is pretty fast! ^_^

Here's how the package came:

Packed in a plastic bag with the logo of Myntra on it. I have two because they shipped them in two packages.

Inside one was my pretty green top, from the brand Style Quotient, a bit darker than what I had expected but still a purdy colour! ^w^

I was worried about fitting because I'm usually an L or an XL and sometimes even XXL *grumbles* but since Myntra had provided the size specifications perfectly on the site, it fit like a dream!

The little box, which is really pretty by the way had the makeup of course! It was wrapped up tight with bubble wrap!

Turns out, inside the box was a plastic box, separating and protecting both products! A very nice touch right?

The lipstick is Maybelline's SuperStay "Stay with me Coral", it's now OOS on there though. :( And the nail polish is Colorbar's "Riot Red" (love that name!)

I'm really happy with Myntra's service, the delivery was fast and sizing was perfect! I would like them to add more makeup products, rather more colour options to each makeup product! I would also have liked a shipping free option for an amount less than Rs.999. 

But overall, it was a great experience shopping with them and you can find some amazing clothes and accessories there! I would definitely recommend them! 

So what do you think about my haul? 

Have you shopped from Myntra before? What did you get? I would love to know!

Thanks for reading!

♥

I was provided with a voucher by the company to shop with them. My opinion is honest and my own.

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Neon Lips Rock! Colorbar True Gloss in Pink Stain

It's winter now, all my bright lipsticks are at the back of the makeup drawer with all the nudes, reds and raspberries up in the front. This colour too right now, is sitting somewhere at the back waiting for spring but I decided to review it for you guys now, so you know what to buy for your summer stash! ;)

Price:

Rs. 495 (Cheaper online) for 3.8 ml

Packaging:

The packaging is typical of Colorbar, the outer cardboard box is the usual silver, the tube is long and transparent so you can see how much product is in there, which is great, it also makes you go "gimme" at the store looking at all the bright colours... Which is not so great. -__-

The wand too, is really long and I feel like it makes it easy to apply. ^_^

The bottom of the tube has the name on it so it's easy to find the colour you want, although the tube being transparent helps anyway. 

Colour, Smell and Texture:

It smells YUM. That is all. Seriously, it's vanilla-ish smell I guess? Very sweet. Can't pin point exactly what it is. But it smell good. 

The texture is basically a lipstick melted down and poured into a lip gloss tube. I think I actually own that lipstick too! Lol!

The colour is a lovely warm pinky red, at least on me. It looks almost exactly like my NYX round lipstick in Fire, except it is really (X3) glossy!

You can see that Pink Stain is way glossier than Fire but both are essentially almost the same colour.

Lasting Power:

And then some! Colorbar's Pink Stain is the longest lasting gloss I've ever used. 6-8 hours is average time for this colour to stay on your lips. 

In the lip swatches you can see the last pic looks all messy, this is because even though it will stay on through a meal, it will also decide to stay on the rest of your face. It does move around and not budge, so check your mirror after you eat!

My lips are horribly chapped btw, that's another great thing about these glosses, it won't show! At least not till the glossy effect lasts. Once that's gone, hello chappy!

Do I recommend this? Maybe not this colour because you can get NYX Fire for cheaper and it's not a everyday colour.

 But there are some lovely shades I do want to pick up. They have pretty corals and nudes too, you can wear them to office and have them last the whole day, who doesn't want that right?

If you're scared of wearing these full on, since you know, the brightness might get you arrested for disrupting traffic, you can wear it as a stain too!

Just be careful when you eat, so it doesn't get on your face.

Otherwise, this is a brilliant product by Colorbar, kinda like the NYX Xtreme Lip Creams but lasts longer, much longer. And them colours. *o*

So, yeah.

BUY 'EM.

♥

Last Year's Last Haul + This Year so far ^_^

Hello pretties! I've been a wanderer these past few days, mostly wandering through department stores and malls that is. I've had a lot of visitors and guests coming down to Bombay and my cousin especially new to the city wanted to shop! Bless her soul! Lol! Because of her my last week of December till today has consisted of nothing but acquiring stuff. Be it makeup, clothes or bags. I haven't included everything I bought, mostly the makeup! 

I am going to show you some exciting non-makeup purchases I made though! :D

First let me show you some of the awesome makeup I picked up last week!

Trying to get everything in frame. XD

So the first things I picked up were Jordana's powder blush in Cocoa, it's a very dark brownish plum, something I don't own at all! I also got one of their glitter polishes in Lunar Lights. This shade is so beautiful, I have to review it for you guys soon! The last thing from Jordana was their Color Tint Blush Stick in Coral Touch, it's such a pretty shade, my mom tells me it looks "wholesome" and that I look apple cheeked! >u<

Next were a whole bunch of NYX lip pencils. Okay, by a bunch I mean five. Hehe.. Still a lot of lip pencils right? The colours I got were Coral, Pinky, Auburn, Plum and Nude Pink. Yes, I plan on using each one!

Then I got a Maybelline Baby Lips Color Lip balm in Cherry Kiss. This was actually for my sister because she always wears lipbalm, never lipstick and sometimes they look really white and pale on her. >.<

Next up is MAC! I got their Viva Glam I. It's a very versatile brick red and my second Viva Glam after Nicki. I wanted to get So Chaud or Lady anger too! But Lady Danger was sold out and So Chaud looked like I had been chewing paan for a majority of my life. ;n;

That sucked because I LOVED the swatch of So Chaud! WHAIII?! x.x

Last up! *Gasps* A brush? Yup! I bought a QVS bronzer brush to do my powder with. It is amazingly good quality! Very soft and dense. ^w^

I also got a new phone on the last day of December and this cute Cambridge satchel from Jabong! :D

New phone means Instagram! Lol! Do follow! Just click the button in the right sidebar or go here!

Now for today's small haul:

I picked up The Body Shop's Strawberry Body Puree lotion! I loved the Satsuma version because it was really cooling but the smell was way too strong for me. But strawberry, I like. >w<

I also got a Revlon lip butter in Raspberry Pie, I'm still on the fence about these but meh, giving it another shot! I also picked up this smexxeh red lipstick called HOT HOT HOT! from the Colorbar counter. 

Damn straight it's hot... :P

Lastly, much food was bought! I got oyster mushrooms from Dolce Vita but sadly they aren't pictured because I had to dump them. They were INFESTED! Can you believe it??

But I'm still happy with my Pixy Stix! YAY PIXY STIX! I can't believe I found these! Loved them as a kid. *noms on all the pure sugar.*

I also got a pack of noodles from Nong Shim, it's a Korean brand, they have amazing noodles! Including all kinds of veggies, even seaweed!

And the last thing I wanna show you today is my hair! I changed it to red again but because it was pink before it looks more like a raspberry colour. I lurves it! 

Excuse the cellphone pics please! ;)

And the best bit for last, I'm pleased to announce I'm officially off braces! Most of them anyway. I have 4 teeth still bracketed and attached with rubber bands which I tend to swallow or have them whack the inside of my mouth BUT still happy to have a pretty smile! ♥

Yes my face looks huge here. So does everyone's when they mile like this ya know! Lol!

So that was a long post huh? Hope you liked what I picked up and my hair too! Let me know what you think of the stuff and what you would like me to review first! 

YUS I'MMA START MAH REVIEWS SOON! YAY!

Also don't forget to enter my giveaway! It ends on the 16th so hurry if you haven't already!

See you soon!

♥

While I was Away: Shopping and Stuff in the Mail

Hello everyone! I'm back from my long visit to my parents in Chandigarh. Mumbai is so pleasant right now! It was down right freezing and dry in Chandigarh. My lips are still cracked and refuse to heal. O__o

I've missed blogging so much! And I have so many awesome reviews and tutorials for you guys!

My mum and dad bought me a new camera for my birthday! It isn't a DSLR but it is sooo much better than my Sony Cybershot (that did serve me well btw!) I hope the better picture quality helps you guys make better decisions about products! And it has good video too! So I can post clear videos on Youtube without anyone wondering if that dark blob is my head. >.<

Anyway, I got the Nikon L810, a bridge camera, exactly what I need! And my dad let me have his old tripod too!

Here's a lovely picture I took in the backyard: 

I'm still getting a hang of it but I'm loving it already! >w<

So, since I was away for Diwali, I missed awesome mail that came my way! And I just got my paws on it!

My sponsor KKCenterHk sent over new products to review! Wooohoo! I've been waiting a week to try these out! Especially the liner!

Cuicu Flashing Eyeshadow and LingMei Shiny eyeliner

I wanted to buy some Korean makeup as well, so I asked my mum to use her credit card. We were going to use Cosmetic Love or Two Face mall but ended up buying from KoreaDepart. Why? Because Paypal is a bitch, that's why! KoreaDepart had a payment gateway that wasn't Paypal so I could order stuff! I am thankful for that! ;n;

Anyway, even though KoreaDepart's shipping was steep because they use Speed post  their markup is low so the prices surprisingly were almost the same for Cosmetic Love and KoreaDepart! 

They sent me some good samples too! 

I'll do a review soon on KoreaDepart. ^_^

This stuff was waiting for me too! Here's what I got:

*Too much kayoot!*

The Precious Minerals BB cream is my sister's. I have one too which I will review tomorrow! I'll be able to show you some good swatches since I have 3 out of 4 shades! :D

The rest of the stuff is all MINE! Lol! 

Holika Holika Love Fantasy Blusher "Pink"

Etude House Shini Star Clear BB lotion

OMG cute overload! Tony Moly Cat Chu Wink lipstick "Peach Vanilla"

It's Skin and Innisfree nailpolishes! DAT GLITTER.

SAMPLES! :D

I have been wanting the Shini Star Clear BB lotion for a while now. Because SHINee.

Aren't they cute? I love them! Their music is some of my fave! So I had to buy this! Damn marketing!

I also picked up a bunch of makeup in Chandigarh! I was in a "Don't want to let go of summer corals" phase.. You'll see why... -__-

I picked up Revlon's Lip butter in Tutti Frutti, I want Peach Parfait next! 

I got their Colorburst lip gloss in Papaya because man, I have heard a LOT about it! >.< 

Colorbar True Gloss in Pink Stain, Maybelline Color Tattoo in Bad to the Bronze, 

Maybelline Baby Lips in Mango Pie 

and Revlon Top Speed Nail enamel in Peachy. I had also bought a lovely lavender shade but I think the maid in Chandigarh stole it. *sobs*

Phew! That's all I got so far for November, I'm content! No more!!

Did you guys have a fabulous Diwali too? Hope you enjoyed yourselves! 

Do let me know if there are any products you want me to swatch or review from my haul first! 

I have a LOT of work to do! Lol!

I'm so glad to be back!

♥♥♥

P.S. I see new followers! Thank you for your support even though my blog seemed dead! ^_^

How Much Does My Face Cost?

I found this really interesting post on The Mod Mermaid's blog. It's an eye opener for me as to how much I spend on my everyday makeup. I haven't calculated yet, I'm going to calculate as I go about this post. I don't think it will be a lot though, since I usually use lower priced brands, but lets see shall we?

This is my everyday makeup, give or take.. Sometimes I like to change the eyeshadow, lipstick or blush, but usually, this is my look, when I'm completely uninspired. (Sans lenses of course..)

These are my usual makeup products, they tend to change by season, but this is what they are *now*.

• The Body Shop Oil Free Balancing Foundation- Rs. 1140 (It would have been Rs.180 if I had been using my Maybelline BB cream.. Oh well!)
• Maybelline Dream Matte Powder- Rs.475
• Bourjois Healthy Mix Concealer- Rs.460
• NYX Cream blush "Natural"- Rs. 520
• Faces Eye Magic gel (primer)- Rs.315
• Revlon Colorstay "Coffee Bean" quad (gift)- Rs.650 (?)
• Maybelline Eyestudio mono "Iced Fudge"- AUD 12.95 (Rs.750, WHAT? SERIOUSLY?!)
• Maybelline Colossal Kajal- Rs.150
• Maybelline Colossal Volum' mascara- Rs.200
• Color Bar Velvet matte lipstick "Bare"- Rs. 225
• NYX Xtreme Lip Cream "Buttery Nude"- Rs.380

Total (I don't want to know! >.>): Rs.5265 (95$)

I don't even... That's insane! With almost all drugstore makeup, my face costs that much! *jaw drop* I wonder what people who use all MAC etc have their faces costing. :/

Anyway, I hope you will try this tag too!

♥

Sunday Morning Review: Colorbar Velvet Matte Lipsticks

Good morning all!
No, this is not a new feature! LOL! I usually never wake up early enough to do a morning feature.. I just haven't slept yet. @_@ And I got bored of drawing so I decided to do this review.

So, today I'm reviewing two velvet matte lipsticks that I recently got acquainted to, they're fairly popular and I'm wondering why it took me so long to buy one! -__- Slow as always!

The shades I'm reviewing are "Bare" and "Peach Crush" (my personal fave!)

Price: The lipsticks will cost you 250 INR a pop and 225 on some websites. You pay for 4.2g of product, which is a really good price in my opinion, especially for the quality!

Packaging: The packaging isn't the best but isn't awful either. The lipstick tube is silver and metallic, whereas the cap is transparent plastic. I feel like the plastic looks a bit cheap and scratches way too easily!

What I find really amusing is that they've made the base the same colour as the lippie, like you see on NYX round lipsticks BUT (huge BUT LOL!) they've put a name sticker over the base! So, you can't see the colour from the the top anyway! LOL! Not much foresight, eh Colorbar? To add to that, since the cap is transparent, you can see the lipstick itself anyway! -_____- I shall say no more..

Quality: The quality of these lippies is amazing! They go on matte with a subtle sheen and stay put through meals, especially the Peach Crush! I've had risotto with Peach Crush on and it barely faded! They can on the other hand make your lips a bit dry but I find wearing lipbalm underneath helps. Although, don't wear too much, you'll turn a matte lipstick into a gloss! >.<

Swatches:

With flash 

Without flash

Bare:
Bare is the "MLBB" shade for me! You can't really tell I'm wearing it except my lip colour looks more even. Aptly named I say! It's a nude with a slight pink and mauve tone. I think it will suit most skin types. ^-^

(Excuse my horribly dry lips!)

Without flash

With flash

Peach Crush:
Peach Crush is a vermillion red with pink in it! It looks amazing! I love that it is matte, somehow, this colour in glossy finish would have been over the top! It has great staying power! Definitely a must buy if you're brave enough!

Without flash

With flash

 It's actually much brighter than my pictures. :)

Overall: If these shades aren't your cup of tea, the Velvet Matte range has many more to offer! But definitely pick up at least one of these, the texture is lovely, albeit a bit drying and the beautiful colours definitely make up for the not so good packaging! I'm thinking of picking up Thrilling Pink and Obsessed Orange next! Although orange may not really suit me.. LOL! What you waiting for? GO GO GO! :D

Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

Have you tried the Velvet Matte lipsticks? Which colours do you love?
Thanks or stopping by! Have a great Sunday! ♥

Last Haul(s) for May

Ugh.. My name is Nisha and I'm a cosmetoholic.. Sigh.. Seriously guys, I have a problem. ;A;
I realised, all the stuff I got just in the last week amounts to so much that most women would probably consider having JUST that much a normal amount of makeup.. But then I guess I spend my money so you don't have to spend yours! LOL! Not a good save.. >_<

First, I went to Beauty Center, I went alone and went a little crazy, I think if I had some voice of reason along with me, my wallet would have been happier.. I had actually gone just to pick up stuff for my giveaway. Argh!
 -__-

• Jordana Extra Garlic Basecoat- My nails have been yellowing due to a lack of base coat, so I picked this up. No, it doesn't smell of garlic.. LOL! Can you imagine that?
• NYX Girls Polish "Frizz Spots"- I love this shade! It's holo hex and small glitters in a black jelly base. HOW I CAN SAY NO? ;A;
• Colorbar Exclusive polish (white)- I needed a GOOD white nail polish, all the ones I get seem to have the smell and consistency of pen corrector white ink.  -__-
• Faces Stackable Pigments "Frolic"- Total impluse buy, I just wanted to try pigments. *sigh* At least they're good! I used these here and here.
• VOV pigment "shimmery black?"- Also on impluse! It was 75 Rupees ok? You say no. :P
• NYX Cream Blush "Natural"- I just happened to love the way this blended and looked. :D
• NYX long eye pencil "Blue"- This was a free gift at the NYX counter. :)

Btw, Beauty Center has The NYX Extreme Lipcreams for just 380! Can you believe that? I wonder why the Matte Lip creams were 600?? I didn't buy any though.. I'm surprised I didn't buy any lipstick this time! LOL!

Then I went to this other place, I forget the name.. i think it's called Beauty Forever? It's a shop on Pali Market road, if anyone knows the name please tell me. I forgot kekeke... 

They have China Glaze polishes and they sell them for at least 100-150 Rs less than what you see on sites. :D

• Vega eyeshadow blender brush and blush brush- I actually planned to get brushes from The Body hop but with all the spending I had been doing I decided to stick with these. As you know I have a total of 3 brushes, these two make it five. :D I'm glad I got these, they seem to be pretty damn good!
• China Glaze polish "Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"- I loved this colour! At first sight, I fell for it while it was searing its image into my retinas! I used it already for this Monday manicure.
• HipHop nail polish remover pads- I picked them up out of curiosity. I love that they give tweezers with them. :D

This was just some stuff I bought online, I got the Nivea Refreshing Cleansing Milk for makeup removal, the one I had before was barely half empty but I had to throw it away because it had crossed the expiry date. :(
I wanted to get Colorbar's Peachy Rose blush asap, I think they will be discontinued soon, I didn't see any at Beauty Center. :( Just some VERY expensive lip pencils!
The Bourjois Ombre Stretch Eyeshadow I picked up because I really wanted a blue like that. So pretty! I was surprised by the size though, it always looks so big in pictures! LOL!

My best friend was sweet enough to buy me this Maybelline stuff from the USA. I had asked her for The Dream Bouncy Blush in Coral Candy and Baby Lips lipbalm in Cherry Me! I can't wait to review these! :D

I walked into The Body Shop a few days ago with le boyfriend. I wasn't going to pick up anything but I was pretty impressed by this Oil Free Balancing Foundation. I got it in 05. I got my exact shade thanks to the boyfriend, otherwise I would have walked out with a 04 (too light) or a 06 (too orange).. Even the SA was a guy and he said 05. LOL! Men are good at this! What really throws me off personally is yellow lighting!

WHY DO MAKEUP STORES HAVE YELLOW LIGHTING?? It defeats the purpose of getting the right shade of anything! Grrrr.. *grits teeth* At least I got this right. -__-

Anyway, so that was my haul post! Tell me i you've tried any of these products, are there any you want to try? Does yellow lighting make you angry too?? LOL! Tell me I'm not the only one please! :D

Also, if you haven't yet, enter my 100 Follower Giveaway! *yay!* 

And finally, this month I will be on a MAKEUP BUYING BAN! Seriously, I spent too much this month! The only thing I will be buying this month is Maybelline's Dream matte compact.. Slap me if I buy anything else please. -__-

Another Late Monday Manicure and a FOTD

I know, it IS Tuesday, I'm late again but I was out the whole day yesterday and by the time I got back I was so pooped, I would have been just typing "Baaboohagdjkagdhfk" and thinking I'm writing the blog post equivalent to a Shakespearean play.. I wonder what that looks like.. But anyway, yeah, so I decided to write when I'm more aware of my surroundings, especially the keys on my keyboard here.

Here's a tip from my boyfriend (who btw I now know is AMAZING at picking out foundation! Who woulda thunk it?!), he says before you look at my nails, make sure to stare directly at the sun for awhile, so your eyes won't hurt as much from the nails... Okay, don't really do that, the camera muted the colour anyway. :(

So here's my manicure, it's Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by China Glaze, I think it was from last year's summer Pool Party collection? Correct me if I'm wrong. I also did zebra stripes, I love the trashy look! LOL!

The camera doesn't pick up how highlighter yellow it is! *stomps camera*

In the sun, I feel it looks more "glowy" in darker conditions.

A close up because I hate your eyes! I kid, I kid!

Yellow Polka Dot Bikini is a very flourescent colour BUT pretty sheer. It has a matte finish and dries in seconds. For this mani, I used 2 layers of white polish below the yellow to make it pop. I'm loving it!

And I'm so happy, I found it on discount for 375 INR, I think its much cheaper than the online stores. :D

Here's the makeup I wore yesterday, it's at the end of the day so it looks pretty messed up now! LOL!

I'm wearing Maybellin's BB cream in Nude, Jordana Stardust blush on my face

I'm wearing ColorBar Velvet Matte lipstick in Peach Crush on my lips and
Maybelline's Chai Latte quad on my eyelids (3 colours) with Hypercurl Mascara and Colossal Kajal.

Apparently my hair is in competition with my nails! As is my lipstick! LOL!

I love it when my lipstick matches my hair btw! Hope you enjoyed this NOTD and FOTD.
See ya! xoxo