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!

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

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The Year that was: 2012 Round up!

Ah, posting after a long time! Feels good. ^_^ This post had to go up, it was all the things this year has been for me makeup wise!

It's a big mash up of things but I hope you enjoy it anyway!

First of all let me wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR! Sweety wants to wish you too! Sweety was Spartacus/ Handsome the turtle but ever since we found out out he would rather be a she, she's Sweety now! XD

Okay, now lets start with the year that was! 

For me 2012 was all about the Corals, Oranges and Peaches! The whole spectrum! Check out:

Gold and Coral makeup tutorial

Gold and Coral Nails- NYX and KKCenterHk glitters

Coral Eyeshadow- Inglot Matte 366

Coral/ Orange lipsticks:

Faces French Rose Moisture Rich Lipstick

Reel Sexy Lipstick

Sleek Coral Reef and NYX Femme

There are so many more that I haven't even reviewed! I mean look at that heap in the picture. Lol! But that's what 2013 is for right?

2012 was the year of the London Olympics and the first time I won a giveaway, this one was by Sleek Makeup to win their 2012 collection!

Here's the eyeshadow palette that was called Glory.

I used a lot of Korean makeup this year! And loved all of it. I still have some from my last haul to try.

What I tried so far:

Etude House Fresh Cherry Lip tint

Etude House Bright Fit Precious Minerals BB cream

Etude House Sweet Eye Cupcake eyeshadow

BRTC Gold Caviar BB cream

The Year I did Something for a Good Cause

I used my makeup to show the world what women go through in India. This was for a one minute movie by Sophia College girls for Population First- Laadli

Now for my 2012 Favourite Products!

I loved a lot of eye makeup products this year but these were just amazing! A cut above the rest.

Yanqina's pen eyeliner gave me so much precision, Faces Eye Magic Transforming gel was a perfect primer! Coastal Scents 88 palette gave me a world of colour to experiment with initially and the Maybelline Color Tattoos made awesome bases for my eye looks. 

I have created quite a collection of lip makeup but some products just blew me away! Colorbar's Velvet Matte lipsticks come in such an array of colours and are so affordable! 

2012 was the year I picked up my first MAC lipstick, that was Viva Glam Nicki... Now I have 4 of them! They're just amazing! See Sheer being my fave and Viva Glam 1 my newest addition, yesterday! 

And last but not the least the Fresh Cherry Lip Tint by Etude House is the perfect product for when you don't want lipstick but still want colour!

There were some nail paints I used consistently in 2012 and they were mostly NYX polishes. My absolute favourite go to polish being NYX Surf. I wore it with polka dots and glitter polish and all kinds of other ways! I wore NYX Hot Coral a lot too, my fave was this look with gold sequins. ^_^
I finally found flakie polishes in NYX, this is Pink Avenue!
My fave red polish was Ulta 3's Pepper Pot, perfect for my skin. NYX Multi Glitter was my fave glitter polish especially over pastels and whites with Innisfree's Libra taking over that spot as soon as I tried it on another favourite, Miss Claire's hot pink!

And those were my favourite products of the year 2012! Hope you liked it, be sure that I will bring you more awesome reviews and tutorials in the coming year!
I'm sorry this post seems a bit rushed... It is. >.<
Anyway, Happy New Year all! Enjoy and be safe! See you next year.
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ALL the things! One Post!

I don't know what to post today but I feel like posting! I don't know! Lol! Just bear with me. :D I had a trip to the dentist today and he gave me power chains so I need to take my mind off the PAIN! That story for another day though.. Today, I'll share with you a bit about what I did this week. :D

My sister took part in a Facebook contest by Korea Tourism and won some really cute stuff! She got a goodie bag with a notepad, guide, a pretty fan and a bunch of other stuff! ^_^

I LOVE the fan! It's beautiful and you can use it! :D

Yesterday, my sister had an appointment for a Rs.300 hair cut at Toni & Guy! DAT CHEAP right?! They're one of Sophia college's festival sponsors and were offering cheap hair cuts and colour to college students. :) The salon is in such a posh area! The whole thing looks like an ode to capitalism! All the retail outlets! @_@

So from there we went to OVS and they were having a sale so I picked myself up some cute earrings! ^_^
Both were kinds that I don't have and the mint blue hearts were just calling my name! LOL!

Finally some makeup! I got a new mascara this week.  wanted to buy it for a friend but she needed wash proof and this thing is one step ahead of waterproof! -__-

It's Max Factor's False Lash Effect 24 Hour mascara! I tried it today and OMG CANNOT GET IT OFF! HAALP! Even with oil based remover it is difficult! They mean it when they say 24 hours. D:
It looks amazing though! Will put up a review soon~

I also got Bourjois' Clubbing liquid liner, I got it because it was a very deep black but not shiny when dry, I hope it stays on well. :D

The mascara brush is FAT! Think milkshake straw fat! The bristles are rubber, a first for me! I can't get over how fat though, when I do the review I will show you a comparison with other mascaras. :)

The Bourjois brush on the other hand is thin and is actually a brush! Unlike newer felt ones! YEAH OLD SKOOL! LOL! It is so thin! All my painter friends out there, think a 00 paint brush thin!

damn you auto- focus!

My sister and I also hoarded up on Koka noodles! We were looking for Shin Ramyun but it was out of stock. This is the next best thing! Seafood flavour, Laksa Singapura and Tom Yam! OMNOMNOM!

And at last! My blog sale was a huge success! Thank you all who bought stuff! I'll be shipping almost everyone's packages tomorrow! Look at mah awesum packing skillz! :P

That's all for today I guess, I'm going to take my pain killer, put on my face mask go to sleep! Be back for a REAL post tomorrow!

Lol! Sorry about this! I'm off to bed!

PEACE OUT! :P

Creative Makeup Challenge Day 7: Villain Makeup (Two Face)

I've been wanting to do this look for soooo long! I haven't updated this challenge in a really long time, every time I wanted to, life kept getting in the way. Today I finally got some time and decided to do the Villain makeup. I wanted to play around with something new and this is my first attempt at doing something so gruesome!

Lol! Yes, it is pretty gruesome, I did the Batman villain, Harvey Dent "Two Face's" makeup. I couldn't do it exactly like Dark Knight so I decided to go with a mix of the comics and the movie. I couldn't get the sneer right though. I wanted to do the crazy hair too but didn't get the time. :(

Hope you like it! Please don't get nightmares! >.<

I used tissue paper, PVC glue, surgical tape (for the smile, which was fail -.-) and various eye pencils, eyeshadows and my concealer palette for the effects.Basically I paper mache-d my face! What do you think?
Please be nice! Lol! It's my first attempt! Thanks for reading!
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Tutorial: Sexy Anime Eyes

Huhuhuhuuuu... A tutorial after sooo long huh? I have almost forgotten how to make one. ;__ ; But I really had to do this one! It was a request by the lovely Coral Crue! And I had left it hanging for so long! She must hate me! PLEAZ NUN HATE ME CORAL! ;A;

10 points for guessing whose eye that is! Clue: It's not a female character.:P

I actually didn't know what to call this look, gyaru has more lashes and Ulzzang not quite enough makeup. A lot of people especially on Facebook told me how Anime like my eyes looked when I wore this make up in a photo. So I decided to go with the flow! LOL! Anyway, here's the tutorial! ♥

Step 1: Put on circle lenses! It won't matter very much but they add a lot of oomph to your look. Especially if you're doing a look like this. I've put a comparison picture at the end to show you the difference in how they look.
I'm wearing Beuberry Kitten Eyes below. I bought them from Uniqso. ^-^ I'll do a review soon!

Step 2: Use a brown shimmery shade to highlight the outer third of your eyelid. Don't go beyond the eyebrow or crease. I used L'Oreal Infallible eyeshadow in Burning Black.

Step 3: On the majority of the center eyelid, use a shimmery shadow of your choice. Blend into the outer colour. I like gold or copper but here I'm using a coral gold colour. ^-^

Step 4: Using the same shadows of the upper lid, line the lower lid. Make sure the brown shadow in the corner doesn't curve with the lower lash line, keep it straight and let it meet the shadow on the upper lid.

Step 5: Use a shimmery light beige shadow and use it all overthe inner lids, both upper and lower, take it quite low from the lower lid. It adds a contour to the eyes.

Step 6: Use a gel liner or liquid liner and line the upper lash line. Start thin on the inside and thicker on the outside. Don't wing it up too much.

Step 7: Use the liner and draw a very angular thick liner on the outer third of the lower lid. Join it to the upper liner. You can already see the angles forming because of the straight lines. :)

Step 8: Joining the line you just drew, line the center of the waterline only. Then just line the very inner corner of the waterline. for a more innocent look, keave the inner corner and do only the center.

Step 9: This step is all lashes and mascara. i don't have lashes to wear so I use a lot of mascara. After curling my lashes, I put 2 coats of curling mascara and two coats of volumising to get the effect below. Lashes definitely add a lot to the look but I no has. >.<

And that's it! That's how you get angular and long anime eyes. ^-^

Here are pictures to show you the difference between no lenses and lenses with this look. Sorry about the flash used, I was doing this at night. X( The circle lenses definitely add the anime touch right? Lol!

I hope you enjoyed that tutorial and get to use it, especially for cosplay and costume parties! Thanks for reading!
♥

Independence Day Look: Tricolour Dreams

Usually, I'm a cynical person. I have a lot to bitch about in context to my country. It's too dirty, too corrupt, polluted and populated... Sure! But this is one of the days of the year I'm just going to shut up and be happy I live here. It might not be a perfect country but it is MY country.

Anyway, enough of that... I'm never up early enough for flag hoists and speeches. This is the only way I can show my love, probably. So let me know if you like it!
Btw orange, white, blue and green are a difficult combo to work with! So, yeah. >.> If it's not pretty, I can't be blamed! LOL!

I used:

• NYX Jumbo pencil Milk
• Inglot eyeshaodw matte 366
• Sleek I-Divine Glory palette: Green, light gold, blue
• Bourjois Clubbing Contour eye pencil "Blue remix
• Coastal Scents 88 Palette: White and black and matte green
• Colossal Kajal and mascara
• Maybelline gel liner

Happy Independence Day everyone! ♥

Creative Makeup Challenge Day 6: Gemstone Makeup

My birthstone happens to be opal, but opal would be a real bitch to recreate, plus I'm not really feeling very creative today. :(  So I decided to do a wearable look based on my second favourite gem, and my sister's birthstone, amethyst.

I tried to mimic the colours from the image above, that's why there's a bit of brown and gold-green in the look. My camera was being awful and refused to pick up the colour! >.< But I hope you can still see some purply-ness!

I thought my green lenses would look pretty with purple! They did! :D

My lenses make me look unreal! LOL! Sorry about the weird cropping, I'm in that 2 day no wash phase after you freshly colour your hair, so it looks horrible and greasy right now. X( I'm trying out a new foundation and it looked really patchy! >.<

Anyway, I really liked this look! I might actually use it often. :) What do you think?
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Kitty left me a present! Pics!

Kitty's finally gone to her forever home, her new family is very loving and have had cats before so I'm glad! I do miss her clawing at my legs and meowing but now I can bring my life back on track, and my blogging too!

She decided to leave me a little present before she left, look at this! D:

Ok, no! I lie..She's much too sweet to do that! I was just fooling around with some makeup! LOL! I scared my grandma and sister pretty good though! XD
Here's a close up so you can see the "fakeness."

What do you think? It was my first time trying makeup like this..

Anyway, on to kitty! She improved so much after just 4 days at home. Especially after the vet visit. :) Here she is on Day 1

And the Day she left:

All clean and shiny! She learned to go to the bathroom for her "business" and even understood if you called her from another room! Smart cookie. :) I miss her but I'm glad she has a new caring home.
So, that's all for today! I'll be posting my makeup challenge again and even though I've taken up some work so my posts might be short, I'll still try my best!
♥

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!

♥

Creative Makeup Challenge Day 5: Emo/ Goth Makeup

Well, kitty's still here, going to be here till Monday probably! But she needs a lot of attention so I hope you understand the delay in my makeup challenge and general blogging. :(
I'll tell you more about kitty later and show y'all some pics too but first, it's makeup challenge time!

Today's theme was Goth/ Emo makeup, since I had a cat going around my feet trying to trip me, I kept it simple. Everyday Goth? Scene maybe? Tell me what you think! I feel like it's very similar to Day 2.. :(  Promise to do better next time! x.x

Anyway, I'm sure you'll forgive me if you see pics of kitty! So here are a few I took yesterday. :) Enjoy! And I promise I'll reply to all your comments in a bit!

Kitteh likes the warm and fat one (me!)

According to my friend she should be called Batface! ♥

Yoda ears! Need to give them a good cleaning!

We're watching The Simpsons! KITTEH GET OFF MAH LAP!

Maum! Did you know there's a cat on the other side? *derp*

 Hope you enjoyed my little Kitty picture spam! And the very uninspired look too. >.<
In other news, I won a giveaway on Sleek Makup's Facebook! I win the whole 2012 Limited Edition collection! It's inspired by the London Olympics... I'm so excited!! I never win with just luck at anything! I didn't even know I had won till Bhumika from New-Love Makeup told me! Thanks Bhumika! *hugs*
Yay! This is what it looks like, now the wait begins.. LOL!

Thank you all for being patient with me and my lack of updates. I'll be back on track soon! ^-^
♥