Blog Sale Preview!

I'm glad to see that there is interest in my second blog sale! This one is much smaller than the one I had last year but the products are pretty interesting!

Most products are stuff that I really loved when I got it but never had the chance to use! >.< It's almost new, not used more than 2-4 times! Some have just been swatched!

I'm putting up a list of products so that you can Google them, research them and decide whether you want them! ^_^

Most are lip products this time!

So here goes!

Lip Products:

Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter- Raspberry Pie

Rimmel Kate Lasting Finish Lipstick- 22 (red)

NYX Round lipstick- Fire

Maybelline SuperStay Lipstick- Infinitely Fuchsia

Maybelline SuperStay Lipstick- Keep Me Coral

Revlon ColorBurst Lipgloss- Papaya

Colorbar True Gloss- Pink Stain

Face Products:

Maybelline ClearGlow BB Stick "Fawn

Purely Pro Blush "Strawberry" (Reserved)

The Body Shop Lily Cole Lip/ Cheek Dome "Pinch Me Pink"

Bourjois ealthy Mix Concealer "53 Dark Radiance"

Eye Products:

Sleek eye dust "Dirty"

Castledew eyeshadow quad "04"

Castledew Eyeshadow Singles "Mystic Violet" & "Ocean Sky Blue"

Prices are pretty reasonable!

Shipping: 

Rs.50

Payment: 

NEFT Transfer/ Cash Deposit

Terms:

• First come first serve.
• Please only let me know you want to buy something if you're sure of buying it.
• I will post pics of the products in their present condition.
• I will sanitize the products before sending them so don't worry about that. =)
• I will pack everything with bubble wrap and as tightly as possible, but any damage or loss during shipping is not my responsibility.
• No returns will be accepted.
• For Indian residents only. :)

Hope to see these babies get good homes! ♥

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!

♥

Manicure Monday and Sneak Peek

I've been a very lazy person recently.. Barely blogging! All I want to is sit on my chair, watch Doctor Who (David Tennant ♥) and feel my butt grow bigger! But all that must change! Right now! Except for Doctor Who.. Still watching that!

Anyway, here's a lovely manicure I did using Ulta3's Mulberry, a very dark wine colour, great for fall! And NYX's Enchanted Forest, my bottled forest of unicorns! Reviewed here.

A bit about Mulberry:

I've reviewed Ulta3's Pepper Pot before as the red that gave me new faith in red nails! So, i think I should give you a little bit about Mulberry too! Mulberry is an amazingly Goth, vampy, fall colour. It goes opaque in 2 coats (or one thick coat.) And it lasts a loOoOoOoOong time on my nails! Wore it for 5 days without so much as tip wear! Man, these Ulta3 polishes are amazing!

I wasn't sure how these two would go together, but I'm glad I tried! The effect is lovely. The green glitters of Enchanted Forest really stand out on the dark plum colour!

Natural light

Close up: Look at that glow!

With flash

Tip: 

Glitter polishes with big pieces like Enchanted Forest tend to flake off easily, i.e. the big glitter bits just peel off! So, you need to have a really thick coat of top coat on for these polishes and you won't have the flaking problem. ^_^

As my sorry for being such a horribly erratic blogger, here is a sneak peek into reviews this week. ;)

Just some starters! Lol!

Yes! Edgy Emerald, finally! :D

A lovely pair of lenses from Apple of Your Eyes! ♥

And that's just the beginning! Much more to come. ^__^

Hope you liked my simple manicure today! Thank you for stopping by!

♥

Blog Sale Preview: Everything Must Go! =D

Hey everyone! A few days ago I had asked on my Facebook page whether people would be interested in a blog sale! And I got a good response. :)
I have some stuff that I've used a little bit but mostly kept hoarded up. I feel like it deserves to be loved and someone else can give it some much needed attention. :D

I'll have the prices and all the photos up tomorrow, today I'm going to put up a list of the products and some pics just to give you a little sneak peek! I'll have it up tomorrow afternoon and will keep it up till everything is gone. :)

What's for sale?
All the products have been used less than 5 times. :) Some have only been swatched.

Lip products:

• Faces Satin Matte Lipstick "Magenta"
• Faces Moisture Rich Lipstick "French Rose"
• NYX Round lipstick "Stella" (Used twice but little melt damage)
• Maybelline Colorsensational Lipstick "Hooked On Pink"
• Maybelline Colosensational Moisture Extreme Lipstick "Coral Pink"
• Maybelline Colosensational Moisture Extreme Lipstick "Bronze Orange"
• VOV Soft Matte Lip Cream "NYX Montecarlo" dupe
• VOV Soft Matte Lip Cream "NYX Tokyo" dupe
• Jordana Lip Shine Brush on lip gloss "Watermelon Punch" (Glaze)
• Jordana Lip Shine Brush on lip gloss "Candy" (Shimmer)

Eye Products:

• NYX One Night in Morocco (I bought this in a blog sale too, I wish I could have used this more but I'm flooded with neutral palettes! Used only twice by me and swatched previously.)
• Maybelline Diamond Glow (Lilac Mauve) eyeshadow quad
• Maybelline "Chai Latte" quad
• Maybelline Vivid and Smooth Liner pencil "Lavender Pearl"
• Faces I-Shine quad Blue (No outer box)

Face products

• Diana of London Protouch Concealer "02"
• Jordana blush "Stardust"

Nail Polishes:

• NYX "Paradise"
• Miss Claire "B2" (purple)
• Colorbar "90- Amethyst"
• Lakme Fast and Fabulous "Aquablast"
• Lakme Fast and Fabulous "Purple It!"
• Faces (7ml) "Atomic Orange"
• Faces (7ml) "Brown Wood"

I'm keeping the prices as reasonable as possible. :) I'm also clubbing a few together, if bought together the prices will be reduced.

Payment: NEFT Transfer/ Cash Deposit

Shipping: Add Rs 50.

Terms:

• First come first serve.
• Please only let me know you want to buy something if you're sure of buying it.
• I will post pics of the products in their present condition.
• I will sanitize the products before sending them so don't worry about that. =)
• I will pack everything with bubble wrap and as tightly as possible, any damage or loss during shipping is not my responsibility.
• No returns will be accepted.
• For Indian residents only. :)

Please contact me for any questions or ask me in the comments.
I hope y'all will support my blog sale and give these gems a good home. =)

I'll have all pics and prices up by tomorrow 3pm. Have fun shopping everyone. ♥

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!

♥

Manicure Monday: Glitter Confetti and FOTD

Finally a Monday Manicure! Sorry for such a lame-o one! I'll have an epic one next week.. (At least i hope. >.>)
Anyway, I call this Glitter Confetti but its just this manicure revisited.. Used th same NYX Multi Glitter polish, except over white. ^u^

The multi glitter polish is thickening up! I has a sad! ;-;

Anyway, this is the FOTD today! Ansh from Vanity No Apologies sent me over the Forever Pink Infallible eyeshadow for my contest prize and it was so pretty I had to try it out! My camera no pick up the prettiness! X(
 It looks a lot like MAC Expensive pink, I was just like : *u* PURDEH! Thanks Ansh! *kisssssiiieeees*

Forever Pink and Revlon "Coffee Bean" quad on lids

Buttery Nude Xtreme Lip colour by NYX on lips! ♥

My hair is starting to fade! SOB! I have to wash it more often because of the damned humidity.. 'll have to touch up soon. :C
Sorry I'm not writing much, I've become an old lady these days, I sleep at 11:30pm and wake up at 8 am.. I don't do that usually! I feel like there's something wrong even though what I'm doing is healthy. LOL!

Btw,  I'm going to have an interesting post tomorrow for FOTD! :D So come back! LOL! Bye!
♥
ps: After the circle lens post, I feel like I have tiny irises! The vicious cycle, it begins!

Back from the Dead with a Haul and FOTD!

Hi everyone! My work is fnally done, you cannot imagine how happy I am! I can finally eat, sleep and blog! And wear makeup!! I was so tired I slept for 18 hours straight after I was done with work! Then yesterday, I went outdoors! :D OHMYGOD! YAY! 

Yup, I went outdoors! I went to Palladium to be exact, it was a spur of the moment thing and a nice place to go in the rain.. I.e. Absolutely empty! Haha!

I decided to reward myself and FINALLY after years of contemplation go into MAC. I thought I would pick up a lipstick, but all the shades I wanted were gone. -__- I ended up just buying the brush cleanser..

What a poopy first visit! Oh well, next time! The girls there were really nice, one of them even wanted me to do her hair colour LOL! I've never tried it on anyone but me, so I don't think I'll be complying. I'm too scared, I'll mess it up!

Another thing, I asked to get my shade matched and she said NC 42.. In the store, it looked fine but when my boyfriend saw it, and then my sister too, both their reaction were OMG! YELLOW! And my sister said it looked orange too.. And muddy! >.< So, I still don' know what my colour is! *sigh*
SOMEBODY GUESS PLEASE! LOL!

Then I went to Accessorize, because sale.
I wanted to pick up a few trinkets, no bags and things, I have too many now! >.>

I picked up this set of studs for my ears, I have 7 ear piercings in total and I need studs for them all the time!

I also picked up a couple of rings, there was a cute bow one but my fingers are too fat for it. T^T

I got these earrings for my sister, she loves tea! LOL!

That was probably my cutest haul ever! Hehe..

Now for my FOTD! I've changed my hair colour yet again! I also got new circle lenses! More on them later but this is what I looked like yesterday! My boyfriend thinks I've become paler.. i think it is the lack of sunlight! >.<

I'm wearing:

• Bourjois foundation 123 Perfect in 53 Light Beige
• Maybelline Dream Matte Compact "Honey"
• Bourjois Healthy Mix concealer "53"
• Revlon Colorstay eyeshadow quad "Coffee Bean"
• Maybelline mono shadow "Iced Fudge"
• Maybelline Colossal Kajal and Volum' mascara
• Colorbar lipstick "Bare" MLBB FOR THE WIN!
• NYX powder blush "Spice"

Hope you girls liked my haul and FOTD! Tell me please what MAC shade I should/ must be.. Just guess, for fun! ;) NC 42 was just not it!

♥

Manicure Monday: Set Lasers to Fun

*Hauls self from under rock.* Hi all! Sorry I've been posting less often these days, technically I posted on Saturday but for me 2 days is a long time to go without blogging now! LOL!

I've just been swamped with work. I'm living on 4 hours of sleep and barely any food. -__-
Anyway, I managed to dig up a mani that I had done a few days ago, and decided to post it.

How to: This was my first time trying a laser mani, I put a layer of the yellow polish first, then when it dried, I put on the striping tape at various angles and painted over with grey. Once that dried I I peeled the tape and was left with the laser like stripes!

Without flash the yellow looks more green and grey more blue. Still pretty!

Also, for the very first time, the nails on my right hand look better than the left! LOL! I got impatient and peeled the tape before the polish dried. >.<

How to fail at the lazser mani!

What I used:

NYX Girls polish "Dark grey," China Glaze "Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" and Striping tape.

I've also used the China Glaze polish for this stripey manicure.

I hope you enjoyed this manicure! I have to get back to work now!

But I'll still do my best to update as often as I can! I won't be able to do any makeup tutorials for awhile though. ;n;
After two weeks, I'll be free again *hopefully*.
Tell me what you thought of this manicure! Will you try it? Do you get impatient with polish too?
Let me know!
♥

Sparkle Sparkle~ Faces Sparkle Dust- 256 "Frolic" Review

Hi all! Today I'm going to be reviewing something very pretty! Oh so pretty~~ *Ahem* Yes.. It's the Faces Sparkledust Stackable in Frolic.

I've always wanted to try pigments but I didn't want to spend a lot on something like MAC Melon (which I really want! ;n;) just to realise i would never use it.. So I decided to buy some inexpensive pigments, see what I feel about them and then get more. So I decided to buy one of the Faces Stackable Sparkledusts. You get these in individul jars too but I wanted some variety. LOL!

Facts about Faces: Faces is a brand from Canada, they were established in 1974 and their pricing is amazing! Took them long enough to come to India. -__-

Price: These are around 549 INR but I got them for 466 in Beauty center Khar.

Packaging: The entire package looks like this.

You can get these in sets of 5 or 8.
The packaging is nice but I feel like the plastic is too flimsy and brittle. So, i'm always afraid that it's gonna break. :/
I like that being a stack, its easy to carry and all that but it is annoying to screw and unscrew each jar, plus there are more chances of it falling, considering the high center of gravity. *adjusts faux geek glasses*

 The jars aren't big, they probably hold one and a half teaspoon of pigment, but I like the fact that they are small. Otherwise you get a huge jar and it never gets over!

The Colours: The pigments are VERY shimmery, each and every one of them! I'm not a fan of shimmer but I don't mind it here and there. Problem is when you want to use them dry, they cause a lot of fallout (as all pigments would.) So even if you clean them off, a bit of the shimmer remains. >.<
You have to wear your foundation aftr you use these or use a tissue for fallout.

The colours look brilliant used wet although I find the green and blue a bit too similar. There are quite a few of these sets and they all have some colours that coincide, so search a bit and find ones with unique colours.

Red: Has gold shimmers, very dark

Has blue(ish) shimmers, not my favourite!

Pink: my favourite! Has purple and pink shimmer

Blue/ Teal: Another favourite! has gold shimmer, gives it a multidimensional quality.

White duochrome: Shines pink and gold according to the light.

Swatches: *click for larger images*

No flash

Flash

Isn't that white so pretty with its gold and pink duo goodness! *o*

EOTD:

Not my best EOTD! Sorry... ;n;
I used the white in the inner corner, blue in the center and pink on the outer v. I also used NYC jumbo pencil in Milk, Bourjois Clubbing Contour pencil in "Blue Remix" ♥ and Colossal kajal an mascara. :3

Overall:
I feel that this is a good buy for someone who wants to try pigments like I did. I just wish the plastic was less brittle and they had a few no shimmer colours, but then they really wouldn't be "sparkle dust." As I said, I'm not big on the shimmer. LOL!
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EDIT: My SkincareRx giftcard giveaway is now closed, i'll be announcing the winner in a couple of days! Good luck everyone! ^-^