Life Stories

Being the proverbial lazy gal, I like products that do more than one role for me 🙂 A foundation, concealer and compact rolled into one sounds heavenly. Does it not? I’d tried Lakme 9 to 5 triple compact and was reasonably happy with it. So, I decided to give this Colorbar one a shot. Was […]

Hi ladies, I purchased a jovees lipbalm sometime last year and while I liked its hydration, I hated the smell and the fact that it was not tinted. You can read the detailed review here.  This one was relegated to a dark dark corner of my almirah and did not see the light of the

Hello girls… all of you must have seen the snapdeal ads on TV unless you’ve been living in oblivion. The 60%, 70% and 80% off on things like restaurants, spas, gyms are pretty tempting na? I got tempted too and me and hubs being the net junkies that we are, we searched for more of

All you lipstick lovers out there, how many unflattering shades do you have? What do you do with them unflattering tubes of colour? Do you work at that relationship or just move on? I try some of these: Lipstain: Sometimes, the full on colour can be a bit too much. Specially so if the colour

Back when I was on the lookout for the perfect nude lipstick, I came across this little beauty. And little it is! Oriflame Pure Colours is available in a smaller size (2.5 gm) for trial and I picked the two nude shades that the catalogue showed. One is Vintage Nude and the other is Vintage

The birthday is approaching and I plan on getting me some MAC. Those of you who know me, I am more of a lipstick person. I don’t do eyes that much. Flawless base, some liner and kajal and lipstick suffices. What do you recommend I buy. I already have Studio Fix powder foundation, Fix+, Cosmo,

Hiya girls, Zara had asked me for swatches of Colorbar Velvet Touch Sultry Pink lippie that I mentioned about. I have not had the time to do a full blown review so here are the swatches: From Top: One Swipe, Centre: Three Swipes, Bottom: Lipstain

Actually, this post should be titled Hotelmade Scrub! This is a real handy trick when you forget your exfoliator on a trip and don’t have a kitchen to your disposal. Most hotels provide you tea / coffee sachets in the room. What  accompanies that is sugar and milk powder. Get the trick? No? Read On… Sugar and

Hi girls, I mentioned wearing a homemade cream blush on Corallista‘s FB pic today and a couple of you were curious. Hence, this post…. My DIY obsession started with a lipcolour. You can read the story here…. To get a cream blush, I used essentially the same technique. I mixed vaseline, Lakme Rose powder and

Hiya lovelies, I was into junk jewellery in my college days. Post marriage, I stopped wearing it altogether. The statement necklace trend caught my eye and I gave it a shot but did not like I much. I was enamored by the celebs who sported them with such finesse. I heart Kirron Kher’s with elegant