Collective November Haul

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TGIF !!!! Over the last week, I hauled a little bit from online shopping websites, Purplle.com and Shopatmajorbrands. Sharing the haul with you guys, enjoy :)

AromaMagic Beauty Pack Review

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How are you doing today, the sudden weather change has prompted my skin to behave all funny. It went all dry and patchy on one hand along with a lot of breakouts. So, I went looking for a good face pack, which could take care of my skin. While browsing online I came across this face pack, which included AHA's in the ingredient list.

November Vellvette Box Review

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I have received my second Vellvette box as well for this month. I have already reviewed the October one (read HERE). Read on to know about my experience ...

The box which remind me of UrbanTouch boxes:

Clean and Clear Morning Energy Energizing Lemon Face Wash Review

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Hope you all are doing fine. I am not posting a NOTW today, cause of some issues with blogger, but I am definitely posting about a face wash, which many of us would have used by now. It's from one of my favorite brands when I was a teenager, Clean & Clear.

MAC ProlongWear LipCreme Dear Diary Review, Swatches

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Time for some fun colors on lips, I don't think so... The summer collections by MAC launch in India by Autumn and it totally takes away the fun of using bright colors. Case in point, MAC Dear Diary ProlongWear LipCreme, which was a part of the MAC Beth Dittoo Collection, launched here in September/October.

Victoria's Secret Secret Craving Hydrating Body Lotion Review

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Hope you all had a nice weekend, mine was a little crazy with three functions to attend in a row along with some grocery and fun shopping. Did a haul as well though it was online. Will share the details soon :)

With the onset of winters here in India, my skin has already started behaving a little oddly. Sometimes it is very dry and sometimes it is normal, so I am trying out and testing a few body lotions/ moisturisers right now. One of my favorites is turning out to Victoria's Secret Secret Craving Hydrating Body Lotion, which I received in my October Vellvette Box (read HERE).

Elizabeth Arden Youth Restoring Ceramide Gold Ultra Restorative Capsules Review

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It's Friday, yay yay!!! I am so so happy, it seemed as if the week would never end, but finally we are here TGIF :), I am planning on doing so many things this weekend, first off I have a planned a pampering session for me at the salon as I have to attend 3 wedding receptions in two days (so I need some serious pampering). Secondly, I am planning to squeeze out some time for winter wardrobe shopping and finally I have to celebrate my MIL's birthday over the weekend, couldn't do it earlier 'cause it was on Tuesday.

So, a part of the pampering would include this wonderful product Elizabeth Arden Youth Restoring Ceramide Gold Ultra Restorative Capsules(phew what a long name!!!), which I got in my October Vellvette Box (read HERE)

Chilli Paneer Recipe (No MSG)

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Today I am sharing a Chinese Chilli Paneer recipe with you without any MSG or Soya Sauce. So, those of you who want to keep these ingredients out of their Chinese, read on...

Ingredients:

1 medium Capsicum, cut into thin long stripes

1 medium onion, cut into thin long stripes

Rainbow Water Marble Nail Art

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I did another marble nail art during the Festival Season and tried to incorporate as many rainbow colors I had. All the nail paints used are from Maybelline Colorama range. 

Clinique High Impact Mascara Review

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Hope you are having a nice day, it has started getting chilly here and I am quite liking it for the time being as the sun is till out. But I am also dreading those days when there would not be any sun here and it would be all dull, grey, and foggy :(. Hope those days are few and far in between. But, what I love about those days is some dark chocolate, some warmers, and smokey eyes with loads of mascara.

I have recently found a fabulous mascara in my October Vellvette Box (read HERE). The mascara is from Clinique and names High Impact Mascara.

Natural Eye Makeup with Lancome Magic Voyage Pallete

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How was your weekend. Mine was good except for "Jab Tak Hai Jaan". The movie seemed to drag on forever with me waiting for it to end during the last half an hour. Though I liked the performances and the direction, half an hour could easily be chopped off from the movie.

Anyways, I decided to do an eye makeup tutorial, which I was wearing for this outing. As I prefer natural makeup when visiting malls and watching movies, so this one is also a very natural eye look.

Mothercare Baby Lotion Review

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After a long, long time I am doing a baby product review here. It is one of my favorite products since I entered motherhood. This was again one of the gifts I received after my baby was born. The product is Mothercare Baby Lotion.

Lakme Eyeconic Kajal Review, Swatch

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Hope all of you enjoyed the festivities to the hilt :). I did for sure and am so tired after hectic schedule of feasting and pujas that I am all set for a relaxing day at home today. So, right now I decided to catch up a little on my blog with all of you and do a short product review.

Today's product is not new and doesn't require any introduction, it's the Lakme Eyeconic Kajal which I won last month at IMBB (read HERE).

My Diwali Makeup Tutorial

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Today I am off to my mom's place for celebrating "bhai duj". But before that did a quick tutorial for my Diwali makeup (read HERE).

My Festive Manicure

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Hope you had a fun and safe Diwali. Even as I hear the dying sounds of a few crackers going up in the air this morning, I was itching to share a new nail art technique I tried yesterday for my Festive Manicure.

The technique is known as sponging nail art and gives a beautiful gradient / ombre effect on the nails. I have used the following nail colors for creating the manicure and a makeup sponge.

Easy Vegetable Biryani / Pulao Recipe

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After an overdose of loads of mithais and heavy duty fried stuff, I decided to make something tasty yet not fried and heavy and I call this a easy Vegetable Biryani Recipe.

Let's see the ingredients first:

1 cup rice

1 finely chopped tomato

a few florets of cauliflower, finely chopped

2 green chillies, finely chopped

5-6 French beans, finely chopped

10-12 cashewnuts

a few strands of saffron soaked in 1/2 cup warm milk

2 bay leaves

3-4 cloves

a small stick of cinnamon

3-4 small cardamom

2 tsp of clarified butter / ghee

1 tsp cumin seeds

Salt to taste

My Diwali Outfit

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Wishing all of you a very Happy and Prosperous Diwali!!!

Here's what I wore. It's a yellow and pink kundan work saree from Meena Bazaar. It was a wedding gift from my mom.

HAPPY DIWALI

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Wishing all of you a very Happy and Prosperous Diwali. May the coming year bestow you with all the happiness and love you deserve :)

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Take care...

Festive Makeup Tutorial: Bronzed Gold

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This is the second of the festive makeup tutorials I came up with (read the first one HERE). For this one I decides to stick with gold and brown / bronze eye colors, as this look could be paired with any sort of blingy outfit and make you look glamorous. The makeup itself is simple to do and would look good with most of your festive outfits.

Starting off with the products used:

Festive Makeup Tutorial: Silver and Blue

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Since the festivities are right upon us, I decided to do two makeup tutorials for Diwali. Since here in India we are always wearing bling in our festive clothes, I decided the makeup to match the bling. While playing around with colors I had in my kitty, I came up with a silver and blue eye makeup, which I think would look great paired with all-white / all silver outfits. I hope you girls like the tutorial.

So, let's begin with the products used for the look:

My 1st Haul Post

Guest Post by Gurpreet

Hello Girls!

I am relatively new to this world of beauty, cosmetics and related blogs, and as I am noticing myself, I have been kinda addicted to reading these blogs daily. I love tips, tutorials, and DIY stuff, and last but not the least – Hauls, who doesn’t like shopping.

So, here is my first ever haul post. Few weeks back, I purchased a Maybelline Baby Lips Lip Balm in Cherry Kiss, Lotus Herbals Color Dew nail paint in Deep Sea 86, Lotus Herbals Purestay lip gloss in Darling Lavender, and a Lakme fruit moisturizer in Peach Milk. The Lotus Herbals stuff I got from their website itself at a whopping 50% discount. :-D Since these baby lips balm was unavailable online, I had to get it from a NewU store and the Lakme moisturizer was part of my friends order from medplusbeauty. Enjoy the pictures!!

Freehand Stripping Manicure

Guest Post by Gurpreet

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Diwali is just round the corner and with so many colorful lights and decorations everywhere, I decided to do a colorful freehand stripping manicure. Check out the pictures.

OOTD, LOTD, FOTD: Office Diwali Celebrations

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Finally, I got a chance to click some photos of my Office Diwali Party costume and am sharing them with you all. 

I wore a blue-red suit with hand embroidery. The kurta is made of silk, the churidar of crepe and the dupatta is chiffon.

Gradient Lines Nail Art

Guest Post by Gurpreet

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Hope you all are busy preparing for our great festival of lights – Diwali coming up next week. Check out my attempt of a gradient lines nail art. Enjoy the pictures.

Restaurant Review: Rajdhani

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Today there are celebrations at the Office :). I love that everyone is in ethnic wear and looking their festive best. I have worn a suit today, hope to share some pics by tomorrow.

Even before, celebrations started at home and around the nation, my group of friends decided to have a Diwali Lunch, by no means a potluck, we decided to go out. The place we chose was Rajdhani. some of you might have heard about it and some of you might not have.

Rajdhani has an interesting concept, basically they serve unlimited Gujrati thalis. .Most of you would have heard about Chowki Dhani, but this is a gujrati version of the same. Feast your eyes on the thali below:

NOTW: Flowery Mosaic Manicure

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How is your week coming along?? I guess most of us are now gearing up for a week of fun and festivity. Can't wait for Diwali now!!!

I did this cute flowery manicure with some nail art pens (shown HERE). Hope you guys like it. Started with two coats of chambor French white on my nails. And used the red and green pens to draw these on my nails. Very easy to handle for free hand designing.

Giovanni Frizz be Gone Hair Serum Swatch, Review

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My festive spirit seems to be dampened a bit by the onslaught of cold / flu. I think it's all because of this Fog/ Smog happening here. I so wish the sun would rise and shine. 

A little background story before reviewing the Serum. My hair have been poker straight and shiny since time immemorial. Also I have really oily roots, so much so that I wash my hair every alternate day. Only recently, I have started noticing my hair ends becoming frizzy. Conditioners are not helping either as they make my hair greasy within a day. So, I was thinking of trying out a hair serum but was skeptical about leaving chemicals on my hair. Then while browsing online, I spotted this hair serum and bought it on impulse.

Jovees Rose Skin Toner Review

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Hope all of you had a fun weekend, mine was super-busy and super-fun. First, I went round buying gifts for my friends and then I went around distributing them. It's feels really cool to meet people and spend some time with them. I love Diwali 'cause it's the best time for socialising and partying. What about you girls??

Today, I will be reviewing Jovees Rose Skin Toner, my second one from the brand. After my excellent experience with the Jovees Cucumber toner (review HERE), I went ahead and purchased this rose water. Read on to know my experience with this one...

Indian Wedding Reception Eye Makeup: Step-by-Step Tutorial

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Happy Weekend everyone, am having a very busy schedule over this and the next weekend as we have to go shopping, decorating, and visiting relatives for Diwali. Hopefully will be able to do some makeup shopping as well.

Recently, I had to attend a day wedding reception (you would understand this if you were a jain). I wore a mauvish pinkish Benarasi saree with silver thread work. Since the saree had all the classic elements, I decided to keep my eye makeup more towards the neutral smokey side and came up with this look. Hope you like it!!!

Let's start with the products used for the eyemakeup:

My KarvaChauth FOTD & OOTD

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Wishing all of you a very happy KarvaChauth. Being a Jain (by mariiage), I don't celebrate this but have seen my mom do it since I was lil kid. It was a very fascinating festival for me, the main plus point being the henna application. I used to go with my mom and get my hands full of henna, I still love the designs so much, but sadly cannot apply henna as often as I would like to. The second good thing was that she used to eat "sargi" in the morning at which point I also used to accompany her. The only thing I didn't copy was the tough "fast".

So, coming back from the childhood memories, even though I don't fast for my hubby, I never miss an occassion to dress up. Since today is a working day, I decided to keep it simple and wore this ethnic suit to office.

The suit is high neck, pista green in color with bronze aari work embrodery and small mirrored sequins all over and on the collar. The dupatta is chiffon with bronze aari work lace as well. The suit has a bodice which is made up of net and there are kairis done with aari work.

Happy KarvaChauth to all!!!

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Wishing all you brave girls out there a very Happy KarvaChauth and a blissful married life.

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KarvaChauth Eye Makeup Tutorial

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Now that the festivities are upon us with KarvaChauth happening tomorrow  I decided to do a Eye Makeup tutorial for those who intend to dress up and fast for their better halves. So, this is a very Indian look with some bling and would be appropriate for the night.

Starting off, the products used for this look: