Over the last few weeks, my Mum has really enjoyed painting her nails with this shade, in complete contrast to the usual trend of sporting rich colours during winter. If you want to do the same, or are a fan of sporting nudes then this is one shade you should definitely check out!

This is Part 2 of the tag I got from Supria of Sushy Loves Blush. (You can read Part 1 HERE which talks about best makeup produts I tried   in 2013). Time to share skincare now!  Finding out your most amazing finds of this year is such an interesting thing to do. You reflect on all the products used and it is quite confusing picking out just two products when you have good experiences with quite a few more. But if I had to pick put just two from my stash they have got to be :

It's 1:20 p.m. now and I am so excited that I can barely sleep! Christmas is here! Finally! Adding to the excitement is Smriti's arrival tomorrow morning followed by my favourite aunts and cousin :) So yes I am all jumpy :D Not to mention carol humming (yeah well.. I don't sing much) constantly. Tomorrow it's pretty much catching up, eating some yummy food, some gift exchanging hopefully (don't we all get excited when it comes to gifts?) and baking a good cake. Simple :)
What are your plans for the day?


Wishing you all a magical and delightful Christmas filled with joy and laughter! Have a great day! (I better go sleep..I don't want looking like a zombie tomorrow :D)

Lots of love!

I was tagged a few days back by the gorgeous Supria of Sushy Loves Blush to do this very interesting post of our most amazing finds of the year (makeup, skincare etc etc). Thank you Supriya!! :)
So here goes the first post - Makeup! I had a tough time (read 2 nights) deciding my best makeup find this year. Yes, I don't have one kind of product mainly because all these years when it came to make-up I was all about the eyes..Yes.Always. I never gave much attention to the other areas and this year I finally realised what I was missing out on. Tch!
Anyway here are my picks:

Yes we are loving the Lotus Herbals Nail Enamels a lot. Here is another gorgeous colour Pure Plum swatched for you! :)

Who doesn't like colour blocking? You know it looks pretty fantanstic, wherever you use it. So why not use the trend to add some zing to your space? And I am not talking about a big time consuming project, just take out 10 minutes and make yourself a pretty thing, with stuff lying around the house :)

We all agree that a basic black eye pencil is a must have for every girl. (The Amway Kajal Coal is my favourite and Smriti loves her Colossal). But let us not stop there. Don't you just love adding a pop of colour to your eyes somedays without having to use eyeshadows. This is where all those fun coloured eye pencils come in and the Colorbar I-Glide Eye Pencil in Prunella is the most gorgeous purple I have come across..ever!

On a trip to the pharmacy a few months back (to stock up on some essential tablets) I noticed the Scholl foot care range happily sitting on one of their shelves. I happily gave in to the temptation (whaaat? They called out to me okay :P) and bought the Foot and Nail cream and this Rough Skin Remover. According to me they (walking daily in the sun and running around in the hospital does weird stuff to your feet you know) would be perfect for some self pampering :) :D

Hello all!

I'm always on the lookout for new deodorants while shopping. While I'm not too fond of the over flowery smelling ones, once in a while I'm lucky enough to find a real gem. Happy Game is one such find that I picked up just on a whim, after having a good experience with the Natural Vitality variant.

I had bought two other shades from the Maybelline Color Show range - 103 Moon Beam and 005 Wine & Dine. Today I am swatching Moon Beam and Wine & Dine will be coming up next. Meanwhile, you can check out Tenacious Teal here, another gorgeous shade that I think is perfect for winters!

See, I have been searching for over 4 months now for a bin to keep in my room. Something inconspicuous and not too pricey (all I wanted was a small one to throw used cotton swabs, bits of paper etc..). And I hunted lots of places for it, only to find bright plastic ones with flashy flowers and what not printed on it or corporate looking steel ones that were a tad too big for my purpose. I finally gave up today and made myself one today. After getting frustrated you find ways to improvise. I found my inspiration on Pinterest :)
15 minutes and you are done. Seriously! (atleast if your container is not too big).

Hope you and your family have a beautiful Diwali filled with love, laughter, prosperity and lots of happiness!
I am sure all of you must be looking gorgeous today! And I am hoping you gorged on lots of yummy mithais like I did :D
Lots of love!

Hello all!
Sharing a short quick review and swatches of the Colorbar Lip Pot Warm Me Up today (I quite like the name...maybe since I am usually always feeling cold). Anyway, this was one of our gifts to mom on her anniversary last year, along with a small Fabindia skincare hamper. She was always looking out for a neutral everyday wear lip colour and when we saw this we had to pick it for her. (It is another story that we shamelessly borrow it most of the time from her since it is a great colour...that is one of the advantages of gifting stuff to moms, they let you borrow :D)

The Lakme 9-to-5 Office Stylist Lipsticks have taken us all by surprise haven't they? The beautiful metallic rose gold packaging, the astonishingly light matte formula and some really pretty shades..no wonder they were appreciated by most. It was so unlike Lakme I must say to come out with such good stuff... although if you have been keeping watch, they have been coming out with some really great products. Way to go Lakme!

Check out these 7 shades we have swatched  before (some of the best shades in the lot acoording to me).  And you can read about Toffee Nexus, Coffee Command and Tea Break which are great pinky and peachy nude shades.

Anyway, here are some more swatches of the 9-to-5 lipstick range. Hopefully they will help you decide which shade to get.

You know those instances when you want a product that gives you that much raved about "glow" instantly? Imagine that you are running late and going to a parlour is just of the question and you need something to give you that healthy skin that is bouncing off light..you would reach out to a readymade facepack 8 out of 10 times. Easy peasy quickfix. Right? This is what my mother wanted and the SA at the VLCC counter handed her the Insta Glow Face Pack with tall claims of how wonderfully it works.

The Color Show nail polishes have finally been launched in India with Maybelline promoting them with a big boom. I had been waiting so long to get my hands on these, and when I spied them at a local beauty store I brought home three! ^_^

Every girl should have one good perfume, and if you are lucky then many many more ;) Keeping that in mind I firmly decided to get myself atleast one back in 4th year of college (yes, I did not own a single perfume before that..shame). Since I was new to the perfume department, I was not very eager to buy the luxury expensive ones and I headed to The Body Shop just to check out their range. I tried most of them, narrowed it down to two and then got so confused. They both smelt great and I just couldn't choose! The funny story is that I kept walking around their store for over an hour, sniffing my wrists every 10 mintues like a dog.. even the SA was grinning. *headbang* Ultimately, I bought them both...well, what can a girl do?! :P

Before I discovered my new found love for lipsticks, I was a big fan of glosses. Having tried nearly every drugstore gloss in the market, I have to say that nobody does it better than Maybelline. And with their High Shine glosses, Maybelline has truly outdone itself!

Most of us have been through that phase when it seemed like our skin had a mind of its own. A few have successfully conquered that phase and some are still battling it. I have an oily skin which back in college would just not behave like I wanted it to. It was frustrating really, every other day a new pimple would decide to say hello. I fought a long war against them (following many things) and thankfully they are reduced drastically now (well one or two still show up sometimes but very infrequently). Fabindia Clove Gel Face Pack was one of the many things that helped me tame my skin. I still use it once in a while and the tub is almost over now, so I must share it with you all :)

Guest post by Ramona Lucille

A few days ago, my friend Ramona posted photos (on Facebook) of some chocolatey Raspberry macarons she had made. I saw them really late in the night and naturally I got super hungry! They looked YUMMY! 2 minutes after I was messaging her to share the recipe with you all. And she did. Isn't she just the awesomest person ever?! Here's the ultimately delicious recipe for your sweet tooth :)

If the approaching weekend isn't giving you enough reason to be happy, ladies, I bring you another!
Presenting the newest launch by our dear Maybelline, the Cheeky Glow blushes, all reviewed together!

See what I did there, the rhyming part? Am I not awesome (and a dork)? :D

Okay, you all know these little babies, so I won't spend time introducing them. Let's get straight to the review. I've tried to cover every aspect to bring you a comprehensive review :)

Now that Autumn has been graciously ushered in after the rains, it's time for all you girls to abandon those cute rubber flip flops and practical clothes and turn you attention to what's trending this season!!

Alright alright, I know trends burn out quickly and style remains eternal, but incorporating those trendy pieces into your wardrobe and meshing them together with your personal style receives brownie points. So ladies, are you ready to be fashion smart with C & D? :)

Everytime I get a different BB cream I tell myself that this would be the last one, because they all are pretty much the same. But then a new one gets lauched that claims to do so much more and before you know it, you are heading to the nearest store to get it!
When the Ponds BB Cream came out, it had the same effect on me. I really wanted to try it out (part of me hoped that it would be like the Ponds TM which was so famous. And I never got to try it...I was in school back then and not much into makeup). But I had two BB creams to finish up and so buying this was kept on hold. I finally got it last month and have been using it ever since.

Okaaaay, Number 3 is up and it's Coffee Command!

You must remember my last Hooked Onto post. I promised you all that I would tell you what more you can do with the coffee powder and it's about time that I did. Apart from giving most of us a kick start in the morning, caffeine also combats cellulite effectively. And why shouldn't we use it that way?

Hey guys! It's time for the 2nd post of the swatch fest, and this time it's #92 Candy Drop, from Lotus.


I've always been a fan of these nail polishes because they are Toluene and DBP free, yet have the most amazing consistency and flawless application. And considering how they are priced, you can get them all!

As promised in my previous haul post, the swatch fest has now begun, and the first one to be showcased is Toffee Nexus by Lakmé!

We had ordered some goodies for dad a while back and that included 2 shower gels... about time he pampered himself a bit too. Smriti has already reviewed the variant Energy here which is really awesome. Today I am putting up another variant called Muscle Relax. Doesn't the name sound tempting in itself? Who does not want nice relaxed muscles at the end of a long hard working day...or some weekend pampering. (My theory is, you can use the Energy one in the morning to get the woken up feel and use Muscle Relax before bed! Sounds nice?)

It has been ages since we have done a Hooked Onto post! Moslty because I was not hooked onto anything much in particular, but now when I am, it is best to share before I forget :D
My list this time is a mixture of weird things :)

1) Cafe Coffee Day's Dark Forest Ground Coffee Powder
All people who love filter coffee/drip coffee or black coffee give me a *high five*.  We got a drip brew machine from Philips recently (which is so wonderful) and added this one to our coffee collection. It comes from coffee beans grown in the Kathlekan estate, is full bodied, dark roasted, and has a very interesting strong flavour. This was the first time I tried speciality coffee and I loved it. Will try their Mysore blend next!
(Pssst... I will tell you what more you can do with the powder in a few days).

2) Nivea Fruity Shine Lip Balm Strawberry
Those of you who have read the earlier posts know how much I love the Pink Guava one (reviewed here). I got the Strawberry variant this time. It gives a beautiful glossy sheer bright red tint and moisturises well too. Loving it. :)

3) Chunky Brass Neckpiece
Smriti made me buy this one when we went to Bhubaneswar to drop her off to college finally. (check out our road trip pics here). Dhokra crafts made by tribal artisans is a speciality of Orissa (Smriti has bought more of them as you can see in the haul here). If you are going to Bhubaneswar definitely check these out. (We got ours from a store called Uttkalika).

4) Ponds BB Cream
So my Maybelline one got over and I wanted to try something new (the market is flooded with so many of them). I have been using this one for over a month and I quite like it. Detailed review coming soon :)


5) Mehendi :D
You didn't see this one coming, did you? I have had some free time and I was bored = asking dad to get a mehendi cone for me. He got two.. dads are sweet that way na? Anyways, so this is my self work.. it is not very great or professional looking but it made me pass time on a boring afternoon, so fine by me. I also cornered my grandma and mom :P (if I do get better at this, I should start charging.. hehehe).


So, that was my list. What have you been hooked onto lately? 

I have been using this for a while and now it's over so about time I put up a short review.

Greetings all you wonderful people!!

I thought I'd share all the bits and goodies I've bought over a span of two weeks. Being in a new city can be such an enthralling experience! Discovering it's culture, it's people, the bargain alleys, the proper markets has kept me occupied these past few weeks, and has made living away from home an enriching time.

But I'm not going to bore you all with further details of med school, so take a peek below! :)


Lakmé 9 to 5 lipsticks - Coffee Command and Toffee Nexus (update : you can check out the review and swatches now and 22 other 9 to 5 shades here)
Maybelline Color Sensational lip gloss - Plum Luster and Mirrored Mauve
Dove Indulgent Nourishment body lotion
Handmade accessories
Nivea Lemon and Oil shower gel
Nivea Happy Time shower cream
Nivea Nourishing Body Milk with Almond Oil
Lakmé Color Crush nail paint - 22 (pale nude mauve) and 43 (bright watermelon red)
Lotus Herbals Color Bloom nail polish - Candy Drop (flesh toned) and Pure Plum (bright pink)
Himalaya Almond and Cucumber peel off mask

So far, I've started using the Lemon and Oil shower gel, the Dove lotion, the Himalaya face mask, and the Maybelline lip glosses. Do stay tuned for their reviews, I will be putting them up shortly!

This post comes on a readers request who also is a good friend of mine. I had to put it up. You see in our 5 years of college most of us got horribly tanned walking around in the sun everyday. So here are some of my tried and tested tips to get rid of the tan! (they helped me a lot back when I made my arms and legs bad from all the swimming and they are helping me now as well). Here is a list of some kitchen ingredients that work wonderfully well for tan removal!