Swatch fest! Shikha dazzles her Urban Decay and Physician Formula kohls-Its time to pick your favorites

I am Shikha from Dress and Makeup blog http://dressnmakeup.blogspot.in/. I work in an IT company and starting blogging as a hobby, exploring this beautiful world of makeup. I am still amateur when it comes to eye makeup and get inspired by all beautiful EOTD, DOTD, LOTD (still learning blog lingo).

This is first time that I am participating in any blog completion. So here is my entry in 'Swatch-It, Win-It Contest' with my favorite 5 eye liners.

1. Physician Formula Shimmer Black

2. Physician Formula Espresso

3. Urban Decay Radium

4. Chambor Blue Dazzle

5. Lakme Glide On Peacock Green

Swatchfest! Lee shares 6 of her favorite eyeshadows

Hello Beauties,

I LOVE doing up my eyes so it was pretty easy for me to decide what I wanted to swatch for IBC'S Swatch It-Win It! contest.

Here are the eyeshadows I totally LOVE. I’ve swatched 6 eyeshadows as no eye makeup is complete without a highlighter so Ive included the eyeshadow I love highlighting my browbone with. Enjoy <3

(Editor's Note- Lee these are some of the nicest swatches I've seen! Great Job!)

All the eyeshadows are swatched twice and without a base.

Colorbar 04 Gorgeous Gold

A frosty lemon-ish gold shade.  It is the perfect highlighting shade I have come across.

Colorbar 04 Really Rose

A frosty baby pink eyeshadow. It is also a good dupe of Mac Swish :D

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Chambor Sheer Delight Ultra Matte foundation review and Ocher swatches

So a few months back we all ranted about the Dumbest things a Makeup SA has told you? And the most recurrent sore point for almost all of us was of the SA pimping the lightest foundation shade in stock.I had been in dire need of a sheer foundation and at every counter the clueless SAs tried to apply whatever shade/variant they had in stock. You know the spiel 
'Apply light foundation on your arms and then rub-a-dub-dub till the foundation disappears or your skin does!!'
I was getting cranky after visiting a few counters and just then the Chambor Sheer Delight Ultra Matte foundation posters caught my attention. 
I asked the Chambor SA to show me the shade. As usual she started with the lighter shade available.By then I simply lost my cool and flatly said 'its too light for my skin tone', plz try the darkest shade on me. The SA looked at me with such flabbergasted eyes like I had asked for both her kidneys. I was tired of this charade and I walked out of the store. However out in natural light I liked the texture and feel of the foundation and surprisingly the shade looked very natural on me in sun light.

So I decided to get off my high horse and ate humble pie. I went back & let the SA apply the medium and darkest shade on both sides of my face. Yes I did feel like Harvey Two Face :P
And surprise surprise instead of the darkest shade the medium shade worked best on my skin (02 Ocher)
I loved how fresh & natural the foundation looked on me, it just gave a nice even velvety feel to my skin.
I picked up shade-Ocher and no have used it for almost a month, so I thought I'll share my thoughts on this 'coz I know so many of us waste s much time finding the right foundation.

Chambor Silk Touch Lipstick Silk Garnet review and lip swatches

Chambor Silk Touch Lipstick Silk Garnet is a shimmery deep plum - Bordeaux shade.It looks intense in the tube but surprisingly very creamy in texture and sheer on application.

It  has a coco-nutty fragrance (No not like coconut oil-think coconut cookies.that's more like it)

The packaging is run of the mill- black, chrome and a holographic rose embossed on the tube. I wish they'd jazz up the packaging a bit, this looks a bit too staid and boring to me.The pack contains 4.5 grams of lippie so the quantity is fairly good, its priced at INR 575/-

My lipstick haul from New Beauty Center, Khar Mumbai

Few months back (5 to be precise) Tanveer (from Addicted to blush) did a post about a seemingly magical Beauty store-called New Beauty center (in Khar S.V. Road) Mumbai. Apparently this is the Mecca of Makeup lovers in Mumbai. Go read Tanveer's detailed review here-Places to Shop: New Beauty Centre (Khar)

It totally piqued my interest & I added it to my Mumbai To do check List.I went to Mumbai many times since October but never really got time to go shopping, but this time I had a long(ish) stay and my hotel was literally stone throw distance from this store,so I decided to haul some makeup from NBC.

Day 1 Sunday 6.00 pm-I went from the airport straight to the shop-& guess what-Shop closed! Dang what a bummer! Apparently stores in this area are closed on Sunday...Never mind I decided to catch up with friends & went to Colaba, Fort and Gateway of India to do general TP...got stuck in jams due to Kala Ghoda festival and then feasted on some awesome Chinese at All Stir Fry The Gordon House Hotel Restaurants in Colaba..after that went to a nice patisserie for dessert (sorry can't remember the name), so the good food uplifted my mood slightly.

Day 2- Monday- I rushed in to the store at 8.20 pm and felt like a kid in candy store-I ogled at the NYX counter -I mean the entire range of NYX stuff which till now I had to buy by guesstimating the shade online was-here right in front of me.Boots, Bath and Body works,Body Shop and all my beloved brands were were right there. Was this place for real???- while I looked around in daze I spotted Jordana,VOV,Chambor,Faces,Colorbar,Lotus,Lakme,Max Factor, Revlon,Streetwear.. and then some more I don't remember the names of....

The energy was crackling in the store!The place was brimming with girls,their moms and ladies of all stripes with a maddening zeal for makeup.... it was a task just to check out products with such incredible rush.All makeup counters had discounts on the retail prices ranging between 10%-30%

While I swatched a few brands and hunted around for some shades on my wish list, I just managed to pick up 1 lipstick and suddenly I realized all the counters were closing and the SAs were filing out of the store!! 

I asked around and was told- Sorry Ma'am closing time! Out came a silent scream 'Nahiiiiiiiiiiiiiin aisa nahi ho sakta!' I felt like Tragedy Queen-crestfallen and heartbroken I headed back to my hotel :(

Day 3-I reached Khar at 8.50 pm- Shop closed!! Oh-my! I get enough exercise just pushing my-luck! :(

Day 4- With a missionary zeal,determined to make it anyhow to New Beauty center before closing time, I wrapped up work quickly and rushed back and reached by 8 pm- Voila! store was open and had sparse crowd-I went on a swatch fest. So finally managed to snag 3 more lippies and some nail enamels (sorry couldn't find it when I photographed rest of my haul). 

I can honestly tell you this is one of the best places I have shopped for makeup in India.The collection of such wide variety of Indian and International brands, all under one roof, very helpful (& non pushy) SAs,great discounts,fresh stock and the energy of the place are thrilling!

Here's some of the stuff I snagged.[Btw I'm feeling like Cat that ate the canary- I've bought 10 lipsticks in under 14 days this month! Maximum number of lipsticks I have ever bought!!Gosh this is more than my entire lipstick collection! Z-O-M-G!! I've a 2nd trip to Mumbai coming up next week & at this rate I'll be going bust! I need to stay away from NBC this time round)

Here's just a sneak peek of the Faces lipsticks I got, detailed review and lip swatches coming up soon.

Overall Recco- If you are a makeup lover in Mumbai, there is no way you can miss this store. Definite must visit, best visited with your gal pals.

CHAMBOR SHIMMER LIQUID EYELINER-METALLIC MAUVE

Chambor's shimmer liquid eyeliner is a water proof eyeliner with metallic hues.The product is cream based & dries off quickly & does not smudge. These claim to contain Vitamin A & E & contain no animal ingredients.Thanks to the sleek felt tip application is easy & precise. There are a total of 6 shades available & I picked metallic mauve its great if you want to move away from the usual black  / brown eyeliner but don't want neon colors on your eyes.

The colors are nicely pigmented & have a nice metallic shimmer finish.Each tube contains 2.5 mL costing INR 375/- & comes in a small stylish packaging The best part is the tubes are colored in the same shade as the liquid eyeliner they contain so very easy to spot these in your makeup treasure chest.

All in all a good product, should try. These are available in Lifestyle, Shoppersstop & Westside outlets.