The Big Fat Makeup Haul l!!!

So one of my Legen...(wait for it) dary- New year resolution was to trim down on my makeup spending...Ermmm one look at the haul pics below and you'd know it was an epic fail.

When I spread out all my recent makeup hauls together I realized it was just too much of serious eye candy. I went clickety-click like a possessed paparazzi who just spotted Kate in a bikini!

At the sight of so much makeup,my possessed look and my frenetic photography my Hubby's eyes turned big as saucers! I hurriedly explained that some of this stuff was sent by companies for review while most of this stuff was bought by me for my friend who is getting married soon and there is loads of stuff I'm putting together for my would be Sis-in-law! Hubby eyed my loot suspiciously and said "Really?! :P


Now for the greater good of womankind I decided to post these pics, feast your peepers on these pretties and tell me what are you lemming for?

Picked this snazzy clutch from Lifestyle recently, though haven't used it yet..Ladies (and fashion forward Gentlemen) any ideas on what to pair this with?
I've been pleasantly surprised by Lakme`, its been steadily climbing its way back in my vanity. This Lakme` Absolute Bi phase makeup remover is pretty awesome.

The lippies! Some MAC, Colorbar,VOV & MUA.Most of these are gifts for family & friends.

Picked these VOV Moisture vogue lip glosses from New Beauty center (NBC) for a cute friend (yep you all know her but I'm not allowed to spill the beans ;)
These are super pretty and piggy bank friendly,no wonder these are almost always sold out at NBC

Swtach Fest! Pragnya shares her 5 favorite face brightening lispticks

Hi everyone,

My name is Pragnya. I loovee lipsticks. I love how they brighten up my face and my mood any day. My skin tone is medium to light.

Here are the lipsticks/lip gloss I love to death and love wearing every other day  

       Lakme enrich satins shade 651 : it is my most used and abused shade (you can see from the picture J )

      when swiped once it’s a neutral light pink but gradually stains a little which is very face flattering.

5.       Maybelline Colorsensational  Moisture extreme lipcolor in chestnut B41 : a very nice nude pink with slight mauve undertones. Great for every day wear.

4.       Maybelline Colorsensational  Moisture extreme lipcolor in buffB42 : it is a very nice pretty shade having hints of peach and pink

Revlon Colorburst Lipbutter Red Velvet review,swatches

Revlon Colorburst lip butter 'Red velvet' is a its a super luxe and sensuous oxblood color perfect for the Autumn-Winter season and is currently trending the runways.

Now Girls,don't get your PETA-panties in a bunch, contrary to what your first thought might be about oxblood-it being... well-'Ox' blood!, it isn't actually supposed to have any such gory origins. 
Oxblood refers to a dark brownish red shade, which resembles dried oxidized blood, hence the name 'Oxblood'.

Revlon Colorburst lipbutters with the goodness of hydrating mango, shea and coconut butter formula boosts lip moisture by 156%
Pampering gel formula provides super charged hydration and glides on lips buttery smooth
  
Red velvet lipbutter has a sheer balmy texture,one swipe creates a hint of sophisticate color ,but swipe it on 3 times and it will give you bold and striking glossy sheeny dark oxblood shade with a hint of burgundy.Thankfully there is no shimmer in Red velvet lip butter and it makes it look very classy.This shade will be perfect for medium to dusky skin tones.

Packaging of Revlon Colorburst Lip butters follows the same design family as the diamond pattern we have seen on the colorburst lipstick and lipglosses.The tube is metallic and the outer casing translucent plastic in the same shade as that of the lipstick,there is also a clear window on top and color coded sticker at the base to help you spot your lippie in a jiffy. The packaging is pretty, albeit a bit flimsy.

The colorburst lipbutter lasts for around 2  hours on my lips after which a it fades away with a nice burgundy reddish tint and a hint of glossiness on my lips.

The pricing- In US these are priced at approx $ 7.5 (varies from store to store) though usually you can snag them on a BOGO (buy one get one offer), no such luck for makeup addicts in India we have to fork out Rs 600/- bucks a piece.
The quantity we get in each of these lip butter tubes is also incredibly low at just 2.55 grams,considering these are balmy textured lippies with low wear time, and need for frequent reapplication,there is a very good chance of finishing these up pretty quickly.

Revlon Red velvet lip butter single swipe on NC 45/dusky pigmented lips

 Three swipes, the shade looks much more intense and has a hint of burgundy which my camera is not picking up in the pictures.

Revlon colorburst Red Velvet,its a classy red when worn sheer.It looks very chic and sophisticate oxblood red when you swipe it on 3 times.
Medium to dusky toned Divas would totally rock Red Velvet.Highly recommend it!

You can buy these online now from www.medplusbeauty.com

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Swatch Fest! 'Little Miss Sinner' Shanaya shares her love of super bright lipsticks

Heya everyone :D
Im Shanaya From Mumbai, a Newbie blogger by day and a DJ by night.To know more about me check out my blog - http://littlemisssinner.blogspot.in/

I love Matte Shades and more than that i love pop of colors :P These are my all time fav shades. I have a medium skin tone.

Swatches from Left to right.
Maybelline The Jewels in 591 Amethyst Ablaze.
Revlon Super Lustrous in 677 Siren (Editor's note- I've been hunting for Siren everywhere, both the lippie and nail polish are awesome shades)

Wet and Wild in 967 DollHouse Pink
Maybelline WaterShine in B24
NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Addis Ababa.

swatches in natural light, on fair-medium skin

My Diwali Haul-Loads of makeup and some trinkets!

Diwali week, is the perfect excuse for makeup crazed women like me to shop, without a care...that is, until you see your credit card statement *booo that gives me jeepers creepers!*

I wasn't really planning to haul this much stuff, but well with the juicy sales & offers going on one thing led to another and I ended up hauling 4 new lippies a blush trio,a nail polish and a few trinkets..I also hauled tons of skincare and bath and body stuff... which well I'll review as and when I get time..for now lets just take a moment and ogle at the awesome super drool worthy colors here! I picked tons of corals, hot pinks,red and orange shades..

 Sleek Makeup Blush By 3 palette- Pumpkin

Love how va va voom these blushes are :D

Revlon Super Lustrous Cherries in the snow lipstick

Swatch Fest! Chandana gives us an exclusive Sneak peak in to the lipstick stash of a Teacher!

Remember those school days, when we would all fawn over our Hottest most stylish teachers! 
Think back to the likes of Sushmita Sen (in "Main hu naa") and Chitrangada Sen (in "Desi Boyz"). 

In my Convent, Teacher's Sarees and blouse designs,their hair-dos and lipsticks were as much matter of hype,gossip & giggles amongst us Girls, as the latest Teenage hearthrobs.
Well its time to bring back those memories 'coz or very own tylish ex-teacher Chandana T. gives us a sneak peak into her lipstick stash.
All those interested raise your hands and say *Present Ma'am*

 

"Here is a collection of 5 lipsticks I use very often. I adore these shades because all these are well suited for all Indian skin tones."

-          Lotus Herbals Floral Glam Lipstick – Almond Rust

-          Street Wear Luscious Lips Lip Color – 05 Pink Wood

-          Estee Lauder Signature Lipstick  - L76 Pink Kiss

-          Revlon Colorburst Lipstick – 075 Peach

-          Revlon Colorburst Lipstick – 035 Blush

Swatch Fest-Dollie shares her favorite shimmery lipsticks and glosses

Dollie loves a hint of glint on her lips and she shares her 5 favorite shimmery lipsticks and glosses.

Editor's Note-I'm lusting over Peach parfait and Chanel Metore, both shades looks tre`s chic!

 

Revlon Colorburst lipbutter Candy Apple review and lip swatches

Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter Candy apple is one tarty shade!

The most exciting drugstore lipstick launch on 2012 have to be the Revlon Colorburst lipbutters!!These juicy Buttery Balm with Shiny Color give you baby soft, healthy glowing lips

With the goodness of hydrating mango, shea and coconut butter formula boosts lip moisture by 156%
Pampering gel formula provides super charged hydration and glides on lips buttery smooth

These Revlon colorburst lip butters have a gel like texture and remind me of Dior Addict lipsticks, with the same hydrating glaze like texture and burst of color!
I had my eyes on this baby when these were first launched in USA and I had been over the fence on whether order these online from ebay.Finally when Revlon India officially launched these on 15th Oct'12 there was a virtual stampede by Girls to get their paws on Revlon Colorburst lip butter.
I gave in to my colorburst lipbutter craving on Diwali and did a Red lippie and polish haul from Revlon! Haul pics coming up soon! ;)

Swatch Fest-Babita shares her 5 favorite neutral lipsticks

Hi beauties,

Here are my favorite lipsticks and lipgloss swatches. I love to wear these lipsticks/lipgloss with Smokey as well neutral eye makeup. I wore these shades on lips one by one and clicked the picture. I have numbered the shades so as you guys easily relate the color with the products. So tell me how my lips are looking with these shades???? 

Note-My complexion is medium fair.

Product 1   -Revlon Color Stay Overtime Perennial – Lipgloss

What I like –     very pretty color

                        Stay very long

                        Lips looks very beautiful

                        Day and night wear

What I dislike – pricey

                        Feel sticky without transparent gloss

                        Smell chemically

                        Very very difficult to remove without makeup remover

                        (I have found the magic with Vaseline petroleum jelly and voila!!!)

Product 2   - Maybelline Water Shine Liquid Diamonds 10 Pink Ruby – Lipgloss

What I like –    Decent Price
                        very pretty color

                        Good staying power 2-3 hrs (I can expect only this from lipglosses)

                        Lips looks very beautiful

                        Day and night wear

                        Smells good

What I dislike –        None

(Editor's Note- Love you lip swatches B! Revlon Colorstay Overtime Perennial looks fabulous on you!)

Product 3   - Colorbar 030 Greek Godess – Lipstick

What I like –     very pretty color

                        Lips looks very beautiful with skokey eyes

What I dislike –        Feel little heavier on lips

                        Suitable for fair/medium fair skin tone.

                        Have to wear with lip liner

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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

Weekend hauling Trinkets and makeup from GK 1, M block market

So I did a tiny little haul on Sunday (well we won't talk about the online shopping sprees now will we?!) So I begged cajoled Dear Hubby to take me to GK 1-M block market.

Well surprise, surprise I didn't really have anything on my shopping list but I was seriously craving some tikki chaats ,gol gappas and chicken momos for days.
Okay I know what you are wondering why on earth would I travel 40-50 km back & forth for some random chaat.Well sorry Missy I just cant explain... I'm a foodie & yes I'm the kind of person who would travel long distances just to tuck in some snacks :P.
I had been hooked on to some seriously delicious palak patta chaat (Must Try!!)and chicken momos at Mahesh (or Ramesh) Chaat store, next to Prince Paan at M block for over 6-7 years now! 
Seriously Girls if you are in GK 1 you cannot afford to miss out on snacking there, you can easily spot it this is the store with a giggly bunch of 10-15 Girls waiting for their turn at gol -gappa counter at any given time of the year!.

Okay after I was done with my snacking, and I had charged up my batteries I wanted to shop,shop,shop. Now I dunno why I was tooooo lazy to click pics, but there is an awesome deluge of super cute chiffon tops and blouses and girlie tops with lace work and pallazzo pants and some awesome handbags and footwear at M block market.

I had been hankering for some quirky statement necklaces and I picked up these two pieces of bijoux. One is a turqouise necklace with gold metal bead work and the second one is long multilayered antique gold beads and metal bead necklace.I <3 both the pieces and these were an absolute steal at 550/- bucks for both!!

I also snagged some goodies from Revlon after ages, I picked up this very fun and fresh nail polish shade called 'Bright Orange' and a coral lippie. *yes my coral obsession, knows no bounds*

This pic was clicked indoors with flash,so the shade looks much brighter infact its a beautiful milky oranges, very 70's kind of flower child shade. I wore it to work today and I must say nothing like a pop of orange on your tips to help you survive manic Mondays ;)

Sale on Revlon Super Lustrous lipstick and lipglosses at NewU stores!

All ye Revlon lovers, lend me your ears, New U stores are having super discount on Revlon Super lustrous lipsticks and lip glosses.Get Rs 150/- off on Revlon Super Lustrous lipsticks and Rs 100/- on Revlon Super lustrous lip glosses.

And while you are at it check out Revlon Super lustrous lipstick in Cha Cha Cherry! beautiful shade, just makes me want to do the *cha-cha-cha*

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Revlon Super lustrous shiny sheers lipstick Rich Raisin

Like Good Girls always seem to fall for Mr. Wrong. I seem to have penchant for falling in love with products which are about to get discontinued!!

Revlon Super lustrous shiny sheers lipstick Rich Raisin was one of the chance encounter with a gorgeous lipstick which sadly appears to be discontinued by Revlon.

But fret not you can still find some of Revlon Super lustrous shiny sheers lipstick at www.Medplusbeauty.com 

http://www.medplusbeauty.com/products/revlon-super-lustrous-shiny-sheers-lipstick

What Revlon claims about the lipstick.

• Revlon Super Lustrous Shiny Sheers Lipstick's exclusive LiquiSilk technology has silk-enriched mega- moisturisers and vitamins for moisturisation and a silky, smooth feel.
• Silky-smooth, creamy sheer color.
• High-shine finish without the stickiness or tackiness of ordinary lipgloss.
• Sleek, stick provides precise, non-messy application.
• SPF 15 for added protection. 

Priced at INR 545/-, the packaging is a nice slim tube with a glass top on the cap to identify the shade. The quantity is not mentioned on the tube but it appears to be around 1.5 grams.

Revlon Superlustrous lipstick Chocolate Velvet review, lip swatches

Remember the good ol days of makeup in India when any departmental store worth its salt had the holy trinity of makeup brands on display- Lakme, Revlon & L'oreal. Thanks to the entry of so many newer & International brands in India,now we girls have a whole wide variety of choice of makeup.While the competition has been slowly making inroads, it might be too early to bid adieu to the old (makeup) war horses.

In my experience Revlon Super lustrous lipsticks are one of the best drugstore lipstick formulations available in India.Infused with mega-moisturizers to seal in color and softness.These are nice and creamy, impart rich glossy color and stays put for 3 hours on my lips.

Chocolate velvet is a smooth creamy cocoa shade and its best suited for medium to dark skin tones.Its neutral muted looks make it a great everyday / work wear lippie. The pigmentation and the hydration is quite good in these lippies.

Grey Purple and Blue Eye makeup look

Hello my cupcakes! So on with my 'PROJECT 101 Eye makeup looks' here's a funky twist to the Grey eyes with a hint of Blue & Purple.

The lid has been primed with a creamy grey shadow (I used a generic cream shadow), the inner eye corners and inner part of eyelids have been covered with muted silvery grey shadow and the lid has been covered with highly glittery grey-black shadow (I've used glittery black from 120 eyeshadow palette & Deborah Milano eye trio is Black Dahlia)

 

REVLON MAGIC EYELINER PENCIL SMOKY BLACK

Smoky Black eyes is the most desired look by every single Indian Girl with an iota of interest in makeup.
Seduced by the promises of sultry smoky black kohl rimmed eyes I bought Revlon's Magic Eyeliner pencil.Did it live up to the hype? Read on to find out more.

The eyeliner comes in standard pencil packaging,its shade is very unique I'm yet to see an actual smoky black shade in any other brand. Most other brands veer towards a dull gray, this one has slightly purplish ashy tone to it and I quite like the shade.
The eyeliner is smudge proof, water proof and transfer resistant. Its stays on for 6-7 hours easily and you need industrial strength makeup remover to get rid of it completely at the end of day.

GUESS WHICH LIP GLOSS I'M WEARING?

Guess which Revlon Lip gloss I'm wearing in the pics below?  

Hint Hint- I've reviewed it on my blog before.

First commentator to reply correctly gets 3 entries in my ongoing INGLOT & NYX Giveaway

MY GUEST POST REVLON COLORBURST LIPSTICK IN SOFT ROSE AT PEACHESANDBLUSH.COM

Girls go and check out my guest post on Revlon Colorburst in Soft Rose at Mehak's awesome blog www.peachesandblush.com

Comment & share with your friends & let Mehak & me know if you liked it :)

REVLON ILLUMINANCE CREME EYESHADOW SKINLIGHTS

Have you ever craved for a makeup item for long and suddenly had a déjà vu moment and realized you already have a pretty good dupe sitting in your makeup stash?

Well it just so happens that I'd been lusting after MAC paint pots.I was looking for a smooth creamy nude for a wash of color on my eyelids.I had been unable to make up my mind whether to buy in Painterly (creamy nude) or Groundwork (Mid-tone neutral taupe in Satin finish).

Painterly is perfect for fairer skin tone but, on my NC45 skin it looks ashy.Groundwork looks gorgeous on its own but its deeper undertone mean it doesn't gives that wide awake look to my eyes.

So in the midst of my esoteric makeup blues, I was playing around with my Revlon Illuminance Creme Eyeshadow palette in Skinlights and suddenly realized Voila, all the shades I was looking for are right here in front of me!