M.A.C AT DELHI COUTURE WEEK - DAY 3 ANJU MODI

M.A.C was the official makeup partner at Delhi Couture Week 2012.Here are some backstage images and face charts from Anju Modi's show at the Delhi Couture Week 2012.

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M.A.C DELHI COUTURE WEEK 2012 - DAY 5 - SABYASACHI

M.A.C was the official makeup partner at Delhi Couture Week 2012.And here are some backstage images and face charts from Sabyasachi's  show  at the Delhi Couture Week 2012.

 

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Kareena Kapoor inspired monochromatic daytime Eye makeup look from Lakme fashion week 2012

As you all really loved my Kareena Kapoor's Lakme Fashion week 2012 inspired purple smokey eye makeup look, here's the most requested look from the collection which was a monochromatic day time one with winged eyeliner.

This look proved to be such bee-yatch!! First I realized my gel eyeliner pot had dried up and I revived it with Inglot Duraline and in the process got blackened inky fingers, which just refused to go,then just as I started doing eyes I realized I had smudges all over the place! If that wasn't bad enough my deep set eyes meant the winged eyeliner didn't quite turn out the way I wanted- Total kaput! Eeeeks!!

Finally  just when I was about to throw in the towel I managed to finish the look! Phew!! Hope you guys like the look :) (please say you do, I officially went bonkers with it :P)

Products Used

• Maybelline eye studio gel eyeliner Black
• Sleek i Divine storm eyeshadow palette- shades used Black, nude, taupe
• Faces eyeliner pencil- white
• Bourjois ultra curl mascara
• New U lash glue and KKcenterHK false eyelashes

Kareena's Lakme Fashion week 2012 inspired purple smokey eye makeup look

Lakme Fashion Week 2012 showcased Lakme's Monochrome collection and amongst the four looks featured on Kareena Kapoor was this beautiful purple smokey eye makeup look.
I love the combination of shimmery smokey purple color teemed with green gold and though this eye makeup looks intricate its surprisingly easy.

Kareena sports green contacts in the pics and it compliments the gorgeous green gold shade on Kareena's lower lashline.

Products Used

• NYX HD Eyeshadow base
• Revlon black eye liner pencil used on the upper lashline
• Colorbar I define pencil- Amethyst spark-used all over the eyelid as a base
• Bourjois duochrome pencil Vert dore- Used on the lower lashline
• Shimmery purple eyeshadow-from 120 eyeshadow palette used on the lids
• Sleek i Divine storm palette-Golden beige shade used as  highlighter ,inner eye corner and inner corner of lower lashline, Matte black shade used for smoking out the outer eye corner
• KKcenter HK false eyelashes and New U false eyelash glue.

 

 

Hope you all liked the looks, I'm planning to do the res tof the three looks features on Kareena in the Monochrome collection, comment and tell which look would you like to see next?

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L'occitane Pivione Flora Lipstick Fuschia, review and swatches

L'occitane Pivione Flora lipstick in Fucshia is an exquisite sheer fuchsia lipstick.The glam factors gets dialed up with its French pedigree, chic packaging, subtle yet sophisticate fragrance and beautiful color.

The shade looks like hot shimmery fuchsia in the tube but due to its very sheer texture it looks extremely wearable.

The L'occitane Pivione flora range of lipsticks scores high brownie points with the chick packaging, its such a beautiful and romantic looking tube made of paper and with a pretty poppy pink flowers and ballerina on the tube.
The classy packaging gives it very high end and classy look and its so far one of the most prettiest looking lippie in my stash.

Avon Delhi Bogger Meet-Blogavon-Exclusive Pics and treats!

My weekend got off to a rather colorful start 'coz I attended the Avon's Blogger meet a.k.a Bloagavon in Delhi.

I Met tons of lovely fellow Bloggers, enjoyed the Nail art stations and Makeover session and got pampered silly.

My outfit of the day -

"Yeah ah ha
you know what it is
Black and yellow, black and yellow
Black and yellow, black and yellow"

Well that's what happens when you let Hubby play Stylist for the day ;) I hear "Bumble Bee" look is kinda sorta en vogue :P

Scroll down for pics & treats from the event :)

Akshita from Colorific in the center of the group looks Starry eyed in her fun glares!

 Srish from fashionetc and Shaily from Confessionsofacloset

Nidhi from Secretly stylish and Phil from Dr. Poison Ivy-posing with some mighty fierce glares!

 Bharti-Crazy Poplock purrs and flaunts he mani!

 Phil from Dr.PoisonIvy blog

Some lovely nail arts that the participants got done

M.A.C Cosmetics at Delhi Couture Week 2012 Day 2-Ashima and Leena

M.A.C Cosmetics is  the official makeup partner  at the Delhi Couture Week and is  working backstage with designers including Varun Bahl , Gaurav Gupta ,Anamika Khanna , Anju Modi , Manish Arora , Manav Gangwani  , Shantanu and Nikhil ,  J J Valaya , Ashima - Leena,Manish Malhotra ,and Sabyasachi  . M.A.C will have a team of top-tier makeup artists headed by Mickey Contractor, Director of Makeup Artistry India and Sonic Sarwate Senior Artist – India.

M.A.C is present at all major Fashion Weeks in New York, Milan and Paris. M.A.C also sponsors fashion weeks throughout the world including London, Athens, South Africa, and Sydney amongst many others. The M·A·C  PRO Teams work closely with renowned makeup artists and play key roles in creating the makeup looks on the  most famous runways in the world. M·A·C is sold in 79 countries/territories worldwide, with 23 stores across India. The M·A·C attitude is best expressed by the artists, seen and felt in the stores and accessed through the website www.maccosmetics.

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M.A.C at Delhi Couture Week 2012 Day 1 - JJ Vallaya and some very interesting Ottoman trivia

M.A.C COSMETICS AT DELHI COUTURE WEEK 2012

M.A.C Cosmetics is  the official makeup partner  at the Delhi Couture Week and is  working backstage with designers including Varun Bahl , Gaurav Gupta ,Anamika Khanna , Anju Modi , Manish Arora , Manav Gangwani  , Shantanu and Nikhil ,  J J Valaya , Ashima - Leena,Manish Malhotra ,and Sabyasachi  . M.A.C will have a team of top-tier makeup artists headed by Mickey Contractor, Director of Makeup Artistry India and Sonic Sarwate Senior Artist – India.

M.A.C is present at all major Fashion Weeks in New York, Milan and Paris. M.A.C also sponsors fashion weeks throughout the world including London, Athens, South Africa, and Sydney amongst many others. The M·A·C  PRO Teams work closely with renowned makeup artists and play key roles in creating the makeup looks on the  most famous runways in the world. M·A·C is sold in 79 countries/territories worldwide, with 23 stores across India. The M·A·C attitude is best expressed by the artists, seen and felt in the stores and accessed through the website www.maccosmetics.in

JJ Vallaya's stuck to his evergreen bridal attires which would be as relevant in 17th century as they are today ;)

Inspired by the opulence of the Ottoman empire every single piece of garment can be passed on to the next generation as a family heirloom.

M.A.C at Delhi Couture Week 2012 Day 1 Varun Bahl

Varun Bahl's collection showcased on Day 1 of Delhi Couture Week 2012 the collection focused on a lot on sheer fabrics, exquisite embroidery and a play of colors. Varun made a bold choice of mixing Bridal and non bridal pieces in his showcase.

I'm so happy to see finally the Indian designers are leaving the safe shores of Bridal trousseau and dipping their toes in more contemporary silhouettes.

M.A.C Cosmetics is  the official makeup partner  at the Delhi Couture Week and is  working backstage with designers including Varun Bahl. The look was custom created by Micky Contractor and focused on double winged eyeliner and bold red lips. Scroll down for more backstage images and face chart for this look.

(image source-Hindustan times)

(image courtesy MAC) 

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The Body Shop Lily Cole's Cruelty free makeup launch and price info

The Body Shop Presents Lily’s Cruelty-Free Make-Up

As part of our collaboration with Lily Cole, our first ever global Brand Advocate, we are proud to launch a new, limited edition make-up range called ‘Cruelty Free Make-Up’.
Celebrating our Against Animal Testing ethos, our Cruelty-Free Make-Up range is so great that Lily put her name to it.  Like all our makeup, it contains no animal products and hasn’t ever been tested on animals.
With ultra-expressive colours, shimmering looks and super soft giant puffs for perfect application every time, being cruelty-free has never been so glamorous.

 Can’t wait to try it?  Don’t dawdle. Cruelty-Free Make-Up is strictly limited edition!

All The Body Shop products are vegetarian and 100% cruelty free.

·No Bug Shells: Our Cruelty-Free Make-Up contains no bug shell extract to colour the product. Because our love for animals includes bugs, insects and other creepy crawlies.

·No Shellfish: Our shimmer effect is made from mineral mica and our binding agents are made from natural vegetable materials instead of crushed shellfish. It’s an open and shut case!

·No Animal Hair: Our make-up brushes use artificial hair instead of goat hair, which helps make sure your conscience stays clean and our goats stay fluffy.  Which is as it should be, after all.

M.A.C PRESENTS ZOOM WATERFAST LASH

Zoom lash is back in a new, waterproof formula that instantly combs and lifts the lashes for incredible volume­­.

 Our perfectly sculpted, patented brush with unique three-sided fibers embraces holds and separates each lash,

Quickly coating from root to tip in a creamy, velvety shade that keeps lashes light and flexible, while adding

definition.

Leave it to M∙A∙C to take this number one selling mascara and make it better!

Mascara

Zoom Waterfast lash  -  waterfast black

 

Soon Available at all M.A.C Locations

Two fresh new Body Mists from Iraya

It’s that time of the year when one is kissing goodbye to summer and embracing monsoon with open arms. Its time to say goodbye to exhausting heat and depressing sweat and smell the fragrance of earth. No matter which season of the year it is People are oblivious to the unpleasant smell their bodies emanate due to humidity. Smelling fresh and good still is indispensable.

Try out these body mist from Iraya that helps you stay fresh and smell good during monsoon as well.

Himalayan Floral Body Mist 250 ml 

Soothes the skin and helps it retain its natural form and elasticity.

For all skin types 

Indian rose, Himalayan cedarwood, sandalwood.

MRP : Rs 395

How to Apply false eyelashes- A Pixiwoo video tutorial

False eyelashes- As glamorous as they are, their application can get just as foxy for a newbie.Most of us avoid wearing false lashes cause of a zillion urban legends we have imagined about the false lash glue disasters or simply coz they look just as complicated as rocket science.
To demystify the false eye lash application here is a Pixiwoo tutorial on eyelash application, it covers up all the aspects of wearing false eyelashes, watch and learn Girls 'coz its time to flutter those falsies ;)

My 3 Top tips for applying false eyelashes

1.Always bend the lash and soften up the lash band so it fits better on your natural lashes.
2. Apply slightly more glue at the ends of the false lashes 'coz these are the tricky areas where lashes start to peel if you haven't applied enough glue.

3.Always use a pair of clean tweezers, if your tweezers catch some glue and get tacky, wipe them clean, else it would make a mess of your lashes.


Top 3 Myths about false eyelashes-Busted!

1.No you won't glue your natural lashes with the eyelash glue.

2.No wearing falsies don't cause your lashes to shed.
3.No you don't have to throw out false eyelashes after every use, you an clean out the glue from the false eye lash band and reuse them.

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IBC New Feature- Covergirl, Sonakshi Sinha Cosmo Covergirl Aug 2012

Sonakshi Sinha whose upcoming release 'Joker' is due to hit screens in Aug end,is rocking the Cosmopolitan August 2012 India edition. 
She looks fresh and peachyand that Big hair look dials up the glam factor.

Outfit Top- peach peplum bustier and pencil skirt in dreamy peach with lots of texture created with sequins

Sonakshi's makeup in the look. Sonakshi sports a soft smokey look in the covershot, its perfectly balanced by the muted reddish lippie.

Eyes-Use a nude eyeshadow all over lid and use a taupe brown on the outer eye corner and blend in to the crease area.Use the same shade on the lower lash line and use a matte black shadow (try MAC carbon) and smoke out the lower lashline only on the outer corner. Apply a shimmery beige gold shade on the inner eye corners to open up the eyes. Apply two coats of mascara and falsies for those really glam peepers.

Lipstick try MAC viva glam I or Lakme Absolute classic rose

Cheeks try MAC Springsheen blush for a healthy natural flush.

Face try MAC mineralize skin finish Natural in Medium Dark to contour the face

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Friend's Wedding reception party-Eye makeup look

I just got back from my friend's wedding reception party and thought I'd show you guys the eye makeup look I wore to the event.
It was a Punjabi event with the typical Dilli's bling bling bling thrown in for good measure , by some strange coincidence every event I attend, I'm bound to bump into one of my Mommy-in-law's Kitty party friends, so its customary  to look the part of 'khaate-peete ghar ki Punjabi Bahu' ;)

Well armed with a license to dress up & deck out like a Christmas tree I wore a hot pink (rani color/magenta) saree with very heavy antique gold embroidery. (Gosh! that saree alone probably weighs a ton!)

Okay enough rambling,on to the makeup, I tried to keep my skin very fresh and moisturized.I used Kryolan TV paintstick as I didnt want whitish cast in flash photography.I buffed the foundation well to create a even skintone.
I wanted to wear more toned down shades of gold and bronze on my lids. So I used two of my most favorite shadows- MAC Musuem bronze and Glamour Doll eyeshadow-Prankster on my lids.I just used the tiniest hint of shimmery fuchsia on my crease and added a whole lot of drama with falsies. And I topped it all off with MAC cremesheen Speak Louder! Lippie.

Pleasantly the overall makeup look turned out quite glamorous & pretty!