I Simply Love Makeup

VIDEO: Get Ready With Me | Lunch Date | Colorful Makeup Lunch dates are special. Be it with the pati or with my girlfriends, I feel lunch dates ate occasions where I can truly experiment with my makeup. Evening dates and date nights are more about the cliched makeup looks consisting of tones of golds and browns and coppers and bronzed replete with either Ruby Red lips or Warm Pinks... So when do you get the time to play with the younger pastels and blues and greens and other candy colors? Enter lunch dates...

Versatile Neutral Summer Makeup Look (Kala Chashma Inspired) The whole country has been gripped by the Kala Chashma fever. It's all over the radio, its all over YouTube and it's all over the television. It's really hard to  miss the brand new version of the Kala Chashma song and if you haven't heard it yet then you may not be missing much but you sure will not be able to relate to this particular post of mine :P

Lake Enrich Matte Lipsticks Review & Swatches of My Favourite Lakme Enrich Matte Lipsticks Every once in a while a drugstore (afforadable) makeup brand comes up with a new launch that totally blows my socks off. Its a rare occurrence but it happens... The last time it happened was when Maybelline launched the Lip Gradation Lip Colors in India and I was complete bowled over. This time its Lakme that has me jump up with joy with their Enrich Matte Lipsticks...

HAUL: Sephora and Drugstore Sundays for me are lazy days... It is so for most of us and yet I know people very close to me for whom Sundays are days that mark the end of a weekend and hence they get everything done on a Sunday and needless to say Sunday is the most productive day for them in a week... Ummmmm I ain't like that... I get all my chores done of Friday night so that I have my weekend to just sit back and relax ;)

  TUTORIAL: Indian Festive Makeup Look with Drugstore Products Raas racheelo saaj sajeelo Shubh ghadi chhe aavyee Aaja aaja tamtamaata Shamna ojhe laavee With Navratras in full swing, Durga Puja (Shashthi on 19th Oct) just around the corner, it was but natural for me to get down to doing another Indian Festive Makeup Look. Hence I have created this makeup look that is versatile enough to be worn for any festive occasion and has been done using only Drugstore products.

  September (2015) Favorites: Haircare, Skincare and Makeup September has been an interesting month for me. I had the good fortune to try and test a lot of new brands (for me) and a lot of new products and hence I knew I had to document my experiences and let you all know about what products to look out for...

  LOTD & TUTORIAL (Video): Indian Festive Makeup Look Its October ladies and gentlemen and we have officially entered the festive season and what better way to kick-start the festivities than with a video tutorial for an Indian Festive Makeup Look? :)

  Get Ready With Me (GRWM): Neutral & Natural Makeup Look Very often than not I am tempted to wear a  full face of makeup to work. but everytime I do that I feel conscious, I feel a little too made up for work or worse I feel as if everyone's judging me for wearing makeup. I work in IT and well women in IT in India don't really wear much makeup. I am not saying that I am judged by my colleagues, they probably don't even realise that I am wearing makeup (I work in a team of only guys and well they really don't realise the difference between concealed and non-concelaed under eyes). But I can't help but feel a little conscious.

  L'Oreal Paris Cannes Film Festival 2015 Makeup - Marvelous Matte Vs Glamorous Glossy! So you all know that the Cannes Film Festival 2015 is on and if you've not been living under a rock then you'll know that Katrina Kaif made a debut this year on the Red Carpet in Cannes... My Instagram feed and Facebook wall are swarming with pictures of outfits worn by Aishwarya Rai, Sonam Kapoor and Katrina Kaif and of course their makeup... Am sure yours is too :)

  VIDEO TUTORIAL: Simple Black Smokey Eyes A woman who has mastered the art of a fabulous smokey eye has conquered the world... This is something I firmly believe in...

    VIDEO TUTORIAL: 1 Makeup 3 Lipsticks The other day, I was to attend an event (Blogger engagement) but I had to be at work before that and right after the event I was expected at a party as well... Imagine the turmoil my mind was in wondering about the various places I could think off where I could easily change outfits... And it wasn't just the outfits but also the makeup that would have required a drastic change when I flitted from one place/event to another...

  VIDEO: Top 5 Spring Summer 2015 Makeup Trends Summers are here in full swing and its that time of the year when we switch over from Berries and plums to brighter and more fun shades... So here in this post I have compiled a list of Top 5 Makeup Trends of Spring Summer 2015 .

    VIDEO TUTORIAL: Spring Summer Makeup Tutorial Ft Coastal Scents 88 Original Palette Summers are here in full swing and subconsciously my makeup choices keep veering towards mints and pastels and other "cooling" shades. Today I have used the Coastal Scents 88 Original Palette to create this look and I hope you guys like it :)

  Outfit Post: 5 Indian Wedding Party Outfit Ideas I am a sucker for Handlooms and Handicrafts (Indian or otherwise) and hence many of my Indian outfits have something that either qualify as a handloom or a handicraft... So today for this video I am showing you all my top 5 Indian Wedding Party Outfits and I hope you like it!

  YouTube Update Edition #1 So my YouTube struggle and the saga around it continues... I am not able to get the lighting right (still), neither am I able to get my video quality up... So I continue trying... Am not the one to give up so easily :P And while am doing so, I am going to continue bombarding you guys with my videos...

3 QUICK TRICKS: Mastering Red Lipsticks!   3 QUICK TRICKS: Mastering Red Lipsticks! Women tend to shy away from Red Lipsticks... The reasons are innumerable... Some find Reds too jarring and bright, some think they give out the wrong message while some just simply feel that it will not suit them... The latter reason was why I shied away from Red lipsticks...

  VIDEO TUTORIAL: Simple Pink & Purple Makeup Look If you follow me on Twitter, you'd know that I have been struggling with lighting issues for my Youtube videos... Its a whole new deal from the lighting I use for my still pictures...

  HAPPY HOLI & A Bonus Haul Video Happy Holi my loves... May this festival of colors bring happiness and joy in your lives...

  VIDEO TUTORIAL: Quick & Simple Everyday Makeup Look with Pink Lips! You know the time when you are in a hurry and literally have no time to put on makeup... And yet you know there is an important meeting scheduled later in the day and you need to look presentable and a little made up... Or the time when you are out with your bestie for lunch and there is a big chance of your ex or even your current crush turning up and hence you want to look effortlessly made up...

  Sephora Haul: Video and Rants! Sephora is in Pune!!!You know the feeling that is a mixture of wild disbelief and gleeful joy... the feeling that you get when you win something that you never expected but secretly wished for? Yeah... That's excatly how I am feeling right now... Sephora is in Pune :)