I Simply Love Makeup

Hola chicas! :D The past weekend was one of the best I have had in a long time :) Why? Am not so sure but I have a strong inkling that it was because of the fact that it was a perfect blend of shopping, updating my fashion quotient, learning to cook a new dish, Diwali cleaning, meeting close friends and getting a makeover :) I'll go about each one in detail... Lemme start with some retail healing. I absolutely abhor the phrase "retail therapy" as it has become too jaded and over-used. So much so that people going for grocery shopping also label the experience as retail therapy! No offense here but seriously any shopping or "buying" experience cannot be termed as retail therapy you know! Come on look it up... HINT: If you are always retail therapy-ing then you are a patient of chronic depression! And we know that at least us in the beauty blogging world are not depressed :) So anyways, I actually went to the mall to exchange shirt for the Pati and well I retu

Subho Bijoya... Happy Dussehra :) Even though yesterday was this much celebrated festival of India, we did not have a holiday in office and to top it of, yesterday was the busiest day of my life! :( In order to keep us cheered up, our office people decided to declare the day as Traditional Day and well yup we were expected to dress up in our traditional best and come to work! ha ha ha.. I love the irony! So anyways, I chose one of my favorite suits, which I guess I have already featured here on ISLM :) Its a raw silk green kurta with silk threaded embroidery and maroon churidaar and dupatta to go... Its a simple yet elegant suit and I love it for that :) Makeup Break-up 1. MAC Paint Pot in Genuine Treasure -> All over lid 2. Colorbar Eye Shadow in Black Tied -> Crease 3. Colorbar Blush in Floral Fucsia 4. Colorbar Velvet Matte Lipstick in Creme Cup 2 I wore the bengali symbol of suhaag i.e. Shaankha, Paula and Noa/Loha too :)

I love where I stay in Bombay... I stay in Colaba in South Bombay and there is no place else in the country that can match to it... Sandwiched between the Arabian Sea on one side and the best street shopping market in the city i.e. Colaba Causeway on the other, rich with heritage buildings and monuments and even cobbled stone streets in some stretches, "old town" i.e Colaba is sure a part of paradise :) *Touchwood*... The last weekend that I was in Bombay, we had a Mumbai Bloggers Meet on Saturday, which by now am sure you all know about... So I kept Sunday for my mom solely and we spent the whole day in leisure almost like we were having a best friends' day out :) Around 4:00 pm in the afternoon, my mom started craving some chaat  and we decided to go to the US Club where we could stroll along the sea and also satiate our yearning for some chatpat stuff :) So this is what I wore... Outfit Breakup 1. Top - Mango 2. Shorts - Local Boutique 3. Ballerinas

Good Evening everyone... I am Suma Samyukta Sharma and I am a TBS addict. Yes ladies and gentlemen I have a new hobby and this time its got nothing to do with art or culture or tradition and stuff... Some might like to call me a hoarder but I prefer the term "collector" and yes I am today proudly declaring myself to be a TBS Collector ! I know at least half of you reading my blog are secret TBS collectors too... So let us all join hands for this noble hobby of ours and be united in our mutual love and admiration for the awesome products that TBS keeps belting out :) Ha ha drama queen  that I am, I cannot help but be over enthused about my recent (mini) TBS haul... Here's a peek of the stuff that I got! :)   Yes yes yes, I got the new BB cream too :)) Pati has been working very hard lately and so we decided to go for a cup of midnight coffee last night to CCD (the only one that's open all night in Pune, if you are a pune-ite then you know what I am ta

I am in a superb mood today... Why I dunno and well when I am in a good mood, I take a looobnnnngggg time to dress up for office ;) Plus I was in the mood for some Red and some flowers and so I took out this top of mine... Now before I go any further, lemme clarify that I am a simple makeup-ista who also loves to dress up and so there will be instances when I will repeating some part of my outfit sometimes... It could be my denims, my shoes so bear with me... I generally tend to repeat my clothes very often until I clear my wardrobe and the clothes lying at the back all forgotten come to the fore :P And this phenomenon takes place once every two months ;) So anyways... Coming back to my today's outfit, I wore this and I am so loving my outfit today ;) Outfit Jeans: Lee Top: Mufti For Westside Peep Toe Pumps: Catwalk MakeUp MAC Folie in the crease MAC Honesty on the lid Maybelline Gel Liner MAC Zoom Lash Mascara Colorbar Blush in Floral Fucsia

Though my organization doesn't really have any dress code as you all already know but then there do come days that warrant a bit more of a "formal" attire as compared to the other days. These days are generally when a senior manager is visiting your team or when you have a presentation to give or when you are meeting a client. One such day was Tuesday and this is what I wore... Outfit: Black Shirt: Calvin Klein Dark Denims: Lee Peep-Toe Slingbacks: Enroute MakeUp: 1. Maybelline Gel Liner as Kohl 2. Colorbar I-Glide Pencil in NavyBlue for a Liner 3. Colorbar Blush in Floral Fucsia 4. Colorbar Velvet Matte Lipstick in Bare 5. Nivea Fruity Shine Lip Balm as gloss   Did you guys like the look? 

I hate hate hate the monsoons, I simply loathe the rainy season and the muck and gloom it brings along with it. I each year invariably miss the sun and the cheer whenever it starts to pour and well that's how I spent my weekend (well apart from the photoshoot I have been hinting at)... So this weekend when we were having a little get-together with friends, I decided to take out my most summery outfit, complete with big floral prints and wear it :) Here's the outfit... Outfit: Dress: Design from the internet, stitched by my tailor Peep-toe Pumps: Carlton London (courtesy of Brandmile) Makeup: 1. Black winged liner look 2. Colorbar Blush in Floral Fucsia 3. Nivea Fruity Shine Lip Balm Hair: 1. Pouf and a high ponytail :) Tutorial here Hope you guys like the look :)

Like I said we enjoy "no dress code" rule in office and well it's perfect when you are suffering from either Monday Blues, Or Fat days or a mid-week crisis. Wednesdays invariably make me feel exhausted after the load of Monday and Tuesday gone by and well also because I have the maximum meetings of the week lined up on a Wednesday :( So anyways, I was feeling super casual today and so here is what I wore :) Top: Vero Moda Skinny Jeans: Lee Ballerinas: Westside MakeUp: 1. Used MAC Ricepaper on the inner corners of my eyes 2. Maybelline Gel Liner as Kohl 3. Colorbar I-Glide Pencil in Blackout on the upper lash line 4. MAC Zoom Fast Lash Mascara 5. Colorbar Blush in Plum Brown 6. Nivea Fruity Shine Lip Balm Hair-Do: Kim Kardashian inspired high ponytail with a pouf on top (Video Tute coming up soon) Accessories: 1. Gunmetal ear studs: Vero Moda 2. Diamond Ear Studs: Tanishq 3. Gold Ear Studs: Tanishq Hope you guys like this look too :)

After I have collated all your feedback, I will be starting some new sections on your recommendation... Let me start with Pranali's... She wants me to start with "What To Wear To Work" posts and well here is the first of the lot :) My office has no dress code (Thank God!) but yeah that doesn't mean we go to office like we are on a vacation... Being casual and yet dressing up in a way that your work is taken seriously is very important. It is of utmost significance to strike a balance between the casualness of your attire and the formality of the work environment. Keeping all of this in mind, this is what I wore today... Top: Promod Jeans: Lee Footwear: Catwalk Makeup: 1. Colorbar I-Glide Pencil in Blackout 2. MAC Zoom Fast Lash Mascara 3. Colorbar Blush in Floral Fucsia 4. Colorbar Velvet Matte Lipstick in Bare HairDo: 1. Flat-Ironed my hair to remove frizz and remove the obvious curl 2. Tied up my hair in a high pony-ta