Violet Hills

"I am so happy that the weather is starting to get warm again", said no Mumbaikar ever. Nevertheless, I just felt like adding a bit of colour and eyeshadow back into my life. This whole month, and the previous, I didn't wear any eye shadow, at all. It was just winged liner and lashes, but as I was on my way to increase the fan speed, just so that I don't sweat of my makeup while I am doing it, I decided to add some violet on my lids. On my eyes I just have the Maybelline Color Tatoo in Painted purple, with a little bit of blue in the inner corner, just to have that really nice transition. I dabbed a little bit of the shade called Water Resistant from the Deborah Milano Eye Shadow Stick, and added a light shimmery purple eye shadow dust by Oriflame into my inner corner. I din't add any kohl or liner to my lashes, and just put a lot of Loreal Volume Million Lashes Mascara. Since a lot is happening on my eyes, I just applied one layer of the Soap and Glory Sexy Motherpucker (love the name) gloss on my lips. I love that frizzy, effervescent feeling on my lips whenever I apply this. I can actually feel my lips plumping up, it's feels weird but so good.

I also really wanted to put my hair up in a Milkmaid braid, I have been wanting to try this hairdo for a long time but I never actually put my hair up that often. It is usually left down or in a messy side braid. I just parted my hair in the back into two, braided them into dutch braid and pinned it on my crown. I took out a few pieces of hair just to frame my face a little, and pinned my bangs to give that side swept look.

I also donned this pretty floral print body con dress, from Forever21, because I was feeling very Springy. I love paring my V necklace with round neck tops/dresses, I just love the contrast. The necklace is also from Forever21. I tried taking a full length picture of the dress but it was just not possible indoors, and the watchman didn't let me take pictures outside.

I don't understand why is everyone so against photography. If they see a professional camera, they immediately shove you out of a campus, be it gardens, parks, societies, street, buildings, beach. It is so difficult to take a decent OOTD picture outside, unless you scout a place weeks in advance, here in Mumbai. Ok I will stop ranting now.

How's the weather at your place right now? Tell me in the comments down below!

Also, thumbs up to anyone who can get the title reference! ;) :P 

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Six Yards

Here is something a little different from my usual beauty post and product reviews for you guys. Like I mentioned in this post I am looking forward to doing things I never thought I would do this year. I want to do things that take risk, courage and do things that my gut tells me to do, and do it a 100% or not at all. Quitting my job was one such thing, I quit my stable multinational day job to do what I am genuinely passionate about and I have not regretted a single moment since then. Now I have all the time in the world, to discover my passion, my strengths and weaknesses, time to travel, to take risk and most importantly to spend time with my loved ones.

Speaking of travel, I did quite a lot of it in the past month and I finally got the time to unpack yesterday. I was out the whole month of January, and I got the chance to visit two of my really good friend's hometown and loved each moment I spent there. I also had the chance to attend my friend's wedding and had the best time ever.

Quitting my job has actually made me busier than I was before. I actually wake up on my own every morning, by 9-10 am (a massive change from sleeping at 4 and waking up at 12) and schedule my whole day and work my ass off the whole day. I love it.

These pics were just taken before I left for the wedding, and since I was so busy, didn't have time to actually shop for sarees in person, and this saree couldn't have come to me in a better time than this. I got this saree from Sareez.com. It is one of the largest online stores for Indian ethnic wears like sarees, salwar kameezes, lehengas and sherwanis. In today's time, I think e-stores like this are such a bliss for working women, or men.  This saree isn't too heavy and still not too simple at the same time. I prefer bright colours and patterns over bling when it comes to sarees. Bright colours and patterns will never make you feel underdressed or overdressed anywhere. The material of this saree is bhagalpuri silk, with a beautiful floral and leaf print and a bright printed border. Here is the link to this particular saree, it is named as Davy's Grey and Amber Yellow Bhagalpuri Silk Printed Casual Saree. What I was most impressed about the way the blouse fit me. I just mentioned my size and design preferences and I got it exactly like the way I wanted. I didn't have to alter or change it, which is something that I always worry about if I order clothes online and since this time I didn't have any time I was really really happy about this. They courier the cloths via Bluedart, so you can track your order and know exactly when it is going to be in your door step.

This six yards of clothe has a unique charm to it, as very rightly told by Laxmi Rebecca, a filmmaker and entrepreneur, saree is a power suit and as soon as you enter a room you know what the man are talking about. It can make you feel sexy and powerful at the same time.

I learned draping a saree when I was in boarding school, it happened because of all the dance performances I was taking part in. Here are a few nostalgic pics if you want to go down my memory lane.

I had a lot of fun while photographing this saree and all the credits goes to Kushal Gandhi for taking these pictures. You can check out his work and follow him on instagram @gandhikushal 

When was the last time you wore a saree? Talk to me in the comments down below :)

Click here for the link to buy this saree.

*The saree was sent to me by sareez.com*

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LOREAL PARIS COLLECTION STAR PURE REDS, PURE AMARANTHE BY GONG LI

Loreal has very recently launched their collection stars pure reds range which has 7 different red toned lipsticks to suit every skin tone, from bold oranges to fuschia pinks and bright reds. The collection star range caters to all ages and skin tones. I know if I buy Sonam's Red for my mom, she'd love it, and my sister will love Blake's red (I love her red too, btw). When I went to check out the collection and swatched all the shades on me, Pure Amaranthe was the shade that stood out the most on me.

The collection star pure reds lipsticks comes in an attractive black and gold packaging, and there is a plastic window on the body which coordinates the colour of the lipstick, which is very helpful in recognising and organising the shades.

The formula and colour of these lipsticks are custom made for each of the stars they represent. Pure Amaranthe is the Chinese Actress Gong Li's red (I didn't know who she was before this range came out) and it is a vivid fuchsia pink with a red undertone.  They go on super smoothly, but you get an opaque application after two swatches on my lips. These lipsticks are well pigmented, and these will leave a creamy, lustrous, and matte finish on your lips. Even though the lipsticks are well pigmented, they don't bleed or feather out of your lips.

These lipsticks are do last long on my lips. The creaminess fades away after a few hours, but the stain lingers on your lips for a couple of hours more. You need to be a little careful when you wear the lipstick as it can easily transfer onto your teeth or your tea mug.

The Loreal Collection Star Pure Reds are available in 7 shades and are priced at Rs 995 each.

You can see me wear this lipstick in this video..

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