Lotus White Glow Intensive Skin Whitening & Brightening Serum

What it is:

Enriched with Grape, Mulberry, Saxifraga extracts and Milk enzymes that are known fairness agents A proprietary formula that distributes via an advanced delivery system It visibly refines large pores, eliminates blackheads and reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. The result, you have radiant, youthful looking skin. Contains no harmful chemicals.

How to use:

Use morning and evening all over face and neck after cleansing.

Fixing A Bad Hair Coloring Job

I got my hair colored 2 weeks back at a salon, and I wasn't happy with the result. In spite of being a certified hairstylist myself, I always get confused when it comes to my own hair, especially with color. I'm not sure what went wrong, really. I told the guy I didn't want my hair to be bleached, but he (and his posse and the manager) told me it wasn't possible to lighten my hair without bleach. Then I thought it's rude to keep telling them how to do their jobs, right? So I shut up and went along with it.

They used a pre-lightener (twice, or in his words- 'refresh' the bleach) and then Loreal Majirel 8.31 (beige blonde). Here's what I looked like when I reached home (tired, with backache & apparently no lipstick)....

Managed a smile for the camera

It may not look so bad there, coz it was night time & with flash, but in daylight it looked like this...

>.< Me no likey! Leopard automatically came to mind

I paid 3000 rupees for that. Oh... the regret & the guilt!

Inglot AMC Liquid Face Blush Review & Swatches

I've been tempted to get the Inglot Liquid Face Blush, especially during the time when I couldn't get Make Up For Ever HD Blush. When the blushes were launched in India, I got cold feet, coz I read some bad reviews (words like streaky, instill doubts, obviously), even though I did like them when I tested them one too many times. Once, I almost bought one, but then decided not to at the last minute, coz the product looked too watery in the new bottle (testers felt thicker. Streaky crept into my head again.) Then I regretted not buying it when I reached home. You know the story.

Well, I bought it finally. Do I hear clapping?

Rash-Free Pads?

I saw this ad in the newspaper today- She Rash-free pads. So intrigued! Is it true? Or, is it just another marketing ploy? 

♥ Cynthia Z ^.^

Change Of a Lipstick : 2 Everyday Looks

These are my 2 favorite everyday looks. Same makeup in both, except for the lips. See how a lipstick can change your whole look!

In both looks: 

Face ~ Revlon Colorstay Mineral Mousse, Body Shop Loose Powder, Mac Chromagraphic Pencil to conceal blemishes, YSL Touche Eclat under my eyes, brow bone, Sides of the nose & chin

Cheeks ~  Mac Peaches Blush applied below the apples of the cheeks and blended up to the hairline

Eyes: UDPP to prime. I just used MAC Satin Taupe eyeshadow all over my lids & lower lash line, then I applied a dark brown eyeshadow from the Bourjois Smoky Eyes Trio Nude Ingenue on the outer corners of my lids and outer half of my lower lash line. Bourjois Smoky Eyes Pencil in Smoked Brown to line my upper lash line and then I used the brush to smudge it. I did the same on my lower lash line. To tightline upper lash line, I used IN2IT Gel Liner Pencil. Then I applied 3 coats of Maybelline The Colossal Volum' Express Mascara on top & bottom lashes.

*(Click on links for swatches & reviews)

Note: The Revlon Colorstay Mineral Mousse 030 Light is a tad lighter than my skin tone, coz they were selling only two (TWO!) shades here, and the other one was too dark for me. So my point is, it's going to look a little whitish in flash photography (it was a gloomy day), especially since it has SPF.  

Look 1:

Classic & simple. Goes really well with a white coat. Here, I used MAC Patisserie Lipstick

MAC Quite Cute Collection

Source, Source

“CUTE!” The most fanciful, fun and flattering compliment and young, modern trendsetter could ever want! Our version is the girliest kind of international glam possible, a style ride that combines postage-stamp-sized puppies with pixie swizzle-stick fashion and buttergly kisses for cute boys and even cuter shoes! Cupcake icing colors, vintage romance, an ATM card with Hello Kitty on it – and a way of life that says “yes!” to everything adorable!

Come on, get happy, with the multi-culti cutie, from Tokyo to Toronto to Paris with love! Pastel shades for Eye Quads, Lipstick, Plushglass, and Nail Lacquer…And due to popular demand, we’re completely cute-ifying three favourite Lip Pencil shades from last season that will join the fun and frolic. Flash! You’ll ♥ the Mineralize Blush with the sweet heart baked right into it. If it shines, shimmers and pops it’s completely, contagiously, cute!

Lipstick:

Playing Koi ~ Creamy white peach pink (Satin) 

Quite Cute ~ Bright white lavender (Cremesheen)

Saint Germain ~ Pastel pink (Amplified) 

Candy Yum Yum ~ Neon pink (Matte) 

Play Time ~ Intense violet (Cremesheen) 

Plushglass:

Bubble Tea ~ Creamy pale nude 

Fashion Fanatic ~ Creamy pale pink 

Girl ♥ Boy ~ Bright light blue pink 

I ♥ U ~ Creamy mid-tone purple 

Lip Pencil: 

Naked ~ Light neutral

In Synch ~ Bright yellow pink  

Boldly Bare ~ Mid-tone red brown 

Biotique Bio Berry Plumping Lip Balm Review & Swatches

About:

Biotique Bio Berry Plumping Lip Balm claims to smooth & swell lips. It is organically pure & preservative free. Dermatologically tested. No Animal Testing.

Berries are one of nature's great sources of vitamins and phytochemicals. This plumping balm restores lip fullness for a voluptuous, bee-stung look and refined lip contours.

"It is not a cosmetic product. It has therapeutic properties"

Not a cosmetic product? Therapeutic? You see that, you start to think of white, brown, yellow & green stuff. But this is none of those. It's so pretty and screams 'cosmetic'.

Rihanna's Fragrance Reb'l Fleur

Rihanna's Fragrance Reb'l Fleur features notes of tuberose, hibiscus, violet and coconut, and comes packaged in a bottle designed to resemble the heel of a shoe when turned upside down.

Reb'l Fleur takes its name from Rihanna's tattoo "Rebelle Fleur" inked on her neck. 

I'm intrigued by the coconut note in it, but I will probably skip this fragrance simply because I don't like the bottle very much, but the ad is so fabulous & mesmerizing! 

Price ~ $49 for 1.7 oz bottle.

♥ Cynthia Z ^.^

Valentine's Day Look & Outfit

I hope you all had a lovely Valentine's day. I had fun, although the sudden change of weather here in Delhi spoiled my 'pink' plans a little bit. Anyways, on to my V-Day look....

Makeup:

Face- MUFE HD Foundation, Body Shop Loose Face Powder, YSL Touche Eclat

Cheeks- Inglot Cream Blush #84, Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick Rose to highlight cheekbones

Lips- MUFE Rouge Artist Intense #32

Eyes- UDPP, Nyx Jumbo Pencil Milk as base, Shimmery white eyeshadow all over lids & inner corners, Pink & Blue eyeshadows from LA Colors Circus palette , MAC Petrol Blue Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner, Revlon Beyond Natural Long Volumizing Eyelashes

Honey Bees Buzz Soap & My Chocolate Indulgence Lip Balm By Nourish

I hauled some Nourish products last week. I have passed by the kiosk before, but I never had the time to stop and look at the colorful soaps closely. Nourish sells handmade soaps, scrubs, body butters, lip balms etc. 

Here's what I bought:

Honey Bees Buzz Body Bar: How cute is that?! Bees I don't mind touching and smelling lol. This soap smells so good! I used it and it's pretty good. Doesn't dry out my skin like some soaps, and it lathers up real nice.

Nourish Honey Bees Buzz Body Bar

Inglot Pastel Collection Nail Enamel

Apart from the Brown Collection, Inglot also has Pastel Collection:

• 968 ~ Pastel Yellow
• 969 ~ Pastel Green
• 970 ~ Pastel Blue
• 971 ~ Pastel Lavender
• 972 ~ Pastel Coral

Inglot Nail enamels do not contain:
- toluene
- formaldehyde
- dibutyl phthalate (DBP)
- camphor

Inglot Brown Collection Nail Enamel Swatches

Ever since the 'Greige' (grey+beige) nail trend started, I've wanted to get my hands on...or just get a glimpse of  a shade like it here in Delhi of the India. Chanel Particulier...

...and others, like OPI 'You Don't Know Jacques' became the most wanted nail polishes. So we read and sighed. Then I spotted  the Brown Collection at Inglot yesterday, and one might just be a dupe for the Particulier.

Lakmé Lip Love Valentine Velvet

"If ever two were one, then surely we- My Lip Love and Me!"

So cheesy. Hey, it rhymes! :) . That's the tagline of Lakme's Lip Love Lipstick. If you want to celebrate this coming Valentine's Day with a lipstick that is so fitted for the day, you might want to check out Lakme Lip Love in Valentine Velvet up there, coz I'm gonna. 

About Lip Love Lipstick:

Lakmé presents a lip color you will fall in love with at first stroke! Lip Love is an indulgent creamy lip color that softens, smoothens and plumps up your lips. It contains Ceramides to keep your lips deeply hydrated and Collagen that will make them look younger and plump. The SPF 16 protects your lips from sun darkening. Lip Love is extremely light-weight and creates a creamy and luminous finish and is available in 12 shades.

vPriced at Rs.550/-

vAvailable at all leading lifestyle stores

I did a review on Lakme Lip Love Love Haze HERE

P.S: I know... I know, Valentine's Day overload in my blog lately, but I assure you, no more after this. Well, maybe one more ;)

♥ Cynthia Z ^.^