Best Things 2011

These are the best products & things of 2011 in my books. Let's just call it a LONG "favorites" post. Mostly products that I used the most this year & things that are special to me.....
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Best Facewash/ Makeup Removers ~ Pond's Pure White Facial Foam, Lakme Fruit Blast Melon Melt & Berry Lush, The Body Shop White Shiso Cleansing Powder, DHC Cleansing Oil, MAC Cleanse Off Oil.

Best Treatments ~ Pond's Age Miracle Microdermabrasion Kit, Brihan's Green Leaf Gel (Aloe Vera), Garnier Pure Pimple Pen.

Best Scrubs ~ Lotus Whiteglow Oatmeal & Yogurt Scrub, St.Ives Apricot Scrub, The Body Shop Body Scrubs.

Best Serums ~  Neutrogena Fine Fairness Serum, Bio-Essence Bird's Nest Serum, Pond's Gold Radiance Serum

Best Eye Cream ~ Used only Olay Total Effects Anti-Ageing Eye Cream  this year.

Best Moisturizers ~ Lotus WhiteGlow Micro-Emulsion, Neutrogena Fine Fairness Lotion.

Best Sunscreens ~ Lakme Cucumber & Lemongrass Fairness Sunscreen, Neutrogena Dry Touch Sunblock, Lotus Sunscreen Gel.

Best Body Washes ~ Palmolive Thermal Spa Mineral Massage, Biore Whitening Scrub Shower Cream, Olay Creme Ribbons, Lux.

Best Body Lotions ~ Vaseline Cocoa Glow, The Body Shop Body Butter Duo, Vaseline Healthy White Lotion, Lakme Honey & Avocado Winter Perfect Lotion, Aveeno Baby Soothing Relief Moisture Cream.

Best Perfumes ~ This year I only wore Marc Jacobs Daisy, Vera Wang princess, YSL Paris & Luscious Pink Mariah Carey & Etude House Ms.Ever Perfume Stick

Best Hair Removal Products ~ Spring It Hair Removing Spring, Gilette Venus Razor, Veet Wax Strips, Gilette Satin Care Shaving Gel.

Best Extras ~ Clean & Clear Oil Blotting Sheets (LOVE!), Etude House Missing You Hand Cream

My Indian Bridal Wear: Sneak Peek

Here's a sneak peek of what I wore on my our Indian wedding day in 2007. Years ago, but it seems like yesterday. You know? I haven't seen the lehenga & jewelry since then coz they weren't with me, I just collected them about 2 weeks back. I had forgotten what they look like!

Products For DIY Bridal Makeup

Hey everyone,

I know my Bridal Series is hanging in limbo. It's going to come to an abrupt end since I've got so many things to do before Christmas + I'm leaving for vacay right after that. But I want to do a couple more posts to end the series properly. Fingers crossed!

Below are the makeup products I'd use on my wedding day- if I were doing my own makeup. I'd be wearing a pink lehnga with gold embellishments, so I picked the colors accordingly:

Face:

• Laura Mercier Foundation Primer Oil Free
• Make Up For Ever HD Foundation
• YSL Touche Eclat to brighten up the undereye areas
• MAC Studio Finish Concealer to conceal blemishes
• MAC Chromagraphic Pencil for spot concealing
• The Body Shop Loose Powder
• MAC Sculp & Shape Powder to contour & highlight
• Benefit Bella Bamba
• Benefit Hoola 
• MAC Fleur Power Blush
• MAC Fix+ Finishing Spray to set makeup. For me, this works best at this time of year when my skin is drier.

Other long-wear foundations:

Revlon Colorstay Foundation, MAC Pro Longwear Foundation, MAC Studio Sculp Foundation. 

Other Blush suggestions: Colorbar Peachy Rose & Just Earth, MAC Dollymix, MAC Peaches, Nars Orgasm, Benefit Coralista, Bourjois Lilas D'or, Lakme Earth Rose Trio Blush, Lakme Cheek Artist Kiss Of A Rose (Visit the Blush Bar for swatches)

Artistic Eye Makeup Contest Entry 8 ~ Animal Instinct

"Animal Instinct"

Contestant:  Nitya Karthick

Products Used:

Beauties Factory 88 colour eyeshadow palette

NYX HD Eyeshadow base

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in "Iced Mocha"

LA girl Pro Primer base in Black

Lakme eye quartets in "Peacock"

MAC Mineralize eye shadow in "Golden Gaze"

Chambor glitzy eyeliner in Black

*Thanks for your entry Nitya. Good Luck! :)

♥ Cynthia Z ^.^

Pantene Total Damage Care Range Review

So before I left for my trip in October, I had to buy small bottles of shampoo & conditioner. You know those big bottle are so heavy for flights (...we'd rather carry an extra pair of shoes). I decided to try the small bottles of Pantene Total Damage Care Shampoo & Conditioner.

About Pantene Total Damage Care:
Fights 7 signs of damaged hair: split ends, dry, rough, dull, weak, brittle and tangles.

Artistic Eye Makeup Contest Entry 7 ~ Rage Of Fire

"Rage Of Fire"

Contestant: Upasana

Products used:

MAC Fluidline Blacktrack

MAC carbon eyeshadow

Red, orange, yellow , blue, white, silver eyeshadows from 88 shimmer palette

Maybelline Gel eyeliner Black

Gold eyeshadow from Deborah Milano Eye design quad

Maybelline Define-A-Lash Mascara

False Lashes

Coastal Scents and sigma brush

MAC Select Moisture Cover NW35

MAC Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation NC42

Bausch & Lomb Lenses- Pacific

*Thanks for your entry Upasana. Good Luck! :)


[If you want to participate in the "Artistic Eye Makeup Contest", please read the details HERE]


♥ Cynthia Z ^.^

Artistic Eye Makeup Contest Entry 6 ~ Tropical Sunset

"Tropical Sunset"

Contestant: Ailah

Products Used:
Urban Decay shadow in Baked
Mac pigment in reflects bronze
Mac pigment in copper sparkle
Coastal Scents red glitter in Crimson
Make up For Ever matte black shadow #4
Lancome Teal Delight gel liner
Mac Blue Green pigment
Clinique gel liner in True black
Ardell falsies in #120


*Thanks for your entry Ailah. Good Luck! :)



[If you want to participate in the "Artistic Eye Makeup Contest", please read the details HERE]


♥ Cynthia Z ^.^

Artistic Eye Makeup Contest Entry 5 ~ Poker Face

"Poker Face"

Contestant: Cherrylane

Products Used:E.l.f. Mineral Eyeshadow Primer in Sheer
Rimmel Soft Kohl in Pure White (071)
The white colour from e.l.f. Brightenting Eye Color Quad in Ethereal
Maybelline Eyeshadow in Shiney White (64)
Maybelline Extreme Moisture Lip Liner in Red Glamour (56)
Rimmel Exaggerate Eye Liner in Black (001)

*Thanks for your entry Cherrylane. Good Luck! :)

♥ Cynthia Z ^.^

Gossip Girl Inspired Holiday Look

In Gossip Girl 'Rhodes To Perdition', everybody was sporting glitter liners- from Charlie to Lily to Cece, and I absolutely loved the looks! They all looked so bling & fabulous. 

Favorite line from the episode:

"No one can touch me anymore. I'm a Rhodes now." ~ Charlie.

Glitter liners are THE hottest things this season, ladies! Grab yourself some- preferably in gold & bronze shades. I don't have any other glitter eyeliner except for a yellow one- Nyx Candy Glitter Eyeliner in Hot Yellow (which is actually a freebie, but see how it's there for me just when I need it the most? :)) , so it'll have to do. How I wish I had the other bronzy shade French Silk

Artistic Eye Makeup Contest Entry 4 ~ Jingle Bell Rock

"Jingle Bell Rock"

Contestant ~ Alexis Colon 

Products Used:Urban Decay primer potion
BH Cosmetics 120 Palette and 6 piece contour palette
MAC foundation
Lancome Press powder
Urban Decay Eyeliner in Zero
MAC gel liner in black track
MAC gold pigment
Urban Decay Alice in Wonderland Palette
Bobbi Brown Charcoal & Dark Brown
Medusa glitters in Antofdinette & Flash Dance

*Thanks for your entry Alexis. Good Luck! :)


♥ Cynthia Z ^.^

Artistic Eye Makeup Contest Entry 3: Color Of The Sea ~ Light Blue or Light Green?

"Color Of The Sea ~ Light Blue or Light Green?"

Contestant: Shopnila Rahman

Products used: 

1. UD Primer portion.

2. BH Cosmetics 120 pallet-  Light blue, light green, Medium Blue,  Vanilla  White.

3. Lakme Kohl Kajal. 

4. Clinique lash Doubling Mascara.

*Thanks for your entry Shopnila. Good Luck! :)

♥ Cynthia Z ^.^

Sigma Precision Brushes & Round Top Kabuki: Photos

I hauled some brushes from Sigma  this month- Precision Brushes & Round Top Kabuki. I'm in love with the soft synthetic HD Fibers, which they are made of. I wish I had a pillow made of them....oooh....!

• Precision Tapered P86

• Precision Round P82

• Precision Flat P80

These Precision Brushes are so cute! I got all of them except the Precision Angled P84. I want to use these with my concealers, precise contouring, buffing small areas/corners & to apply some powder products too.

Christmas Shopping At Forever New + OOTD

The first one is a dress I've been drooling over since it was launched with the Age of Innocence Collection (Limited Edition). It was packed in a pink box tied with white organza ribbon. It's special.

Let's open it.....

Madeleine One Shoulder Bow Dress Peach Love, Rs.8800 ~ Damn this is overpriced! It costs double in India, btw. BUT I tried it on ad almost cried. I want to be buried in it! So obviously I had to buy it and give up some other stuff on my Christmas wishlist.