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.

Artistic Eye Makeup Contest Entry 2 ~ Deep Blue Sea

Contestant ~ Dishi Shrivastava

Products Used:

VOV glam shine navy blue(21) eye liner

M.A.C 88 eye shadow palette(light blue,dark blue,white shimmer)

M.A.C 'blue charge' zoom lash mascara

*Thanks for your entry Dishi. Good luck! :)

♥ Cynthia Z ^.^

Pond's Age Miracle Advanced Resurfacing Microdermabrasion Kit ~ WOW!

Are you ready to see the results? Doesn't matter coz I'm going to show anyway. I couldn't wait! I consider this post a priority because it could change somebody's life. 

About Pond's Age Miracle Advanced Resurfacing  Microdermabrasion Kit:

Microdermabrasion is one of the most effective professional anti-ageing skin care treatments, commonly recommended by dermatologists and salon professionals which gently re-surfaces or ‘polishes’ the surface of the skin. Pond’s Institute has launched the first at-home Microdermabrasion Treatment. It helps to minimize the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and age spots. With special micro crystals for effective skin resurfacing, it results to renewed and brightened skin. The kit contains 3 things:

• Polishing Cream is a unique softening cream blended with real micro crystals that expertly resurfaces and refines skin to extra smoothness and brightness.

• Post-Treatment Glow Enhancer is enriched with vitamins and skin optical enhancers that give the skin the right post treatment nourishment- leaving it supple and radiant.

• Sponge applicator is specially designed to expertly spread the cream with micro crystals across the skin’s surface, effectively allowing polishing cream to remove the uppermost layer of dead skin. The holder is designed to fit the palm comfortably.

Inglot Eye Brushes: 10S & 80 HP Review

I'm am currently ob-sessssed with makeup brushes. I keep wanting MORE! There's always a type of brush I think I need. There's even a type I want that is not in the market yet. 

So I got these 2 Inglot brushes a couple months back and it's time I share my thoughts on them.

Inglot Lipsticks 189, 421 Photos

What if you end up buying 2 very similar looking pink lipsticks? I thought these Inglot lipsticks looked different in the website but now, when I compare these pics and the ones in the website, they look almost the same. I didn't even think they were this pink when I chose them. Boy, you should get inside this head.

But howww??? I called the store to order and then I get them picked up. I just cannot wait!

Colorbar Velvet Matte Lipstick Bare

I have already done a review on Colorbar Velvet Matte Lipsticks (Hot Hot Hot & Addictive Magenta) here 

This time it's Bare, a rosy nude shade with obvious peachy undertones. I'd say it's a more flattering shade for my lips than Maybelline My Mahogany Color Sensational Lipstick. It's hard for me to describe Bare because, though the peachy-ness shows in pics, it  looks pinkish-like a berry colored lip tint- after a while, when it dries. I guess it's one of those shades that react differently with different lip tones.

Colorbar Velvet Matte Lipstick Bare

Bride's Emergency/Handy Kit

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In a perfect world, a bride can survive on a tube of lipstick (and she'd also be marrying John Abraham or Prince Henry or that other celeb she adores/stalks) As an ex-bride, I wish I had read this post before my wedding day because I only had makeup, tissues & chewing gum in my tiny handbag. So, I hope future brides won't forget they'll possibly need these other important things:

• Safety Pins ~ Why do we always need them when we DON'T have any?! Especially if you'll be wearing a two-piece, these things will surely come in handy.

• Eye Drops ~ Smoke (and tears) can strain your eyes. You want to be bright-eyed for photos. Buy: Clearine Eye Drops.

• Ear Ointment Cream- My gold bridal earrings were so thick that my piercing had to be 3 times the size to insert them without pain, so I had to live with watery/itchy ears for days after the wedding. It's better to apply a cream before wearing your heavy earrings to prevent infection. Buy: Flutibact.

• Eyelash Glue ~  For your false eyelashes (they tend to come off at the inner corners) & also, maang tika- so it stays in place on your forehead. At Ambika Pillai studio, they once used Dendrite for my maang tika, and I ended up with a grape-sized bump on my forehead the next day. Gosh, I can't help thinking- What if they had used superglue???!!! Idiots. Buy: Duo Adhesive.

Winged Eyeshadow Tutorial

First of all, this is a very easy technique. I feel it's even easier to do than a basic smoky eye. Second, sowwwie I didn't post this during the weekend, like I said. I was just so busy with....well, nothing haha... you know what I mean ;)

Let's begin.

Urban Decay Naked Palette Vs Too Faced Naked Palette Vs Too Faced Natural Palette

Here are all 3 of the most popular neutral eyeshadow palettes side-by-side for you to compare.

• Urban Decay Naked Palette, $48 (Rs.2452) ~  Review & Swatches here
• Too Faced Naked Eye Kit, $36 (Rs.1840) ~ Review & Swatches here
• Too Faced Natural Eye Kit, $36 (Rs.1840) ~ Photos here

Look Of The Day: Winged, Warm & Cozy

I finally did a tutorial on the Winged Eyeshadow, which many of of are waiting for, but I've yet to edit the photos so I'm posting  full face photos today, so you get an idea of how the winged eyeshadow look gets along with my whole face. Will post the tutorial before/during the weekend. 

By the way, how cold did it get suddenly?! Time to take out me fuzzy socks :)