This post is a total case of an influencer being influenced! A couple of weeks ago, I read Emily Schuman?s post on glitter eye and it is a trend I?m totally onboard with. In fact, it reminded me, I have always been into this more-is-less, celestial drama look. In fact, I wore a bronzy glittery…
Everything you need to know before getting a Balayage
Last weekend, I got my very first Balayage, And while it is the first time I’ve ever gotten one, I have been researching it for months. What is Balayage? Balayage, pronounced as Bah-lay-aage, is a french technique of hair colouring, mainly highlighting. It is not really a new technique. Around since the 70s, balayage is…
One Tip to a Good Hair Day Everyday
While most of us associate having a good hair day with hair that looks like its fresh out of the salon, ? it doesn’t always need to be that. A good hair day is a day when ones hair looks put together. So here is my one tip on having a good hair day- everyday….
NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream
Ok, so if you are on the liquid matte lipstick train, like me, you’ll totally understand this new obsession I have to keep trying liquid lipsticks. A few months ago, I was on ASOS just browsing casually, looking for nothing in particular when I decided to look at their beauty section, and saw the NYX…
Hitting Rockbottom
Hitting rockbottom is not always a bad thing. Yes, this phrase has always been associated with being at the lowest phase of your life, but I don’t. I have decided to take up the challenge of hitting the bottom of the pan of my makeup, skincare, body and haircare bottles. Quite simply put I’ve taken…
My Fragrance Journey
I often feel that my fragrance journey is rather an interesting one. Most women watch their mums apply fragrance when they are little and pick up their cues from there. My mum was never one to wear fragrance. So never I thought I needed to wear fragrance, until I started doing my masters. One day…
How to Survive an Indian Wedding
This week, I’m pulling a massive 27 Dresses act. I am attending weddings for the ENTIRE week; and no, I am not making it up. All my friends really did decide to get married at the same time! People have asked me how I’m keeping up, so here is my survival kit in clockwise order:…
The Autumn Lip Edit
Ah, the joy of finally being able to write this post! Truth be told, I have held off writing this post because the weather here in Dubai feels anything but autumnal. Endless Dubai Summer as we call it. It is only in the past couple of days that the weather is cooling down and…
Anastasia Beverly Hills Master Palette by Mario
Another day, another neutral eyeshadow palette. After getting the Chanel Candeur et Experience?eyeshadow quad from the Rouge Collection?N?1,?I had put myself on a neutral eye shadow palette ban. However, when I saw the?Anastasia Beverly Hills Master Palette by Mario, I couldn’t resist and decided to get it. This is the first product that I have…
Chanel’s Le Rouge Collection N?1
Having worked in the cosmetics industry my whole working career, it is not often that I want to and buy makeup. However, every and now again comes a collection that gives me that itch to shop. I often research the products before buying, so my buyer’s remorse is often to a minimal. When I first…
Review: Huda Beauty Liquid Matte
Huda Beauty released her new Liquid Matte lipsticks this week and I managed to get my hands on them, so I thought I’d review them. I am a big liquid lipstick fan in general. In my opinion, if applied correctly, they are easy to use and can be long lasting. However, this also depends on…
How to pack your Holiday Makeup Bag like a Pro
Packing for holidays can be quite daunting. While you don’t want to be carrying your entire make up drawer, you still want to carry enough products to be able to create various makeup looks. This summer we are travelling to Greece and Morrocco for two weddings in a span of 15 days. This means I…
How to create a Nail Wardrobe 101
Someone once told me that the key to looking polished was having clean, well groomed nails. If you are someone like me, and use their hands a lot during conversations, then your nails are probably the first thing that people will see. Hence it is important to keep them well groomed. Over the years, I…
Beauty Oils
So, this post is going to be on all the oils I use in my beauty regime. I use oils in 3 differnt areas of my beauty regime, and I have broken it down accordingly. Skincare: Growing up, I had extremely oily skin and so I used to be extremely careful when I would layer…
How to get the perfect Spring Look
Spring is officially here! Spring is my favourite season of the year, it usually starts in my birthday month March, and everything is pretty,pink and blooming. And to celebrate Spring, today I’m sharing my current, favourite makeup look. I say Spring, but, this is a neutral eye makeup look, so its suitable for any season….
My Bridal Makeup
Follow my blog with Bloglovin This week has been our anniversary week and I have been thinking of how quickly the first year of our married life has flown by! I was looking at photographs from our wedding day and it instantly teleported me to a year ago, when I woke up at 3 am…
Wild Bluebell
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I have a vague memory of having a bluebell plant in our old house, from when I was a little girl. A few years ago, I discovered Jo Malone’s Wild Bluebell and instantly all those childhood memories flooded me. It was just like they say, fragrance brings back memories. Instantly,…
Best Beauty Discoveries of 2015
In 2015 I tried a lot of new products and I thought it would be nice to have a round up of my favourite discoveries in 2015. I have been very selective with my choices, and these are all the products I discovered and I genuinely loved in 2015. Some I plan to re-purchase when…
Microdermabrasion in a Bottle
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Ok, so microdermabrasion has been around for a while. It is basically a more advanced way of exfoliating your skin and removing layers of dead skin by using microcrystals. It is usually a process done by dermatologists. I did a couple of microdermabrasion sessions just before the wedding, to get…
The One Minute Smoky Eye
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I will admit, when I first tried a smokey eye at age 15. I looked like a panda! Basically all I knew was that you use black eyeshadow, so I saved money, bought a black eyeshadow and put it all over my eye. When I opened my eye, I was…
Shape Matters
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Although every?time I travel, I carry half of my vanity case, I am big fan of palettes that do it all. It is good to have everything you need in one compact palette. The Shapematters palette is one such gorgeous palette! It is the latest palette from?Smashbox and has just…
H&M Beauty
Follow my blog with Bloglovin H&M have now released a new beauty line! There, I said it, I don’t think i can hold in my excitement about this any longer. I think it launched in other parts of the world a few weeks ago, but it only made its way to Dubai?last week. So, what…
Bronze Goddess Shimmering Nudes Palette
Follow my blog with Bloglovin The thing about summer is the beauty brands usually release their summer collection and over the past few years, the trend is mostly nude natural/ bronze kind of palettes. This is perfect for someone like me, because I love these colours and am sort of obsessed with these palettes. Enter…
Meet Jack
As promised in my earlier Tom Ford Lips and Boys post, this post features one of my favourite lip colors from that collections, Jack. I believe it is actually named after his son! (geeky fact, but I like knowing it) It is a blue toned, mauvy lipstick that I would have never imaged to like,…
Boys are the new men!
So, last week, I attended the Tom Ford Lips & Boys event in Dubai. I will say this, there were lipsticks and there were boys! The event celebrated the launch of the Tom Ford Lips and Boys collection which is a gorgeous collection of 50 clutch sized lipsticks, each named after the men in Tom…
