NOTD: Collection Star Nail Enamel in Sonam

My exams are over, and my birthday's in a week.
Nonetheless, I'm very very relieved and decided to treat myself a bit.
I was searching for rosy nail paints (Revlon Really Rosy has been discontinued, my favorite!! argh! ) and came across this one, and immediately snapped it up.
This is a part of L'Oreal Paris La Vie En Rose Collection, and luxurious and good quality a nail paint can ever get.
The shade is a universally flattering nude pink shade (looks especially beautiful on darker hands) perfect for a sophisticated but not over the top look for the nails. Very feminine and understated and super-classy.

NOTD: Indoor Light

Everything about it so perfect : the consistency of the shades ensure opaque coverage in a single coat, with a beautiful glossy sheen that will ensure you can go without a top coat. Dries super quick (45 seconds flat!) and stays chip free for a full week. My pictures have been taken on the fourth day, you can see how negligible the tip wear is!

NOTD: Indoor Light

Perfect for women who love understated chic glamour (my mom!)
Overall, total love.
Price: INR 299 for 5ml (not very value for money but then its Collection Star, and superbly high quality)
Will I repurchase? Yes. This is Perfection in a Bottle!

NOTD: Collection Star Nail Enamel in Sonam

My exams are over, and my birthday's in a week.
Nonetheless, I'm very very relieved and decided to treat myself a bit.
I was searching for rosy nail paints (Revlon Really Rosy has been discontinued, my favorite!! argh! ) and came across this one, and immediately snapped it up.
This is a part of L'Oreal Paris La Vie En Rose Collection, and luxurious and good quality a nail paint can ever get.
The shade is a universally flattering nude pink shade (looks especially beautiful on darker hands) perfect for a sophisticated but not over the top look for the nails. Very feminine and understated and super-classy.

NOTD: Indoor Light

Everything about it so perfect : the consistency of the shades ensure opaque coverage in a single coat, with a beautiful glossy sheen that will ensure you can go without a top coat. Dries super quick (45 seconds flat!) and stays chip free for a full week. My pictures have been taken on the fourth day, you can see how negligible the tip wear is!

NOTD: Indoor Light

Perfect for women who love understated chic glamour (my mom!)
Overall, total love.
Price: INR 299 for 5ml (not very value for money but then its Collection Star, and superbly high quality)
Will I repurchase? Yes. This is Perfection in a Bottle!

Maybelline New York LipGradation by ColorSensational in Coral 01: Review, Swatch and FOTD

Hi everyone! :)

Today I'll be reviewing the latest release from Maybelline New York, the LipGradation in shade  Coral 01.

The lipgradations have been made to construct an ombre lip- i.e. while the centre of lips

have the most color, it is slightly blended out to the edges of the lip, creating a little

cloud of colour on the lips. It is very much the in-thing in the Korean beauty scene right

now (for anybody wondering why, they are the leaders when it comes to creating trends

in makeup:  BB/CC creams, highlighters first all came from Korea)

Ombre lips or not, the lipgradation in itself is quite a good product, worthy on its own.

The lipgradations come in a dual ended tube packaging, one side carrying the lip

product, the other carrying the smudger. Both ends are housed in two different ends,

one transparent, the other matte black.

The lip colour is a very pretty dusty coral pink - a beautiful mix of pink and red, perfect

on fair to medium skin tones. It might look a bit stark on duskier tones though.

The lip product is very, very pigmented and very soft, if you apply much pressure, you

might end up breaking it, that's how soft it is. Once you apply, you'll realise it is

unnecessary to apply the lip product on the whole of lips, blending with the smudger

comes handy here. The finish is very matte, long staying and once blended, the creamy lip color settles to a powdery matte finish. It is surprisingly comfortable once dry,

however dry lips can just dab a bit of balm on top and they'll be set.

And here's my lip swatch:

The lip product stays long on the lips but doesn't survive meals, sadly. Thankfully it

doesn't stain and doesn't bleed and doesn't feather at all.

Here's my FOTD, simple clean lined eyes and the lip colour.

Without Flash:

With Flash:

Summing up,

Pros:

• Sturdy, travel friendly packaging, color coding makes it very useful to pick out a single shade if you've several from the range.
• The wide range of colors ensure that there will definitely be colours suited to most Indian skin tones.
• Very pigmented, easy to apply and blend with the smudger.
• The powdery matte finish doesn't shift or feather around or stain, definitely a winner here.
• The price:  Rs 500 for such a good quality lip product, very well priced!

Cons:

• The particular shade I reviewed, Coral 01, can wash out dusky skin tones.
• The lip product is very soft and prone to smudging on slight pressure.
• The matte finish can become a bit uncomfortable for dry lips.
• Rs 500 for just 2 grams of product is definitely not very value for money.

Rating: 4/5

Verdict: At the price of Rs 500 for 2 grams, it is a bit pricey, however considering the

pigmentation, and the wide range of shades, and the texture, it is definitely worth trying

out.

N.B: I had actually went to buy a lipstick from L'Oreal Paris La Vie en Rose, Eva's

Delicate Rose. The price point and the patchy pigmentation put me off, however I loved

the shade, so the helpful S.A. showed me this one, very very similar, at the fraction of

the price :P Same parent company, two products at two price points having same

colour!

Five Budget Pink Lipsticks for Indian Skin Tones

Five Budget Pink Lipsticks for Indian Skin Tones

Hi every one :)

Pink lipsticks are must needed in a girl’s vanity. They are perfect for a girly, soft look, a date night makeup or to jazz your everyday low key makeup, or even to pull a glitzy outfit together.

Finding pink lipsticks I like was not easy for me, most I came across were very blue toned and hardly didn’t have enough red undertones in them; hence whenever I wore them they looked flat and sallow on me.  I asked my sister (she’s medium-dark) about her favorite pink lipstick, and she sadly said she didn’t have any she liked because simply, she didn’t find one that looked good on her. So after copious research later, here I’m with five budget pink lipsticks that will flatter Indian skin tones.

P.S: You’ll notice most of the shades having a mild red undertone. Somehow red undertones compliment warm under toned Indian skin tones much better than cool toned lipsticks, which can make complexions look sallow and underwhelming.

So without any ado; here I go.

Lakme Absolute Gloss Addict Lipstick in Desert Rose:

The perfect light pink lipstick for light to medium skin tones. The color is a mix of pink with slight hints of red, very wearable. The texture is glossy, balmy, creamy, the product almost hugs your lips; a lot like Mac crème sheen range of lipsticks. The lipstick comes in a very classy transparent grey-black-white packaging which is travel friendly. The color doesn’t last more than 3.5 hours on me, but with a lip liner and a primer underneath, the wear time extends by an hour or so. The only con this has is that it washes darker skin tones out and the outrageous pricing!

Price: Rs. 800 for 4.2 gms (outrageous for Lakme but buy online, like I did—I bought for Rs. 640, definitely worth it)

Lakme Absolute Gloss Addict Lipstick in Desert Rose

Lakme Absolute Gloss Addict Lipstick in Desert Rose

Streetwear Ultramoist Colorrich Lipstick in Pink Persuasion:

Another gorgeous coral pink (pink with a hint of red). Not high on the ultramoist factor but these are very pigmented. The texture is matte, long staying but clings to dry patches, hence a lip balm underneath is essential. It stays beyond meals and with a lip liner, it stayed for around 7 hours on me, lunch and snacking included. The lipstick has a very vanilla fragrance which I love, but the packaging is a con: a part of the lipstick sticks out of the bullet and if you are not careful you might just nick the lipstick, however the cover is very cute!

Detailed review here: Streetwear Ultramoist ColorRich Lipstick: Pink Persuasion

Streetwear Ultramoist Colorrich Lipstick in Pink Persuasion

Colorbar Lip Definer in Berry Rose:

Rs. 599 for a lip liner! I was shaking my head when I bought it, however the texture and color blew me away! On lighter tones this rich pink color veers towards magenta, however on medium dark to dark skin tones it looks like a super flattering rose pink. The texture and pigmentation are on par with MAC lip liners, that’s just how good these are. They are matte yet have a slightly creamy feeling which ensures the liner goes smoothly on lips without any tugging. Highly recommend this to medium to dark skin tones; I can assure you won’t be disappointed!

Price: Rs. 599 for 1.45gms (might seem overpriced but very worth it)

Colorbar Lip Definer in Berry Rose

Colorbar Lip Definer in Berry Rose

Maybelline Lip Polish in Glam 6:

Maybelline lip polishes were very popular since they released; and with good reason- opaque glossy color, highly pigmented, very balmy and hydrating yet stay long, and even when the gloss is gone, they leave a very pretty stain! This color in particular looks very dark and plumy in the tube, yet it transforms to a rich, deep berry color which flatters medium dark and darker skin tones to a T! Lighter skin tones might find this color vampy and too dark though.  I love the packaging as well, chubby transparent tubes with a classy metal covering!

Price: Rs. 450 for 4 grams (a steal!)

Maybelline Lip Polish in Glam 6

Maybelline Lip Polish in Glam 6

L’Oreal Paris Rouge Caresse Lipstick in Aphrodite Scarlet:

This particular lipstick is very dearly loved by the women in my family, all of them, simply because this lipstick flaunts so many skin tones, from very fair to deep and suitable for all ages. The pigmentation is light to medium, depending on the amount of product on lips. The texture is hydrating, slightly glossy and leave a pretty stain post meals (which gets deeper on reapplication), even though the balmy feeling is gone. The color is a watermelon pink, a very flattering mix of blue and red tones. I love the fact that the stain is very much buildable and doesn’t cling to unflattering patches on lips. I highly, highly recommend this to anyone searching for a flattering pink lipstick and is confused; this looks so good on everyone!

Price: Rs. 550 for 2.8 grams

L’Oreal Paris Rouge Caresse Lipstick in Aphrodite Scarlet

So here it is. I hope you like this post and find your perfect pink among these!