REVIEW, SWATCHES: Lotus Herbals Purestay lip gloss – Peach Pink

Lotus Herbals Purestay Lip Gloss.

According to Lotus Herbals,

Purestay Lip Gloss is a lightweight, high-shine, perfectly pigmented preservative free lip gloss with rich, long lasting colour and nourishing shine that creates the appearance of fuller lips.

Active Ingredients:

Evening Primrose Oil, Grape Seed Oil and Vitamin E

Price: INR395 for 8grams.

Available at Lotus Herbals stores and counters and at Lotusherbals.com

My experience:

I received this lip gloss as a part of a gift kit from Lotus Herbals that I showed here. The lip gloss comes in 10 shades, I have the shade Peach Pink. I’m absolutely in love with this lip gloss ever since I got it and I might just finish a lip gloss for once

Rant & Rave – TBS Olive Body Scrub.

Hey everyone

How’s the week going?

Of late, I’ve become such a ‘store-shopper’ and I hardly shop online and this when I was a hard core impulsive online shopper a few months back. I guess the reason might be how sites have now decreased the discounts they give. it’s really disappointing!

I love finding online deals with great discounts and recently I came across this site CupoNation, they have a lot of great beauty coupons, you can find them here. Do check it out

But hey, that’s not what today’s post is about… so let’s move on!

As long as I can remember I’ve always had some ingrown hair on the back of arms, near my underarms and near my elbows. I almost accepted them as a permanent thing on my body. I used to read and hear that regular scrubbing/exfoliating can remove these but I never believed and never bothered about it.

Well, today I have almost negligible ingrown hair. Thanks to TBS body scrub. Oh no no this isn’t the “Main pehle bhot hataash tha” kinda thing. LOL. I’m being perfectly honest here.

I have been using this scrub regularly for over a month now. By regularly I mean 2-3 times a week.

Before this scrub, all I had ever used for exfoliation were very mild scrubs or exfoliating liquid body washes which never made any significant difference to my skin other than making it a little smooth and soft. I guess all this time, I just needed a strong scrub like this one. The Body Shop olive scrub actually does the scrubbing part very seriously. I’m almost tempted to try this on my face to get rid of a few stubborn blackheads but then my skin is too sensitive so I won’t

Just last week I noticed the absence of the ingrown hair on my arms and this is the only product that could have done it.

You can read the full review here.

I’ve been raving about this scrub to everyone I know I’m basically completely in love with this body scrub and this tub is almost over. But please note, my sister also uses it and so, one person can’t really finish up this huge tub in 1 month alone!!

I will definitely be repurchasing this in Olive or some other flavour!

What’s your favourite bath product these days?

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Budget Makeup Starter Kit.

Hello everyone

Here we go with another long pending post from my drafts!

These days all girls want to look their best and simple makeup just helps them achieve the right look. But not everyone can afford high-end makeup, and that shouldn’t discourage anyone as these days there is a plethora of good-quality options out there in the market at various prices!

QUICK REVIEW: Nyassa Vanilla Dry fruit luxury bar.

This post has been lying in my drafts since like forever and right now, somehow I’m not getting any desire to write new reviews(hence the previous random posts) so thought I’ll post all pending reviews and then my mind might start wanting to work on newer stuff

Forest Essentials Haul | Some chit-chat.

Hey

I’ve been extremely busy since a few months – taking a few crucial decisions, working on them, rethinking on them and the cycle continues; mix in all this my college final exams, college farewell, loads of emotions with college getting over… Phew!!!

With all this my skin took a toll :( and yes, I’m embarrassed to admit, I’ve been totally neglecting my skin since over 2 months. First I realized the CTM routine I was following last summer, isn’t working for me right now. Then I got lazy and with the busy schedule I just kept postponing creating a new schedule. And now, almost 2 months later, all the hydration and softness my winter routine had given to my skin is lost and my skin feels and looks pathetic. I have oily skin which is at its peak this summer. I wake up every morning feeling like an oil slick these days. Ughhh! When I say my skin is going through an unhealthy phase, I don’t mean I get breakouts as *touchwood* I don’t break out often, an occasional pimple or two but that’s it. What happens to my skin is that it becomes extremely rough and oilier than ever. It feels it needs hydration to get rid of the roughness but then that makes it oilier. Also, my skin looks extremely dull and drab. No life at all.

So, instant action was needed!

So, I’d been looking for a new skin care routine since more than 2 months now. But I actually took some action last week.

I consulted a lot of friends and had finally zeroed in on checking out the Clinique 3 step routine especially the Dramatically different moisturizing gel(suggested by Shouri) and the TBS seaweed range. So when I went to watch YJHD(loved it btw… Ranbir!!!! I love him ), my first purpose was to visit Clinique and TBS but when I saw the FE store near the entrance of the mall, I just thought I’ll check up some stuff for which I’d read a lot of rave reviews lately. And well, I came out of the store with a very light pocket and a content and excited smile

I had made a decision to spend more money on good quality skincare if I have to and save on the makeup. Because my skin really needs it at the moment and I was almost getting hyper over my skin’s state. And I have been going chemical free for my hair and the results were very evident and so, I also wanted to look for something for my skin with the least amount of chemicals. So, that’s where FE fit the bill perfectly.

Another thing I want to mention here – The FE SAs are amazing! They are extremely helpful and helped me decide on this stuff very well. They packed my order with flower petals and some perfume. Very impressed!

I bought three products –

Forest Essentials Narangi and Nagkesar Facial Ubtan. Price: Rs.595/-

Forest Essentials Madurai Jasmine and Mogra Light Day Lotion. Rs.1395/-

Forest Essentials Jasmine and Patchauli Night Treatment Cream. Rs.1495/-

And I got a free sample of the newly launched Rupam Hydrating Body Milk.

On first impression, all these are great; I’ll give you all detailed reviews once I’ve used them regularly.

What’s your current skin care routine?

Me, My Nails and My Nail Paints.

 

Hello everyone

I’m having a comfortable Monday at home, but still quite a busy one. What about you?

The title of this post might be a bit funny but I just wanted to share some rambling about my journey with nail paints.

I have not been a nail paint lover forever. In fact, I used to despise them when I was in school, I guess in 9-10^th standard. I used to find them goopy and a pain to apply and remove. But somewhere down the line I didn’t realize when I fell in love with them. I have always been a fan of colours and all things colourful so nail paints can be called an easy way to indulge myself in colours. Initially in my early college days I used to hoard nail paints just too much. But only those local 15-50bucks nail paints. Mostly by Ebony, Nail Juice, Elle 18. I used to change my finger and toe nails almost twice a week and was in total love with the colourful nail paints.

Many of these have dried out and I need to throw them but well…I love them

But slowly the craze mellowed down and I started experimenting with more brands and a little more expensive nail paints. Also, becoming a beauty blogger made me want to experiment as much as I could. So I started buying Maybelline, Revlon, Lotus, Colorbar, NYX etc etc.

These nail paints are just a few random ones from my collection.

I’m still a little of a miser when it comes to nail paints I won’t mind spending a 1000 odd bucks on an eyeliner from MAC but the same for a nail paint makes me shudder

Till now, my most expensive nail paint is by NYX for Rs.297. yes, I know I still have a long way to go

I feel that since I have to change them every week, why spend a fortune on them? And to be honest, its only once in a while I fall in love with a nail paint so much that I repeat it often.

If you ask me my favourites out of my collection, although it’s very difficult to choose, I’ll say these are my favourite 7 –

These are all those that I can wear forever and yes I have an obsession with pink nail paints.

Also, the Nail Juice one in the picture above is almost dried out and not usable but I still keep it because I love the shade and I’m looking for a new one for this but cant find it  it’s a bright hot pink!

I’m still too much of a novice at nail art so let’s not talk about that

In the past 10-15 days, I have got these 7 new nail paints which I’m yet to use properly. Some are PR samples, rest I’ve bought. I’ve already showed you the Lotus ones here.

I’ll review all of these this month. So, which one do you want to see first? I have the L’Oreal one on my nails at the moment

How much do you spend on nail paints?