Friday, 29 April 2016

REVIEW & SWATCHES of MORPHE 350 PALETTE:-


Hey friends,

So today I am up with another beautiful palette from Morphe brushes. I already reviewed Morphe 35B palette (you can check my review here and you see the tutorial with this palette here). Coming to today's post, it is the most raved and hottest selling palette in Morphe brushes website. I was eyeing on this palette for months to grab it. Every time I look for the palette it is out of stock. Finally, those days of staying awake till midnight at weekends paid off and finally I grab it.

A beautiful palette with all warm shades that will definitely melt your heart is MORPHE 350 PALETTE.



Price:-$22.99 + shipping.

The palette is little pricey when it comes with a huge amount of paying to ship. If you don't want to order direct from websites, as it goes out of stock within few minutes of re-stocking every time then there are few Instagram and Facebook sellers who sell this palette too :)

The palette comes in a beautiful sleek black case usual packaging of Morphe brushes palette. It consists of 35 beautiful warm shades of browns and orange along with shades of beige for highlighting purpose. The palette is lightweight and easy to carry although the huge size might not fit into your small travel bag. The sleek packaging not so sturdy enough to survive in falls so one should be careful handling that huge palette.

The palette is a mixture of both shimmers and matte. The shimmery shades are pretty pigmented while one had to work a bit with the matte ones. With primer, every single shade comes out beautifully. The shades have very minimum fallout which is quite okay with me. And they stayed more than 6hours intact on primed eyelids. One can create a variety of eye looks with this palette.

  But all I miss in this palette is "I wish it has one matte black eyeshadow  in this palette as without which I found this palette is a little incomplete, as I can't create that cult smokey eye look without that one black matte shade if I had to do one palette tutorial look". Over in all, I am really happy with this palette and I think it totally worth the hype and money ;)
















So, Summing up:-

  • Sleek packaging.
  • Little flimsy packaging.
  • Might not survive in fall.
  • Pricey.
  • Not travel-friendly due to the huge size.
  • Beautiful warm shades.
  • Versatile shades.
  • Stays pretty 6 hours.
  • Fewer fallouts.
  • Pigmented.


So here is one kind of look that I created with this palette.






That's all for today.
Until then...

Love Sammy :*

Monday, 11 April 2016

Beauty series: HIMALAYA PURIFYING NEEM FACE SCRUB




Hi friends,
So after the first post in "Beauty Series" here I am up today with another review from the brand "Himalaya Herbals.  I have already reviewed Himalaya purifying Neem face wash here as the first step of my face care regime. So, today I am going to share my second step of my face care regime and it is none other than a scrub from Himalaya Herbals, a purifying Neem face scrub.


Price:- Rs.130/- for 100g.


The scrub comes in a tube packaging. It has a flip cap to open. One has to squeeze the product to take it out ( I know everyone knows about it). The Himalaya herbals purifying Neem face scrub is one of the most selling scrubs for oily skin. I have seen mostly college goers using this brand. I have seen my sisters, cousins using it. I have seen my friends using it too.

The concept of not scrubbing your oily skin was first to break by this brand who introduce a scrub, especially for oily skin. Now many brands came forward to introduce their range of scrubs for oily skin but my faith and loyalty stick to this brand regarding the scrub from last six months. Yes, I have been using this scrub from past six months and till now I didn't face any problem in my skin.
No, no it is not a paid or PR post that I am keep ranting about this scrub. I definitely believe that taking care of our face, skin and hair is a hand to hand contribution by both from inside by eating healthy and leading a healthy lifestyle  along with from outside to just maintain the CTM(cleansing-toning-moisturising) routine for our skin.

The scrub has very minute particles on it which are gentle on my sensitive and oily facial skin. I have been using this scrub twice or thrice in a week. It has a very mild medicated smell( I am really poor in describing any smell) which hardly persists after wash.
The scrub is actually recommended to apply solo on to our face for scrubbing. But as I am always in a hurry so I follow an easy trick. I mix my Himalaya purifying Neem face wash and Himalaya purifying Neem face scrub in 1:1 portion on my wet palm and apply it onto my face. In this way, I clean and scrub my face at one go.

**Avoid trying out this trick with different brands of face wash and scrub. I follow it because both belong to the same brand.






So summing my entire review "Himalaya purifying Neem face scrub is a very affordable and a worth buying scrub for the oily and sensitive skin." I am using it from pretty long time and I never faced any issue with it. It may not be the best scrub in the market according to many but for me, it is my ongoing scrub nowadays.

 Note: the scrub is meant for oily skin , not for pimple skin. So, don't use it over your pimples :)



That's all for today. I will see you soon with some new post ;)

Love
Sammy



Thursday, 7 April 2016

Inspired Makeup Look of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan :-





Hey, friends

Today’s post is just going to be a picture bombarded post...lol. It was a long back post that I was holding back in my laptop folder. The purpose of today’s post is as you can see it is an inspired look from a Bollywood actress, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.


I shooted a tutorial over this look too but accidentally the entire video got deleted. So, at first, I was in double mind to either skip the post and delete it or should I go ahead and post the blog post along with pictures only. Finally my hard work behind clicking these pictures win over my devil brain who was stopping me by suggesting me deleting all pictures and skip the post.


 I created this look by using  two different lipsticks. The purpose of using two different lipsticks for this look is, as it is an inspired look from a particular song of the movie where the lip color of the actress keeps on changing due to different lighting. And whenever it is an inspired makeup look my focus always remain to create the exact makeup look as much as I can. So I use two different lip color to bring those two different look with almost same kind of eye makeup with slight variation ( I found a hint of shimmery green on her eyes in few shots of the song) that has been used in the song.



First look :-






Second look :- 




 

The details of the products that are used for this look has been mentioned below.


FOR EYES:-



NIVEA AFTER SHAVE BALM AS PRIMER.


EYESHADOWS ARE FROM SLEEK PALETTES ARE

1.CALM BEFORE THE STORM.

2.GARDEN OF EDEN.

3. RIO RIO.


CHAMPAGNE EYESHADOW FROM MUA UNDRESS ME TOO PALETTE


EYESHADOW BRUSHES ARE FROM COASTAL SCENTS.


BROW AREA HIGHLIGHTED BY MAC STUDIOFIX POWDER PLUS FOUNDATION.


BROW DONE BY MAC BROW GEL IN DEEP DARK BRUNETTE AND REAL TECHNIQUE CONCEALER BRUSH.


EYELINER BY MAC BLACK TRACK AND EYELINER BRUSH IS FROM VEGA.


WHITE EYEPENCIL FROM LAKME ICONIC RANGE

MASCARA BY LOREAL VOLUME MILLION LASHES.



FACE MAKEUP:-

NIVEA AFTER SHAVE BALM AS PRIMER.

ZA PERFECT FIT FOUNDATION.

MAC STUDIO FIX POWDER PLUS FOUNDATION.

LAKME TRANSLUCENT FACE POWDER.

HIGHLIGHTED BY THE BA MARRY LOUMANIZER.

CONTOUR BY SLEEK PALETTE IN SHADE LIGHT.

BLUSH BY MAKEUP GEEK SUMMER FLING

SIGMA BLUSH HEAVENLY BLUSH



LIPS:-

FOR FIRST LOOK.

AVON LIP PENCIL IN NEUTRAL SHADE.

MAYBELLINE LIP PENCIL IN DARK PINK

REVLON MATTE LIP BALM IN SULTRY.

MAC LIPSTICK FASHION REVIVAL

LIP BRUSH IS FROM VEGA.


FOR SECOND LOOK:-


AVON LIP PENCIL IN SHADE NEUTRAL.

FACES LIP PENCIL IN RED.

MAC LIPSTICK RIRI WOO.

MAC LIPSTICK FASHION REVIVAL.


AS BOTH MAC LIPSTICK RIRI WOO AND FASHION REVIVAL IS LIMITED EDITION SO YOU USE MAC LIPSTICK IN SHADE RUSSIAN RED INSTEAD RIRI WOO AND MAC LIPSTICK DIVA INSTEAD OF FASHION REVIVAL.


Do let me know if you want a tutorial video over this look or not so that I will update my post once again along with the makeup tutorial of this inspired makeup :)


I will see you very soon with some more new posts ;)


Love Sammy


Wednesday, 6 April 2016

Makeup tutorial from Office to glam look ft. MAC ZAC POSEN LIPSTICK "Dangerously Red"

 Heyyyy Lovelies,

 Today I am going to share a much-requested video by my readers. It is a tutorial over an easy and quick makeup tutorial for daily/ office makeup to glam makeup look for Party or any wedding occasion.



 

The Product I have used for this tutorial :- 

SLEEK CONTOUR KIT IN LIGHT.

MAYBELLINE COLOSSAL KAJAL IN SHADE BLACK/ LAKME EYECONIC KAJAL IN BROWN.                                        

EYEBROW PENCIL FROM KONAD IN DARK BROWN.

LOREAL VOLUME MILLION LASHES IN BLACK.

FOR FACE:-

NIVEA AFTER SHAVE BALM FOR MEN AS PRIMER.

COLORBAR FULL COVER MAKEUP STICK IN AU NATURAL.

CONTOURING BY SLEEK CONTOUR PALETTE IN LIGHT.

BLENDING BRUSH FOR EYES IS FROM COASTAL SCENTS.

FOR FACE ANGULAR BLUSH BRUSH FROM COASTAL SCENTS AND FOR LIPS, THE LIP BRUSH IS FROM VEGA.

FOR LIPS:-

LINE AND FILL UP MY LIPS WITH COLORBAR CONCEALER IN SHADE NATURAL.
lINE UP MY LIPS WITH COLORBAR LIP LINER IN SHADE MIAMI PINK.
LIPSTICK: MAC ZAC POSEN DANGEROUSLY RED (reviewed here)












I hope you like the tutorial and find it helpful too. I will see you soon on my next post/ video :)