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Having a regular but manageable morning and night routine is a habit which is worth creating.Depending on your age and your skin type you might choose products from different brands but the basics of a solid skin-care routine always remain the same-makeup remover, cleanser,toner, moisturizer,sun-screen and eye-cream. My Skin Care Routine Through The Years- In my teens-I stuck to a simple routine [...]
Over the past few months, I have picked up a lot of new products especially during all the amazing Black friday and Christmas sales.Since its been over 6 months since my last makeup clean-up I decided it was time to de-clutter again. While I am really enjoying my new makeup and skin care products,buying new [...]
One signature makeup look which everyone should have in their repertoire is a natural everyday work appropriate makeup look.I wanted to share with you the items I use to achieve my everyday makeup look. My everyday makeup organization and storage. After I had disposed off of a lot of my makeup-I organized my everyday makeup in a 3 drawer [...]
It has taken me a really long time to get to this point, but now when it comes to buying makeup I definitely belive less is more.Earlier a lot of my makeup shopping was random.I bought makeup to add to my collection-Now when I think about that I feel stupid.Makeup doesn’t last forever and I am not makeup artist-I [...]
I never thought I was a lip junkie-Turns out I was wrong. Confession: Last year, I bought the Tarte Lip Surgence and the Lancome juicy tube kits cause of all the youtube hype. Now I wish I hadn’t. This year, the only lip product on my sephora wish-list is lip balm. And just maybe, one lip gloss. [...]
My original collection- I threw out all the old eyeliners and consolidated all the makeup products which I wanted to use up.I still have quite a few unopened eye products and till I use them up I dont want to go shopping. -Ash
How to organize your makeup-Makeup Clean Up Part 1. Makeup Clean Up-Perfume collection. Continuing my makeup clean up act-When it comes to eye-shadows I prefer buying palettes especially during the holiday season-during the sephora friends and family sale you can generally get a great deal. Cleaning my makeup drawers made me realize while I love buying palettes because they seem like [...]
After my brush and makeup cleanup-I now have my vanity set up in an extremely organized and co-ordinated manner.It takes me about 5 minutes to do my entire face in the morning which is perfect, cause I love the extra couple of minutes of sleep that I get as a result. The way I have [...]
As a follow up to my “How to organize your makeup-Makeup Clean Up Part 1” here is part 2. My goal for this clean up was to go through my collection and organize my makeup so that I could simplify my daily makeup routine and reduce the clutter. I went through all my makeup and [...]
As a follow up to the Essential MAC face brushes here are the brushes which I think are a must have for cheeks and eyes (Yes-I had just used one of the 217′s to apply concealer). I added two more 217 brushes to my growing brush collection (View my previous MAC duty free haul here).In addition [...]
To follow up on the brush overhaul (Part 1 and Part 2) I wanted to talk about the brushes I ended up purchasing and why I choose them- Mac Cosmetics-Face Brushes I picked up the 130,187 and 150.I don’t wear foundation often and when I do, I like a very natural finish which is why [...]
I have excessive amounts of makeup-Its a problem, I tell you. As I took inventory of everything I have, I realized that a lot of my purchases were inspired by hauls or the latest “must-have-it product”- watching massive makeup collection videos on youtube made my makeup purchases seem justified. As I cleaned and organized my makeup I [...]
In all honesty I should have thrown away more Ecotools brushes-Over the past two weeks I have been only been using my MAC and sephora brushes (barring the ecotools eyeliner brush)and I have a feeling this trend is going to continue. Despite this I couldn’t bring myself to throw them-as a midpoint I have decided if [...]
In my last organization post I had mentioned that I wanted to simplify my makeup routine-I know buying multiple new brushes when I already have quite a few brushes doesn’t sound much like simpflification but here is why I did it- -Most of my previous brushes were from Ecotools -They are a great way to start [...]
Cleaning my closet has significantly helped simplify my morning routine-I am not longer buried in my wardrobe trying to find things that fit.Last weekend I wanted to do something similar with my makeup collection. My reason/goal for wearing makeup is to look polished and put together-I am not someone who wears blue or purple eyeshadow (If you do -more [...]
The long memorial-day weekend brings with it the opportunity to unwind,relax and recharge. My plans for the weekend include attending an outdoor jazz festival, a hour long lesson in portrait photography, finishing the final few pages of a cliffhanger novel and of course some scrumptious meals hopefully taken alfresco. Lately all I have been craving is sandwiches-it might be cause I only ate [...]
For awhile now I have been thinking about writing this post but between taking the GMAT,the craziness that is life and finding the right words to convey what I wanted to say, this post kept getting pushed back.But now that the GMAT is behind me and things have stopped being so crazy, I have a feeling that [...]
I spent the weekend at a leisurely pace getting settled in.After a month of not having to do any cleaning,laundry or grocery shopping there is part of me which has gotten lazy about chores but I am slowly getting back into the swing of things.My fridge is stocked, the laundry basket is semi-empty,the suitcases have [...]
There is something about India that grounds me; Its reminds me of who I am and where I am from. Everywhere I turn, there is history -the playgrounds where I played hopscotch as a kid,the exact spot where my bicycle collided with a car and I ended up with a scar on my elbow,the schools [...]