Colorbar All-Matte Blue 003 Eyeliner Review

I am a big fan of eyeliners. I mean who isn't. It is the easiest way to achieve a beautiful eye look without going through too many products. You can do so much with the eyeliner. A wing eyeliner is so happening right now, graphic liner says how fun you are and then there is always a simple eye liner to give your eyes the much needed boost.

 My first choice for eye liner has always been matte black liquid liner. That doesn't mean I don't like to try other colours but the problem with other colour was that the brands only came out with pencil eyeliners for other shades. Then the other day at shopper's stop I noticed Colorbar had all these different colour eye liners and that too matte. I had try them out.

I was especially intrigued by the blue one. It is a beautiful royal blue colour and most importantly it dries down to a complete matte finish. I bought it immediately. And I am so happy I did. I have kind of become obsessed with it right now.

Let's start with the packaging. It has a matte black body with a matte blue cap. The cap is long enough for you to get a good grip on to the brush while applying the liner. It claims to be 16 hours stay but honestly I have just tried for 12 hours and it stayed on without smudging.

There is a total of 2.5 ml of product and the applicator is pretty decent for a perfect liner. It retails for Rs. 700 and there are in total 4 shades. There is matte black - 001, matte brown - 002, matte blue - 003 and matte green - 004. All the shades are available in store as well as my favourite online makeup store nykaa.com. The direct link is given below:

http://www.nykaa.com/brands/colorbar/colorbar-all-matte-eyeliner.html?root=brand_Colorbar%20-%20New%20@%20Nykaa&ptype=product&brand=brand_colorbar+-+new+%40+nykaa&skuId=87311

I am really impressed by the blue and I can't wait to try on the other colours. 

Physician Formula Bronze Booster Review

I am really very new to this brand from the United States. Physician Formula is not something available easily in India. I got this on amazon and I kinda like the bronzer. Along with the bronzer I had also purchased a BB cream but the review on that will be in a different blog post.

The packaging is very simple. It comes in a plastic compact kind of a packaging and also has a mirror and a contour brush inside it. The brush is not that great but good enough for use when you forget your favourite contour brush.

The color that I have purchased is Medium to Dark. I think it suites me perfectly. I always use it when I don't want an overwhelming amount of contour but at the same time I want to have a slight shadow underneath my cheekbones. The bronzer has shimmer in it but it hardly shows up on your skin. If you are not into shinny bronzer then this might not be for you.

The color payoff is light and you have to build it up to get the necessary shade. I like the how natural it looks when applied in less quantity. The price on amazon when I bought it was Rs1353. This amount can change according to the supply and demand on amazon.

At the end I would just say that if the price of this is too expensive then there are many good bronzers available in India which would do the job just fine. Maybe better than this!

Without Bronzer

With Bronzer

The Body Shop Insta Blur Primer Review

I cannot live without a primer. I am such an oily bitch that if I want my makeup to last my crazy work hours as well as the crazy travelling then I have to necessarily use a primer. I was a fan of the Loreal Base Magique primer for a brief amount of time but it was too thick for me. I had a very hard time blending it. I remember once I had applied and didn't sufficiently blend it and ended up with white color primer lumps on my face. Very embarrassing!

I was really keen on trying The Body Shop's Insta Blur primer as I had seen many youtubers rave about it on their channel. I picked it up three weeks back and I am super impressed by it. When I don't use a primer the oil from my skin used to melt my makeup during the day and make me shine like the sun. Mind you this shine is not on my cheeks but this shine was on my nose. Gross!

The primer is silicon based and fills my pores with silicon which controls the oil and also makes the appearance of the pores less. This is a not as thick as the Loreal Base Magique primer so it blends very easily on my skin. I have noticed that it makes my makeup last for at least 7-8 hours.

It is doesn't have any color or strong odour (something I like). The tube also says that it is a all-in-one primer. You can also use it on its own for just reducing the visibility of pores. The tube I bought contains 25ml of the product and it is sold at the price of Rs1595. The price seems a little high but I like the primer very much, so I am ready to pay the price.

All in all, a good investment if you are looking for a good primer that keeps your makeup lasts long.

L'oreal Paris Brow Artist Genius Kit Review India

I usually skip doing review for any product that I didn't like but I think an honest to god review can help someone from buying a crappy product. I was so excited to finally see a brow kit in the drugstore that I didn't question it's integrity and just jumped in and bought it. That was a huge mistake.

I am talking about the L'oreal Paris Brow Artist Genius Kit. From now on I am going to refer to it as L'oreal brow kit. Usually when you buy a brow kit, you get minimum two pans inside it. One pan is a gel based product which is helpful to define the shape of the brow. The other pan has powder usually a dark lighter to the gel which is helpful in filling up the bald spot in your brow. The gel is usually used at the tail part of the brow and the powder part is used at the front part.

The L'oreal brow kit also comes with two pans. One of them is gel based and the other is powder. The gel is too dry and also has very minimal pigmentation. The powder is even worse than the gel in pigmentation. If you like your brow very natural like you have hardly defined it then you might like this product. But I have too many bald spots to hide and this does absolutely nothing to hide them.

The brow kit comes with a very useful brush. One side of the brush is a angled eyebrow defining brush and the other side is a spooly. I don't use the kit at all but I use the brush constantly.

The other thing which I didn't like about the brow kit is that they have just come out with one universal product for all kinds of skin type and skin colour. I have very light hair compared to the usual Indian hair colour and this brow kit colour is greyish brown which doesn't go with my hair or  my skin type.

All in all a very disappointing product. Even more disappointing is the price. It retails for Rs895 and I regret wasting my hard earned money on this product.

I hope my review will be helpful to you if you are deciding whether or not to buy this product.

MAC Mineralize Charged Water Moisture Gel Review | MAC Moisturiser Gel Review India

I am a very firm believer of the fact that any skin care product which is going to touch my skin should be of the top quality. That is why I don't look at the price when I buy a moisturiser and that is why I don't have too many skin care products in my collection. Whenever I buy a moisturiser, I use till it is completely over and then move on to the next.

Till today I was a big fan of Clinique moisture surge gel. I was using it since a good two years without even doubting it even once. That changed when I found the MAC mineralize gel. The Clinique moisture surge gel used to hydrate my skin but also made my skin extremely oily. MAC mineralize gel hydrate my skin without making it oily or dry.

I don't know how it does it work. In the past I have tried cremes which have dried on my skin to become completely matte, but eventually it would leave dry patches around my nose. That is why I started using the Clinique moisture surge gel as it didn't not leave dry patches but left my skin oily. I never thought that there could be a gel creme which can make you matte and at the same time not show off your dry patches till I found MAC mineralize gel.

I have been constantly using the MAC mineralize gel since the past two months now without any complaints. Let's start with the review of this product.

The packaging is quite sturdy. I have travelled with it to other cities and I have never had the problem of cap opening and ruining my luggage.

The consistency is obviously like gel. I apply little dots around my face and then blend it with my finger tips. You have to let it dry on your skin for 2-3 mins before it gets completely matte. It doesn't have any fragrance which is something frankly I like.

It retails for Rs3200 which is pricey but as I said earlier I don't mind to spend a little when it comes to skin care products.  At the end I would say I am very satisfied with this creme and this is currently my favourite and also essential need.

Thank you for reading the review. Please comment if you have any queries. :)

Makeup Revolution London Ultra Blush Palette Sugar and Spice Review

It has been so long since I have written a blog. It was mainly because I was lazy. But today I am quite enthusiastic to do another product review and the product is a blush palette from Makeup Revolution London.

I was not aware of this brand until recently I started watching some young youtubers from India. They seemed to be very enthusiastic about this brand. I remember purchasing a eyeshadow palette two years back but I never used it much because the pigmentation wasn't that good. And I once I was disappointed with one product I completely ditched the entire brand until recently.

As I was not following the brand for quite sometime I didn't know all the latest products they have launched and all the improvements they have made in their products. I went ahead and bought the blush palette relying solely on the reviews of the eyeshadow palette I have see on youtube. I already had too many eyeshadow palette already but I was in dire need of a blush palette.

Let's start the review by talking about the packaging. The packaging, as you can see from the picture, is a simple black rectangular palette which is made up of plastics. This plastic doesn't look cheap at all and is very travel friendly packaging.

Once you open the lid you will see 8 blush pans. The other side has a huge mirror on it. This is another reason why this palette is so travel friendly as you don't have to carry a separate mirror.

Out of the 8 shades, 2 are highlighters and 6 are blushes. They have thought about all skin types and made shades good for any skin colour. There is no name to each shade so it will be a little difficult for me to try to explain. I am just going to number them as 1 to 8.

1. This colour looks like brown but when you apply it, it leaves a slight pink tinge to your cheeks. Best to wear it during the day time.
2. This is extremely light for me and maybe doesn't even show on my skin. It will work best with darker skin tones ladies.
3. A beautiful bright pick colour. If you are really fair this would make you look even fairer. Make sure to not apply too much as it is very pigmented.
4. A very light pick highlighter. This on skin almost looks like silver. The pigmentation of the sparkles is awesome and you will shine like a diamond once you apply this.

5. A mauve blush which looks very flattering for a formal affair.
6. This pink is again very light and would look very flattering on almost all skin colours.
7. This is a light peach colour. Perfect for a summer fresh look. Again, you have to be careful about the pigmentation.
8. This is a magenta highlighter. This highlighter can be applied as a blush plus highlighter as it is really gorgeous magenta colour or you can top it above the colour number 3 or 6.

I hope I was able to review the colours properly as I am very poor in explaining colours in writing or speaking.

I bought this blush palette from Flipkart and the price was Rs1350 when I purchased it.

At the end I would say it has all the colours you need for your blush. Give this product a go and I am sure you will fall in love.

Don't forget to be awesome....

Summer Time Blue Eyeliner Tutorial

I really like to play with colour during the summer season and I love coming up with colourful eye looks. I had the Inglot Gel eyeliner in number 87 which is a turquoise blue eyeliner with me for quite some time now and I thought of doing a fun eyeliner tutorial with it. I also have three other colours in the same range and I have done a full review on my youtube channel. Watch and comment :)