Beauty Traveller

Thanks!!

2012-02-01T06:57:00.000-08:00

Dear Friends, I just want to thank you all for all the support in my trying times and standing with me. Your mere comment has meant a lot to me and never have I been so happy since my blog started. Going through such a topsy turvy course of life, 12 days have passed since my beloved daddy left me and all of us in the house and each day goes remembering the beautiful times we all had spent over

Day dreamers........Delicate Metals

2012-01-31T07:37:00.000-08:00

I couldn't resist using my Too Faced Sweet Dreams Palette and Urban Decay Naked palette to do this spring inspired office look. Its a soft metallic look with intermix of coppers and bronzes and golds. This look is easy and effortless and very apt for day wear without looking overdone. Dusting soft copper with a brighter gold gives this unique bright color that is just incredible. Lets see

Glossynews..........about Glossybox

2012-01-30T22:11:00.001-08:00

Glossybox, the famed box of beauty products finally lands on Indian soil with operations starting in March. Its a dream come true as they send you a mish mash of beauty products every month for a montly membership so that you can try some of their fantastic loots and make mind to buy actual sizes. Here's something Glossybox has to say, GLOSSYBOX is the leading international e-commerce

Saving and Sewing the pocket hole!!

2012-01-30T20:37:00.000-08:00

Have you been new to makeup and don't know what to do next? Have you read every beauty blog on this planet and tried to learn a lot within less span of time? Have you watched Youtube videos of some of the famous names in beauty and drooled over the products they have? Have you haphazardly bought products just to build up your vanity? Well if even one of your answers is YES, then you are with me

Faux Gloss!!

2012-01-30T09:34:00.000-08:00

Giorgio Armani beauty and Linda Cantello, their international artistic director are like Vanilla Ice cream with chocolate. Without following trends this Italian Giant always concocts some of the most glamorous effortless looks. This spring 2012, with ocean inspired looks on run, this look is one the most incredible and sought after looks of the season. I define it as a classic beauty and this

An artistic inspiration!!

2012-01-29T09:46:00.000-08:00

Makeup is a vast field. It has so many branches and tributaries. If you are on camera, you need makeup but in our daily lives we need it too. Then there is fashion, editorials, advertisements, theatre, films, television, HD and also there are cosmetologists and cosmetic chemists and so on....the list is endless. Most makeup artists are our true inspirations and each have their unique

Announcements...

2012-01-29T05:49:00.000-08:00

This is a glimpse and an update of what is happening in my altered ego mind (just for makeup and nothing else). I hope you enjoyed my 'Enchanted night' series and liked some of the posts that I did. I was also requested to do tutorials on some of the looks which I will be doing in some more spare time. I have started embracing this idea of using themes to portrait makeup looks because its not

A Night in Zen Garden

2012-01-28T20:17:00.000-08:00

The serene nights in Japan and the stories that linger around have always inspired me to do looks. In this post of 'The Enchanted Night' I wanted to round up with a post that brings serenity and beauty in one place. Zen Gardens have been inspirations to poets and artist alike. They bring a positive dimension to creativity, you can feel the life force flowing through with just a mere glance at

Basic Essentials Part 2

2012-01-28T08:28:00.000-08:00

Jolly good, I found another imagery of the brush post that I did and here is another picture with description. A short description of these brushes, from left to right. Sigma SS194 brush aka F70 brush, a very good concealer brush for precise concealing and applying products to spot conceal. I also use it to apply loose pigment by dampening the brush, apply primers, paint pots and even

Basic Essentials

2012-01-28T06:30:00.000-08:00

This was a post I had planned a long back but due to some untoward circumstances I could not post it. These are some of the essential eye brushes that I use to do my EOTDs and these are the wands that make me conjure spellbinding looks everytime. LOL I am sure there's a post of this somewhere without any description though. Btw you may not need all these brushes (until you really want to

The Guide to Right Decision 2

2012-01-28T01:14:00.000-08:00

Thanks a lot for the encouraging comments. The post did not end there. In its sequel follow all the other things one can look for in foundations and base products, all of course from the mass market affordable brands. With recommendations on liquid foundations in the previous post, I move to on to the foundation setting powders, concealers and of course primers. PRIMERS As one knows

The Guide for Right Decision

2012-01-27T01:03:00.000-08:00

I have been receiving mails on friends and readers asking about affordable foundations and I decided to make a small post with some research in the market and getting to test some nice makeup brands. Although I always stated that a foundation must always be branded there are few ones that blew up my mind and made me modify my opinion about foundations. I love liquid foundations as they have

Shades of Purple!!

2012-01-26T08:19:00.000-08:00

Girly or sultry, purple is one of those colors that never fails. You do a smokey purple or a bright purple, the effect is always bedazzling and wonderful. In this post, I would be incorporating two looks, a doll like eyes and femme fatale look (imagine Le Smoking suits of YSL) using some really amazing purples from my stash. Dolly eyes Daring purples FACE Clinique Even

New Smokey Eye

2012-01-25T20:44:00.000-08:00

Inspired by Illamasqua's take on smokey eye and the Sophie-I technique, I decided to implement it and prod into my altered ego to create the look. I wouldn't be mentioning any products as I did not have anything that was used in that tutorial and I concocted everything with what products were available. I will be mentioning the color descriptions though and I am sure my regular dedicated

Happy Republic Day!

2012-01-25T18:06:00.000-08:00

Wish you all Happy Republic Day 2012........ Thanks for reading my blog. I don't give 100% on the authenticity of the content here and it is subject to change without prior notice. Please read the disclaimer for any questions.

Illamasqua Sophie-I technique Smokey eyes....

2012-01-25T04:51:00.000-08:00

Illamasqua present Sophie-I technique, a beautiful way to create amazing and easy smokey eyes, a technique inspired by Sophie Lancaster foundation that Illamasqua supports and donates 3 GBP as charity for each Sophie eye pencil sold. Illamasqua says; 'The Sophie-I smoky eye technique allows you to not only express your individuality, but discover new depth and definition in your eyes.'

Treasure in the forest!

2012-01-24T05:05:00.000-08:00

From the 'Enchanted Night' series is this post which is truly inspired by a scene from a short story. '.............The thieves fled into the jungle with all the loot. The forest is dark and damp with paths glazed under the moonlit sky. An owl hoots randomly and crickets make blissful noices. And John resting behind the trees is disturbed by sudden neighs of horses and brisk rustling of leaves.

The Flashback!

2012-01-22T19:46:00.000-08:00

Losing your parent is like losing a limb. The pain is beyond explanation and the person is no more seen in the house. Such difficult are the times and mourning is sad. Here are some memories of my dearest father that I want to share. Mr.Shrikant Y Navare aka Shri was a baby born with a blessing. Since my grandpa never knew any art, my granny prayed for a boy who could do everything and was born

GIVEAWAY

2012-01-21T18:08:00.000-08:00

I HAVE LOST MY DEAR FATHER AND ITS A TERRIBLE LACUNA THAT CANNOT BE FILLED. HE WILL BE IMMENSELY MISSED AND I CANNOT THINK OF HOW THE DAY WOULD PASS WITHOUT REMEMBERING HIM. HE WAS A GEM OF A PERSON AND WOULD ALWAYS SEE MY FULFILLING MY DREAMS. THIS GIVEAWAY IS IN HIS REMEMBRANCE AND AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE MOTIVATION ON. HEART FELT CONDOLENCES. This is my first giveaway since I started my

Obituary...........R.I.P Daddy

2012-01-21T12:47:00.000-08:00

Today my daddy Mr.Shrikant Navare bid adieu to this world of mortals and have prod onto the roads of heaven. He was a brave man with a huge heart and lots of well wishers. He lived the life of a prince and have been the best person in the world. Today at 12 pm he breathed his last due to acute kidney failure and pulmonary edema and all efforts of reviving him back lay in vain. May his soul rest

Smoked in Jewels....

2012-01-19T05:45:00.000-08:00

Sapphires and emeralds shining in a moonlit night creates a magical effect beyond imagination. I just wanted to capture that effect in the look 'Smoked in Jewels'. I have used a glittery blue with some hither thither purple and dirty green shimmer over a forest green black base. Since I have been requested a tutorial on this, I will do it in sometime for sure. FACE Clinique Even Better

A night in the RAIN FOREST

2012-01-18T12:35:00.000-08:00

This look in my 'Enchanted night' series is truly fit for a princess in an evening ball who would don mint green or powdered blue gowns. The look gets inspired from the interplay of moonlight with foliage of evergreen forests. Green, blue and purple are my favorite colors so you'd see a lot of looks encircling these colors. Don't mind me looking a bit tired and lost in the picture and

The Enchanted Night series.....Silver Woods

2012-01-17T07:36:00.000-08:00

This is an inspiration from the elves and forests of Rivendell from The Lord of the Rings. I could imagine Arwen floating through the forests bathed in silvery glow due to the moon rays in winters where autum has wiped off the trees foliage and a gloomy snow sets in. This look has a bit of dark edge (although the look was shot in daylight) and the silver is a bit gloomy. I have used theBalm

The New series............

2012-01-16T02:49:00.000-08:00

Today I will be starting a new series of makeup posts midst some random product reviews and these posts are collectively called 'Enchanted Nights'. Its all dark, glamorous, shimmery and anything what night it is. The colors represent romantic lakes, serene airs, slumbering flowers bathed in twilight dew and so many more. Here's a glimpse of certain looks I am planning to do and all shall come

Antiqued and Glittered -- Breakdown...

2012-01-15T12:58:00.000-08:00

Thanks to my reader's requests and my love for this particular look, I decided to do an easy tutorial on the Antiqued and Glittered look I did a couple of days back. I haven't used all the colors I described in that post to keep it simple and easy to copy. This is the first time I am doing a detailed version of the looks I generally post as it is very time consuming and shooting this look took me