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Avon Nailwear Pro+ Nail Enamel Rave : Review, Swatches and NOTD

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Hello everyone!

I am back with another nail polish review (no surprises there!) and it’s another one from the Avon Nailwear Pro+ range. This nail polish is called Rave and it is from the ‘Sequins’ collection. Let’s get into the review 🙂

Price and Quantity: 

Rs 159 for 8 ml

 

My Take:

The nail polish comes in a rectangular bottle with a black screw on cap. You know what – to be honest, I’m not really a fan of brown nail polishes in general. I mean, I like brown metallic ones and the lighter nude browns but I feel that darker browns don’t really do anything for my hands. But the Avon brochure depicted so much shimmer in the ‘sequins’ nail polishes that I thought Rave might turn out to be an interesting, unique brown. Boy, am I glad I picked this up!

Rave is a super gorgeous metallic brown with tons of golden-brown shimmer packed in, which catch the light beautifully. I mean, there must be like a million shimmer particles on each of my nails! It does require a minimum of three coats for full opacity. The nail polish changes color as the light hits it, appearing a slightly darker brown from some angles and more metallic from others. This is one of those shades that look very classy on the toenails too. I love how glossy and sparkly and beautiful this shade is! Plus it doesn’t chip for a week and doesn’t lose its shine for about that long! What more can you ask for from a nail polish?

NOTD:

Although it has a lot of shimmer, it is essentially a muted brown and so I think it can be worn to work as well – definitely on the toes at least, if not on the hands.

 

What I like?:

  • Reasonably priced
  • Retains its glossy shine for almost a week
  • Will look beautiful on all skin tones
  • Does not chip for about a week
  • Colour stays true
  • Good consistency and texture, non-streaky application

What I don’t like?:

  • Absolutely NOTHING

 

Rating: 5/5

 

Final word: 

I adore this nail polish and I am so happy I picked it up. It is one of the loveliest browns I have ever seen and it’s so flattering on my hands. It is classy and elegant and glamorous and chic all at once. Plus such unique nail polishes aren’t easily available at this price in India. This is like a nail polish from Zoya or something at less than half the price! I absolutely recommend this nail polish!

Maybelline Hyper Sharp Eyeliner: Review and Swatches

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Hello ladies! Today’s review features another brilliant product from Maybelline. I think that, by now, we are all quite used to Maybelline’s amazing quality products for reasonable prices, aren’t we? The Hyper Sharp eyeliner is a bit steeply priced compared to other Maybelline products but read on to know why it’s worth the slightly larger hole in your pocket!

Price and Quantity:

Rs 375 for 0.5 g

 

My Take:

The eyeliner comes in a classy black and gold plastic packaging which is very light weight. It’s like a pen actually and that’s funny because drawing lines with this eyeliner will come to you as naturally as writing. The tip is very sharp (It actually is 0.05 mm!!) and so you can draw the thinnest lines possible with it. Do you girls realize what that means?! The possibilities are endless!

Thin lines as close to your eyelashes as is humanly possible, thick lines that are super precise and perfectly tracing the shape of your eyes, gorgeous feline flicks for cat eyes – ALL of these are a piece of cake with this eyeliner. It is perfection in a plastic casing!

According to the outer plastic seal (which I tore in a hurry to get to this eyeliner :P) the eyeliner is waterproof but you can wash it off easily with soap and water. That sounds contradictory, but it’s sort of true. The liner won’t start running at the slightest hint of water and it doesn’t go fully even with water. But you can remove it with soap and water. So I guess you could say that it is water resistant, not waterproof. It is smudge proof too.

The eyeliner stays on my semi-oily eyelids for about 7-8 hours – come on, I didn’t really expect that 24 hour claim to hold up anyway! It has a slightly matte finish, with a shine.

I just can’t get over how easy this is to use, it’s really unbelievable. I usually have to pull my eyelid taut to put on eyeliner; I didn’t even have to do that! Overall I absolutely adore this eyeliner and I really hope it doesn’t dry out too soon, because these eyeliners tend to dry up relatively faster than others. Fingers crossed!

(Both pics show Hyper Sharp liner on the upper eyelid and Maybelline Colossal Kajal on the waterline. In the second pic, you can see a lot of gap between the eyeliner and my lash line, which needs to be covered using kohl/liner via tight lining. However, the purpose of that pic is just to show you how thin the line can get, so please ignore the gap! 🙂

Why I like?:

  • Very precise application
  • Super easy to draw all types of lines
  • Water resistant; easily removable with soap and water
  • Jet black, semi-matte finish with shine
  • Smudge proof, sweat proof
  • Stays on the eyes for about 7 hours

Why I don’t like?:

  • Slightly expensive given the quantity

Rating: 100 /5

Final Word:

The new love of my life – the eyeliner what it claims to do, and how! It is precise and accurate, smooth and fine, and pigmented. If you have trouble getting even lines with liquid liners, pick this one up and I promise you will not regret the amount you have paid for it!


Do I Recommend this?: 

YES! I’d only tell you to think twice about this eyeliner if you like your eyeliner to be very thick, because then you would have to swipe it quite a few times to get a thick line. For others – please go pick this up immediately if you haven’t!


Will I repurchase?: 

100% yes

Avon Senses Reflection Shower Gel Review

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Hello everyone!

I’d like to review for you one of my latest purchases from Avon. This is a shower gel from their Senses range. I bought the Reflection shower gel because it’s supposed to be ‘peaceful and soothing’ and I hoped it’ll help me with my temper! 😛

Price: 

Rs 199. Currently available on discount at Rs 139

My Take:

First and foremost, I like the shape of the bottle! Isn’t it great, there’s a ‘hook’ on it so you can actually hang it on your shower! (It’s a plastic bottle so if it falls off your shower, it won’t break :P)

Though it looks like a purple coloured gel, it is clear. It spreads and lathers quite easily.

I do think that the overall effect of this shower gel is relaxing and refreshing. After using this, my skin feels smooth and clean. There is no excessive dryness which is great because I have dry skin. I like how the shower gel rinses off easily. I remember trying a shower gel from Palmolive and it took forever to rinse off! After 15 minutes of trying my skin still felt soapy! How irritating is that?! So I am glad this washes off quickly.

My main problem with this is the fragrance. When I see purple and I think of a fragrance my mind instantly jumps to lavender. And yes this shower gel does have lavender notes in its fragrance. There’s another note in the fragrance that I can’t identify. That must be the water lily. So far, so good. But the overall fragrance is quite mild, which I guess is the whole point of it being a ‘peaceful and soothing’ shower gel but I wish it was a bit stronger! Also, the fragrance reminds me  a bit of medicine… I don’t know why! 🙁

And what’s more, it doesn’t really linger. That’s not surprising since it is so gentle to begin with, but still I would have liked to smell like lavender!

 

What I like?:

  • Reasonable price
  • Lathers easily
  • Does not take much effort of rinse off
  • Does not dry out skin as much as soaps
  • Soothing fragrance
  • Cute packaging

What I don’t like?

  • Fragrance doesn’t linger at all, it’s gone pretty much as soon as you step out of the bathroom
  • The fragrance is a bit dull


Rating: 2.5/5

 

Final word: 

Though this shower gel doesn’t have any cons as such, I just didn’t find anything in it that made me go ‘wow, this is great, I’m so glad I bought it!’. The fragrance is absolutely run of the mill, it doesn’t linger and my temper is still as bad (haha!). Yes, okay, the fragrance is soothing to an extent; but it could have been SO much better.


Do I Recommend?: 

No.

 

Would I Repurchase?: 

Nope, just not a fan of the fragrance. I now wish I had picked the other variant, maybe the fragrance would have been stronger and more refreshing! 🙁