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Top 4 ‘No Makeup’ Makeup Ways to Enhance Your Eyes

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by Adi

Hi everyone 🙂
I’m sure many of you all (including me!) are either in school or college or working in environments where the culture of applying makeup everyday still hasn’t picked up. Put on even coloured eyeliner and sometimes you come across as ‘made up’ or fake. Lipstick, eye shadow and blush don’t even feature!

Personally, I’m always on the lookout for makeup techniques that I can use to enhance my features without looking like I’ve done anything at all. The no makeup look! Even if you are not in school or college, these tips can be helpful if you just want an effortless and natural look. So here are some ways in which you can highlight your eyes without drawing too much attention to the ‘makeup’!

Tip 1: Apply a flesh toned eyeliner on your waterline:

It’s a known fact that kajal on the waterline makes your eyes look smaller. I don’t really care about this because I love my kajal and I think a bit of kohl takes you from ‘okay’ to ‘wow’ immediately. But if you want the doe-eyed look and want to open your eyes a bit, you should use a nude eye pencil on your eyes because this will make your eyes look bigger. If not flesh-toned, you could use even a light brown pencil which would not close up your eyes as much as black kohl and yet will provide some definition.

Tip 2: Tightline your eyes:

So the first tip essentially was – no kajal. Suppose you don’t have a flesh toned liner. You can make your eyes really pop by tight-lining your upper eyelid. Tightlining means that you apply kajal to your ‘upper waterline’. This makes your eyelashes look denser and also defines your eyes. And yet, there’s no visible liner!


Tip 3: Use an eyelash curler:

Makeup experts suggest that to make your eyes look bigger, you should apply tons of mascara to your top lashes. In other words, if your top lashes are prominent, your eyes automatically open up. If you want to skip the mascara (which is probably why you’re reading this!), you should just give your eyelashes a good curl. Most cosmetic brands manufacture eyelash curlers . If you don’t want to spend a ton of money on those, you don’t have to! I picked up mine from Health n’ Glow (or New U, I can’t remember!) for just 150 bucks. It probably doesn’t work as well as the high end ones (I haven’t tried any other curler) but it does the job. It’s amazing how much difference just curling your lashes makes!! If you want to go a step further, you can apply clear mascara too 🙂


Tip 4: White eye shadow/highlighter on the inner corners:

You can apply a bit of white eye shadow or highlighter to the inner corners of your eyes around the tear ducts. This also enhances your eyes. 90% of the time, eye makeup is incomplete without that dab of white on the inner corners to open up the eyes. Go easy on the white if you don’t want it to be too obvious. Even a little bit goes a long way! 🙂

There are so many tips, including these, that are age-old ways to make your eyes look bigger and more beautiful. I wanted to write these four together at one place because a lot of girls still aren’t familiar with them. I’m 21 and till last year, I had absolutely NO idea about tightlining, flesh-toned eyeliners or eyelash curlers! So I hope these tips helped you 🙂

So how do you enhance your eye look without makeup?

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Avon Nailwear Pro+ Nail Enamel Coral Beat Review, Swatches and NOTD

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Hello girls!

You know, if I may make a confession, out of all the beauty products I review, I love reviewing nail polishes the most. I love doing NOTDs, although they take so long! But anyway, here is a review of a lovely young refreshing nail polish from Avon’s Nailwear Pro+  range. This shade is called Coral Beat! Read on to know why I love it so much 😀

Price: 

Rs. 159 for 8 ml. You can get it on discount quite often though.

 

My Take:

The product comes in a no nonsense square-ish bottle with a black brush handle.

Coral Beat is a lovely bright orange nail polish. It is a tangerine color that has a creme finish. The brush is flat and easy to maneuver. The first coat dries in less than a minute. Successive coats take longer to dry but they still dry within 2 minutes or so. The nail polish is not opaque even after three coats. Maybe a fourth would work, but I don’t think it’s meant to be fully opaque.

NOTD:

PROS:

  • Gorgeous bright tangerine colour
  • Sturdy packaging
  • Dries relatively quickly
  • Inexpensive considering the quality
  • Does not chip for 5 days -1 week
  • Colour stays true

CONS:

  • Goes on sheer even after three coats (some polishes are meant to not be fully opaque, this particular nail polish falls in that category I think, but I know some may find this annoying!)
  • Ingredients not mentioned (though I know for a fact that Avon nail polishes are free of DBP because I read it on their site. I read somewhere that they are 3-free i.e. free from DBP, Toluene, and Formaldehyde, though I’m not sure about this)

 

Rating: 4.5/5


Final Word: 

This is a lovely orange nail polish and I always thought that it’s quite likely that a cheaper dupe of this exists somewhere in the market. I just haven’t come across it yet. I won’t be surprised if it’s the other way round though, meaning if this is a dupe of some more expensive polish like maybe a shade from Chanel or M.A.C? Anyway, I think this colour is lovely and I’d recommend purchasing this. It looks so chic on the toenails too! Hope you all liked this review!

Avon Supershock Max Waterproof Black Mascara Review

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A few months back, Avon released its Supershock Mascara. The mascara claims to have a ‘weightless formula and unique helix brush’ and claims to ‘enhance the thickness of lashes by 15 times volume.’ (How do they measure that? Don’t ask me because I’m studying engineering and I’ll actually try to come up with a mathematical answer that’ll turn this review into a snooze fest :P)

Price: 

Original price is Rs. 499 for 10g but you can get it for much less since it’s often on discount (for instance currently it is available for 329 INR, which is the price at which I got it.)

My Take:

Packaging: The mascara comes in a cylindrical light weight plastic tube that is a marvelous shade of teal. It is glossy and shiny and looks so posh. Easy to identify and a treat for the eyes 😀 the cap screws on quite tightly so there is no danger of leakage or drying up of the mascara. So far, full marks!

Brush/wand: The brush of this mascara is what makes it unique. It’s quite unlike any other mascara brush that I’ve seen. It’s relatively larger and very light weight. The bristles are extremely short, and there are so many, all around the brush. They are placed in a spiral/helix arrangement such that no lashes can escape the brush.

Consistency: The consistency of the mascara is definitely not runny. It’s quite on the thick side which is partly why the increase in volume is so intense. The weightless part sure is right, the tube feels like it has nothing in it! It doesn’t feel heavy on my lashes either.

Staying power: Once you apply this mascara, it’s here to stay. It doesn’t budge! It is completely and totally waterproof. You’re free to dance in the rain or cry a river wearing this. You have to use a very strong make up remover to remove it. I use the Ayur cleansing milk and it takes quite a while to clean it up.

So how was my experience with this mascara? In one word: love it. (Okay two words but whatever)

The consistency of the mascara makes it a bit tricky to apply. If you’re not careful, you may end up with slightly clumped lashes, which can be hard to separate out even with a lash comb. But the volume and the length that this mascara gives are excellent. Have a look at the pictures and see for yourself 🙂

( I’m sorry my eyes look so tired! The left side pics show two coats of the mascara while the right side show bare lashes, so that you can compare!)

On applying one coat of the mascara, you can see the difference in length. And an increase in volume is also noticeable. The increase in volume is build able – it can be increased further by applying a second coat but be very careful while doing so, because this is when the mascara tends to get slightly clumpy. You should wipe off the excess mascara on the back of your hand or against the mouth of the tube or else it’ll clump. This is especially important when applying the second coat.

PROS

  • Light weight, lovely packaging
  • True to its claims to quite an extent
  • Decently priced (especially if you get it on discount)
  • Waterproof and stays put for a long time

CONS

  • Prone to slight clumping (You can see slight clumping in the pics too.)

 

Rating: 4.5/5


Final word: 

Like I said, I LOVE this mascara. I have long lashes but they are very sparse, and this gives me the volume I need plus it makes my lashes look even longer! It lengthens and increases the volume of my lashes to the extent of making them look like I’ve put on falsies. It is definitely a value for money and an absolute must-have. I’d recommend this mascara any day!