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Khadi Gulab Chandan Handmade Soap Review

Hey Girls!

How many of you take shower twice a day or even more than that? Well, I am one of those silly girls who can take shower for any no. of times in a day lol. During the harsh summers, here in Hyderabad, I started taking showers twice a day and that is when I thought of trying the new range of herbal soaps because I didn’t want my skin to get dried up.

Coming to the point, I have been a great fan of the Khadi herbals. This is because they are organic, cruelty free and affordable. Today, I am going to do a quick review on their Gulab Chandan Soap.

Price and Quantity:

125 gm for 55 INR

My Experience:

This handmade soap is a transparent rectangular bar covered in a thin plastic sheet. Firstly, I’m not fond of Gulab (Rose) flavor or smell I bought it just because it has Chandan (Sandalwood) and for its toning effect claims. I must say it didn’t disappoint me.

Also Read: Khadi Mix Fruit Handmade Herbal Soap Review

When I cut opened the plastic seal, the strong rose smell hit my nose and I almost fainted lol. I don’t like the smell. But once I kept open in the soap dish the smell gradually decreased making it ready to use. When you use it, the rose smell (this time with a hint of chandan) again covers up the nose :/

But once you wash it off, it goes off (for which I love it ) It tones up the skin well without making it dry.
When I use it with loofah, it gives me immense lather which I again love 😀 I used it in the evening shower and I didn’t have to use a moisturizer in the night (at least when I know I’m going to sleep and do nothing else). As a bar, it is just nice. It works best of oily skin.

PROS:

Works up super lather and doesn’t make the skin dry
Transparent package which shows what exactly we are going to use.
Ingredient list is mentioned.
Suits almost all the skin types and works best on oily skin.
Organic
Against animal testing
Affordable
Easily available

CONS:

I can’t think of any.

Final Words:

Well, this is not a must have product but people who love to experiment and who love the rose petal smell can give it a try.

Simple Party Eye Makeup Tutorial for Beginners – 7 Steps

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Hey people!

Marriage season is here and I love especially the celebration of sangeet. I know we get ready so much for the occasion and obviously we want to highlight our eyes. Here is a simple eye makeup tutorial for beginners. have used three eye shadows to create this makeup look. Hope you like it!

Caution: I’m not so good at eye makeup, I’m a beginner myself. So, bear with me.

Let’s get into the steps now..

Step 1:

Prepare your eyes for the eye makeup. Apply some eye makeup primer all over the eye lid and under eye. I’ve used MUA professional eye primer.

Optional: Conceal your dark circles if you have any.

Step 2:

Spread the primer evenly on the eye lid and set it with some translucent powder. I have used Pond’s Oil Control Talc. Fill in the eye brows.

Step 3:

Start with a golden eye shadow. Apply it in a thin line on the lower lash line. Draw a line to fill more than half of the lower lash line.

Step 4:

Apply royal blue eye shadow. Form a thin line on the remaining length of the lower lash line. The point where the both eye shadows meet try smudging in such a way that they form a greenish toned eye shadow.

Step 5:

Apply any neutral eye shadow all over the eye lid. I chose a glittery one neutral eye shadow.

Step 6:

Take black kajal pencil or kohl and tight line the eye with black kohl pencil. Also draw a thick line on the upper lash line. Smudge it a bit.

Read: Easy 3 Minute Eye Makeup Tutorial for Beginners

Step 7:

Apply loads of mascara on upper and lower lashes.

Tadaa.. here’s the final look in different light settings and angles!

Simple Party Eye Makeup Tutorial for Beginners - 7 Steps!

Did you like this simple blue-yellow party eye makeup tutorial for eye makeup beginners? Which 2 eye shadows would you use if in case you create this look?

Colorbar Cocktail Brights Nail Lacquer Lime Margarita Review

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Hey people!

Summer is here and its time for the brightest of the colours to paint our nails. Colorbar is one such a brand which always tries its best to know the girls’ pulse and released the new nail color range termed Cocktail Brights which includes all the bright and neon colours.

Here I am going to share my new love from their range named “Lime Margarita”. Whoa, the name sounds so cool and makes me thirsty 😀 (Okay, let’s not get there now :P)

Price and Quantity:

Rs.150 for 9ml

My Experience:

The nail paint comes in a square glass bottle with a screw cap in silver colour. The brush is fluffy enough to cover the nail in two strokes. The applicator brush is transparent with the bristles in black colour.

Colorbar has always been awesome with the quality of the product let it be lipsticks or nail paints. They have a standard and I can bet that they can never let you down with the quality of their products.

This particular shade is neon green. It is a very bright colour which is very glossy and light. The texture is super light and the paint simply glides on nails. It dries quickly. Usually their nail paints need a single stroke to cover up the nail but this particular shade is pretty light so you need to put on twice to get that perfect finish. This colour would suit with the girls with medium to fair skin. It dominates the skin tone, so girls with a bit darker fingers better stay away from this nail paint (and this is my own opinion, you never know..)

The nail polish stays on for 4-5 days without any chipping. It has the typical nail polish smell but not so strong and it goes away easily with the remover in a single wipe and it didn’t turn my nails yellow.