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VOV Colour Crayon Creme Eye Pencil Blue Review and EOTD

by Dharu

I have already reviewed the cobalt green eye pencil in this range. I have been searching and searching for blue eye pencils. Blue is my favourite jewel tone. I had liquid liners but they got dried up so easily. When I saw VOV one, I immediately took one more blue in this as well. You will see how much I love blue soon.

Claims of the Eye Pencil:

It says long lasting
Beautiful denim matte blue colour to give an instant pop to eyes and also makes eyes look smokey and chick.

How to Use?:

Line your eyes with this pencil and add lots of kohl for smoldering blue smokey eyes. Best suited on brown eyes.

Price:

Rs. 55

My Take on VOV Colour Crayon Creme Eye Pencil Blue:

I already said, its color coded so comes in a blue colored pencil. There is no name or anything but only numbers are given. This has 007 though. The cap fits perfectly and tight so no problem in carrying in your purse, travel issues and breakage. It is thin and light in weight, easy to handle as well.

It is beautiful denim blue. I have one jean in this exact colour and I frequently team it up with it. The colour is intense and glides on pretty easily without tugging. You may need to swipe a lot to get complete perfect denim blue but office goers can give single swipe for instant pop to your eyes. It can be teamed with brown as well. It makes my eyes look wider that way. I use loads of mascara.

The pencil is so soft but not breaking much. It glides on easily but I saw once uneven distribution of color on my eyes, but later I realized it was because of faulty foundation blends. This eye pencil can be easily smudged and used as a eye shadow as well.

This eye pencil stays for around 4 hours on my eyes without fading. Oily lids will have problems here but nothing that a good translucent powder can solve. It has no fragrance and it can be easily removed with any normal face wash.

On My Eyes ~ EOTD:

I have the pencil on upper lash line, with brown on lower lash line and dazzler mascara single coat.

Why I like this Eye Pencil?:

Excellent denim blue colour
Good pigmentation and soft on eyes.
Staying power is good
Light on pocket
Travel friendly and good cap.
Variety of colours available
Easily removable and applicable.

Why I don’t like this Eye Pencil?:

Availability (now a days I have seen stock problems. These are going around like hot cakes)

MABH Rating: 4.7/5

Do I Recommend?:

Yes, always. It is a great colour and a must for college going girls who need budget products like these.

Would I Repurchase?:

Yes, I will. (Need to stock up)

Simple and Easy Intense Black Smokey Eye Makeup

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I love Smokey eyes. That is a fact which you guys already know right. Here is my all time favorite intense smokey eye look in black. This is like let’s say the mother of smokey eyes. My mom used to tell how in childhood she used to just apply kajal on eye lids, smudge it and powder it for simple smokey eyes. This is a look best suited on fair, medium fair, to medium dark tones. Of course any one can try this look. This look is completely black with few other tones mixed. I tried to create 2 different looks here as well.

Products used:

Lakme perfecting foundation
Lakme radiance compact
My home made kajal
A brown eye liquid liner used as a mascara
A eye pencil in black
Eye shadows from my favorite BR eye shadow palette.

Steps:

1. Prime and prep your eyes. Fill in your brows with a grey pencil or eye brow powder. You can use brown too. Choose depending on your eye colour. I used grey here.

2. Using a pencil fill your 3/4th of the lid with black eye shadow or pencil. Blend well. Extend towards the outer v. If you wish you can make a wing like mine here or leave it.

3. Fill the next 1/4th with eye shadow No 1 in the picture. It is so soft grey. This will help in perfect blend and hooded eyes will look great with this trick than complete black.

4. Fill the tear duct are with eye shadow 2. It is a nude brown and will help blend the look into your skin so that it won’t look sharp.

5. Now using shadow No 3 blend your black eye shadow in the crease. Using the same eye pencil line your lower lash line. Blend with eye shadow 3.

I applied brown mascara here to pop my eyes out. Otherwise you can use your favourite mascara. Use any other coloured mascara to give slight tint and edge to this look. Blue works great actually. Fill in your water line with kajal.

Tada.. simple and easy!

Extras: You can use any colour other than the brown I used in the crease to give the corresponding tint. Like if you are wearing a blue dress and want this look, try blending with sapphire or navy blue in the crease, lower lash line and use a light blue in the tear duct area. The second look is lavender based one. You can use purple as well. I personally prefer green actually! 🙂

Patanjali Saundarya Face Wash Review

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Hello everyone!

Patanjali is a well known herbal brand. In my hunt of sls free face wash or cleanser I came upon this one after reading few reviews on it. It started giving me nightmares though. Please read further.

Price and Quantity:

Rs. 60 for 60 gm

My Take:

This face pack comes in a boring white plastic tube with a flip top cap. It’s not at all attractive. The cap is really fit. That’s a good and a bad thing because no leaks and travel friendly but it broke my nails twice. The opening is small so no need for excess amount headaches. It fits easily in a small purse.

The fragrance is mild and citrusy. It doesn’t linger after washing so easy on sensitive noses as well.
This cleanser has the consistency of a cream and quite thick. You need good force to get it out of the tube. It is soft and creamy and spreads really well and lathers a lot. A tiny pea sized amount is enough to cover up face so the bottle lasts really long. It washes away without any slippery feel and gives a great glow to your face like you have just used a face pack.

This face wash very good in removing dirt and oil. It removes makeup easily as well and doesn’t clog pores. It kind of made my skin dry but nothing a moisturizer can’t handle. Dry skinned people may find it a lot drying. After some time though, I started sweating a lot and my face looked as if I used some spray or something. Even though sls is not good, I don’t like the sound of neutral detergents. They are used in dishwashers so I am scared at how much my skin can bear. Sensitive people please stay away from this one. I heard two of my friends who have oily skin raving a lot about this so I think you can give it a try.

Why I like?:

Good herbal brand
Nice non lingering fragrance
Removes dirt and oil
No slippery feeling
Made out of so many good ingredients
Gives an amazing face pack glow
Dead cheap

Why I don’t like?:

Cap is an enemy to nails. (Arshita please take care of your beautiful nails if you are using this 🙂 we need more nail arts from you)
Dries out skin a bit
Face sweats like hell after sometime. I don’t know how much oil it can control since I don’t have any such problems
Neutral detergent haunts me
Availability

Rating: 3 /5

Do I Recommend?:

Yes! Surely for people with oily skin and combination skin maybe. Give it a try.

Would I Repurchase?:

Nope. My nightmares with neutral detergents need to stop. I already switched to pears and I love it. My mom has oily skin too and found it okay. She is 46 so i suggested stopping it since drying skin leads to more wrinkles.