Yay Birthday!!!

So, my birthday is actually in September... oops. I started writing this post back then, and then things started happening (more on that later), and I never got around to finishing it.  :-( I just looked at it for the first time again today, and even though it's MONTHS late at this point, I still want to give credit where credit is due. And everything I mentioned in it still holds true.  :-) So, here it is...

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Highlights on Dark Indian Hair at Home

Swoooooshyyyyyyyyyyy

Okay.

So.

I'm kind of having a mid-young-life crisis.

Smart Liner for Dummies

So, I know it's been like forever since I last posted. It's been kind of insane.  I have not even bought that much makeup.  Le sigh.

I did make time for one thing, though.  Sephora Smart Liner.

Remember when you first tried liquid liner? And you spent hours trying to master it? And all you ended up with was a spidery mess on your eyelids?  Or some weird zig zag line? And after all that, you wiped the liner off in frustration and gave up?

Invincible Makeup!

So there's nothing better than getting all dolled up (sexy outfit, fancy makeup) and going out for a fun night... Or heck, even just staying in and feeling pretty. But what's the fun in it if the second you start sweating on the dance floor or getting teary eyed (sappy movie, marriage proposal, allergies, who knows what the day holds in store), it all ends up melting off your face? And let's face it, no one likes spider eyes (I always think of the Mirrors music video where the chick's mascara is all over her cheeks... Yick!). So as much fun as it is to put makeup on, the other half of the battle is making it stay put! And there are ways, my friends, there are always ways.

Cat Eyes on a Random Summer Day

So I had some time to myself today... and nothing pressing to do... which is rare these days, as I'm sure you can tell from the embarrassing infrequency of my blog posts... so I puttered around for a while, read a book, took a leisurely bubble bath, threw some stuff in the slow cooker for dinner, and then I decided, I'm going to play with makeup!!!

And this happened.

Ozone Sandal Face Wash

Homeys-

Apparently that word is not commonly used in the youngsters' vernacular these days - but who cares. I still use it and, therefore, it belongs in Websters Dictionary.

NEWayz (bringing back memories here), I was in New York on New Year's weekend, during most of which I was struggling not to freeze to death.  It was really cold and really windy and we all would shuffle into any darn store that looked interesting to get a break from the howling winds.  There was a reason to our cold madness, and one of those was to check out all the cool shops offering Indian goodies.  We walked into the Bhutala Emporium, which is basically a shop full of religious, meditative and health books, idols, and other products.   Of course, when I walked in, I gravitated towards the shelves of women's beauty products and picked up the Ozone Sandal Face Wash, pictured above.  

Too Faced Natural Eye Review and Looks

So the boy and I just got back from a pretty spiffy weekend trip to "NorCal" (that's Northern Cali to you lay-peeps =) ) during which we spent almost the entire weekend outside! The weather was perfect too, not too hot, not too cool, sunny and clear the whole time... and of course, being the first weekend spent outdoors in months, I committed my annual faux pas of forgetting to put on sunscreen. It's like clockwork, I do it every year, in my joy to be outside for the first time when the weather finally gets nice,  the sunscreen goes by the wayside. Why, you may ask, is this a concern, as I am Indian, and Indian people don't get sunburned? Well, my friends, I happen to be possibly the only Indian person on the planet that actually has to deal with sunburn. Clearly, the sun has seemed to overlook the fact that I AM, IN FACT, BROWN-SKINNED, and chooses to roast me anyway. Luckily the sun up there isn't as strong as what I usually deal with, so this time I'm just left with a nice "rosy" (aka mauve) glow across my nose and cheeks. Good times. My own fault, I know, you'd think I'd learn by now. Anyway, that just means that for the next few days I'm going to have to give up a few extra minutes of precious sleep in the morning to spend covering up the enthusiastically flushed look I'm rocking right now and replace it with a more demure one.

Anyway, I digress. So, on to the actual topic of this post. This is yet another eyeshadow palette that I picked up longer ago than I care to think about (and one I've been promising reviews for since forever, I know), but hey, late is better than never right? =) So here we go...

Too Faced Natural Eye
Eyeshadow Palette