Beauty Fundamentals by Lakmé Studio Experts: Makeup, Skin, Hair Trends

Worried about the sun damaging your skin and hair this summer? Do you want glowing skin and glamorous hair like all the models at that you see on television? Look no further as Lakmé Studio brings you the quickest solutions and the latest in beauty, hair and skin care trends for the season.

Being India’s first chain of beauty salons, Lakmé Studio has grown to understand the needs of the contemporary Indian woman and its experts are specially trained in beauty and hair-care know-how. Realizing and analyzing the woes of the harsh summer heat, Lakmé Studio has launched a whole range of fabulous and rejuvenating services that will give the contemporary woman of today a complete beauty solution for her daily needs. These newly launched services will leave you with gorgeous de-tanned skin and healthy hair.

Some of the key services launched –

Ultimate Blow Dry: The service created through a range of Catwalk by TIGI Your Highness products results in soft, full of body hair that provides the perfect canvas to achieve remarkable volume.

Time Restore Protein Treatment: Replenish the lost protein in the hair with the New Amino Cell Rebuild Technology that stimulates hair roots and increases the keratin levels that bring back the life and sheen.

The Ultimate Airbrush: This revolutionary makeup treatment uses an airbrush to apply the products that leaves you with a natural and even look. It is waterproof, smudge proof and allows the skin to breathe as it uses minimal use of product.

Skin Light Masque: In 20 minutes this service leaves your skin de-tanned and even. Ideal for all skin types, this organic mask regenerates, lightens and firms stressed skin with the use of plant ingredients as well as numerous anti-oxidants.

The well renowned Lakmé Studio Experts Sushma Khan and Sudeep Grover have some trends and tips to share to keep your hair and skin refreshed this season.

Sushma Khan, Lakmé Studio Skin and Make-up Expert: Every woman’s beauty needs are unique and we completely understand their need to get personalized beauty treatments and skin care tips. At Lakmé Studio we make it a point to do detailed consultations before suggest any service to our customers. For this summer I would suggest that all women stick to the mantra of drinking lots of water, eating healthy and wear minimal make-up to give their skin a naturally radiant glow.

Sudeep Grover, Lakmé Studio, Hair Expert: With trends that change every season, the contemporary Indian woman is forever on the look out to experiment and try something new with her hair. Short hair with a bob-cut and a fun fringe is back in vogue. Earthy colours like browns and burgundy are very popular this season and you will find them in abundance on international ramps as well. In the summer, women tend to underestimate the damage that the sun can do to their hair. It is imperative to keep the hair healthy with a combination of good nutritional diet and products backed by scientific technology so that the tresses are voluminous and lustrous.

Summer Tricks and Trends by the Experts for this season

Skin-care trends

• Water based sunscreen with high SPF
• Drink plenty of water
• Night cream
• Healthy diet
• Anti-oxidants, Vitamin C & Vitamin D supplements

Hair-care trends

• Short maintenance-free haircuts
• Bobs with straight fringe
• Warmer hair colors like copper, blonde, beige
• Up-styling for women with long hair
• Hair products with SPF

Make-up trends

• Natural looking make-up
• Light, long lasting and water-proof products
• Warm tones like red, peach and plum
• Nude lips or shades of baby pink and orange
• Bold and dramatic eyes

 

About Lakmé Lever

Lakmé Lever Pvt. Ltd (Lakmé Lever) is dedicated to the contemporary Indian woman’s exploration of the fine art of beauty. It operates India’s first and leading chain of Lakmé Studios and Salons that offer expert services in Hairstyling, Skin and Beauty care. The studios and salons offer a differentiated experience, delighting women by the expertise of their professionally trained hair designers, hair artists, skin experts and consultants, and now to men also

 

Lakmé Lever also operates Lakmé Academies in partnership with Pivot Point, USA, world leader in ‘beauty education’.  Combining international cosmetics, hair and skin care technology with an in-depth understanding of the Indian woman’s needs, Lakmé Studios and Salons offer their customers a holistic ‘Beauty Sutra’ experience.

 

Lakmé Lever has a presence of 175 Lakmé Salons at premium locations in 40 cities.

Be Infallible in Love this Valentine’s Day with L’Oreal Paris

Rejoice the season of Love with Infallible make up amidst a Parisian ambiance

Mumbai, February, 2012: Love is for all seasons and without reason. Yet once a year, comes a day that resonates the sound of beating hearts across the globe. Valentine’s Day brings with it feelings of anticipation and hoping that you look your best for the one you love. Getting ready for the perfect evening is a daunting task.

L’Oréal Paris is here to lend you a hand and ensure that this Valentine’s Day you are infallible in love! One look at you and he will fall in love all over again... Presenting the L’Oréal Paris Infallible ‘Love in Paris’ make up look inspired by the very essence of amour, set  in one of the most romantic cities in the world; Paris.  

Paris, the city of love, celebrates romance with hi- style and glamour. Who doesn’t want to rejoice love the way Parisians do! To recreate the magic of love, so get ready to sizzle the evening, as L’Oreal Paris introduces a new look especially for Valentine’s Day – Infallible- Love in Paris.

And to bring alive the true experience of Paris for all the lovers across India, L’Oréal Paris has gone one step further to bring to you the charismatic ambience of Paris. Picture the joi de vivre of the Champs-Élysées and the Eiffel tower the aroma of a French café with freshly baked baguettes and divine French pastries and you getting a makeover for the perfect Valentine’s Day evening.

Leave your worries aside as L’Oreal Paris expert creates a look using the star products of the month- the infallible range which includes infallible foundation, infallible concealer, the infallible press powder and Infallible Le Rouge. The eyes will be done up with Open eyes pro Eye- shadow, Super Liner 24H and Double-extension mascara.

That’s not all. L’Oreal Paris has some amazing offers as a token of love, which includes:

a) On purchase of L’Oreal Paris Skin and Make Up products worth 1800/-.

Get a free card, on scratching the card get an assured gift. ONE LUCKY WINNER wins AN ALL EXPENSE PAID TRIP TO PARIS FOR TWO, for 3 days & 2 nights,

b) Win a free Eiffel tower keychain, on the purchase of L’Oreal Paris Skin and Make Up products worth 1500/-.

So come, visit the L’Oreal Paris boutique this Valentine’s Day, where the city of love awaits you to dress you up for the perfect evening.

Mission : ORGANIZE !!!

Hiyaaa gurls !!!

This is just a fun post I like to share it with you all....   I have yet again managed to stun myself at my amazing skill of messing up my wardrobe and vanity in a matter of weeks.

Just before Diwali - I had my wardrobe and vanity organized and I vowed to keep it that way as long as I could. But NO.... I had to mess it up in a matter of weeks.

Its our room where most of us start and end our day. And my wardrobe and vanity drawers are a place where I like to escape myself into.

I can stand my wardrobe being a mess But my vanity drawer..HELL NO !! I have three vanity drawers - One in my wardrobe (Which stores the least amount of vanity - more of multi purpose drawer) and another one right besides my mirror - Which is a my second true vanity drawer with my liners and glosses..... My Ultimate vanity drawers are inside my wardrobe which holds all my makeup . It is also always organized due to the fact that I re-arrange all the makeup neatly everytime I open those drawers up :)

My Multi- purpose vanity drawer was giving me nightmares everytime I opened it. Hence it was time to do some justice with that amount of place ...

So I set myself on the Task of getting Things ORGANIZED in there --- Let's see What my drawer had in store for me to organise---  Hair clips - ton of em .
                                          Hair bands - a couple.
                                          My Accessories !!
                                          Perfume vials - A"must" carry item for me
                                          Body Creams and Body butters.
                                          Other Random Skin care stuff which I have stocked up..

I didn't have the courage to post the picture of my dis-arrayed drawer... Enjoy the pics of my NEATLY ARRANGED DRAWER INSTEAD...  :)

I started of by getting two plastic trays to keep my hair clips and band organised. I got these pink trays from Hypercity Superstore. Damn Expensive but worth it !!  Next I clubbed the remaining small clips in my brown Musical box my uncle had fondly gifted me.

The accessories went into the big paper mache box I got from Kashmir. The remaining boxes below the pink trays are individual jewellery box.

The right hand side of the drawer is reserved for my Skin Care items and perfume vials. I stocked up on himalaya lip butter this season. Hence its lying safely in the drawer till the current one I am using is finished.

Nivea Oil Control face wash is lying in the drawer coz its specifically been brought for travel use. The body butter and Body Cream lie in the drawer for most of the time. They are to be taken out only in December. Fem Bleach - I use occassionally hence it lies silently inside the drawer for occassional use.

You all must think I am some kind of a freak - the way I have described things.... hahahaha... That's me the Cleanliness Freak!! 

I should do a series of "Mission:Organization" - With updates of all my organized Vanity .... 

 

So .. How do you like my Organized Multi-Purpose Vanity Drawer?? 

How frequently do you organize your vanity... ??

VioletBag.Com - Online Shopping Experience.

Everyone is shopping this festive season - So I joined the crowd and shopped online at VioletBag.com - It is a recently launched website which caters to Indian consumers. The website chiefly has fragrances from drugstore to high end brands. Besides fragrances, they also offer Skincare, Bath and Body care, Hair care,  Makeup and Accessories.


The PR of the site was kind enough to let me shop for goodies worth 1000 Rupees. So Here is my take on the website..... 




MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE WEBSITE:

The site is very customer friendly - Browsing for products is as easy as ABC. Each product is displayed with the all the possible details and also customer's reviews are sited which is very good. The website offers Cash on Delivery service, and free shipping above Rs.250 worth of products. 

You need to register before you place your order, so I registered on their website and placed my order on 21^st October in the afternoon. I got a confirmatory mail of my registration and also the invoice of my order in my inbox instantly. Also a  representative from VioletBag called me within 3 hours of placing my order to confirm the same and inform me that my order will arrive between 3-5 working days. 

On 25^th October morning I received a mail stating that my order has been shipped along with the courier details. The products arrived that evening itself safe and sound wrapped up in a box securely. Each product inside were bubble-wrapped safely. I was in mood to shop for nail paints... So I mainly spurged on them.  Here is the List of things I got ---


Lakme True Wear Nail Color in Pink N237
Lakme True Wear Nail Color Pink 248
Lakme True Wear Nail Color Pink 249
Garnier Skin Naturals Light Anti Dark Circles Eye Roll On Medium Skin
Maybelline Color Sensational Lip Color - Hooked on Pink
Maybelline Colorama Nail Color Astral 
Lotus Color Dew Nail Enamel Shade 92 Candy Drop 
Vega Hand Care Manicure Cuticle Trimmer and Pusher
Vega Makeup Regular Face Pack Brush HV- 27


Below are the pictures of my haul - Hope you enjoy them. 

Love it or Chuck it ? 

All in all, I loved the services they provide for order processing and delivery. I am looking forward to shop more from VioletBag.com.

L’Occitane-For the first time unveils its stunningly Luminous Make up Collection--"Pivoine Flora Collection"

  

 Pivoine Flora is a collection that celebrates the Peony,the flower with a thousand petals and Flora the goddess of spring

 The make-up range, inspired by the grace of Peonies, unveils stunning, surprising textures that brighten the face with luminous shades of spring. Wonderfully easy to apply, they allow you to create the look you want, whatever your mood or desires. The natural formulas, enriched with a softening Peony extract, glide over the skin like the smoothest caress.

PETALS EYE QUARTET :RS 1900

Reveal the intensity of youR eyes

A make-up palette featuring a handy, detachable mirror and containing a dazzling bouquet of colours! Use to create the look you

desire, from beautifully natural to stunningly sophisticated.

FACECOLOR CREAM DUO :RS 1400

A dAnce of colours to light up your fAce

The perfect combination for an exquisitely fresh complexion… A touch of blush to enhance the cheekbones and a dab of pearly highlighter to catch the light.

INCREDIBLE LIP SHINE 10 ml :RS 850

A shAde of pink thAt only your lips will reveal

From the moment it touches your lips, this translucent lip shine enhances their natural colour with a shade of pink that is unique to you. 

LIP SHINE 8 ml :RS 1050

A swirl of sheer colour cAresses

This non-sticky gloss glides smoothly over the lips,

LIPSTICKS 3.5 g :RS 1050

For lips dressed as beautiFully as a ballerina

Lipsticks with a rich, comfortable texture, to dress your lips in vibrant and radiant colour. 

DUO EYESHADOW : RS 1400

A DAZZLING BALLET OF COLOURS

This eyeshadow duo has a secret power. As if by magic, it can create a third, unexpected shade. Simply blend together the two colours on the back of your hand and see your duo transform into a trio!