Beauty Diaries by Kimi

While the festive season is round the corner, everyone is going on a mad scamper to try out what looks good and what does not on them. Newer brands of cosmetics are coming up and newer make up techniques too. However the eternal truth of beauty is that in case you want to look good, the most important cosmetic is - a healthy skin. If you have a glowing skin you can consider half of make up done. Regardless of whether you have dry or oily skin, care is essential. Moreover these days stress and pollution so intimately tied with modern day living, is also harmful for the skin. So what can you do to take adequate steps to protect the skin? 1) Diet: Image Source The most important of all skin care tips is a healthy diet. Make sure that you are eating right. Each nutrient in our body has a particular role to play. That is why in case you miss out any kind of nutrient you should know that you are compromising with your skin quality. Junk and fried food is never healthy. They ar...

I have all bright colored eyeshadows like bright red from Inglot palette and deep blue from Glamour Goddess palette. I usually never get any occasion to wear these bright colors. In India, usually in corporate offices, people refrain from using any makeup. You may get weird stares that are enough to make you feel conscious, even if you sport a bit bright lipstick, so I always get too cuckoo to put on any eyeshadow other than browns. Usually my office makeup consists of nude shade lipstick, some pink blush, kajal, eyeliner and mascara. Today, while getting ready for office as I gave a glance to my makeup palette, I wanted to wear the blue eyeshadow as I was wearing a dark blue dress. But, as is the trend in office, I was about to close the palette heaving a big sigh, when I thought of this idea. I usually refrain from using bright colored eye pencils for the same reason of not sporting various colors at office (Reason why I didn't buy siahi). But, I used the following technique...

I bought this particular product around 2 months back. The main reason behind buying this product was to get rid of my under eye dark circles and puffiness, which this product promised. I'd already tried Garnier eye creams and Anne Marie Borlind Pura Soft Q10 eye care cream , out of which Anne Marrie worked wonders for me. The only problem for me was that it wasn't available in India and hence I was desperately searching for some product that could do similar wonder to my under eye dark circles. I stumbled upon Oriflame Optimals Seeing is Believing Multi benefits Eye Cream while browsing through Oriflame products on its website. The full stars and top rating by 6 customers tempted me to get this product as soon as possible. I've been using this product since past 1.5 months now, so thought of reviewing it here today. What does Oriflame say about its Optimals Seeing is Believing Multi benefits Eye Cream? Lightweight eye cream visibly reduces puffiness, brightens dark ...

I usually don't throw cardboard boxes of various day-to-day things I use. I feel that they can be reused for lots of other things. You can recycle them in various ways, which Rads posted here very nicely on her blog . However, today while emptying a big box of Kelloggs cornflakes, I got an idea to make it work for storing some stuffs, which usually keep spreading on my table and give me quite cluttered feeling. I tried making a storage box out of it and was pretty happy with the end result. Since I was just experimenting, I didn't spend much efforts in making it look nice. I think next time, I'll stick tissue paper around the cardboard to hide all the print marks, and then the finishing would be pretty nice. It took me just 30 minutes to make this. I've used pearl white shade, which is not coming properly in the camera. It looks really pretty white, but in camera it is looking quite opaque. Check the pics below and let me know how you find it? That Kellogs wou...

After my pleasant experience with Cadeavera hand creme , I was hunting for a good hand cream in India, as this one was about to get over and so far is not available in India. As I was browsing through Oriflame online catalogue, I stumbled upon this particular cream which was available on discounted price at that time. I immediately ordered it, and now have been using it since past 1 month. I need to say that my experience has been quite good with the cream so far, and hence thought of reviewing it here: Oriflame Narcissus Scented Hand and Nail Cream What does Oriflame Narcissus Scented Hand and Nail cream claim? Intensely nourishing Hand & Nail Cream with the alluring scent of narcissus. Enriched with Vitamin E. Oriflame Narcissus Scented Hand and Nail Cream Price: INR 149/- (I got it on discount)  Quantity: 50 ml Ingredients: Aqua, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Paraffinum Liquidum, Urea, Sodium Citrate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Dimethicone, Sodium Cetearyl Sul...

Oriflame Visions Dynamic Duo Eyeliner: Aladdin and Yasmine I bought the shade Aladdin & Yasmin from this range a couple of months back. The sole reason for me buying this particular pencil eyeliner was the name - Aladdin & Yasmin. In fact all the eyeliners in this range have been given such cute names like Tom and Jerry, Laurel and Hardy, Jekyll & Hyde, Batman and Robin, etc. I bought Aladdin & Yasmin Eye liner pencil for another reason of it giving these duel gorgeous shades. I am amongst the kind of people who like to play with warm colors on their eyes, and I was quite tempted to buy this particular pencil that offered gold and brown shades. What does Oriflame say about Visions V* Dynamic Duo Eyeliner pencils? Make this double-ended pencil eyeliner your new best friend. This color co-ordinated twosome promises mischievous lines that have no bounds, ready to tackle any shape or form. Price:  INR 169/- Quantity: 14 g. Ingredient List: Hydrogenated Vegeta...

This has been my first and only makeup palette so far. I bought this in New York, while going on a cheap-shopping spree, from Duane Read drugstore. I seriously had no idea that time, why I bought this. Just that I liked the baby pink colored packaging and that cute mirror inside. Never mind the reasons. I bought it and have used it a couple of times so far and thought of reviewing it here today. Price: $10 What does it contain? 2 Blushes 1 Bronzer 6 lip colors 8 powder eyeshadows. 2 cream eyeshadows (Gold and Silver) 1 Eye liner pencil (Black) 1 lipliner (Red) 1 small lipgloss. (Dark Pink) 1 Flat blush brush 1 Lip brush 2 eyeshadow brushes Below are the pictures: My experience with the Glamour Goddess Palette: I like the overall packaging and the plastic cover. The quantity of the products is quite ok. The best thing is that none of the products from this palette had broken me out or done any damage to my s...