Best Drugstore Makeup!

Hello people!

A lot of people want to buy makeup and want it to be the best product they buy. But in addition to that, they also want it to be worth the money they pay for it. So I decided, to share with you, some of the products that I personally liked and paid not so much for.

Max Factor- Wild Mega Volume Mascara

I have been using this mascara for at least three years now and it has never failed to live up to the name. It really gives good results and you can find them in any drugstore. I usually make sure I apply two coats of the same, in order to get maximum results, but it works really well. It tends to make your lashes look longer and gives more volume to them. Also it is waterproof, so I find it really hard to remove it off sometimes. 

Maybelline New York- Lasting Drama Gel Liner

So when I flew to Mumbai this time, I went on a makeup spree and came across this gem literally! I never leave the house without liner drawn on the top of my eye lids and so you know, I have used many. This one doesn’t smudge and it lasts really long! Now the box says 36 hours, which I think is real heights of exaggeration. It does last long and all, but not that long. The little box of gel liner comes with its own brush, which comes in handy all the time.  This also acts a great dupe for the Bobbi Brown gel liner.

 

Maybelline New York- the Colossal Kajal

Now if you’re the kind of girl who doesn’t apply a lot of makeup, I’m sure one of the only products to be on your face would be Kajal and maybe eye liner for some extra drama. This is my go to Kajal literally! I must admit, this product wears off way too quickly (maybe it’s only for me) but I like the creaminess of it. I usually use this to tightline my lashes as well. It’s really worth the money you pay for it.

Lakme- Absolute Gel addict

Before I started using the lasting drama gel liner, I used to use this. I must tell you, it doesn’t give you the over dramatic effect, but it is an amazing product overall. This also comes with the brush already, which as I already mentioned is very handy. The only problem with this is, the bottle is too small. 

Colorbar- Ultimate Eyeliner

For most of you, this brand may sound really new. Colorbar is an Indian based brand and they don’t have a lot of stores here in Dubai. I spoke about so gel liners, so I definitely had to include a liquid liner! This liner is basically like a felt pen, which I really like rather than having to dip a brush in liquid from a pot. This eye liner leaves a bit of a shine, which makes your eyes pop. Apart from that it’s really easy to create cat eyes or any sort of other designs with this liner.

Colorbar- Cheekillusion Blush (Everything’s Rosy)

The only blush I actually use is this one. I usually use blush only when I have a really important event. This color in particular acts like a great dupe for the MAC Out for fun shade. It really shines on your skin and it’s quite pigmented. But it’s light and it’s worth the money you pay for it. Now I don’t remember how much I paid for it, but according to the site, its 650 RS, which is quite good.

  

Maybelline- the Colossal Go Extreme Volum’!

One of my all time favorite mascara’s has always been this one! I usually apply this one with the max factor wide mega volume mascara to give an extra effect. The only problem I face with this mascara is that it dries out quickly. This one too makes your lashes look longer but not extra long. I honestly feel like this gives your lower lashes more effect than your upper lashes. This one too is a great buy!

What I decided to wear.

So after I posted my first attempt on fashion blogging, I was honestly surprised at the amount of love and support I got from my people. I literally feel like it was all worth the amount of judgmental looks I got from the people at the place I took the photos (so embarrassing, I tell you!). Eventually I decided I'd do one more in a week or so and here I am again, posing at another place with more or less the same amount of people staring at me, but it's all cool (I got this under control, lol).

This time round, I decided I'd go for something I usually end up wearing because it's so damn comfortable! Be it whether I'm just going to university, the mall, to watch a movie or just a dinner gathering. So I paired a white thin sleeved top with these printed pants. I'd usually go for flats or some ballet pumps to go with this outfit, but if it is a fancy gathering, then heels would do just fine as well.

For my makeup, I decided to just go for something simple. I'm not the makeup expert so I wouldn't be giving you details, but if you do want to know what products I used for this look (which are the products I usually use lol), do let me know! And I might post a blog about it! (Only if you want to...)

Top: New Look

Pants: Forever 21

Heels: New Look

Do comment and let me know how you like it!

I never thought I'd do this

Like the post title says it all, I honestly never thought I'd do this, although I always had an inclination towards this. Fashion blogging is something I've never tried but there's always a first try for everything, isn't it?

For the past few days, I've been checking blogs and blogs and blogs just related to fashion and lifestyles and I thought, why not? But let me tell you, it was so awkward having people look at me like I was some weirdo! So for all the work that I did for this blog post in particular, I really hope you guys like it!

So today I decided to dawn an outfit which I usually wear for presentations in university. The brown shoes and bag gives the whole outfit, the highlight that it requires.

Top: Miss Selfridge

High Waisted Pants: Forever 21

Bag: Call It Spring

Shoes: New Look

Watch: Michael Kors

I hope you liked this post! If you did, do leave a comment below.

Reputable Airlines? My foot!

The last I actually wrote a blog was January, wow. But what happened to me recently really bothered me so much that I had to rant about it.

So the other day my parents were traveling to India from one of the most 'reputable' airlines here in the city. Now when you think of reputable you actually think of really high standard service with not even a speck of irresponsibility whatsoever but this airline proved to be the complete opposite of it, two times in a row. Please note this is completely my opinion or rather my take on the airlines, everyone has a different story.

My parents had to leave the city in a rush and hence they were going only for four days because of some really urgent work which couldn't be delayed further because of appointments that had already been fixed. They both left on a weekday so clearly there's a clash with work and it was really hard for them to take these days off but they had no other choice. Upon reaching the terminal, a lady sitting on the counter informs us that we need to "run" with our bags to the last counter in order to get a "seat" on a flight that my parents were "confirmed" on by our travel agent. 

Not like we had any choice, so we went to the last counter. Their flight was supposed to be 9:55pm and they were supposed to reach early morning, rest for a while and head for the scheduled appointments. Now I repeat this was really freaking urgent work which couldn't be delayed further. So this guy on the last counter tells us, "Sorry sir you have a confirmed ticket, but there are no seats available." His next sentence just left me baffled, "this flight is overbooked." And I was just like, ‘how can a flight be overbooked? What kind of shit is that?’ Are you trying to tell me that you sold extra tickets for a flight and hence it was overbooked? I didn't understand the system there and I don't even want to, but what made sense to me was: A flight for instance had say 110 seats; instead of giving out 110 tickets, they gave out 120? That's the only legit reason for a flight being overbooked. 

On the counter next to ours was a lady convincing all the other passengers with the same reason the guy gave us. Now of course they need to give us something so that we could let it go, so they gave people coupons ranging from 100 to 200 Dhs, extra tickets to fly back anytime again and all of that nonsense, but they do not get what passengers really want. The way they go about this is as such, they see your ticket and find out how long you're going for, if it's a mere week then it's urgent and hence you're given complimentary tickets to compensate. If you're going for a vacation then its coupons *laughing out really loud at this bullshit* 

My parents didn’t care about the extra ticket they were giving us as compensation, they didn’t care if they got coupons or not, they had to fly out that day and that was it! I learnt in economics once, ‘People respond to incentives’ and much to our obvious, that’s what they were doing.

Moving on, my parents had to leave for four days and these guys tell them the next flight is tomorrow morning at 9:00pm, while my parents have an appointment tomorrow morning at 8:00 (lol). So the lady in the next counter took my parents tickets to see how many days they're going for and figures out its urgent because hell its four days! (HOW OBVIOUS CAN IT GET) So she tells him, "there's a flight at 3:00 in the night sir, we will give you a hotel to stay at till then." And so my parents agree as they'd reach early morning then and that's fair enough, again not giving a crap about the hotel lol.

Then they tell us to wait for five- ten minutes while they arrange seats for us on the 3:00am flight. Now please note, the lady on the next counter understood that my parents had to leave in a hurry and spoke to some person on the phone who "confirmed" seats in the 3:00 flight. She kept the phone and said, "Sir it is done, I just made a call and now he will make your tickets for you." Of course that's exactly what a reputable airline/organization would do; get them on the next flight because that's the right thing to do. And that's exactly what didn't happen! I told you didn't I? *smirking like a madman* 

Now this is where it gets so twisted!

They called us back to the counter and of course we are anticipating tickets for the 3:00 flight but guess what we get? She then said, "I'm sorry sir, but this flight is also full" and I was like (in my head of course), 'then why did you confirm?' And my parents had to go out as early as possible (I know I'm stressing this point too much but it was really urgent). My dad then asks, "What’s the next flight" and she says, "9:30 tomorrow" which is utter bullshit because they didn’t even give a rat’s ass about how urgent this really was. They could not care less of the fact that this was their responsibility and they have to do something about it.

 I was infuriated and frustrated at how careless these people really were, at how under the name of a reputable firm, they do things which are so not acceptable. To cool things down, they offered my parents a flight in another airline altogether at midnight from a completely different airport (ofcourse), which was a transit from one place to another and would reach their destination only after our scheduled appointment there, so what's the use? They took the flight anyways because this airline didn't leave them any other option but to travel by a completely different airline. They didn't care about anything that we had to do there urgently; they only cared about getting rid of us. 

And then they shifted us from one airport to another. Where we had to stand in congested lines and we got through finally after all the bullshit that firm put us through. After this incident, I know for sure I'm never ever going to travel by this 'reputable' firm ever again.

My only question being how can you give us a ticket for a flight timing that wasn't even available for seating when we reached there? If a flight ticket says a particular time, then heck you're supposed to fly that time only, we don't care about the God damn complimentary tickets you give us for not flying in the plane only because it was full. HOW CAN A FLIGHT BE OVERBOOKED?!

By the way, they let go off ten passengers including my parents because of the same reason and that means that's 10 dissatisfied customers. That's literally such a sad loss! 

It's just a name, that's all.