Washing away the sins

The golden rule to beautiful skin is to clean it of all the makeup, oil and grime at the end of the day. We all know that. But scrubbing it with harmful chemicals and stripping it of all softness and goodness of natural oils is a crime, in my opinion. That is why I am very particular about how I go about cleaning my skin before bed.

My skin type is fairly normal but slightly sensitive. As in, if I use strong products on it, I instantly suffer from redness. Also, I wear lenses so my eyes are kind of sensitive too. They stream like the Nile if any irritating chemicals come near it.

On heavy makeup days, I use Clean & Clear Morning Energy Purifying Apple as the first step. Now if you have read my earlier posts, you would know that I am obsessed with this face wash, & in all flavors. I use the Strawberry for my morning routine, Apple to remove makeup and Lemon as an emergency face wash that I carry around.  They make my skin squeaky clean, smell amazing and look adorable.

I follow up with Cetaphil Non-irritating Cleanser to remove all traces of makeup. On at-home days, I use only Cetaphil to clean up. I love this cleanser as it is fragrance-free and hypo-allergenic and doesn’t make my eyes water when I am removing my eye makeup.

What is your night cleansing routine? Are you particular about your cleansers too?

What Lies Beneath

I usually don’t do much with my hair. I tend to just leave it loose in a messy hair style on regular days or tie it up neatly for office. I don’t use any styling products (!) The reason behind this is that I have very brittle, thin and oily hair. I have to wash and blow-dry it every single day and I think that is as much damage that can be inflicted on my poor hair. So, no, no styling products for me, please.

But even a careful girl gets bored and finding myself itching to do something new, I decided to give the wrap-around ponytail a try. It seemed so simple and didn't require any products specifically, a BIG plus.

So I wore it to office yesterday and it was so elegant and sweet, I loved it.

Note to self: Find more simple hairstyles like this to try out.

If you are wondering how to get this look yourself, check out the video below, its by this Hairstyle channel on Youtube.

Two of a kind

When I was a little girl in school, I was interested only in chocolates and Harry Potter. 

I had a friend, however, who was more interested in lip gloss and French manicures. She had this one habit which the rest of us found very amusing. If she found something that she really liked, she would buy it in every colour it was available in. So she would have the same “perfectly fitting” shirt in black and white and navy, and the same pair of loafers in cream, pink, brown and black! It was insane to me then.

But this weekend when I went on a shopping spree and found these super-cute scrunch ballet flats by Inc 5 at The Shopper’s Stop, I just had to get them in blue AND camel. If they would have been available in black, I probably would have bought those too!

Well, how things change.

What about you? Do you buy the same item in different colours often? Does it make you feel slightly crazy, too?

 

 

Peaches and Cream

I am obsessed with the colours of this season. And by that I mean, the colours found in nature, not on the ramp.  Unconsciously, I seem to be channeling them in my look. I discovered this when I was working on the post The Autumn Colours. Uncannily, I have painted my nails in the same shades as of the leaves of the plant in the photo. 

The two nail paints I have used are Maybelline’s Colorama Cremosa in Nude and Seaweed Nail Color in Peach Mauve by Biotique. 

 

Both of these shades are individually very soft, pretty and feminine. But I adore them together. To me, the combination represents the perfect harmony of nature.

Besides they are the perfect shades to ease into the darker hues of the winter to come.