Nail #42 : Rimmel Blue Vogue & Essie Shine of the times
27 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Nail of the Day Tags: essie, nail, rimmel. blue vogue, shine of the times
I am absolutely in love with this Essie nail polish and I actually understand what the bloggers were talking about. I applied the Rimmel Blue Vogue which is a dark blue almost black blue. I just applied one coat and then after it dried up, I applied one coat of Essie Shine of the times. The picture doesn’t do justice to this nail polish but you could see lot of swatches in the blogs. I love the shine and I kept looking at my nails 
. I got lot of compliments for this nail polish as well 
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Busy Vacation
25 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Personal Tags: busy, Personal, vacation
I have been so busy during the past 2 weeks that I haven’t read lot of books and am busy with travelling most of the time. I did meet a friend of mine while visiting Hyderabad but most of the days was spent looking after Baby A since hubby was working there. Then we left Hyderabad to Budduwada which is about 4 hrs drive and I began to see how tough it will since she was in the car seat most of the time. She was unhappy about travelling in the car seat and we had a tough time looking after her.
We stayed there for about 4 days and had some good food . Then we left to Thirupathi which is about 9 hrs drive 
which doesn’t includes the break we took. By the time we reached there we were all tired and it felt like a jet lag 
. I hated the travel but we absolutely have to visit the temple so that we can do the mottai (mundan) for Baby A. We reached the room in Thirupathi about 10.30 pm and we had to get up about 5.30 am so that we can do her mottai. I didn’t go since i wanted to get ready before they come back. Apparently she didn’t cry at all.
Then we had to stand in the queue for 2 hrs which is apparently not bad and then we had to visit all the surrounding temples and I was cranky enough to snap at everyone. The road from Thirupathi to Chennai was so bad that half way through I have back aches . By the time we reached home it was 9.30 pm and all I wanted to do was have a shower and sleep. The next 3 days was busy with relatives visiting the baby.
On January 23rd, we celebrated Baby A’s star b’day traditionally and it is called Ayushomam where you do yaga for the long life of the baby. It was done in a grand manner. She had the cutest pattu pavadai in blue and green. We also pierced her ears and she looks so cute in mottai and the ear-ring. Two of my friends came for the function and most of them didn’t attend. I guess since it was on monday, they had work.
The past 2 days have been a little bit relaxed one and I am getting tired just from the heat since all I want to do is sleep . We still have to get some stuffs for our trip back. On the personal care side, my facial skin looks better here in Chennai where as my feet is a mess. Its dry and rough. I need a pedicure soon . I am hoping that I will have time to post in the blog. I don’t know what I will blog about but I guess I will find some thing .
P.S. I am getting fat just by eating 3 proper meals and some snack in-between .
Book Challenge 2012 for January
17 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Book Review Tags: 2012, book challenge, book chick city, january
I am going to be adding whatever books I read for this month in this post so that it will easy to link to Book Chick City’s challenges.
- Stacey Espino – Pack Seduction 1 – Claiming their mate
- Stacey Espino – Pack Seduction 2 – Freya’s Mate
- Stacey Espino – Pack Seduction 3 – The last princess
- Barbara McCauley – Blackhawk’s sweet revenge
- Barbara McCauley – Secret baby santos
- Barbara McCauley – Killian’s passion
- Jennie Adams – His plain-jane cinderella
- Alexandra Ivy – Guardians 7.5 – Darkness Eternal
- Alexandra Ivy – Guardians 6.5 – Taken by Darkness
- Lora Leigh – Bound Hearts 1 – Surrender
- Lora Leigh – Bound Hearts 2 – Submission
- Lora Leigh – Bound Hearts 3 – Seduction
- Lora Leigh – Bound Hearts 4 – Wicked Intent
- Lora Leigh – Bound Hearts 5 – Sacrifice
- Lora Leigh – Bound Hearts 6 – Embraced
- Lora Leigh – Bound Hearts 7 – Shameless
- Miranda Lee – Not a marrying man
- Lora Leigh – Nauti 1 – Nauti Boy
- Lora Leigh – Nauti 2 – Nauti Nights
- Lora Leigh – Nauti 3 – Nauti Dreams
- Lora Leigh – Nauti 4 – Nauti Intentions
- Lora Leigh – Nauti 5 – Nauti Deceptions
- Lora Leigh – Nauti 6 – Nauti and Wild
- Lora Leigh – Marly’s Choice
- G. A. Aiken – Dragon Actually
- Helen Bianchin – Marriage Actually
- Emma Darcy – The upstairs lover
- Carol Marinelli – An Indecent Proposal
- Sophie Oak – Away from me
Nail Haul
15 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Bargains, Nail of the Day Tags: essie, haul, mini, nail, summer collection
I found this Essie mini Summer collection 2011 in TJ Maxx and I just couldn’t resist them . Seriously 4 nail polish for $ 10, who can resist it. The colors seen here are Meet Me at Sunset, Smooth Sailing, Braziliant and Super Bossa Nova. I have see one more collection but it was like a natural looking nail polish which I am not fond of. Hopefully these look good on my nails .
Favorites of December 2011
13 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Favorites Tags: books, face, favorite, favourites, fragrance, Hair Care, lips, music, non-beauty, skin care
December has been very busy month with getting ready for my vacation and with being sick as well. I didn’t use much makeup this month but still I have a few favorites.
Skin care
- Jason soothing aloe vera moisturizing cream
- Kiehl’s creamy eye treatment
- Noxema deep cleansing cream
- Fab India Bitter orange facial spray
- Dessert Essence pure jojoba oil (for my dry scalp and dry skin around the nose during my flu)
- Up & up moisture rescue body lotion
Hair Care
- Sally Hershberger hyper hydration super keratin spray
Eyes
- The Time Balm concealer in Medium
- Physician Formula Healthy wear powder foundation in creamy beige (for setting the concealer)
- Physician Formula Gel Cream Eyeliner Trio for Green Eyes (black color)
- Elf small angled brush as eyeliner brush
- Loreal Voluminous mascara
Face
- Physician Formula organic wear bronzer, Peachy glow bronzer
- Loreal HIP blushing creme, Enamoured
Lips
- Rimmel lasting finish lipstick in Amethyst Shimmer
- Soft lips lipbalm, raspberry
- Revlon Super lustrous lipstick, sassy mauve
- Lotus herbals lip balm, velvety rose
Nails
- OPI Grape set Match
- OPI Servin up Sparkle
- Jennifer Anisten Perfume
Non-Beauty Related
- My new crossbody bag
- Buying new board books for my daughter
Music
- Cee Lo Green -F**k you
- Black eyes peas – Just can’t get enough of
- Pink – F**king perfect
- Rihanna – S&M
- Lady Antebellum – Just a Kiss
- Maroon 5 – Move like Jagger
Books
- Alexandra Ivy – Guardians series (8 books)
- Lora Leigh – Tempting Seals series (6 books)
Greetings from half way around the world
11 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Personal Tags: car seat, cut it out, ethihad, hyderabad, travel
So you all know about my vacation, I just wanted to tell you all about my experience while travelling with a baby and also to rant about the travelling as well . Did I already mention the 27 hrs travel? . We woke up by 6.30 am on Thursday and I just couldn’t go back to sleep, I guess I was excited about the trip. So got ready by 8.30 am and I started feeling guilty about leaving our kitties . It happens all the time when I leave them.
So our taxi dropped us off in the airport and hubby thought we were going by Continental airlines. So we carried 4 suitcase, 2 hand luggage, 1 backpack, 1 diaper bag and of course my handbag to the counter and the person there told us to go to Delta airlines. We then again carried all those to Delta airlines and what do you know? the ticket says American Airlines seriously, can you not look at the ticket before going to the counter. And it was on the other end of the airport and I was frustrated by the time we reached there.
At least the security check wasn’t bad, I was so worried about Baby A in the airplane. I went around the shops in the airport while hubby was having his back massage in the airport. I found the Body shop where they were having massive sale. Of course, 2 of my favorite products was on sale and I had to get it . Our flight was about 4 hrs to Chicago and it was actually not bad. Baby A was playing most of the time and she slept for an hour or so. When we reached there, we had to go to another terminal to catch our flight Etihad to Abu Dhabi.
I have to say I was surprised that they didn’t have priority to people with children or older people. We had to all go by the seat number . Once we were in the seat, it was not so bad. Did I mention that Baby A had her own seat and that is one of the best decision ever :yay: . We got a car seat for her seat and she slept in it most of the time. I was surprised to see a plug-in every seat for charging and we checked in all our chargers .
Do I have any negative comments about the airlines? of course I do. They didn’t have enough air hostess . By the time the food came through to our seat, it took them 30 min and I was so damn hungry that I was ready to just go there and grab our food. And the food was ok. By the time, we landed in Abu Dhabi and reached our gate, we were so tired since we both couldn’t sleep in the flight. I do like the airport, its clean. They didn’t understand that we could keep our car seat in the flight seat. Seriously, we just came from Chicago in your flight and we have a sticker in there which says its airline safe .
We reached Chennai an hour late and of course our suitcases was the last one to arrive . By the time we came out of the airport, we all were so tired. Baby A was getting cranky by the time we reached home. She didn’t like the new environment and she hated sleeping in the car seat. We reached home by 7 am Saturday morning . Mom made us some idli and sambar and we had a nice breakfast.
I also decided to visit my favorite parlor called cut it out in Besant Nagar which I have already reviewed before . I have already booked with my favorite stylist. So I went there by 10.15 am and I got a hair spa treatment along with a haircut. I did want to go shorter but I had this nightmare of remembering the time I had a A-line haircut with a fizzy hair , that was plain disastrous but I did cut of about 2 inches and have lot of layers in my hair.
Then by evening we had to go to shops to buys stuffs for Baby A for her b’day and had dinner at Saravana Bhavan . By the time we came home we were so tired, the jet lag was catching up with us. We slept like anything with the baby inbetween us in the bed which was not a good idea since baby A is a roller . Yup, she rolls all over the bed thereby taking our space as well.
We then left to Hyderabad and I absolutely dreaded the flight and Baby A was screaming for the first 20 min which is so tiring for us as well. She is finding it difficult not to have anything familiar around her. She is still not used to the tiles in the floor and sharing the bed doesn’t agree with her as well. But we were getting used to it and today she got sick with flu . She has stuffy nose, runny nose and cough as well and I seriously hope that she won’t get worse.
Still tough week ahead of more travel and I am dreading it. Maybe I will blog about it next week about the rest of the travel .
Nail #41 : OPI Servin up Sparkle
09 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Nail of the Day Tags: holographic, nails, opi, servin up sparkle
I got them in a Serena William set along with Grape Set Match. This looked so interesting that I knew it will look good. It has a lot of sparkles which can be almost described as holographic. It shows so many colors in the light. Though my nails doesn’t show its true color, you can see it in the bottle of how colorful can it be.
I applied one coat on top of Essie Your Hut or Mine. Since that color looked so bland on my hands, I decided to apply the holographic nail polish on top of it. And I have to say I absolutely love it. During daylight, it looks like a normal sparkle coat with some colors but at night in the yellow light, it shows how it truly can look . I love this nail polish, definitely worth it. I can see myself applying this on top of a dark nail polish and going out on a night .
OPI Servin up Sparkle
Nail #40 : Essie Your Hut or Mine
07 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Nail of the Day Tags: coral, essie, nail polish, your hut or mine
I found this in Ulta in the clearance section for about $ 5.99 and the retail price is $8.99. This is my first Essie nail polish. This is a peachy/coral color nail polish and on the first glance it was not that attractive but when you look close you see those minute gold and pink shimmer which looks almost like a sheen.
The packaging is cute and the formulation is super smooth but you need at least 2-3 coats since one coat is too sheer. For my first Essie, I actually liked the formulation and the brush. No wonder it’s an favourite for so many nail-o-holics .
Ok, the truth is this color doesn’t suit my skin tone at all . Its looks so bland in my nails that I wasn’t impressed at all. But I heard other bloggers saying that they liked it and I think this will suit more fair skin tones and not medium skin tone. I kept looking at my nails and thinking that I need to change my nail polish . But I will buy more of this brand in the future, maybe other colors which suit my skin tone and it definitely has to be on sale .
Vacation time
05 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Personal Tags: india, trip, vacation
Hey Readers,
We are going on a vacation today to India for 5 weeks . I am so excited about it but its going to be a very busy first 2 weeks since we will be moving lot . I am more worried about Baby A and did I mention that the travel time from here to India is about 27 hrs ( O yeah, you read it right) . I have this feeling that Baby A is going to screaming for the most part of the travelling since she has started moving and wants to get down from her cat seat all the time . Maybe I will rant about this travel once I reach Chennai .
The next day we are travelling to Hyderabad where we will be staying for about 5 days since hubby has to work whereas me and baby will be bored to death sitting in a hotel . Lets hope that they have internet or TV or even movie channels. At least we have plans for the evenings there. So then we are going to my in-laws house for 5 days and then we are going to travel to Tirupathi from there in car which is 8 hrs drive . Seriously can you just imagine with baby A, lot of pit stops, food breaks, etc, etc. I think you can look forward to one whole rants about this whole trip . Finally from Tirupathi we are coming to Chennai and will be there for 3 weeks (Thank God) but hubby is already thinking of one small trip to B’lore to meet his friends.
Anyway, Just wanted to tell you all that I will be out and if you haven’t seen any blog post then you know the reason for it . Anyhoos, we have a pet sitter for our kitties. She comes home once a day and take care of our kitties which is handy since she also checks our mail boxes. I am not that much worried about them this time since the pet sitter is quite good.
Hopefully, I will still be able to write some blog posts but don’t know about what. Maybe I will write some reviews on the shops I went in Chennai and Hyderabad, What do you think of it? If you can recommend any shops in Hyderabad, please do since I do want to visit some shops there.
2012 Book Challenges
04 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Book Review Tags: book, book chick city, challenges, good reads
I am entering a couple of book challenges this year. Lets see if I can complete them . I am not so fond of writing book reviews because I am not good with fancy words or writing them like a professional but I do love books and for any book lovers that’s the main point .
The first one is the Good Reads. I did join last year and I ended up reading a lot more that my challenge . I joined the Good Reads on June 2011 since one of my book club member recommended me. I totally love the way I can keep track of the books I read and LOVE the fact that you find new friends and you can check out what they read. I found lot of good books from them . So last year from June, my goal was to finish reading 250 books but in the end I ended up finishing 330 books . Yes, you can see that I am obsessed with books. This year my goal is 500 books .
The second challenge is by this lovely book reviewer who I found when searching for some book blogs. I like to think that I would easily finish this challenge within 6 months but you never know. I am not a professional reviewer or even a good one. But I just like to tell other book lovers what I truly feel. I have found a lot of book bloggers from her website which I am loving. Since I don’t review every book I read. I will start adding the books here or maybe even link it to my good reads.
The other challenge is again by Book Chick City but its Mystery & Suspense genre which is not one of my favorite one but am willing to enter this challenge since I just have to read a minimum of 12 books .
This one will be a piece of cake or I hope it is since all I have to do is read 6 Demon books or 12 Werewolves 0r 18 Vampires books. I guess I could cover them within this year .
