Being a "sanskari" Indian girl, I cannot step out everyday with heavy make-up.Just putting on lipstick WILL make you a 'heroine' in your teacher's eyes and 'snobby' in your peers' eyes. So I have a 'no-makeup' make up daily regime that I stick to for casual outings and for college. I swear by these products. I CANNOT,really, live without these products.
(1)Garnier BB cream
BB stands for blemish balm. BB cream is a tinted moisturiser which evens out you skin tone.BB creams were newly introduced in the Indian market which claimed to be 'miracle skin perfectors'. I had to try out this cream because my skin tone is too uneven and I have dark spots all over my face due to squeezing and popping pimples :( (I cant help it!)
I bought my first tube of Garnier BB cream and since then I am addicted. It really does make your skin look fairer,smoother and even toned.
(2)Maybelline Colossal kajal
Meet my best friend! Dark and smudge free (for 12H now). I am totally in love with this product. As my eyes are too small and I usually wear glasses so for my eyes to appear bigger I have kajal on 24*7
Because of the popularity of this product there are many roadside venders (even chemists) selling fakes. I have had my heartbroken so many times that now even in my sleep I can tell if its a fake or the real deal.
Here are some pointers for you :
- The bottom of the real one looks like this :
- The font on the real one is much bolder and cleaner than the fake one.
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| You can clearly see the font on the bottom one is bolder and cleaner. |
- Lastly,at the bottom, when your roll the stick in your fingers you can feel some numbers and letters engraved(batch number or product number?). This is the sure sign it isn't a fake product.
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I have put on some kajal for it to be visible.
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(3)ELLE 18 color pops lipstick
Shade:08 Pomegranate Pie. As I have a slightly dark complexion for lip color I stick to nudes for everyday use and pinks for special occasions.This product is cheap also come with cocoa butter which moisturizes your lips. It doesn't stay on for long so I always have it in my pocket. I almost use it like a lip balm. :D Also, it is a very delicate stick.It WILL break eventually,you should never drop it.
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| dropped it,broken,rough use! |
No-makeup makeup:
Products I use: Garnier BB cream, Maybelline colossal kajal, ELLE 18 colour pops lipstick
optional: a lip-liner which matches your lip colour(I use AVON), a foundation suitable for your skin colour, Mascara (I use Lakme eyeconic mascara), liquid eyeliner (I use Lakme insta-liner).
STEP 1: The trick here for non-cakey make-up is, I use the BB cream as foundation and foundation as a concealer :)
BB creams are cool because you can apply it like a moisturiser but for evenness I put three dots each on the forhead, both cheeks,upper eyelid, lower eyelid and chin and blend it al together.I put a straight line down the nose and blend it outwards(makes your nose look taller).For dark circles I use a little bit more cream,it conceals them effectively.
Optional: For concealing dark spots and dark circles you can use a foundation but be careful to blend it well as the dark spots are highlighted,if not.
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| applying BB cream |
STEP 2: Put on the colosal kajal on the waterline(lower eyelid). Smudge-free for 12H! It fades away but does not smudge.
I put a bold line of kajal because my eyes are smaller.Then on the upper lid,if I am going to wear glasses, I put the kajal and smudge it a bit for a little smokey eye (I usually use fake colossal kajal for this as they smudge easily, and I have got a lot of them I might as well get some use out of it!). Cool thing about glasses, even if you do a bit of heavy eye make-up, it does not show behind the glasses. :)
If i am not wearing glasses, i usually only apply the kajal on the waterline but if I have got some time I use the liquid liner on the upper lids-just a thin line near the lashes (gives a illusion of volume to your lashes) :)
STEP 3: Nude lipstick with lip liner.You are good to go!!
No-makeup makeup indeed,eh? Do comment! :)
