monochrome

The all time famous... B&W?

"Black and white" she said. It felt like I was condemned for no reason. I remember it was my 2nd assignment in college, we were told to do the whole submission in black and white. Right up to that point the two did not classify as colours, Its taken the maturity that came with age to understand the value of these colours. 

Many people would say that black and white are too jarring to be wore together, personally I find them elusive best friends. the combination still doesn't sit in my head. Yet it exhibits a lot of strength and control, the lack of the ability to fully derive a mood in the combination is most intriguing. But my mind that has to be Sherlock Holmes has to kill the mystery therefore to break away I picked to carry my red bag and gold choker to try to look edgy yet bring in that subtle classy look.

Photographer: Kavya 

Top : Inmark

Skirt : AND

Shoes : naturalizer @ bata

Bag : Jabong

Choker & rose studs : thrift

Watch : Tommy Hilfiger

I know its been a long time since the world has been talking about monochrome! but we all know this is a trend that's always been around and can never go out of style. Trends are for those who forget that the things in your wardrobe can not be buried, remember to wear your style like your skin.

"Being glamorous is about strength and confidence. It's black and white - dramatic. You have to be strong." Catherine Zeta-Jones

Imagine ... John Lennon without his glasses?

I never liked the Beatles, personally I don't understand their music. Yet the most iconic thing about them to me was John Lennon and his round frame glasses. They captured my imagination, beyond my own understanding. I always believed if he took off his glasses he would hypnotize the world.

Image courtesy the mirror, UK

All thanks to my friend sid, I never would thrift shop sunglasses owing to my over sensitive hypnotic eyes, I now own a mercury tinted sunglasses. 

Not to worry I don't plan to hypnotize anyone, just trying to contain my own madness. I don't want to die over radical ideology. With eternal love and peace from my heart, let it be until next time.

Birthday happiness? never grows old....

"I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity." Eleanor Roosevelt

So what do you ask for every time your birthday comes up? Well every year I ask god to help me fine the spot in my head that people would call sanity! I think I don’t pray hard enough.  Well my birthday comes at a strange time! So I’m expected to celebrate Christmas and new years with it. That’s why December is the best time of the year for me. What I don’t get throughout the year I get it all in one huge installment. 

Well not every birthday is perfect! just like this year since I've not been working its been difficult to spend, because I have the great fear of draining my savings.( oooo not to mention I actually managed to save this year!) Well my mom got me few tops and a dress and also shoes :) , yet all together they looked mismatched! So I had to take a corrective measure. So what was the point of doing 2 years of design if I couldn't fix my self something. I couldn't help it, I've never been the girly type yet after having an overdose of MAD MEN I had to do it. I had to create something so 80's, and I fixed myself a half circular skirt. The task took me a few hours, and then I was pleased with myself.

Those are the super awesome shoes my mom gave me! I can't express the happiness I feel wearing them. Of course there is nothing like shopping with mom. Also love my dad for the super awesome rose gold watch from Tommy Hilfiger (p.s Its not in the picture) and I had to gift my pretty self something on the occasion, so I picked up the pretty pink box clutch. 

Mascara? yes please!

I've not used mascara for all most part of my life, it has something to do with the eyes being so super sensitive to everything! Until a year ago when I got a free mascara with the Max factor Red lip gloss that I bought. Max factor did nothing for my eyelashes, yet it covered the basic purpose to highlight the lashes. Most of my colleagues always used Maybelline colossal volume express, I hate to say it but it does what it claims to do. (Considering few year ago I would have never even looked at Maybelline products!) Although when self helped we cant really achieve the same effect as the models but its almost the same. 

Well those are my eye lashes in the picture, I know that my lashes are fuller yet I had a colleague who had really tiny discoloured lashes who achieved the longer eye lash effect.

Few weeks ago I lost my colossal mascara and I went out and picked up the eyeconic! Lakme has always been a disappointment and no matter how WOW they make their products look the product is never good enough. it curls the lashes a bit but fads off in time. The mascara come of too if u touch the eyes. My friend who kept praising eyeconic must not know the real purpose of mascara. The image below will show you the before and after of eyeconic.

Ladies don't undermine the use of mascara, the pitch black eyes can't be achieved without it. I'm leaving you'll two quotes from two women we all know love their eyes black.

"When in doubt, always opt for going natural rather than hiding your skin under foundation and such. Line your eyes with kohl and mascara, put on some bright lip gloss and pinch your cheeks a little bit to get them all flushed and bright!" Genelia D'Souza

"I just blow-dry my hair and put on mascara and lip gloss, and I'm ready to go. I really don't get long nails. They're so Edward Scissorhands." Kelly Clarkson

Y do I love red so much? Make-up essentials #1

I always wanted to wear make-up as a kid (you'd be surprised at some of my kid photos!) But what ever I tried, make-up looked made up and so I had to give up! I was 18 when I first bought my eyeliner (Of course nobody ever mentions the tube of lip balm everyone carrying in uniforms for disciplinary reasons) and a whole bunch of lip-gloss tubes found their way into my make-up kit. It wasn't until I started working that I really filled my treasure chest, and now it's like a jar of candy that needs to be filled with new things all the time!

My friend once told me every woman has her own red. The first time I saw Miley Cyrus in her video of we can't stop, I just had to get my own red. It was quite the task to find the red I wanted! I must have visited the same make-up counters a couple of times, before I finally found something. I'm not quite the Miley who can afford the channel, but yet it was awesome to find a red I could work with in Maybelline coloursensational pleasure me red ;)

 

“Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick-ass red lipstick”. Gwyneth Paltrow

I love RED. It speaks for itself! its bold, loud, fearless and truly cannot be pretentious. Red is one of the pure colours and can not have a false sense of greatness like purple or be envious like green. It truly is the one colour that can be embodied by only women. I know some would say it's attention seeking but hey! who says its not asking for it. It takes a woman who is comfortable in her sink to wear it and truly look beautiful.

denim's not such a bad thing

I know my previous post will make you wonder what changed my mind? But I really haven't. I'm just against the mass culture of denim and tee shirt. Denim is not only used in jeans, its also used to make dresses, jackets, jumpsuits, and so on so forth.....

I still remember the first denim outfit I got was obviously a jeans, it was at the time when faded denims were in style. But the first denim outfit I fell in love with was a indigo denim shirt dress. I never got to wear it much because to the Indian standards it was a short dress. I always had a lot of jackets growing up, I had one denim jacket which was electric blue :) ( And you think the trend for bright colours is recent!) technically my brother's but he never really used it so I called it mine. one of my favourite was an oversized blue jacket with a brown wash, looked like it had been dragged through the dirt!

Wear your jacket over a printed floral dress, try your jeans with a blazer and bright pair of stilettos, or wear the waistcoat with your denim shorts. It is still the most rugged outfit in your wardrobe play with it, don't worry it won't get hurt. 

gift wrapping #1

Gifts are tricky things. My objective of gifting is mostly to give the recipient a reason to smile. Gift wrapping is my personal muse. That is why the wrapping of gifts to me, is just as important the gift itself. The first sight of the gift should make you wonder what could possibly be inside the box, I try to wrap it in such a way that the task of unwrapping the gift also evokes the same excitement it took to wrap it.
I won't say this was the best gift wrapping I've done but considering I took only 2 mins to come up with it and 10 to finish, it makes it a fairly decent effort. (FYI I made it for my dad's secret Santa game at work). 

“I don’t know what’s in the box, but I love it. Unopened gifts contain hope.
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― Jarod Kintz, This Book Title is Invisible