Zoya Fall 2009 Mattevelvet Collection : Preview

This Fall ZOYA will come out with three perfect limited edition , exclusive Mattevelvet collection !

Designed to appeal to a multitude of matte color trend lovers; including every metro mod, vintage stylista, retro pin-up, goth beauty, glam rocker, street chic fashionista and color junkie out there, Mattevelvet shades deliver the new color of fashion. Get all of the color, none of shine with Mattevelve, Zoya’s exclusive blend of matte base and subtle shimmer resulting in utterly wearable and truly stylish nail polish. The three shades include :

Loredana (ZP498) - gunmetal gray matte shimmer
Dovima (ZP499) - black matte shimmer
Posh (ZP500) - wine matte shimmer

The Mattevelve by Zoya collection will be available July 1, 2009 and will retail at $6.00 per 0.5 oz bottle.

Love,
Indian Girl

To Contour The Nose Or Not

Spotted Bollywood actress Prachi Desai with a heavily contoured nose at a party. I personally don't like how it looks. Heavy highlighting is okay for stage makeup because sharp angles look great on stage ! But for everyday / party makeup it should be subtle or even better left alone. I don't blame the girl entirely. I suppose a makeup artist once did it on her and she picked it up. Also, a lot of people are insecure about their nose. Plus its the movie industry, people there have weird insecurities and high demands to looks perfect!


But all that apart, I think its a great idea to highlight some other feature than trying to sculpt you face into something else with makeup. The girl has beautiful eyes and eye brows. Keeping all the focus on her eyes and downplaying the rest of her face is a great idea ! But if you really wanna contour, use a matte powder in a color that is just about one or two shades darker than your natural skin tone. After applying to the sides of your nose remember to blend it, so it looks natural and not like two stripes on either sides of the nose. After darkening the outer sides, it is a good idea to highlight the bridge of the nose. I suggest using a gold highlighter / bronzer for this rather than a champagne color or anything light, especially for medium - dark skin tones. The light color on the bridge of the nose will accentuate the difference in colors and end up looking fake and too made up.

Contouring is great and can add a lot of dimension to one's face only if its done right.

Love,
Indian Girl
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LA Laker Girls & Stila !!

I know nothing abotu the LA Lakers except that a whole bunch of celebrities are often seen at their games. Jack Nicholson and Leonardo DiCaprio try and make it to as many Lakers games as possible. What I do love about them is their yellow , purple colors ! Makes for an awesome eyeshadow combo :p

But why am I writing about the Lakers ? Because I just found out that Stila is the proud sponsor of the beauty wardrobe for the Los Angeles Laker Girls! That's right... the lovely Laker ladies wear Stila!!!! I cant wait to find out which products exactly were used for which looks ! And if you're wondering why Stila's name is appearing with the people in those heart images...its coz Stila also sponsored the KISS ME CAM event at the game ! Check out the couples caught by the camera ! SO Cute !



Love,
Indian Girl

Reader Contribution : Shivali On Her Experience With ELF Cosmetics

This post was contributed by dear reader Shivali. She talks about her experience with ELF Cosmetics. Big thanks to Shivali for sharing all the info and pictures with us !

If you wanna write in about any products you recently bought or have loved forever, do send them in. I would love to publish them as reader contributions !

Here she goes ....


I really recommend the liquid eyeliner waterproof pen from e.l.f. I have used Prestige for a long time. As much as i love it..I think I found something better. Prestige ends up on my top of my eyelid. I have tried primers and lighter strokes but nope, it doesn't work for me. So I finally gave up on liquid eyeliners...till e.l.f came along. It doesn't smear that easy and I actually put it on in car this morning while going 75mph ( not recommended, LOL). It is very easy, convenient and functional for me. I am usually always running late so I just grab whatever and do my makeup in the car. This is great.

I don't think the camera did justice to liner. It really brought out the brown in my eyes. Combined with a heavy mascara. I just did this look for you really quick. With the brown liner on top and bottom combined with some hot pink/reddish eye shadow.

Their lip plumper/primer duo pen is great. I usually have a problem with lip stuff. My lips end up having stuff in the crease and I hate that. But this plumper has like a Cinnamon fire to it. The primer works great and bring out whatever lip color i want to put on. They also have this lip gloss tin. It tastes like chocolate. i love ittttttt! Its thick enough,smells great, feels great. Really good for a light day..!! I also ordered fake lashes which I am still struggling to put on. Their lip glides work well for me because I prefer the transparency...and a little bit of shine.

Over all, I was happy. I got me a black eyeshadow finally, because every time I go to Clinique they are out of the black eyeshadow!!! I got the liner pen in black and brown. I am hooked to the brown cuz it really suits the black hair, brown eyes, the whole Indian skin tone...its great! I also got a conventional liner in plum color. Haven't tried yet, but will let you know:). And yeah I read your recommendation the Sunkissed blush, I got that too :) I haven't worn it yet but I will surely let you know and yeah you know how much all of this cost me?

5 eyelashes
2 liner pens
1sunkissed bronzer
2 lip glides
1 lip plumper/primer
1 chocolate gloss tin
1 black eyeshadow
1 plum eyeliner

total= $14.95 and inclusive of shipping!

I usually don't go for cheap products but this was a good experience :)
And yeah I tried their clear mascara that I bought from a store...IT SUCKED. I will stick to Clinique for that :)

Love,
Indian Girl

Angelina Jolie's Makeup at Cannes 2009

If you were wondering what that goregeous lipstick was , that Angelina had on at Cannes this year, then this makeup breakdown is for you :)

To define Angelina’s lashes, Celebrity Makeup Artist Mary Burton used two different mascaras, Lancôme Hypnôse in Black and Lancôme Ôscillation in Black and applied a few coats of both to add volume and length. Mary used Lancôme Color Design Lipstick in Candy Apple to create her voluptuous red pout.

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