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Hello Friends,  I am happy to know that I am the first one to write a review about Swiss Miss Lipstick ;) Do you remember? We have seen our mothers and aunts using Medora and Swiss Miss lipsticks in the past. Both of them are probably the pioneers of establishing the cosmetics trend in Pakistan. Swiss Miss is a brand of Admiral of New York. My review of today is on Swiss Miss Lipstick shade Pretty Pink. I am in love with pink shades. It catches my sight everywhere, whether I am buying clothes, shoes, bags or cosmetics. This purchase happened due to my love for pink :) I have never bought any product of Swiss Miss before. This is my first purchase from Swiss Miss. I loved the packaging. In fact it makes it look like an expensive lipstick. It comes in a black plastic tube with a thin silver line around the opening. This tube is again covered in black cardboard box with product details and ingredients mentioned. The box says “vibrant color matte lipstick”...

Hey girls, My today's review is about Christine nail polish shade no.234. Christine is a Pakistani brand with quite affordable product range. The first product I have bought of Christine was a nail polish. I found the product quality to be good. Since  then I tried their different products and nail polishes are on top of them. This color looks very pretty. It's a dark green color. I was looking for this color and finally it found in Christine. It comes in small glass bottle. The packaging looks pretty. Application brush is of fine quality too. Color is really opaque. I have to apply 2 coats to get the desired shade.  The polish stays on nails for 3 days without chipping. it dries out too quickly. Life of the product is pretty good. I have this color from last six months. It contains 10 ml of the product and costs Rs. 50. You can find it at any cosmetic store. Liked: Affordable price Unique colour Cost effective No chipping for 3 days...

I have used every shampoo, well known products and  dermatologists  prescriptions  for dandruff control.  But nothing worked for my scalp. My dandruff was too stubborn. I was very disappointed. I stopped finding any cure for it. On my visit to a super store, I caught the sight of L’Oreal Elvive Active Selenium Anti-Dandruff Shampoo on the counter shelf. I grab it just to wash my hairs like any other shampoo. I was already disappointed of the results I got from famous anti dandruff products that I had used in the past. So this was just an ordinary shampoo for me.  The shampoo comes in a large dark blue plastic bottle. The product claims effective from first use, effective results for up to 4 weeks, even if you stop using it. Reduces the appearance of persistent flakes. Let’s find out their claim proven to be right or wrong ;) My Experience:   It is densely thick and light orange in color. It makes great foam unlike other dandruff shampoo. Th...

Hi Girls ! Isn't it nice to find few lovely shades of Mac or Bobbi Brown in cheap local and affordable brands? My review of today is on a local brand Medora of London which contains a wide range of  lipsticks and nail polishes. Medora is easily available nationwide on all cosmetic stores. This brand is made in Pakistan. Its lipsticks and nail polishes are my favorite ones. They have a wide range of matte ,shinny and glittery lipsticks. Matte lipsticks are my favorite ones. I like to use matte lipsticks due to their long lasting power. I am not a bold color lover. I always love to go with nude,pink or peach colors. But I love trying different nail and lipstick colors. I n winters I wanted to try a bold dark brown color for myself. I have found one in Mac named Dark Side. But I was confused to give it a try. Whether it will look good on me or not. I thought to find this color in some cheap brand as spending 2500 on just checking whether this color will look good on me...

I have a big collection of black eye shadows. But the one i had were not pigmented and true black.Sometimes I had to use my cake eyeliner to get smokey eye look. Once at a superstore visit I caught the sight of Christine eye shadow in black. I have bought it instantly. Christine cosmetics is a Pakistani brand with a huge collection of eye ,face and nail products. Christine has risen up with high quality products at affordable price. It has been used by many women in Pakistan.It is one of my favorite local brand. This eye shadow is in plastic container like other single eye shadows.It comes with transparent lid which is flip open . My Experience : I am in love with this product. It works really good at such a low price.You can get smokey eyes with this eye shadow from light to heavy black look.It has less fall out while applying. It also contains glitter particles which gives a rocking glam look.  It is highly pigmented .Blending with ...

I am a big fan of nail polishes.Actually I am addicted to them. To tell u honestly I don't have expensive nail polish collection. I have cheap brands nail color because you can get the same color both in cheap and expensive brands. One of the cheap brand I have in my collection is Rivaj UK. Rivaj UK is a company introduced in Pakistan in 2000. The brand has gained its popularity for its high quality at economical price. About the color fusion nail polish it says "Colorful Everyday Without Hurting Your Health,Beautiful Everyday Without Hurting Your Finger " Today's review is about Rivaj UK color fusion nail polish shade 60 Its a very nice dark gray glittery metallic shade with. It comes in a heavy glass bottle with long and thick golden plastic lid on top. Bottom of the bottle is too thick as compared to rest of the bottle. Applicator brush is of good quality. Color is opaque but not with one coat. You need to apply two or three coats to get ...

Luscious is a Pakistani cosmetics brand which contains a huge range of high quality products at affordable price. It was launched in 2007 and has gained popularity among beauty experts and cosmetics lovers. Lipsticks are one of my favorite cosmetic. I am always in the hunt of nice lipstick shades. Sometimes i have the same shade in different brands :D Coral and pink and peach are my favorite colors. One day I was looking for a nice coral lipstick. My search let me into Luscious super moisturizing lipstick in coral. Luscious claims about their lipsticks that " our bestselling lipstick collection. A creamy and moisturizing formula enriched with vitamin E and grape seed oil for healthy lips. Designed for all day comfort and natural color results. Each shade is now a celebrity. Available in 19 satin-finish, shimmer and glossy shades. Alcohol free. Contains no animal ingredients. Dermatologically tested. No color change or dry out '' The packaging is in silver metal t...

I love Eyeliner and Kohl. My makeup is incomplete without both of them. One problem I always suffer from eyeliner is that it doesn’t stay on my eyes for long. I have oily eyelids and my waterline is too watery. So the thing which can stay on such kind of eyes should be extremely waterproof. The first eyeliner I used was a liquid eyeliner. It was good but had shinny look.At that time I knew that only liquid eyeliner exist. Liquid eyeliners usually get crinkled or cracked effect after few hour. I tried pencil eye liners too but they have poor staying power.Then was the turn to try cake eyeliners. It made ring and smudged off on my eyelid. I hate horrible Panda eye look. They are not definitely for oily and droopy lids.I have seen many makeup artists using gel liners.I thought to give it a try. During my visit to a super store. I have seen essence counter and gel liner was there. It was affordable. So i thought to give it a try and bought this gel liner in black Midnight in Paris.This ...

I am suffering from Dandruff since I was a child. I am sure most of you are victims of this flaky thing. At the age of 12, I started visiting dermatologists for this problem. They recommend me different shampoos but nothing worked for me.  They worked for me as long as I was using them. After that I was again with this issue. It got worse day by day. Last year, I was browsing online and I found a link for top 5 shampoos for dandruff control. Neutrogena T/Gel was on second in that list. First one was Nizoral. I tried to find Nizoral but I was unable to find it easily. While T/Gel was available. I bought one bottle from a superstore. It comes in a transparent plastic bottle with blue lid on top. This is again packed in a cardboard box. It contains Col Tar 0.5%. It claims for long-lasting relief of itching and flaking and controls the symptoms of Dandruff, Seborrhea dermatitis, Psoriasis. Let’s see did it work for me or not :) My Experience:           ...

Hello Girls , Today I am going to review Flormar Perfect Coverage Foundation. I have bought this foundation few days ago.I am not a fan of foundations but its true foundation gives natural look to skin rather than powder and stick. I love to try different products.I have always no idea for the right shade of foundation for my skin.I have fairly bright complexion.If I use color one tone lighter than my skin tone it looks too bright and if I use one tone darker it makes my face looks dark.That's why I have to be careful while buying a foundation.During  the purchase of this product I was confused which color to buy.At last I thought to go with 101 Pastelle.It comes in heavy frosted glass with a pump and cap over it in 30 ml quantity.I think using pump for foundation is a good idea because it keeps the product sterile.It has SPF 10 which is not a thing for Asian climate.It claims to lasts up for 12 hours.It contains sweet almond oil and olive oil which gives nice fragrance and work...

I can't forget doing nail art on my hands. Below are some pictures of nail art I have done on my hands. Picture quality is not good because they are taken occasionally with mobile phone camera. In this picture polka dot technique has been used. Half nail is light Pink and other half is dark Pink and joint line is Silver. Light Pink has Black dots and dark pink has White dots on it. This one is an inspiration from a blogger. snickers are made using Magenta, Black and White nail polish. This one is my all time favorite and easiest one striped nail art. The colors used here are Green, Orange , Shocking Pink, Blue and Purple. Strips of White color are made. Quite easy . Agree? This one is the modification of the upper one. Stripes has been modified to checker. Gradient technique using sponge is most common one. Here I have used two colors light Green and dark Green. Three colors look more cool. Here again sponge tech...

Being a fan of nail art I am always in search of different techniques and designs and try it on other people too whenever they wants me to do it on their nails. Here are some pictures of nail art with brief description. Stripped Nail Art: It's the easiest one. First I have used purple color as a base. When it dried out,using a thin paint brush I have applied white nail polish strips. Floral Nail Art : As spring is in the air this floral nail art will catch eyes. I have used light green as a base color.Then I topped it up with shocking pink dots and with the help of a toothpick drawn it inward from the center of the dot.Then I made light blue dot in the center of the flower. Bow and Dots : Although the photo is not clear but this one looks very nice.I have used baby pink as a background. More than half of the nail remained pink and rest been changed to shocking pink.When it dried well used black to made bow and lined it all with white nail polish ma...