Debenhams & The Body Shop UK Haul POST

Hey guys, this post is gonna be my very first post on my blog of handbags. I recently had a chance to avail two sale events going on two months back, one is of debenhams and the other one is tbs UK. Debenhams was having some blue cross sale upto 70%off which was a good deal so i thought to grab some designer bags within the range of 5k, I was planning to go for Hajj for that i wanted to have one or may be two good backpacks to keep with me during pilgrims as backpacks are much more easier for me to carry than totes or satchel and backpacks are spacious too for keeping many things. One of my favourite online store Lush Grooming Bargains was taking order for both websites, so i contacted her and asked if i could get them delivered by mid of September, she clearly said its a chance as shipment can be delayed but i decided to go with it and order those bags which i was eyeing for so long :p. The bags look exactly as they were on website. Quality is good and for the price it was such a steal. 

Designer tan kaleidoscope backpack Rs 3050

Blue denim backpack Rs 2500

Designer blue denim tartan backpack H By Henry Holland 3050

Yellow medium cutout leaf satchel bag Rs 3250

Now the body shop stuff, I usually prefer stocking up my bath and body essentials in bulk, so i purchased them during sale which costs me less as compared to their regular prices: Now the pictures:

Add BRAZIL NUT SHOWER CREAM Rs580
WHITE MUSK® FRAGRANCE BODY MIST Rs 1050
CHOCOMANIA™ SHOWER CREAM 250ml Rs 690
TEA TREE SKIN CLEARING FOAMING CLEANSER  Rs750
MORINGA BEAUTIFYING OIL Rs 1180
MORINGA EAU DE TOILETTE Rs 1150
WHITE MUSK LIBERTINE BODY MIST Rs 1050
Moringa Shower Gel 250ml Rs 680
Moringa Shower Gel 250ml Rs 680

Oops! I just realised I forgot to picture two body mists, those were also included in my order, And owner (Hira) of this page Lush Gooming Bargains sent me some gifts as a gesture of love on returing from Hajj pilgrims, Sweet? oh yes she is so adorable and down to earth kinda person i have met in my life. I am loving the things she sent me and as it was a surprise so i was so excited. :)

Gifts included are nail filer in leopard print, Avon nail colour in golden, Jordana lip/eye pencils in silver and magenta, Avon  moisturising body butter, and Cute little card 

Hira is still taking order for Debenhams and TBS UK sales, and some other websites from UK. I would definitely recommend her page, I have been ordering stuff from her for two years,never had any problem.  You can check her page HERE

Hope you have liked my review. Please leave your precious comment :)

DISCLAIMER: I am not paid/sponsored by this page for my review. Whatever i have written is based on my personal experience and i have purchased all above things until and unless mentioned somewhere. 

My Mac Red Lipsticks Swatches and Reviews (Ruby woo, Russian Red and Chili)

Hello pretty girls, Today I am going to show you my RED lipsticks collection by MAC. If you are a MAC hoarder you must be knowing their two cult Reds i-e Russian Red and Ruby Woo.

Ruby woo: is said to be as retro red, it is cool toned red, to me it does enhance my over all complexion by giving out that perfect pout which is fantabulous, pigmentation is opaque, longevity is great as compared to their cremesheens lipsticks. I suggest priming and prep your lips before application as it tends to dries alot being retro matte formula which is understood.

Russain Red: is to be as universal red colour lipstick, it is another classic red by MAC, it will flatter all skin tones though it is blue based.  Formula is on drier side but not as much as Ruby woo. It has a bit of sheen to it when applied on lips.

Chili: hmmmm, Chili is perfect red for those who do not want to wear intense red, It is red with a little bit hint of brown in it, i would say it is like brownish rede colour if that makes sense :p. A kinda of red which everyone can wear, If someone is going to wear red for the first time than this is safer option to begin with. Here you go with the swatches girls :)

L-R: Ruby Woo, Russian Red & Chili (picture taken in daylight)

L-R: Ruby Woo, Russian Red & Chili swatches (picture taken in daylight)

Swatches (picture taken indoor lights)

Price: $16 

Availability: In Karachi these are available at Agha's, Naheed's Superstore and it will retail for around 2400 Pkr. 

I Purchased mine from facebook page, Makeup & Accessories for 2100. My experience with this page till date is fantabulous, Amazing prices with speedy delivery and not to forget the owner of this page is sweet and humble :). I will definitely recommend to check out that page. 

https://www.facebook.com/M.A.Pakistan?ref=br_tf

Hope you like my review on these beauties. Waiting for your feedback beauties. 

LOVE'

KOMAL

  

Review on URBAN DECAY OCHO LOCHO 2 SET

Hi girls. At last I am back to blogging. So today's review is on the most raved and hyped Urban Decay's Ocho Loco set 2. This is going to be a quick review that will cover all the important pros and cons. It was a limited edition as it came out last year during Christmas season, I know I know i am too late for its review but luckily its still available in some stores like Ulta, Macy,s, Sephora so not that much late.  Right? :)

According to Urban Decay's Website:

Description: When we launched our original Ocho Loco set last year, we knew it would be popular—but we had no idea just how popular. The frenzy was so out of control that we’re still getting a ton of requests for it (a year later!).

“Ocho Loco” means “Crazy Eight” in Spanish, which sums up the shades in this sequel perfectly. Play it tame (but not boring) with edgier-than-average neutrals. Smoke it up with our deepest, blackest black. Experiment with trippy-cool acid brights. From returning faves like Deep End and Perversion to new, destined-for-cult-status shades like Ultraviolet and Mars, this set has it all. And no matter which shade you choose, our creamy, award-winning 24/7 formula glides on smoothly and dries down to a long-lasting finish.

Since we rarely do full-size pencil sets, this set is a true collector’s item. But the craziest part has to be the price: $59 for eight full-size pencils that would cost you $152 if you bought them individually. (Not that you could anyway, since five of the shades are exclusives.) And it comes with a never-before-seen neon-green Grindhouse Double Barrel Sharpener (exclusive to this set).

Ocho Loco 2 comes nestled in a tray adorned with a sophisticated rainbow of X-rayed flowers and has a clear outer box so you can see all the amazing shades inside. Like all our 24/7 pencils, shade-matched barrels make it easy to find the exact color you’re looking for (even in the depths of an oversized tote).

What You See Is What You Get:

Roach (deep copper brown shimmer), Twice Baked* (rich brown satin w/gold micro-sparkle), Crave* (deepest, darkest brown-black matte), Perversion (blackest black matte), Deep End (bright metallic peacock shimmer), Mars* (bright metallic green shimmer), Ultraviolet* (bright blue-violet shimmer) and Tornado* (dark eggplant pearl).

*New and exclusive shade. 

Fill Weight: 8 x 1.2 g NET WT. 8 x 0.04 oz

My Thoughts: I have never tried them before but i must admit that i became a huge fan of Urban Decay 24/7 glide on eye pencils after having these, As living in Pakistan  we all know we do not have counters for most international brands locally to try before buy so we have to pick up stuff very carefully after reading reviews on different blogs, but i believe no matter how much we make sure things each and every thing before purchase sometimes it can turn out to be not as good as we have assumed, but in this case i am really impress.
I mean everything is just perfect, their texture, smoothness, pigmentation, longevity each and everything is perfect. Hands down to it, it is by far the creamiest pencils i have tried. Over to the swatches:

OCHO LOCHO 2
1- Left to right: Mars, Tornado, Deep End, Ultraviolet, Crave, Twice Baked, Roach, Perversion and Grindhouse Sharpener
3- Indoor Swatches, Left to Right:  Crave, Twice Baked, Roach, Perversion, Mars, Tornado, Deep End, Ultra Violet
4- Outdoor Swatches, same sequence

Crave: It is dark brown colour, finish is matte and opaque. 

Twice Baked: It is medium dark brown colour with fine champagne shimmer

Roach: Is copper brown colour, i would say it doesn't show up much on my eyelids as liner but it will brighten eyes if applied on water line

Perversion: Hands down, The most opaque, creamier and pigmented black eye pencil.

Mars: Is and emerald green with creamy texture and opaque pigmentation

Tornado: It is not as opaque as i expected it to be, but can be buildable in 2 3 swipes, matte finish. A nice egg plant kinda colour.

Deep End: Turquoise blue with opaque pigmentation and creamier texture

Ultra Violet: My favourite of them in coloured ones, it is dual tone with some blue purple kinda look. It is creamier in texture but not that much opaque but can be buildable.

Grindhouse Sharpener: It became my favourite sharpener as i can also sharp my NYX jumbo pencils with it very easily no more depotting. Phew! 

Longevity: These eyeliners can last up to 8 hours without smudging or rubbing. I tried them under running water for 1 min to see how much water proof these are, and these didn't smudged at all.

Price: $59

I got mine through facebook page Shopaholic.

Drop me a comment, i would be more than happy to see your opinions :)

Much Love, 

Komal 

EID SWAP POST

Hi girls. Today I am here with an exciting post on an event held by PAKISTANI BEAUTY BLOGGERS COMMUNITY for all the approved PAKISTANI bloggers around the world.
F.Y.I it was a fun event of exchanging eid gifts among the fellow bloggers with keeping in mind not to reveal sender's name. The person receiving gifts will guess who sent those to her. This was all loaded with fun,excitement and suspense. Shall we began with gifts pictures?

One interesting thing happens to me that I received those gifts right after the next day of my birthday so the swap part was totally remove from my mind because I was already getting gifts from my friends by tcs so I assumed it as one of them and  was expecting to receive my swap after eid. When I got this, I was getting ready for a visit to parlour for mehndi, I was in so hurry that I just saw this without opening the box and thought that somebody has sent me those as a birthday present. Later on when I came home lately it was vanished from my mind, I was on bed for sleep then suddenly remembered OMG I received some gift today, lets have a look. I opened the lights of my room, take out the box and opened it, a big surprise was waiting for me underneath those bath stuff and when I remove those bottles I instantly realize that this is my swap gifts.
Believe me, I loved loved loved each and everything. I could not simply and formally say thanks for that. As everything was picked,wrapped and sent with so much love. I got everything which was in my wishlist with some nice addition of other goodies. Those NYX lip glosses are of so different colors so its a nice addition in my lip gloss collection. Further the nail color looks awesome. I even wore that immediately for eid and it was complementing with mehndi so well. It was a great experience of my life. And I failed to guess my partner's name :(.
It was NAIMAL of PEACHY POUT. Thanks alot for sending me those amazing gifts. Here is a link to her blog:
 http://peachypout.blogspot.com/

And in last I would like to thank Sarah and Rabeeyah (Admin of PBBC) for arranging this wonderful event. It was great fun. :)

Love,
KOMAL.

REAL TECHNIQUES STARTER KIT & SHADING BRUSH REVIEW.

Hi girls. If you are looking for great economical eyeshading brushes and don't want to spend fortune, so real techniques starter kit is your thing.

Real Techniques Starter Kit and Shading Brush

STARTER KIT CONSISTS OF 5 EYE BRUSHES, 

1. BASE SHADOW BRUSH
2. DELUXE CREASE
3. PIXEL POINT EYELINER BRUSH
4. ACCENT BRUSH
5. BROW BRUSH
6. PANORAMIC CASE

In case you don't know, real techniques brushes are colored according to there functions. Like foundation/powder brushes are in golden color, Blush/setting/stippling are of pink color and eye brushes are of lavender/purple color. All the brushes have their names engraved on them. Now, onto the review:

• BASE SHADOW BRUSH:

Starting from base shadow brush, as you can see its little bit tapered brush, I use it to apply base colour and it works well for packing color on my lids and blend them on crease, or it can be use to add a wash of color on lids.

• DELUXE CREASE BRUSH:

I wonder why it is named as crease brush, i mean, i couldn't find a single way to use it as a crease brush. But it works well for applying concealer undereyes. I also use this brush to apply primer on my eyes or blend nyx pencil in milk as a base on my eyes. It is that much fluffy that it can never  be used as crease brush, atleast not in my case.

• ACCENT BRUSH:

I use this brush to apply color on my tear duct area. It gives you a very precise application.

•  PIXEL POINT BRUSH:

If you like to apply thick eyeliner, this brush is so good for that but for precise thinner line, it is not good.

• BROW BRUSH:

It is useful for setting brows as well as you can use it to apply eyeliner.

• PANORAMIC CASE:

It is very useful case, having extra space for eye brushes other than these five.

• EYE SHADING BRUSH:

This brush is not included in starter kit, it has the same function as base shadow brush. It is use to pack on colors on lids, but blending is not possible with this brush.

RATING: 4/5

PRICE: PKR- 3050

AVAILABILITY: I purshased mine from SHOPAHOLIC(facebook store). They have very reasonable price for real techniques brushes in pakistan.

My go-to Products now a days.

Hi girls. Today I am back with the list of my go to products in daytime. I keep my makeup natural in the daytime. So here is the list:

MAKEUP PRODUCTS

FOR FACE:

1. Nutriganics drops of youth (THE BODY SHOP).
2. Moisturiser.
3. Matte it skin primer (THE BODY SHOP).
4. Garnier skin perfecter b.b cream US version.
5. Rimmel stay matte shade transparent.

CHEEKS:

I prefer using matte shades over shimmer ones in daytime.

1. NYX blush shade terracota.
2. Shade primrose from MUA ARTISTE COLLECTION PALETTE.

EYES:

1. Color studio knock out marker. (thin precise line).
2. ELF brow kit in medium.

LIPS:

1. Daina of london shade Crushed almond no# 10.
2. Diana of london shade Ice apple no# 25.
3. Mua lipstain in frutilicious.
4. Essence lipliner shade in the nude.

FIXING SPRAY:

1. MUA pro-base makeup fixing mist.

BRUSHES:

1. Sigma F80 / Real Techniques expert face brush (FOR BB CREAM).
2. Real techniques expert face brush / Mua F5 face and kabuki brush (FOR RIMMEL POWDER).
3. Mua E7 brow brush.
4. Real techniques blush brush.
5. Mua L01 lip brush. 

   

   SKINCARE PRODUCTS

Hands:

• THE BODY SHOP Atlas mountain rose body lotion.

Feets:

• Freeman bare foot shea butter heels and callus balm.

• KEY TO NATURAL LOOKING FLAWLESS MAKEUP IS BLENDING WELL. 
• WHILE TAKING CARE OF YOUR FACE, DON'T FORGET YOUR HANDS AND FEETS.

Love,

KOMAL

What are your go to products? Hit back with your comments. :)

MUA UNDRESS ME TOO PALETTE- REVIEW, SWATCHES AND GIVEAWAY!

Hi girls. Today i am back with a budget friendly neutral makeup palette i-e MUA undress me  too if you don't know let me tell you its a sequel palette to MUA undress palette.

My thoughts:
Unlike other MUA palette ,this palette comes in white packaging which i think looks very sophisticated. The palette is sleek, compact and travel friendly. It offers a mix of 12 neutral,bronze and taupe shades of which some are matte and mostly are shimmery. Mua have named each shade individually. Here is a picture of that:

L - R  Top row (naked, devotion, shy, fiery, lavish, dreamy)
 L-R Bottom row(tranquil, exposed, reveal, winked, obsessed, corrupt)

This palette is said to be as closest dupe of Urban Decay naked 2, well i dont have a personal experience but as seeing swatches on diferent blogs i can say yes it is. Here they are:

Top row mua undress me too, bottom row ud naked 2 ( image source google)

I tried to swatch them and it went quite well but i failed to capture the beauty of these shades as i dont own professional camera :( so i m not sharing the swatch here. Shimmer shades are quite pigmented but the matte ones are not, but you can still build the intensity by using primer underneath. Fallouts are minimum. Textue is buttery that makes it easy to apply. You can wear this palette during day time and create a smoky look for the night out. For the price it is a must have palette if you love neutral makeup.

Rating:  4/5

Price: PKR 750 

Availability: In Pakistan you can get it from just4girls.pk or you can also get it direct through mua website.

And yes giveaway is open nation wide in Pakistan. Don't forget to participate its quite easy and simple. Visit my facebook page for details and participation :

 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Komis-Make-up-Stash/266595923474588