Ilex London in Quest Mall, Kolkata

     ILEX London celebrated its first anniversary recently and few of us were invited to attend. They opened their first store here in Kolkata a year back and will soon be opening more across the country. They deal in luxury leather bags and accessories. The brand aims to fill the gap between the mid and high end with prices starting around 5k. They launched their summer collection in the presence of Bengali actress Arpita Chatterjee. Usually summer collections are filled with the predictable bright colors or pastels. But ILEX had a very interesting mix going on. There were some muted as well deep dark tones in the collection...

Michael Todd Ageless Face And Neck Cream

     Skin wise this was one of the toughest winters that I had to face. My face was dessert dry and none of my regular creams were doing me any good. I even switched to oil based serums and skin oils but still didn't get any relief! And to top it off I ended up breaking out!!! Can you even begin to imagine that? Dry painful skin with breakout and rash on it. I mean how does something like that even be possible?!? Even my favorite foundation couldn't give me the dewy looking skin that I loved it for. Thankfully I came across 2 products which helped me get a hold on the situation and return my skin to normal. Just in time too for my first film shoot :) I will review the product that helped me with my breakout/rash situation in another post. Here I will talk about the cream which helped to heal my skin and make it look "ageless"

     Picture this...you get your nails done at the salon...you enjoy a good 45 minutes of pampering where you are rubbed, scrubbed and pack(ed). Then the attendant paints your nails in a sparkling shade. You with me till now? Ok I'm not one of those chicks who gets the multiple layer thing done...base, 2 coats of nail paint and top coat routine. Simple reason...I feel that the more layers you put on the faster the paint ends up chipping. Two coats of the paint and I'm good to go. Have you noticed that the polish tends to look shinier for some reason. And its not like that they are putting something special on. Even if I have the same one back home but somehow the one I got done from the parlor shines brighter and lasts longer for some reason. Does it happen with you too? Or am I only one to feel this way???

     When Dolon of Pout Pretty told me about the Twice As Nice campaign and if I wanted to do it with her, I was so stoked! Since the three of us have gotten together (3rd musketeer being Poorna of Presented by P) we have been thinking of doing a project together. But it never pans out :( Well we are such good friends and share so many characteristics and interests between the three of us so it isn't strange that we are partners in crime when it comes to laziness as well :D But jokes apart I was so glad to be doing this collab with D and hopefully we will break our jinx and bring more such posts for you guys in the future.