This is a Vogue Beauty Award winner for the Best N~de lipstick. It is a very pretty neutral shade which has peach tones to it. It is in Amplified finish with a light vanilla scent. I felt like it was a little drying on my lips. The texture is creamy but not moisturizing. The pigmentation is intense. I usually prefer to wear this with a dab of clear gloss just in my pout area. 

Method:

1) Boil 1 sheet at a time in an open kadhai (vessel/wok) for 15 mins.

2) Saute the vegetables with garlic making sure that the vegetables remain crisp. Add some salt and mixed herbs.

     This was my first purchase from this brand. I actually bought it from a blog sale. The swatch of it looked like a really pretty wine shade. But when I applied it it was no where close to it :(....LOL...Story of my life ;). Moving on, I would describe this shade as pinky purple (mauve). It comes in the signature black tubing which I personally felt was on the filmsy cheap feeling side. The lipstick has a strange smell which I can best describe as 'soapy'. I love the texture and the pigmentation it provides but the taste was a little weird (read soapy :D). Price is Rs. 395/- (buying it online you can get it for as cheap as 150/-).

     All in all, I personally did not like the shade on me as I felt it was too dark and has a bluish tinge (Dimps said that it made me look old :o). But yes given the texture and pigmentation I would like to try out other shades from the brand. NYX is available in India at Health and Glow but my advice would be to buy it online as you will get more choices and for a lesser price. Try out porkdaisy.com.

The exact shade is not being picked up by the camera. The color is more bluish.

Would you buy it again? - Nope

Would you recommend it to your friend? - The shade - No. The brand - Yes. 

Method:

1) Leaving the last two ingredients, put the remaining in a processor and make a thick paste.

2) Add in the butter and cheese.

3) When making pasta add some warm water to this sauce and mix in the boiled pasta. 

     How many of you exclude powder from your makeup? Feel cakey due to it? Sits heavily on  your skin? Does not match your skin tone properly? Well I would say yes to all of it. This is one step I have never used coz all of the above and you want to know something funny and ironical? I sweat more when I put powder on my face! Yes I know, majorly weird right? But I get like beads of sweat especially over my upper lip if I ever put on powder so have always avoided this step. Why the heck am I reviewing this product then? LOL...coz it changed my perspective :-).

     This is a light weight transparent finishing powder that sits well on your skin. It finishes your makeup beautifully. I cant comment about how it would be for people with extremely oily skin but I have combination skin and have not experienced any issues with this. Since it is transparent you don't have to worry about it not matching your skin or causing you to look "cakey" but yes a word to the wise - apply it sparingly. If you go heavy handed with it you will appear "ashy" and then it will end up sitting heavily in your lines. I learned from experience :-) . I kinda went gung-ho with it and it ended up sitting heavily on me especially under my eyes and made me look like I had huge bags! Not a pretty sight. But apart from that this has been one powder over the years which has prevented me from sweating. And for me that is saying something :D. If you are not comfortable with the loose powder format then a compact version of it is also available. Price is Rs. 1280/- for 9gms of product (does not contain an applicator). A thumbs from me.





Would you buy it again? - I definitely like the product. I would like to try the compact version when I'm done with this one to see if it is more manageable.

Would you recommend it to your friend? - Yes I would.