Last week I introduced this product to you all along with my experiment. And as promised I'm here to post the results of my week 1 of regular application. Though it is technically too soon to notice visible results and I admit I cant see any new growth on the sparse areas. However I did find that my existing eyebrows appeared darker after 3 applications. By just looking at them I could not make out if it was due to them becoming thicker or  if there was new growth there. But by comparing the before and after pics it seems that they have thickened from before. I'm really keen to see how the end result would be and personally am happy with my 1st week results. But my main objective is to see some growth/coverage in the sparse areas coz that is what is really noticeable. 

     So what do you guys think? Can you see any difference between the two pics? Do let me know what is your opinion on the progress so far. Till next time - Take Care!

     I came across these in the Allure magazine beauty awards. They are strips made of real nail polish which can be applied easily to your nails for an instant nail makeover. Unfortunately they are not available in our country and till now I have not found a site from where I could purchase em online. They are offered in various ranges from animal prints to metallic to neon to glitter, etc. One box is good for one application and costs about $10. Some people even suggest that you use half a strip on your nail (provided you don't have extra long nails) and make the pack last longer. 

     The box includes 16 strips, a cuticle stick, a buffer and a mini file. I have included some links below from where you can check out some more pics of this product as well as videos to see how to apply them. In the main company link given below scroll towards the bottom and on the left hand side you will see a tutorial video link. Do check that out.  For someone like me who is nail-art challenge this is an instant fix which is just too awesome!

Youtube link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlf-cBTxCu0

     A while back Body Shop had launched their Honey Bronze collection which was limited edition. I was interested in it given its name. I saw some of the products that they had in their range and decided to pick up the brilliance powder. It had 2 shades on offer but I liked this on much better than the other coz I felt that it had more of a shimmer to it (I picked Shade 02 which is Copper Shimmer). Price is Rs. 1095/- for 5 gm of product. It comes with a decent brush which is kinda soft but can feel a little pokey at times. It gives one a nice dusting of copper colored shimmer which is ideal for highlighting. A small pat can impart a decent amount of shimmer to your skin once you get the product flowing. 

     Apart from the copper color I did not see anything which would kinda justify the name of the range for me for this product. What I liked what the beautiful shaded packaging and a retractable plastic piece which helps you to cover the bristles of the brush and make it more compact so that it can slip into the narrow lid easily. Once you slide on the cap you can click it into place so that it stays put. 

     I'm on a quest to find the best eyeshadow base the makeup world has to offer. I know that Urban Decay and Too Faced are considered hands down THE best but I want to continue my search and hope to unearth a treasure or two. A lot of times brand myopia causes us to miss out on some awesome products out there. So lets begin with everyone's favorite brand - MAC.

     I got this eye base from their Prep+Prime range (I think its the only one that they have but I'm not a 100% on that). It comes in this nice plastic jar which is quite thin and the signature speckled lid (same as the box shown below). The SA gave me a medium shade. It is creamy but sets to powder on the lid. Price - Rs  1000/- for 5gm of product. It is odor-free. I personally would say that it is ok. It is better than having no base at all but nothing to write home about.

     I'm sure a lot of you must have heard about this site before. It is a site till very recently featured only NYX products on discount and have just added L.A. Colors to their brand mix. Since I had heard so much about this site from so many blogs I wanted to give it a shot myself. I searched their site and came the NYX Grow Brow Serum and was really interested in the product. I did a quick search and found that a lot of people claimed that it worked. I grabbed that and picked out the NYX HD Studio Photographic Primer as well (I didn't want to just pick one product and pay the shipping charges and stuff).

     The serum costed $22.95 and the primer was for $12.95. The shipping option I chose was USPS First Class Mail International Package which was the cheapest at $7.90. The total cost of my package came upto $43.80 which I paid through my Paypal account and it came to about Rs 2,207.27/-. I placed my order on the 29th October and got a confirmation email stating that they had shipped my order the same day. I received my package on the 15th November which is a fairly decent period of delivery considering the fact that the package was sent from the US. I liked the site and have seen that usually they offer NYX for a better discount than some of the other sites. Plus they even offer reward points with every purchase. I racked up about 35 points for this purchase with a value of  $0.35 :p. Definitely my Go-To site for NYX products for now.

Would you purchase from this site again? - Yes!

Would you recommend it to your friend? - Yup!