Chasing a dream....chasing a dream,

Running down that long dark corridor,

Looking for the door, 

Hoping to turn that handle, 

Which will take me to that place... 

That place that I dream off....

Full of bright colors and sunshine,

Filled with unimaginable wonders and sweet sweet melody,

That place of my dreams...

I got stars in my eyes, 

and the whole world rose up to meet me, 

with the vision like a child. 

Yeah I got stars in my eyes, 

and the whole world was spinning slowly, 

‘cause they can’t keep up with me, me and my mind. 

- Goodluck

     Towards the end of February I got a package from the PR of Avon bearing their newly launched Anew Vitale range of products - the day cream and a face wash. Pretty pink pearlized packing the lovely mild floral scent had me looking forward to it. Since winters had recently ended back then my skin was going through a troubled phase. My forehead was quite dry and peeling...something very strange that I had not encountered before. My regular cream was not helping one bit and exfoliation would take care of the problem for a day or two at max. I generally have a combination skin but at times it swings in all directions so much that it is hard to keep track. To be on the safe side I preferred to stick to moisturizers. But as the saying goes it wasn't cutting the mustard for me (lol...I think there is a saying like that). Let's just take a quick look at the basics of this product before I get on with how it fared for me.

     The weather in Kolkata has been brutal to say the least. First we had a barely cold winter (and winters can get really cold out here...I'm talking fleece socks and night-suit kinda cold) and then the summers descended on us with a vengeance and right off the bat we were facing temperatures of 40 degrees! The amount of sweating that went on quickly discourages you from even considering to put on even a layer of makeup on your face and only the thinnest possible material would be tolerant enough. Remember when we were teenagers? How we could literally sleep in our favorite pairs of jeans? When questioned we would swear to the ends of the earth how they were the most comfortable thing ever? Summer?!? Scoff! How the heck does that matter and can come in between....

     One of the top most things in my shopping list for Singapore was to get my hands on as many nail paints as I could get! Acquiring makeup and such is still relatively easy these days but getting sites to ship you nail polishes is a major pain in the a$$! I really wanted to get some of the newly launched Sephora nail paints but unfortunately the store I went to was not carrying any...imagine that :( But that is not to say that I didn't manage to get a few. Nails Inc. does some wonderfully innovative stuff. I wanted to get these foil finish nail paints since some time especially those mirror like finish ones. Still searching for those but in the meantime lets take a look at these ones...