I don't have a job. I am stuck in a place that is the makeup lover's paradise - but I don't know much about makeup either. I am just a simple stay-at-home wife - first time in phoren. Who am I talking about? Me, of course :D (Not that I am anywhere abroad right now, in Bengaluru I stay, but this is from some time back.) I was just cleaning up some things today, and I found some really old makeup I had picked up the last time I was in US or Canada - don't even remember where I picked these up from!
I picked up Maybelline because that and L'Oreal were the only two brands I knew of :P That's one reason. The other reason I picked it up was I kept reading this term "mineral foundation" everywhere, and this had a whole range of it. Seemed like I was in heaven! The foundation came with a brush, so it seemed like the most perfect thing ever created. Honestly, though, I still think the foundation and the powder are quite nice. I didn't pick up the correct shade, so if I put on a little more it tends to look ashy, but otherwise, it never caused any pesky pimples and made my face look a bit more presentable. To this day, Maybelline would be my pick if ever stuck in a drug store :D
I had to share another other pic here. I don't think this product is even made any more. Almay Pure Blends Foundation - no prizes for guessing why I found this fascinating. It had a brush and a gadgety looking packaging :D :D It has these little shimmering/illuminating particles in it that gave a little brightness to the face. I loved it!
This one is special for Farha - the blush with the brush :D :D :D Physicians Formula Talc-Free Mineral Wear blush.
I know a lot of you are falling off beds laughing at what I had to go to "phoren" to buy, but I really didn't know anything about makeup. The last time I went abroad, I didn't even know there was a Sephora very near to where I stayed - nor did I know what "Sephora" was :P :P
Today, I have a job, I read a lot of makeup blogs, so I tend to splurge on high-end brands and have grown to like the quality they provide, but I will always have a special place for my very first mineral foundation :D Plus, my ignorance about brands isn't any better. So what are your favorite drugstore brands from India or abroad? No MAC/Clinique suggestions please - I know a MAC is not a Chanel, but it still is not a drugstore brand :)
Rads!!!!! LOL!!! LOLLLLL!!!!! Oh myy gawwwwwwddddddd!!!! I want to puulll ur cheeks!!!!! lol!!!!
ReplyDeleteWaise i hav heard a looottttttt abt ELF..is soo wanna try it..and yeah i also want to try that BIO oil..bee and aarthi were praising it..aarthi has done a review on her blog...and is burts bees considered a drug store brand..my frien has picked up stuff for me by burts bees..but i m yet to lay my hands on them as i told u...
ReplyDeleteU knw if i wud hav been in ur place ..i wud hav pickd these thngs...hehehe speccially that gadgety shimmery thng!!!
ReplyDeleteU hav tried UD 24X7 eyepencils kya...they rrrr awesuuummm..i no u dnt want name of thse brands but...i m in loveee with them!!!!
ReplyDeleteYaaaI also want to try Burt Bees..if that cherry culture sold it I would have happily bought also :D :D I didnt know annnything Farha..like it's so funny now if I think of it..not that I know everything now..but still :D :D
ReplyDeletei had asked her to pick a night cream,lip balms and some blemish stick frm burts bees...hehehe do u remmber Rati's EOS lip balm..me want to try that!!!
ReplyDeleteHehehe me too anda lip balm...heyyy check mail naaa..me sent chotu mail to you :P
ReplyDeletechecked...replied..blush...
ReplyDeleteOhoooo...kya blush blush...I have a blush also..I forgot to post that photo..omg..some other time ...it's so cute...and naaa..that also I picked cos it has a brush with it :|
ReplyDeleteY uuu being lazyyyy..post that photo na...and yeah me liking BBW products also..speecially their sanitisers...they smeell heavenly and it lasts for ages!!!
ReplyDeleteU knw i had made hubby order that EOS lip balm..but the shipper didnt ship it...it was my 1st onl;ine purchase..needless to say i havent tried ol shopping after that!!!
ReplyDeletehe he he he he..nice post Rads...Well..When I have loadssssssss of drugstore brands that I love in my list - Catrice, essence, NYC, NYX, Elf, Revlon, Chambor, Borjouis, Almay .. I have Almay's eye makeup remover pads..khikhi..and hmm hmm..lemme think...Lakme!! :P :P ...ok you know that.. :D :D :D :D
ReplyDeleteradssss :* :* :* :* .. hehehhee .. last line is my fav -
ReplyDelete"No MAC/Clinique suggestions please - I know a MAC is not a Chanel, but it still is not a drugstore brand :)"
freaks me out when people go MAC this and MAC that at the slightest point :P :P :P :P
btwayyyyyyy ...
ReplyDeletei am saving up to buy 'CHANEL' anything ... like anything ...
u tho have made me too much in awe of the brand .. so fianlly 'always no money' naina will have a chanel ..
:happydance: :happydance: :happydance:
Nainnaaa...me wants Pooja's Chanel bag :(
ReplyDeleteOhhhhh!!! and Lady Dior bag!!!!
ReplyDelete:P :P :P...and why r u cleaning ???????
ReplyDeletegud quesstnnnn peereeyyaaaa
ReplyDeletehehehe...and i actually love preeeeyaaaaa :| :D
ReplyDeleteCali - I know you have an awesome list! Is nice naaa you could try out so many things when you went onsite :) :) You know I keep thinking if I ever go to Germany first thing I will search out is this Catrice :D
ReplyDeleteNainaaaaaaaaaa - Me too want that bag :| :| We'll share...6 months you keep...6 months me...so we can pool money and buy :D :D
Peeerrreeeeeeeeeeeyaaa...me cleaning cos me have soooo many Chanels naaa...no place to keep them...grrrr :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank:
ohh...dont clean...send to me...we can share...half chanel to you..half to me ;)
ReplyDeleteI hereby declare any sharing is to be done with me only...smug
ReplyDeletefarha *spank* *spank* *spank* - chalo lets all 3 share together...waise it was my idea of sharing right :P
ReplyDeleteno attention to the fact that i will buy a chanel .. i hate allll of youuuu .. gibbbb me some attention :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P
ReplyDelete:| :| why is it that I get such friends only???
ReplyDeletenainaaaa...u will also share chanel :D :D
ReplyDeleteyessssssssssssss :((
ReplyDeletei want chanel and i want mac and i want clinique and i want all nice things .... me keep money aside to splurge on these brands when i go out of my khatara city and in the mean time i see clothes and shoes and back to square one :| :| :| :|
high time i get nice nice stuff.. me feels like ganwaar in front of all of you :| :| :|
Nainnaaaa spank spank...i commented on ur Chanel..grr...waise u get no.5 me and rads and rati have it..buhaahahahahaha
ReplyDeleteoyeeeeeee u no gawaarrrr u knw abt clothes and shoes and bags...bettr than ene of us!!!
ReplyDeletefarhaaa...spank...u already have chanel.....grrrrrrr...sharing cancelled
ReplyDeleteOkay..pereeeeyyyaaa we 3 will share deal!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat is happening here???? Ebbberryyyybody refresh page...see something specialllll for Farha :P :P
ReplyDeletepeereeeyyyaaa bus perrfume hai na..not like rads..chanel khazaana!!!
ReplyDeleteyesssssssss pereeeyaaaaa .. we will throw farha out .. she has chanel something naa..
ReplyDeletewe will share :angel: :angel: :angel:
roflllllllll
ReplyDeletefarhhaaaa u look for a courier wala bf in delhii noo .. so we can collect rati's parcels :)) :)) :))
ReplyDeleteOh Rads, I also grew used to the high end quality but doesnt mean i still dont buy drug store products :D
ReplyDeleteI love most anywhere in the world is for makeup Maxfactor, Boujoius, Benefit this are just i could buy the whole counter thing :D For skin care i stick to Vichy,Avene and La Roche Posay that are really great :)
radsssss the blush is sooo cute ... looks like some golu molu animal with bushy bushy tail :D :D :D :D :D
ReplyDeleteI bought MF blush naaa after reading your review, Deb..I love it. Never tried Bourjois..oh I have their eyeshadow..but that's about it. Everyone says they are very good...like a more affordable Chanel kinds :) :) Me no try all those skincare brands you mentioned...I always go stare at Vichy counter.and come back home.
ReplyDeleteBtw you know...yesterday i found those clock wala pendants Rati been flaunting around here near home hyd *dances* \0/ \\0 0// :D
ReplyDeleteNow WEEEE ALLLL CANNN HAVEEEEE ALSOOOO POUTMATI :P go to Ayesha wala store na :D
DEBBBBBBBBBBBBB sachiiii...oh wowwwwwwwwwwwww...poor Rati..she is going to cry when she hears this!
ReplyDelete.... that blush also looks like my hair colored red :|
ReplyDeleteLollll, no issues i also no buyyy everything from them cause i love diversity :D
ReplyDeleteBut see my face wash is Vichy, have spot treatment of Clinique, moisturizer and toner are Lancome...Ohhh i wish i have everything Lancome ^^
hehehe RADssssssssssss!!!!! muaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!! btw u know how that blush brush luuks..sum old ppl na put heena on their hair/beard to color na..it luks like that color only!!!lol!!! but iss cute me likeessssss...u have used it kya kabhi???
ReplyDeleteNainaaa...hehehe my SIL stays in Delhi..she o utltra horrible like us only...we can hire her!!
ReplyDeleteI have never used that old ppl brush...grrr...I very smart...I opened dhakkan..used finger...u see ...me don't have brush sets also :D :D :D Me very villager :D
ReplyDeleteYes yes we hire horrible ppls...
ReplyDeleteRads..u knw i had bought the TBS waala blush brush..but me like to use their mineral foundation brush for blush alsooo...is sooo cute...u have that one kya????
ReplyDeleteI got the foundation brush..is so soft naaa...It's too big no for blush though..I have not tried till now..I wanted to buy the chotu brush too..is sooo cute :D
ReplyDeletehehehe the day i got it hubby was like 1400 ka brush!!! and i told him very knowleadgebly..is kabuki...hehehe
ReplyDeleteI got 10% off TBS member...then 300 ka voucher...so was thoda cheaper :D
ReplyDeletehehehe...me also got membership discount
ReplyDeleteOhh that is a crazy looking brush :D though the pot and it look like something out of sesame street show... =* i like :D
ReplyDeleteOhhhh TBS will break me one of these days, I got kabuki wala also :D I was planing getting al things MAC(brushes) but went here in that HyperCity one and there no brushes I wanted...so I went to MAC online everything more than 30 pounds...so i bunked office yesterday took hubby to go to TBS and put this brush need out of its misery :D
Btw...Now i need a brush roll..where to get? =/
ReplyDeleteNo idea about brush roll, Deb. I don't have one..and I don't have that many brushes either to need a brush roll :( So what brushes did you get from TBS? Apart from the cute Kabuki :D
ReplyDeletebwahahahahhahahahah radhikka.. :P :P I think i like a lot fo stuff from colorbar, lotus and lakme. lakme - some of their lispticks, 9-5 eye liners, nail paints (they chip like hell bt i like the shades) , sindoor,
ReplyDeletecolrobat- eye pencils, lip pencil, nail paints,
lotus- nail paints, lipsticks
maybelline - lipsticks, eye makeup remover, lip balm,
Loreal- never gave it a try :|
Heheheee..me like the Lotus NPs, Lakme Sindoor...lipsticks tho now I should try and see if they are any good..but liked their palette :D
ReplyDeleteRads
why you commenting anon on your own blog. :P :P
ReplyDeleteRAds.....I fell laughing off bed..........next time you go to US...take me with you....I will do the shopping with you......:))
ReplyDeletethis one is so cute....Physicians Formula Talc-Free Mineral Wear blush.
I wasn't logged in :P :P :P Jomolayyyyyyyyyyy you were in hospital? Me was wonderinggg whyyy?? I gift you this blush ..:D
ReplyDeleteI will be going to China next Jomol..so you can come with me :D :D :D
ReplyDeleteheyyyy bhagwaannn !!!! jomol was not in hospital.. i am going to hyderabad .. :| :| :| for check up :| :| :| :| :|
ReplyDeletejomol is poora healthy *touchwood*
leaving aside her sniff sniff durr durrr
Maybelline...me loveee the brand...n colorbar,lotus too..
ReplyDeleteNainaaa...:P :P Nooooo Jomolayy in hospital for checkup cos she have another Aarohan :P :P :P :P Me like that story better :D
ReplyDeleteBhumika - I never get to try anything from Colorbar..wanted to try the eyeliner everyone keeps raving about :(
I own only drugstore brands (no not even MAC!) adn that too I have tried only Maybelline and Lakme mostly! (read very less makeup so less number of brands :D)
ReplyDeleteAnd even I am the kind of person who falls for nice or different looking things :)
hehehheheeee... yessssss.... me too likes that better :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
ReplyDeleteMaha - for a very long time the only Mac I knew was the one that makes Ipods :D :D :D
ReplyDeleteNot makes - but related kinds :D
ReplyDeletehahhahahaahahaa .. radsss .. u so phunnyyyy :D :D :D
ReplyDeleteI know! Me too went through the same phase :D
ReplyDeleteDoes Oriflame qualify as a drugstore brand??? Whatever I have tried so far, I have ot been disappointed... and then there is lakme... i keep going back to it... for skincare, I have recently fell in love with lotus though!
ReplyDeleteso, what are ur fav ones?
I only own drugstore products... only 1 MAC thing and that is also badddd :((
ReplyDeleteI want to badly try the burjois foundation- heard a lot about them :D
i just came to know they pronounce it as "bur- juu- aaa" heheheheh- me so anpadh!!!
Bee...fortunately for me I heard someone say that before I went around saying borjoice :P :P Don't you get Bourjois near your place? I read somewhere that MF stopped selling at the US stores..so was wondering if it's that way with Bourjois too..
ReplyDeleteAnks - Right now, I like Loreal - but in India I think they are way too pricey..and I love Max Factor. I wanted to try NYX, but again, it's just too costly in India. Maybe if I order online will try it some time..
ReplyDeleteOh RAds i make list na what all i got :D
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*M&S*
1 choti EDT 'Perfection'
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*Faces*
I-shine eye shadow quartet
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*QVS*
10 long nail file shapers
Nail pencil French white
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*Lifestyle*
2 Ginger toiletries bag(purple,mustard)
1 Polka dot toiletry bag(that i didnt know came with 5 choti betis inside, like matryoshka :D )
1 bracelet
3 pairs of ear rings :D
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*TBS*
1 blush brush
1 kabuki brush
1 slanted brush
2 eyeshadow brushes
1 smudger brush
1 line softner brush
1 powder brush
1 concealer brush
1 cheek colour
1 sheer lipstick
1 rain forest conditioner
1 hand cream
Ohhh and
1 Maca Face scrub for hubby
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Come to think of it...was quite too much :| but
still i wanted a MAC Air book but was out of stock :D
You want a MAC Air???????????? I hate you..why do you want one..grrr..and such a long list..hehehee polka bag with babies :D
ReplyDeleteHa re its so awesomely awesome cute, sexy and did i say awesome?? :D
ReplyDeleteOnce u start getting Apple stuff it gets addictive..they called the other stores but didn't have any in the city :'(
I knowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...I have been dreaming of one ever since I saw one on their site :(( But then it works only on wifi naaa...I don't know the proper terms..but you cannot connect it to internet directly, can you? I use wifi only with my laptop, never directly, but I just feel they should have had that option...or does it have something like that?
ReplyDeleteMore than me laughed I felt this was such a cute post :)
ReplyDelete:) :) U find me in phoren cute :P :P
ReplyDeletethis is such a cute post, me even after reading so many blogs, get blank whenever i go onsite, i just dont know what to buy, even if i make a list, i end up buying everything else except the one's noted
ReplyDeleteYes Rads, its wi-fi only but so is the iPad and you manage perfectly..after you get used you will see no constraints :) Also hubby told me it seems you can get an adapter and use the wire connection but i am no geek and dont want for all the functionalities more than cause of how soooooooo frigging adorable it looks :D
ReplyDeleteRentu - I think we all go blank when we see makeup :D :D :D
ReplyDeleteDeb - Oh that's nice then. The option of an adapter..I love the Air..it's so sleek..I also love IPad..that is also so sleek...I can keep loving both of them, I am not get anything :|