All Things Blue

 Blue Flatlay featuring

St. D'vence Ocean Drop Body Wash

Retino - A Tretinoin Cream USP 0.025%

Alps Goodness French Green Clay

Nivea Frangipani Shower Gel

Beverly Hills Polo Club #2 Perfume

Maliao Intense Gel Kajal

Nail Dotting Tool

Insight Pore Minimizer Primer

Fresh Linen Candle

Spinz EDP in Bloom

Seven Seas Nail Polish Remover

SQ Nail Polish

NY Bae Nail Lacquer

IBA Halal Blue Lotus Perfume Oil

Jesse Mccarthy Wanted Perfume

Faces Ultime Pro Splash Nail Enamel

Kalobio Nail Enamel

Juice Long Stay Nail Enamel

Joy Tan Clear Salt Scrub

Eyeliner Inventory 2022

 Pen eyeliners 

Yanqina Eyeliner Pen

Easy to use and so affordable. Almost done with this one.

ADS 2 in 1 Star Printing Eyeliner Pen

More pigmented than the previous one. Good at this price

Maliao Perfect Slim Super Liner

0.8 gm

The most pigmented and the longest lasting one

Gel. Eyeliners 

ADS Cushion Gel Liner

2.8 gm

ADS Pro Eyeliner Gel and Powder

Liquid Eyeliners 

Insight Waterproof Eyeliner

Zovi Waterproof Eyeliner

Maybelline HyperGlossy Liquid Liner in Gold Nation

Kiss Beauty Sequins Liquid Glitter Eyeliner in #4

Kajal Inventory 2022

 

ADS Kajal

INR 15

Me Now Soft Eyeliner Pencil in White

INR 30

Maliao Intense Gel Kajal in Turquoise

Maliao Intense Gel Kajal in Blue

(Swatches order from top to bottom) 

Stay Quirky Badass Kajal

INR 99 for 0.25 gm

Wet n Wild Color Icon Kohl Eyeliner in Calling Your Buff

INR 195 for 1.4 gm

Miss Claire Glimmersticks in Tahitian Blue

INR 50 for 1.8 gm

and Feb Empties 2021

 Like I mentioned last time February's flew by so quickly that I didn't even post my empties. Here I am with empties from Jan & Feb

Alps Goodness Shea Butter Shower Gel

200 ml

Decent enough. I'm not digging the scent. Will probably be buying a different variant in future. 

Gram flour

500 gm

I'm a huge believer in the power of washing my face with gram flour ever since it helped control a bout of adult acne 10 years ago. Since then I've incorporated it into my skincare routine. Sometimes I wash my face with a mixture of gram flour and fuller's earth; other times I just like to use it on it's own. Either way I get through this quickly. Will be repurchasing forever. 

Tulips Cotton Pads 50 pieces

Since the past 6 months I've been using super soft flannels to cleanse my face instead of cotton & this pack of 50 cotton rounds lasted forever & a half for me. Pretty decent. 

NY Bae Nail Lacquer Remover

30 ml

Average nail polish remover. Nothing exciting. 

Fiama Shampoo 30 ml

Fiama Body Lotion 30 ml

Why are these not getting done with? God knows I've been using these a lot. Trying to get rid of all minis from hotels etc

February 

Liril Berry Blast Body Wash

250 ml

I hated this one. Smells super sweet & I constantly felt like I was lathering up with mixed fruit jam! Never again 

Good Vibes Havana Mango Hydrating Gel

Good Vibes Aloe Vera Gel

10 ml each

I'm so glad I had the sense to buy the smallest size available for these gels. They are okay, definitely not the best & I will not be repurchasing when I finally finish all of them. Why in hell did I buy so many! 

Alps Goodness Cucumber Soothing Face Mask

29 gm

I like to use a clay mask every other day in summer. Like all of Purplle's in house brands, these are pretty average. I like the fact that they have tiny sizes available. Even if you don't like the product you will not be stuck with it forever. 1 down, 3 more to go

Maliao Rose Gold Elixir Face Serum

15 ml

Where do I begin with this one? As you can probably tell, this is a dupe of Farsali Rose Gold Elixir. When have I ever not liked a dupe & so bought this immediately. Its a bright yellow oil with gold flakes (really? At 200 bucks!). This is one of my pet peeves - why use gold/silver flakes in skincare? I strongly believe that it will aggravate acne. I used this on my neck since it was too heavy for my face. Smells like oil with no discernable scent & it stains. Who would add colorants to a leave on skin product? Stay away. 

Fiama Body Lotion 30 ml

Random Hotel Body Lotion

Seemingly endless supply.

Discards

Profusion Eyeshadow Palette

Bought this ages ago & loved it initially. Haven't reached for it in a long time

Lip balm

Super waxy, does not moisturise & smells of castor oil. Into the bin. 

Makeup Inventory - Primers

At long last I've decided to finally inventory my makeup. This has been a long time in the making. Let's start with the primers. When I first started using primers 10 years back, they were an indespensible part of my routine. My oily skin simply loved it & my makeup stayed put for much, much longer. I started with the L'Oréal Base Magique one which was pretty much the only Primer available in India back then. While I loved the product I felt it was overpriced (like ALL L'Oréal products) at nearly a thousand bucks. After that I've used ELF Mineral Primer in Green which was also decent & tried the God-awful Nivea After Shave Lotion.

Now 10 years down the line, my skin is less oily & makeup seems to stay put without the use of primers. Consequently I use primers only for special occasions when I am wearing makeup for extended periods of time. Here are the ones I currently own.

ELF Mineral Face Primer in Clear

USD 5

Fairly decent quality. It's not the best but does an OK job.

Maliao Magic Perfecting Base Face Primer

INR 300 for 30 ml

I love this primer. It looks & feels so luxurious and performs like a BOSS. If I ever run out of primers this is the one I will be repurchasing.

SFR Color Primer in #120 Green

INR 99 for 30 ml

This is the worst primer I've ever used (not counting the Nivea one). Doesn't seem to do anything at all. Plus the green tint does not show & hence does not colour correct like it's meant to.

Ideal number of primers I would like in my stash - 1
(Including this just to track my progress in about a year's time)
Also Primers are on the No-Buy list since I have so many & don't use them nearly enough