I ombre'd my hair!

This is old news...I ombre'd my hair about 2 months ago! I bought all the supplies from Sally's beauty and did it in 2 hours. 

Skin care saviors!

I've always loved tea tree oil. I first came to know about tea tree oil when I was in 9th grade and did so by visiting The Body Shop. You know that entire tea tree oil line that Body Shop does...been around for ages. I've come a long way since that. Since the last 8 years or so, I've been investing in pure tea tree essential oil. I apply it to pimples, scars, etc. and find the effects to be much more powerful. I've also been using lavender oil and rosemary oil as well. I use these oils in my hair too. As a skin-care item, I add few drops of the tea tree and rosemary oils to my palm and add a healthy squirt of jojoba oil. I use this concoction to moisturize my face and it has a guaranteed no-breakout result. I'll also use the same mixture to deep cleanse my face using a hot washcloth. Jojoba oil is a wondrous oil, especially for oily skin. Oftentimes I'll notice that high-end face serums and oils list jojoba oil as its main ingredient. So why not buy a whole bottle and mix it with other essential oils to make your own elixir?

I've also recently been using Dickinson's Witch Hazel toner. I used to use this way back when but then sort of got off the toner bandwagon. But now I'm on it again and I can't imagine my skin-care routine without this. I saturate a cottonball with it and rub it over my entire face. It feels soothing, cleansing and gives a pore-tightening feeling (as mentioned on the bottle).

My new favorite fragrance: The Body Shop Honeymania EDT

 I can't really describe the smell. It smells like flowery honey. I just love it and can't get enough of it. Have to pick up the body butter next!

Battle of the black eyeliner: Which one is blackest of them all?

So I decided to swatch all my black eyeliners (pencil) and see which one of them is the blackest and most smudge-proof. 

 The contenders (From top to bottom):

1)MAC Kohl power eye pencil in Feline ($16)

2)Maybelline Colossal Kajal in Black ($8)

3)NYX Slide on Glide on eyeliner in Jet Black ($8)

4)Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner in Zero ($19)

From Left to Right: MAC Feline, Maybelline Colossal Kajal, NYX Slide on Glide on pencil in Jet Black, Urban Decay 24/7 in Zero

I wanna say MAC Feline and Maybelline Colossal Kajal are pretty similar as in they are both rich, sort of glossy blacks. NYX Slide on Glide on pencil is very similar in texture to the Urban Decay 24/7 pencil. I don't own the Urban Decay 24/7 in Perversion which is even blacker than the original Zero. 

 Also, all of them are in pencil form and the Maybelline Colossal Kajal is a retractable liner.

 I decided to pour some makeup cleansing oil on the liners to see which ones ran off first.

 MAC Feline went off the fastest. It is a kohl pencil that makes absolutely no claims of being waterproof. NYX Slide on Glide on pencil did hold up pretty well and so did the Maybelline Colossal Kajal.

To sum it up, MAC Feline is the blackest of them all and NYX Slide on Glide on pencil held up best in the smudge test. My favorite at the moment however is the Maybelline Colossal Kajal as it is a rich black and smudge proof upto 6 hours (as it says on the packaging). However, MAC Feline being a non-waterproof eye kohl delivers the most sultry, smokey, smudgey eyeliner look (if thats what you are going for). If you apply an eyehshadow primer before using MAC Feline and set it with some translucent powder and re-apply throughout the day, it actually works pretty well. 

It's been so long!

Wow, I haven't been here in a while! Let's see what happened while I was gone...Breaking Bad ended and Dexter ended. The former definitely did it right with the final season, however Dexter's finale left something to be desired. I am still showing Breaking Bad withdrawal symptoms because the entire show was just that good. Anyway, besides TV shows, I have the dreaded GRE on Saturday, Nov 2, same day as Bangladesh Night (University of Texas at Dallas). I am taking part in two dances and a fashion show and although it may seem way beyond my time and stuff, doing extracurricular like this really keeps me motivated and happy. Oh, and today, I am going to dress up as Rosie the riveter for Halloween so I can get my $3 deal at Chipotle! Happy Halloween everybody!

My Halloween Costume: Rosie the Riveter!

This was an easy,  peasy costume that I threw together in less than an hour! I wore one of my hubby's shirts and took a piece of cloth, painted it red with white polka dots. I slapped on some black eyeliner and matte red lipstick (MAC Ruby Woo). The hair took the longest I guess. I teased the top portion of my hair and sprayed it down well and made sort of a pompadour. 

Eid Moo-barak!