Five Favorites: Makeup July

As much as I LOVE trying new products I love turning back to my favorites. For the month of July I have been really enjoying light yet dewey make up with just the basics.

L'Oreal True Match Lumi Healthy Luminous Foundation

I have combination skin and I pick dewey over matte any day. The True Match Lumi foundation is perfect covers just enough. It is easy blend with a brush, beauty blender or simply just using your hands. 

   

theBalm Mary-Lou Manizer AKA The Luminizer  Along with the dewey foundation I like to use this highlighter by theBalm to brighten up my cheek bones, brow bones and inner corner. This highlighter is perfect a great balance of shimmer and the consistency is buttery smooth. 

L'Oreal Paris Voluminous Smoldering Eyeliner- Black Black eyeliner is an essential for every season! This one is easy to use to tight line, waterline and also the lash line. The smoldering Eyeliner is creamy, bold and easy to work with. Did I mention this eyeliner lasts forever, I have had it for about 6 months and it works just the same.

  Buxom Amplified Lash Mascara This mascara is the coolest mascara! The wand actually expands and compacts so you can have a volumizing and  lengthening mascara all in one! I usually stick to drug store mascara but this one came with a set and was absolutely worth it.

Hard Candy Fox In A Box-Spicy & Sweet I have heard so many girls rave about Fox in a Box when Hard Candy first came out. I had to give it a try so I picked up this box blush and it truly is the perfect blush for summer time. Just light enough to give some color and sheen but enough to notice. 

I hope you're all having a great summer!  Keeep Breathing! 

Thanks for reading! 

-Dhara P

Benefits of Rosewater

My skin has been looking dull lately, but I was tired of trying toners that would dry it out. I was talking to a friend and she recommended I use Rosewater.

So I decided to do some research, and  this is what I found:

• Rosewater is one of the oldest holy grails in skin care. 
• It is rich in vitamins A, C, D, E & B3. 
• It can be used as a  brightening toner.
• It can also be used as a hair conditioner. 
• And it smells GREAT.

So now all I had to do was to look for it.

I looked online and found one made by Josie Maran and another made by Jurlique.

The Rosey Mist- Refreshing Rose Water by Josie Maran ingredients- Rosa Damascena Flower (Rose) Oil, Purified Water (Aqua), Sodium Benzoate, Gluconolactone, Polysorbate-20, Red 40 (CI#16035) (*Organic, **Natural)

Rosewater Balancing Mist by Jurlique ingredients- Water, Alcohol, Althaea Officinalis (Marshmallow) Root Extract, Rosa Gallica (Rose) Flower Extract, PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Fragrance (Parfum)*, Sodium Hydroxymethylglycinate, Lactic Acid, Polysorbate-20, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Seed Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Geraniol*, Linalool*, Citronellol*, Eugenol*, Benzyl Benzoate.* *From Natural Essential Oil (Rose - Rosa Centifolia & Rosa Damascena).

I decided to go to a local store and see what other options they had and found a 8.25 oz bottle for about 3 dollars.

Hopefully this will hydrate and brighten my skin! I will keep you guys updated! 

Thanks for reading!

-Dhara P

Starting Over.

So it's time to get serious and start blogging once again!

It's finally feeling like summer and I want to soak in all the sun I possibly can.  Four years ago college seemed like a long journey and now I have my degree... The biggest question I have to answer is NOW WHAT?

I guess we'll just have wait and see!


My first goal is to blog all the time. It feels like a daily diary and would be interesting to see look back and see what I was doing a year from now.