Month: January 2013

Why i don’t do Haul Posts anymore.

Deepika
First of all, sorry about being MIA. My internet connection, health and my work had completely messed up my life in the past few days. But that being said, I watched Les Miserables, went to the newly opened Pheonix Mall in Chennai (post on that coming up!) and slept, slept and slept.Coming back to today’s post, let’s just say, I haven’t written this to offend anyone or pinpoint anything. Many of you might agree with me and many of you might not and find my reasoning silly but it is purely my opinion. I felt I had to do this post to tell those of you who had asked me to do haul posts in the feedback form why I don’t do them anymore.

First of all, I USED to do haul posts with just one intent- to show my readers the things I bought and if there is anything from that they want to buy and are waiting for a review, to let me know that and nothing more. People took this in another way. I used to get sarcastic and indirect comments on what a show off I was.

A picture from one of my previous haul posts

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Garnier Skin Naturals BB Cream Miracle Skin Perfector: Review

Deepika
If a fairy comes in front of me she would definitely break her wand listening to my long list of wishes. Well, what’s better than asking for the wishes is buying the Garnier BB Cream and reading the claims and ticking off each wish of mine with happiness that I finally found a miracle product! But did it work for me? Now that’s a question that I have an answer for, longer than my wishlist! 😛

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Swatch Attack!: 12 Maybelline Super Stay 14 Hour Lipsticks

Deepika
Finally the Maybelline Super Stay 14 Hour Lipsticks are here in counters in Chennai! Phew! It is a pretty good collection in terms of colors with a mix of reds, maroons, a coral and a few everyday wear shades.
What Maybelline says about their Super Stay 14 Hour Lipstick: 
Meet the 14HR lipstick that won’t weigh you down. Super rich color with super staying power. No dragging. No drying. No letdowns at all.
 

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Stay Safe

Kirthi Jayakumar

A few months ago, a young girl left a Bar in Guwahati. A gang of 18 men set on her, dragged her onto the road by her hair, ripped off her clothes, yanked up her vest and tugged at her bra, and molested her. She was crying for help from the passing cars all the while. They were laughing and smiling, staring into the several cameras that filmed them. One of those cameras belonged to a News Channel’s reporter and camera man.

Welcome to India: the country where a woman can be a president, but must fear for her safety; the country where women are beatified in its mythological lore but abhorred and abused in society; the country where no lofty panegyric is spared in proposing causes for empowering women but where women fight for a place in society; the country where news channels have women as reporters and shows devoted to women’s rights, but – devoid of any compunction – film the molestation of a woman just to add to the sensational value of the case; the country where men may frequent pubs, but the moment a woman does, she becomes a prostitute.

Welcome to India: the fourth worst country in the world, to be a woman.

And all this, right in a place that boasts of an exhibit in a museum that etches Mahatma Gandhi’s words (circa 1921), stating thus: Of all the evils for which man has made himself responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking or so brutal as his abuse of the better half of humanity; the female sex.

It has been a long-standing thing in my mind: to be able to spread a note on safety, to every woman I know. What I’ve done here is to put together a simple two-fold plan for your safety.

The Safety Kit

Here’s a list of things you MUST have in your bag.