Lakme Absolute Salon - Review

Hello my lovelies,

 So I visited the Lakme Absolute Salon at Bandra to get a facial and I can't tell you how impressed I was. The Salon is very spacious and has a runway right in the middle so if you feel like a supermodel after your service you can strut your stuff too! The walls are full of beautiful black and white images shot backstage at Lakme Fashion Week.

My consultation started with a detailed skin analysis by their skin expert. Now this is great coz they actually use a camera to take pictures of your skin and then transfer them to the computer, after which their skin analysis software gives you a detailed description of the skin type and current condition. Then they will tailor make a facial which is best suited for your skin. So you don't just go in and get a regular facial you get exactly what your skin needs. :)

She told me my skin was oily but a bit dehydrated which was due to my hectic shooting schedule and a family wedding I'm guessing. So they recommended an Algae facial to hydrate my skin.

Their therapy rooms are nice and spacious and my therapist was amazing. The facial was so relaxing and after she was done she gave me a short neck and back massage which I am still blessing her for! The facial left my skin feeling as soft as a baby's bottom!  I am definitely going back to the salon very soon. I was very impressed with the Lakme Absolute Salon and when you visit I'm       sure you will be too!



                 




                    Check out all their services on their website .

Model Diary- A Day In My Life

People always think modelling is super fun and easy and most times it is but there are days like today when you have to be patient, calm, look great and then change 25 times!!! 

So my day started early coz my reporting time was 10am in Andheri . I arrived 10 minutes late and apologised to everyone coz I am usually early and I always respect people's time. Little did I know that the hairstylist is going to be 1 hour late & now I have been ready with hair and makeup for over an hour but not shooting. 

So after I was ready they told me to wait coz they wanted to shoot 14 changes with the other model first and here I am waiting for over an hour! It's 1.30 in the afternoon and I haven't even started shooting !!! And guess what! When I start I have 25 changes coz this is a catalog shoot!!! 

So as you can see most days in the life of a model have no trace of Glamour and fun ! I'm going back to editing videos on my laptop now since I have the time  :)

The Bridal Beauty Survival Kit For Estylista.com

Every bride doesn't want to just look her best on her wedding day, she wants flawless skin, shiny hair , Deepika Padukone's outfits  and Kate Upton's body too! And somehow just on that day you skin,body and hair turn out to be your biggest enemies. But don't worry ladies I have put together a "Bridal Beauty Survival Kit" thats going to help you fight  all your enemies and look like a princess on your wedding day.

So here's what you need...

• Cotton Buds-  Most brides cry and smudge they mascara and kajal and end up looking like their groom has given them a black eye! Ok now this may sound grosse but it works better than any  makeup remover in the world. Take a cotton bud and dab the end in your spit and just wipe the area you need to clean and voila you have mascara free skin!
• Flutivate Gel-  Getting a zit just before the wedding is every brides worst nightmare. Use this gel over the zit 3 times a day and it will magically disappear. This is easily available at any chemist but you might want to check with your doctor before using it if you have sensitive skin.
• Beer- Don't worry I'm not trying to get you drunk! Beer is great for your hair and if you want nice shiny and smooth hair just rinse your hair with beer the night before the wedding.
• Potatoes- If you have dark circles just take a potato and stick it in the freezer and then slice it and put it on your eyes. This really works!!!
• Carmex lip balm- Use carmex lip balm for 2 days before the wedding and you will have lovely soft moist lips. The reason I recommend it is coz its meant for really cold weather and is quite heavy duty and effective as compared to other lip balms.
• Swiss Army Knife- Every bride needs one of these!!! its got a nail file so you don't need to worry about chipped nails, a tweezer to get that one patch of hair your waxing lady missed, a scissor to cut off loose threads or labels from your designer outfit and a toothpick so you never have food stuck between your teeth.
• Spanx- If you want to look like a supermodel in a lengha then you need something thats going to shape you up. Every celebrity wears spanx under their designer threads to look their best so why shouldn't you?
• Green Tea- Its calming,sliming and will help you detox after you have eaten a 100 laddus! 

So ladies this is my bridal beauty survival kit. I hope all you bridezillas turn into princesses with all my wedding essentials.

 Watch me Here as I get ready for a big fat Indian wedding !!! 

Read the post on Estylista.com and see where you can buy the bridal must haves too!

My New Youtube Channel!!!

I am really excited to tell you all that I have launched my second YouTube channel called Scherezade Shroff ! This channel will have a lot of fashion & beauty videos, makeup & hair tutorials and loads of madness. I will be shooting a lot of these videos myself and editing them too so be kind if they aren't as good as the ones on my other channel Fashion Tube ;) I just wanted to have another channel that I could do crazy stuff on which is why I thought of launching one more. And guess what!!! The first video is a huge giveaway by Maybelline!!! I will pick 10 lucky winners so go watch the video, comment, like it and subscribe to the channel!

XOXO

Accessorize's Autumn/Winter Campaign With Tamsin Egerton

Hi my lovelies!!! 

As you all know, I love my accessories and what better store for them than Accessorize? I absolutely love the current campaign of Accessorize which includes winged handheld totes, slouchy oversized clutches and chic colour-blocked hobos – and exaggerated heirloom style jewellery adorning the face of the 2013 autumn/winter campaign - Tamsin Egerton. Tamsin is an English actress and model, rumoured to be dating Josh Hartnett (sigh!). She is best known for her roles as Chelsea Parker in the 2007 film St Trinian’s, Holly Goodfellow in Keeping Mum, and Guinevere in the 2011 TV series Camelot, and most recently she played Fiona Richmond in the film ‘The Look of Love’. The campaign, shot by Ben Weller who in his kitty, has shot for Vogue around the world, and styled by Naomi Miller, former Harper Bazaar’s stylist has new look studio shots for the for the brand, all styled with a clean, sharp edge. A London-girl-about-town feel is seen with Egerton carrying the season’s most coveted bags.

 The campaign moves on to reach out to the brand’s more grown-up styling for October, with Egerton showcasing fashion-forward day clutches and look-at-me jewels. November sees the actress transformed into a street-savvy stylista with on-trend boyfriend beanies and statement knitted scarves.  

December delivers the brand’s Christmas shots, with Egerton embracing the famous glitzy side of Accessorize; think endlessly sparkling gemstones and heavily embellished clutches; picture perfect for the up and coming party season.  In fact Tamsin is quite experimental with her style and says that she gets bored doing the same look over and over again. Her style is flouncy, girly one moment and masculine and structured the next. (Just like me, tee hee). I can’t wait to try her fave pieces from the collection which are the gold & black bracelets (that I’d love to add to my usual stack on my hand) the gold rings as you could mix and match as many or a little as you like to create different looks. The rings actually work really well together with the bracelets.

The coming party season means lots of new looks to try and lots of accessories to flaunt. Accessorize’s new campaign has definitely caught my eye and would probably be my one-stop-shop for the party season’s jewelry shopping. Has it made it to yours yet?

My New Asos Mang Tikka

A couple of months ago I ordered two lovely mang tikkas from Asos.com and I can't tell you how much I love them!!!! For those of you who don't know what a mang tikka is, it is a piece of jewellery that you wear in the middle of your head when you part your hair. It use to be a typical Indian piece of jewellery that women wore with a sari or a lengha but now the mang tikka has gone global ! Just think about it, I am an Indian who lives in Mumbai and I have ordered an tikka from England off Asos! Its not like you can't get tikkas here but the ones on Asos are really cool with floral designs and spikes which I honestly haven't seen here.

So I finally wore my new tikka to the ASMALLWORLD  launch party at Bungalow 8! What do think?

I teamed my tikka with a floral maxi from Sarojini Nagar, Delhi and Lisa Jackal wedges.

Me and my tikka on Vogue India's Instagram !

Bloggers Day Out At Lancôme

       Lancôme invited a bunch of bloggers to their store at Phoenix Mills to introduce us  to their additions Teint Visionnaire, a skin transforming foundation and Visionnaire Yeux, their ultimate advanced eye contour corrector. It was a lovely event with pampering rituals, an introduction to their new products and a personalised make up session with Chirag. Their skin experts also sat me down and analysed my skin and asked me about my skincare regime to which I replied " Im really lazy and I use nothing." Hehe at least I was being honest.  So she recommended some products and gave me samples to try as well. 
     I never knew they had a ritual room at the store and I think most of you will find this information quite interesting. So you can walk into the store they will  give you a consult and ritual so you can experience the product first hand and see if it works for your skin. I think this is great coz a lot of us buy really expensive skin care products without really making sure if they are right for our skin type or are right for the place you live in. So this is a great way to make sure your buying the right product, just try some and then walk around the mall for a few hours and see how your skin takes to it.

   And after all this they gave me a lovely goodie bag too!!! Can't wait to try all my new Lancôme products !!!!

The Lancôme team avec moi 

My goodie bag !

The contents of my goodie bag.

I want all!!!!!

Maybelline Color Show - Review

 I have been dying to try the new Maybelline Color Show kit and review it. I was waiting to go to the salon and get my nails done  coz I'm terrible at painting my own nails but I just haven't had the time. This morning I saw the kit lying on my dressing table and I had some free time so I decided to give it a shot. And heres what I did ...

So I started with the color show shade Hooked-on-Pink no 212.  The nail paint was thin and easy to apply even for a terrible painter like myself. It dried sooooooooooooo fast even after two coats. I must say I love the poppy pink shade, its really vibrant and bright.

Next step is the nail art, which I have only tried professionally at nail studios. Maybelline makes it really easy with these cute nail stickers. On my sticker sheet I had bows, ties, moustaches and hats. I am currently obsessed with muchis so I choose the green moustache sticker. Unfortunately the bright green looked like black coz it was on pink but I'm not complaining coz they are just so dam cute !

Just top it off with a clear top coat and your good to go. I of course had to clean the sides and take off all the excess nail paint but I don't think you pros will have the same problem.

I am really impressed with this kit and the results. I honestly never thought that I could try DIY nail art and this was just sooooooooo easy !


So if your a terrible nail painter like me or your a pro who changes her nail paint everyday you must try the Maybelline Color Show Range and when you do send me pictures on twitter or instagram ! Can't wait to see what you guys come up with.

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This is the kit.

I wasn't kidding when I said I cant paint my nails!

I love Pink!

The finished look. I still can't believe I did this !

You like?

Working with my sexy pink muchi nails!

You must try this at home! ;)

DIY Session At Warren Tricomi

Hello Lovlies !

                 This post should have gone up earlier but for some reason I couldn't find the pictures from the event on my Mac! But don't worry I managed to get some from my phone and I stole some from the Warren Tricomi Facebook page ;) Im sure they wont mind . Hehe
               
                  So Warren Tricomi invited some beauty bloggers for a DIY hairstyling session at their Mumbai salon. I was really excited coz as you all know I love doing hair tutorials on my YouTube channel. They showed us a few basic hairstyles which were great. I also did fellow blogger Karishma Rawat's hair and gave the girls a tutorial on my Game Of Thrones inspired hairstyle.

                 The spa & salon was very spacious. I loved the massage rooms!!! They were so nice and big unlike the little cubicles you see at spas these days and I must say very tastefully done up too. And guess what!!!! Every room had an attached steam room too! Now this is something a lot of spas don't have. I am actually really looking forward to visiting the Spa again and this time Im gonna make sure I get a massage . I need more pampering!

Here are some pictures for you guys ...

Me at the event.

After 

Before

The Blogger Brigade!

Talk! Talk! Talk!

This is what I did to Karishma's hair.

   

Ladies love getting pampered!

Do you like my braid?

OOTD- Dress- Sarojini nagar, Belt- Only, Flats- Missguided, Watch - GUESS, Bracelets- Forever 21 & H&M
Sorry I changed my necklace coz I went to another event after. This one is by Valliyan.

Be Beautiful & Vlog On

For the first time in India Youtube & Be Beautiful came together to host an event on vlogging ! I can't tell you how much fun it was. Im so excited that India is getting excited about vlogging and Indian Youtubers. Ever since I started working on Fashion Tube I knew that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.  And for me thats huge coz I have gone from being a Model to a lawyer to a blogger to a vlogger! Sometimes it takes a while to find your calling but when you find it and you know that this is what you want to do, the feeling is amazing. So well the plan is to be India's biggest beauty/fashion vlogger!

Coming back to the workshop. It was a 12 hour long event right from breakfast to dinner with great sessions by youtube, make up expert Clint Fernandes, Bumpy from 120 Media Collective and Ambika Anand. I think its a great initiative and I hope lots of  bloggers will turn into vloggers and us vloggers will turn into Indian Youtube Beauty Guru's ;). My favourite part of the workshop was the DIY contest where we were divided into teams and asked to make a channel promo. I was really lucky to be in the same team as fellow vloggers Aanam, Sonal and Rishab. We had soooooooooooo much fun shooting and editing our promo. We will probably also shoot a collab video really soon! 

Thank you Be Beautiful and Youtube for strengthening my belief that Im going to be the biggest Indian Beauty Guru on Youtube.

Here are some pictures from the event...

On my way !

#OOTD- Dress-H&M, Jacket-flea market, Shoes-Missguided, Bag-NYC, Shades-Primark, Jewellery- Forever21

Photoboothing with the girls !

Shooting with fellow vloggers Aanam & Sonal

Shooting with fellow vloggers Aanam & Sonal

Girls just wanna have fun!

With my fav makeup guru Clint

12 hours of fun!

Cupcakes!!!

Winners of the vlogging contest :)