Huge NYC Beauty & Fashion Haul!!!

I obviously bought a lot of stuff in NYC!!!! I thought it would be fun to split up the beauty and fashion items and do two hauls, one on my YouTube channel and one here. I have already posted the video and if you haven't watched it yet then take a look now!!!

My beauty haul is much smaller than the fashion one and I honestly haven't bought a lot. Coz you get most things in India now and honestly I don't need a lot of stuff at the moment. So heres what I got...

First up is my Maybelline concealer. This is the same one I buy in India but the shade I  use has been out of stock for a while so I picked it up in NY!!! I bought this for around $6 I think.

This is a pouch for my eyeshadow brushes from H & M and it was for $ 5.95 !!!

I have been dying to get a foil manicure!!! I got this kit from Urban Outfitters on sale for just
$ 1.99 !!! And guess what it was priced at originally? $ 16 !!!!

I bought these last year from Bed, Bath & Beyond and I just had to go back and get more!!!
32 makeup sponges for less than $3 !!! Steal I say!!! 

I have been wanting to try a new razor so I picked this one up. The razor was $12 I think but the blades were more expensive. I bought extra blades coz I haven't seen the embrace sensitive ones in India.

You all know how I love stains. This one is from Forever 21 and it was just $ 3.80!!!

Tear drop sponges and blenders have been on my shopping list for a while. This lovely mint one is
 from Forever 21 for $ 3.80 which is not cheap but I really loved loved the colour.

This is definitely the best lip balm ever!!! It tastes yummy
and keeps your lips hydrated, this was for $ 3.50

I bought this electric blue nail paint from H & M for $ .
 I just loved the colour!!!! This was  for $ 3.95 :)





So guys thats all the stuff I bought from NYC!!!  Let me know in the comments if you guys want me to  review any of the products!!! 

Summer OOTD's

Summer is here!!! Usually I wear a lot of dresses in the summer but over the last few days I thought I'd try something different. So here are some of my fun in the sun summer OOTD's for u!!!

Shades- Rajesh Pratap Singh's 2014 LIFW Collection, Crochet Vest- Forever 21, Cobalt Blue Palazzos- Zara, Watch- BCBG, Bracelets- From All Over The Place & Flats- The Closet Label

Shades- Propshop24.in, Shirt- Fashionalized, 10 Year Old Jeans- Not Branded, Flats- Bangkok, Watch- Guess & Bracelets - Stradivarius & Colaba causeway. 

Headscarf- gift, vest - H&M, Jeans- Mr Price (Capetown), Flats- Bangkok, Bag- Accessorize, 

Bracelets- From All Over

Top- Hill road (Bandra), Belt- Forever 21, Skirt & Bag- Fashionalized, Spiked Flip- Flops- Bangkok, Watch- Guess, Bracelets- From All Over

#OOTD - Diwali Dressing

Hello my lovelies,
         I am not much of an ethnic dresser and I must admit I barely have any Indian clothes. But theres something about Diwali that makes me wanna dress up in all my Indian finery!  All the Indian outfits I own are fit for weddings and big occasions and are definitely a tad bit too much for my Diwali outings. Every Diwali I  go to 3 places, first to my boyfriends house to wish him and his mum and then for my daddy's office pooja and finally to my friend Nandini's Diwali party.

        Each year I have to come up with two outfits, one for the day and one for the night .  For the day I don't like to wear something heavy so its usually an indo-western  sort of an outfit or a simple kurti with jeans. And for the night I dress up for the party !!! Now this is a challenge every year coz I try and wear something different and as I said I don't have too many Indian outfits in my wardrobe . So heres what I wore this Diwali...

For the day I wore a black and gold Indian print skirt with a Forever 21 vest
& accessorised with my Valliyan Necklace and bangles from the Kalaghoda festival

I just wore lipstick during the day and opted for a nice clean no make up look.

For the night I wore this lovely Malini Ramani Dress with a sequinned gold clutch from
Fashionalized, my green Lisa Jackal wedges  and the same bangles.

Happy Diwali from Vaibhav & me !!!

OOTD - Nishka Lulla Shirt Dress

I absolutely love this outfit that I put together for a preview of Nishka Lulla's festive collection at Orgaan, Mumbai. I think every girl must own  a shirt dress coz it makes anyone look good! What do you think?

Dress- Nishka Lulla, Necklace - Valliyan,  Watch- GUESS, Bracelets- Forever 21 & Stradivarius and Shoes - Missguided

Like?

Nishka & me in shirt dresses from her collection.

This necklace by Valliyan looks lovely with the dress.

My watch is GUESS and my bracelets are from Stradivarius and Forever 21

Love my spiked flats from Missguided!

Bombai Fashion !

Mumbai. Padded shoulders, pastel colors, high waisted skirts, crop

tops, bouffants. 1980’s? Nah, 2013! Retro is back! And I’m loving it.

Attire deemed passé is now rocking the clubs and party scenes. What

ruled the wardrobe of our Dimple Kapadias and Juhi Chawlas is now

back with a bang. The elegant and only-for-the-wealthy bouffant

now has a done-to-death but still stylish sister in 2013. The padded

shoulders? Well they just add that extra bit of oomph to our already

glamorous Zara and Burberry jackets. And what can I say about those

cloth hairbands tied up in a bow on one side. Is Rihanna enough?

Now that reminds of red lipstick. Red lipstick never really went out of

sight but was always reserved for the age matured. Now every Teena,

Meena, Deena flaunts it. Ofcourse EVERY Sindhi or Punjabi wedding

is incomplete without a Sheela Aunty or Reshma Aunty blinding

and temporarily damaging the eyesight of the weddingees with her

jewels and BRIGHT red lips. (Weddingees = wedding attendees)

 College girls work their midi tops (a little longer than crop tops)

in such a way that, that atrociously conservative principle and

watchman don’t catch a glimpse of their tum tums but that cute boy

does.

The voluptuous bodies of the 80’s and 90’s that flaunted high waisted

skirts and crop tops are doing it again(though slightly toned now). 3

years ago, girls flaunting this trend would make them cower in regret

and prone to a helluva stares. To party go-ers in Mumbai now, it is

more accepted. Palazzos and elephant/giant pants have infiltrated

the streets of Mumbai, every fashionably conscious girl owns a pair.

And every weight wary aunty owns two (The high waist one hides

the flab, you see.) Girls in Mumbai have become more conscious

with their appearance regularly taking inspiration from the bevy of

fashion magazines now available at their local baniya. Give grace.

That’s that for western . Now for Indian. Sonam Kapoor, Vidya

Balan. Need I say anymore? We Indian girls have our fair share of

inspiration for traditional wear. Be it copying Vidya’s Sabyasachi sari

or Alia Bhatt’s ‘Radha’ lehenga. We all know the tricks of the trade.

Google them a couple of times, pick up similar fabric from thy local

fabric shop. Take a printout of the Bollywood star in her outfit to

the tailor. And voila! Commonnn girls, we’ve all done this at some

point of our lives. Or not, cos you have discovered a (not very Tarun

Tahiliani priced) Indian designer who customizes and designs clothes

only for you.

Our maang tikkas and hand harnesses have taken over fashion

websites and music festivals. Indian inspired attire is all over the

place! Every Mumbai girl is now fashion conscious, striving to look

her best even on the streets. Be it inspiration from the runways or

Bollywood we’ve got the best of it all. (Except – Forever21 USA,

please start shipping to India?)

Hey there Milan, Paris, LA? There’s a city bubbling with sugar, spice

and everything nice on the other side of the world. I think you’ve got

competition.

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My New York Top 5's - Shopping, Eating, Must see, Must do N My Favs

So I'm obsessed with New York !!! And I'm still jet lagged and on NYC time so I thought I'd do another piece on NYC for you. I was in New York for a Sunsilk Blogger meet as you know and then I stayed on for a few days to just experience the greatness New York has to offer. Now I was really lucky and I got loads of tips from my family, friends and everyone I worked with in NYC, so I'm going to put everything down here for all you lovely people who are visiting NYC.

Top 5 Places For Shopping

H n M

• 5th Avenue - Now here you can find H n M , Forever 21, Sephora ,Juicy Couture and every other brand. Not only that the best thing about NYC is that they all have multiple stores and a lot of them are really close to each other and they all carry different stuff so what you see at one F21 outlet you might not see at the next. So lots of cheap shopping !!! You will also find the famous Sak's 5th Avenue, Barney's and Bergdorf  Goodman  here if you want to indulge in some designer shopping. 

Sak's

• Soho- Again all the usual suspects like F21 and H n M but there are some stores that you wont find in a lot of places that you will find here. Victoria's Secret, Top Shop and Brandy Melville to name a few.
• Century 21- This is a crazy department store close to the World Trade Center Memorial. Here you will find tons of designer and branded stuff at a heavy discount ! Some great deals but the cash register lines are terrible, I had to wait for 30 minutes !!! And its huge with everything from make up to clothing so go when you have at least a couple of hours to spare.
• Forever 21 At Times Square- Now this is not a shop its a mall !!! Its like some 4-5 floors and its the biggest F21 in NYC. So if you love F21 like me this is a dream come true . But again you need some time here coz its huge and there are long trial room and cash register lines .



F21




• Weekend Flea Market At Williamsburg - Now this is a neighborhood in Brooklyn that most New Yorkers probably haven't been too. Its very hippie and has a great vibe. Every weekend there is a flea market by the water with everything from food to thrift stores to quirky jewelry. Get of the Subway at Bedford Avenue station and its a 5 minute walk. Must go !!!

All Williamsburg

Top 5 Places To Eat In NYC


I was really lucky to eat at some amazing places in New York and let me warn you, if your a foodie like me your going to love it.

• Katz's Deli- Now this place is an institution. They serve the best pastrami sandwich in the world !!! I saw this on the tv show Man V food  and I was so excited when I found out we were going . Great Food !!! N if you get the pastrami get it with Rye bread. Divine !!!

  

  The Pastrami Sandwich

  

  Katz's

• Balthazar- This was where we went for lunch after a breakfast at Katz's ,so I was in a full food coma post my meal . The had a preset brunch which was sooooooooooooo good. I had the Steak and it was cooked brilliantly. I have also heard that you get the best Eggs Benedict in NYC here but unfortunately I dint get to go back a second time .:(

  

  Menu at Balthazar

  

  My Food !!!

  

  Balthazar
• Juniors - Now this little place at Times Square has the best baked cheesecake you will ever eat . Must must must try !
• Chelsea Market- A market full of bakeries, restaurants and cafes. I went 3-04 times coz it was right next to my hotel . Its a great place for breakfast too. I had an amazing burger at Friedman's Lunch.

• Serendipity - You can't come to New York and not have the frozen hot chocolate here !!! Just can't !!!

  

  Frozen Hot Chocolate !

Top 5 Things To See In New York

• The Statue Of Liberty- Now I have a really cool free way to see the Statue of  Liberty from the water. Since I was on a budget and dint have a lot of time either, the friends I was staying with suggested I take the Staten Island ferry which is absolutely free and is a 15-20 minute ride and you can see the Statue of liberty pretty clearly and take lots of photos for at least 10 minutes each way .

The Blue Lady

• The Met- This is an absolute must even if your not fond of museums. They have such a vast collection and they have some great special exhibits. I saw the latest one which was Punk. Brilliant !!!

The Met

The Met

• The Highline - This is is a mile long park built on an old elevated railroad . Absolutely Beautiful.

  

  The Highline

• Times Square- You have to go to Times Square and just stand there and watch the world go by. Crazy crazy !!!



Times Square














• A Broadway Show- I was lucky to see Kinky boots with my friends which was great. The music was by Cindy Lauper which was amazing. Its so refreshing to see such great talent perform right in front of you and the sets and costumes are all so elaborate. If your in New York go watch a Broadway show and I would advice you to get good seats  coz watching it from the front is the best way.

Kinky Boots !

This group just came to watch the show in these !!!

Top 5 Things To Do In New York

• Get A Tattoo- Of course only if you want to. But I did and I'm so happy with mine. Do your research and go to some place that's good. I went to Three kings tattoo which is rated among the top five places in NYC. I chose them because in the well known lot they were the only ones that did walk ins . The rest al worked only on appointments.

  

  My Tattoo

• Take A Hansom Cab (Horse & Cart) Ride Through Central Park - Central Park is huge and I would say you should walk around a bit but the best way to see  a lot of it and get a guided tour of what movie was shot where and which pop star was thrown out where you need to take the Hansom Cab.

Central Park

• Walk Around NYC- The Best way to see New York is to put on a pair of comfy shoes and start walking. I don't think I have walked this much in ages but It was totally worth it.
• Spend time at Williamsburg- This is a neighborhood in Brooklyn that is very different to the rest of New York and you will love it.
•  Grab The Bull By His Balls On Broadway -  get a nice cheeky picture ;) Everyone was crowding around the front of the bull to get a shot with his head but i thought this was way more fun !

My Top 5 Favorites

Now that I have broken down all the things to see, eat and do in NYC for you , I"m gonna pick my favorites from each category .

• 5th Avenue - Coz you can find everything here , you can go the expensive designer way or the cheaper branded way  all in one place.
• Balthazar- Coz everything right from my appetizer to my desert tasted divine and the place has a lovey old world feel to it. And you must go see the beautiful toilets in the basement !
• A Broadway Show - Coz its something you can't experience in a lot of places, every country has their monuments and sights but everyone doesn't have kick ass Broadway shows.
• Spend Time In Williamsburg- Coz everyone should experience this side of New York too. And go on a weekend so you can go to the flea market too ;)
• Now if I had to pick one thing among all these it would be - 5th Avenue !!!!!!!!!!!! You can eat, shop or just walk and feel like a New Yorker here !

 So guys this is my Guide to New York. I absolutely loved it and I will definitely be going back... I <3 NY !!!