I'm happy that it's a month end and a Sunday. I always get more time to write on holidays than on a work-day. I had planned on writing the monthly 'Favourites' post, which I write on the month's end, but then settled on this one.
I want to share with you all the things I do and would do from this month onwards for a productive new month.

I cannot write an in-depth review on the brushes as they are not from a well known company. It'll be pointless if I write about these two.
These are the first brushes of my life. I do use a mini blush brush and an eye shadow brush, but not a full length one. I'm glad to have purchased these.

I was initially thinking of buying a pack of five brushes, which had a blush brush, eye applicator, eye shadow, lip liner, and a lip filler brush. Buying this set of five was a good deal, and I was almost about to purchase the pack too.
However, when I went to the Crawford Market, I changed my mind. I thought of buying brushes that were really useful to me. I wanted two brushes that I thought I would need the most--blush/powder brush and foundation brush.

Let me tell you, I loved both of them. The powder brush was for Rs.100 and the foundation one for Rs.50. I saved a lot of money by purchasing two needful brushes instead of five useless ones.
The application is good and the bristles are soft.

Do comment below if you want the location of the store and any other details!

I'm in love with this blog graphic and the little pot to store jewellery.

We are always in search of some fun organization ideas to store all our favourite things. This is one of those. We often go out in the market to find cute bowls and stands to store things.
I find this idea the easiest and the cutest.

By using a pot like this, you can not only store jewellery, but also protect it from dust particles. The fact that it is pretty, floral one is just a cherry on top of the cake.

My cousin granny had given this to my mom and I'm so much in love with it. I have used this pot to store mom's stuff. My mom used to keep her everyday, basic jewellery in the kitchen. So I thought of surprising her and stashed all her stuff in this pot. She becomes terribly happy every time she sees it, and says that it definitely brings joy to the kitchen.

I use this cute polka-dotted tin box to store my medium sized earrings, finger rings, pearl necklaces, and bracelets. I keep this box inside my closet.

Crawford Market is a place in Mumbai where you get stuff in wholesale rate. You get almost everything there--from beauty products to craft supplies.

I purchased these items from stores called Beauty Centre and Beauty Solution. In these stores, you get makeup and beauty products at discounted rates. You get original products of brands like Lakme, Maybelline, Loreal Paris, Chambor, Faces, Lotus, Revlon, etc.

Apart from the makeup brands, you also get local products. One cannot call them 'fake' as such, but they're definitely of bad quality. We also get skin care, hair care, brushes, combs, etc. We basically get all the beauty related products in these stores. It's like walking in a dreamland.

Nevertheless, I purchased these items from the market:

Republic Day and Independence Day always take me back to my school-time memories. Like my classmate had posted on Facebook, "...the purest form of Republic Day celebrations is the early morning parade and flag hoisting by school kids..."

I have tons of memories from these two days, which revolve around dance and parade, and so many things in between. I might write few of those memories in today's post, and maybe the remaining few in the 'Independence Day Memories' post, if ever I write one.

Unlike today, Republic Day and Independence Day would be 'working' for us. We had to wake up at the same time as our school timing, i.e., early morning, and get dressed in the white PT (Physical Training) uniform. My school had four uniforms--the everyday one, the Scout and Guide one, PT uniform, and the Sports uniform. On these special days, we had to wear our PT uniform, which was white, with white canvas shoes, white ribbons, and white socks. Though I used to not really like this uniform, it always made me feel refreshed. Especially, the morning vibes on these two days...

I used to feel very lively and cheerful in the mornings where we assembled on school ground, sang patriotic songs and the National Anthem, watched the flag being hoisted by one of the 'main' persons of the school, and saluted, with tears in our eyes. The seeds of patriotism were sown in those days. Thanks to our marvellous school for giving us the chance to love the country, right since the childhood.

On most of the Republic and Independence Days, I have danced on aerobics or been a leader of my parade. Yes! I had a stunning voice and could really shout at the top of the lungs. I used to feel really proud in giving orders like, "Parade! Dahine Dekh! (Parade! Look at your left side!)," while saluting the principal, trustees, and other important persons of the school. I felt as proud as those soldiers in the Republic Day and Independence Day parades at the Raj Path, New Delhi.

After the celebrations, we used to walk to our homes, instead of taking the school-van, and really have fun on our way back home. After reaching, the joy of watching the Republic Day and Independence Day parade on Doordarshan with parents used to be a delight.

Just so that I could feel this energy and the good vibes all over again, I messaged my friends if they could accompany me for a morning walk today. We did go and I must tell you, it was brilliant!

I wanted a mascara that would bring volume to my lashes. So I was hunting for one that would boost my lashes and not that would 'curl them up'.

I purchased this mascara from Crawford Market at around Rs. 325 (I don't remember the price correctly).

Since a lot of bloggers are approaching my blog, I thought of designing a cute printable for all the bloggers out there! Lately, I've been focussing a lot on the blog promotional activities, and it was tough to keep a track of the social media sites where I promote my blog. So, I thought of designing a printable to keep me organized and not worry about remembering where all I have posted!


I'll quickly write about the specifications of this sheet. I printed it on an A4 size paper, and the printer setting was 'normal'.


I have put icons of the top 4 social media sites bloggers use. However, if you use any other, I've provided an extra column for that.
I have also provided a 'Day' column, a 'Posts' column, and a space to write which month it is.
The rows are 31, that is, you can write about 31 posts from one month.

In this post, I'm gonna write about the things I do after 10:30 pm. I have mentioned 'winter' here because I do few of the things only on winter nights. This post consists of genuine things I do, and nothing is made up to 'look' cool.

This is a small trick, and I find it extremely useful. The card reader of my desktop is not functioning and so to access photos of my camera, I have to use the USB cord. I keep the cord inside the Random Access Shelf. It is so tough to search it, that I have to take out all the cords and then distinguish the one I need. Finally, I gave it a thought--


I took two ribbons and tied them towards both ends of the camera cord. Now, I'll just have to search the ribbons and I know where my cord is!

You can use same coloured ribbon for one cord if you want to distinguish multiple cords. For example, baby pink for cellphone charger, purple for camera cord, white for brother's cords, etc.
As I had to make only the camera cord stand out from the rest, I used different ribbons.

This becomes a great organization hack, plus also looks unbelievably pretty!

I'm thankful to my aunt to introduce me to this toner. I have large pores on the cheeks near my nose. My aunt, who is a beautician, recommended me to try this product. She asked me to use it in the morning.
Here's how she'd asked me to use it:

1. After waking up, wash face with a facewash immediately after you brush your teeth.
2. When you have bath later in the morning, do not apply a facewash, but just wash your face with plain water.
3. After the bath, spray the toner on a cotton pad and dab on your face.

• Milk - 1 large glass
• Strawberries - 6-7
• Banana - 1
• Almonds - 4
• Hot Chocolate Powder - 1.5 tbsp
• Sugar - 1.5 tbsp
• Saffron Strands

1. Chop banana into slices. The thickness doesn't really matter. Keep few slices aside for garnishing.

Keep Up The Flame is a Red coloured nailpolish and not Pink

This is a requested post. Instead of individually reviewing the nailpolish, I thought of going on with a review of the Lakme remover along. Just today, I applied a pink coat on my nails, as tomorrow it's my graduation day!
The dress-code is white upper and black lower, where pencil skirts are not allowed. I'm gonna wear a white kurta, black leggings, pink bindi, golden jhumke (earrings), black heels, and pinkish makeup. For all the 'pink' here, I thought of applying a pink nailpolish too.

Without further due, let's get into the reviews.

I am relieved to have a calendar hanging on my room's wall. I made it yesterday, which means for 17 days, I was without a calendar. I felt naked. I had to either check in my cellphone, my agenda, or my mom's room to know which date falls on which day. We purchased a printer yesterday, and for the print-check, I gave a print of January month. I was quite happy with the print and so went forth for printing remaining 11 pages. And as you know me, I cannot keep such lovely papers loose and that I would immediately make the calendar, I actually did. My poor parents had to wait for lunch because of me.

It's a very simple wall calendar, and not like the one I'd made last year. This one involves no stitching and even your kid can make this. (Also, make a note that this calendar is available in peacock blue and red colour combination too.)

• Calendar Printables
• Hole Punch Machine
• Pair of Scissors
• Ribbon

The credit goes to my best friend. When I had gone to Pune on the 30th for the New Year's eve, I learnt quite a few life hacks. After we were back from clubbing, we had to remove our makeup. The eyes are the most annoying parts of the body to remove makeup, I feel. Currently, I own no makeup removers.
My makeup is removed nicely with the facewash I use. However, my eyes still remain with smudged eyeliner all over.

My best friend told me this little trick and it works wonders!


I will write about the simple routine I follow in order to ensure all the makeup is gone, which also includes the trick! (I would like to say it again: I don't own a bottle of makeup remover.)

• Sesame Seeds (Grounded) - 2 Cups
• Groundnut (Crushed) - 1 Cup
• Jaggery - 2 Cups
• Ghee (Unsalted Butter) - 1 tbsp
• Cardamom Powder - 1 tbsp
• Desiccated Coconut - 1 1/2 tbsp