July passed by so quickly. If you ask me to list down July favourites at this very moment, I would be able to write none. The month just passed by. I'll have to take a look at the blog and pictures from my cellphone in order to recollect the happenings of July.

Looks more subtle in real

I had promised yesterday that I would upload a free printable, so here it is. Just write down all the spots under respective categories that you wanna visit from the city you're currently living, and check off as and when you've visited the listed down spots.

Click on the link 'Download' in order to download and print.

We all want to travel and explore the world, go in the wild, click photographs, and be a travel-bug. But, what we're forgetting is that we live in a wonderful city ourselves, and that, we can find all that's happening right around us. We ignore the beauty of the city we're living and go for some foreign destinations. It's as if we're so busy chasing the faraway stars, that we're absolutely forgetting about the brilliant moon that's around us.


Therefore, I have made a City Guide, where you can do all sorts of activities in and around the very city you live in.

I didn't know how to put the title, so I settled with this one. In this post, I'm gonna write about a method I follow in order to remember medicine schedule, i.e., the dosage, time to take, etc. I visited a doc today and she prescribed a lot of medicines, that too, to consume them at different times.


This method is simple, and all you need is a marker and the doctor's prescription.

Just take the bottle or the medicine's strip, and write the dosage, with what to take, and the time slot on it. I have written something like '1 N | hot water', '2 N | 5 mins', '1/2 M | milk', etc.
Here, 1, 2, 1/2 is the dosage; N and M stand for Night and Morning respectively; and hot water and milk mean that I have to take my medicines with them respectively.

I have used this method many times and it has proven useful. I think you guys should use it too. And, if you find it difficult, there's a free printable to make things easier.

This is the wand of shade 427 of same range

Remember I'd told you guys about my one-page column in the magazine Know Your Town? I'm gonna share here my columns from previous months. This is my first ever column and I'm definitely proud.

I came to know about this through a friend. I thought that since I know so much about this particular city, there was no harm in grabbing the opportunity. I write on 'shopping', and my column is titled 'Shop Talk'. I write about where you can get good stuff in Thane city.

I'm sharing my June month's column, where I've written an article on street shopping.


For July, I have written an article on 'Monsoon Makeover', where I've mentioned those places where you would find good umbrellas or waterproof makeup or waterproof watches. All you Thanekars, go and grab a copy of your own!

If you're like me when it comes to the pain of first days of periods, this post will be useful for you. On the first day, we girls feel so gross, so depressed, and we're literally crying in pain wishing we were boys. On this day, you become so weak and fatigued, that you have absolutely no energy to take a shower. If that's the case with you, don't worry; I have figured out a fantastic way to freshen yourself up.


On the first day, when you finally start to gain energy and also when your pain is reduced, you can follow this method to freshen up yourself without showering, but feeling as though you actually have. I know that showering during periods is the most important factor of personal hygiene, but the weakness has certainly overpowered us, and there's no way we are showering; what if we faint inside the bathroom?

That's exactly when TPCG comes to the rescue. These are the steps I actually follow, without feeling worn out at all.

Now that most of you are working or will work soon, I thought of compiling few wardrobe essentials for work. I have included only casual outfits here. At some workplaces, dressing is an important part; if you're in one of those companies, I bet this post will be useful.

You don't necessarily need to wear stuff of the same colour as in the picture, but just copy the style of fashion items I have chosen. As you get more experience, shop more of such casual yet statement pieces, and you'll absolutely rock your new avatar!

This particular photo was from the second day of shoot. The call-time was as early as 5:30 a.m. and we needed some time to get energised. This one's from a jogger's park in Vashi, Navi Mumbai.

The actress required less makeup and so I gave a natural makeup look on her face, with a tint of lipstick or lip balm, eyeliner, mascara, concealer, and compact powder.
The actor had a little mark on his upper cheek, so I just had to conceal that, and dab some compact powder to brighten the face.

The characters were college-going students, so I did not play with bags and footwear, and just gave the actress two pairs of flip-flops in the entire song.

I'm sharing few stills and few outfits from the shoot:
While styling, I had to see that the costumes of the actors complemented each other. I also had to change actor's outfits according to the mood. He was shown happy (and romantic) as well as heartbroken and depressed; I had to give him light shades when happy and dark shades when sad.
Also, the director's requirement was only pastel coloured outfits. So, even in dark shades, I had to use pastel type of dark shades, for example, a dark grey. Only once in the song we've used black shirt for the guy to show extreme depression, where he's crying in the rain.

So finally, here's sharing the music video:

I have come across many people who know very few things about their own self. They have little knowledge of who they are, what they want to be, or their opinions on general issues that happen around the world.
In order to get to know yourself better, I have written down 30 questions. Download the printable worksheet that has three pages and try to answer all the questions. You'll be stunned to know the result. Take as much time as you want and do keep it private. Write down just whatever you feel like.
You can answer these after every year and you'll see how certain dreams have changed and how opinions on certain issues remain the same.

Click on the link below to download and print.

My best friend's birthday is on the 12th of July, and I'm badly hoping she doesn't go through my blog before her day. I thought of sharing a greeting card I made, which me and few other best friends are gonna gift her. It's a surprise; I guess I'll just have to keep my fingers crossed, hoping she doesn't see her card before her birthday.

So, she's studying architecture, final year. She is the most motivated girl I've ever come across; she's career-oriented, hardworking, and just knows what she's got to do in life. It's great to have a best friend like her, as we highly relate in this aspect of our lives.

Here's sharing things and steps you'll need to make a card out of two tinted sheets. I have also uploaded a video of the final product, so do take a look:

THINGS YOU'LL NEED

• Green Marker
• Silver Pen
• Pencil
• Eraser
• Glue
• Pair of Scissors
• Washi Tape
• Yellow (Tinted) Sheet
• Grey (Tinted) Sheet x 2

1. Fold yellow and grey sheets into half.
2. Stick the left side of the grey sheet on the right side of the yellow. (Refer the picture above.)