Monday, August 20, 2007
FAQ
2 commentsIn this page, I'll explain my tags and definitions so that you know better what to expect. I will add more information here as time goes by.
- All things natural - This section is all about natural face masks and remedies you can make yourself at home.
- Announcements - This is dedicated to any major announcements and changes.
- Body creams - This section tackles creams, lotions, and oils meant for the body.
- Bollywood and make-up - This section features interviews and articles I found on make-up used on desi celebs. I will try to expand this to not just Bollywood celebs,
- Bollywood and style/fashion - This section is dedicated to fashion and Bollywood. It an be my input and critiques, or it can be articles I find.
- Book review - This talks about book reviews related to make-up for us desi women.
- Brushes - This section is devoted to make-up brushes and features tutorials, reviews, and advice.
- Clips - This shows videos that are beauty related but not about desis.
- Copycat - This section features breakdowns on Bollywood celebs. Unless otherwise noted, I am the one who gauges what which celeb wore.
- Desi clips - This shows videos that are possibly beauty related but always refers to desis.
- Highlights and lowlights - This part shows all my posts that critique positively or negatively the fashion and make-up choices by desi celebs.
- Knockoff products - This part showcases lookalike products from high end to low end.
- Make-up artists interviews - This is dedicated to interview-lettes I conduct with make-up artists. They're small but informative I think.
- Make-up for darker skintones - This targets specific products that I think would look great on darker skintones. Feel free to add your favourites in the commend section.
- Make-up for lighter skintones - This targets specific products that I think would look great on darker skintones. Feel free to add your favourites in the commend section.
- Make-up musings - This part focuses on reviews and experiences regarding make-up. I'm very honest in my assessment so I apologise if I come across as overly critical. I just want a product to work.
- Make-up pet peeves - This is dedicated to some make-up crimes ordinary people make or worse (think disdain for dark skin).
- My opinion... even if you don't want to hear it - This part is for all my miscellaneous rantings.
- PSA - This announces any sales, product promotions, discount codes, etc.
- Skin care - This is rather self explanatory and focuses on skin care.
- Survey - This allows you to tell me about yourself and your make-up world. As I get the results, I will address what you wrote. If you want, I can make the results available in some form or the other so you can see what others also thought.
- Trendspotting - This features upcoming tends announced by magazines, etc.
- Wedding make-up. This I hope to expand soon and features make-up advice for weddings.
- What you like - This is dedicated to your holy grail products. Let me know what they are and I will post them. Just be sure to add why you love the products so much.
- When good make-up goes wrong - This part is about the killer make-up that gives rather dubious results.
- Where have I been - This is for when I need to excuse myself as my brain is blowly turned to mush because of grad school.











10:56 AM
hi there,
i can't help it but need to ask you this question - the girl in that picture showing her lip colour; Is that you Anita Aiyavoo?
In thw whole of s'pore one one such girl owns that set of lips! It can't be anyone other than you!
jenjosh
6:04 AM
Hy,
I have been following your blogs for past 6 month now. And i find them great. I love experimenting with make-up, but find that most of the available information about the make up is for the European/ light skin women. I am Persian myself, and find that our skin and features need a hole new book on make up. (If it exists I would need to look harder for it.) At this point your site is the only think that comes near to giving the useful information.
I would like to place some requests. I live in Holland, and as frustrating as it is, the make up lines as MAC or Boby Brown are not available hear. The only selling point for MAC is in Amsterdam, and there I find only the colors useful for the 'not colored' skins.
So my first question is: which make up lines have lipstick, eye shadow and foundation in colors useful for a Persian skin type? I love brown and dark red colors for the lips and catching colors for the eyes but don’t even know where to start looking.
Or maybe u can give tips on the way to mix colors In order to get the right color?
My second question would be: can u give a tutorial on 'Arabic look' for eyes? I would like to experiment with that one. I thing it would look good on me. But I have never mixed more than 2 strong colors… or used bright yellow in combination with purple and green (tried it yesterday before going to the party.. but am still afraid to look at the pictures haha)
My third question is: what is the best way to replace a primer and translucid powder? (both of which I cant find in Douglas or ICI pari in Holland).
If u can’t save me, I would have to plan all my holydays around countries where I can shop for decent makeup.
Help! :)