In 2013, we Kolkata beauty bloggers decided to move away from the virtual world of liking and commenting on each other’s blogs to finally meet in person. The venue was the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf outlet at Forum Mall and that was where I met Shikha of Sorelle Grapevine for the first time. My instant reaction on meeting her ? “Gosh, this girl is so pretty and has such flawless skin. Wonder what she uses?”. And seriously, she has the perfect skin! Shikha that day was reserved and quiet but something between us clicked (our mutual love for makeup and blogging was obviously a very important factor) and we, along with our 3rd musketeer Poorna, soon became very good friends or rather ‘Groupies’ as we call ourselves 😀
Me and Shikha have a lot of things in common. We both love to travel, shop, explore new places to eat, we love jewelry, shoes, accessories and pretty much all good things in life. Our fashion and makeup choices however are quite different. I am more ‘Boho Chic’ with my love for chunky silver/metal/stone jewelry pieces, red lipstick, very black eyes, tribal and ethnic prints while Shikha is the ‘Classic Elegant’ with her love for lace, pearls, shimmer, glitter and pastels. We complement each other’s style really well and that is what make us #TwiceAsNice 🙂
For this post, we decided to switch personalities. We selected a common lip color and eye liner and created two looks using these products – a day look and a night look. Usually, I’d go with the bolder night look and Shikha would go for the more subtle one but like I said, we switched personalities :). This is my version of the day look with a light brown eye shadow, black liner, powder foundation, a touch of coral blush on the cheeks and a pink-coral lipstick. To see the night look created by Shikha (which is stunning btw), check out her blog.
Do you know what else is #TwiceAsNice? The combination of Garnier’s Pure Active Exfoliating Face Scrub (Rs 115) and Pure Active Neem Purifying Face Wash (Rs 90) for your skin this summer . The gel face wash is enriched with neem leaf extract and tea tree oil that deep cleans to remove oil, dirt and helps to prevent pimples. I love the smell of the face wash. So fresh and rejuvenating! The face wash deep cleans without making my skin dry. It will work on all skin types but for those with oily or combination skin, it will be just perfect. The creamy exfoliating face scrub again smells really great. It contains apricot that removes dead skin cells to give clean, smooth and soft skin. I like that the apricot granules are not coarse and therefore does not irritate skin or strip it of moisture. What else do you need for pimple free, glowing and flawless skin? Get the power of two and make your skin twice as nice 🙂
This post is in collaboration with Garnier Pure Active.
rachna says
u look beautiful here:)
Dolon says
Thank you Rachna 🙂
poorna banerjee says
Awww! You guys mentioned me!!! I love you!
poorna banerjee recently posted…Top 4 Lakme Absolute Sculpt Studio High Definition Matte Lipstick Review and Swatches
Dolon says
How can we forget the third groupie? 😀