Lakme is on a roll! After launching the wonderful Sculpt Studio High Definition Matte Lipsticks, they followed it up with the 9to5 Insta Light Instant Glow Creme. The product was launched on the 21st but I was lucky enough to get hold of it nearly twenty days back thanks to the Lakme team.
Launch of Ilex London Summer Haute Couture + 1st Anniversary Celebration
In the presence of Tollywood’s leading lady, Arpita Chatterjee and Sharbari Dutta, Rita Bhimani, Shyamlu Dudeja, British accessories brand ILEX London celebrated their first anniversary and launched the 2015 summer collection of leather bags and accessories at the Quest Mall store.
ILEX, founded in 1993 in London, is a British brand, which is currently available across eight countries including England, Austria, Germany and Russia. The first outlet in India is in Kolkata. Encouraging the global trend of functional fashion, the bespoke products are created in the ILEX in-house design studios in Milan and Rome. The Summer ’15 collection includes a premier line of shoulder bags, totes, handheld hobos, cross-body messengers, party clutches, laptop cases, currency purses and pop-colored wallets among other accessories.
The ‘Grace’ collection has shades of orange, yellow, light grey and black in contrast with beige side panels and sophisticated metal locks. The ‘Aspen’ range is perfect for a girls’ brunch with beautiful hand stitched detailing while ‘Anya’ is the bag for the woman on the move. There’s something for men too. They can choose from satchels. duffle bags, laptop bags or soft leather travel essential cases. The price of each product ranges from Rs 5000-Rs 20,000.
I spent a wonderful afternoon at the store yesterday with ILEX, friends, champagne, cupcakes and delicious tidbits from Smokehouse Deli. Here are a few pictures from the event.
The ILEX London store is on the 2nd Floor at Quest Mall 33, Syed Amir Ali Avenue Kolkata – 700017
Five Lakme Absolute Sculpt Studio High Definition Matte Lipsticks Swatched
If you’ve been reading the blog regularly, you will know that I absolutely love Lakme’s new range of Sculpt Studio Matte lipsticks. They are available in 15 gorgeous shades and are priced at Rs 700. They are not 100% matte lipsticks but they feel very comfortable on the lips, does not dry them out, have excellent pigmentation and last for a really long time. The only issue is that the lipstick transfers.
My first shade in this range was Plum Spell and I totally went ga ga over it when I saw the range at the Lakme Fashion Week preview event in Kolkata. I’ve got four more shades after Plum Spell and I thought of swatching them for you so here goes.
My Hair Makeover By TIGI
15th April we Bengalis will celebrate our New Year and to mark the occasion, I wanted to do something new and different. A haircut was on my to-do list for a long time but something or the other was coming in the way. Last week, the deed was finally done and it was courtesy Rohit Solanki, the creative expert of TIGI. Rohit was in Kolkata for Professional Beauty Expo and he was also there to launch TIGI’s Bed Head and S-Factor range at Creative Zone Salon in Salt Lake. Along with Rohit, Ushoshi Sengupta, I Am She – Miss Universe 2010 was present at the venue.
My 5 Current Favorite Lipsticks With Swatches
Summer is here and it’s time to bring out the bright and bold lip colors. In this post, I’m sharing with you five lipsticks that I’ve been wearing a lot recently. Let me know if we have any common favorites 🙂