Beauty Fundamentals in Summer 2012 by Lakmé Studio Experts

Beauty Fundamentals by Lakmé Studio Experts

at Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2012

Worried about the sun damaging your skin and hair this summer?  Do you want glowing skin and glamorous hair like all the models at that you see on television? Look no further as Lakmé Studio brings you the quickest solutions and the latest in beauty, hair and skin care trends for the season.

Being India’s first chain of beauty salons, Lakmé Studio has grown to understand the needs of the contemporary Indian woman and its experts are specially trained in beauty and hair-care know-how. Realizing and analyzing the woes of the harsh summer heat, Lakmé Studio has launched a whole range of fabulous and rejuvenating services that will give the contemporary woman of today a complete beauty solution for her daily needs. These newly launched services will leave you with gorgeous de-tanned skin and healthy hair.

Some of the key services launched –

·         Ultimate Blow Dry: The service created through a range of Catwalk by TIGI Your Highness products results in soft, full of body hair that provides the perfect canvas to achieve remarkable volume.

·         Time Restore Protein Treatment:  Replenish the lost protein in the hair with the New Amino Cell Rebuild Technology that stimulates hair roots and increases the keratin levels that bring back the life and sheen.

·         The Ultimate Airbrush:  This revolutionary makeup treatment uses an airbrush to apply the products that leaves you with a natural and even look. It is waterproof, smudge proof and allows the skin to breathe as it uses minimal use of product.

·         Skin Light Masque:  In 20 minutes this service leaves your skin de-tanned and even. Ideal for all skin types, this organic mask regenerates, lightens and firms stressed skin with the use of plant ingredients as well as numerous anti-oxidants. The well renowned Lakmé Studio Experts Sushma Khan and Sudeep Grover have some trends and tips to share to keep your hair and skin refreshed this season.

  

 

Sushma Khan, Lakmé Studio Skin and Make-up Expert: Every woman’s beauty needs are unique and we completely understand their need to get personalized beauty treatments and skin care tips. At Lakmé Studio we make it a point to do detailed consultations before suggest any service to our customers. For this summer I would suggest that all women stick to the mantra of drinking lots of water, eating healthy and wear minimal make-up to give their skin a naturally radiant glow.

 

Sudeep Grover, Lakmé Studio, Hair Expert: With trends that change every season, the contemporary Indian woman is forever on the look out to experiment and try something new with her hair. Short hair with a bob-cut and a fun fringe is back in vogue. Earthy colors like browns and burgundy are very popular this season and you will find them in abundance on international ramps as well. In the summer, women tend to underestimate the damage that the sun can do to their hair. It is imperative to keep the hair healthy with a combination of good nutritional diet and products backed by scientific technology so that the tresses are voluminous and lustrous. 

Summer Tricks and Trends by the Experts for this season

Skin-care trends in Summer 2012

·      Water based sunscreen with high SPF

·      Drink plenty of water

·      Night cream

·      Healthy diet

·      Anti-oxidants, Vitamin C  and Vitamin D  supplements

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Hair-care trends in Summer 2012

·         Short maintenance-free  haircuts

·         Bobs with straight fringe

·         Warmer hair colors like copper, blonde, beige 

·         Up-styling for women with long hair

·         Hair products with SPF  

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Make-up trends in Summer 2012

·            Natural looking make-up

·            Light, long lasting and waterproof  products

·            Warm tones like red, peach and plum

·            Nude lips or shades of baby pink and orange

·            Bold and dramatic eyes

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Thank you, Lakme. You have made the Summer 2012 a lot straightened by providing these handy tips. I realized how hot and sweaty March has become that I dread facing May, June and July. What about you girl?

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7 Things of My House

Happy Weekend Friends!! I hope you enjoy this weekend to the fullest!! I have brought these little boring details not to make SSU boring by nitpicking some skincare and makeup. 

A soothing morning view to kick start a happy weekend!! This freely flying bird is all I can offer to you all!!

Vs plaid shirt!! How much I wish I had a shirt like this and a pair of shorts and how about a pair of dress!!

Another plaid shirt. I think the same as above!!

And, yet another shirt with black and white small checks!! I'll probably wear it today, though it isn't mine. I love being a girl!!

Inside of a jacket!! fleece - is it? I don't remember the word but you might help me here. What is this material called?

Cuddly quilt!! a little edited!!

V and I just celebrated our marriage anniversary on February 20th. This is a gift from my younger sister. She managed to take our pictures in pen drive and get it fixed in a frame. How cute and thoughtful. It could be a Valentine's Day gift, Anniversary Gift and just a piece of thought.

Checkered curtains in hot pink and white!! It's been a while and they need a change.



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Bloggers Meet:: What I wore!!

I never knew my arms so fat and jiggly!!

I kind of wanted to get some pictures clicked and I am deeply in love with this sequinned jacket and ASOS clutch with faux fur. You can see a twist of the same jacket and clutch here.

I hope you liked the pictures.

Happy Friday!!

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GLOSSYBOX Giveaway 2nd Winner is....

I was really amazed to see an email from Swati Murti, the winner of Glossybox giveaway. She would like to pass on this award to someone else as she is already a winner of a lot of Glossyboxes.

So here I am, to pick another girl from the list. OMG how huge this list is!

1. Sarika

2. Monika

3. janisi

4. Swati Murti

5. Indgal

And the winner is:



janisj

Congrats girl!!

Please mail me your postal address, contact number and email address at shoppingstyleandus@gmail.com. 

I will let you know as soon as your gift has been shipped.

 

 

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GLOSSYBOX Giveaway Winner is....

Shopping, Style and US recently hosted a Giveaway in collaboration with GLOSSYBOX where you had a chance to win March Glossybox. 

I really appreciate who entered this Giveaway.I did not see a lot of entries, probably due to a lot of Glossyboxes giveaway running across Indian blogsphere. But, winning something is always a delight whether it's the same thing. 

We had just 5 entries:

1. Sarika

2. Monika

3. janisi

4. Swati Murti

5. Indgal

 

 

and the winner is - Swati Murti

Congratulations Swati!!

Please mail me your postal address, contact number and email address at shoppingstyleandus@gmail.com. 

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New Collection:: Nail Paints:: Colorbar Pro Nail Lacquers Availability

Colorbar, one of the best brands for some exclusive and pretty nail paints has come up with its new collection in nail paint range - Colorbar Pro Nail Lacquers.

I spotted this new range at Colorbar Flagship Store in Select City Walk. They look big, fat babies of OPI because packaging is very similar to OPI. Someone like me who has myopic eye sight can definitely be mistaken. Apart from this, the new range is stunning with some beautiful shades and I did spot some to be dupes of Colorbar's old nail paints. Taking about this, I really hope that formula is beyond the planet earth because I don't see any reason why same brand would repeat its own dupes. but you never know, we can do anything to compete with our rivals. I am not in favor of accusing Colorbar of taking OPI forms because OPI is becoming a rage in Indian market too, simply because it is one of my favorite brands and have always loved their a-little-different approach. But why this shape? Unfortunately we don't have even a trace of these newly launched nail paints @ Colorbar Website.


Anyhow, we have our own OPIs now at just Rs 350/300 while OPI costs us Rs 500 to 600. Now, what I am really missing in our Indian market is a boom of mini nail polishes like OPI and Essie.  I won't be shocked if Colorbar comes wrapped in pretty packages and comes out with some fun shades and cool names.

You know what? The key to handling new challenges is to plan ahead. (by apartmenttherapy)

Last but not the least, I also spotted some tinted moisturizers/ foundations - lookalikes of Lotus Herbals Pure Radiance Matte-Glow Daily Foundation.

So, have you used these new comers from Colorbars yet?
How was the experience?

Product FAQ

Q. Availability of Colorbar Pro Nail Lacquers?
A. They are exclusively available in Delhi, Mumbai and Pune only.

Colorbar Pro Nail Lacquers are available online to buy  @ urbantouch for Rs 350

Q. The price of Colorbar Nail Pro Lacquers?
A. It varies from place to place, or at least this is what I found.

Rs.350 at Select City Walk
Rs. 300 at other places

Q. Any dupe of the packaging?
A. It's clearly a sister of OPI nail paints. :)

Q. My favorite from the range?
A. Peach Coral. A soft milky coral shade.
Grape Wine. A milky green shade with matte finish.

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Delhi Event Hosted by Dove

I am sure you have got healthy, shiny and to-die-for hair. But, do you also tend to whine sometimes and complain how often your beautiful hair falls or it gets frizzy? Even if it isn't then again we are definitely not aware of how much damage the pollution, sun and everything inappropriate to your hair around has caused to it. When I say this, I am definitely not trying to under estimate your knowledge in hair damage and hair care basics. This is what the Dove Intense Therapy Range is all about.

So, this was my first event as a blogger which I enjoyed thoroughly. This event took place in Light House lounge at MGF Metropolitan Mall in Saket, New Delhi. 

We started the event with some cheese and whine tasting which kept doing the rounds throughout the event until we decided to leave.I had a chance to meet lovely girls from Ogilvy(Paroma and Garima), Unilever a client of Ogilvy (Sarah and Piyali) and the Dove team a client of Unilever (Soumya, The Brand Manager for Dove). They were warm and made sure that we were not left alone. I also got a chance to meet Priyanka from JagranCityPlus who was again very friendly and did not make us feel like people from outer world. In short we had a warm welcome form the entire team.

Dr. Rohini Wadhwani

When, Dr. Rohini Wadhwani shared an image sent by one of her friends, it sounded like SO-TRUE!! The image read-

"It's hard to be a woman,

You must think like a man,

Act like a lady,

Look like a young girl,

And, work like a horse."

Dr. Rohini Wadhwani also added that-

"no matter how busy you are, you must have three minutes for yourself. (I guess, she meant three basic essentials of skin care routine of cleansing, toning and moisturizing.) and and the same way we must take care of our hair and be aware of the damages which happen to our hair everyday. These damages can be of many types to name a few:

Mechanical Hair Damage: Use of styling tools and products

Thermal Hair Damage: Use of curling irons, flat irons, blow dry etc.

Environmental Hair Damage: Sun, strong wind, hard water etc.

Chemical Hair Damage: Use of hair colors, bleaching the hair etc.

What she really emphasized on is "leave-in conditioners". Afterwards, the proceedings of event took us through the main Agenda hair care and damage meter .

 Dove has developed an advanced diagnostic tool, the Dove Damage Meter, to measure hair damage and to help us find out how much damage is really hidden behind our seemingly beautiful hair.

The Dove Damage Meter will be available for consumers to get their hair damage quotient measured at various centres across India from 5th March 2012. For the complete list of activation centers, visit: 

http://dove.in/dove-damage-meter-test.php

My score was 5 out of 10. My consultation with Dr. disclosed that I was actually not doing anything bad with my hair as I don't blow dry, chemically treat my hair yet my hair scored 5. I was amazed to see that this Dove damage meter definitely works as I could spot some good hair with good scores like 3 and 4. II have not been eating fruits and green vegetables as much as it is required and I have been using henna in my hair and it has made my hair damaged. The fact is that henna is not bad for your hair but it does make the hair dry. So, as Dr. Rohini  Wadhwani said,  it's very important to keep your hydrated by-

1- Doing oil massages once a week and not very frequently.

2. Using conditioners and leave-in conditioners as well.

3. Eating healthy etc.

4. last but not least an Over Night treatment and Dove includes one in this range.

Dove Intense Repair Overnight Treatment repairs your damaged hair and transforms hair in one night. It also makes up for protein loss to give stronger and beautiful hair.

Here are the images of the total Intense Repair Therapy range and some other goodies we received at the event:

 

 Dove Intense Repair Therapy Range

 An HP Pen Drive with the Press Release

A Panasonic Dryer

Dove Intense Repair Therapy is every answer to damaged hair? Will it bring my hair-fall issues to an end and my hair will be come healthy again? I will share the updates soon. 

Though, images are not very clear but I am putting some more pictures from the event for you.

Soumya, The Brand Manager of Dove.

Bharti of Crazy Pop Lock

  Priyanka of jagrancityplus

Product FAQ

Q. What all products are available in Dove Intense Repair Therapy Range?

• Dove Intense Repair Shampoo

Price: Rs.210 for 400ml

         Rs.123 for 200ml

     Rs.64 for 90ml

• Dove Intense Repair Conditioner 

Price: Rs.64 for 90ml 

Rs.123 for Rs.180ml

• Dove Intense Repair Daily Conditioner

Price: Rs.160 for 180ml

• Dove Intense Repair Leave Leave-On Cream

Price: Rs.160 for 120ml

• Dove Intense Repair Mask

Price: Rs.215 for 200ml

• Dove Intense Repair Overnight Treatment

Price: Rs.250 for 120ml

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