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Aruna Asks


Hi Rati,

Had been a while since I wrote anything. Been just commenting and getting maha confused with what’s out there. So for a change, I thought I would write in with my favourites and see what the others had to say. Would love other options incase I get bored with this.  Me and my makeup/skincare obsession!!!

Here goes…

Normal to Oily skin

Cleanser

Primary – Neutrogena Deep Clean Normal to Oily
Backup– Oil of Olay Face wash

Toner

Primary – Everyuth Toner – Rose water, tea tree oil, Glycerine etc
Backup – TBS Seaweed Normal to combination

Moisturizer

Primary -Oil of Olay Gentle 7-n-1 anti ageing
Backup – Lacto Calamine

Night cream

Primary – Loreal Revitalift (mine is a red dabba)
Backup – Lotus Nutranite

Scrub

Primary – Everyuth Walnut scrub
Backup –TBS Blackhead tea tree scrub

Few ad hoc favourites just for fun 

MAC Pro Longwear Concealer, MAC pro Longwear Foundation, Maybelline gel eyeliner/colossal Kajal, Faces eye pencils, Faces/Lakme lipsticks, NYX mosaic blush, ELF eyeshadows

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56 thoughts on “My Fav Makeup & Beauty Products. Share Yours!

  1. umm 😀 Not necessairily fav bt what i have used in past 15 days or so kinds. 🙂

    Normal to dry skin

    Face Wash : Aromamagic Strawberry face wash
    Toner : Rose Water
    Cream : Chanel Hydramax nutrition
    Sunscreen – neutrogena – which is now breaking me out. :((
    Scrub : Alternating between lotus whiteglow and lancme..something. 😐
    Hands- Skinfood handcream
    Feet- oriflame –green one 😛

    Makeup:
    Face : Chanel Vitalumeire Aqua. I have never worn any foundation more than this continuously. MAC studio moisture cover. MSF
    Lips- changes everyday 😛 Loving the maybelline colorbloom lip balm. It’s kinda addictive to me.
    Eyes : havent worn much eyeshadows oflate. It’s been mostly kohl and mascara.
    Cheeks : Changes everyday. Bt I really really like my colorbar peachy rose. I just have to have a touch of it on my cheeks.
    Nail Paints : Wearing a lot of reds, marrons, blues, metallics.

  2. Oily skin
    Scrub-st ives whitening scrub
    Faci wash-clean n clear foaming face wash
    Toner-Dabur rose water
    Moisturiser-Elizabeth Arden refining moisture cream/oriflame essentials fairness lotion (i skip moisturiser most of the time)
    Compact-maybelline whitestay UV (i dont use foundations on a daily basis, i use only compact :D)
    Eyeliner-ELLE 18 black out liner, maxfactor kohl pencil (charcoal grey and Max factor colour perfection eyeliner (black)
    For lips-7 stila lip glosses, oriflame lip balm, maybelline (cranberry), ELLE 18 colourbomb lipstick and maybelline water shine lipstick 😀

              1. blooo mascara is awesome – its the bestest – it totally brightens up brown eyes without looking really bloo you know ! try it !

  3. oily sensitive skin
    facewash-some banana one
    toner-rose water/avon total matte (some orange color)
    scrub: biotique papaya scrub
    aloe vera gel(i just love this)
    eye shadow: faces mineral eye shadow trio
    compact: oriflame very me
    lipcolor:faces (one nude brown shade named as crimson red) faces french rose,lakme aquashine in sand and creme matte lipper from faces etc etc etc
    liner: faces all the colors accrding to wat color i m wearing. enuf its getting boring now

  4. Here goes my list 🙂
    Oily-Combi skin
    Face Wash – Oriflame Tea Tree and Sebamed Clear Face Cleansing foam
    Moisturizer – Lacto Calamine..nothing works better than this for me
    Scrub – Hip Hop Apricot Scrub/ Artistry polishing scrub
    Toner – Khadi Rose Water/TBS tea tree
    Compact – Essence Mattifying Compact
    Eyeliner – Colorbar/Faces
    Kajal/Kohl – Oriflame
    Lipstick – Changes everytime I use but love my Colorbar lip color
    Concealer – Mac select cover up/Garnier tinted eye roll on works amazingly well to brighten up the eyes

  5. Oily skin – Sensitive Skin

    Cleanser
    Cetaphil skin cleanser

    Moisturizer
    Face – Cetaphil Moisturising Lotion
    Body – Victoria’s Secret Moisturising hand and body cream

    Scrub
    St-Ives Apricot Scrub

    Make-up
    MAC Smolder Kohl
    MAC Blacktrack Fluidline
    MAC Mocha Blush
    INGLOT waterproof Mascara
    MAC Groundwork Paint Pot
    MAC Fast Play Lipstick (Amplified Creme)
    Bourjois Rose Exclusif Lip Gloss
    MAC Blot Powder

    Lip Balm
    Burt’s Bees Honey Lip Balm

    Make-up Remover
    Pure coconut Oil

    Nail Paint
    Lakme 9-5 range

    phew !

      1. its a very no frills product – Ive been using it for 2 years now and I refuse to use anything else to wash my face ! try it – try karne mein kya jaata hai 😛

        1. Same with my current face wash ..My derma prescribed me and now I dont feel like experimenting a new one :silly: :silly:
          But I have heard awesome things about Cetaphil ,the only reason why I havent tried it yet is because its only available at medical stores and I am a lil lazy :stars: :stars:

          1. midimauve has become Fast Play’s sautan now :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: now midimauve i use like lip balm only …. heee heee I loooooou midi like a wife – I take it for granted – my fast play is like a lover 😛 O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:)

  6. oily skin
    :shying:
    Face Wash : Skinetics Facewash
    Toner : I have ditched toner for sometime :secret2:
    Moisturizer : Fab India one for Oily skin,clean & clear one and Lacto calamine
    Sunscreen – Lotus 3 in one matte
    Scrub : alternate between Neutrogena’s deep clean scrub ,aroma magic’s mineral glow and fab india’s orange one

    :dance:

        1. My last toner started giving me bumps so I stopped using it..it was doing anything for me anyway and now I dnt feel the need O:)

          1. these derma prescribed cleansers like cetaphil are formulated so as to not disturb your skins natural ph balance thereby eliminating the need for a toner …. :specs: :specs: :specs:

  7. I have combination skin. Here’s mine:
    Face wash: Oriflame Aloe vera n Arnica/Cetaphil
    Toner: Lotus BasilTone
    Moisturizer: Neutrogena Oil free for Combi skin/Lotus Alphamoist
    I use Lacto Calamine whenever my skin reacts to any product :toothygrin:
    Scrub: Oriflame Swedish spa/Lotus polisher(the kiwi one)
    Sunscreen: Neutrogena dry touch
    Makeup:
    I hardly ever use foundation. Peach ME perfect tinted moisturizer. Now wanna try Ponds.
    Compact: Revlon New Complexion in Sand Beige. This shade suits me like a dream.
    Eye liner: Oriflame Kajal, Colorbar’s I-GLide pencils, especially love Prunella.
    Lipstick: Maybelline CS My Mahogany n Watershine lippies in BC11 n C22. Revlon Colorburst in Soft Rose when i wanna go bright with lips.

  8. CTM- my fav Amway Artistry CTM during the night :yahoo: :yahoo:
    Scrub- Amway polishing scrub
    Day Moisturizer/cream- Ponds Age Miracle
    Sunscreen- Lotus spray Spf-50

  9. Aruna di!~ :puchhi: for yo for this question!
    Weelll,I have Oily/Combination skin. Fairly large pores…
    Cleanser: Lakme Fruit Blast face wash in Citrus Rain ( :love: ) . Backup is the Himalaya Foaming Neem Face Wash. :dumb:
    Toner: …Don’t kill me…But I don’t have one yet. 😐 😐 Too confused abt this. :idk:
    Moisturiser: Lacto Calamine. :toothygrin: :jalwa:
    Scrub: Himalaya Apricot Scrub…Plan on getting the St. Ives one. :methinks:

    Makeup…
    Lips: Nivea Fruity Shine Lip balm in Pink Guava. Maybelline Fruit Jelly gloss in tempting toffee (it’s actually my mom’s,just sneak-using for now.Plan on getting my own soon. O:) )
    Maybelline Colorsensational Lipstick in Warm Me Up.
    Eyes: Eyetex ki dibbi wali kajal :dumb: , Lo’real Pencil Perfect Self Advancing Liner in Ebony
    Don’t use much…Bcoz I’m a soda buddhi (chasmish). :nerd:
    Face: Maybelline compact. :dumb:

    Nail paint: The list will be too damn long..So I’ll just randomly name a few. Avon Simply Pretty Champagne Shimmer, Colorbar Exclusive 59, My nail art pens, My (fake?) VOV nailpaints. :manicure: :manicure:

    1. you are very welcome Pragyna..thanks to all of you for replying and wish I could have been there as the replies came in..

  10. Hi 🙂 Not really A makeup addict as of now , but I love all ur posts , hauls and articles 🙂 Really amazing and as of now m addicted to reading them 🙂 🙂 Love u all!

    Oily-Acne Prone !
    Cleanser-Neutrogena Deep Clean/Clearasil/Saslic /Lotus Jojobawash(mild n nice 🙂 )
    Toner-Dabur Rosewater/Biotique Bio cucumber(stings sometime) 🙁

    Moisturiser-Aloe Vera,Lotus Whiteglow Micro Emulsion, Have recently started using Lacto Calamine too!

    Night Cream-No cosmetic ones as such.. Since I have blemished skin m using some skin creams overnite 🙁

    Scrub-Lotus Herbals Apricot scrud,tho I don use much on the face 🙁 Avon ka Scrub soap! n homemade sugar scrubs too 😉

    Eyes -The usual 🙂 (Maybelline colossal volume kajal n mascara !) and gel liners mostly..Maybelline is great but also try tips n toes 🙂 Really good ! I like Glide on Eyepencils by Lakme ,Aqua green shade being my fav 🙂

    Lips-Avon lipbalms,TBS passionfruit,(I used to love the elle18 ones that used to be there a while ago 🙁 🙁 ),ELF mineral lipgloss(Fierce),And a new Avon Simplypretty one that smells like Caramel 😛

    Face-Nothing except Ponds TM , and zometimes Oriflame VeryMe concealer and Lakme Compact!

    Nails-Currently wearing Red Red(Speeddry+) by Avon and I buy nailpaints randomly from shops 😛 😛

    !

      1. Thanks Riti..what is really cool is that Rati and gang really take the care to put up everyone’s questions and junta’s questions get answered anyways one way or the other by all the lovely ppl here so ya this site is pretty coool..

  11. Hi..

    Normal to Dry skin:
    Cleanser:
    Oriflame tea tree face wash
    Lotus jojoba face wash
    Following up cleanser with Lush Aqua Marina

    Toner:
    Lotus basil toner

    Moisturizer:
    Lotus Micro emulsion 🙂

    Scrub:
    St Ives whitening scrub 🙂

    Mask:
    Lush Brazened honey (not liking it much 🙁 now that my dry is drying )
    So , Using boiled oats + warn milk

    Foot care:
    VLCC Pediglow. (loving this one a lot)

  12. What a fun post!
    I have normal skin:

    Cleanser
    Primary – AM Grapefruit Face Wash
    Backup – Ponds Whitening

    Toner

    Primary – Himalaya
    Backup – AM Fairy Lotion

    Moisturizer

    Primary -Oil of Olay Gentle 7-n-1 anti ageing

    Night cream

    Primary – Lakme Night Renewal Fruit Moisture
    Backup – Egyptian Magic

    Scrub

    Primary – Origin Microdemabrasion
    Backup –Lotus Anti Tan Scrub

    My other favs:

    MAC Studiofinish concealer, ELF Eyelash Curler, Wet n Wild Mega last lipsticks, Stila Kajal Eyeliner, NYX face and eye primer, MAC Fix+, ELF blushes, Maybelline moisture extreme lipsticks, TBS lip balms, MAC skinfinish natural

    1. Thanks Bhawana..what is really interesting is that so many ppl with similar skin types are using so many diff products and all of them seem to work..so in a way i am glad there are so brands out there and you can choose depending on your budget..

      1. agree Aruna! i love that most high end brands have great cheaper dupes….however, i still feel indian brands have a long way to go when it comes to shelling out inexpensive makeup items! skincare is still a better category 🙂

        1. yeah..and in most cases lipsticks, eyeshadows etc dont have adverse effects like the way certain skincare items do so some of us are not very particular abt shelling out too much money on makeup. also, i hardly ever finish one lipstick, eye shadow, blush fully so for me the money just dosent seem well spent (sorry, just my humble opinion ofcourse)..

  13. Combination Skin, Acne Prone
    **********************
    Face Wash – Dove Clear Pore, Garnier (yellow one)
    Toner – Fab India rose water
    Moisturizer – Lacto Calamine, will soon buy Lotus alphamoist, Lotus shea moist for hands and feet
    Scrub – Garnier
    Sunscreen – Lotus 3 in 1, spf 40
    Eye Pencil – Colorbar i glide
    Lip Stick – Lotus Peach Creame, Carnation

    Except Garnier Face wash, rest all i bought based on IMBB reviews.. Thanks a ton to IMBB and Rati

  14. Face wash
    A Shahnaz Hussain soap or Saslic face wash
    ace Wash – Dove Clear Pore, Garnier (yellow one)
    Toner – Fab India neem tulsi
    Moisturizer – Loitus alphamoist (use oil both for hands and legs and then have a bath)
    Scrub – Lotus Berry scrub – with strawberry and orange peel
    Sunscreen – Shahnaz Hussain for oily skin spf 40/ eyeing the lotus matte one for a while. It is a dream to blend , and keeps skin matte for a long time.
    Eye Pencil – Hashmi Kajal
    Lip Stick – Revlon Colour burst in Soft rose, Chambor in Desert rose, and Revlon – Spicy red.

  15. normal to dry

    cleanser-himalaya cleansing milk
    day cream-lakme fruit moisture spf9
    sunblock-lotus spf20
    night cream-r8 now nt using anything bcz of d humid climate in kolkata
    body lotion-himalaya nourishing body lotion
    soap-dove
    hand & foot cream-boroline
    kajal-lotus
    lipstick-maybelline
    dats it.i try to keep it as simple as possible

  16. wow!this is a nyc post :yes:
    gives me a chance to share my skincare routine. i askd for help from imbb n i hav bought alot of products on imbb recco..thanks rati,n imbb :thanks:

    combination,sensitive skin.
    facewash-using himalaya neem facewash for 2 yrs.. but switched to clean n clear a week ago.n m lovin it!

    scrub-none,they break me out 😐

    sunscreen-lotus gel spf20

    moisturizer-nutrogena oil free moisture for combination skin-its d best for me.. dont wana experiment wid any odr! :jiggy1:

    eyeliner-maybelline unstoppable

    lips-himalaya balm,nivea fruitshine-strawberry(latest buy on imbbreco :yahoo: ),revlon lip gloss,lakme lipgloss(tube one).

    thats alll :lashes:

  17. here goes mine :

    facewash : derma dew acne soap

    toner : rosewater

    moisturiser : lacto calamine

    body lotion : nivea / tbs strawberry puree

    eyes : chambor dazzle eye pencil on waterline.. TBS Mascara.. Colored eye pencils from colorbar / faces.. Inglot gel eye liners

    lips : cherry culture i got free wit my purchase.. Nyx matte lip creme, inglot lippies, bourjois lip balm

    nails : chambor icy pink, avon champagne shimmer

    other fav : inglot body sparkles!

  18. Looks like everyone has a looong list to boast about:-)Here’s mine…
    Skin Type – Oily combination

    Facewash- Clinique no 3,Vichy normaderm and Saslic(2-3 times a week only)
    Scrub- Lotus whiteglow and TBS vit C microdermabrasion
    Toner-Clinique no3 n biotique cucumber.Also like aromamagic and homemade apple cider vinegar toner
    Moisturiser-Clinique no 3 n Organic surge blissful daily moisturiser(im in love wit this one)
    Sunblock-Lotus matte SPF 40 wins handsdown….hav used Vichy n neutrogena in d past but im not goin back…..
    Primer-MUFE HD and plannin on gettin a MAC paint pot for the eyes
    Foundation-Clinique anti blemish
    Concealer-Dermacolor(only 4 undereyes) it breaks me out:-(
    Powder/Compact-Physicians formula SPF 50
    Lip balm-Sleek pout polish in electro peach,maybelline n neutrogena also
    Lipsticks-NYX round lippies anyday,CK cognac,Revlon colorburst in soft rose n mauve
    Kohl-Christian Dior crayon kohl,Maybelline colossal kajal n d lakme one also
    Mascara-I’m a mascara gal:-)totally lovin maybelline colossal volume,revlon double twist,loreal million lashes,loreal telescopic explosion,lancome magnificilis n deborah definitive volume….
    Eye shadow-Sleek oh so special palette,VS palette,Laura Mercier n Lakme Tanjore rush quad
    Blush-Laura Mercier Blushing apple,NYX cream blushes(natural,glow n tickled),VS palette,lakme earth rose
    Highlighter-Revlon colorstay brighten(don use often 2 highlight cheek bone) works magic wen used on d inner corners of the eye
    Brows-Maybelline unstoppable liner in brown n a lovely brown e/s from the VS palette
    Eyeliner-Maybelline gel liner,faces-navy blue,forest green,oliven blue grey,chambor rosewood n maybelline unstoppable

    Thats all I think…..n im totally lovin the lux shower cream-black orchid n juniper oil one….smells wunnerful…..Yes n there’s the H2O clearwater bodybalm

    1. Thanks for the post Sophie..was curious abt dermacolor..where did you buy that? somehow the name just seems perfect for concealing..is it just one shade or do you get multiple shades in one box?

  19. Hi
    Again just a normal girlie girl here :preen: ….
    love the job u guyz are doin in the blog! :yahoo: …made life so much simpler regarding product decisions :clap: :thumbsup:
    this blog jus rocks….. :woot: :jaiho: :jaiho:
    p.s-ever since i became a regular here its made very very greedy :drool: :drool: ..
    xoxoxox :thanks: :thanks:

    1. i hear you swetha..and when i put this post i knew I was setting myself up for trouble..i already get tempted to try a new product whenever there is a good review and now I myself put this up and look for new suggestions.. :headbang:

  20. Rati – Thanks so much for putting this up. Sorry I didnt get to this before..weekends I am just a litte lazy to open my laptop..appreciate it very much :-* :-*

    Rati and all – Thanks for all your inputs..so many many ideas and suggestions now.. :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: ..got to bookmark this page for sure.

  21. Hi Beauties,
    you Gals Rock :heart: I have been following IMBB religiously for the past one month and i swear i have shopped a hell lot of cosmetics after reading reviews from here. :thanks: a lot for such a wonderful blog

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