My First Impression & Review of New MyGlamm Makeup

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Holla all you lovely girls and women out there!

Especially the ones who love makeup and is on the lookout for new references. 

I know how a lot of us hate experimenting with makeup. It is expensive, time-consuming and puts your skin at the risk as well. That is the reason I love sticking to a brand, but the beauty blogger in me must try new range and experiment as well.

Precisely the reason why I tried the all new cosmetic range from- MyGlamm, a brand that was earlier known for providing bespoke beauty service at your doorstep.

The company had recently undergone a brand/service upheaval and come up with a whole new range of makeup which they claim to be enriched with Argan Oil and serve multi-purpose. I attended their blogger's event wherein they had a makeup masterclass with ace makeup artist Cory Walia. [Detailed updates on my Snapchat/ Instagram Stories] [Follow me on Instagram]

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My First Impressions Using MyGlamm Makeup

Here are the few products that I have tried and reviewed on my YouTube Channel. The products were handed during the blogger's event but the post is not a sponsored one. 

I have unboxed and tried these products on my candid camera. Do check it out here or on my YouTube Channel.

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So, well those were my first impressions. Over the period, I have tried the products on the repeated basis and here is my review on each of them including my favorites.

1) Beauty Blender Tool

I like the concept and the form factor. It is an ok to use a product with good finishing touches. You need to use it with a light hand while firmly holding the stem. The product cost at Rs 900 is on a higher side though and unless for an aesthetic value, I may prefer going for something Real technique or any other variant as available in market at a better pricing.

1) 5 in 1 Makeover FF Cream

This one is my most favorite of the lot. I am always in for compact and all in one factor and liked this one as it has primer + Foundation + Corrector + Concealer at one place, in a neat compact form with wide glasses. That is the biggest plus point

Talking about performance- The foundation cum primer is good for regular wear but has a tendency to make your face look greasy post an hour of application. So you need to apply a good compact post the usage. The corrector is beautiful but the concealer could have been better. Another thing that was amiss was a good travel size brush in-built in the box, so you can easily use it on the go without wondering about the sanity of using your hands.

The palette comes in three shades, I have chosen the medium one.

This product is good for regular/ casual wear. At Rs 1400+ it is a good option

3) Color Fusion Pumping Lipstick and Pumping Lipgloss

Again, I liked the form factor. The pigmentation is decent and the staying power is good until 2 hours assuming you are not eating, drinking in the meantime.

4) Long-lasting Nail Enamel Duo

Again, 10 out of 10 for the concept. 6/10 for the pricing but 5/10 for the final finish. The shade I have used has a lovely electric blue color but the finishing could have been better.

The scope of the Review: The review and impressions are limited to the above 4 products that I have tried.

What I Liked About the Range So Far

I have compiled this basis the experience thus far. It may vary or differ with different products and different users.

1) Form factor- Compact and Good Finish
2) Competitive pricing
3) Multi-Utility
4) White & Gold Packaging

Do I recommend this?
Well, I would not be highly recommending but would rather suggest you to try before you buy. do try the Total Makeover cream

My Overall rating: 6.5/10

Let me know if you have tried this range and what is your experience thus far.

Stay Beautiful, Stay Haute
Haute Kutir

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Beauty Unboxing & Review | My Envy Box December 2017 Christmas Special

My Envy Box | December 2017

What: Monthly Beauty Subscription Box
Brand: My Envy Box
Edition: December 2017
MRP: Rs 850

Products Inside This Month's Box

1) Bell Vosta Lip Gloss
Full-Size Product @ Rs 599
Shade: Mercier Rouge

It is a nice, well-pigmented red. There are 4 different colors in the range that you can expect in your box. [only one shade per box]


2) Bell Vosta Lip Liner
Full-Size Product @ Rs 549
Shade: Inflamed

I love lip-liners and MEB had always packed some interesting lip-liners for me in their boxes. This is one is another beautiful liner, with a creamy finish. Like the lip gloss, you can expect anyone from the 4 different shades from this range.


3) Votre 5in1 Skin Perfecting Cream

Full-Size Product @ Rs 585
It is a small 30 gm bottle that has an interesting white, soft cream that is gentle to use and absorbs quickly. Looks like one interesting product that offers 5 benefits including moisturizing, anti-aging and complexion clearing.

4) Vert Gold Highlighter Powder
Full-Size Product @ Rs 1295

The product promises to have a mineralized, soft finish with the benefit of Turmeric. It came inside a round bottle in a powder form, I was very excited to try this product but my first impression is not as great and maybe I need to try this one again, both on- Makeup as well no makeup face, in natural light.

Unboxing Video
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Value For Money

For the MRP of Rs 850 the box contains full-size products worth Rs 3000 which is indeed a value for money! If you go for higher monthly subscription plans, you may get overall benefit in subscription cost as well. You can book your box from MY Envy Box website.

Haute Kutir Verdict: I liked the overall box but was missing the usual enthusiasm surrounded across the MEB especially for a month like December. When it comes to innovative packaging and product range, Envy box had always led the field. One thing that I did not like in this box is getting an all red shade. Though the products this month are good, I wish if we had given the choice to select the shades for the lip products. I would have gone for shades other than red for a change. Nevertheless, you can try suggesting the shade of your choice while booking your box.

Overall, the box was a good one.

Haute Kutir

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Book Direct Event at The Leela Mumbai #getMORE

Celebrating Book Direct To #getMORE

The Leela Mumbai knows how to delight their customers, and the Luxury Sweepstakes ‘Book Direct and #getMORE’ promotion is another feather in their hat where they announced the winners at a sparkling evening at their beautiful property in Mumbai.

In hospitality, every customer loves to be pleasantly surprised. Their joy knows no bounds when that surprise is a superb prize, a reward for their patronage, something to cherish forever. That’s what The Leela counted on when it announced its Luxury Sweepstakes offer on bookings a few months ago.

The Luxury Sweepstakes by The Leela, Mumbai

The Luxury Sweepstakes was a limited period offer opened to all those bookings stays at any of The Leela properties for a limited time. It also included the ‘Book Direct and #getMORE’ promotion. The promotion accorded a chance for customers to win fabulous prizes by booking themselves online into any of The Leela’s nine properties under the ‘Restricted Rate’ option. The promotion not just provided them the lowest rates of booking online, but their booking(s) also qualified them for a chance to win exciting prizes.  

The over 100 prizes being offered included premium Nexa cars, holidays in international locations, exclusive watches by Daniel Wellington, clothing vouchers by AMPM, Isharya Fashion Jewellery and gift vouchers from The Leela. Customers responded well to the promotion, and scores of them became proud winners of these delightful prizes, in an engaging, fun evening.

The ‘Book Direct and #getMORE’ award ceremony was a glittering evening hosted by The Leela Mumbai Hotel, where a round of fun and games preceded the announcement of prize winners. The attendees had a great time playing indoor fun games like Riff-raff, words on the street, sinking the putt, indoor cricket, mini basketball, card games and housie (where the lucky winners were offered the chance to stay at The Leela Palace Udaipur).

I was glad to be a part of this event wherein I could see and even meet different guests from the hotel who thoroughly enjoyed the good evening with a wonderful spectrum of highly engaging games, food, and cocktails.  

It was a very simple yet beautiful setup wherein we needed to give 5-10 random numbers while entering the venue. The numbers were later used for a fun-filled, on ground Tambola activity, followed by the announcement of the winners. Excitement ran high as the names of the prize winners were displayed and called out. And why not? There were multiple winners including two who get to take a brand new Nexa cars home. They were: Mr. Abhinav Goyal and Mrs. Gero Chaudhary.

There were also some Grand Bumper winners who scored international holidays.

About The Leela:

The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts is owned and managed by Hotel Leelaventure Limited. The company was established in Mumbai, India in 1983 and was founded by Late Capt. C. P. Krishnan Nair, Chairman Emeritus and Founder Chairman, who envisioned the hotel group to be amongst the finest luxury hospitality brands in the world. Today, a little more than 30 years since Capt. Nair began work on putting India on the luxury map of the world, The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts has grown from one hotel, on the outskirts of Mumbai, to nine award-winning properties across the country, celebrating India’s diverse geography and architectural history. All the while, The Leela has remained true to its objective of redefining standards of luxury hospitality, the world over.

* Participating hospitality entities for international holidays were: Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas, AVANI Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Lungarno Collection, and The Bloomsbury.

Get Younger Looking Skin with Himalaya Youth Eternity in 4 Weeks

Lovers, forget your love,
and List your love of these,
She a window Flower,
And he a winter breeze
(Robert Frost) 

Skin aging is like the harsh hands of winters that are lurking right above your face window, peeping in slowly to rage you off. Do not wait for skin to show, wrinkles to appear and dullness to seep in. Get preventive and protective with a right skin care regime, cause when it comes to skin health, prevention had always been economical, better and effective than cure!

Preserve the Beauty of the Youth

I have often seen women asking for the right age to start their skincare regime. A couple of years back, in fact, I too was asking the same question. Like a lot of you, I thought I too am blessed with a great skin but that is like underestimating the otherwise cruel aging process.

Well, I am not against aging. Instead, I encourage age but age gracefully. Those who ware following me on Instagram would know where I am coming from.  I am 36 and though a lot of people tell me that I still look like 26, I still do not feel flattered as I can skin how my skin has deteriorated in last 2-3 years. It is high time that I need to regularize my skincare regime and get started with an end to end the anti-aging regime. While I was unsure of which product to pick, I got an invite from Himalaya Personal Care to experience the launch of their new anti-aging range- Youth Eternity.

Preserve the Beauty of the Youth with Himalaya Youth Eternity

The Goodness of Edelweiss (How It Works)

Our Youthful skin is the gift of nature. To protect the same, you need other gifted products in nature like the Edelweiss flower, a plant found in the pristine mountain slopes of the Europian alps. Edelweiss has a unique ability to preserve itself in harsh habitats. Any damages caused by the climatic conditions is reversed by the regenerative and self-renewing power of this lovely flower. Edelweiss if you have seen, always stays pure, fresh and blooming. Something that we would love our skin to be. No?

How it works [source brand]: The products apparently uses the plant stem cell technology that gives the Edelweiss flower the ability to preserve itself. The stem cells are combined with herbal active extracts of the flowers like Rose Myrtle, Woodfordia, Fire Flame bush and C Baccifera to give you the potent Himalaya Youth Eternity. 

To know more about the products visit the Himalaya Personal Care Website.

About The Range

The Youth Eternity range consists of three leave-on products viz-

1) Himalaya Youth Eternity Day Cream

It aims to soften the skin, reduces fine lines, wrinkles, age spots, and pigmentation in 4 weeks. It also claims to minimize visible pores (saving you a lot of cosmetic primers), even the skin tone and enhances the skin luminance.

Size: It comes in 10ml, 20ml, and 50ml. 

Price: Rs 499 for 50ml

2) Himalaya Youth Eternity Night Cream

It aims to soften the skin, reduces fine lines and wrinkles in 4 weeks. It also claims to improve skin hydration, skin tone, and increase skin elasticity.

Size: It comes in 50ml. 

Price: Rs 499 for 50ml

3) Himalaya Youth Eternity Under Eye Cream

The product promises to take of many eye issues like- hydrating the under-eye skin, reduces crow's feet, under eye pigmentation, wrinkles, fine lines and dark cirles in 4 weeks, while antioxidants in it help to treat puffy, morning eyes.

Size: It comes in 15ml. 

Price: Rs 525 for 15ml

Other Ingredients

Haute Kutir Experience

Being a Himalaya Personal Care active consumer [check my review of other Himalaya Products on the blog, link below), I have to give them a try. I am generally a bit skeptical about trying new anti-aging products as the chemical composition goes really high. Given the brand's legacy, I was happy to give them a try.

So it is over a week that I have started using the day and the night cream. My experience thus far is quite good as the emollient level is quite high and leaves your skin moisturized without any oil traces. The cream is indeed fast absorbing and have not caused any kind of itching or allergies thus far.

I have recently started wearing the eye cream. Though I liked the fact that unlike several other eye-creams, you need not have to use it before going to bed. The brand advocates to use this twice on a day and am glad that it does. 

The pricing is quite competitive and affordable

What I liked about these products

1) Use of Edelweiss Plant Stem Technology: I read about the Edelweiss flowers some years ago and was very keen to try it sometime. Glad that Himalaya Personal Care adopted its benefit in their new range

2) Hygienic and Sturdy, spill-proof Packaging: The day & the night cream, comes inside the lightweight, plastic pump bottles that make it quite hygienic to use the product without exposing the entire product to the light or the open environment. Hence, preserving the texture and composition. Even if the cream exchanges many hands, the pump bottles with transparent lids protect it. It is a big plus for me as compared to open mouth jars. 

Besides, the product packaging is handy, travel-friendly and unbreakable.

3) Non-Greasy and well fragrant (mildly): Good absorbancy is imperative for any anti-aging product. If your anti-aging product is greasy and does not seep too well into your skin, it may not able to benefit it but instead, add to damages. Likewise, a neutral fragrance is good for skin than the ones that are heavily scented.

4) Economical Pricing 

5) Turnkey Skincare: The range has 3 leave-on products for all your needs- day, night and eye care. Hence, you have a symmetrical composition working for you/your skin without making you invest in other products to suit the above needs and then work together as a comprehensive solution.

6) No Phthalates or Parabens

What Could Have Been Better

Cannot think of anything thus far. Maybe need to use more to see the translated benefits and improvements if any.

Haute Kutir Verdict

A great promise, a wonderful composition using Edelweiss and an attractive value proposition. If you are aged above 26, go for it, give it a try. After all, a good skin is the best makeup ever.

Recommended!

Say Yay to #PreserveYouthfulSkin and #preserveyouth.

Haute Kutir

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Five Reason Why I Liked November MEB | Indian Beauty Subscription Box

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever"

Do you like experimenting with new beauty products without investing a lot of money in the beginning? If yes, you would like subscribing to My Envy Box.

As usual, the November My Envy Box is full of lovely bunch of Beauty products. This time the focus was purely on the beauty care products.

Here is why I liked this box and think it makes for a good buy.

Top reasons why you should buy November MEB

1) Six products with 4 full size products

The box packed six products, out of which 4 were full size. Generally beauty subscription boxes packs sample or deluxe size products that are meant to be available free. However, when it comes to MEB, they are different!

2) Focus on Beauty Care

The products this month were a complete head-to-toe care range from natural Amla [Indian gooseberries]-Shikakai hair pack to the lovely foot moisturizing socks.

3) Value for Money

For the maximum monthly MRP of Rs 850/- you will receive the products worth more than Rs 2300 in the box.

4) Gifting Option

The month of November is a precursor to the festive December with upcoming Holidays and the cheer. At such occasion, gifting an envy box is a valuable option in terms of affordability and wonderful packaging. The points above [1,2,3] will add to the merit.

5) Doorstep Delivery

You do not have to worry about ordering and shipping. Once you place the order on the website, you need to add the delivery address and place the order. The stuff will be neatly delivered to the address given.

What's Inside MEB?

Want to know what have I got inside my November Envy Box?

Well, watch this video and do follow me on YouTube

Aha! Do not forget to watch some fun bloopers at the end of this video. I am sure you will love them.

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Ekta

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