Andalou Naturals 1000 Roses Beautiful Day Cream

Andalou Naturals is a name I wasn’t familiar with because of it’s unavailability in Pakistan, until recently when an old friend started retailing it. I then started my research and found out that this label is all the rave among people who go for only and only natural products. I was really impressed by the reviews and repurchases people made after giving Andalou Naturals a shot.

Luckily I received the first PR sample ever sent to try in Pakistan by Andalou Naturals and that sure felt awesome.

It is a 50ml jar with an impressive packaging. I like this container, it looks like you’ve purchased something expensive and worth buying. The lid closes properly and the product does not stick to the edges of the jar. The formula is not very thick which made me wonder if it will stay even for a couple of hours after application and well it did. The cream inside smells a lot like The Body Shop Vitamin E Cream but that did not have anything to do with the rosy smell. My husband does not like it when I am using any product with overwhelming fragrance but he did not notice this one so we can say it is mild, and I appreciate that.

Andalou Naturals uses fruit stem cell science, and have a wide range of products that covers most of the skin types. I am so far very happy with how it makes me feel after application. I have a combination to dry skin and I usually find it difficult to get hold of a moisturizer that works out well for me, and this one, although I have only used it for four days, twice daily, I feel good already. I am however not giving my verdict right away and I will be writing again in detail after two weeks of use at the very least 🙂

Andalou Naturals 1000 Roses Beautiful Day Cream is available at Just4girls and Daraz.pk and they have a facebook page where you can purchase this from.

The price is PKR 2260/-

I hope you guys enjoyed reading,

Love,

Rida O

 

[Pr samples sent for review, this post however is based on my honest opinion]

Long time no blog

Hey guys, how have you been! I have been away for quiet a long time and I have tons to review and talk about. I have been very tied up lately, left the job, had exams and had my anniversary in between and its been 3 awesome years now (MashaAllah!). My anniversary was on the last day of my job and he got me flowers when he came to pick me up for both the reasons I guess, I never asked because I loved them so much and didn’t bother (haha!)

The Flowers ❤

Later we went on a quick lunch date and I cooked dinner for his colleagues and that is usually the way anniversaries are celebrated if you are a working couple in our part of the world 🙂

I am done with my exams and I am back to writing and doing stuff I love, which includes writing, designing, doodling and cooking! How I loved and missed cooking, not that I haven’t been cooking lately, I was just not getting enough time to cook anything special.

Here’s some Nutella tea cake and doodles from my sketch book for you!

So, that was most of the stuff I had been doing while I was away, I hope you loved reading and the pictures too.

See you with another post shortly!

Love,

Rida

A Little DIY Project I Did

Review: French Manicure with Sweet Touch

I have literally been doing french manicure since I was 13 or 14 which is too young for that in my geographical location, and I’ve used a variety of nail polishes and tried way too many methods. I have recently purchased this new set of Sweet Touch french manicure colors which is not exactly a set I had to choose them separately.  These three colors you see? And here’s the manicure!

I did it late night and went straight to work early next morning hoping I’ll take proper photos once I am back home. Unfortunately it started chipping of during the day which is a bummer! I have really painfully round shaped nails, round on the start, curved on the surface and just round beyond words and I have to shape them round, which is why the round tipped manicure. I do not apply or take help from those tape guides for french manicure. I like square and flat nails more, the color appears more on them because of the visible area, in my case, the color appears less because round and curved nails are more on the 3D side if that makes any sense and hides the color on the sides.

Coming back to the Sweet Touch manicure. There is something terribly wrong with their brushes, all three of them are thick and flat which is not good for applying thin lines unless you have enough practice. The edge of the brush is round from  one corner and I do not understand why. The product quality is average. The formula is thin and it isn’t ideal for french manicure particularly the white paint. I will use it up but I will be very careful if it comes to buying them again.

Sweet Touch cosmetics are easily available online and in local stores nationwide and the price range starts from PKR 160/-

Have you ever tried their products? I’d love to know your feedback!

Love,

Rida O

A peek into my designs – life beyond a shopaholic ~

Apart from my love for makeup and shopping, I am a shoe designer and I love working on my designs. My shoes are handmade and hand embellished, and I’ve been doing this since 2010, started off as a part time hobby, it turned into a business in no time. Sharing pictures of some of my recent stuff, really really hope you love what you see!

These ‘Kolhapuries’ are handmade from the core and each one of them has a story behind its design. I like chunky designs and I find it really hard to do less and go overboard at times. Apart from these there are my painted bags!

Most of the bags aren’t recent, and I usually do not do a lot of them, just a couple.

Hope you loved the peek inside my designs 🙂

Have a great weekend!

Love,

Rida O