How I Remove My Makeup | Bedtime Skincare Routine

Hallo everybody. :)

The most liberating feeling is when you get back home after a long day, get into your PJs and remove all the makeup, dust and dirt. You feel like a new person and your skin gets this breath of fresh air it needs. I cannot emphasise enough on how important it is completely take off your makeup at the end of the day to ensure squeaky clean & healthy skin. 

Today's video is all about getting rid of every molecule of makeup from your face, deep cleaning, clarifying and giving it the daily love it needs before bed. 

While most other makeup products are pretty easy to remove, waterproof mascara can take a while to come off completely. I like to use the Crealine (or Sensibio) H2O by Bioderma which is a miracle worker, especially if you have sensitive skin or eyes and is recommended by dermatologists. 

Bioderma is a french brand of skincare which you can buy online on indian websites like NYKAA and PURPPLE.

After the eye makeup is off, I use a makeup cleansing wipe to remove the makeup on the rest of the face. Neutrogena Wave is a battery operated, vibrating cleansing tool that helps deep clean and get rid of every last bit in the pores. 

For my skincare, I have been a huge fan of L'oreal which I usually pick up at NewU. 

Products used:
Bioderma Crealine H20
Cotton Pads
Vaseline - Pink Bubbly (Limited Edition)
DIY Sugar Lip Scrub 
Beauty Formula's Tea Tree Cleansing Wipes 
Neutrogena Wave
L'oreal White Perfect Laser Essence
L'oreal Youth Code Eye Cream

Makeup or not, I am hoping that this video would have inspired you to thoroughly clean up every night. Its the one skincare practice that will make all the difference. 


Thank you for stopping by. 

Xx. TC. 

Get Ready With Me - Day to Night time Hair & Makeup (Part II)

HI! <3

As promised last week, Part II to the Get Ready With Me series is here. 

In this video, I show you how I go about taking my makeup from a subtle day time look to adding a hint of drama for a glamorous night time look. 

What am I going to add? 
- Deeper Eyeshadows
- Winged Eyeliner
- Accent Lashes
- Bright Coral Lip Colour. 
accompanied by Wavy Curls using a 16 mm tong. 

Products Mentioned : 
HAIR:
BaByliss PRO Ceramic Tong (16mm)
Tail Comb
EYES:
Mocha - Makeup Geek 
Cosmopolitan - Makeup Geek 
Shimma Shimma - Makeup Geek 
Maybelline Gel EyeLiner 
Ardell Accent - 318 
LIPS:
Em Pillow Plush Lip Balm (Cream Sickle)
Bewtiching Coral - Maxfactor

NAILS: ESSIE Splash of Grenadine

Incase you missed the Part I to this video, watch it here --> Get Ready With Me - Daytime Hair & Makeup (Part I) 

Hope you are having a great long weekend ! 

Much Love. 

Tc. Xx. 

Get Ready With Me - Daytime Hair & Makeup (Part I)

Hello again Makeup Bugs ! 

My Latest on Youtube is here to give you ideas for your everyday hair and makeup that would look great for work, a dressy day out with friends or a date. I also filmed a night time version of this where I show you how I take this look from Day to Night. (Get Ready With Me - Day to Night Time Hair & Makeup (Part II) )

I try to keep my eyes done up without using too much colour or bold lines. Just a glowy sheen and some definition with a whole lot of mascara. For the skin, I just go with some light coverage of a BB cream that has SPF and a dewy finish. I don't like to spend too much time styling the hair on a daily basis. I am pretty fond of my natural curl once I can tame down the frizz and neaten out a few pieces with a straightener. 

List of everything in the video: 

MAKEUP
Primer: Benefit POREfessional (Mini)
BB Creams: Garnier BB Cream + Maybelline Clearglow BB Cream (03 Natural)
Beauty Sponge: London SOHO New York 
Concealer: L'oreal True Match (n-4/5)
Loose Powder: Chanel Poudre Universelle Libre 
Eyeshadows: 
MUA Shade 17 Matte
Makeup Geek Mocha 
Makeup Geek Taupe Notch 
Makeup Geek Afterglow Pigment
Eyeliners:
Lakme Eyeconic Pencil Brown 
Laura Mericier Eyeliner in Ebony 
Mascara: MaxFactor 2000 Calories
Brows: MUA Brow Paletter
Cheeks: 
Contour- MAC Bonzing Powder in Matte Bronze
Blush - Rimmel Blush in Live Pink #050
Highlight - Benefit Girl Meets Pearl
Lips: NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Milan 

HAIR
BaByliss PRO Ceramic Straightener
Forever 21 Headband
Fine Teasing Comb

OUTFIT:
Dress: Forever 21
Bag: Mango 
Flats: Forever 21

NAILS: ESSIE Splash of Grenadine

Would love to hear your questions and comments about products or anything else below. 

Much Love. 

TC. Xx. 

Quick Tip: Cheat Your Eyeliner To Look Identical

Hello there lovely ladies. 

I decided to address the age old problem of unequal of unidentical eyeliner on our two lids. It happens to all of us. Be it the thickness of the line or the inclination of the wing, something or the other inevitably goes wrong especially when you are in a rush.

My two best friends on such a day are: 

A Smudger or A Mascara that creates dramatic volume & length on your lashes or both.

The Smudger helps take away the starkness of the line and makes it look more faded or blended which in turn makes the difference less obvious. It gives the eyeliner a smokey effect that we love. 

Where can you find Smudgers? 

Check out The Body Shop Line Softner 

You can also find eyeliner pencils with smudging tips. Check out Rimmel Exaggerate Waterproof Eye Definer  

The Mascara pretty much does the same thing by acting as a cover in front of the lines and the difference becomes harder to spot. However, it is very important to pack on as much mascara as you can for this tip to really work.

Hope you try out these tips and they work well for you. 

Do share, subscribe and give a thumbs up.. It would make my day ! :) 

Love Always. 

Tejasvini. Xx. 

How I Curl My Hair.

Happy Sunday Beauties.

It is lazy day indeed but I still thought of bringing to you a tutorial on my go-to hairstyle for whenever I feel like  having a dressier hair day. 

I use three things.

1.The Tresemme Thermal Creations Heat Tamer Leave in Spray to prep the hair for styling and protect it from heat damage. 

2. BabyLiss Pro Ceramic Dial-A-Heat Tong in 32mm. You can find this on Beautybay.com and have it shipped for free. 

3. Schwarzkopf All Weather Taft Hair Spray #4 to hold the style in place for longer. 

I hope you have just as much fun watching as I did filming this. 

Thank you for stopping by. And as always, do not forget to Share, Subscribe and give me a Thumbs up !

Much Love. 

Tejasvini. Xx. 

Everyday Eye Makeup using Urban Decay Naked 3

Apologies for having been so MIA lately with the posts and videos. 

But I am back with a video tutorial of the much raved about Naked 3 eyeshadow palette by Urban Decay.  

I ordered the palette online on Beautybay.com and opted for free shipping. They took about a month to deliver the same. 

For starters, I use the Urban Decay Primer Potion (Shade:Original) because I feel that the primer works best for Urban Decay Eyeshadows and top it off with a little bit of loose powder which makes it easier for the eyeshadows to slip and blend over each. 

The look I create is done completely using the palette including eyeliner. It is very wearable on a daily basis and super easy to recreate. 

After finishing the eye makeup, I just finish off my face with a little bit of under eye concealer set with powder followed by some Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick as Highlighter, a soft pink blush by Rimmel and my favourite MAC Fanfare on the lips. 

Hope you enjoy the video and recreate this look with your Naked 3 Palette. 

Don't forget to share, subscribe and give me a thumbs up ! 

Much Love. 

Xx. Tejasvini.

Easy Hairstyle Ideas from my Camera Roll.

I love Pinterest for finding inspiration for makeup and hairstyles. In an ideal world, we'd all want our wardrobe to be right out of it.
Its your big night and you may have set your heart on a red carpet updo you saw on Leighton Meester (courtesy: Pinterest) but more often than not, it just does not turn out as well for you. Which is why I decided to share a few very do-able hairstyles from 'Behind the Scenes' at my shoots and weddings. Some of them are pretty DIY while the others are easy to recreate by a stylist on most hair textures and lengths. 

Open Hair, Don't Care!

Get your hands on a curling rod/tong and pick up sections of your hair and just roll them around the tong and hold for about 10 seconds on each section. 

The more layers in your cut, the better.

Pro tip: Not conditioning (if you have fairly silky hair) and using a styling mousse before starting to curl can really help hold the style for much longer.

Tool Tip: Babyliss Pro Ceramic Dial-a-heat tong with a 19mm barrel.

Dressing Indian for the night ? Throw in a statement making Maang Tikka after parting the hair in the middle. This makes the look instantly dressy whether the hair is straight or curled.

Pro Tip: I like to use eyelash glue to hold the jewelry piece right in the centre of the forehead.

Twists on each side. 

Another interesting way to style the front portion is to part the hair in the middle and twist on both sides till you reach behind the ear and give it a slight push to create volume and secure it with bob pins. This is a great way to wear your hair open and still show off a fabulous pair of big earrings. Its also a good way to getting your bangs off your face. 

Side Swept Curls

You could also do 'The Rekha' and sweep all your curls to one side over the shoulder. This photographs beautifully if you have a sharp jawline.

Put it all up ! 

Ballerina Updo

Play it slightly casual if you are lazy to shampoo your 3rd day hair and still need to look a little done up. Tie a high pony, divide it into two sections and tease one of them to create volume. Twist around the first one and secure with bob pins. Then, use the second section to neatly wrap and cover the first one and secure with pins again. To settle baby hairs, hairspray your 'ballerina updo.'

Contour those cheekbones to showoff a chisel or better still, a massive pair of earrings or a fancy neck piece. 

You could try the same thing a little less neat and undone. Tie the pony after leaving some messy texture on your scalp and take sections from the pony and curl them on your tong. Use the curled pieces to create loops around your fingers and pin them close to one another.
If you find it hard to create texture on the scalp, just take sections, twist them and secure with bobby pins.  

Sections twisted for texture on the scalp.

 

If you prefer a lower updo at the nape of the neck, then try to recreate this. 

It looks fancy but its pretty basic. Three loose plaits wound in circles and pinned to the scalp with bobby pins. I also used U-bent pins to make them connect with each other. I used these little flowers as frills to add a little extra something. This is the perfect hairstyle for a lazy summer afternoon. It requires no damaging heat styling. 

I recently recreated this for one of my models along with the above mentioned texture on the crown area.

I took random sections and twisted them in a diagonal kind of way to make it look more interesting. If you have hair feels limp at the roots and it is difficult to create this kind of messy volume, then try try curling it with a thin tong and make the twists in the direction of the curl. At times, spraying dry shampoo in your roots could also do the trick. 

The Low Side Bun. 

You wanna put your up with an Indian outfit but are scared of looking more than your age ? Rock the glamorous low side bun just like Sonam Kapoor. It ends up being very red carpet and dressy without the harsh pulled back look. Depending upon your face cut and what you think would suit you the most, you could add volume on the crown or add messy texture (using the tips mentioned above) or just pull out a few strands to frame your face. It isn't the best hairstyle, if you are going the DIY route. Even though you might be able to recreate it, you may not be able to secure it well enough to stay put all night. 

  

 

A french braid going into your side bun can make the look ultra chic too also hold your bangs off your face. 

Love Braids?

If your indian outfit is too fancy for the occasion and you want to dress it down just a notch, go the braided route.

Fishtail, French or just the regular three strand braid, try to keep the look look as messy and grungy as possible. It always looks more flattering. 

Bear in mind, that a braid does not hold up very well if you have too many shorter layers. 

Hope this helps you find your hairstyle for a fancy night.

If you recreate any looks inspired by these, do share some shameless selfies with me on my page Tejasvini Chander - Hair & Makeup.

Happy dressing up. 

Much Love.

Tejasvini. 

Makeup Artists' Tricks for Long Lasting Red Lips.

Hello Beauties. 

Even though Red Lips are considered to be the Little Black Dress of Makeup, they are still a pretty daring choice for some. 
If you do decide to rock the red lip, make it perfect and long lasting so that it doesn't bleed or need touch ups. Remember a creamy formula could slide everywhere and make you look like a murder victim (:p). Try to work with a matte texture and layer it well. 

My latest tutorial describes a few tips and products that could help you correctly apply and hold up a strong lip color, be it red or any other. 

For starters, I need a perfectly smooth and hydrated surface to to work on which is why I saturate my lips with my favorite ointment called Luca's Pawpaw. Unfortunately, available only in Australia, it is made of fermented papayas and is by far the best balm I have ever come across. 
I gently exfoliate my lips with a baby toothbrush to get rid of all the flaky dryness and the excess ointment. 

Lining them is so essential to get the perfect shape. With a pop color like red, It gets a little cumbersome to achieve the perfect shape straight from the bullet. A pencil gives you much better control on tweaking the shape as well. 

MAC's Ruby Woo is the perfect cool toned matte texture. It does not budge and the blue undertone makes your teeth look whiter. Other warm undertones could bring out the yellow in your teeth. 

Kryolan's Lip Fix is a pretty strong chemical that may not be such a good idea for daily use. It driees your lips out a little bit. However, it does not hurt on a few special occasions. It has a tendency to sting if applied directly to the lips which is why I always mix it with the color and then put it on. 

Powdering the lips with a translucent powder does not change the way the color looks. It just helps mattify and prevents it from feathering. 

Hope you've enjoyed the video and found it useful.

I would love to see your questions, comments and suggestions on the same.

Much Love.

Tejasvini. :)