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Today's outfit post was supposed to be posted almost a month ago, but somehow I never got around to editing the pictures. Well, better late than never I suppose.
If you live in Mumbai, you probably travel a lot by public transport. Unless your a Millionare. Or you have super wings that nobody knows about and fly to work. Or you have the patience of a saint in the city's traffic.I currently use pretty much all the top ways to travel in this city (read train, bus, walking, auto, etc etc). Trains usually have people of all classes traveling together, and many of my friends ask me how I can stand the stares when I wear slightly revealing clothes on the train or the bus. Well, a little bit of smart dressing can help imho. If you travel using public transport and dont want people to give you the "what on earth is she wearing" or "man that's too much skin" look, just use that layering trick we all hear about. No, we can't all have personal bodyguards to protect our modesty, but then, that's why we have tons of coverups no?




I love this little dress/tunic thing but I always fret about the length. One way I wear it (whenever I'm not taking the car) is to pair it with leggings/tights. A cropped jacked covers the arms and you end up with a totally public approved look. Loose the jacked and tights when you get there, and you're all ready for that pool party you've been dreaming about for weeks.





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By now everyone and their mothers have a variation of these geek glasses. While I'm always on a hunt for bigger glasses, the last few weeks have made good glasses a necessity. So when my brother offered to give me anything for Raksha Bandhan(yay!! cue bed jumping joy!), I jumped on the chance to get a new pair of peepers! First off, THANKS a million bro!! They've made long hours in the lab much more bearable (read now changed to various states of sleep deprived, minus the creepy red eyes).








The other new bit is the twirly skirt. When I laid hands on my Jabong shopping goodies (read my shopping review here) one look at this skirt and I knew it was going to be a geek chic outfit. I feel this look could be excellent for a casual date lunch(also where I casually show off how nerdy I truly am!). I added a bit of color to the outfit with my new blingy blue bag that was gifted by my cousin when she came down to India. The skirt is a perfect blend of flirty and feminine and can be worn in many different ways. Overall, a very versatile piece to have in your closet.

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PS: Just like the previous post, a quick reminder that the Jabong.com team was kind enough to provide me with a shopping voucher for Rs. 500 for my review. All views in this post as well as the previous one are unbiased and my own.

Yet another day, yet another review! I seem to be doing lots of these lately no? Online shopping has always been a little hit and miss for me. While I spend more time and necessary on online shopping portals, I usually hard pressed to find something that fits my budget as well as tastes.

Jabong.com is one of the country's premier online portals and I've been known to scroll through their site atleast once a week. So when the people at Jabong asked me to review their services, it simply meant I could give a valid reason for my mindless scrolling on their site (yes, I've done it before, a LOT, guilty as charged!)



Jabong.com has pretty much everything in every price range and like I said before, has some really good bargains. They stock all price ranges, and high end brands like Cavalli as well as teen favorites like Mango and Miss Bennett. I had been eyeing a pair of trousers on their site and thought it was an excellent idea to order them for this review. Alas, they'd been sold out in my size (why do I have to be so freakishly skinny suddenly!) and so I went on a hunt for an alternative. I settled for a black skater skirt and Maybelline Colorshow in Black.

I ordered on a weekend and while I got a mail about the order confirmation which said I would be notified when the order was dispatched, it didn't happen. After about three days, I got a text from the courier company saying they tried to deliver my order but failed and the next day I got a call from Jabong asking if I had received my order. After much confusion and half a dozen calls to the courier company, I received my order by the end of the week. I do believe this has more to do with the shipping company than with Jabong itself. Overall, I was still happy with my order, inspite of the craziness during delivery.



The skirt was exactly as seen on the site and the nailpaint was wrapped in bubble-wrap, but I think it slipped through the wrapping sometime during shipping and so when I opened it, the bottle was loose in the bag.

Overall, I was moderately happy with Jabong's service. Will I order from the site again? Yes, I do believe I will.They have quite an exhaustive collection and you are quite likely to find almost anything you need here. Hopefully, the delivery issues won't occur next time.


PS: Stay tuned for an outfit post with the new skirt styled for a casual date!

PPS: The Jabong.com team was kind enough to provide me with a shopping voucher for Rs. 500 for this review. All views in this post are unbiased and my own.

Makeup is definitely not something I  consider myself an expert on. So when I do a review of a make-up site, there's gotta be an external driving factor involved. This time? Mom.


Nykaa.com is one of the leading Indian sites for Cosmetics and Beauty Products. Now I came across them while looking for a particular shade of lipstick for Mom. Since I didn't have the time to go find it in the stores, (Thank you Uni) I decided its better to find it online. Boy is there some serious choice on this site. I don't even know half the things they sell (my makeup ignorance is astounding) and the things I do (lipstick and liner) have options that had me scrolling for almost an hour. (Oops, lets hope nobody in the lab saw that!)

The best thing about the Nykaa is that they have something in every price range. The list of brands they associate with is quite exhaustive and they even stock some luxury brands like Estee Lauder (my sister swears by their foundation) and DKNY which are a little hard to find in India.

Well wrapped and totally exciting to see the box!

Bubble wrap to ensure that everything is sealed well.

Excuse the messy shot, I was in quite a bit of hurry to try out the new lippy

I ordered two Lakme Enrich Lipsticks for Mom and an Elle 18 for me. The delivery was quick and everything came well packaged in bubble wrap. It took about two days to deliver and this was quite surprising since I ordered quite close to the weekend and was expecting it to arrive in the next week. Everything was exactly what was shown on the site. I was a little worried about the shade of my lipstick but it was almost identical to the color swatch shown on the site.

This has been used everyday since I got it! Big thumbs up!

All in all, I had a pleasant experience shopping with them and would definitely recommend it to all those looking for a wide range of makeup and quick delivery.

Have you shopped with Nykaa? How was your experience? Tell me in the comments below! You can also talk to me on Facebook and Twitter.

PS: This is not a paid review. I was not