My Top 10: Holiday Films

Hello my loves,

Today's post is about getting into the holiday spirit and one of the ways in which I do that is by watching a few of my favourite festive films. I have a warm drink which would be no doubt a mug of hot chocolate filled with whip cream and marshmallows. I like to get all cosy and warm with a fluffy blanket and I am all ready to go to relax and enjoy my festive films!

If you are stuck and need a list of movies to watch this holiday then I have what you might be looking for. I want to share my holiday favs with you and please let me know in the comments if I have listed your favourite or let me know what movie I should watch that is not on my list!

HOLIDAY FILMS: My Top 10

1. Home Alone Collection

2. Santa Clause

3. Elf

4. Jack Frost

 The Grinch

4. Nightmare Before Christmas

5. Last Holiday

6. The Holiday

7. Serendipity

 8.Uncle Buck

9. Love Actually

10. The Muppets Christmas Carol

I hope you liked this post!

until next time ...

 Lots of love,

Simran

xx

Steal My Style: Autumn

Hello my lovelies,

I don't know about you but I love the season Autumn, I think that is when I notice change is happening around me. Otherwise I don't take much notice, the change in colour of the leaves, the fashion around this time, warm drinks, cosy nights in and the cooler days.

Today's post I want to share with you is about being fierce, don't apologise for who you are or who you are not! Love who you are completely because there is no one else out in the world who is like you. You are unique and embrace it!

Outfit: All from Zara

Make Up: By Me

Stylist: By Me

Hair: Hair Stylist

Photographer: My Sister 

I haven't done a style blog in a while I actually forgot how much fun it is! I hope you like this post and leave a comment below telling me what your favourite thing about Autumn is!

Lots of love,

Simran x

I found the 'Good' in Goodbye

 A lot has happened in my life these past couple of months, which  has brought me back to writing again. I stopped for a while because I gave up trying to pursue my dream of writing. But I recently realised I actually gave up on myself. Writing is a part of  me, I love writing no matter what it may be. I have a voice, I have a story to tell. I shouldn't give up on myself or my dream. I have gone through so many changes these last couple of months. I have lost people who I cared about but in fact did not care much about me in the first place. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised, ever since I was little I have watched people who meant the world to me leave. However nonetheless you feel the absence of their presence. I think that the hardest part of it all is knowing you can't speak to that person or be able to hear their laugh again. I know I can exist without them and they can do the same without me. One of the many lessons life has taught me is that I can only count on myself. Life will constantly keep pushing you to your limits where you have had enough and want to give up entirely. That was me, I was feeling low, helpless and just lost. I know I am not the only one who has felt this way. If you're reading this wherever you may be in this world and you can relate. I just want to say well done, you are here in this world still fighting for the better days to come because I know that's what I am doing. 

I am strong but I will be stronger to keep fighting the battles life is throwing at me. I don't have the answers to as why. But I do know if I can help or encourage someone who is going through life and feels alone you're not because I'm here. These words I write are coming from my heart. I didn't plan what I was writing for this post ... all I knew was I wanted to start writing again. I guess it's a place where I needed to be free and share my thoughts and the pain I no longer want to feel. This post is me saying goodbye to the things and to the people who hurt me and I say thank you, for it has made me stronger. Blood ties are not thicker than water. A person is just a person regardless whether you're related to them or not. My wish is that I strive to be a better person every single day whilst I am still on this planet. To make someone smile and let them know it's not the end it's just the beginning. 

Thank you for reading, leave a comment below. 

Until next time ...
Lots of love
xx

Tea. For. One. Please.

Evening dolls, 

One of my favourite places to go is to Laduree and to have tea. I am such a tea lover and you can't go wrong with a sweet treat. This time I got to experience Laduree in Harrods. I absoultely love it! It's so beautiful, the chandelier screams sophistication. I was seated upstairs and had the beautiful view out the window. Usually I end up having the lunch menu but this time I opted for breakfast instead. I decided to go for a different tea which was 'The a la Vanille' as my usual is 'The Special Melange Laduree'. I must say I found a new favourite. My mission is everytime I go to Laduree is to try different items off the menu. I'm trying to get out of my comfort zone but starting with the small stuff first. It's okay to stick your favourites but it's also nice to try something new. Whilst I was waiting for my good friend I ordered the 'Basket of 3 mini viennoiseries' which was an asortment of a mini croissant, mini pain au chocolat and croissant aux amandes. Just writing now, it's making me hungry for some food at Laduree. I am a lover of good food and good conversation. 

Thank you for reading, let me know if you have been to Laduree. Leave a comment below :) 

Lots of love, 

Simran xxx

 

New Years Manicure

Happy New Years my dolls! This is my first post coming in to the year 2015!!! This year I haven't made any new years resoloutions only just to continue to be happy. Do you have any New Years resoulotions?  I hope you all had a lovely start to the New Year. It's a new chapter in our lives lets try and make it better than the year before. Today's post is another nail tuitorial. I hope you like this post! 

It's a quick and simple design so lets begin ... 

1. Apply a base coat, then paint your nails white. 

2. Then with your dotting tool and with black nail polish just space out the dots around your nail. 

3. Now with gold nail polish and using your dotting tool space out the dots between the black dots you just made. 

4. Now dip your dotting tool into white nail polish and put white dots in a few of the black dots you made earlier. 

5. Do the same for your other hand. 

6. Once dry apply a top coat. 

7. Enjoy your new manicure! 

If you like this post please leave a comment below :) 

Lots of love, 

Simran xxx

Kylie Jenner Inspired Nails

Hi dolls, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and Boxing Day. I am back with a new post, which is something different to what I usually blog about. Its a  step by step guide on how to re-create Kylie Jenner's nails. I love doing my nails and creating designs. Where I live there isn't a nail salon that does any of the cool designs that Kylie gets done. So, I decided to try for myself. I am happy with the results I got. This manicure is simple but looks intricate. It took me a good hour to complete both hands. Have fun with this manicure, even if it doesn't look perfect don't worry about it. 

Let's begin ... 

First things first you will need nail art brushes I got mine from Topshop and the nail polishes ... 

Barry M - Matt White 

Barry M - Matt Black 

Essie - Fierce, no fear 

Essie - Chinchilly 

Models Own - Utopia 

Rimmel London- Green Grass 

Step 1: You want to start off painting all your nails white. Once they are dry use nail art pens in black to create random small lines, then with the silver glitter nail art pen create more small lines. If you don't have nail art pens you can also use the nail art brushes to create small lines. 

Step 2: For the index finger you're going to need a lot of different nail polish colours. Use a nail art brush and create small triangles with all the nail polish colours. Use feirce, no fear, then chinchilly, black, utopia and green grass. 

Step 4: For the middle finger again use a nail art brush and paint on the letters 'Msft'. 

Step 5: For the ring finger just repeat step 2. 

Step 6: To creat the paint drip effect use a dotting tool and then seal your design with a top coat. 

And there you have it a Kylie Jenner inspired manicure done in the comfot of your own home. 

Leave a comment below let me know if you like this post and want more posts loke this. Tweet me if you try this manicure I would love to see your re-creations! 

Twitter @punjabibarbie

Lots of love, 

Simran xxx

Santa Baby

Hey dolls, 

I am back with another post. This one is my favourite. I love Lush products and this one is a Christmas edition. Every Christmas Lush bring out the festive products. This year I thought I am not going to miss out like I did last year. So, this time I made sure I got my hands on the Santa bath bomb and also the snow fairy body wash which smells amazingly delicious just like bubblegum. The Santa bath bomb definately creates a christmassy feel. Once the bath bomb dissolves under the water it turns the water red then it changes completely to green. It definately makes bath time so much more fun. So if your looking for more of a fun bath experience then try lush bath bombs. Don't get me wrong I love my bubble baths but sometimes it's nice to switch it up for a change and why not it's nearly Christmas!!! 

I hope you like this post, if you did please leave a comment below :) 

Lots of love, 

Simran xxx

A Glamorous Night

Hello my loves, 

I am back with another post. Being ill has given me the time to write. There's only so much movies I can watch. My lovely friend Virginia who is a fashion blogger on www.misenscenelifestylev.blogspot.co.uk 

check her blog out if you haven't already. She invited me to a night out with her but I had no clue where we were going. All she told me was the time and to meet her at Piccidilly Circus. I was so curious to where we were going, it was such an amazing surprise to found out we were going to Bob Bob Ricard. I had such an amazing time. The place is so beautiful, I love the decor it's very grand and the private booths we sat in were great. The food is amazing, just the right amount I had enough space in my tummy for dessert which is always good. The place is totally Instagram worthy! All the booths have the button 'Press for Champagne'. The fun didn't stop there we ventured to the W Hotel for cocktails which were super yummy. You need to try their Candy Floss and After Dinner Cocktail! It was a lovely experience and I am so glad that Virginia shared it with me. It's my turn to surprise Virginia with a secret place. I have found the perfect place that we both will love. I just need to get better and we can go! 

Thanks for reading, I hope you will go and venture out to new places you haven't been to before. 

Lots of love, 

Simran xxx

Christmas Nails: Rudolph the Reindeer

Hello Dolls, 

I have been so ill and to top it all off I have lost my voice. It's never happened to me before, It's so hard not talking. It's that time of year of being ill. But I'm not letting that ruin the Christmas Spirit. Today's post is a quick tuitorial on how to get a subtle Christmas nails. It's easy you don't need to be an expert to create this design. This is the first time i've actually tempted to try it and I am happy with the end results. 

So let's begin.... 

1. First things first decide what finger you want your Rudolph to be on. I chose to do it on my ring finger. 

2. You want to paint your nail white. You will need two coats of polish. 

3. After it is dry I used Essie 'fierce, no fear' for Rudolph's face. Get the nail polish and paint a half moon shape just 3/4 of the nail.

4. Then using OPI 'brake for manicures' using the nail polish brush create two lines creating antlers. Then create small lines from the line you just painted. 

5. Then using a dotting tool, use the larger point and dip that into the white nail polish to create two eyes. 

6. Once that is dry use the dotting tool again but the smaller point. Dip that into black nail polish to create the pupils of the eyes. 

7. Nearly there, use the larger point of the dotting tool to create Rudolph's red shiny nose. I used Essie's 'bhamma mamma'. 

8. Once your design is dry, add clear polish ontop. If you like you can put glitter polish ontop to give it more of a christmassy feel. 

9. For the rest of your nails it is totally up to you what you want to do. I painted the rest of my nails in OPI 'brake for manicures' because I wanted a subtle christmas manicure but feel free and get creative. 

I hop you like this post, please comment and let me know what you think. If you would like me to do more posts like this let me know :) 

Lots of love, 

Simran xxx

Seventeen Gel Nail Polish: Review

Hello my lovelies, I am back with another post. I hope your all having a great day so far. Can you believe it we're in December already. Where does the time go? I am not conplaining I do love Christmas it's so magical and I love the lights. Today I have been drinking Gingerbread Latte and watching Christmas movies to get into the spirit. Today's post is about Seventeen's Gel nail polish that I bought recently I was looking for a nail polish that lasts and doesn't chip so easily. The kind lady who worked at boots recommended the 8 day gel polish from Seventeen. I was curious to see if it lives up to the claim. I bought it in three different colours. I tried the dark blue. It gives the look of a gel manicure, the nail polish is of a thick consistency unlike other nail polishes. I would suggest doing a thin layer unlike me I did thick layers as I applied the nail polish. The finished result it looks good, the nail polish has a shiny look to it. It does last 8 days, it started to chip very little on the fourth day. Which was not bad in comparison to other nail polishes. I only had to touch up the tips a little. I would reccommend this nail polish I was quite impressed. 

Here's a swatch and the names of the colours. They were on a deal 3 for 2. £3.99 each at Boots. 

I hope you liked this post, if you did please leave a comment below! 

Lots of love, 

Simran xxx

Berry Christmas

Hello Dolls! I hope you are having a lovely Wednesday. As we are saying goodbye to Autumn and saying hello to Winter. During the Winter I love wearing a pop of Berry and Orange colours. It screams Christmas Chic to me. In today's post I want to share with you my top favourites for this season. My first favourite lipstick to wear is the Kate Moss Collection for Rimmel London in 107 and Collection's Lip Liner in Damson. My second favourite is MAC Rihanna Collection 'Viva Glam 3' with MAC lipliner in 'Currant'. 

My favourite and most two worn nail polishes during this time is Essie 'Bahama Mama' and Urban Outfitters 'Red Velvet'. Especially during this time I like to add a bit of glitter to my manicure. This glitter from BarryM has blue and red specs of glitter which compliments both shades of berry colours. Below are the swatches of the nail polishes. 

Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed this post. 

Lots of love, 

Simran xxx

Totally Nude

Hi Gorgeous Dolls! I hope you're having a wonderful weekend. I have another beauty makeup blog post! Today's post is about my must have nudes for Winter. I am loving nude colours right now. It's so classy and it adds an understated glamour. I want to share with you my go to favourite products when I am wearing nudes colours. Nude colours are perfect for a day look to night. 

I love my Urban Decay 'Midnight Emergency' eyeshadow palette. All the colours have a subtle shimmer perfect for the night. To enhance the colours you can spray Mac Fix+ spray onto your eyeshadow brush before applying the shadows. For a day look I like to use 'Midnight Rodeo' and mix it with matte shadows from my other shadow palette. This palette is perfect size to take with you in your handbag for quick touchups if needed. 

My favourite nail polishes are listed below and the nail polishes are in order with the swatches below :) 

1. Seventeen 'Gel' in 'Mocha' 

2. Essie in 'Fierce no Fear' 

3. Essie in 'Chinchilly' 

4. BarryM in 'Nude' 

5. Models Own in 'Utopia' 

I hope you enjoyed my post today, please leave a comment below let me know what you're favourite nudes are :) 

Thank You Dolls for reading!!! 

Lots of love, 

Simran xxx

A Frosted Fantasy at Jo Malone

Hello my lovelies!

I am back again with another post, the other day I went into Jo Malone. Honestly I have heard a lot of good things about this brand but I have never ventured into the store to have a look. I finally did, what attracted me was the beautiful seasonal display as I entered the store. I loved the theme and the concept of 'a frosted fantasy'. I had a look around and I found a few favourites to add to my wish list. I love sweet scented perfumes, if you're like me you will fall in love with the scent 'Peony & Blush Suede' it's one of my favourite scent from Jo Malone. My second favourite is 'Wood Sage & Sea Salt' this scent has a subtle sweet scent to it. lastly, 'Nectarine Blossom & Honey' is a subtle sweet fruity scent.

I was delighted to find that Jo Malone offer a complimentary hand and arm massage. Not only do you get a little treat of a pampering session but you can also try the products of your choice. I chose the 'Peony & Blush Suede' range of course! Firstly, 'Peony & Blush Suede Body Wash was used then the body creme was used in the same scent and lastly the sales assistant sprayed the perfume onto my hands. I must say I am really impressed the body creme was nourishing and the scent was long lasting. Definately products that I will invest in. If you get the chance go into Jo Malone near to you and get your free complimentary hand and arm massage. You can call and book in advance or just walk in. Maybe I will be lucky this Christmas and Santa will leave a little bit of Jo Malone under the tree for me!

Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed this post! Comment below what is your favourite product from Jo Malone? Let me know!

Lots of love,

Simran

I Walk Alone ...

(Outfit Details: UGG Boots (old), Ripped Jeans River Island £40 (new), Long Sleeve Top Zara (old), Aztec Jumper Bank (old) and Mustard coloured socks Primark (old).

Photography Credit: Tatiana Brito (Virginia's talented daughter. If you don't know Virginia she is also a blogger check her page out on www.misenscenelifestylev.blogspot.com).



Hey Dolls,

We're all going somewhere in life, we're always on a journey whether it be to work, school, seeing friends or going home. But today's post is not about your literal journey, I am talking about your spiritual journey and the journey life is taking you on. Life has it's ups and downs but if it weren't for the bad times you wouldn't be who you are today, you should be proud of yourself and how far you've come. In life you are going to meet a lot of people who are going to stay in your life forever or they might even stay for a while. Regardless how long they stay in your life, enjoy the journey you are on, you only get one chance to live your story. Embrace the failures that you experience in life, don't get disheartened just use that as your motivation to try harder.

Always trust your inner voice, it's there for a reason don't ignore it. Trust and believe in yourself, know what you deserve and don't settle for anything less. You deserve to be happy, to laugh and free to be who you want to be. Don't let anyone change you, you are AMAZING!

You can make a difference, it just takes one person. If you are unhappy, ask yourself 'what is making you unhappy?' Then change the situation around for the better. Don't be afraid that nothing better is going to come along. Don't stay in a career or relationship just because you are afraid, have the courage to leave. You will find that an awesome opportunity awaits for you. Life is too short to be unhappy and be brave to let go of anyone or anything that makes you feel you are not good enough. You are worth it! Believe in yourself, you have an amazing journey that awaits for you. One day you will be able to share your story with someone and touch their hearts. Embrace your story, it's just the beginning!!!

I am going to end this post with one of my fav quotes 'Eventually everything falls into place in the mean time laugh at the confusion. Live for the moment and know that everything happens for a reason.'

PS. I hope you liked this post, if you did please leave a comment and let me know!

Lots of love,

Simran xxx

Step by Step Guide: Scary Skeleton

Happy Halloween Dolls!!!

Yesterday my good friend Virginia invited me and my sister to her Halloween Party It was nice to get dressed up and be a skeleton for a while. The whole night we got stared at especially on public transport. People are going to talk might as well give them something to talk about!!!  (is what I say, why not it's Halloween). We met some friendly people on our journey who were genuinely impressed with our face make up but it seems in England not many people celebrate Halloween. On our travels we saw another lady who had painted her face as the sugar skull it was nice to know we weren't the only ones.  The party was great, I love how Virginia decorated her home. She's very creative and I hope when I have a home of my own one day, I would like to do the same.

Lace Dress: Chelsea Girl River Island (old), gold necklace: Zara £19.99 

I have a very spooky surprise for you. I am going to give you a step by step guide on how to get this Scary Skeleton Look that I had :) 

Let's begin ... 

1. I used my real techniques crease brush to apply the white face paint I purchased from Sainsbury. 

2. You will need to apply two to three layers. I then used my beauty blender to blend the white paint, to get rid of the harsh brush strokes. 

3. Then with the real techniques detail brush I used that with black face paint to draw a circle around my eye, starting from my eyebrow. 

4. Start to paint that area all black, be careful not to get it in your eye. To make the black more darker, I used a black eye shadow from my Urban Decay Smoked eyeshadow Palette. 

5. Then to create depth to the look, draw two curved lines going in the opposite direction where your eyebrow is then blend that in using your beauty blender. 

6. we're nearly done... draw a small 'u' shape on the middle of your nose. Then draw two lines from either side of your nose like your drawing a triangle.Then just follow the shape of your nose and paint it all black.

7. Suck in your cheeks as you would if applying bronzer. Same technique here but instead of appyling bronzer you are drawing a line with black face paint. Do this on either side of your face. 

8. The best way I can describe it is draw an upside down heart from the line you have already drawn. Then paint in all black. 

9. Draw a line from the corner of your mouth outwards and then draw lines going down. 

10. For the lips, don't paint them white unless that's what you want. I outlined my lip with a lip pencil from Mac called current and filled my lips with that colour. Then I used Rihanna Viva Glam 2 in Frost ontop of the lip liner to create that deep dark purple. 

And you're all set for Halloween!!! I hope you have a spooky one!!!

Leave a comment below, let me know what you think. Tag me in your instagram or twitter pictures if you decide to do this look, I would love to see your recreations!!! 

Instagram:  @Innocence_Is_Bliss 

Twitter: @PunjabiBarbie 

Lots of love, 

Simran xxx

Fall in love with yourself first

Hey Dolls, 

After so long, I have something to blog about!!! Which I know I am slacking on my blogging game but don't worry you can't get rid of me that easily. I hope you enjoy my blogs as much as I love writing them, I just perfer to write blog posts that I am  interested in instead of just writing for the sake of it. I never want to do that. I always want my heart to be 100% in love with my posts. Anyway ... ramble over, let's get into today's post! 

Last week I met up with my good friend Virginia she's also a blogger. We went shopping for beauty products, we had a great girly catch up and I taught Virginia how to apply make up for an evening look (check her blog on misenscenelifestylev.blogspot.co.uk as she has done an in depth post on this). I love make up and experimenting different looks on myself. I am not a professional but the more you practice the more you learn what works for you and what colours best suit your skin tone. It was so much fun to apply make up on my friend. The best part was seeing my friend's reaction to the final make up look and she loved it! She looked beautiful if I say so myself. 

Now we couldn't let all that gorgeous make up and curly hair go to waste so we went for Margarita's at The Terrace in Wimbledon  it was so beautiful, at night they put the lights on. I have fallen in love with the night again. Surround yourself with friends, celebrate life, be free and have fun!!! 

Our fabulous lunch. 

Make up!!! 

My beautiful friend. 

Cheers! Have a great weekend!!! I hope you enjoyed this post, please leave a comment below. 

Lots of love,

Simran xxx