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

Monthly Favs

Hey Dolls!!! I am so sorry for my absence,   life truly gets in the way. I have started a new job and on my days off I am too tired to create posts. I have been thinking lately why have I allowed myself to stop doing the things that I love? I have no answer for this. Blogging and creating posts makes me happy, I get to keep my creative side alive. I feel like I have lost myself. I need to start to find myself again and keep doing what I used to love and what I still love to do. I hope you forgive me and that I was missed. Today's post I am going to share my monthly favs. 

1. Favourite Lip Product ? 

Chanel Lipstick High Shine #92 called Emotion. 

2. Favourite Face Product ? 

Garnier BB Cream in medium. 

3. Favourite Eye Product ? 

Urban Decay Smoked palette. 

4. A Style you're loving right now? 

I am loving the two piece outfits Kim Kardashian is wearing at the moment. I love how the skirts are figure hugging and flattering to her body shape. 

5. Favourite Food right now? 

Yesterday, my sister and I had a lovely day out. We went to have lunch at Nandos and I always go for a chicken wrap but this time I wanted to try something different. I had the butterfly chicken fillet with peri peri chips. Mmm... that was SO yummy! I reccommend you to try it if you haven't already. 

6. A drink you're loving right now? 

Banana milkshake. 

7. Your Favourite Movie? 

The Other End Of The Line (Starring Jesse Metcalfe). 

8. Your Favourite Time during the day? 

The moment I wake up because I love just lying in bed for a while. I like to check my social medias, listen to music before getting out of bed. 

9. Favourite recent purchase? 

I have two favs one is my ripped jeans from River Island and the second is these beautiful lace up high heels in black from Aldo. I fell in love when I saw them I had to have them but at the time I was like I will get them another time. I went back couple of weeks later I didn't see them. I was so upset, then yesterday I found them and I bought them straight away. I have learned my lesson when I see something I love, I am going to buy it right there then. No more regretting! 

10. Songs you're loving right now? 

G.R.L Ugly Heart 

Lulaby ( featuring Tori Kelly) 

MKTO- Thank you 

Chris Brown- Do Better 

Chris Brown- Came to do 

Maroon 5 - maps 

Katy Perry- This is how we do 

I hope you like this post! I have more fashion posts coming soon! Leave a comment :) 

Lots of love 

Simran xxx