Little Zebra Leggings Give-away Open Worldwide!

Hello everyone, its raining giveaways for all the lucky readers of Our External World. Here is another giveaway from Romwe. Manisha who won the "Coco Made Me Do It" giveaway has received her T-shirt, I will share the pic soon on facebook.

This time one winner can take home these lovely black and white leggings, I want these too, will make my legs look slimmer ;)

Little Zebra Leggings Give-away Open Worldwide!

Little Zebra Leggings Give-away Open Worldwide!

For the giveaway all you need to do is follow the steps below:

1.  Add a comment to show your love to the sexy leggings at product page: http://www.romwe.com/romwe-sexy-little-zebra-leggings-p-83911.html

2.  Like and share this post on facebook/google+ (you can use the facebook/g+ buttons below this post)

3. Follow Our External World on google+

4. Follow Our External World on instagram

5. Leave a comment on this post leaving your facebook id, instagram id, google+ id and email address and links to your shared posts

One winner will be picked 5 days later.  Good Luck!

Also note that the stripe leggings will be $15.99 on 24th April.  And you can use the coupon code 10%offleggings to get another 10% off on the leggings only on 24th April.

Giveaway - Because You're Worth It - L'Oreal Paris Hamper

Hi friends, all of you who follow the blog on Facebook know that I picked new winners for the Maybelline contest because the earlier winners did not respond back in time. And those of you who did not win, here is good news - I have another contest for you all where you can win a makeup hamper from L'Oreal Paris! Excited?? All you have to do is fill in the widget below making sure you complete all mandatory entries.

Giveaway - Because you're worth it - L'Oreal Paris Hamper 

Contest runs from 9:00PM 20th April 2014 — 11:59PM 16th May 2014 India time and is open for anyone with a valid Indian postal address.

Get set GO!!!!

Because You're Worth It

Blog Anniversary - Thank You Fans Giveaway Winners And More...

What started off as a little outlet of creative energy grew into my world of friends, love for makeup and a passion for nail art. On April 12th the blog completed two years, unfortunately due to certain circumstances I was unable to celebrate or announce this on the blog. But I am overwhelmed with the love I have received from you all. Each one of you who visits the blog, comments or likes a post, enters into my world with their love and affection. I do not know you all, we have never met in person, yet somewhere through this blog we have connected.

A lot of you specially my nail art friends have become like an extended family who have helped me through hard times in my personal life, have encouraged me to carry on my love for my blog, and simply made me laugh through my tears.

Before I announce the winners of the "Thank You Fans" giveaway I want to thank each one of you for touching my life in whatever way you have. I am sure a lot of us will meet one day, I hope so!

And now, drum rolls for the two winners who take home lovely hampers from Maybelline India.

Summer Dressing - My Picks For Summer 2014

If you love to shop online for clothes you must have visited sheinside.com - I recently came across this site and loved a lot of pieces they have. Here are some Summer Dressing picks that I like.

Summer Dressing - Tops

It time to take out all the colorful tops and my picks ranging from solids, prints and embroidered tops. Keep it colorful and let the peace of white rule!

Summer Dressing - Tops

From left to right (click the name of the top to visit the product page)
1. Coral shirt with a bow knot collar

2. Printed chiffon shirt

3. Ruffle sleeve embroidered blouse

4. Lovely yellow asymmetrical top 

Flash Jewelry Sale With Free Shipping Across India - Everything Under Rs 499

Hi everyone, I want to introduce you to Bhaap.com which is where you can find the best online shopping deals in the country. They have new deals every day on many things including jewellery, fashion, accessories, homeware, kitchenware and lots more. The most exciting thing is that Bhaap.com has come out with another awesome FLASH SALE for all of you, this time it’s a Jewelry Flash Sale that goes live at 10am on 14^th March (yes that’s tomorrow!)  They will have designer fashion jewellery from only Rs 199 and hold your breath – there is FREE SHIPPING on all products.

Here are some details about the sale

-Starts at 10am 14th March

-New deals Every hour

- Each deal lasts only 2 hours, unless sold out earlier.

THANK YOU FANS Giveaway - 2 Maybelline Hampers To Be Won

As promised earlier a special giveaway to thank all my friends who have helped the blog reach where it is today. This is just a small gesture to 

THANK YOU FANS!!!!!

There will be 2 winners so 2 happy fans!

2 Winners - Our External World Giveaway

The giveaway is open till 10th April midnight (IST). All you have to do to win is click the link below - it will take you to a widget that you can use to enter in the giveaway!

Thank You To My Fans  

I am using a new widget for the giveaway so in case you face any issues please drop in a comment and I'll try to resolve it ASAP.

(this is not international but open to anyone with a valid Indian postal address - don't worry another international giveaway is in the works)

Contest ALERT - ProGreen Oath - Lets Pledge To Do Our Bit!

Recently I told you all about Nature's Co Pro-Green Oath. Well today I got my oath which is a very easy task to follow and in fact I have been following since I was in school. The oath says 

"Pass on your books after you've read them for someone else to enjoy."

And now for all of you - pledge to take this oath and pass it on to your friends as well - let us create a long chain of people who pledge to do this small bit. And if we end up creating the longest chain we could all win surprise goodies from The Nature's Co.

Now for the rules:

1. Follow the oath - that means pass on any book that you've read to someone else - a friend, a neighbor or someone who cannot afford to buy it - just pass it on.
2. Make sure  you follow @shilpagandotra (if you don't already).on twitter
3. I have passed on a book to a friend and have tweeted the oath. All you have to do is re-tweet my tweet on twitter. The tweet can be found HERE.
4. Tweet the oath yourself tagging your friends to do the same - and don't forget to add the hashtag #GoProGreen, #OurExternalWorld and add @shipagandotra @Thenaturesco so that we know you retweeted my oath.

This way if #OurExternalWorld creates the longest oath chain we all (yes all of you in the chain) will get surprise goodies from The Nature's Co.

For Extra Points

Upload pictures on twitter revolving around the ProGreen Oath (again don't forget to add the hashtag #OurExternalWorld and #GoProGreen and @shilpagandotra and @Thenaturesco - our oath chain gets extra points for images uploaded like this.

So remember friends, spread the word about a good deed and create a chain of goodness. In return we all get goodies to reward us for our simple kind gesture. Are you still thinking? Go on, you've read that book - pass it on to someone else and let them enjoy!!!!

Contest ends on 23rd September - so get going now - spread the word and lets create the longest chain and help our books travel the world!!!!

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge - Inspired By The Runway - Fishtail Braid Nail Art Tutorial

Its the fourth week in the Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge and I just realized I haven't posted details about this challenge at all! Silly me - well better late than never. Below is the details on the mani that we are supposed to do every week.

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge

 1. Think Pink

Wear your favorite pink nail polish and nail art.

2.       Gimme That Bling

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend, so put some sparkle on those nails!

3.      Delicate and Elegant

Adorn yourself with a lovely pattern, color or technique

4.      Inspired by the Runway

What is your favorite trend this season?  Show us your stylish nail designs!

5.      Gotta Love Chick Flicks

We can’t resist!  Wear a nail design inspired by your favorite chick flick.

6.      Who Inspires You?

Show some love to your favorite female role model by creating gorgeous nails in their honor.

7.      Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice

That’s what little girls are made of!  Show off your sweet (or spicy) inspired nails.

8.      Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

It’s true, we do!  Let your nail designs show us how fun-loving you are!

Originally created by Neverland Nail Blog

This is week 4 so the topic is Inspired by the Runway - in the recently held Lakme Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2013 I saw a lot of beautiful pastels and what also caught my attention were the dresses in black and white geometric patterns. And in last week's challenge I really liked the fishtail braid nail art done by Shilpa from Love For Nail Art blog. So I took my runway inspiration and the fishtail braid nail art - put them together to create my runway inspired nails.

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge - Inspired By The Runway

This nail art is simple to create (and I now realize I smudged the still wet nail paint while taking pictures, oh not again!)

First of all you need a handful of your favourite nail paints. I chose pastel pinks for the fishtail braid and the accent nail has the black and white geometric pattern.

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge - Inspired By The Runway

Let's take a look at how I created the fistail braid and then I'll show you how to do the accent nail.

Vellvette and Clarins White Plus Range Launch Party

I am a bit late on posting about the Clarins White Plus Range Launch Party hosted by Vellvette on 6th April at The Westin Gurgaon.

Vellvette and Clarins White Plus Range Launch Party - The New White Plus Range

The WP Range Lauch Party was held in a conference room of the hotel. As soon as anybody entered Richa from Clarins or Vineeta from Vellvette would personally welcome the person and get them acclimatized with what was going on.

Vellvette and Clarins White Plus Range Launch Party

Vellvette and Clarins White Plus Range Launch Party

It was a nice round table arrangement, a slideshow with product details was left running while the ladies from Clarins gave personalized explanations of the products as well as recommendations for different skin types.

Vellvette and Clarins White Plus Range Launch Party

Vellvette and Clarins White Plus Range Launch Party - Skin Consultations in Progress

The event registration required us to pay Rs 500 to book our seats and this amount was fully refundable. In fact we could exchange this for either a lip gloss or a lipstick from Clarins.

Vellvette and Clarins White Plus Range Launch Party - Girls Checking Out the Lipgloss/Lipstick on offer

Vellvette and Clarins White Plus Range Launch Party (Richa on the Left)

Enchantess March 2013 - What's In My Potli?

In March I tried my luck with the Enchantess beauty box - and as it happens with these surprise products, sometimes they make you happy and sometimes they turn out to be complete duds!

My March Enchantess box came in two parts. First came the Inside Salon & Spa magazine and a week later came the actual product bag. My first sorrow point was in the delivery itself - the March subscription came in the beginning of April - now this is still acceptable with the beauty products but hey the magazine I got to read was a month late - so all horoscopes were out of date, and even the articles which were focused on Holi were too late to be read. All in all the magazine turned out to be a flick-and-throw-away in 5 minutes affair for me.

Enchantess March Beauty Bag

The products that came in the Enchantess potli were still better.

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge - 3 - Delicate and Elegant - Floral French Tips Tutorial

So this is the third week of the Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge and the theme this week is Delicate and Elegant. I know stamping would have been a good choice but since I had never tried using a paint brush before I thought let me try it this week.

So my nail art design is a Floral French Tip. And this week I have a tutorial for it as well!

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge - Delicate and Elegant - Floral French Tips

Before you take a look at the pics I am extremely sorry for the unclean edges - I did not notice them until it was too late and I was watermarking the photos!

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge - Delicate And Elegant - Floral French Tips

Things that you need for this nail art

• Two nail paints of your choice - I have used Lotus Herbals Colordew nail paint in white, and Sally Hansen Salon Manicure nail paint in a deep mehroon color
• A stripping nail art tool or painting brush - this has to be the thinnest possible - what you see in the pic is a number 0 brush and I have snipped off the bristles to reduce it to a very thin shape (will do a tutorial on how you can create your own stripping nail art brush sometime later)
• Top coat - used here Orly Top 2 Bottom
• Dotting tool (or a tooth pick)

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge - Delicate And Elegant - Floral French Tips

First Anniversary Giveaway - Open Internationally - 3 winners

As promised here is the First Anniversary giveaway that is open to the international audience!

And it is bigger than ever - there will be not one, not two but 3 winners who get themselves the Confume Argan Treatment oil from wishtrend.com.

First Anniversary Giveaway Open Worldwide

Argan Treatment Oil is good for all hair types, can be used on the entire body and you can also use it for your cuticles!

first anniversary international giveaway

In order to win yourself the Argan Treatment oil simply follow the options in the rafflecopter widget.There are some options that you can do daily to earn more points so go ahead and try your best. The giveaway is open internationally so lets see who the 3 lucky winners are from across the globe!

Giveaway is open from 12th April to 24th May.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

image source (wishtrend.com)

Our External World's 1st Anniversary - A Big Thank You For All Your Love!!!!

Our External World completed 1 year of existence. I am not sure how I feel right now – happy, excited, or plain numb!

In April last year I took the final plunge and started blogging purely as an outlet for all the creative energy I was bottling up inside me. Make-up was something that interested me but I never knew I would fall in love with it like this! The quiet person that I am, I never knew I would make such wonderful friends along the way.

I still remember how each and every like on my Facebook page and each Google friend connect would make me ecstatic. I still feel super special whenever I find a new friend in the form of a reader or follower. And reading the lovely comments that come on the blog posts always makes me feel elated.

In the coming year I hope I can continue to bring to you posts that help you in one way or the other. And if they don’t I sure do hope they end up being a good read, something useful for the time you spend reading it!

The journey so far has been awesome but there are many more things I wish to achieve. And as always I would need your support and love to move forward every inch of the way. I cannot thank you enough for your encouragement which has made me go ahead. There have been times when people have out and out discouraged me to continue with the blog and there have been times when the hectic work and home balance has simply left me no time. Yet it is your love and encouragement that has kept this blog alive, that has kept my creativity alive!

As a small thank you gesture I am planning on an International giveaway that goes live soon. The giveaway will have 3 winners so please stay tuned. And that is not all, I hope I can continue a series of giveaways, small or big, but something to say thank you to each and every one of you. More giveaways means more people get a chance to win J

Keep your lovely comments pouring in and don’t hesitate to drop me a mail anytime you have a suggestion for me. Positive criticism is always welcome!

Thank you for making Our External World - Your World!

Sugar Spun Nails - Pink and Silver

I just recently discovered a nail art technique called sugar spun nails. Due to minimum time I can spend doing posts right now (with my eye problem) I am again just posting the pictures and I will do the tutorial if you girls like this a lot and would want me to do the tutorial.

Sugar Spun Nails - Pink and Silver

Sugar Spun Nails - Pink and Silver

Sugar Spun Nails - Pink and Silver

Need Your Support - Reach the Blog by Sending An SMS!

I have just created a mobile application for Our External World and I need your support in getting it going.

All you have to do is send an sms with @OurExternalWorld as the text and send it to 92665 92665

So if you are in India then please show your support - it only takes one little sms!!!! Need your support friends, show that you care by sending that one sms today!

Thank you in advance - I know I can count on you!!!!

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge - 2 - Bling Nail Art

Hi Friends

Here is my post for the second challenge in the Girly Girl Nail Art Series. I just almost burnt my eyelid - splattered boiling oil on the eye-lid so a short post this time with only pictures. No tutorial but if you want to see a tutorial please do leave your comments and I will try and do the tutorial in the coming week.

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge - Bling Nail Art

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge - Bling Nail Art 

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge - Bling Nail Art