Our External World Za Beauty India Birthday Giveaway

Za Beauty India completed one year in India this April. And you are already aware that Our External World completed 3 years!

To double up the celebrations there is a special giveaway for our Indian fans where one winner will take home a lovely gift hamper from Za Beauty India.

You need to have a valid Indian address to take part. The rules are simple, start earning points by fulfilling the required entries in the widget below.

You can earn points till 15th May (11:59pm India time)

Za & Our External World Anniversary Giveaway

All the best everyone!!!

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Our External World’s Complete-Your-Look giveaway

Hi Friends
I am pleased to announce Our External World’s very first giveaway in association with StyleCraze. I call it the Complete-Your-Look giveaway!
The giveaway is a thank you to all of you for encouraging me and helping Our External World cross its 50 GFC followers.
And now take a look at the goodies that you can win

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One lucky winner gets to take  home a complete look with these cosmetics. The goodie bag includes

• E.L.F. Studio Beauty On The Go Single Palettes Happy Hour (10 eye shadows, blush, 2 lip glosses)

• Maybelline Vivid And Smooth Liner - Bordeaux Pearl

• ColorBar Nail Polish - Plum Wine

I have carefully picked these products so that there is something for the entire face as well as your nails – all co-ordinated to match your outfit when you are in the mood for some purple fun!
Now coming to the giveaway – it’s a simple rafflecopter entry that you need to do. All new followers are welcome to take part. Winner will be chosen randomly from the people with maximum entries.
The giveaway starts 16th June 2012 and ends on 6th July 2012

a Rafflecopter giveaway
This giveaway is open to everyone who is a resident of India or has an Indian postal address from where they can collect the goodies.
(PS: thanks to Chetna at StyleCraze for sponsoring this giveaway)
(PS: this is my first time with rafflecopter so please let me know in case you face any problems!)
(PS: image is a painfully created paintbrush image created using product images)

Lakme 9 to 5 Longwear Nail Color - Lavender Lush - Review

I hope you all liked my sponging nail attempt - today I am reviewing one of the nail paints I used for that nail art technique. It is from the Lakme 9 to 5 range and the shade is called Lavender Lush.

As you can see in the image above it comes in a glass bottle with a lovely golden beige cap. There are no ingredients mentioned and the back label simply suggests how to apply the nail paint. Apply two coats followed by a top coat.

This nail paint is nice and dark so applied in a single coat works just as well - the only thing is that if you don't want it to fade away too soon its best to apply two coats - gives a nice satin finish as well.

Here in the swatch I have applied a single coat. As you can see its not see through. 

I was in a hurry so did not apply it very well but you can see that it gives a nice touch to my sponging nail art below

Now for my take on this nail paint - firstly the color - I love it - I think its a very sophisticated shade yet its fun and not boring. Its a versatile color that can go with a lot of outfits. The quality of the nail is good - its easy to apply and gives a very smooth satin finish. The only problem I have which is mainly because I tend to skip the top coat, is that it does not last for more than 2 days - it starts to chip away. I have had better experiences with other company nail paints so this is surely a drawback for me. But I think I will mostly use it for doing nail art whenever I want to and on its own I would use it only for special occasions where its ok if the nail paint wears off after two days.

Details at a glance
Packaging       : good quality
Pigmentation : highly pigmented
Fragrance        : none
Staying power: 2 days without top coat
Price              : Rs. 195

What I like:
1.The colour
2. Satin Finish

What I don't like:
1. Value for money - its on the more expensive side for a nail paint yet staying power is not as I would expect