Oriflame Glacier Eau De Toilette - Men's Fragrance Review

Hey Everyone!

It's been pretty long that I could spare time from my hectic work schedule in past few months for a post on the blog. But here is one after much delay...
Everyone in the family knows my growing love for the fragrances, hence they gift me some 'good' ones many a times that compliment my personality. This father's day, I was gifted a cool fragrance by my little boy and I'm sharing a quick piece of my opinion on the same.

Oriflame Glacier Eau De Toilette - 
As you may expect it's a men's fragrance from Oriflame fantastic product range.

Product Description by the brand:
This crisp, invigorating scent is perfect for the sporty, free-spirited man. Organic and masculine bottle shape with the colour of the deep ocean.

The Glacier EDT is a herbal blend of Rosemary and Tarragon mingled with a twist of Mint and deep woody, amber undertone. In my view, the fragrance is not so musculine that it would please only men. It seems equally sophisticated to be worn by elegant women too.

Being an EDT, it has got higher concentration of the perfume essences than a cologne. It lasts on your body for moderate duration of apprx. 3-4 hours and needs reapplication, if required. The fragrance is not very strong but keeps you fresh in those hot sweltering days. I personally love such fragrances for regular office days when the objective is not to seduce your mates, but to leave an impact while making my senses feel rejuvenated. To get the long-lasting effect of this enchanting perfume, spray it in your neck, elbow, and wrists.

The packaging of Glacier Eau De Toilette is a decent glass vessel without any adornments. It fits the grip of your hand perfectly and spritz well. 

Also this fragrance makes a great gifting option budgetwise. You may get a 100ml bottle for almost INR 1500. Also keep an eye on the deals offered by Oriflame in their monthly catalogues that can be availed via their consultants.
In short, Oriflame Glacier Eau De Toilette is an aromatic accessory that one can adore for it's lively scent.

Review By-
Amit 

NovAge Ultimate Lift Overnight Lifting & Contouring Cream Review

The NovAge Ultimate Lift Skin Care Set has 5 products consisting of Cleansing Gel, Eye Cream, Concentrate Serum, SPF rich Day Cream and Overnight Lifting & Contouring Cream. 

This post will concentrate mainly on the Overnight Lifting & Contouring Cream.

If loss of firmness and sagginf of skin are ageing your face, it's time to bounce back with the NovAge Ultimate Lift Overnight Lifting & Contouring Cream which is Oriflame's advanced-performing product to restore firmness and elasticity for a lifted look with a delightfully youthful bounce.

Powered by patented AspartoLift Technology and Buddleja Plant Stem Cell extract, NovAge Ultimate Lift boosts elastin synthesis and helps to protect the integrity of the skin's extracellular matrix, enhancing the skin's elasticity to help lift, firm and redefine facial contours, as well as smoothing out wrinkles.

Extra-nourishing and replenishing night cream powered by Aspartolift and plant stem cell extract. It restores hydration, firmness and elasticity while you sleep for a lifted appearance over time with more defined contours and less visible wrinkles. Delicately fragranced.

Being one of the thicker products in your skincare routine usually, your night cream provide the final layer of active ingredients together with moisturisation. While the day cream is designed to help protect your skin from daytime aggressors; the night cream is designed to restore, replenish and lock in moisture while you sleep.

NovAge Ultimate Lift Overnight Lifting & Contouring Cream is a mildly fragranced cream that is light in texture. You need to apply just 5 pea-sized dots of cream on your forehead, each cheek, your nose and chin. Use your fingertips to lightly massage the cream evenly all over your face avoiding the eye area until it is fully absorbed. The whipped texture feels like a dream and makes it so easy to spread and sink into skin effortlessly. 

While you sleep with the cream on, it nourishes the skin and addresses signs of fatigue with continued use. Even the most efficacious night creams are not going to transform your skin in one night. It would take weeks or even months to show results for the skin concerns like uneven skin tone, fine lines, or wrinkles,. So patiently feed your skin regularly with a good night cream.

Speaking about it's packaging, I like the elegantly rich glass jar in a pretty purple-gold color. The jar is packed in a outer cardboard box with same color theme. The price, quantity, ingredient list and shelf life etc are all printed on it.

NovAge Ultimate Lift Overnight Lifting & Contouring Cream is not a budget purchase (Rs. 2250 for 50ml) for sure, but if you're looking for a product that will genuinely make you look forward to your night time routine, this is one of those products.  

Open Doors to New Opportunities With TUBBR Networking

'Networking' is quite a well-favoured term in today's digital world. And why not! it is because of networking that we can provide beneficial support to each other and survive in this competitive world relatively easily. For the content creators like me, it becomes more important that we should invest time and effort into getting our networking right and with the like-minded people.

I always dreamt of having an access to some software or app that could bring in 'relevance' into my existing networking which is above and beyond just following each other. Recently, I came across an interesting app called TUBBR which is world’s first Personal Social Network. By the term Personal social network, don't visualize it as a Private Network that restricts building working relationships.
Rather, it's referred as personal for the reason that it gives a user complete control over his content to what his followers/subscribers should be allowed to see.

Basically, TUBBR is a platform to showcase your creative content in form of stories which are published on your Walls. The walls, which are usually theme-oriented, can be given visibility as per your preference like Personal, Public. You can also collaborate and co-create with people on specific things you are passionte about. Even two individuals can have their very own private timeline to share their moments & stories and keep them to themselves.

When I bagan publishing my content initially, I had no idea how much admiration it may get in terms of number of subscribers and reactions of my stories. Really it's a great boost for an influencer when you get relevant audience instead of spammers ;) I owe some good professional connections to this app. I must admit how convenient yet rewarding TUBBR is.

I would recommend all the content creators to download TUBBR networking app because the key to gain higher visibility is 'appropriate networking'. Using TUBBR on your smartphone, you can upload your content on-the-go in a matter of few minutes.

If you're wondering how to go about being a part of this huge family of content creators on TUBBR, here is a video tutorial that briefs you on the central idea. I hope I could excite you enough to start using this app. But here is a catch, TUBBR currently is available only through exclusive invites. It simply means you have to request for an Access Code before you jump-in for the fun. Fikar not, I'm here to offer fellow writers, bloggers and followers to download the app by clicking here on using my TUBBR Access Code i.e. WEFD98. Remember to be the first one to join as I have only 100 limited invites. Once a new user joins the TUBBR family, 5 exclusive invites are allotted to the user to bring others onboard. Isn't it so cool!!

I think I had shared every required insight of TUBBR to bring you on board. I'll be excitedly waiting to subscribe you for some awesome content and expand my support network. The bottomline is that taking active steps towards building and maintaining a network is essential to influence things positively.

Affordable Winter Fashion Look ft. Berrylook.com

To dress for the cold weather is seriously a task for me. I literally need to make clothing strategy for every single day because my body has a tendency to feel excessively cold. That's the reason I'm mostly seen dressed up in many layers of clothing whenever I'm stepping out of my home. With all that extra weight of heavy coats/jackets on my shoulders, I usually end up straining my muscles that causes me frequent stiffness and pain in nape of the neck. To avoid aggravating the issue, I wanted to buy myself a good-looking light-weight winter jacket and as usual was looking for the available options online.

I stumble upon Berrylook.com which is a global online store that delivers latest fashion apparel primarily for women (though they've men fashion products too). Berrylook stocks lovely dresses, tops, bottoms, swimwear, accessories, footwear, bags and jewelry for girls and ladies in thousands of different styles. Best part? one can easily get his/her order delivered anywhere in the world. So I decided to shop my heart out as they ship to India as well.

After spending a few hours hand-picking appropriate products of my prefernce,  here is what I got --

Well! you might find it funny, but the first item that I ordered is a High Neck Pocket Quilted Plain Jacket from Men's category of winterwear.

The red colour with a punch of cherry caught my eye. Also it's finish and fit seemed to be suited for females as well. And yeah, I wasn't wrong in my anticipation. The quilted jacket is absolutely perfect for my bodytype. It made me feel warm on quite a windy day.

The jacket is available in SkyBlue, Dark Blue and Black colour also in all the sizes.

Though I didn't want to spend more in my first order, but then so many chic-looking cheap sneakers aroused my desire to own atleast one pair of latest style for the season. Berrylook has all sort of heeled and flat sneakers in amazing colour & patterns. Since I don't need to enlongate my height, I picked a pair of sober, non-embellished Plain Flat Round Toe Casual Sneakers. Co-incidentally, the shoes are also in red colour :) They look really fab and are comfortable.

Last but not the least, bought a Silk Polyester Scarf in Stripes of shades of blue in my shopping cart that would complete my semi-formal look when paired with denim and crisp white shirt.

Overall, I'm delighted with my first ever shopping experience with Berrylook.com and this is certainly not the last one.

Explore Berrylook.com for latest trends in stylish outfits and accessories for the season. I bet you won't be disappointed :)

Giordani Gold Youthful Radiance Elixir Primer & Long Wear Mineral Foundation Review

For 40 years, Giordani Gold has strived to create beautiful, premium products infused with the world’s most exclusive raw ingredients. The quest for craftsmanship and perfection reflects brand's desire to help us live our life beautifully.

Giordani Gold range includes all sort of cosmetics viz. fragrances, lipcolours, body sprays, eye makeup and creams etc. I've been using many of the products since months and those are really exclusive in terms on quality. 

This time I'm in for two 'face makeup' items which I honestly prefer using on occasions or may be when in mood, but not on daily basis. So after trying and testing these two products for couple of weeks, here is my review of  Giordani Gold Youthful Radiance Elixir Primer and Long Wear Mineral Foundation.

Giordani Gold Youthful Radiance Elixir Primer is a luxurious product from Oriflame for a beautifully luminous, youthful-looking complexion. This silky skin perfecting serum intensively hydrates, perfects and illuminates the skin for a perfectly luminous and youthful-looking complexion.

It comes in a transparent glass bottle in pump dispenser format. I like the gold and black cap to give the packaging a royal look and feel.

The formula is infused with Hyaluronic Acid, Skin Perfector Complex, White Tea extract and the iridescent beauty of rose and gold micro pearls.

Most women prefer using a primer as a base to achieve flawless makeup and this one does a great job covering up imperfections like fine lines, wrinkles and concealing the pores. I personally apply the primer after moisturizer, so that my dry skin can absorb the moisturization before the primer places a layer on top of it. Spread a few drops of the primer on your moisturized face n neck and gently massage into the skin with the fingertips. It's light-weight and non-greasy formula doesn't take time to absorb. When worn on its own, it gives a natural youthfully radiant complexion. I've been using it all alone without makeup for last few days and like the flawless finish it gives. It's suitable for all skin types.
The 30ml bottle is priced at 999/- but a little goes a long way, so this one bottle might last for months depending on usage frequency.

Give your skin a perfect finish with Giordani Gold Long Wear Mineral Foundation. This foundation comes in a tall glass bottle with a pump top to take out the product. The packaging is as classy as others in Giordani range.
This foundation is infused with skin revitalising Italian Volcanic Minerals and offers SPF 15 as an added bonus.

Giordani Gold Long Wear Mineral Foundation comes in four shades - Light Rose, Natural Beige, Light Ivory and Rose Beige. I got myself the Rose Beige one. Looking at the foundation from outside the bottle, I felt it's not a perfect match and is darker for my skin tone. So one of the tested trick to fix the shade is to mix your foundation with a moisturizer. It might bring down the coverage to little lighter, but gets you proper shade that blends with skin tone nicely.

You may apply the foundation with a makeup brush, sponge or even with the fingers. Just start by applying less foundation than you think you need to. You can always add a little more if needed. Just make sure to blend it carefully around the jawline and hairline for a flawless finish. It gives a long-lasting coverage and conceals imperfections for a brightened complexion.
The product is priced at 1299/- for 30ml.

Men's Skincare Journal ft. NovAge Men by Oriflame

NOVAGE. Powered by Science. Empowering you to be your Best. 

NovAge offers a series of scientifically-advanced skin care ranges designed to correct and slow the signs of ageing. Every range is powered by innovative technologies and plant stem cell extracts, and customised to meet your skin's changing needs through life with clinically proven results. From the very first signs of ageing to those experienced in more mature skin, with NovAge you can enjoy youthful, healthy-looking skin at any age.

The NovAge Men Set is engineered specifically for male skin to fight signs of ageing and tiredness. Skin is left feeling energised, fresher, smoother and younger looking. Designed to use as a simple, but powerful routine that takes less than 2 minutes to perform every morning and evening but gives results. When used as a routine, the range delivers a clinically proven Anti-Fatigue Effect by wrinkle reduction, skin smoothness improvement, improvement in skin hydration, improvement in skin flexibility, improvement in skin tonicity.

The set comes in a decent brown cardboard box consisting of 4 products -  

Purifying & Exfoliating Cleanser: Male skin produces more sebum and oil and has larger pores than women’s skin, so it attracts and traps more daily grime. That's the reason why gentlemen also need to rejuvenate their facial skin by exfoliation to diminish dirt and dead skin cells. Apply this lovely-looking grey coloured NovAge cleanser to the face and neck, gently massaging with fingertips to wash away sebum and excess oil with its invigorating grains consisting of natural Japanese Charcoal particles. Rinse thoroughly with warm water and get that instant skin boost and refreshing aromatic feel. The smoother exfoliated skin makes it easy to absorb anything you put on it afterwards like serums, moisturizers etc. more deeply. I personally feel that a good exfoliator like NovAge also leads to lessen ingrown facial hair thereby preparing the skin for a comfortable shave. So my mantra is to cleanse and exfoliate my face before shaving. It's priced at INR 1000 for 125 ml tube.

Eye Rescue Gel: Most men have stressful work schedule due to which their eyes are prone to get puffy and have eyebags. Eye skin is fragile, so often it is the first area to reveal signs of ageing and tiredness. The eyebags might be caused by fluid retention, lack of sleep, any allergies or heredity. The trick is to find an easy-to-use eye roll-on. NovAge Eye Rescue Gel has to be gently rolled on cleansed skin below each eye every morning and evening. The texture of this product makes it easy to absorb. One of the most effective ingredients for eye care products i.e. Caffeine helps to enhance blood micro-circulation to de-puff under-eye bags and helps to reduce the appearance of dark circles to leave eyes looking well rested. Gingko helps to soothe skin, increases moisturising efficacy and stimulates collagen synthesis. The massaging effect of the roller ball make tired eyes look and feel energised, revitalised and hydrated. Priced at INR 1200 for 15ml tube.

Energising & Hydrating Booster:  It's a gel-like translucent fluid that optimises skin's water balance immediately. Massage it into cleansed skin morning and evening avoiding the eye area. Quick in absorption and nicely fragrant. Skin is left revived with improved tone, better flexibility and reduced tiredness, once the product is religiously applied on daily basis. To prevent loss of radiance from men's skin and to minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, Coffea Bengalensis plant stem cell extract has been included in NovAge Men which encourages healthier functioning skin cells and a boosted antioxidant capacity that can help to protect the skin. Available at INR 2100 for 50 ml bottle.

Intense Anti-ageing Face Gel Lotion: Being in my early 40s, I've resorted to high-quality anti-ageing products which can be used without visiting the professional salons. The NovAge anti-ageing lotion is a lightly consistent, white-coloured lotion that repairs skin of critical ageing issues. Simply massage it into cleansed skin twice a day avoiding the eye area. The Baobab Anti-ageing technology used in the range is specifically developed to work on men’s skin and targets issues directly. Though one can feel the suppleness of skin instantly, but needs patience to notice improvement in skin's texture in a span of few months. Priced at INR 1700 for 50ml bottle.

The NovAge Men Set is clinically evaluated on male skin and a big lot of people have agreed to it's results. The complete set is priced at Rs. 6000 but is available at Rs. 4500 on Oriflame website. Ladies! It makes a perfect gift for the men in your family. And Gentlemen! don't shy away ordering this wonderful grooming kit for yourself. 

Reviewed by: Amit

The One Kohl Eye Pencil and Gel Eye Liner Pencil Review

Some girls simply cannot step out of the house without lining their eyes as it enhances their face value. Everyday eye makeup for most girls involves the use of either kohl or eyeliner or probably both of these. For those who are looking for buying eye cosmetic, you may consider The One Kohl Eye Pencil and Gel Eye Liner Pencil from Oriflame for non-messy application. 

The One Kohl Eye Pencil is a small-sized regular pencil that one has to sharpen. Use your ring finger to gently pull down your lower eyelid while looking up and start drawing from the inner corner of your eye's water line. The kohl pencil glides extremely easy and gives beautifully pigmented dark black eyes. It stays put for more than 5-6 hours and doesn't smudge. Even the watery, sensitive eyes like mine didn't feel any stingy feel post application. Those who love smudge eye effect should quickly blend the kohl with finger across the lower lash line before it settles in a minute of application. I usually use a drop or two of moisturizer on a makeup remover pad to remove kohl from my eyes so that it doesn't require much effort or cause me irritation.
Price: INR 329

Many females use the kohl as an eyeliner as well. For those who prefer using a different product, check out The One Gel Eye Liner Pencil. A gel eye liner pencil sounds unusal because we've been using pot packaging for gel eyeliners.
The One Gel Eye Liner Pencil is a retractable pencil that can be rotated from back side to take out the product. The eyeliner has a tiny sharpner at its rear end that helps to shape the pencil tip whenever required.

You can slowly run the liner pencil in a smooth straight line along the upper lash line from inner to outer corner of the eye. I really liked it for easy manoeuvrability. It's velvety to glide on eyelids and gives intense black colour with a lovely shine. The performance of the product is simply marvellous. It's truly a long stay, non-smudge and water-prood product that you just need to apply and forget. 

Price: INR 529

Both the kohl and eye-liner are easy to carry around even in your slimmest clutch, perform as promised, create well-defined eyes and are perfect to dramatically change your look in seconds.

Optimals EvenOut LumiLight Creams For Festive Glow

Many of us have a tendency to go for instant beauty treatments that could lend you that radiant skin during festive season. For me, it's one of the rarest parctice to visit the salons for such treatements (seriously), rather I stock up some effective everyday skincare essentials using which I may ensure flawless complexion throughout the festive season. For the last one month or so, I've been using Optimals Even Out creams from Oriflame, so here is my experience with the products -

The scientists at Oriflame have selected some of the most effective botanical ingredients known in Sweden to create tailored skin care ranges with natural Swedish ingredient blends. I have tested Lumilight Complex Day and Night Creams from the range..

Optimals Even Out Day Cream SPF 20
Optimals Even Out Preventing Day Cream SPF 20 is a hydrating day cream that reveals naturally radiant, even skin. Effectively reduces the appearance of dark spots and helps reduce hyper pigmentation. Contains SPF 20 to protect against sun damage and premature ageing. Formulated with a Swedish natural ingredient blend, LumiLight Complex and Anti-pollution Active. Dermatologically tested and suitable for all skin types.

Key ingredients include:

• A Swedish natural ingredient blend featuring Meadowsweet, Gooseberry and Cranberry Seed Oil. Optimised to help you reduce dark spots and achieve a more even complexion.
• LumiLight Complex – works to minimise the appearance of existing dark spots and prevent future discolourations from forming.
• Anti-pollution Active – acts as a protective shield over the skin to combat environmental aggressors like pollution, for hydrated, radiantly beautiful skin.

The day cream comes in a heavy glass jar which might not be that convenient during travel. The wide mouth of the jar makes it easy to take out the product using fingers or a spatula. The texture of the day cream is similar to whipped cream. It spreads and sinks in the skin easily leaving no cast behind. The skin feels instanly moisturised, but does not look greasy. So not only Normal and Dry skinned people would find it suitable, but oily skinned won't mind it too. It has floral fragrance that is not overwhelming, but can not be considered mild. The creams with SPF are really good choices when it comes to picking dual-purpose day creams. SPF 20 in EvenOut day cream gets a plus for that.   

Optimals Even Out Night Cream

Optimals Even Out Replenishing Night Cream is a rich, nourishing night cream that reduces the appearance of dark spots, helps prevent future dark spots and promotes a more radiant and even complexion. Formulated with a Swedish natural ingredient blend and LumiLight Complex. Dermatologically tested and suitable for all skin types.

Key ingredients include:
A Swedish natural ingredient blend featuring Meadowsweet, Gooseberry and Rosehip Seed Oil. Optimised to help you reduce dark spots and achieve a more even complexion.
LumiLight Complex – works to minimise the appearance of existing dark spots and prevent future discolourations from forming.

The LumiLight Night Cream is similar to its counterpart day cream in packaging except for the colour of label. The texture and viscosity of the night cream is also similar to day cream. It's very light on the skin and need no extra effort to get absorbed. Applying it on cleansed skin before going to bed everyday has given visible result for me and I feel really comfortable in my skin everytime its on my skin.

The LumiLight creams combo is a good investment for giving your skin the touch of extra care for a healthier look not only during celebration but forever. You need not shell out a bomb on your skincare treatments, if you're regular with quality products. And not to forget the importance of daily consumption of fruits, fresh veggies and sufficient amount of water that certainly contributes to brighter skin.