August 2018 - Fashionicide // Fashion, Makeup and Beauty

Sunday, August 26, 2018

Beaming Down to Earth for Eid in the Ultimate Iridescent Dress 👽

Alternative punk South Asian Desi Indian with platinum blonde hair

It may not feel all that long ago that you were last looking on in awe at my Eid outfit on Twitter, and you'd be right to feel that way, as it was only in June after all. But, there are actually two Eids each year. Whilst the first one draws to an end a month of fasting during daylight hours, the second one coincides with the end of the Hajj pilgrimage.

So yeah, we get two christmases per year, if you like, so that's two excuses to go all out on an outfit, makeup and nails, and two excuses for me to panic at the last minute as I haven't got my shit together, and there's only two days left to pull an outfit out of the bag. And yeah, whilst I left it a little last minute this time, again, I feel like I pulled something out of a pretty spectacular bag.

Eid does feel a little different now actually, mostly because my younger sister, my partner in crime, now lives in Yorkshire and isn't able to spend it with us anymore, but also because we're much less likely to have a full fucking lamb in the kitchen being cut up to be distributed to the neighbours.

Thankfully, these days, my family have seen sense and realised it's far better to have that done in a country where people have less wealth and less opportunity than ourselves. So say what you like about whether it's a good or bad thing, but when you're providing meat to those who ordinarily couldn't afford it, it's hard to criticise as a whole. Even though some of the 'traditions' around making a big show of it are pretty disgusting, and also not permissible in Islam.

We do have some traditions of our own at Eid, of course, and nothing quite beats my mum screaming up the stairs at 8am asking why I haven't woken up yet, and me sheepishly shouting back that I am awake, before going back under the duvet and watching YouTube videos for another half an hour. FYI, my current watches are Baby Groot videos and all this Jeffree Star drama that's going on. Though, I must admit, I have now stopped watching those, as it's so negative, bitchy and trashy that it starts to have an affect on me.

THE OUTFIT

Tory Burch Iridescent Galactic Holographic Eid Dress Sari

For my outfit this time, I wore an incredible dress I found on eBay of all places. It's a Tory Burch white iridescent number, that I'm told was actually a display model worn on the catwalk! Not sure whether that's accurate, but I don't care, it's blindingly gorgeous, and the iridescent thread woven into it really does shift colour as the fabric moves.

White Eid Desi Outfit Tory Burch Iridescent Holographic Ethereal Dress

Me being me though, somehow managed to kind of fuck it up a bit, as at the end of the day, after wondering why it looked a little baggy, I realised it had a fucking drawstring at the back to tighten it up. AND THIS WAS AFTER THE OUTFIT SHOTS WERE TAKEN, and when there's Biryani with my name on it, there's no chance I'm posing all over again. No. Chance.

Alternative Punk South Asian Desi blogger girl

On the bright side, it's just another excuse to wear this beauty all over again, because technically, it will look like a completely different dress!

THE MAKEUP

South Asian Desi Indian Blonde Bob hair Crystal Embellished Eye Liner Makeup look

For the makeup this time, I drew inspiration from one of the Chanel Spring Haute Couture 2014 runway shows, where I saw a makeup look that gave the effect of encrusted crystals at the bottom, beneath a thick black liner at the top. Of course, I had to go over the top and lay on iridescent mixed-size glitter like crazy, but I think overall it worked!

Chanel Spring 2014 Glitter Crystal Liner Makeup Look Fashionicide

And here's the bad news, the next Eid is in early June 2019, so you've got 10 months to wait for my next Eid outfit, and I've got another 9 months and 2 weeks of not doing anything about it, followed by two weeks of panic stations. Still, it's all about the destination, forget the journey.

Sunday, August 12, 2018

I Ditched the heavy Brow Pomades and Gels for Glossier's Boy Brow

White Graphic Liner White Smokey Eye Makeup Dark Skin Glossier Boy Brow Rainbow Freckles Make up Look

The title feels almost like a confession. But the fact remains, I'm so over eye brow gels and pomades.

My brows have been through a lot. Firstly, the dreaded thin brows. If you visit some of my posts from 2009, you'll catch a glimpse of just how thin my brows were. To be fair, they used to be a lot thinner. I found that each time I visited the brow lady to get my brows threaded, she'd just do them thinner and thinner to the point where it looked like a piece of shaped string.

From extreme thin, I went to extreme thick, and left my brows untouched for a good 6 months, obviously plucking the middle, 'cause girl, I ain't about that unibrow. During this time, my brows seemed to have recovered from the excessive threading, and there weren't quite so many gaps.

And this is the point of my life where I discovered brow pomades, and from here I thought I'd go one step further than the bush and create that strong brow. Which basically meant that I ended up literally drawing on my brows. Looking back at the photos, I WANT THE GROUND TO SWALLOW ME UP. I used to box off the brows, and I still laugh at the fact that people used to compliment them. My eyebrows were quite literally all the talk at my then job at the time, ladies asking for tips on how to make them look so... great.

The next brow-volution came about as a result of switching my hair colour to a unicorn-esque mixture of pastel pink, powdery blue and lilac. I decided to go a little easier on the pomade - just applying, and then brushing it through the brows, and no boxing off!

However, I've now decided to phase out the pomades all together, and all of this happened as a result of purchasing Glossier's Boy Brow. My expectations were actually set quite low, even though I actually had a dream about this product, where I envisioned a great future for me, with Boy Brow in it. After using this just once, I had an epiphany. I need to listen to my dreams more often.

That first morning I tried it, I brushed the product through my brows and POW. They looked fucking amazing, and there's no other way to describe it. There were still some gaps visible, but I wasn't actually bothered because my brows looked like MY BROWS, but better. They looked fluffier, bushier, a few gaps here and there, but very well groomed and natural. I'm officially a convert.

Glossier Boy Brow Rainbow Aesthetic Tumblr Brown Review

Releasing the inner rainbow...

Glossier Boy Brow Brown South Asian Review

Here's what Glossier say about it:

"All brow needs have been considered to create THE brow product: one to thicken, fill in, and groom brows into place. The creamy wax formula is inspired by traditional hair pomade for soft, flexible hold that doesn’t stiffen or flake. Comes in four shades: Blond, Brown, and Black boost brows with an oomph of color, while Clear gives you the same soft, conditioning hold minus the pigment. We’re inspired by healthy, face-framing brows and consider brow grooming the last crucial step to heading out into the world: brush your teeth, brush your brows, and then maybe brush your hair."

Yeah, I'll give brushing the hair a miss though. I purchased the shade 'Brown', but I also picked up 'Black' as I was quite sceptical that brown would even show up on my brows, after all, it looks like a brow mascara and up until now my experience with them has been shit.

The only real down-side, and it's quite a big down-side, is the price. It's a tiny, tiny little tube that makes you feel like a giant with just 3.12g of product contained within, but it's been priced at £14. I mean, it's really, really good, but WHY.

Despite that, I must say that I absolutely adore Boy Brow. Not only is it a time saver, where now I simply just brush the product through, but also it makes my brows look more defined in a much more natural way, and I am 100% here for that.

White Smokey Eyes Makeup Look Glossier Boy Brow Brushed Thick Groomed Brows

Will I ever go back to traditional brow pomades? I think the fuck not, but you never know, I may get tired of paying £14 a month (probably) on my brows, or fed up of waiting for Aldi or Makeup Revolution to launch a good quality dupe and just go back to the pomades. Here's hoping Glossier have started something irreversible though, and Box-brows go the way of VHS, Betamax and Mini-Disc. In the bin.

Anyway, enjoy some photos of my new styled brows, with a white smokey eye and multi-coloured pastel freckles.

"An oasis of colour, in a sea of nudes."

Beaming Down to Earth for Eid in the Ultimate Iridescent Dress 👽

I Ditched the heavy Brow Pomades and Gels for Glossier's Boy Brow