Gulf Food Exhibition-Part 1

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Warning: Do not open this post if your hungry. You will be tempted beyond limits :P

Gulf Food Exhibition is the world's largest annual food,drinks & hospitality event which takes place in Dubai spanning over 4 days & believe me those 4 days are also not enough to see everything!! I went all 4 days and hardly saw half of it. With over 66,000 exhibitors what could be expected right? Anyway if you are even remotely related to the food industry, you should definitely attend this event. There's so much to learn from it. Enough said, now have a look at the pics of the lovely delicacies which will make your mouth water :P

 

These are Tiramisu delicacies.

and yes there is a part 2 coming up :P

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TAG: 7 Things About Me

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One of the lovely blogger's I follow Stavroula Plag tagged all her followers to do this post. Since I enjoy reading such posts, I decided to do one myself. It really helps in giving insight about a blogger's life :)

♥ 7 things I have to do before I die:
- Get married to a guy I really love and have lots of tiny kids :P

- I want to go for a world trip. Would love to that with my future hubby!! Hope he can afford it :P

- I want to work for a while in one of the greatest MNC's and make lots of contacts.

- Then I want to start my own business mostly in the fashion industry.

- Gift my mom & dad a big, huge house with my hard earned money :)

- Want to do some social work specially for woman rights.

- Want to leave enough fortune for my kids to survive & have a good education and life ahead.

♥ 7 things I say all the time:
-  WTF or WTH (I keep alternating between the 2 depending on who I talk to :P )
-  don't bug me (People tend to get on my nerves way too often)
-  nicee
-  lol
- wzzzaapppp

-  acha (meaning okay in Hindi)

-  yeah right!!

♥ 7 things I am good at:

- promoting/selling (I love doing that stuff)

- teaching/explaining
-  listening to people
-  giving advices
-  managing funds
-  public speaking

- handling kids (I have a 2 yr bro so u can imagine how much I love kids!!)

♥ 7 flaws :
- bad temper
- stubborn

- lazy (I might be the laziest person on earth)

- careless (sometimes I end up making stupid mistakes knowingly)

- I get easily stressed.  

- I cannot easily open up with someone. It takes me a long long while to open up since I am a very reserved person.
- my organizing skills suck

♥ 7 qualities :

- trustworthy (even my enemies tell me their secrets :P )
-  good listener/speaker
-  honest

-  dedicated

-  easygoing
-  funny
-  persistent

I hope this helped you in knowing me better :)

I tag all my new and old followers to do this. Please do link me to your tags in case you decide to do !!

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Avon Big Colour Dual Ended Eye Pencils- Review & Swatches

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This is like the latest makeup item which is causing a buzz here. Why wouldn't it? After all, this item is awesome!!! I am not sure if these pencils have been released everywhere else but here it got released just last month and its quickly going out of stock due to huge demand.

How Avon recommends using these pencils?

Sweep the darker shade along your lashes for definition. To open up your eyes, blend the highlighter beneath your eyebrows.

As you can see from the picture, that's exactly how the model has used one of these pencils.

What I like about these pencils?

* Honestly, I think these pencils are excellent for those individuals who find it difficult to match colors or blend together. These dual ended pencils have 2 colors complimenting each other which will suit anyone and everyone.  

* One can use these colors to make both a subtle look as well as super dramatic looks.

* The pencils are highly pigmented. All of them have shimmering particles in them which reflect beautifully whereas 1 shade is very matte (Blue Azure). 

* These liners are so versatile that it could be used as bases, eyeshadows, highlighters and liners. 

 * It is a travel friendly product as it will save space due to its multipurpose use.

* These pencils are waterproof.

* It is very creamy to use & can be easily removed by eye makeup remover.

Here are the swatches:

What I don’t like about these pencils?

Nothing I have found yet which will make me dislike these pencils!!

Also I have compared my Avon Big Colour lip pencil which with this Dual ended eye pencil to show you the size difference.

Final Verdict: I think they are great pencils which will last a long long time.  Definitely worth a try!!

Which shades do you like the most?

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My ‘I Don’t Care if it’s THE Valentine’s Day’ Day!!

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Ok so people (guys & some random girls) started wishing me Valentine’s Day at 12 midnight!! People don’t even do that for my birthday !!!! Ahh, I was so annoyed around 3-4 guys actually asked me out to be their valentine on go for a date with them. Obviously, any other time I would enjoy the attention :P but this is just getting ridiculous I mean people are so afraid of being single on this so called ‘Love Day’ that they end up asking any random person just to make the world show they too have a person to celebrate with (even if he/she is not so special). Due to which, I feel V-Day is losing its appeal.

                       

When I got up in the morning, I was so against valentine’s that I had jotted down all my arguments against this occasion/holiday/ nowadays ritual. Infact, I was very much going to have a total black look but decided to opt for another (green) color which just shows ‘I don’t care if it’s valentine’s’ since I’m pretty neutral on this issue. But my mood totally chilled out (I’m a very moody person) when this lovely friend of mine’s gave me a huge candy since it was totally unexpected. He lives in dorms and he specially went yesterday outside to get candies for his gf and me. And all I could think of was, ‘How very loving & thoughtful!’

For lovers this lovely song for you for you:-

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved ~

For the singles, hang in there this is for you:

Lovers enjoy one day of the year whereas singles enjoy the rest 365 ;)

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Avon Anew Youth-Awakening Lipstick SPF 15 – Review & Swatches

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I haven’t really started using any aging makeup as of yet, so the idea was pretty weird to me at first. I mean we usually get to see & hear more about aging skin products but I wasn’t really aware of any brands in particular offering aging makeup products which might be the reason why this concept has still not registered in my mind. Anyway, since I’m an Avon rep I have to be upto date with each and every product that is available for sale. My clients range from all ages. But somehow all seemed to get attracted to different colors which this lipstick offers. Honestly, can’t blame them. The colors are indeed beautiful.

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Quantity: 3.6gr

Price: 59Dhs ($16)

What Avon says about this lipstick?

Avon’s first lipstick that works deep within your lips to fight the 5 signs of lip aging:
1. Fine lines
2. Deep wrinkles
3. Reduced definition
4. Loss of rosy tone
5. Decrease in fullness

With continued use, your lips are remarkably transformed. Luxuriously smooth color, clinically proven performance...magnificently younger-looking lips.

There are a total of 8 colors available here. However, online I saw a variety of different colors too.

 Here are the swatches of the 5 colors which I have:

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I love Glazed Almond, Sunset Pink & Desert Rose. Chocolate Brown is way too dark for my skin tone and Sugary Pink is just way too sheer.

What I like about these lipsticks?

*They don’t settle in the fine lines of the lips.

*Contains SPF15.

*Gives a very smooth and creamy texture.

* They are long lasting.

* I feel these lipsticks give a slight illusion of plump and full lips.

* I personally like the golden casing.

*Rich colors.

What I don’t like about these lipsticks?

*The casing might get a little loose after a while.

Other than that I think these are just lovely. Everyone should have it. Personally, I think if the color suits you and you love everything about it, there is no harm in using this even if ideally it’s not your age to use aging makeup products. What do you think?

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Disclaimer: These are my honest opinions about the product. I have not been compensated or paid in any way to review this product. 

NOTD - Green Glitter Flakes

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Today is my cousin's wedding dinner reception. I was super bored so decided to play around with my nails to dress up for the occasion. I applied a dark green base and then this super glittery polish which has small flakes of silver circles and stars along with blue-green glitters to match with my dress. The purple-gold dress in the background is what I plan to wear. I had no idea it's gonna match so perfectly. Now just can't wait to play around with my eyes to compliment the dress :D

If you look closely you will see the flakes are not placed properly but I found it extremely difficult to move them around for proper placing since picking them from the brush itself was a task. But I guess it's not really important to be perfect right? As long as the overall effect comes out nice.

These are the best shots I could come up with. Let me know what you think :)

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Wanna get sued for writing your opinion?

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If by chance you have absolutely no idea what’s the blogging scenario right now in the Middle East, I will cut short the whole story for you. This famous Lebanese blogger, Mark Makhoul residing in Kuwait which is one of the richest countries currently ranking 4^th position (before US btw) and huge supporter of US in the Iraq wars (sorry had to be mentioned for those geographically ignorant people) has been sued for writing a review on a restaurant. Yes you heard it right!!

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He basically wrote about his experience in a new restaurant. The food didn’t meet his expectations. Well and good. He justified by posting 2 videos. He wrote a professional review expressing his point of view like all of us do in the blogging world. So what does he receive for his negative review in return? A court order from the manager of the restaurant suing the man!! 

What do we learn from this?

The company obviously cannot take any constructive criticism and instead of improving on its services based on genuine customer feedback they chose to attack the customer. Really is that what all the crap of customer service is about? I am a marketing major and I have been taught that ‘Customer is the King’. Whether they like or not what you offer, you are supposed to treat them no less than how you would treat your highest authority. Because of them you run a business in the first place and if you treat them like crap by suing them you don’t deserve to run an organization no matter how small or big!!

Second the company’s PR sucked bad!! Instead of handling the situation he made it worse by suing Mark. He ruined the reputation and brand name of his company by this single inexcusable act. They ended up getting the negative publicity on themselves.

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Thirdly, how much are we bloggers actually protected? I am a beauty blogger posting genuine negative reviews time to time (if only I’m dissatisfied with a product) with hope that the brand will improve in its quality and service and not intentionally attacking any company. But how safe are we actually blogging about our opinion? How are our blogger protection rights being followed? This is something we really need to think about!

I request you to please support Mark and his cause. This is the link to his personal blog: http://www.248am.com/ & this is where he posted the review http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/my-benihana-experience/

Bloggers do remember any of us could be in his situation easily. He deserves his right to freedom of speech be it in any form. 

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