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March 8, 2018

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Hello, it's Rifat! Welcome to my beauty space where I talk about makeup, skincare & haircare. My aim is to talk about healthy skin and not run after unrealistic beauty standards.

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Eid Mubarak 🎉 Yet another Eid wasted because of

Eid Mubarak 🎉 Yet another Eid wasted because of the panda. Just wanted to show my unfiltered hands. They've become quite dry because of the constant washing and sanitizing, and I've also slacked off when it comes to hand care. I'll talk more about it in the next post where I'm reviewing a hand cream.😌

On my nails @opi_india Kiss Me On My Tulips. I'm not a hot pink girl but I saw it at my cousin's and ended up applying. Not too bad, eh? What do you think?

Just sunscreen (non tinted) and a lipstick and gre

Just sunscreen (non tinted) and a lipstick and great sunlight and good camera. The last two things are what no one talks about during discussions on filters and unrealistic beauty standards.

Pictures with zero filters can still be far from reality given you have the right lighting and a decent camera. These pictures won't stop because everyone wants to look their best especially on socials - bloggers and non-bloggers - but adjust your expectations accordingly. 🤗

Let's talk more about unrealistic beauty standards that you struggle with because of social media & magazines.👇

Facial hair - fine lines - comedones - pores - seb

Facial hair - fine lines - comedones - pores - sebaceous filaments. That's how skin looks. That's how makeup sits on the face. Don't let ultra smoothened photos make you think otherwise.

Also a reminder that skin looks different on different days. Some days you'll have more acne and enlarged pores, some days you won't. Again normal stuff that sadly still needs to be normalised.
#nofilterchallenge #realskin #nofiltermakeup

[Save your💰] Had a horrible breakout phase last

[Save your💰] Had a horrible breakout phase last week owing to heat + humidity + pollution + mask + hormones + stress + lack of sleep + exhaustion [Maybe it's not all of them. Maybe it's Maybelline. What????]

And I didn't have all my skincare with me so picked this up from the pharmacy. The texture is siliconey so it's something I'll only use as a spot treatment when needed, not as my regular exfoliator all over the face.

SO HOW DID IT WORK FOR SPOT TREATMENT?

Slightly slow but effective but also drying. Let me break it down: My sheths Neem BHA dries out acne faster than this hence slow. The acne situation was bad until 2-3 days ago and now most of them have subsided. Hence effective. I got desperate & used it over the affected area 2x/day [even the directions say so lol] so it got drying.

👉 I loved that it also helped in calming down the redness on the skin massively!

TL;DR - Effective, very cheap and accessible.

Been trying some skincare from @qurezforyou [Sp0ns

Been trying some skincare from @qurezforyou [Sp0ns0red] and I think I've found a favourite - their sunscreen🥺 lemme know if you've tried it too!

🌞 MINERAL SUNSCREEN - I'm halfway done with this already. 2 fingers (face+neck) doesn't give me a white cast (it's more of a tone up effect on my skin) and negligible pilling (I spread, not massage). It's creamy but gives a matte, non-drying finish. Love it for my oily skin, will repurchase for sure.

💦 HYDRATING MOISTURIZER - Free from fragrance & EOs, this smells slightly like fevicol hehe. But not at all overpowering. Initially, it made me sweaty so not for oily skin in this weather. But when I restarted tret, this was perfect to combat the mild dryness I faced. It's good for moisturization as well as to maintain skin barrier.

👄LIP OIL ROLL ON - I love my lip products to be viscous and thick, and I very much stay away from oils because of the slippery feeling. I've used this only a few times on days when my lips were seriously chapped & dry and it healed them basically overnight. Keeping this for emergency repair but not using on a regular basis.

Anything that caught your attention? Drop your queries related to these & I'll answer them all.☺️
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For my body, I prefer waxing because it's effortle

For my body, I prefer waxing because it's effortless. I just have to sit/lay down and the waxing lady does all the work. The softness, the pain, the slow regrowth - love! But I haven't gotten one in 2 years because of the panini. So what do I do? Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.👊

Just the razor gets tedious for me because I don't shave regularly. I let my hair regrow completely out of sheer laziness. So I got the cheapest decent trimmer I could find on amazon.

This one's from Syska for men because I refuse to pay the pink tax. I quickly trim the hair to the smallest length possible and then shave with Gilette Venus razor (have had it for 7 years now, I just change the cartridge). Cheap. Quick. Painless.

What do you do for hair removal? Or do you remove them at all?

Oily skin and monsoons are enemies.⚔️ Our skin

Oily skin and monsoons are enemies.⚔️ Our skin gets SO oily because of the humidity that if you run a tiny spoon over our face, you will easily get a ml or two of oil.😭 Don't tell it to the US though I don't want any democracy.

Following are are the few things I tweak in my routine & IT HELPS:

1. Foaming facewash 2x/day - Cleanses thoroughly but also gives that nice refreshed feeling and that does help keep the oils at bay for a few extra minutes.

2. Emergency 3rd cleanser - ik ik cleanse only 2x but some days it gets SO oily, you have to cleanse otherwise you feel all pores will be blocked. But for that choose a very gentle cleanser that's meant for the most sensitive skin.

3. Exfoliate - Salicylic Acid. Daily either in a cleanser form or 2-3x/week in leave-in treatment.

4. Lighter layers - I don't do moisturizers. Just layer your hydrating toner/essence/serum (they're all same) to hydrate the skin and provide required nutrients. Anything's that's watery should do.

5. Not for everyone but experiment - Right time to start or restart treatments that are considered drying like a BP wash or Retinol because then the weather's on your side.

What else do you do?

Bought the entire set because the price was too go

Bought the entire set because the price was too good to be true and then used my own discount code to save more😂 What hair & body products are you using these days?

👉Shampoo: It cleans without stripping. It makes my hair soft without weighing them down. You'd need more quantity than in general but it's inexpensive so it's fine.🌝

👉Conditioner: Comme ci comme ça. The moisturising part is quite less but since i have fine hair, I'm making it work.

👉Bodywash: Not as gentle as my beloved Aveeno but I don't get rashes with this one too. So that's a W! If you don't have any body issues, it'll be a 10/10 for you.

Entire range doesn't smell of anything. The packing is cheap, it even deformed when I dropped it once. But the pricing👌UK based, available in India @sublimelifeofficial [RIFAT10 for 10% off]

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