5 Things To Buy at The Launch of e.l.f Cosmetics in Pakistan!

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Yes yes, you read that right! Our favorite e.l.f is all set to launch in Pakistan at www.elfcosmetics.pk and they will be offering a 15% discount for their launch promotion on 5th & 6th of August. You can avail it by using Elf15 at checkout. Isn't it wonderful? Well then, what must you get to avail this wonderful offer? Let me help you with that ;)

Here are the 5 things you must buy at the launch promotion!


1. Contour Palette.

This is the only palette you will need to sculpt, bronze, highlight and brighten your face, The powders are soft, pigmented and blends seamlessly. The palette offers a warm bronzing shade, a neutral toned contour powder, a yellow toned powder to set and brighten the under-eye area and a subtle highlighting powder. This is one contour palette that you would love to travel with!

2. Under-Eye Setting Powder.

Want to achieve that bright, crease-less under-eye area without caking it up? Then set your under-eye concealer with this powder, which is so finely milled and gives the most smooth velvety finish and instantly brightens the area. If you've been wanting an inexpensive alternative to Laura Mercier - Secret Brightening Powder, then I highly recommend you get this!

3. Baked Highlighter - Blush Gems.

If there is one highlighter you need to get from e.l.f, it's this! The pigmentation is incredible and the baked product is soft and not powdery or patchy at all, that gives the most beautiful glow without any visible chunks of glitter. It's also known to be a dupe of MAC Soft and Gentle. You can read my full review on this beautiful highlighter, along with swatches, here.

4. Matte Lip Color - Rich Red.

Do you love a good matte lipstick? Well then you have to check this one out! I am in love with the formula! Creamy, glides on smoothly and isn't patchy at all! The pigmentation is incredible and so is the staying power. Also I love how easy it is to apply because of it's marker like packaging. This particular color, Rich Red, is one of my favorite shade of Red! 

5. Poreless Face Primer.

One of my absolute favorite primer!! Unlike other primers claiming to be poreless when in fact they do nothing, this one does! I use it on my mum and it really does fill and blur her otherwise large pores. I make sure I use it under my foundation when I really want my makeup to last for a long time because this one is pretty good at keeping my makeup intact. I've noticed that my foundation goes on and blends more smoothly with this underneath.

As much as I can go on and on about all the products that are definitely must-haves from e.l.f., these are the ones on the top of that list. So set your reminders for 5th and 6th August because now you know what you must do to avail the amazing 15% discount. Don't forget to enter the code Elf15 at the checkout and remember to share you hauls with me by using the hashtag #gulezehrasblog! 

Until next time, Good Luck & Ciao!

December Favorites!

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It's time to share my December Favorites. The last monthly favorites of this year! I am thinking to do a "Favorite Products of 2015" or "Most Used Products of 2015". Same concept just different titles. Let me know in the comments if you'd be interested in that! As of now, let's start with the favorites of this month.

Now December for me was full of weddings in family and friends. Therefore I got to use a lot of makeup products and these products were used in all of the makeup looks I created on me and some of them on a Mehendi Bride I did. I'll share the look I did for the Mehendi Bride on my social media in detail so keep a look out for that.

1. Wet n Wild Fergie Shimmer Palette - Hollywood Boulevard:
          This purchase was inspired by the beautiful Maliha Asif from (on snapchat) and I'm so glad I got it!! I have been using it ever since it reached me. The glow it gives is extremely beautiful! A healthy glowy sheen without the glitter or sparkle or any fall out. Also the glow is buildable so you can really really intensify it! I absolutely love this gorgeous highlight and even traveled with it although I didn't need to touch up at all!

2. The Balm Cosmetics - Hot Mama:
          Although I feel this is an appropriate color for Summer but I couldn't stop using it nevertheless. It gives such a healthy color and sheen to my cheeks. I also layered it under other blushers for more night time looks but for day time I used it alone. As it gives both color and glow I could skip the highlighter. I don't really like to highlight much in day time although I can get away with it in Winters without looking oily. So this blush has been the most used blush this month as it gave a beautiful peachy color and sheen to my cheeks! I traveled with this one too although I didn't need to touch up.

3. Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation- Vanilla 52:
          Okay so, I have been using the Bourjois 123 Perfect Foundation ever since I started using foundation and it has been perfect for my combination skin that leans to slightly oily in Summer but in Winters it tends to be dry so I had to get a foundation with a Satin Finish, if not dewy. Healthy Mix has been my first choice and it has been working beautifully for me!! It gives such a healthy satiny finish that lasts for a long long time on my face!! I'm not getting any other foundation now! I'm in love with this product!!

4. L'oreal Paris Telescopic Mascara - Carbon Black:
          Oh my Gosh!! I finally know what the hype is about and it's real!! The hype behind this mascara is real!! It gives me the most amazing, wispy and long lashes!! I was a bit skeptical about the wand first but it's perfect to coat each lash from the bottom to the top! I am in love with this Mascara and been using it through out this month!

5. Color Studio Professional - Hypno Black Eye Marker:
          This is the first eye liner marker/pen I have used. Although I still am yet to perfect a winged eye liner with this but this is so much more convenient and travel friendly then my Cake Eyeliners where I have to keep a separate brush and need to wet it. Whereas with this, I only have to take off the cap and *swish swish* and I'm done! Also it's very pigmented and glides on smoothly so it has been the only eye liner that I used through out December.

6. e.l.f Poreless Face Primer:
          This is my first primer that I have used. I didn't use any face primer before December but with all the weddings, I decided to invest in one and on Kiran Khan's recommendation I got this and boy I'm so glad I did! Although I don't have any Pore issues but I felt it made the area around my nose and on my nose quite smooth. Also my makeup lasted a longer time than when I don't use a primer and my foundation blends so smoothly on top of it! I also used it on the bride.

7. Skindinavia - Makeup Finishing Spray - Oil Control:
          This has been my best friend through out December! It kept my makeup intact all through the event, the eating, the dancing everything! My makeup stayed fresh until it was time to wash it off! I am in love LOVE with this setting spray and don't think I'll be trying any other brand. This has win my heart!!

So these are the products I have used and loved the most through out December and were incorporated in all of the makeup looks I did! This is my last post of 2015 and I am grateful for all the love and support I have received from all of you! 

Let me know what were your favorites for the month of December and if you are interested in "Most Used/Favorite Products of 2015" and I'll gladly do that post! 

Until next time, Good Luck and Ciao!

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I Hauled -again!!

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So, I was able to cross of two things off my Wish List for December, YAY, and get something extra because I had my eyes on it for a very long time now.
November and December have been full of hauls, I have been doing a lot of damage to my wallet! Every time I try to impose a ban on myself, a brand launches a new product (I'm looking at you Color Studio Professional for launching the Color Play Lipsticks) and then I have to get it *sigh*.

If you don't know what Wish-List is all about on my blog, it is a post I do every month where I share the products I select (from my extensive WishList) in hope of finally purchasing them in that month and also as a reminder to myself of the products I need to buy. You can read more about why and how I do it here and look through all my Wish-Lists here!

What I Hauled?

a) Bourjois Paris Healthy Mix Foundation - 52 Vanilla.

b) MAC Cosmetics Lipstick - Diva.

c) e.l.f - Poreless Face Primer.

If you saw my WishList for December you'd know why I wanted the Healthy Mix Foundation and MAC Diva. So on to the primer, I have been using an eye primer for my eye (duh) but I had never before primed my face. The only reason I wanted to try a face primer was for my makeup to last longer. I don't really have pore issues but still wanted a 'poreless' primer so that I can use it on my mom too. After hearing good reviews about this one I gave it a go. I'm still testing it to form a thorough review.

I bought the Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation for Rs. 2300 from Naheed Supermarket, MAC Diva from a fellow blogger and Poreless Primer from a lady on Sheops (facebook buy-sell group) for Rs. 1000.

Let me know if there's anything you want me to review first. I can't wait to do Winter looks with MAC Diva! Also, were you able to cross items off your WishList? Let me know! (:

Until next time, Good Luck and Ciao!

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