Lipstick Masala

For years, I spent every third Sunday evening melting wax I purchased from Boots pharmacy over the stove, running to the bathroom to apply it on my upper lip before it hardened again, and ripping it off with little to no visible results. I then attempted to learn how to thread my own eyebrows, which resulted in an uneven catastrophe – that year, I perfected the art of using an eyebrow pencil. Finally, I located a salon that dealt solely in threading, but the $$$ spent on beauty treatments burned a large sized hole in my wallet (those of you that live in the western world can probably empathize).

Over the course of a year, I’m sure I have spent upwards of $800 on waxing and threading. While I’m still waiting for a cheap, effortless and moderately painless at-home fix for my waxing needs, it appears my prayers may have been answered for my facial concerns. How many of you have wished you or a friend knew how to thread? Good news, you don’t need to learn how. Read the rest of this entry »

When it comes to undergarments, I have to admit I’m pretty lazy about matching them to my clothes. Recently, a good friend of mine visiting from Mumbai was horrified at my poor coordination and called me out for wearing a black bra under a yellow shirt… and a light pink shirt… and a white wifebeater (thank you JD, I needed that!). Sorry for revealing awkward personal info, but it’s for a good cause. When we’re in a rush, many of us convince ourselves that no one can realllllly see what color our bra is. Trust me girls, everyone can. That white bra that you wear under your lighter clothes? It’s like you put a neon sign around your chest – really, you might as well have gone shirtless. I realized this at a late point in my teenage years – wearing white bras is the worst thing one can do to oneself – yes, they are even worse than my black faux pas.

Fashion experts insist that we wear nude lingerie for daily wear. Why? Because it so closely resembles our own skin tone that it does not stand out the way black and white do under clothes. This may be true, but having one color of “skin tone” represent all women from fair to dark kind of defeats the idea behind nude lingerie. An African American woman is not going to feel like she’s “wearing her own skin” in a bra that was made for a Caucasian woman. And one amazing company has finally recognized this mistake Read the rest of this entry »