New Beginnings + OOTD

Hello World!
It's a refreshing New Year. Instead of making resolutions (because obviously I failed to follow the ones I made last year), I'm leaving behind the bad juju- from some wrong decisions, regrets, mistakes in 2012 and starting on clean slate. I'm excited about all the new opportunities and adventure that i'm going to see and be a part of! I'm currently multi-tasking a lot, doing things that I enjoy, studying what I like so there's no reason to be unhappy :)
If all this gleaming and rainbows-butterflies talk is making you nauseous, I'll stop.

Do you have any idea how cold is it in Delhi? This is the city of extremities, both in terms of people and weather (You know what I'm talking about when I say 'people' of Delhi, unless you've been living under a rock)
And to give you a fair idea of the weather, here's a picture of two poor street chums Changu-Mangu we've been taking care of lately.

December was much more than just cold, lazy afternoons and naps. Here's what I wore on Christmas:

Dress: Forever21

          Leggings: GK M Block Market

        Coat: Local Boutique

        Shoes: Carlton London
Earrings: Splash

Santa Cap and Red Braided Hairband: Party Hunterz

 Love,

Tanya

High-Street Trends Online? Not in India, Baby!

Time for some not-so-random rant J

Like most of you, I love finding jaw-dropping eye-popping deals online. Stuff that makes me go “You won’tbelieve how much I got this for!” in front of others.

But the rarest thing is finding high-street trends on the Indian sites. Because they give you none!(yeah, except for maybe 1 or 2 websites that come slightly close to the category but not enough for me to be talking about them)

We’re all exposed to the hot 'off-the-runway’more or less affordable versions in the offline space (ZARAs and MANGOs of theworld), why not have an online brand for us Indians that can serve the same purpose minus the offline overheads?

Like I mentioned, I keep myself updated with who’s selling what and bookmark my favorites. Here are some online brands I'm digging for their affordability and merchandise

Studded Tee at Love culture for $16 (approx. INR 850)

Geometric Print Jeans at GoJane for $34 (approx. INR 1800)

Tribal print crop top at Gojane for $15 (approx. INR 800)

Suede Peep-toes at Gojane for $27 (approx. INR 1450)

Sequined Jumper at Miss Guided for 26 Euros (approx. INR 1800) 

Lace Peplum Dress at Boohoo for 26 Euros (approx. INR 1800)

Aztec Neon Necklace at The Quiet Riot for $4 (INR 215)

I’d love to have a website giving me these at the same prices within India. After all, no sane soul will pay more than double the amount for shipping from these sites to India.

Is anyone listening?

Tanya

xo

Discovering Globus

The new collection at Globus is a burst of colors. Some very nomad chic pieces and others contemporary and refined for those who don't want to burn a hole in their pocket.

My favorite were the bags. I saw everything from neons to smart color blocks and different textures.

 The green clutch below looked stellar and extremely reasonable at that.

Globus is one brand that does Ethno-chic very well. Remember Deepika padukone in Love AajKal? The blue kurta and Red churidar? It flew away from the racks at Globus and you could spot the Delhi University girls wearing them over and over again. Cray cray!

Few other things i liked

This sheer mint blouse

      Fun graphic tshirts for men

They had a whole lot of cute accesories, would have been difficult to click one thing so i took a shot of the entire wall. Go check it out yourself :)

                                                                 www.globusstores.com

Tanya

xoxo

All things beautiful.

What is it that grips us when we see something beautiful. Something inside us turns and twists, our hands itch to feel them, hold them, posses them. Funny how we work hard to earn every single penny that we do (well, atleast most of us) and it takes just a couple of minutes, a glance and we give in to the temptation of owning it. We convince ourselves that we need it, but who are we kidding? We tell ourselves well this and some of those and that is totally worth it. But hey *smirks*

Forever new clutch, Aldo Earings

Tangerine bellies- Rajouri Garden Market (New Delhi, India)

Neon pink Dress- Thrifted

Bird Print Dress- Thrifted

Lace crop top- Thrifted (New Look)

                                                                       Blouse- Thrifted

 Deccan chronicle covered L'affaire deGrande an exclusive event by the company i'm  working  for-Nikites (more on www.nikites.com later) and here i am in the newspaper.

 Wearing- White Crochet Dress and Black Blazer -both Zara, Earrings- Aldo, Black  strappy wedges, 

 Sling bag - Forever New, On my lips- Ambika Pillai's 'Flame'

 No full length picture :( Sorry

A lot has changed since my last blog post, more sharing in the next post!

Tanya

xoxo

Lace-ism

It's not just confined to racy lingerie. Lace is now about sophistication and feminity. It will dress you up but never dress you down.
Everyone's wearing it !
Its a sexy trend no doubt but isn't there a thing called too much lace?

There you go..Thats too much lace.

Jessica Alba at Chanel Haute Couture Fashion show. Lace dress with Black Lace Loubs. But she manages to look beautiful so WTH.

Kristen Stewart at Kids Choice awards 2012
Not crushing on the shade of blue but works for her!

And more recently, Sonakshi Sinha in a Shantanu and Nikhil dress.
J'adore!

And the following is my humble take on lace

Pleats + Lace+Three quarter sleeves= Exactly my idea of a lace dress

                 

I was surprised at how quickly i found something so close to what i wanted.

                                                                       Wearing:

                                                                    Dress- Mango

                                                       Necklace/Shoes- Forever21

                                                             Clutch- Accessorize

                                                                     Belt- Pieces

                                                                   Bracelet- Gifted

                                                   On my lips: Ambika pillai- Flame

                                  Time to bring in The Fashion Nazi

      Lacy things that should disappear from the face of earth:

NO it's not classy. It's just impossible for any one to pull off these ugly-ass piece of clothing.
Unless, ofcourse, you're going to a strip club.
Um. Wait.
No. Not even then.

That's all for now

:)
Tanya

xoxo

My first ASOS haul !

I've known about it long enough and read a zillion haul posts of it, it was time for me to jump on the bandwagon. Yes I'm talking about ASOS. IF you dont know about it, well hello! Were you living under a rock? ASOS stands for As-Seen-On-Screen, Its a UK based website which has clothing, accesories and shoes. Brands like Mango, FCUK, Vero Moda, Aldo, Tommy Hilfiger, River Island and lots more! ASOS also manufactures its own which is what I like the most on this website. The ASOS's own stuff is affordable and very nice. They have the latest trends and some to-die for sales.

Speaking of which, they have an amazing 70% sale going on with new stuff coming on it everyday. I had been checking the bags section of asos Every.Single.Day from past few weeks for a particular envelope clutch, I found it in stock finally!
Here it is :

I also found another cute bag, which is very ME! It was love at first sight :)

Now I just hope the parcel reaches me and doesn't get lost/misplaced or whatever on its way. They have a good customer care service available to you at all times on facebook and twitter by the name of ASOS here to help. I got instant reply to my queries. Hopefully, there should be no glitches :)

What do you think about stuff I've purchased? Your reviews good/bad about the service and quality of products at ASOS are most welcome!


Tanya
xoxo

Indulging some

Back in the blogosphere after a long break :)
I feel so guilty for not writing more, okay won't even go there now.
Lets just straight get to the point. So, Recently the extremely nice people at TNC sent me some goodies. They were going a host bloggers meet at TNC, saket which got cancelled but they took my mailing address and sent me a 'token of indulgence' and I'm glad they did, the body lotion has now become my winter staple and my lips are loving the berry balm. Such a sweet gesture on their part and needless to say, I love gifts :)
I am now looking forward to trying out variety of other products from The Nature's Co.

This is what they sent me:

Lily Of The Valley Body lotion

Key ingredients: White lily extract, Olive oil, vegetable glycerin, Vitamin-E.

The 250ml bottle had a tiny paper note 'know your ingredients' wrapped around its body. It talks about Lily, where it is found and the meaning of the flower. The meaning of this flower is "You will find happiness."
TRULY living upto the name, the moment i opened the bottle it sent me to a heavenly valley of lily. Saying that it smells SO very delicious, is actually an understatement. This lotion is my new favorite!
Last one being the coconut by Exotic. This is the thing i love about body lotions, they make you feel like a goddess, even if its just for a little while :)
This one's very moisturizing and great for my dry winter skin.

MRP: INR 525


Berry Lip Balm

Key ingredients: Shea butter, Mango butter, Castor oil, Vitamin-E, Kokum butter, natural flavoring and food grade colors.

I like trying out new lip balms in the market, but more often than not they have let me down ( except for the nivea strawberry one) because they never give you the much needed long lasting moisture and if they do, they dont give the required tint on the lips.
This lip balm by TNC, has a cute packaging. Again, it smells so yummy i want to eat it up! And I mean every word of it. It softens lips, yes does the job beautifully.
But I might not repurchase this one because i'm not a big fan of tiny pots, I prefer sticks. But that's just me. All of you out there who like tasty eat-me-off-your-lips balm should try this one out!

MRP: INR 225.

I like how more and more 'natural' products are coming into the market. This brings city people like us slightly closer to The nature.
Thank you for the gifts The Nature's Co.


Tanya
xoxo