Can you identify the plant?

This was lovely plant, with small green leaves with cream colouring (I bought it along with a Coleus plant). 2 days in the sun, and I kept it in the balcony and it totally fried the plant. Poor thing, I felt very, very bad. I thought maybe keeping it inside the house, near the window would help, but for a few days it looked like nothing could go, the plant was *dead*. But lo behold! Last week I see these small, lovely delicate lime green leaves and I rejoiced that I hadn't really killed the plant! Now I water it twice everyday and it flourishes well inside..in fact, right next the dressing table..



Can anyone tell me what's the plants name?

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Fab or OTT?

This is like, the most, er, awfully awesome song I've come across!

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How to: Store your lipsticks

Continuing the series for How to...?, I present you the disk-case lip holder. Similar to concept in the cigarette holder, this does a good job in keeping my lippies in one place, and I remember all the shades that are in each, so easy to find in the morning!

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See, you can use things around the house for make-up storage!

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Seven deadly sins

I found this on this site You're my Saturday

Greed:	Very Low
Gluttony:	Medium
Wrath:	Low
Sloth:	Medium
Envy:	Very Low
Lust:	Very Low
Pride:	Medium

The Seven Deadly Sins Quiz on 4degreez.com

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Pink/Gold EOTD

So this was what I did at home, down with cold and fever :( I'm better now, though.
This look's based on Temptalia's look Springy Eye, of course, it didn't turn up quite the same.
I used gold pigment (no base) on the lid, gold on inner 1/3rd, light pink on middle, dark pink on outer 1/3rd, violet on crease and very light pink with shimmer on the brow. No eyeliner, I forgot, sheesh.






This is the breakdown for the look, hope it helps Amita. :)

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And then there was light!

So this is part of the very gradual (emphasis on the gradual) home deco improvement that we have planned for our flat. This is part 1 of the LIGHT series, we've bought some nice lights (or fixtures) for the hall and the dining area. The hub was very confident about putting up of the lights atleast, and he did a great job at it!
Here's what the light looks like, remember, it is atleast 4 feet above my head!


A tea-light design with a 60w screw-type bulb in it, sufficient for the dining hall.
Coming up next - the living room lights.

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My Lemmings

Lemming: A lemming refers to a purchase/wished-for-item which results from reading an enthusiastic post about a new fabulous product. courtesy Urban Dictionary
Not to confused with this lil' cute fella

My Lemming list grew yesterday when I saw this on Karen's lovely blog! And then I realised, there have been some items on my lemming list that are either too expensive, or not available in India.

These are all the items I really, really want....


1. Dior Goldrush Summer 2008 collection. Rs.2,650.
2. Clinique Quick Eyes Cream Shadow. Rs.590 not available in India
3. Clinique Pore Minimizer Serum. Rs.1,320
4. Neutrogena Deep Clean Facial Cleanser. Maybe Rs.375 haven't seen in Indian stores yet
5.Prescriptives Instant Gratification Skin Renewal Peel. Rs.1,580, I saw this on Temptalia not available in India
6. Shu Uemera Pressed Shadows in Pristine Green. Rs.800 (NVII)7. Shu Uemera Eye lash curler. Rs.

8. MAC Fluidline in Blitz and Glitz (again, from Karen's site) Rs. 600. (Available!!)

9. MAC Fluidline in Shade (a very nice dark green). Rs. 600. (Available)

10. Azzaro Now for Women, 50 ml for Rs.1,770 (available!!!)

So what are you lemming for?

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Dark Blue/Silver Grey EOTDs

This was Monday's EOTD using a dark blue e/s from the Wales palette.


This was yesterday's EOTD - a combination of the silver, grey and black e/s from the ELF quad.



Here's the mug - I matched the m/u with the silver chain, LOL!

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The dosa chronicles

I present you the Paper Plain Dosa

It has been my fervent desire to sample all kinds of dosas before I die and I'm plodding my way across the south to accomplish this goal :)
This specimen is from New Shanti Sagar chain in Jayanagar 3rd block (which is the mecca for veggie food-lovers)! It was nearly 3.5 times the size of a regular plain dosa, and was crispy like potato chips! Accompaniments included coconut chutney, sagoo and slight;y sweetish udupi style sambhar. Yummmmy, thinking of it sets off the barely supressed hunger signals in me :D

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How to make a tray out of a magazine

Here's my humble attempt at making a tray out of a magazine front cover! I'll load all the pics and detailed tutorial tomorrow, so watch this space. Well, not all the time, you can look away sometimes. But, you have to come back, okies?
From this:

To this:

So, here goes: click on the link below to read the step-by-step instructions with colour pictures! Heh.

1. All you need is a thick sheet, similar to the thickness of a greeting card, a pencil or pen, a ruler (or any straight edged stick or a pencil), white adhesive, and finally a pair of scissors.

2. I used the front page cover of the Marie Claire magazine (it’s thick, glossy and pretty!) or any sheet within the magazine, preferably glossy.
3. The rectangular page needs to be cut into a square, the easiest way to do that is to gently fold the shorter edge along the longer edge diagonally and then cut away the remaining strip at the edge of the paper! Or you could bring out the foreman ruler and measure a perfect square, if that’s what makes you happier. We lost a bit of Aishwarya’s chin here – instant face lift!
4. Lightly fold (to crease) the resultant square into half length wise (or width wise, it won’t make a difference, it is a square, heh)
5. Crease the other half now, so that you have 4 neat squares just lightly creased. Neater and more patient people can just divide the sheet into 16 equal squares and escape the crease-fest. You are left with 4 squares and, in my case, Aish’s eyes glaring at you for creasing her face.
6. Crease the left half in half again, and do the same with the right half.
7. Crease the top half and the bottom half in half again, resulting in 16 creased squares! You don’t have to count, I did it for you 
8. Mark the intersecting points (like in the picture). Imagine having to poke out Aishwarya’s eye and hoping for some emotion to reflect on her face.
9. Draw 4 lines from the edge of the paper until the intersecting points (using the ruler or straight edged object). These are the lines you will cut using the scissors.
10. Now fold the paper such that the cut squares look something akin to ear flaps.
11. Apply the adhesive on the longer rectangular flap, such that the outer edge of the flap will stick to the ear-flap thingies.
12. Press the flaps together and make sure all the glue covers the surface. This is what it looks like now
13. Patience now, one side is ready, do the same to the other side so it does not feel neglected. (I actually glued the flaps on the outer edge of the larger flap, thus resulting in 2 different looking edges, but please, just ignore that)
14. Press the glued surfaces nicely so the adhesive can do its job.
15. Voila! Your colourful odds-and-ends box is ready to be used! Back view – Carla Bruni’s face!
16. I used the box to store the hub’s watches, my bracelets and scrunchies, however it can be used it for anything you like!
17. Items used:
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Next up: Lipstick and Floppy disks (remember those 3 and quarter inches disks we used on the PC) Yes, I am that old. Ahem, floppy disks and lipsticks, what do they have to do with each other?!

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