Day makeup tricks by Tilat I asked Tilat to give me 5 basic tricks for a day makeup. As day makeup can be tricky, the constant battle between looking great and keeping it low key is my greatest fear. Whenever I makeup for a day event I get puzzled. So here, our favorite Tilat Khayer gives us 5 basic tips for a day makeup, how to make it last through your daily chores and how to look neat. I hope you will be as benefited by these tricks as I was. Match your foundation to your skin tone Use the…
[ Kiss me please! ] There are few things that I hate, yes, hate, having chapped lips is one of them. It is that time of the year when your lips will hurt; crack and putting lipstick will be difficult, only if you don’t take care. At times putting lip gels are not enough. Scrubbing them in shower time or before going to bed helps the chapped lips get rid of the dead skins and stay soft, supple in other word very kissable. There is an easy and quick scrub recipe that you can make in a blink of an…
[ Dry flowers ] If I could I would decorate my home with fresh flowers everyday. The fragrance, the freshness and the colours of a fresh flower is a source of instant happiness around the house. Unfortunately in my everyday commute, I don’t have any flower shop, I have to go out of my way to get some fresh flowers. It is quite troublesome to get flowers frequently. So I decided to dry the roses I flaunted few days back. I loved them so much that I wanted to keep them for the longest time. I have always admired dry…
[ Oozy Boozy Classic Christmas Cake ] It is almost 30 days to Christmas, and time for the perfect Christmas cake. This has been a ritual in my home to make cake and cookies for Christmas. In Bangladesh, not many people bake Christmas cakes. But my love for cakes has just given me another good reason to dance around in my kitchen and prepare the ultimate fruit cake infused in orange juice or brandy. My friends come over on Christmas Eve and we eat together and cut the cake with a bang. I love to decorate it with whipped cream…
A reflective exploration of aromatherapy for sleep and how scent gently guides the body back into dream, rest, and inner stillness. There was a time when sleep came like rain—uninvited, effortless, and complete. One could lie down anywhere, at any hour, and slip quietly into a dream without negotiation. These days, it feels different. The body hesitates. The mind lingers. You may notice how, once a familiar bedtime is missed, sleep does not return easily. It waits at a distance, as if asking for a gentler invitation. In these moments, the word dream begins to feel less like something that…
[ Scarf it up ] Winter is technically here in Dhaka, it is November already. The official season for scarves, shawls and stoles is here finally. Though we Bengali women wear scarves or stoles everyday with Kurtis and we call it Dupatta or Orna. There are so many ways you can wear the scarves. Scarves add value and style to your fashion. Be it a contrast scarf or a matching one, a nice scarf can be gorgeous. I prefer to just loosely hang it from my left side or wrap it around my neck when I wear it with my…
[ Rapunzel’s secret ] Yet another post starts with confession, I have only shoulder length hair that too not very thick. Though today I will be giving you one of the best beauty gems I found, for great hair. This post is also a request from my good friend Eva. I am very fond of herbal or natural remedies, be it for hair or stomach. The best thing of using herbal remedy is, the side effect is actually negligible and you also get a pleasure of DIY projects. Hair fall is a common problem all over the world. Due to…
[ Clean the brushes ] Cleaning makeup brushes is as boring as cleaning the face after a party is. I love putting make up, getting dressed but I dread cleaning the face when I come back home tired. As we clean the face no matter how tired we are, we must also clean the brushes because this might give us acne break outs with other skin rashes on our faces. The brushes need to be cleaned in every 10 days or so. There are solutions available in the western markets but in Bangladesh, I haven’t seen anything like that yet.…
[ Yogurt in a cup ] I have always loved yogurt, and of course the sweet one, preferably bought from my favourite sweet shop. The creamy, thick sweet and little tangy flavour was my staple, that I regularly took with Chira or pressed rice. My mom always make yogurt in home. Every night she sets her milk in a left over yogurt mix for next day’s intake. But as she used to make sour one, I preferred to avoid it always. Sour yogurt used to make me vomit. Until very recently, two three years back, I first tried to eat…
[ Shelf gardening ] Have you noticed, how these days the urban balcony gardens are growing vertically? In the limited space of the urban apartment buildings, vertical or shelf gardening is a great way to display your tubs. This gives you enough resources to work on your creativity and also let you use the small space in the most cleverest way possible. You can make the shelf from actually anything you have in your home. It can be made of old bookshelf, simple ladders, steel shelves, wooden baskets etc. The best part is, you can make it exactly according to…
