Hey everyone, It's India here with my nighttime skincare routine! I have accumulated a multitude of products that work for me and these are the ones that I have found most effective. I have combo dry skin that gets oily on my nose and cheeks (surprisingly not forehead). 

So first I gently cleanse my face of any makeup with the Biore Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser (6.77 oz). One thing about this cleanser is that it is difficult to wash off because it is not very liquidy, it has more of a gel consistency. However, this is one of the best cleansers I've ever had in my life, if you've never used it before, the first time you try it, your face will feel really cold and you can feel the charcoal drawing out all the bad things in your skin. It's very mild which I appreciate because my skin doesn't react well to harsh cleansers. My high end comparison of this cleanser (well at least it's effects on the skin) is the Lancome Creme Radiance (4.2 oz, $25) but I like the price tag of the Biore one better. 

Hey everyone, I'm back with my daily foundation routine. Now I know some of you may be wondering: India, Why didn't you call it your daily makeup routine? Well the answer to that question is that I don't tend to wear anything but foundation and some concealer on a day to day basis because I am in university, so I'm on a time crunch all the time. So without further ado, this is my daily foundation routine. 

So the first thing I do after I wake up, wash my face, brush my teeth, take a shower, etc. is to moisturize. I think that putting on moisturizer is essential to how your makeup lays, it's really important to avoid wearing anything very thick that would sit on top of your skin so that your foundation doesn't just slide right off. I like this moisturizer from Clinique, I know they make a gel version of this for oily skin but I have very dry skin so this one works perfectly for me. This moisturizer absorbs quickly and helps me eliminate dry patches on my skin. One tip I highly recommend is that if you want a tinted moisturizer, just blend 2 parts moisturizer and 1 part foundation. Also when I first bought this moisturizer I thought two things: 1) Holy Moly! How am I going to finish that entire bottle. 2) Is that gonna turn my skin yellow.  What I've found out is that 1) Even though I only use 1-2 pumps a day, I go through it like nobody's business and 2) No, it doesn't turn your skin yellow. 

Ok so from here I have two paths of products, in the summer I tan very very very easily because I do play golf so I am outside a lot, so I have two sets of products 

For the winter, when I am a typical medium shade:

Then I take this stippling brush by e.l.f. to buff in the foundation I choose. I know it's a stippling brush but it works really well for buffing in product, also it's $3 so..

Ok so the winter foundation I use is the Maybelline Fit Me (the regular one). It's not the best if I'm being honest, it doesn't last long and sometimes cakes up. I've just been too lazy to buy a different foundation in the same shade

(L'oreal True Match Foundation, N7 Classic Tan, $9.99)

(Up and Up Powder Brush, $6.99)

(So this shade got discontinued apparently -_- but it was in 325)

So as of recently, I've had to make the change to being gluten free for the past few months and there was something difficult I had to figure out how to convert my favorite foods to their gluten free alternative. What I found, was that there is NOTHING that is helpful when finding out whether the gluten free food tastes decent or if it even is gluten free with secretive ingredients that make contact with gluten. It's as if these companies assume that if we choose or have to maintain a gluten free lifestyle that we don't need anything that tastes good. So rant aside, here's what I found in my grocery store, that I consider the best of gluten free and gluten sensitive foods 

Side note before I start: I think that the Glutino brand is amazing at making snack foods so sorry if I might have a lot of Glutino products in this list

Snacks:

Glutino Chocolate Chip Cookies

So let me start first off, that these are probably the best gluten free cookies I have ever tried in my life! They're very crunchy, so if you like chewy cookies, this really wouldn't really be a good option. I would compare these to the Chips Ahoy! brand of chocolate chip cookies in terms of flavor. One thing I will say is that the chocolate chips aren't very chocolate tasting for lack of better words. The texture isn't dry on accident, the dryness works for the cookie. I think these would be ideal for consuming with coffee or tea by dunking them in to give some moisture. These retail for $5.49 for a package of 18 cookies, so on the more pricey side. 

http://www.glutino.com/products/cookies-and-wafers/cookies/chocolate-chip-cookies/

Beanitos Chips

Yum yum yum yum yum. This company has a certified gluten free product range spreading from cheese puffs to "tortilla chips". Gluten tends to hide in products that are conventional snack foods like tortilla chips and it's difficult a suitable alternative that doesn't taste terrible. These however are a god send. I received the black bean and chipotle flavors complimentary for review, however I wasn't the biggest fan of them. They weren't amazing but they didn't suck, however I was interested in the company because the rest of their snacky foods sounded good. They included a coupon with the product so I went out and bought the "Hint of Lime" and "Real Cheesy Puffs" flavors and they were yummmy. The hint of lime was comparable to the Chipotle brand of tortilla chips and the cheesy puffs are like the Cheetos puffs. This is a perfect product to dip your toe into the Gluten Free world because you can buy individual bags rather than committing to a whole box.
http://www.beanitos.com/

Breakfast:

Trader Joe's: Joe's O's

These I would compare to Cheerios in terms of texture, however the flavor, way off. Now these taste different than Cheerios. They don't taste similar in the fact that have a slightly sweet undertone. Cheerios have a more savory and wheat like taste but these would be good with some sugar or something of that nature sprinkled on top to add more flavor. One thing I absolutely want anyone reading this to know before buying is that I haven't seen any specific claims to being gluten FREE so if you are sensitive, I would stay away, but if you are trying to attain a gluten free lifestyle, this should be fine. 

http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article/1783

Restaurants/Meals/Miscellaneous:

Udi's Pizza/ Pizza Crust

So Udi's is a widely known brand in the gluten free community, especially for their bread products. Their pizza crust is fantastic, I've served it to my Non-Gluten Free friends and they can't tell the difference. They recently partnered with Pizza Hut to make specially gluten free pizzas that you can actually customize! It's a great idea especially since they cook the pizzas and prepare them in a separate kitchen. The only downside is that there are select locations with this line of pizzas :( 

The rest of the best places near me tend to be local so if you want to find restaurants or places to shop for Gluten Free foods, I would highly recommend this website that helps find Gluten Free places near you! http://www.findmeglutenfree.com/

That's all I've got for you today, If you want any more gluten free foods or recipes, leave a comment down below!

xx,
India

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*I wasn't sponsored by any of the brands to make this post, all opinions will forever and always be my own :) *

So I have seen tons of candle collections online, but I've only seen Bath and Body Works, Diptyque, and other more expensive candles but never Yankee Candle. Now this shocked me because I've been shopping at Yankee Candle for a while and the scents are more varied and fresh, and they last so much longer. Also they always have coupons for their candles so whenever I've earned enough points or I have a $15 dollar off coupon, I go buy a ton to last me a lifetime. So I thought I'd share my votive candle collection from Yankee Candle because if I did all of them, we would be here forever. So with that, I hope you enjoy!

Hey everyone! I'm baaaaack with an unboxing! I don't know about you but I love seeing unboxings, like I'm addicted. I recently got this "Voxbox" complimentary from Influenster and I thought I'd show you whats inside!

So the picture above is what the box looks like when you first open it, on the top there is coupons and a product list.

The first I pulled out is this Sally Hansen Airbrush Legs, leg makeup. So basically it replaces body makeup and is a substitute to permanent bronzer I think. I would compare the idea to MAC face and body foundation.(Retail Value:  2.99 USD)

As most of you will know from my last blog post, I recently joined a website called HauteLook, and let me tell you, I am O-B-S-S-E-S-S-E-D. So basically, it is a flash sale type of site and it's owned by Nordstroms (fyi, you can't use Nordstroms gift cards on it) It features tons of well known brands, like right now, they have the Balm cosmetics, Jimmy Choo swimwear, and  coming up on Monday, my favorite, KATE SPADE! In case you can't tell, I am in love with this site because of the deals. I am a member of sites like this (ex. Zulily) but the difference that I have a love hate relationship with is that the deals are more than 50% off but you can only keep an item in the cart for 15 minutes. So for us indesicive people, it is a nightmare. Also, one Debbie Downer is that they charge you for shipping, I always trust a company a little less if they charge me for shipping, I'm not sure why. 

Have you tried HauteLook? Do you like it or not? Leave a comment down below letting me know what you think of it!

xx,

India

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Hey everyone, I'm back with another review for you all!

So I bought this little handy dandy bottle of dry shampoo like a few months ago and it just sat on my dresser. For some weird reason I started to use it this week and I've got some opinions on this one. So if you don't know what a dry shampoo is, it's a product in an aerosol can (normally) that sprays a powdery spray that absorbs oil in between hair washes.

 This one smells very very similar to laundry detergent and powder mixed together and it does linger so I find myself spraying perfume in my hair to mask the smell. It absorbs oil pretty well, to my surprise, but since I do have darker hair, it leaves an immense white cast and even after combing through my hair a few times, it is still extremely visible. The packaging isn't anything out of the ordinary and it is drugstore priced.

(P.S. I just found out about a site called haute look and it's amazing, they are a Nordstrom's sub company like nordstrom rack but they have amazing flash sales on brand name makeup and clothes. Like I just found Lorac trio's for 3 dollars. 3 DOLLARS!)

xx,

India