Beauty

Best Beauty Products

Because I use makeup on a daily basis I spend a lot of time testing and sampling makeup products to make sure I buy items that last long and do not irritate my skin or cause skin breakouts. I’ve compiled…

Personal Style: Kaftan Chic by Shweta Wahi

This is part two of our personal style shoot, which was put together to celebrate the first anniversary of The Fashion Orientalist. For this photo shoot I worked together with a couple of talented people. I got in touch with…

MAC Cosmetics: Valentine’s Day Lipstick

Valentine’s day. The day you look at life through rose-tinted glasses. Butterflies fluttering in your stomach every time you lock eyes with your crush or beau. Love is in the air and heart shaped items hit the shelves. You either…

The IFFD 2014 Fashion Calendar

We have all started the year with a list of new year’s resolutions, like going to the gym more often, eating more fruit and spending less money on clothes and shoes. January is almost over and I am pretty sure…

Christmas Gift Idea: Clinique Chubby Stick

The Clinique Chubby Stick is a must-have product for women. A true collector’s item, since there are so many different and fun crayon colors available! It is therefore a perfect gift to present to your sister, girlfriend, mother or female…

Estée Lauder Lipstick

Estée Lauder is one of my favorite makeup brands. I really like their nail polish, the colors are beautiful and the bottles are real collector items, they come in cute square, glass bottles. As you may know I love lipstick.…

Beauty & Make-Up: My Chanel Make-up Addiction

My Chanel make-up addiction started at a young age. Although I was not allowed to wear make-up until I was around 16 years old, I spent a lot of time admiring my mother’s Chanel make-up collection. When I was 17…

Interview Mehndi Rouge: Henna Decorations

Many of us have walked past those cute henna tattoo stands, those you can find at popular tourist locations or at fairs, contemplating on getting a temporary henna design or actually giving into curiosity and having a design tattooed onto…

Luxury fragrance house Amouage: ‘Fate’ and ‘Opus VII’

Luxury fragrance house Amouage has recently released two new fragrances: ‘Fate’ for both men and women and ‘Opus VII’ a unisex fragrance, part of the Amouage Library Collection. Today I will share my Amouage fragrance review with you. For more…

Luxury fragrance house Amouage

You can’t call yourself a fragrance enthusiast if you do not own a fragrance by Arabic perfume brand Amouage. Niche luxury fragrance house Amouage was founded in 1983 in the Sultanate of Oman at the request of Sultan Qaboos Bin…