Dress-up like the Retro Sun

Hi girls! Doing well?

Okay, so this post in reality had to go up yesterday, but since its my country's independence day today, I just thought of putting it up now to celebrate the pride since I'm wearing one of the colors from India's national flag. Having said that, you already know orange has become my don't-like-at-all to my all-time-favorite within a year and I love it so much so that my bedroom walls are painted orange too! Haha! Now, today I'm sharing with you a look that I created inspired by the 80's gorgeous ladies who loved lace dresses, living now an era of modernisation. 

dress : Limeroad.com | belt : Pantaloons | bellies : Hush Puppies (gifted)

hat : Forever21 | watch : Titan | sunglasses : Miu Miu (gifted) | bag : LeDiva

At various stages of the 20th century, there is no longer the "lace golden era", but these years, lace comes back with fashion. The Lace dress has fallen in and out of favor with many women due to poor quality, scratchy lace being all that was available for many years, unless spending hundreds on a key piece. With many softer lace fabrics available now, they are not only comfortable to wear but extremely beautiful and feminine. This type is now fashionable and affordable with many pieces sporting bold colors, daring styles and sexy lace options. From the beginning of summer, lace is coming with a dash of graceful gesture, adding the midsummer night a touch of romantic and charming colors. The reason why lace is so popular till today is not because of its long and glorious history, but its sweet and graceful style!

For me, lace was always something revealing (see-through), I thought I'd never be able to wear the trend until I realized that lace dresses are made attaching an inner piece of fabric as well. And then, one day while scrolling through the Limeroad website, I came across this pretty orange shift dress made of cotton lace. The very moment I saw it, I knew I had to buy it. The floral lace from top to bottom made me drool over the piece. Shift dresses have always been one of my favorite shapes. They are elegant, pure and simple with minimalist design lines. Also, they are extremely comfortable. Since I can’t deal with tight waists in the summer, the shift is my throw-it-on-and-look-cute summer staple! I teamed up my dress with a pair of brown leather bellies since my belt at the waistline was brown too! I wanted to keep everything matching and because browns and oranges go very well together I put on a lighter shade bag, the beige! And the same went with my Fedora hat which I got from Mumbai last year and its been my on-the-go favorite since then. The best add-ons were my Miu Miu sunglasses (gifted by someone very very special) giving the real retro touch to my look and the Titan watch which I stole from my mom about 10 years ago! Even though the summer weather is becoming really nasty and the sun is making us sweat all day, the whole look turned out to be super chic and cute. 

Tell me in the comments below what do you think of this look and don't forget to tune into my Roposo feed everyday for latest fashion stories!

Photographed by : Exposure Imageries (Rhea Ghosh)

~xoxo~

Accessorizing with Pep My Persona

Hey girls! Hope you all are doing good!

I'm sure you would all agree with me if I say, "We girls love to accessorize" and I truly believe that accessories can make or break an outfit. That be said, a true fashionista can differentiate between the accents that are worth spending a pretty penny on and those of-the-moment adornments that are okay to pass up. I'm sharing some pretty pieces below, that I got from an online jewelry store 'Pep My Persona' and I'm under the impression that you are going to fall in love with these at the first sight!

1. Necklaces - I love to keep my look basic with a few unexpected accents. Whether it be the hint of a new silhouette such as a peplum or cutout, or an interesting color palette such as head-to-toe neutrals or brights – I like to think that the beauty is in the details. Our favorites in the above mentioned section would be necklaces, of course. There are numerous designs, styles, and umpteen number of colors and we all love to experiment with most of them with our outfits. In today’s case – curating fashion necklaces is something you should definitely splurge on. 

• In the pictures below, you see two types of necklaces that I'm wearing with two different outfits! First one be the gold-copper leaf layered necklace, that I find absolutely stunning. I'm wearing it on a black top because both the top and the necklace colors compliment each other perfectly. The gold-copper leaves fall on the solid black helping me make a bold statement! Plus, its light weight makes me drool over the piece and I feel like wearing it with all my attires!

• The other piece is a classic one. The different bright colored bead chain attached to a big statement pendant was one necklace on the site I just couldn't let go off. Many of you know that orange color is my personal favorite and I got this neckpiece for the same reason. I wore it on an orange top and it popped up as a highlight like bright-on-bright. In other words, this necklace simply took away my heart!

2. Ornamental Bra Straps -  We all know that its quite annoying when we have to give up on a dress while shopping because its strapless or backless. Earlier we allowed plain or clear bra straps to show, not realizing that it looks unattractive and tacky! But, we gotta worry no more because Pep My Persona has come up with a beautiful solution for all of us. Ornamental straps for bras are the best thing to happen to women's fashion! They are simple to attach to any strapless bra or convertible ones and can be adjusted to the desired length. From Rhinestone to beaded and colored to mettalic, bra straps are available in many designs and can be worn with tank tops, tube tops, party dress, etc. Well, lets talk about my favorite picks from the store.

• My first pick was a Rhinestone bra strap that I'm wearing with my rust color tube top. I mostly kept myself away from wearing tube tops because I didn't want to feel uncomfortable pulling them up every few minutes when I go out. But Pep My persona came to my rescue and I got hold of this fancy bra strap that helps me keep my top at place, while giving a sexy feel to the whole look. I am completely in love with this piece also because it has a big star at the back, in the centre, which makes the strap look like a fashion jewelry at once and no one really gets to know if its a strap or simply a jewelry piece! 

• My second favorite bra strap on the website was a very elegant one. Pink ornamental roses attached to silver plated leaves. This popping color bra strap looks really stylish and literally goes with most of my strapless outfits. In the pictures below, as you may see, I'm wearing it with a lemon yellow long top. The strap is reflected as a fashion accessory and it is certainly highlighting the yellow color of the top making it appear really pretty! My motto was only to make the whole look appear beautiful which I think I ended up doing successfully! 

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You can now follow Pep My Persona on instagram and facebook for more awesome accessories and jewelry pieces. They keep updating their collection as per the latest fashion trends! Also, don't forget to drop in some comments below, telling me you liked reading this post or not and if it helped you in any way. 

Photographed by : Exposure Imageries (Rhea Ghosh)

~xoxo~

Glitter Makes Everyone Happy

April Fool's Day is quite known a day when we all play pranks on our friends, but the sad part I feel is that we gotta wait for that one day every year, when pranking becomes official, since many of our friends tend to feel resentful otherwise! But this time, I came across a website that helps us to play glitter pranks on anybody, round the year. Since, Friendship's Day is here, and I felt its my responsibility to make it an an unforgettable one for my friends, I planned to pull a shiny prank on one of my closest friends with the help of YourEnemiesHateGlitter.com, which is becoming quite popular day by day for sending greeting cards stuffed with heaps of stubborn glitter on your behalf to anybody you choose to deliver it. Also, this website gives you an option to remain anonymous, so your friend really won't get to know who made them shine, of course until you tell them yourself. Isn't that so cool?

Now, there's also something really special and unique that YourEnemiesHateGlitter.com offers now. It has this new category on the website with the title MAKE ONE HAPPY; where you get to choose to add one of the three options - A meal, An ice-cream or A pair of new slippers for 1 street kid at a time, while you buy a glitter bomb for your friend. The best part is that the website team is going to personally deliver the gift to the kid on your name for free, so you know it is going into the right hands. This new initiative makes this website different from all the others of the same kind around the world. This did touch my heart deeply and while I chose to purchase a card to play a sweet prank on my friend, I chose to make another one happy too in just 4 simple steps!

Step 1. Open the website (of course)

Step 2. Choose what you would like to get delivered to a street kid on your behalf to make him happy. 

The website offers you 3 different options : 

A Meal 

The kid will be fed a proper Indian meal from a restaurant.

OR

An Ice-Cream

The kid will be taken to an ice cream parlour and will be fed the flavour of his choice.

OR

 A Pair Of Slippers

The kid will be given a new pair according to his choice and size.

You just need to pay 349/- for one card and that includes the gift you choose for the street kid too.

Well, choosing to make one happy is not a compulsion, but its definitely going to give you self-satisfaction. 

PS : The card still remains for 349/- and if you want some extra glitter added to it, pay 50/- more.

Step 3. Feed in the name and address details of the recipient (the one you want to glitter bomb) and your own.

You can choose to remain anonymous, but the website needs your details, so don't forget to fill in yours too!

Step 4. Click on BUY NOW and you are done.

Being a social works student, I have deeply studied the insights and the number of kids living on streets which is way more than the ones living under the shed and I feel its the duty of each one of us to help out any one in need, in any way possible and also encourage others to do so too. This initiative taken by YourEnemiesHategGlitter.com is surely something that needs be applauded, since it helps us help others and make them smile. Well, it might sound unbelievable how easily you can prank on your friends, sitting at home and not getting your own hands dirty; and also bring a smile on the face of a needy kid but its very much true. 

Coming onto the fun part, I got some pictures clicked of my friend whom I glitter bombed, and to be true, she really didn't know what was inside, so all the reactions are natural and real. Take a look..

Well, she surely was shocked when all the glitter popped upon her, making her shine dirtily all over but as soon as she read the message inside the greeting card which read, "MAKE ONE HAPPY", she felt satisfied and proud. In her words, "I'm proud to have been chosen by my friend to be glitter bombed, if only it brings a smile on the sweet face of any kid, around the world."

Teary-eyed? Don't be! Go, open the website and order a glitter bomb for your friend now.

Don't forget to 'MAKE ONE HAPPY', because glitter makes everyone happy!

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Note : Tons of thanks to my dear friend, Shivangi Singh for letting me make her look really dirty and shiny all over, with so much of glitter for this post & I promise I'll keep glitter bombing her more often! Of course, she is good at taking crazy revenges too.

Photographed by : Rhea Ghosh (Exposure Imageries)

~xoxo~

What's in my Summer Bag?

Okay! This might just sound insane but I am only putting up this article because this one has been requested by a LOT of my readers in the past month, wanting to know what's in my "summer" bag. I can very well understand the curiosity. Its so much fun to peep inside other's bags, I know! Well, many of my fellow bloggers had already updated their blogs with this type, so I thought I really don't need to write about what's in mine, but because you girls really really wanted me to reveal it to you, here it is, finally! Only because I love you all so much!! *virtual hugs* 

Now, I may look really clean otherwise but I make sure my bag is never like that. Yes, I'm just like any other girl who loves to carry mess with her, a bag of total mess! Of course, if there is so much to carry, it automatically becomes one. Don't you agree? But its surely a beautiful mess! Comprising of my everyday essentials and some knick-knacks, I love to store all kinds of objects. Some cooler, some really shady, but only what's useful, because I change my bag mostly everyday (to overload myself with extra work, LOL)! As you know I'm a bag hoarder and because I have to carry a lot of stuff, I pick big bags, specially in summer, to store everything. For you too, I'm quite sure, you never forget to carry one, right? And as mentioned above, my bag is surely a mess (in the first picture itself), like everyday! But don't worry, I'm going to be telling you picture by picture as to what's in my bag for you to get a nice intricate view of it from the inside. Now, let's see what's in today..

This Mess! BTW, the bag is from Baggit and it was gifted to me by a friend.

Clutch - Just can't afford to forget it. As in, who would want to search money, all kinds of pay-cards and driving licences in different pockets of bags? Well, I bought this clutch from Link Road (Mumbai). Basically you get to see lots of neons and cool stuff while streets shopping rather than in branded stores.

Scarf - To cover my face from the direct sun. Now this is a nice cotton one which I bought from Colaba Causeway (Mumbai). I got 4 different colors & prints, so that I can keep changing it according to my different attires.

Gloves - One of my friends told me a few years back that my skin is pathetically tanned. So, since then, while driving a two-wheeler, I regularly to cover up my arms! And now that such beautiful prints have been created, I love to keep switching between them. Well, these floral gloves are from Big Bazaar.

Water Tumbler - You really really need to carry water in your bag, while leaving home, everyday. I never forget to carry water to keep myself hydrated. Bought this cute purple water tumbler from Tupperware.

Sunglasses - Summer sun is a killer. Agreed? Yes! Needless to say, I can't forget to carry my sunnies now. And these vintage ones were gifted by a friend.

Sunglass Case - To keep my sunglasses safe and clean and protect it from breakage. Bought this striped one from Store99. It looks really funky, no?

Spectacles - I always leave home with my lenses on, but keep my specs in case of emergency! These cat-eye spectacles are from Lunettes (one of my favorite eyewear brands).

Spectacle Case - Just like my sunglasses, I love to store my specs in a case, to prevent it from any damage. Got this leopard-printed one from an optical shop in Lucknow itself.

Rose Water - I don't carry a face wash with me because I know its not possible to find a wash-room that's clean enough to take out your face wash, apply it on your skin, wash it 10 times with water and then pat dry it. And in the soaring summer, I tend to feel dull because of the sun rays that hit me in some way or the other. So, I carry this little bottle of rose water to sprinkle it on my face a few times in a day that lets my skin breathe & makes it feel fresh, instantly. For me, Dabur Gulabari is such a product I trust the most!

Baby Wipes - And yes, these Johnsons baby wipes to wipe my face and remove all the dirt and water (after washing my face) is a must have again! These are soft tissues that doesn't cause any damage to my skin.

Hand Sanitizer - You don't get water everywhere to wash your hands. And I'm one of those semi-OCDs who are so hygienic that they'll never eat anything without cleaning their hands. So, I make sure that I'm always carrying a sanitizer with me, for myself and my friends too! :p

Cream & Mosturizer - Well, my friends love to give me a call at the last minute of every celebration, and being a girl I love to look good. But, that doesn't mean that I put a lot of make-up. Now, this magical BB+ face cream from PONDS is my new love. I always carry it with me for some instant uplift. And, this mosturizer from PONDS again is another essential, since my skin is a little dry and the heat harms it more, I keep applying it after 3-4 hours when I'm out.

Compact Powder - When your face sweats, you gotta wash it and apply some compact powder after the cream and you are done, babe! I highly recommend to carry a good compact powder with you always. The one I always have in my bag is LAKME perfect radiance.

Kajal - Like which girl doesn't have this in her bag? I'm sure anyone who doesn't carry a bag, only her! Well, to be frank, I love using kajal to highlight my eyes and pep up my look instantly & this kajal magique from Loreal is so tender and strikes perfectly under the eye that I'm obsessed with this product.

Lip Balm & Lip Gloss - A must must must have. I always carry a lip balm no matter where I'm going or I'm carrying a bag or not, its something that I never forget. The best thing to mosturize and relive my chapped lips is this new Maybelline Baby Lips. Also another of my favorite lip products is this matt pink gloss from 4 seasons. I love it completely! Not much color, no jazzing up, the best of summer shade. I tend to use both these products most in the day because I have a habit of eating up anything that sticks to my lips.

Perfume - Its a bloody turn-on! Like, if you're not wear a cologne, I'm really not hugging you. Its a "never-to-forget-no-matter-what-essential". I always carry it in my bag because summer sweating turns me off too! :p And, I'm a lover of this brand Sugandhco, I have tons of bottles at home and I keep testing & changing them according to my mood. One in this bag is Kasak; my all time favorite!

Comb - Do I even need to mention it? Be it summer or winter, or monsoon, you always carry a comb with you. Be it male or female, everybody has one in his/her pocket or bag. And, I mostly carry a thick bristled one. Got this pretty one from a local shop in Lucknow itself.

Mirror - Now, this is a magical mirror. As you may see, there's a little hair brush that's attached to the other part of it. So, now I can use the mirror to look at myself and on the other hand, can use that tiny hair brush to sleek-down my hair! Its such an amazing product. Bought it from an online shopping website years back, but sadly that website has shut down forever now! 

Hair Clip / Clutcher - Mostly I tie my hair in this scorchy summer because as we all know, summers be like 'pin-your-hair-up, girl'! So, you will always find a big clutcher clipped to the handle of my bag, since that's the best place to keep it with you without losing it!

Refreshments - Please don't judge me, but I just cant control my hunger! When I'm out somewhere for work and there's no food joint nearby, then a little biscuit packet comes to my rescue. And yes, a mouth freshner is something I always have with me so a strip of chewing gum and a box of tic tac is always there in my bag too!

I hope now you all are happy to read this post, and I promise I'll do a winter bag too! 

So stay tuned till the next season! :)

~xoxo~