Hello ladies! I'm glad to feature the very talented, very sweet and charming beauty vlogger Ikya Kesiraju in today's Beauty Talk series. Read on to know the trick to amazing eyebrows, the simplest way to kill a zit and beauty secrets of her equally stylish mother:
Morning Routine
I
wash my face with normal tap water after brushing my teeth and try to
follow it up with sunscreen on good days. Even if I'm just at home :)
Daytime look
So
my regular day time look mainly consists of filled in eyebrows and some
perfume ( Elizabeth Arden Green Tea / Marks & Spencer Azzure Breeze
more often than not) no matter if I'm staying in or going out (after my
skincare routine). If I'm going out, I'll add a nude lipstick or some
gloss for the day time and some blush if I feel I look too washed out/
dull / pale. Blush is my pick me up!
Shoot
days are another story though since mine is a Beauty + Lifestyle
channel. I may or may not put on some more / anymore makeup depending on
the video, and my mood, of course!
Nighttime routine
Consists of washing off the day with my trusted Neutrogena cleanser and following it up with my Kiehl's midnight recovery concentrate for the hotter months. For the drier months, I use something more moisturising on top as well!
Hair care
Is
something I get very lazy about but I try to oil my hair as often as I
can. Even if it is for half an hour before I wash it off. I also try not
to use much heat on my hair. Ooh and I'm totally digging the spring
plastic bands to tie my hair lately (the telephone wire ones). They're
light and come off easily!
Party favourites
I feel that makeup is an art and is an extension of my mood / feelings of any particular day. So that keeps changing.
That
being said, I love filled in brows and eyeliner (L'Oréal , Waterproof
or the Maybelline gel liner) and mascara. I may/may not wear Kajal
depending on my liking that day.
I
love me some glow so you won't really meet me without any highlighter
unless you surprise visit my home! I love the Benefit girl meets pearl
highlighter and top it off with any powder highlighter I'm loving - MAC
Soft and Gentle / Becca champagne pop.
Some lipstick and a pop of blush finish the look.
To
think about it I love my MAC Retro matte lipsticks as they stay put
longer than the regular ones and MAC's Fleur Power blush is an all time
favourite!
I
am big on perfumes and I love my fresh citrusy ones during the hotter
weather and warm vanilla sweet ones during the colder months! D&G
Light Blue, Marc Jacobs Daisy and Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy are all
time favourites.
How has your idea of beauty changed from when you were 16?
It
has changed, a lot! And I hope that it continues to change in future
too. As a teenager, I thought beauty was unattainable. At least to me. I
had a picture set in my mind that described beauty and nothing that
wasn't exactly it was beautiful.
My
long legs that people praised (well meaning aunties included) weren't
beautiful. My thick straight hair that couldn't be styled and I wore
short wasn't beautiful and my small eyes that took after my extremely
handsome father weren't beautiful! I don't think I thought my classmates
/ friends were beautiful either and just looking at those pictures now
bring a wide grin to me and make me happy! I see a beautiful teenager
with her beautiful friends too stubborn to acknowledge their own beauty!
Thankfully it has changed for good today and I make sure I see beauty in everything and everyone I look at.
Beauty indulgences
Amazing
perfume is the short of it! And a call from my brother who is the
funniest person in my world - leaves me happy and pumped to take on the
world = feeling beautiful!
One product you can’t live without
Sunscreen, I guess.
What’s in your handbag?
Lipstick / gloss, a small tub of moisturizer (which I've never really used) and sanitizer.
A beauty trick everyone must know
Apply
a drop of sanitizer when you're about to get a zit and it'll kill the
bacteria and dry out the spot. Use a gel eyeliner as an eyebrow filler +
Kajal other than it's intended use.
A family beauty secret
I
got my love for perfumes from my mom who taught me to apply perfume on
well moisturised skin as it lasts longer that way than on dry skin. Dab
some Vaseline/ complementary moisturiser on your pulse points before
applying perfume there. Also, its good to apply perfumes lower on your
body as the fragrance rises from the heat of your body. So the inner
part of your elbows and the back of your knees are good spots you must
not miss!
Your beauty idols
My
beauty idol has to be my mother as I grew up in awe of the way she
applies her moisturiser before bed and the way she doesn't step out
without perfume. Also, I learnt that a nice a pleasant person is always a
beautiful person from her! She teaches by example!
You can also read our previous interviews in the Beauty Talk series here.
