Happy Birthday to Me and 100 Posts on the Blog

It seems like I am getting very professional at creating milestones on special occasions. I created 50th post on 4th February this year which was the anniversary of my parents and now I am writing the 100th post on the blog on my birthday.




I feel so proud and happy today. From 4th of January I officially started working on this space. The journey has been superb till now. First quarter of 2014 has seen me writing each and every new thought that popped up into my mind, making new friends and thus my journey of being a blogger was superfantastic.



Well since its Holi today, I am not making any plans of going out. We will have a small celebration at home with loads of fun coming up.

Products that got emptied in February

I know I should have posted it yesterday but still I am not that late. Actually this month I have not used much products. Just a shower gel, a roll-on and some other random products.
1. Flama Di Willa shower gel in mild dew
Its a decent product for the price it offers. But the beads in it are useless and the fragrance doesnt stay for long.

2. Sure Dry Shield Roll On
After Nivea Roll on I bagged my hands on this. This fared on me well except that white patches on my skin.

3. Patanjali rosewater
Again a rosewater.. I am getting addicted to it now.

4. Lakme kajal
This one is not as good as lotus kajal but still I managed to finish it up.

5. Lakme lash artist mascara
This mascara from lakme did not curl up my lashes as the maybelline hypercurl one. Still its good. But a little pricey.

6. Ponds BB cream
As I mentioned earlier, this has been a great cream for me. Can also be used as a primer for applying eyeshadows.

So this month was a mix of good and average products for me. Lets see what march brings in stock for me

Maintaining a blog diary

Okay I know that I am old fashioned, I know I can use my phone for this purpose but you see keeping a diary for the blog makes it special in its own way. Writing makes my flow of thoughts faster.

This diary would maintain my pending posts to be put up, reviews that needs to be done,list of emails to be maintained, names of other blogs, pictures to be clicked and everything about the blog.

I just wrote my name and the name of blog. Did not start scribbling yet. But having a physical status of an electronic space is all so special.

Oh by the way,I just brought some highlighters and new pens from flair. I love Flair for its awessome collection of pens.

Do you maintain a blog diary?



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50th post on the blog

This is my 50th post on this blog. My small baby is growing big day by day. I was dying to write this post since a very long time. With your love and support this blog is growing big. The love that you have shown so far is depicted by my pageviews. I am obliged to each one of you for so much love.

If you are reading this post then you have connected with me in my journey as a blogger. Your emails show it all. Love love and loads of love to you.

Do you know why I have chosen this day to write my 50th post? Today is a very special occasion, its basant panchami and this day is considered as very auspicious for new projects. Here in bengal we celebrate this day as Saraswati puja. Oh wait there is one more reason, today my parents are celebrating their 24th marriage anniversay. So today I write my 50th post right here.

My dreams with this blog are very high. You see dreaming is good but working hard to reach to your goal is equally important. Until a year ago i did not know anything about blogging, not a bit. Then I learnt some blogging ideas from google. And I am still learning. This baby that I have made is my first project in my life and its equally close to my heart. I feel so good when I share a part of my life on such a big platform. With this blog I want to pass on the message of peace, the message of being happy no matter what, the messaage of having trust and faith in yourself, and lastly the message of being beautiful. If you are beautiful, the world around you becomes beautiful. Cheers to each and everyone on this planet because everyone has a beauty of his own. May god bless us all


Last week my brother made two beautiful collages of me with an android app. I was waiting to share this with you but was not getting the right opportunity. Then I thought I will do it in my 50th post.

Here are the piccys..

News and announcements

Until now I was trying to update more and more stuff in my blog. But now I am taking a step furthur. As a blogger I know it is ver important to be active in most of the social media. And with thhis in mind I announce my presence in most of the social media

You can follow me at Bloglovin at
www.bloglovin.com/blog/11693647

My twitter id is @pinksand purple

My facebook page id www.selfenhancing.blogspot.in

My instagram id is shikha_maloo

My google plus id is shikha maloo

You can contact me through my email id that is
malooshikha@gmail.com

shikha

I got featured

Yes yes you heard it right. I got featured in one of the biggest blogs in the country. Omg I am on cloud nine right now. I feel like a celebrity. Wiseshe has been one of the first blogs that I have been following since a year.
This blog has been an inspiration to start my own blog. This blog has made it big and it will always be a benchmark for all the upcoming bloggers like me. Thank you anamika ma'am for posting this. It surely means alot to me. I seriously have no words about how happy I am. Just two words thank you www.wiseshe.com

Here is the link of my featuring
www.wiseshe.com/2014/01/meet-the-blogger-series-shikha-from-selfenhancing.html

Here is the screenshot.

shikha

Write For This Blog

Okay, here goes an opportunity to all the readers of my blog, you can send me your articles and I can publish them on my blog. Slowly and steadily this blog is growing big and now its time to take a step further and thus I take the opportunity to invite you all to contribute your articles in this blog. Regarding topics, it can be on anything like food, relationships, hobbies, DIYs makeup or you can just let down your feeling to me. Right now I cannot provide you with any monetary compensation but I can assure you with the traffic you will get for your blog. Or you can see it as an opportunity to express yourself..

Regarding the rules, I have not put any stringent rules except that the writeup should have a minimum of 500 words.

As a final word you can drop your posts at my mail malooshikha@gmail.com
Or you can just pour out your feelings about this blog or just ping me to say hi. I would feel elated..

Thank you

Happy Republic Day

India is celebrating today its 65th republic day. Congratulations to all Indians.
Jai Hind

Its saturday

Sorry for not putting up a post yesterday because I went to ecopark. Oh it’s a lovely place. And I must say its huge park. We were a group of 9 girls so you can well imagine what a fun it could have been. I am still feeling tired.. enjoys the pics…

Since its weekend so there are lots of plans lying up for me..

Love

I wore a black white printed cotton top with blue denims. Since it was a sunny day i had to carry my Puma sunglasses. Wore a very little makeup with just lip balm and a BB cream and ofcourse kajal.

thankks

How blogging has changed my life

I am a new blogger on the block. Previously I was book person, but then one day I landed up to the world of blogging and I realized that there are so many writers who write on different issues. It was fun reading them, you can get various content on almost anything. It is a good way where people from different background share their views. It was interesting to see what’s going on in lives of others and frequent updates made it even more interesting to wait for a new post everyday. And then one day I decided to start my own blog. Blogs are like open books, or rather open diaries , there is a new learning everyday. You grow as you blog. Being fake does not help you here in anyway. You need to be honest and straight everyday..

The little changes in my life due to blogging are

I see world with a different view- this can be best understood by the ones who are blogging. Its not that the world as a whole has become a different planet for me but I look at it with a different perspective. I try to analyze each and every thing around me. Simple little changes around me creates a different excitement in me. I have no words to explain that. The feeling is indeed special. Every little thing that enters my home has to pass through a scrutiny by me. I first take enough pictures, make a proper analysis and then I grant it permission for use.

Pictures are not captured through my eyes but through a camera  -  previously my camera only took my images, I guess it was too  bored with my images so then I gave it a new job. It seems my cam is also loving its new job.

My ability to think has started growing – I realized that so many ideas never popped up in my mind. Not even during exams! All thanks to this blog, I am getting more and more ideas than before. My creative abilities have increased. I am actually thinking each and every moment on how to write good content in my blog. My brain is put to a better use. It is not something easy, it needs constant practice. Now I have started knowing that I am good at generating new ideas.

I am writing full words- oh this is something that I hated at the very beginning. Before this blog I was used to writing sms languages in electronic media. I only wrote full words during exams with pen and paper. But now my “u” has changed to “you” and “whr” has changed to where. At first it was tough but gradually I have realized that it is good for me. A person should not be addicted to sms languages. It kills vocabulary. All thanks to blogging. Now I have started using full words everywhere and I am proud of it.

My respect for other bloggers have grown up- I used to think that blogging is very easy but as I took up this task I realized that blogging is not at all easy. It requires good writing skill and proper presentation and most importantly good ideas. You need to update your blog everyday. And writing good article with enough content is not easy. Blogging it equally tough as it seems. I respect all the bloggers who have made good efforts in their blogs and have reached to a good position. I respect them with my heart. “bows down”

At present I am not thinking to make it big. The idea of sharing my thoughts to the entire world excites me. Blogging it not about making money. Its about sharing your heart out and sharing a part of your life. thanks to the social media for giving such a big platform..

Thank you

How to boost your self confidence

Having confidence in yourself is the biggest asset that a man can have today. In present times, we lose our confidence due to various pressures from friends, families and the society at large. 

Knowledge is the biggest source of building self confidence. The biggest pleasure lies in doing what others say you cannot do. But In today’s times the biggest reason of loosing trust in yourself is the feeling that you are not perfect. As I take my example, I was diagnosed with aloepacia last year and I had a bald spot on my head along with other skin disease. I lost my entire confidence, I forgot to dress up, I forgot to look beautiful, I forgot to make efforts to look pretty. I was only concerned with hiding my bald spot. I literally used to shiver when I met somebody. I used to get frustrated with little things in life. I did not go to college due to fear of being insulted. The stress inside me was increasing my hairfall. There was an urgent need to make changes in my life.

But then I was explained that I was beautiful, a bald spot doesn’t change the person I am. I was told that my knowledge was the biggest asset that I had. I started to dress up, I did long facials and body massages. I started to hangout with friends and started enjoying little things in life. I started making efforts to be a happy person and made little changes in my hairstyle to hide my bald spot. Soon the stress levels reduced and I became a happy person, and voila, the hair also started growing. Today I see myself as a changed person. A more happy person. I can say that loosing faith in yourself does not help in anyway.

• Start making changes in your life. If you are planning to make a huge change at one go, it would never help. Start making little efforts. I am again saying that you need to aim big but do not forget to enjoy the little things in life. It truly helps, trust me.
• Make efforts to look presentable. When u feel that you are looking good, your level of self confidence will be at its peak. Oh wait, I am not saying to invest your entire money and buy branded clothes, just little makeup and good clothes would help.
• Learn to calm yourself down. It needs practice. Anxiety does not help In anyway. In present times we don’t even know that we are facing stress. My doctors told me that thinking about past unhappy memories also leads to stress. Start practicing to calm yourself.
• Start knowing yourself. The more you know about yourself the more you know about your limits and abilities. Realize your potential and start working on it now..
• Never make big goals. Make smaller goals and try to achieve them. Making big plans for the day will lead to more frustration.
• Stay away from negativity. Stay away from people who are always negative in life. what others think is not your concern.
• Try to be positive. Try and find out solutions and do not sit idle with the problems. Sitting with the problem does not help rather try and find out the solutions. During exams, I even changed the wallpaper of my phone to a motivating thought. I gave me energy to work harder. It does help trust me.
• Smile smile smile. It creates wonders. It creates positivity. It creates happiness. Start practicing to smile at little things in life..
• Reward yourself. It may be in form of pampering yourself with a facial, a little makeup, or applying a bright nailcolour or even taking to a friend you love.. It calms your soul.
•                 Learn from your mistakes. Start working on your flaws. Mistakes are not to be repeated they are meant to be learnt.

Thank you

Titan Raga Watch

A few days ago my brother brought this watch for himself. I instantly fell in love with the simplicity of the watch. It’s a fuss free elegantly designed beauty by Titan which looks supergood on my brother. (me eyeing on this watch since when it entered home, I love such simple watches and I dont mind wearing it at all)

This beauty is priced at Rupees 1999. Now let me share you the conversation between me and my brother when I was taking pictures of the watch as questioned him about the price.

Me- ek baar apna watch dena pics click karni hai.

Brother- lelo

Me-iska price kya tha?

Brother- 1999. Kyu? Kise gift karna hai?

Me- gift karna hota to sidha shop me nai chali jaati buddhu…

Brother-  (-_ -)

Enjoy the piccys.

A note to myself

I have recently started my blog. there is a long , very very long way to to. I am 7 posts old right now and by this time i have understood that blogging is not at all easy as i had thought it would be.. hats off to all those bloggers who blog each and everyday.

Here goes a small motivational picture for myself. This will keep reminding me that i have long road to cover. It wont be easy but what's life withou being easy. And yes so far I am going good. All the best to myself

This pic will remind me that I have a long way to go in all spheres of my life whether it's blogging or my career or my personal life. But I am well determined to face every challenge in my life and there are people who have been supportive throughout my life. I cannot imagine my life without them..

bye

take care

MY PATANJALI HAUL

As i write this post i feel very elated because patanjali has been my favourite brand till date.. i love the products that are so easily available and deliver such quick results.. Now i dont try other stuffs in the market except when i need a change..my skincare experiments have ended at this brand. i actually get nightmare that the products are out of stock.. If ever Baba Ramdev ventures into makeup then i will be the first person to purchase their entire INVENTORY.

I purchased 7 products and will surely review them one by one in coming days..

one thing i must mention that i tried the reetha shampoo on my sensitive scalp today only without conditioner and i must say my hair feels shiny and voluminious without a single HAIRFALL...yayyyyyy

The gulabjal bottles i have lost count on them. the facewash and crackheel cream both are my third tubes.. Special mention to the eyedrop, let me tell you my vision has cleared to a lot extent since i started using it. I dont feel the need of my spectacles.. OH YES the almond oil has been a saviour to my patchy oily skin this winter.. i gives an awessome glow to my face...

Hello People....

after a very long time i have started blogging.. I had my exams of cs finals this december..

hope I clear my exams by 25th february..

Although blogging was on my mind long ago but thing and exams were making me pretty busy..

now that i am free i will be here to blog my heart out to the whole world...

Good day everyone... Take Care.. Loads of love..