Monsoon Special

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

Happy Monsoon everyone! So how's it going with the rains..? It feels good. I love the rains. I love the feeling of it on my face. Water pouring down, on and off, creating that amazing romantic scene from our Bollywood movies. Rains always remind me of those sexy romantic songs from our movies which were picturised in the rains.
Well, on one such rainy day I was out, and this is what I wore. Hot-pants are life savers some times. It rained so much that evening.. and I was thanking myself for not wearing jeans or full pants. As it becomes uneasy to walk in wet pants and its not good for the skin too.
I was carrying a water proof bag that day, which deifintely helped.

Things to remember, in monsoons:

1. Make-up: Avoid heavy make-up, keep it to the minimum. The lighter the make-up, the more you will be able to enjoy the weather. If required, use good quality water-proof stuff. Personally, I can't leave home with out my kajal and lip balm. That's the only thing in monsoons that I wear on my face.

2. Hair: The problem with managing hair in monsoons is that the humidity in the atmosphere makes hair frizzy. Hence, the go-to hair styles should be slick ponytails, messy braids or classy buns. Other than that, wearing a scarf or a hat adds up to the glam quotient. I would also recommend using hair protector products depending on your hair texture. Avoid hair-sprays and hair gels.

3. Skin: It's good to use a non-soapy cleanser which can wash away the dirt with out drying the face. Use a toner post face-wash. Exfoliate (I swear by this rule). Never ever EVER step out with out applying a good sunscreen.

4. Footwear: Just slip in to those colorful rain boots, jelly slippers or sandals. Avoid leather in the rains. Anything open toed and water proof works best!

5. Accessories: What could be better than a colorful umbrella! Remember that song from the Bollywood movie 'Chalbaaz' where in Sridevi looks super cute in the raincoats with umbrellas. It's time to create the same magic! And yes, colorful water proof bags are super handy too.

 6. Clothes: Most importantly, wear light fabrics, like cotton, linen etc. Give your jeans some rest and go for capri pants, linen trousers, skirts, hot-pants, the list is too long. Its good to stay way from whites and other very light colors. Wear the most colorful pieces from your collection and enjoy the colors of rainbow.

I like rain. Actually I love it. Do you?

Very well then, let's get wet!

Cheers to the rains!
Ritika

Tank: Espirit
Shirt: Old Navy
Shorts: Promod
Bag: Bought from Florida Airport
Flats: Stilettos
Watch: Titan
Leather Cuff: Random

Printed Pants - My version

I never thought I could force myself to wear printed pants. For some reason I felt they won't look good on me, they are not my style. But then until you try how would you know, and I decided to come out of my comfort zone.
So this happened few weeks before when I went shopping with my sister and saw these pants. I immediately liked the color and the print and tried them on. Voila! I loved them. The fabric is made of cotton which is very soft and the pants are super light, best for Delhi summers.

Here is my take -

Few ways to style printed pants -
1. Don't fear to wear print on print. It's actually fun mixing prints.
2. Try pairing stripes with printed bottoms. Stripes act as a balancing element.
3. Wearing heels is one way of dressing up printed pants. But I chose to go the other way round, and dressed them down with these loafers.
4. You can team them up with a nice clutch if dressing up, or a sling bag when dressing down.
5. Accessories - Keep it to minimum. Reason being there is already too much on your body, hence, no need to increase the clutter.

Just go ahead try this funky trend. I'm sure there is one pair of printed pants (or shorts) made for you, somewhere, lying on the racks! Go figure!

Cheers
Ritika

T-Shirt: Marks & Spencer
Pants: Lee Cooper
Shoes: Bata
Bag: Incense
Stone necklace: Pantaloons
Yellow stud earrings: Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi
Bangles: Gifted by SIL
Watch: Invicta

Pastel Download

Pastels look great. I have always loved pastel colors, even before they came in vogue. For a long time, I eyed these Mango jeans, before buying them. I love these pants and wear them with utmost care, so that they don't get dirty.

A brief on my outfit -

1. Pastels give you an elegant look. Pastel colors look great on Indian skin tone.
2. There is so much that you can do with pastels colors in your outfit. You can dress it up (with a jacket, heels and a nice clutch) or dress them down (with sneakers or oxfords and a sling bag).3. Here, I have dressed up my look, with chunky neck piece, bling sandals and a color blocking bag.
4. I chose to play with one color only, giving my pastels a sheen look.
5. I wanted to add a bag which breaks the overall pink color. Adding a clutch comes easily, hence I tried something different with a big bag,
6. The accessories are also in the same color family, though in different hues.
7. I spotted this belt at a local boutique in Kanpur and grabbed it immediately!
8. The watch is my most priced possession, gifted by my husband, which also happens to be in rose gold color.

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Cheers
Ritika

Pastel Pink Jeans: Mango
T-Shirt: Max
Bag: Insense
Watch: Micheal Kors
Belt: Local Boutique
Sandals: Stilettoes
Necklace & Ring: From Dubai (gift by MIL)

Casual Get-up

I love the month of July. Reason - Its my birth month. And I am a true Cancerian.
Now, my birthday is approaching soon and I am ready to accept the gifts, showers of blessings, etc. from all my loved ones.
On other subject, my husband loves playing cricket. Every weekend he plays early morning cricket with his team. This Saturday he got hit by the ball on his back and hence he came back home with a muscle cramp. More than feeling pity on him, I was angry at him. I was like - "why the hell in the world you have to play this stupid game! You always come up with wounds at new places!"

But hours later, when my temper cooled down, I thought to myself, had the mothers and wives of Sachin, Dravid, Ganguly thought the same ways, they would not have been such maestros in their fields.
Not that I am saying, my husband would become one now, its just that wounds and bruises are part of life. If you don't fall, how will you learn to rise.
Well, my anger then fumed away and I was all fine.

In the evening, I said to him, "Now, that you are bruised, what about our weekend plans?"
Hubby - "Who says I can't take you out? I am all fit and fine for you! Go dress up, let's go and have gol gappas!"
Me - "Who dresses up just to have gol gappas? I will go as it is, in my casuals :-\"
Hubby - "Fine by me. You look hot in everything!"
Me - (Shy and Smiling)..

We then went out and had amazing street food (who wouldn't when Delhi is famous for it).
Check out the pictures below from my casual day out! And mind you, the next day I went to watch Spiderman and did some shopping too! No doubt my man is a super hero! Fit & Fine for me!! Always.

Cheers

Ritika

Striped Tank: Walmart

Checkered Shirt: Westside

Casual shorts: Husband's (I love wearing his stuff)

Watch: Invicta

Pearl Earrings: Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi

Wallet: Wilson Leather

Multi colored slip-ons: Macy's