The age of the Old

Hi my beautiful people,

I haven't updated my blog for quite some time, work is keeping me busy: My apologies!!! this has been a good year so far, half of the year has passed so quick and it has given me so many good things!! For starters, I got a new job:yayyy!! currently I'm working at CWIN-Nepal which focuses on the issues of street children. New projects, new opportunities have definitely kept me real busy and there's more of that busy-ness to come!!

Today i'd like to write about the current scenario of the aging people in Nepal. How many of you have ever visited an old-age home? seen the people living there..in the condition they are in? to tell you honestly, its sad, it pathetic and everytime i visit an old age home, I cry coz I feel what the elderly people go through. Why is it that after all that they have done for their children, they have ended up without any support,love or care from their children? This is something I just can't understand...I hope you feel that too...

In this context, one of my friend Binod Magar and his friend have established an organization Reaping Hope that extensively works for the issues of elderly people. All they need is love and care, we as youths have nothing to lose in that matter, all they ask a little bit of our time, to sit down and make a conversation with them, compassion towards them and unconditional love. I hope I make sense here!!
Well Reaping Hope is a youth-led organization committed to ensure that ageing becomes a positive rewarding experience for all. Ageing gracefully is the way of life we promote. RH helps elderly people claim their rights, challenge discrimination and overcome poverty to make themselves able to lead a dignified, secure, active and healthy life. RH is a team of Youths determined to work to achieve the well being of Elderly People in Nepal and all over the world. Reaping Hope works with the mission to promote and facilitate a process that can assist to protect the rights of the elderly people in general, and specifically take actions to abolish all forms of exploitation and abuse by supporting the disadvantaged elderly. It also works to establish a better social and natural elderly-friendly living environment.With this in mind, Reaping Hope aims to spread the information and raise awareness about the speed of population ageing, elder abuse, neglect and violence against older persons, and more generally, about the experience of being old in our changing world and particularly in Nepal. The following documentary was filmed with the sole purpose of spreading the voice of the elderly here in Nepal. It tries to show the general situation of the elderly and how they are living in oldage homes, what their thoughts are, and what should be done by us individuals to have them treated as equally important part of our society.

Please go through this 10mins of video and also please share it in your blog, facebook pages or any other social media you use. We want the voice of the elderly to be heard by as much people as possible and hope that you will be a part of this as well.

I hope everyone enjoys this video and shares it as well!!! Together we can make a better future and life for the elderly people!! We should not forget that we are where we are because of our older generations!!

xoxo
swassi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P93f9_k7LNM

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Band Baja Baraat!!

Hello Readers,

Sorry for not being able to update the blog recently!! Guess what I've been busy in...Yes its the Wedding Season!! I love summer weddings...minus the heat! its all about bright colors, fun makeup, and a whole lot of dancing!! I had to attend two of my friend's wedding...one from the bride's side and the other from the groom's side..and thats whats been keeping me occupied...

Traditionally they say that the groom's side is much more fun but i beg to differ, this time one of my fren Pragati got married and we had so much fun starting from mehendi, to the ceremony and ending with the reception!! It was crazyyy fun and guess what...I had to wear a saree...my dreaded enemy :P

I don't wear saree much often and I dont have a huge collection of it.. wearing it is fine by my...its the walking in it part that has a problem with me..hehe.. Anyways I wore this beautiful red saree..as red is the color of the wedding, It was a chiffon, jaipuri saree with tiny details and prints in it. My bestie Gayatri completely looked gorgeous and graceful in her peach chiffon saree with flower works in it.. All in all the wedding was such a great experience and I had an awesome time with my dear friends..

Here are some pics for you to enjoy!!!

Lip Smackers!!

Hey Beautiful People,

Yes Summer is so on!! and its getting friggin hot by the day!! I don't know about you guys but i've been staying indoors...my skin can't handle the sun :)

Well my aunt just brought me some make up stuffs from abroad and yes I love make-up (even though im not a pro). I love experimenting with new products, trying out new things, specially eye shadows and lip products.
So she brought me these cool stuff from Revlon which I had been eye-ing for quite some time now. They're called the Lipbalm+Stain Just Bitten Collection. She got me two of those, one in a nice shade of pink called Passion and the other in a darker shade called Forbidden. She also got me a lipstick from the color burst lip butter collection in the shade called Cotton Candy. Here are the pictures of them and swatches on my lips :) Enjoy

Cotton Candy 

Passion

Forbidden

cotton candy

lipbalm+stain 7.98$

Sorry for the bad quality pics..Im planning on upgrading for a better camera soon!!

So the downside of Revlon lip product that I tried was
1. The lipstick turned out to be too sheer although the color looked nice, it wasn't pigmented enough. I had to keep applying layers to get the color that too it barely got there..but it has a nice shine and is like a good lip balm which hydrates the lips.
2. The lip balm+stain also had the same problem. The colors looked nice, but they weren't really pigmented! Although this lasted the whole day :) so that means its a good thing.

But both are fun kinda thing to try on!!Specially for the ladies who like less color and more hydration :) i love the idea of the lipbalm+stain coz it looks like marker pen and is really very easy to apply!!

Hope you guys enjoyed reading this :)
Stay gorgeous, stay beautiful

xoxo
Swazzi <3

Nude Geometrixx!!

 

Hello my beautiful peeps,

Yet again I’m up with another easy-breezy nail-do to brighten up your hands!! This one I call Nude Geometrixxs. The base color is nude. You can chose any shade of nude or bright colors if you like 

1. First apply a generous coat of ur base color. I’ve used one from Avon here.

 2. Then apply your shimmer/shiny polish creating a triangle on the tip of your nails. 

3. Taking a black striper (u can use a toothpick) if you don’t have one and line the tip of the triangle like so
4. Then you take your black nailpolish and create a mini triangle in the big silver triangle.

5. All you have to do now is apply a good layer of your top-coat and leave it to dry!!

Voila!! You have your shiny nail accessory on and your ready to hit the town J

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial… Feel free to give suggestions and feedbacks

Till then stay beautiful

Xoxo

Glitter N Gold!!

My beautiful ladies,

We all know how important it is to have our nails look prim and proper!! Its like to have good nails and hands are a must! they do make an impression and add to your personality!

Nail-dos and funky nail art is like an obsession for me!! I love painting my nails and change them every two or three days....I have posted several nail art pics that i've done so far in my instagram but have never really blogged about it!! Also summer is close by so why not add some color into your life... a manicure and nail art can create a huge difference in your look :)

So today Imma share one I did recently this afternoon!! I call this GLITTERATI RED!!

All you need is a nail polish of a color that you like, a base coat-to protect your nails, a glitter polish or some nail glitter can work too and a top coat to seal of your design.

1. You start with applying the base coat to all your nails.

2. Second you apply the nail color of your choice. Now you can either apply two coats or leave it with just one coat.I chose the color red

 



3. after applying your nail polish let it dry completely. Then you start applying your glitter polish. Start at the bottom of your nails, near the cuticle and work your way up. You don't want your full nail covered in glitter, create a gradient effect like so

4. after you done, apply a generous amount of top coat to seal off your design and your ready to go :)

I chose red as it's one of my favourite color and you can do this for wedding season, or for the brides to be to make your nails look funky and add some life!! 

Some more pics of such nail-dos that I found on the internet!!

 

So take out ur polishes, get your nails painting and have fun this summer :)

xoxo
swastika

Eye~Candy

Hello to all the beautiful people out there!!

I know its been ages i haven't blogged apart from me promising to do so regularly. Its just that we have so much going on in our lives that blog just doesn't seem to get that much attention frankly!! However I think again, that I shud continue this blog with whatever pops in my mind :) And from now on I'm gonna start blogging about whatsoever little knowledge I have of Fashion and everything else!!! :P

In this one I'm Particularly going to write about Falsies...or fake lashes!! I know rite...its the next big thing, it gives your eyes that POP (specially for the gurls with small, straight,and thin lashes). Trust me...a big whoop of mascara with the falsies can totally change your look and intensify those eyes!! and sultry, sexy eyes is something that is going to be big this summer!! You can keep your makeup minimum and jus add those lashes to bring out that natural yet beautiful look!!

Recently my sis from Hongkong got me these two cute/sexy lashes which are very fancy and I wouldn't advice you to wear them on a normal day!!! However they turned out to be pretty edgy, and cool at the same time so have a look!!

starry eyed gurl :)

 

 The pictures of me wearing the falsies were taken by my cuzzies who's a beginner at photography!! Check out his link for his pictures https://www.facebook.com/nakul42?ref=ts&fref=ts

Taking care of those eyes is a must, hence please do not sleep on with the false lashes as it may cause irritation and eye infection!! And store the lashes with care :) Wearing them is very easy, it usually comes on with a glue so after u wear them glue u jus stick it on to ur eyelids after completion of eyemakeup and voila...ur ready to rock ur new lashes :)

Stay beautiful <3 

xoxo