Dubai Fashion's Longest Catwalk

For all of you who are fond of the catwalk and fashion shows, here is your chance to witness Dubai's longest catwalk. It will be held on February 3rd at Dubai Mall.

100 models will be strutting their stuff with the latest spring/summer collection.

There will also be a world record breaking attempt for the biggest make over on Saturday February 4 from 7pm onward at the Start Atrium Dubai Mall.

Info: Dubai Fashion's longest catwalk 4:30 pm February 3, 2012. The promenade by the fountains, The Dubai Mall. Entry is FREE!

Review: Options by Sanjeev Kapoor (Indian Cuisine Restaurant)

I love food and i do love experimenting on new ones. I have tasted Indian food before and I like it but not really a big fan of it. Our office decided that we should have a team lunch and voted to have some Indian food. I got nervous as to be quite honest, I have never really tried any Indian restaurants in my life (sad, I know lol)

So, our managing partner suggested that we have our lunch at Options by Sanjeev Kapoor: http://www.timeoutdubai.com/restaurants/reviews/1656-options

So the whole team went there at 1 pm and got settled in. The interiors are quite fancy and it just seemed like you are really in India. We had the set menu and I really dont know what food they were going to bring out (Check out the pictures above for the food that was served to us)

The food was excellent and I loved it. The service was good and servers knew what they were doing. All in all experience was superb and left us all, stuffed! :D

If you are looking for a very good indian food, then I suggest go to Options.

WINNER OF SATIN HAIR 7 BRAUN (hairbrush)

I just want to announce that the winner of my blog give away is: Jessica Chaus

Congratulations hun. I will send your brush very soon xx

Stay tuned for more give aways!

Party Look

Products above were shot, edited and bought by ME! :)

This post is about a look I did last4 days ago for my friends bday party. I thought i'd just keep it simple with a touch of color. I am very particular when I apply my make up, and I make sure its close to being flawless. When you have prep your skin well, have the right foundation and the right foundation brush, your face will be in tip top shape.

I just wanna stress that a ton of foundation in your face will not make your skin flawless. Its about knowing what to do and how to do it.

heres some tips that you could follow:

- never wear heavy foundation everyday as this will not allow your skin to breathe. Its very important that you let your skin rest so itll look healthy

- you need to use toners and cleansers of your choice so that your skins elasticity will be maintained

- moisturizers is more advisable at night as the skin takes it in more than at day time

-do not forget to remove your make up before you sleep. Its very unhealthy for the skin to have it overnight

-wash your face with cold water with lime slices or lemon. It helps the skin regain its normal state and the elasticity of it

- do not forget to clean your make up brushes as this could cause irritation to your skin.

- use lip conditioner/lip bams.

- mascaras are only good for the maximum of 3 months after that you should throw it.

I hope these tips will help you out. Dont forget that less is more ;-)

Kendall and Kylie for Teen Vogue

I cannot explain how much I adore the Kardashians sisters Kylie and Kendall. On their recent cover for teen Vogue, Kylie and Kendall just look so gorgeous, and effortless.

These two beauties definitely was born to shine in front of the camera and they take after their famous 3 sisters; Kim, Khloe and Kourtney.

BRAUN SATIN HAIR 7 GIVEAWAY!!

What a good way to start 2012. As a celebration of BRAUN turning 90 years, this SATIN HAIR 7 Brush is their giveaway.

BRAUN has been generous in giving me their latest addition to their excellent hair products and tools.

I have heard alot of good things about this brush and any women would definitely like this one. So, I am giving this away to one lucky reader/follower.

All you have to do is answer the following questions:

1: Who is the founder of Braun?

2: Why you deserve to win this giveaway?

Make sure you are following me either on my twitter or blog. (twitter.com/MstracyleyDxB) as I will be announcing the winner on twitter too ;-) (I will check if you are really following me, hehe)

This competition is open to all!!

You can submit your answers by:

Email: misstracyley@gmail.com

Comment on this blog

Make sure you leave your complete name and email address.

This competition will end on January 26th and the winner will be announced on January 31st

GOODLUCK xxx

Twenty Twelve

Oh my goodness. I know I have not been active on my blog since I dont know when (lol), but hopefully that will change. First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone and I hope you had a safe and fun new years. Alot has happened since I last posted on my blog. First is, I have dyed my hair red and I had it cut too (so exciting).

Spent new years with family and friends and it was fun. I dont have any new years resolution as I think its just overrated now, lol. Anyways, I hope to be more active on this blog and once again thank you for the follows and the reads.

Above image is the haircut I did ;-)

muchos love xx

WINNER of BRAUN CRUZER

I received comments on my blog and email about this competition. I am overwhelmed with the response for this giveaway.

I have chosen the names of the people who have joined and I picked the ones who has the best answer and used an app to choose the name of the winner. Big congratulations to Andy for winning the BRAUN CRUZER FACE! I will email you back to get your address so that I can ship it to you.

Thank you to all those who participated in this contest.

HipHop Dance Class

So, if you are a follower of mine on twitter and have been reading my blog and fb status updates, you already know that I have been madly in love with dancing. It has always been my passion and I have always wanted to progress more. Been doing this whole dance class for over a month now and I am loving it.

So for all my followers and readers, if you are interested in dancing and want to progress and learn more, you better join the class I have been going to as its so much fun and the teacher is really good.

Please check out the details on the above image and follow these channels:

www.youtube.com/mstracyley

www.twitter.com/mstracyleydxb

www.youtube.com/ianhuzkie

www.twitter.com/ianhuzkie

BRAUN CRUZER FACE

I know it's a little too late for my September blog give away but, here it is. Braun was kind enough to send me their latest product which is The BRAUN CRUZER FACE and this time it will be for MEN ;-)

One lucky reader/follower will have the chance to win this, either for their dad, uncle, bf, fiance or husband.

Rules for the competition:

1. Leave a comment on this post and tell me who would you like to give this BRAUN CRUZER FACE to and why. (for men, you can join this too and just tell me why you would like to win this)

2. You must be a follower of my blog and twitter (twitter.com/mstracyleydxb)

3. Dont forget to write down your name and email address

Thats all the simple rules that you need to do. I will announce the winner 1st week of October. This competition is open internationally. So you may join this give away wherever you may be.

Goodluck and much love xx

PHILIP ABALOS: 20 Most Stylish People in Dubai

Hi All. One of my good friend is now participating on TimeoutDubai's 20 Most Stylish People in Dubai. If you could do this favor for me, it'll mean a lot. He is also representing Filipinos in Dubai.

Please vote for him and click this link:

http://www.timeoutdubai.com/dubais-20-most-stylish-people/features/26694-philip-abalos#.Tnb7xSnddvU.facebook

Anyone can vote by simply clicking the like button beside his picture. I think you have to register 1st with timeoutdubai so that you can vote. This will literally take 1 min of your time.

Many thanks and Lots of love xxx

MILLIONS OF MILKSHAKES

The famous Millions of Milkshakes will be launching in Dubai Mall on October 13-15 2011. It will be Kim Kardashian (yes, you heard that right) who will launch this 1st ever Millions of Milkshakes in Dubai UAE. To be honest, I am more excited about Kim K coming here, than the milkshake as I am not a big fan of it lol. I hope to get a glimpse of her as I absolutely love her xx

WINNER of my 1st blog giveaway

I just wanna say congratulations to Christina for winning my 1st blog giveaway. Hope you like the goodies that I will send you :)

Above image: This shows that I have used this application to randomly pick the winner :)

24 HOUR MOISTURE!

I have tested possibly all lotions that is in the supermarket and nothing really impressed me. I am a big fan of a product that can really give me deep moisture and that will last for at least 12-16 hours. For me, It is important that I have something that will make my skin feel smooth and fresh.

Dove Beauty Body Milk lotion is my holy grail when it comes to lotions. Trust me when I say that this lotion does moisturize your skin and stays for at least24 hours. I love the scent and the texture of this lotion. I dont think I would ever buy another lotion and would gladly just stick to this. Also, its very affordable

xx

SCRUBS!

I will admit that I am obsessed with scrubs and exfoliating my whole body. Now, i dont do this everyday. I exfoliate my whole body once a week and trust me, this can take me at least 20 minutes as I really go through each part of my body.

For the past 2 weeks I have noticed a big change in the appearance of my skin. It looks more healthier, feels much more smoother and dry skin is gone.

The amazing thing about this, you are not going to spend a lot of money. I love how my skin feels now and I am sure it is loving the product that I am using now.

This product is called The Yogurt Spa Milk Salt. My mum got it over a local supermarket and never did open it, till I did a test run with it. I must say, for a very low cost this product works wonders with me. Since I have a very dry skin, this products works perfectly fine.

I just want to stress that this may not work for everyone as we all have different types of skin and may cause allergies. So my advice is, to put a small amount at the back of your hand and see if it causes a reaction in about after 20 minutes.

This scrub is definitely one of the products I wont be able to live without as it just works wonders.

See pics above!

RAE Morris Make Up Brush

What an awesome news today from one of my favourite MUA in the world. Rae Morris just announced this very moment that after 2 years of development, the brushes are in full production. How fabulous is this?

According to her blog:

- The official Australian launch will be at IMATS Sydney on 24 and 25 September, and we have managed to secure a limited number of sets (pre-launch). In recognition of your patience we are enabling you to secure one of the first 500 sets, prior to IMATS with just a $100 deposit. The brushes will be shipped to your nominated address at the time of launch. Once the intial 500 sets have been sold there may be up to a 3-4 month wait for the next batch as each set is individually hand made.

The features of these brushes are amazing as well ans she really have taken it into consideration. Features are;

• 26 Piece Professional Set
• Designed by Rae Morris
• Individually Hand Made
• Recycled Bamboo Handles
• PETA Approved
• Pressure Contoured
• Magnetic

Rae Morris has been testing and really giving her time and effort in making these hand made brushes. I am sure that these will be amazing and hopefully can get my hands on them. I must admit, it is costly. Check out the link for more info:

Link on where you can get the brushes: http://shop.raemorris.com/rae-morris-brush-range-deposit/

BLOG GIVEAWAY PT.1

I am so excited about this post and cannot wait to have my 1st giveaway. Some people think, bloggers do giveaways to earn more followers and readers. That might be true but for me, its something I would like to happen. I wanna give and appreciate my followers and readers. I am a generous girl and I love to give.

Moving on....

My 1st question to my blog giveaway is;

Q: What is my favourite foundation at the moment?

Tips: If you constantly read my blog then you would know. Also, the answer is on my blog post thats entitled as TOP 20 Beautes ;-)

How to join:

-simply comment on this post your name, age and email address. Make sure you are following this blog too. Thats how easy it is to join this blog giveaway

Prize: 88 eyeshadow colour palette with one set of make up brush (pictures above) :)

I will announce the winner at the end of August. You can join this blog giveaway wherever you may be in the world ;-)

LIP CONDITIONER!

I can not stress enough how I need to condition and moisture my body everyday. I just want to share with you my favourite lip conditioner and its the; Fuschia fix tinted lip conditioner SPF 15 by MAC.

Seriously, this stuff works amazing with my lips and after a minute or two my lips just becomes so soft. Its also tinted which means, it gives your lips that natural pinkish colour. It also smells really good and taste like strawberry/cherry.

I love this lil fella that I have 2 of them ;-)

Love x

DRESS SHOWDOWN!!

There is no question that Eva & Kim K are both gorgeous, but who wore this dress the BEST?!

This stunning floor length navy dress is from French designer Emanuel Ungaro and it really accentuates the amazing figures that both these beautiful women have.

I must admit that they both really look gorgeous in this dress but I will have to go with Kim K on this as her curves in this dress is just to die for! Plus her luscious locks are a killer

So who do you think wore this dress the best?!

Love

x

Tracy's Blogtastic GIVEAWAYS :D xx

Like any hype of a Blog, this will be that giveaway shindig lol. I am also going to do it now :D

I will be doing a monthly giveaway to my dedicated readers/followers. My monthly give away will start at the end of August and it will be a lot of fun. These giveaways will require some creativity and just some simple answers.

First question/project for the give away will be posted at the end of this month, so STAY TUNED for it. Also, you must follow this blog so you can be updated with my monthly giveaways or subscribe VIA email or follow me on twitter

The gifts will include any kind of beauty products, hair products and make up! Anyone can participate in my giveaway shindig and I can send you the gifts (internationally). I will definitely state if my giveaways is sponsored or bought by me.

Stay tuned for the rules of the 1st giveaway in my blog xx

Lots of love x

p.s To get you more excited the 1st giveaway I will be giving is an 88 color eye shadow palette and a set of make up brush ;-)

CHOOSING THE RIGHT CONCEALER!

There is alot of concealer products in the market and most times we just dont know what to buy. The questions we face are; is this the right shade? is this going to cover my spot, my under eye circles? etc etc...

Here are some tips in buying the right concealer:

- Always buy a highly densely pigmented concealers, as you can always blend them down. A trick that I learned is to use a red felt pen to draw a tiny red circle on the back of your hand, then go to a department store. Try different concealers until you find one that can cover that red spot completely and still leave your skin looking like skin.

- Any make up that is lighter than your skin's natural shade will highlight and raise indentations, while any make up that is darker than your skin's natural shade will have the opposite effect- it will flatten.

- If you're covering a scar or deep dark circles under your eyes, or anything that sits below the skin's surface, such as a hole or dint, choose a concealer that's one to two shades paler than your foundation.

- On the other hand, if you're concealing a blemish or a mole or a raised imperfection; in other words, something that's above the skin's surface, you need to choose a concealer that is the exact shade of your foundation, maybe even half a shade darker, so that it will flatten and minimize. Using a light concealer on a blemish will actually highlight it!

Hope this helps you lovely ladies in choosing the right concealer :) xx

SCRUB AWAY!!!

A girl with a really dry skin, I am always looking for a body scrub that will make my skin smooth and fresh. I have always been a fan of St Ives Apricot scrub for my face and I just recently discovered their body scrub and I LOVE IT!!

I exfoliate my body once a week as I dont wanna abuse my skin with excessive exfoliation. I use this body scrub during my shower and let it stay on for at least 2 minutes. I love how this scrub makes my skin so smooth and renewed. It also smells so good.

You can get this product in any local supermarket for not more than 30 aed (I got this for 25 Aed if I am not mistaken)

Definitely a must try as its very affordable and works really good

(Photo taken from google)

GWYNETH STRIPS DOWN ;-)

How gorgeous does Gwyneth look in here? STUNNING!

I have always been a fan of Gwyneth simply because I think she is naturally beautiful.

I love the whole sexiness yet still classy look of Gwyneth in this photo. I am sure you will notice her slender and toned body first before her Louis Vuitton diamond jewels. This is definitely the hotter side of Gwyneth

Summer just got hotter ;-)

(Gwyneth Paltrow poses in fishnet stockings and Louis Vuitton necklace, earrings, and rings. Photograph by Mark Seliger. Photo: Vanity Fair

MASCARA & EYELASHES- Falsies and Natural

I love getting different kinds of mascaras and try them on. I am always on the verge to finding the one that can volumize my almost non existent eyelashes (lol). Sometimes I get frustrated in applying them so I turn into my trustee false lashes.

I dont wear false lashes everyday. I have nothing against women who does, but I think doin so is harming your natural lashes. We also tend to forget to show care for our natural lashes.

Below are some key points I would like to share on how to take care of your mascara, your natural lashes and your falsies:

1. When looking for a mascara it is good to know what you really need. Trust me, brand has nothing to do with a good mascara. I dont believe in the theory of; 'The more expensive it is, the better it'll work'. Look what your lashes need. Does it need lengthening? Volumizing? etc.. There is nothing wrong in spending some good time in choosing your mascara (as this can be crucial sometimes).

2. Mascaras are only good for not more than 3 months. Do not keep masacaras longer than 3 months as you may get an eye infection. Mascaras create bacteria inside as the time goes by. It is also recommended not to share the wand with your friends as it will increase the chances of bacteria in your mascara. Instead, get a disposable wand.

3. Also, do not pump your mascara as it will get air in it and it can dry out the mascara quickly.

4. Our natural eyelashes needs care and its imperative to do so. Get a drop of olive oil and massage it on your lashes for a good 1 minute. Olive oil will help the lashes sooth out and get its natural flair back.

5. Falsies depending on the brand could be used 3-5 times (also depends on how you take care of it) I use mine 5 times maximum and I throw it away. It is also imperative to keep your falsies on a container or the box it came from for a later use. I soak my lashes on a bowl with a drop of my make up remover and olive oil. After 5 minutes I rinse it off with a luke warm water and put it back to its case

I hope this helps my lovelies xxx

CONCEAL!

I have been a fan of Coastal Scents for quite awhile now. simply because their products are good and affordable. I recently just got the Eclipse Concealer Palette by Coastal Scents and I must say it is good and better than the 1st concealer palette.

The eclipse palette is more creamier and much more easier to apply. I am very pleased about it because I have been looking for a very good but affordable concealers, and I think I just found it. I know there's alot of concealers in the market, but i'll stick to this for now ;-)

It will be creamy but once you have applied it, it will be in a form of powder finish. Seriously, the quality of CS Eclipse palette is not far from my NW 25 and NC 20 studio sculpt concealer from MAC.

I also like that I have different shades of concealer in this one handy palette. Easy for travelling ;-)

You can get this concealer palette on www.coastalscents.com I got mine from Amazon for 14.95$ not bad ay? ;p