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13 gorgeous women who totally killed the maang tikka game

Absolutely jeweled fabulousness.

By Apr. 27, 2015
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Desi jewelry is expressive and colorful, remaining vital in the expression of fashion and tradition. Weddings, holidays, and celebrations bring beautiful outfits that are not complete without these bejeweled pieces.

We’ve seen the magic brown girls create in their colorful jeweled adornments, but here are Desi women who will make you wish you’d invested in a matha pathi or maang tikka (a tikka style that lays across your forehead, sometimes split in the part).

1. Such beauty.

 

2. Have you ever seen such perfection?

 

3. Yes. Yes. Yes.

 

4. What absolute joy!

 

5. We’re in heaven. 

 

6. Those details. That updo.

 

7. She is absolutely stealing the show.

 

8. Love, love, love.

 

9. Gorgeous colors.

 

10. So vivid.

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A closer peek at the look I went with for one of my closest childhood friends' wedding. I was running late and decided to go with a quick 15 minute makeup+hair. Here are the deets- -Middle parted hair, slightly twirled and clipped on either sides. A low messy bun held together with a matching yellow bun-stick. -L'oreal True Match Concealer for under the eyes -Colorbar Lip Liner -Nyx Soft Matte Lip Cream -Glitter Golden Eye Shadow from Sephora -Lakmé Liquid Liner for upper lids -Maybelline Liner for half lining the lower lids -Maybelline Hyper Curl Mascara -Nyx Blush -Elf Blush for highlighting the high points . Sounds like a lot, but if you know what to do and how, it hardly takes any time at all! (With a little practice, of course!)

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11. Everything is so on POINT.

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12. No words.

 

13. Absolutely adore-worthy.