Madhubala and Marilyn Monroe in my living room

These two drop dead gorgeous ladies are in my living room. Sitting daintly on my sofa. Ok. Out I come from my dream world, but when I spotted these cushion covers I set my heart on them and knew where exactly they would find place.

I have placed the cushion cover of Madhubala right opposite the entrance. So, it gives an impression as if she's lifting her ghunghat to catch a glimpse who's walking in :) I love the feeling.

And, what do I say about Marilyn Monroe. She just perks up the entire room.

I spotted these colourful mini cushions at a store in a mall and fell head-over-heels in love. So out they followed me from the store to my home :)

And now for a complete picture of how these lil beauties compete with the other two beauties to grab all the eyballs.

Dust it off the candles

I picked up this tip on my last visit to Goa. The housekeeping staff left a neatly designed note after they were done with their job.

The note had a tip on how to remove the dust that has settled on candles. And here, am sharing it with you all.

Using a wet cloth to remove the dust off the wax is not a good idea. The dust just plays around and never comes off the candle. Here's what you need to do. Take a cotton ball and dampen it with a lil alcohol (sneak a lil from your husband's treasured bottles and for those whose husbands do not indulge in alcohol, get yourself minitaure bottles) and wipe the candles. See the dust come off the candles and stuck to the cotton ball.

I tried it...both, sneaking alcohol from my husband's bottles and wiping the candles with them :)
It works.