Instagram deactivated my account having 27.5k followers without any warning

My Instagram name is @_all_things_real_ and I had a base of 27.5k followers. I have been so much loyal to Instagram since I started out about 5 years ago. This Saturday when I tried to check my notifications, I discovered that my account was deleted without a warning.

I was literally shocked because I have not violated any guidelines. My mom and I was going through the Internet like crazies trying to find a reason why Instagram deactivated my account.

Then I realized something! People have been abusing the "report" button. I built my profile from scratch and it obviously affects my career as a blogger. Instagram doesn't even have an email address or something. I contacted them saying it was a mistake, have not heard from them since.

I am so heartbroken right now. I can't fathom the thought of my blood sweat going to hell. All those hours of work I put in my posts! This is just so disappointing.

When Instagram gives everyone the power to abuse the report button, I guess this was bound to happen. 

I have no clue what to do next. I won't even bother starting a new page because I just feel dead disappointed right now.

Some of my friends said Instagram was facing a bug issue where people's profiles are getting deleted without a reason. That maybe the case but at least give us some kind of a warning! Or a quick resolve. When fellow competitors are so bitter with hatred, the report button suddenly becomes a weapon. 

Something similar happened with my friends account too, she hasn't been able to get it back. God knows what will happen next. My faith on INSTAGRAM is totally shook.

I never violated a single Instagram rule! I always posted my beauty blog pictures or my personal selfies. See for yourself.

I request Instagram to give me my account back. 

I didn't have a Facebook page, so my account was personal and not a business one. I participated in few giveaways and sweepstakes and I think my competitors reported against me. That is so vile. I even blocked certain spam accounts to prevent them from spamming my feed. But still, how can Instagram discard my hard work like it was nothing?
Let's see what happens.

Update : after several emails I recovered my account 24 hours later 

Current obsession : kiss and tell

Hi girls, how are you all doing?  I hope you have been having a great time! I myself received a parcel today which put me in a great mood... read on to know more.. 💓💓💓

Some days ago I came across a brand name Island kiss tropic pomade who make these amazing hundred percent natural organic lip moisturizers. Today, in this post I am going to talk about my experience with them. This has been one of the best collaborations I have had so far because I got a response as soon as I contacted them and I have to admit that their PR team is amazing!

Speaking of their products I got 3 of their in lip moisturizers in the variants - black rose and grenade Rogue lip moisturizer stain, puerto Berry blush lip moisturizer, Alma Vanilla and inges lavender lip moisturizer. 😊

packaging and everything else: First of all, I have to say that I am bowled over by their packaging! We all know I am a sucker for great packaging! They have the sassiest packaging which would help in attracting customers at first sight! About Island kiss, they are a brand based in Goa, India. I have to give them credit for having such an innovative idea of making their products very tropical oriented. So, naturally the product packaging gives out a very beachy vibe. I even got small seashells in my courier package and thought the idea was a genius one!💚💚💚

Each of the lip moisturizer come in a small tube and they are absolutely travel friendly and can be carried around in hand bags or makeup bags. They are hundred percent natural, organic and hundred percent pure! The best thing about them is they come with spf 15 as a protection from harmful sun rays and help in nourishing, softening, soothening and replenishing your lips needs. Also they are petroleum free and non toxic, safe to use. I love it when an organic product gives you natural sun protection. As I have always been scared of pigmented lips, these have been a lifesaver for me. 💜💜💜

Most of the times, petroleum jelly is found to be in lip balm products because it is a cheaper alternative which many brands resort to, but with Island kiss and their petroleum free formula you can use it safely, whenever you want under the sun! They are not tested on animals and it cruelty free, recyclable and best before 36 months from manufacturing date. Each tube contents about 14 grams of product. The lip balms have thick consistency but are more on the liquid side , they all leave a wonderful lingering smell behind. The texture is smooth and lip smacking!

Directions for use: squeeze with love and caress on to the lips until they soften! enjoy baking in the sun, feel free to lick your lips and savour the taste of your Island kiss. 💝💝💝

Island kiss Puerto berry Blush lip moisturizer : This one is in the shade berry cheeky tint, which is the soft red delightful colour. You can even wear this lip moisturizer as your lip shade in a 'no- makeup' makeup look and keep it very minimalistic and classy. From the 2016 Colecao of Lip moisturizers emerges the ravishing Puerto Berry blush, imagine sitting by the pool and eating lemon strawberry sorbet! Your lips are tart, a bit stained - if you apply it several times and fresh as if you have brushed your cheeks again shrub. It is zippy, flirty and will satisfy lovers of colour.💕💕💕

Price : ₹499

available on : nykaa, purplle etc.

Ingredients : tropical mango and avocado butter, organic beeswax, stevia, organic carrot seed oil, pure castor oil, rich Vitamin E oil, organic macadamia nut oil, citrus oil, Raspberry seed Essential oil, natural organic colour.

Island kiss black rose and grenade Rogue lip moisturizer stain: do I need to say that this is my favourite one out of the three? This is because it is not only a moisturizer but also a lip moisturizing stain which leaves a wonderful Rosy colour behind! I just can't stop obsessing over this product. It is in the shade foxy redhead and is a lip potion of black rose and grenade Rogue, for Crimson women with brazen velvet lips. The magic of a midnight, moon lit stroll by the ocean appears with a romantic Whisper of noir roses weaving in and out. Soon, an undercurrent of lush, drunk like, pomegranates make and erotic impression of intoxicating tropical blooms at night. The smell of the moisturizer gives out very dark and sexy kind of vibes!😻😻😻

Ingredients : tropical kokum, avocado and mango butter, organic beeswax, stevia, organic carrot seed oil, pure castor oil, rich Vitamin E oil, macadamia nut oil, black rose Essential oil, pomegranate seed oil, natural organic colour.

Price : ₹499

available on: nykaa, purplle etc

Island kiss all Alma Vanilla and inges lavender lip moisturizer: This one is a clear lip moisturizer with no colour whatsoever and the shade called birth suit nude, haha! It is also a completely organic product which is an essential portion of soul grounding Vanilla orchids and English lavender essential oils. The heartwarming, luxurious pairing of vanilla and lavender aims to intoxicate your senses, relax your lips and calm your mind, Conjuring an atmosphere of island excess and feverish soothing. It's organic spf nourishment enhances lip soaking in the sun while you are carried away by the scent of warm Vanilla sugar. This one gives me the down- to- earth vibes and this tastes good no matter what! I know I can't be the only one guilty of licking my lips whenever I apply lip balm!💋💋💋💋

Ingredients : tropical kokum and avocado butter, organic beeswax, stevia, organic carrot seed oil, pure castor oil, rich vitamin E oil, organic macadamia nut oil, English lavender Essential oil, French Vanilla essential sugar oil, natural organic colour.

Price :₹399

What are you?

Do you know who is an ambivert? Read on to know if you are one!

An ambivert is a person who has a balance of extrovert and introvert features in their personality. Well that sounds promising, but why might it be a bad thing? Also how can you turn this to be your strong point?

Please keep in mind when I say its important that you know when to open up and when not to. All my life I have faced a problem with opening myself up to the right person and it has hampered my relationship in numerous countless ways.
Finally through some years of maturity I have understood that I have to create a striking balance between being an introvert as well as being an extrovert.
That's when I will be known as a perfect ambivert.

Being an ambivert, I realise that I have a lot of unique traits in my character, like when I am happy I am socializing but when my social battery dies I turn into a complete different person! Please don't mix ambiverts up with two faced people for people with completely different PERSONALITIES. Being an ambivert means you are the same person and you remain the same person, just your socializing skills adapt accordingly.

Now to some people we might come across as arrogant but that's not the whole story! the whole story is when we tell you that we can't really choose between who to socialize with and whom not to socialize with. It's like we are stuck in between two endless worlds of possibilities. I am not saying that being an ambivert is a bad thing but when not used in the right way can seriously leave  wrong impression on other people. This might sound stupid, but to avoid awkward situation you have to actually practice talking to yourself when you are alone. I have tried this technique and it genuinely helped me a lot. It helped me to boost my confidence, to bring up a lot of new ideas on my own and to become my own best friend. In this way, your introvert side will get nourished. Talking to yourself will also help you in controlling what comes out off your mouth.

I think I have always been half out of my shell and half in. Sometimes I can be extremely wild and sometimes I can be extremely shy, it just depends on the day. I think I am not the only person here who says that we need our own alone time so that we can recharge ourselves.

Although this is not a new concept,
Carl Jung in his book Psychological Types wrote: “There is, finally, a third group… the most numerous and includes the less differentiated normal man… He constitutes the extensive middle group.”

How are we different from extroverts : Extroverts are very straight forward and they know what they are doing most of the time. But most of the time they come off as arrogant and rude. However they can pitch the sales technique well, but there are certain drawbacks of being extroverts. The fun point includes they make friends wherever they go and know how to connect with people very easily. They seem to have their way with people. They seem to be jolly most of the time because they can speak their hearts out and have the courage to do so. These kind of people often excel at being Businessmen, lawyer, salesmen, teachers, bankers etc.

MatrikaS creative woman's journal

Isn't life easier when you are more organised? Well in today's blog post I am going to show you how to stay more organised and thus how to stay more happy! If you are a creative soul who longs to be free then I have got the perfect suggestion for you. Read on to know more...

Well A few days back Matrika's stationery sent me one of the best selling products which is their creative woman's journal. It is a journal for there creative women who uses the diary to write her dreams and escape to a different place.

Description of the journal : The inside pages have 8 adult colouring sheets made of delightful and detailed elements inspired by nature and more plain sheets this can be used for colouring, shading and doodling activities comma which are known to be therapeutic and stress relieving it is a soothing exercise with positive imagery from nature and an affirmation of one's good thoughts. It aims to elevate ones mood.

The journal also contains sticker pages with ideas for list that one may make, of their dreams and aspirations or just privately document their current mood.
It encourages one to be more aware of their thoughts and perhaps this journal will serve as a nostalgic memoir , when revisited after a few years.

This journal aims to make a women's everyday life full of a little more joy it is a reminder to stop and smell the roses in one's daily hectic life and indulge in one's daydream. How It helped me to be a better person is that now I have a perfectly beautiful thing to put all my thoughts to and write whatever I'm feeling without the fear of being judged. From childhood I have heard that I have a creative soul and that soul longs to express whatever I have in my mind. Those of you who know what colour therapy is, might as well have the idea that it is a complete stress buster and helps us relieving everydays negativity.

How I made the most of this product is that I poured my heart into it instead of locking away all the secrets. I am sure when I am old I will be looking back on my life and realising how happy it was when turning the pages of my old notebook, may be smiling to myself.

A creative journal is a diary to one's heart and Matrikas stationery's creative woman's journal is the perfect fit for the one. They have four variants out of which I chose the pink one with a beautiful butterfly Emblem on it and I am really happy that I chose it! Butterflies represent the freedom to dream and that's exactly what I wanted. I am really happy with their product!

However the other variants come with a number of colours and designs also you can check out their website for more, I will provide the link down below.

www.matrikas.co.in

Matrikas have a number of products to inspire the creative mind. They offer beautifully designed notebooks, diaries, journals, and other stationery.

The four variants are the following themes: to write, to dream, to fly, to glide.

Specifications : A5, size=148 x 205 mm , price : rs 450

The theme i chose: to dream

A woman's mind is a sacred place and her thoughts are worshippers of a holy Temple. It is an absolute crime to let your thoughts go because you don't know if you will ever get them back or not ! My idea is to scribble down every creative thought I come across everyday and therefore they become more accessible. Do you want to write down the plot you're thinking of? Do you secretly want to become a writer? Then think no more this is the perfect fit for you! Also as a blogger its nearly my everyday struggle to give my ideas proper shape..half of the time I keep forgetting things! Having a journal comes in really handy , especially when you have limited access to electronic devices. During travelling , you can also use it as a travel journal.

My experience with the brand b'atude organic

Hi everyone! How are you doing? Hope you all are having a fine summer. ☺️

So recently I happened to get my hands on a few products from the brand b'atude organic. I got the night cream, eye contour cream and day cream.

B'atude is an organic premium brand manufactured in France brought to us sure in India by sublime factory. Sublime factory is a company that connects International brands with National customers. They happen to have a very user friendly interface and my experience with them has been outstanding so far.

The products I got : b'atude regenerating night Cream, b'atude rejuvenating great cream, b'atude eye contour cream

The packaging of the products : Each product has kind of the same packaging and the packaging is super cute. It really attracted my eyes at the first sight, the cap is silvery finished and rest of the body is matte finish and really looks classy from a distance. anybody and everybody can be attracted to this super cute packaging.

The consistency of the products :

the products have a whitish colour and thick consistency. however b'atude busts the myth that Organic products have a low shelf life. these actually have a higher shelf life, in fact they have higher shelf lives than most of the Organic products I have seen in the market . This helps in the usage of the products for a prolonged time and is really helpful to the customer.

Lost my bunnies

I don't know what's more painful than losing your pet. Pets are like our own children. When we lose them, our world just falls apart. I had two bunnies by the name of puki and tuki. they were just 10 months old.

Yesterday, someone broke into my room and stole them. Oh my god, the pain is unbearable. And to lose both of them at once is unimaginable.

Since the wound is fresh and new, I hope it gets better. I was crying and put out so many fliers in the hope of finding them. But let's face it, in a country like ours, I really doubt I'll get them back. I'm not a pessimistic person, I'm just being a realistic one.

I hope wherever you are, you are well. I hope wherever you are, you are alive. Please God, do not let anyone hurt them. I don't know what I did to deserve such pain. I don't believe in God's grand plan but I do believe in karma. The person who hurt me this much can never succeed.

This is not a hateful blog post. I want to let everyone know, if you are in my position, it's okay to grieve. Grieve your heart out. It's normal, don't let anyone judge you for this. After all they became eternal part of our lives.

Yuana premium hair oil review

name : yuana premium hair oil

Brand : yuana 

Price : ₹675

Net volume : 100ml

Brand claims : best of European and Indian goodness. It helps in retaining the repairing, nourishing, moisturizing, smoothening, polishing, detangling, boosting

Ingredients :light mineral oil, sunflower oil, mustard oil, sesame oil, coconut oil, castor oil, almond oil, olive oil, fragrance, BHT

Directions for use :

Message for hair growth : apply oil generously to scalp and hair. massage gently in circular motion with fingertips. leave for about 2 to 3 hours or overnight. wash off with a mild shampoo. for the best results use at least thrice a week.

Spray on for easy styling: spray oil sparingly on the middle and tips of hair for ease of styling and frizz reduction.

Add to hair colour : add 3 to 4 pumps of oil to your hair colour for extra Shine and smoothness.

Product description : it is an impeccable blend of 7 finest oils for complete Hair Care. it is the best of European and Indian goodness. it's absolutely silicone free and safe to use.

Appearance and packaging: it comes in a transparent bottle the oil can be pumped out and is provided with a secure cap. I love the royal kind of packaging of the product. The front label is a Shiny purple colour paired with golden. It is safe to say that the container is travel friendly until and unless you put too much pressure on the cap which might result in spilling. the hair oil is yellowish Golden in colour and has a nice smooth consistency.

My application : since I have chemically smoothened hair I thought it would be better if I let my mother try also because we could see the contrast of the results on chemically treated hair as well as on natural hair. my mum does apply hair colour so I tried mixing a few drops of the oil with her hair colour and honestly it showed great results. as for me I apply the hair oil for straight two weeks everyday after taking a bath. the oil has a strong smell of mustard oil it is justified because mustard oil is one of the main ingredients but I personally wish it would have been otherwise.