The peeps at YSL are super excited about a brand new anti-aging skin care line that’s just the shelves in SA; YSL Forever Youth Liberator. Its launch caused a bit of a flurry in Europe in that many women had to put their names down on waiting lists in order to get their mitts on it. […]

Back in the day we weren’t really very spoiled when it came to eye liner. You kinda had le khol eye pencil and that was that. Now, however, you can choose from pencils, pen and ink style liquid liners, gel liners in pots (Maybelline have an awesome one coming out, you’re going to love it!) […]

If you’re a Lauder fan, you’ll be glad to know the company’s gone and targeted li’l ole SA as a hot spot for new product development. In a nut shell, they want to listen to our needs and create fab new cosmetics just for us. And this starts with bumping up their foundation shade selection to include hot new hues […]

Yardley’s new Curvilicious exceptional length and lifting mascara, R119,95, has just hit the shelves. Its spoon-shaped brush promises to catch and lift your lashes to achieve a dramatically ‘curvy’ look while adding a bit of length. You’ll also benefit from a vitamin-rich formula that uses nourishing olive leaf extract to help protect your hair follicle and prevent hair loss, while rice bran […]

So I got a little pakkie of new goodies from Sally Hansen and thought I’d tell you about two of them that are coming out later this month, First up, we’ve got Sally Hansen Nailgrowth Miracle Serum, R99,95. Enhanced with biotin and vitamins A, C, E, this serum claims to speed up the growth of your […]

One of my super-talented make-up artist mates, Colleen van Rensburg, is running a little workshop. If you go, she and fellow make-up artist Donna Hay will show you how to get to grips with primers, illuminators, foundations and bronzers plus the three make-up brushes every girl needs in her make-up bag. They’re also going to cover the latest make-up trends and […]

Elizabeth Arden’s Prevage has gotten a little make-over. For one, they’ve changed the way their active ingredient, mega-antioxidant idebenone* gets delivered into your skin. To use an analogy, they’ve kind of wrapped it in a ‘bubble’ that only bursts once it’s deep inside your skin so it won’t irritate the surface. And it works! I […]

So Mazda’s made a zexy new karretjie, the spacious SkyActiv technology-infused CX-5: As it’s a mid-size SUV, it lets you sit nice and high up off the road so you kind of feel like you’re in a Jeep yet it handles like a mini. I also adore the massive boot space… And I LOVE that it’s got a mirror on both passenger and driver visors: To […]

Go to my darling Chantelle’s website, Not Another Poppie, and watch this video right now; a tutorial on how to put on le slap when you’re vok dronk. Towards the end I wanted to have a little cry ‘cos the chica in it should be one of my besties but she lives on the other side of the world. […]