As you know, I’m an oily-skinned girl who pretty much hyperventilates if I accidentally leaves home without blotting powder. I also like mattifying foundations and, back in the day, my ‘go to’ oil-zapper was Clinique Superfit. When they discontinued it, they might as well have plunged a knife in my greasy little heart. Thus, I’m absolutely thrilled to […]

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Steve Madden make some gorgeous shoes; I often see then when I cruise for the perfect summer wedges on Amazon; they tend to pop up in my ‘You like that? You’ll probably like these too’ panel. Anyway, Jozi girls have had easy access to Meneer Madden’s footwear for a while thanks to a dedicated store […]

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As it turns out, Ralph Lauren’s Big Pony collection for the boys has done so well he thought he’d let us meises in on the aksie with a Big Pony line up for women: Too pretty, right? Each bottle is emblazoned with a number from 1 to 4 on the back which is the perfume’s […]

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Its not unusual for a fashion chain to launch their own fragrances; Zara have some very nice ones as do GAP and now so do two of Woolworths’ lines, Studio.W and RE: I was sent the RE: woman and RE: man, each R199,95 for 30ml, to play with: RE: woman is a ‘burst of leafy […]

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As I’ve mentioned before, Mama Mio skin care was initially aimed at expectant moms but is now being snapped up by anyone who appreciates well-formulated beauty goodies. Thus, I was very happy to receive their delish-smelling O Mega shower cream the other day: The formula is free of sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS), a foaming agent that not everybody adores even […]

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As you all know by now, I’m a total freak for self-tan so I was thrilled to get to try one as luxurious as Kanebo SENSAI Silky Bronze: Kanebo describes it as a ‘breakthrough gel-cream formulation with a clean, summery fragrance’. It promises to ‘hydrate’ and ‘firm’ your skin while creating a natural-looking bronze colour. […]

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If you’re a Crabtree & Evelyn fan like me and like to shop online, you’ll be glad to know their big winter online sale starts later this month on the 13th. They’ve also got some lovely new goodies in store, namely the new mega-moisturising Avocado, Olive & Basil collection… …and a selection of mini solid perfume compacts […]

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If you’re a regular reader you’ll remember my NSI POLISH Pro review; it’s essentially much the same thing as a Shellac or Gelish mani only less expensive. (For those completely out of the loop, all of these manis are light cured so the moment that LED light turns off, your mani’s BONE dry. It’ll then wear as […]

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Do remember how hard it was to get hold of a lip stain back in the day? I used to stock up on The Body Shop’s stain when I travelled otherwise I just couldn’t find one in store. Now, just about every brand has their own lip stain (thank God!) including Maybelline who’ve just launched […]

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Earlier this week I met my photographer friend Leah for lunch at my favourite sushi spot in the world, Sawadee on Kloof. (Once you have their Chef Special, a spicy tuna roll with creamy prawn tempura on top of it, you’re ruined for life in that all other sushi tastes like stodgy crap.) About half […]

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Right now, blue is big big news and I’m not talking about Beyonce’s baby. Blue the hue is all over the catwalk in regards to eye shadow and has been spotted on the fingers and toes of celebs like Jessica Alba: Inspired by all the blouness floating around, INGLOT decided to create a new collection called ‘Aqua-Blue Culture’. It […]

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Want to celebrate Woman’s Day but don’t have a boyfriend you can force into buying choccie and rubbing your feet? (‘Cos that’s what you’re supposed to do on Woman’s Day, right?!) Never fear my darlings, for now you can simply snap one up at the Grey Goose Boy Auction. It’s all going down at Cafe […]

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