A little while ago a rumour went around that Innoxa where discontinuing their Young Solution range and I went into a bit of a panic. I’ve been using their Spot Drops zit busting solution (R35) for years and find nothing beats it when it comes to drawing out and drying up a monster zit*. Seriously. […]

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Maybelline have added some fun new additions to their line up, the first being Forever Strong Pro nail polishes (R60 each): The polishes are enriched with calcium, iron and silica; promise to last for up to seven days and have a ‘precision curved brush’. Of all the colours I got to play with I most […]

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So! As you may have heard via twitter, I’m suddenly single. Quelle horreur! Oh but don’t you worry about me. I’m really quite okay with the fact that I may well end up walking down the aisle in my forties (in an age-appropriate cocktail dress, nogal) and have to blow what would’ve been my dream house deposit on IVF. Or not. There’s also a chance […]

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Thank God for Labello. If it weren’t for their cherry-tinted lip balm I’d have spent my school years looking like an albino zombie. In fact, if I don’t wear a little colour on my lips they tend to look a ‘healthy’ shade of blue. Anyway, Labello have created a zillion different lip balms since my […]

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Remember Jewel Beauty, Arden’s limited edition Eight Hour Cream Collection from last year? Well October 2012 sees the launch of their new New York Beauty collection: The new collection consists of two pots; the ‘original’ and one that’s fragrance-free*. Both of them come in pretty boxes that sport an art deco ‘8 pattern’ design in pots inspired by New York’s beautiful architecture. If […]

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Everybody knows somebody who wears Elizabeth Arden Red Door. Much like Chanel no. 5 and Opium, Red Door’s earned a spot in the fragrance hall of fame. Still, it’s one of those love it or hate it scents and, like the other classics I mentioned, tends to get more love from an older generation. Now, however, Arden have […]

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Remember my Shiseido Radiant Lifting foundation review? In it, I also mentioned that the brand had expanded some of their other foundation lines to cater for darker skin tones. Each of the above foundations is available in two new darker shades; D20 and D30: I handed them over to my darling Clouds to play with and here are her thoughts: Shiseido Perfect Refining foundation […]

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You know I adore I Love My Laundry, right? For those who don’t know, they’re a rad little eatery/laundromat/gallery space in Buitenkant street. I popped in their earlier this evening with two friends to abuse their awesome dim sum and vino/coffee special. For a mere R40 you can get eight pieces of delish dim sum plus either a […]

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness month in South Africa. One of the many beauty brands doing their bit to assist the cause is Revlon who are a sponsor of Cancer.vive. Last month, the organisation held their annual motorcycle tour in which cancer survivors and celebs rode through Gauteng and Mpumalanga to help raise funds for the cause.To help raise awareness […]

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Forget colour blocking; if you’re really chic (or Japanese nobility) you’ll know all about kasane, the art of layering translucent coloured kimonos. As it turns out, there are over 200 different Kasane patterns to pick from to create a look that reflects the season, the occasion or your social standing. Kanebo’s new make-up collection was inspired by Kasane […]

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‘Ah la la la la luna, the night that we fell under the spell of the moon!’ Anybody else remember that horrendous Belinda Carlisle song? My sister and I used to love it and stuck it on a mix tape (ah, the 80’s) that me made my poor parent’s suffer through on the weekends when […]

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