Like fresh, yummy, good-for-you food? Wellness Warehouse has opened a Wellness Cafe in Wembley Square and its all kinds of awesome. First off, if you’re an allergy baby, they’re sooo ready to cater for you. No eye rolling when you ask if there’s a gluten- or dairy-free options. While they offer brekkie (until 11:30), wraps, […]

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First up, apologies if you’ve felt I’ve been a bit scarce on twitter. I spent just over a month as acting beauty and decor ed for YOU, Huisgenoot and Drum and boy did it keep me busy. Sjoe! I’ve finished up there now (but will still be working for them on a freelance basis) and am about to join All4women.co.za as […]

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Mane n’ Tail shampoo has always been on my radar. Every time I’ve read a story on ‘crazy’ celeb beauty tips it’s always gotten a li’l mention ‘cos Sarah Jessica Parker and Jennifer Aniston are big fans. So, you can only imagine how curious I was upon learning it’s now available in SA. Still, to make it clear, […]

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They say diamonds are a girls’ best friend but, if you’re saving for a deposit on a house like me, crystals are just as alluring. Especially crystals set in a pretty li’l Shambala bracelet like this one: Pretty, pretty, pretty, right? It’s made out of Swarovski elements, Preciosa Czech crystal and hematite beads and comes […]

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Mavala have a shiny new nail collection called Show Time; a quintet of sparkly glitter-infused shades. I was wearing a coral red nail polish the day they arrived (Revlon’s Red Bikini) so I decided to glam it up even further by slicking a few coats of Sparkling Red over it. You’ll see that the sparkles are […]

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When you get to test what feels like ten million zillion products you can become a little jaded. In fact – and I’m not proud to admit it – I’ve been known to slather expensive (yet crappily formulated) night creams on my legs and arms like a body lotion, ‘cos, well, I can.  Still, this never detracts from the sheer delight I take in discovering the odd gem; a product that […]

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Love getting gel manis but hate shelling out up to R300 a pop? You’re going to love Sensationail; it’s pretty much all you need to give your gel mani chica the bye bye hand. Possibly. I mean, if you’re a bit rubbish at application like me you’re probably still going to want to hit up the nail bar. Also, that way you’ll […]

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To raise funds for various cancer-related charities, Avon and Justine teamed up to create the iThemba Walk-A-Thon held on the Seapoint prom. Because I’m a lazy cow I was going to do the mini 5k walk but was persuaded by super fit Lauren Watters from Dear Heart Beauty to suck it up and do the whole 10k. Eek! Fortunately, the weather was […]

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First Zara then LUSH and now Stila; it seems like more and more fab European brands are setting up camp on SA shores. For those of you who don’t know it, Stila is a cult UK beauty brand that, to me, has always sat in a similar box to Bloom and Benefit in that it’s […]

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If you struggle with bacne (spots on your back) or anywhere else on your body for that matter you’ll appreciate this guy: It’s about time we got an affordable spray-on zit zapper; they’re all over the shelves overseas but the only one I can think of off hand that’s available in SA is Dermalogica’s Clean […]

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I love that SA’s slowly but surely getting more onboard with online shopping. I’ve been addicted to it for years as I despise trawling a mall and dealing with (usually kak) shop assistants. Still, my shopping sprees were mostly limited to foreign sites and stores as South Africa wasn’t quite on the digital bandwagon. Now, however, just about […]

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Bobbi Brown’s 2012 holiday collection, Caviar & Oyster, is about to hit the beauty counters tomorrow. The products are just as indulgent as the name suggests with the star of the show being the Caviar & Oyster palette, R795. The shadows on the left hand side are more suited to creating a soft, pretty day time look while those on the […]

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