Ramblings of a rampant beauty editor…
I’d never heard of Famous Dave’s self-tan before but as it turns out, it’s kinda big in the states and is getting lots of love in the UK from mags like Cosmo and Glamour. The brand recently set up an SA online shop* and were kind enough to send me a bottle of their Luxury Tanning Mousse […]
Read MoreRemember INGLOT’s Colour Play mascaras?They’re now running a little Facebook comp that could see you win a Colour Play mascara pack worth R500. Entering is super easy, just pop on over here to take part. Good luck girls! X x x
Read MoreThe other day I popped into the Skin Renewal Clinic at the Cape Quarter to take in a little chat by the group’s CEO, Victor Snyders. Every so often he rallies up le beauty peeps to fill us in on trends in the aesthetic biz as well as general skincare-related info while treating us to […]
Read MorePopped into the Eikstad Mall (in Stellies) on lunch and see that The Body Shop’s winter sale is still going strong. Absolutely EVERYTHING in the store is less 20% and they’ve also got certain bits and bobs going at up to 50% off. I made a point of stocking up on my beloved Tea Tree Night […]
Read MoreSquish! Squash! A bubbly boom; the Rascals make the fruitiest chews. The flavour never stops – oh no – with the Rascals’ fruity pops! Yip, it’s official; Rascals are back on the shelves! They’ve also got a Facebook page, website and twitter account and swear that nothing’s changed; they’re still the exact same sweets you know and love. […]
Read MoreRemember the white watch trend? Ashley Tisdale likes her horlosies wit too… Anyway, I totally bought into that and ‘splashed’ out on a faux Chanel J12 while in Thailand last year: Ah, we had such good time that el cheapo knock off and I; hanging out at fancy functions with local designers like Gert-Johan Coetzee: …(sort of) roughing it in […]
Read MoreSo the darlings at INGLOT sent me a few new goodies to play with including their new Colour Play mascara (R149): A quick google revealed that coloured mascara’s actually trending a bit in Europe right now thanks to a recent Stella McCartney fashion show that featured models with brightly coloured lashes. As for me, I’d never […]
Read MoreBobbi Brown’s just added Eliano Bou Assi to her team of international make-up artists. Eliano will be visiting SA later this month to host a series of ‘make-up lesson events’ along with our local Bobbi Brown teams. If you book ahead of time you could get to meet him and learn a make-up lesson of […]
Read MoreOkay, so hands up, how many of you have heard of Thomas Pink? .. And the last time I was in one of their stores I had to stop myself from breaking my holiday budget on their adorbsville bulldog cufflinks as a gift for my bulldog-obsessed boyfriend: Anyway, for those of you unfamiliar with the […]
Read MoreGot any Garnier Even goodies at home? Planning on buying them? If you SMS the last four digits of their barcode along with your best Garnier beauty secret to 45675 you and a friend could win a day on the set of The Wild with TV star Connie Ferguson. For more details visit Garnier’s SA […]
Read MoreWhenever I crack open a bottle of NIVEA body lotion and get a sniff of its unique scent I’m instantly transported back to high school; the good old days when my boobs sat under my chin and I didn’t have to worry about stupid things like ‘how in God’s name am I ever going to buy […]
Read MoreDavid Beckham’s brought out another fragrance. I’ve sniffed a few of his and the missus’ scents before and all of them have struck me as being very ‘meh’. His latest, however, Instinct Sport, is pretty awesome. To me, Instinct Sport smells cool, fresh and vetiver-y, despite that fact that it doesn’t actually contain any vetiver. […]
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