Ramblings of a rampant beauty editor…
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 […]
Read MoreSo 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 […]
Read MoreOne 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 […]
Read MoreElizabeth 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 […]
Read MoreSo 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 […]
Read MoreGo 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. […]
Read MoreI popped into 2Oceansvibe radio the other day to chat beauty with Just Josie (who’s a much prettier, fresher-looking version of Tara Reid) and the radness that is Margaux from Ruby Box. If you’ve got nothing better to do, feel free to listen to it over here. We talked exfoliation and blackheads (sexy, sexy) and I got to […]
Read MoreWhenever my American aunt comes down from Seattle she always brings a ridiculously awesome gift along. That’s how I got to discover DuWop’s Lip Venom (probably the best plumping lipgloss I’ve ever tried) and got my mitts on Benefit’s Benetint before it was available in SA. This year, however, she outdid herself with Deborah Lippmann’s […]
Read MoreSo I was sent the June issue of O magazine the other day. I usually don’t buy it myself so it was nice to take a look inside. It’s got some v pretty-looking beauty pages and includes the most delish-sounding recipe for a ‘party popcorn’ mix that makes use of all sorts of yummies like Worcestershire sauce, chilli […]
Read MoreInspired by the Nina Jarebrink fashion show I attended earlier this year, I decided to make red lips and nails my ‘go to’ look this winter. I’ve got red nails down thanks to Yardley’s Stayfast nail polish in Romantic Ruby (although in the piccie I’m actually wearing a coral shade) but have been on the […]
Read MoreLast week I hit up an ‘Air Your Dirty Laundry’ party organised by Allison Scotsman, she of Skinny Bitches in the Making fame. The bash was held at SA’s first ‘destinational laundry’, I Heart My Laundry in Buitengracht street. It was a nice opportunity to schmingle with other bloggers while sipping on fancy French champagne as Taittinger SA were there to give us a little […]
Read MoreINGLOT have just launched the most divine super-versatile little play things in the form of 40 new Body Pigments, R189. What makes these babies special is that you can do pretty much anything – ANYTHING! – with them. Seriously. You can use them on both your face and body as is or get all mad scientist-y […]
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