Ramblings of a rampant beauty editor…
Last night I was treated to a Mexican supper at my friend Omesh’s place. Eating anything he whips up is always a treat ‘cos he’s tres talented in the kitchen (all those years on an East-NET cooking show totally paid off) and, like me, takes a ‘theme’ rather seriously. Thus, I decided to include a bit o’ Mexican flare to my dessert by baking […]
Read MoreWoolies have a nice new bath and body range in store called Fresh Delights. I got to play around with them the other day at Woolies’ pre-Christmas showcase and was impressed with their quality and fabulous price points. (To give you an idea, their foam bath and body butters are only R27,50!) The range consists of four different scents, […]
Read MoreWhen I was little, I used to be addicted to my gran’s Good Housekeeping magazines. (My Aunt Edie used to buy her a gift subscription every year, so she always had them lying around the farm house). I was particularly obsessed with the random mail order porcelain dolls and Norman Rockwell plates they’d feature in the […]
Read MoreToday I had to go to the dentist (for the zillionth time) to sort out my bedonerdse back tooth. It’s the one that I had root canal in (eek!), so the tooth’s all weak and sad. It also thought nothing of cracking open tres dramatically at a dinner party and then proceeded to break apart further, […]
Read MoreHave you girls eaten at La Mouette yet? (If not, do yourselves a favour and make your booking now!) I follow them on twitter and saw that they were about to stop making their September tasting menu dessert, a particularly evil-sounding peanut butter macaroon and coconut ice cream. Good god! How could I let that one […]
Read MoreYou girls spotted the new issue of Women’s Health on the shelves yet? If you buy it from Woolies, P n’ P or Spa, you’ll see that it comes with a little somethin’ somthin’ called a Bra-celet. Additional Bra-celets can be bought from Stuttafords for R10 and the cash goes towards helping the Pink Drive, a big-ass mammography truck […]
Read MoreTying the knot? You might want to know about the Célébrer Luxury Wedding Workshop in association with Estée Lauder. It all goes down at Val de Vie out in the Paarl-Franschoek valley (Ryk Neething likes to hang out there, here’s hoping you spot him!) and takes place on the 4th and 5th of November. The day will […]
Read MoreLast week, my darling make-up artist friend Tam popped round to show me to how to best apply my new INGLOT eye shadows. Aside from working freelance make-up gigs, Tam also teaches a pro make-up course at Prestige Academy. On top of this, she can tie a knot in a cherry stem with her tongue. Really. […]
Read MoreLast night myself and Nickle Pickle popped into The Last Word (the most gorgeous 5-star boutique hotel in Constantia) to celebrate the first birthday of the Shelley & Harry jewellery collection as well as the launch of the new Goddess collection. The range was created by Cape Town girl Shelley Robertson who uses the Mother City as inspirasie for her […]
Read MoreRemember when I did that Sweat 1000 class the other day? Jissus, it nearly killed me. After the class, I crawled straight into bed so as to curl up in a ball and feel bleak about my unimpressive fitness levels, but then the door bell rang… The lovely peeps at INGLOT had sent me a […]
Read MorePond’s’ has really upped their game with a new anti-aging line called Age Miracle. Some of the products in the line-up are quite impressive while others are a bit so so. An example of the latter would be the Dual Eye-Therapie cream, R129,99. Packaging-wise it looks great and makes use of a divided ying-yang-style jar to house two different eye cream; a […]
Read MoreOne of the many new lines that’ll be cropping up at Clicks over the next few weeks is Amie. It’s a small skincare range aimed at young, ‘sensitive types’. I got to play with some of the goodies at a Clicks launch the other day and totally fell in love with Amie Spring Clean Cooling Clay Mask. […]
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