Snippety bits: The Foschini Group gets online, Sorbet’s empire expands and John Frieda’s Everlasting Blonde is totally worth the cash

Screw an intro, let’s jump right in! The Foschini Group’s getting online, yo! Okay, okay, so many of their stores, like Foschini itself, have always had a website, but now you’re going to be able to actually shop them. To start, @home and a tech store I’d never heard of before called Hi are both […]

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Who’s going to shop Clicks’ purple sticker promo this Christmas?

This Christmas Clicks are running a purple sticker promo that essentially works like this: Buy any three items with a purple present sticker on it and the third one is free! I took a squizz at some of the goodies they have on offer and found a few favourites, the first being evil sweet things […]

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Show me your Red Hot Party Look and win a R1000 Red Square gift voucher

It’s the party season – time to put your game face on and get on out their and meet rich, hot boys who won’t freak out should you steal a chip from their plate or moan that you only ever want to watch back to back episodes of Real Housewives of Vancouver. While I can’t […]

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Review: Mesoestetic Energy C intensive cream (Heads up, it’s a goodie!)

Mesoestetic is a Spanish medical skin care company that, aside from medical aesthetic devices and in-salon only products, also has a very nice ‘home maintenance’ line of anti-aging skin care products. One of them is Energy C Intensive Cream (R818, selected salons), a brightening lotion formulated to zap the first signs of ageing being fine […]

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Cute summer separates from Mr Price’s RT range

After a lot of false starts it looks like summer’s finally arrived in Cape Town and that means time to swap out my skinnies for shorts – but only after I marinate in self-tan (loving Xen-Tan mousse at the mo) and get a hot pink gelish pedi. Anyway, Mr P sent me a few piccies […]

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Revlon ColorStay foundations – a review en masse

A little while back Revlon sent me a bunch of their foundations to try along with the most thoughtful press pack ever. It included a Woolworths’ gift card (so I could go binge drink W Cafe’s Chai lattes) and two of my favourite treats – yoghurt-covered dried mango and Reese’s Pieces. You have no idea […]

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A peek at Luxottica’s spring/summer 2014/2015 eyewear collection

Last week I braved seriously wet n’ weather to pop into a Luxottica media event to take a peek at their zexy new summer eyewear. Luxottica, if you didn’t know, isn’t a store – they’re a producer and distributor for some of the glammest eyewear brands in the world and, if the new stock is […]

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Keen to ask me your beauty q’s on Clicks’ Facebook page tomorrow?

Keen to blab about beauty? Tomorrow, from 12pm until 2, I’ll be answering your burning beauty questions via a live chat on Clicks’ Facebook page. In the meantime, you can visit their page, scroll down to found my piccie and leave your q in the comments section below it. Chat soon! Love, love Leigh

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So who wants to win an organic Vita Liberata spray tan?

Vita Liberata, for those who haven’t heard of it, is a luxury self-tanning brand that, in 2011, became the world’s first ‘non-toxic tan’. The company prides itself on using certified organic and Ecocert ingredients, not having a horrible developing smell and being a favourite with celebs like Kim Kardashian. A while back, I got to […]

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Keen to make your own Havaianas?

Last night I popped into the V&A Waterfront to visit Havaiana’s new pop-up shop in the barrow market court. (It’s literally just outside the Havaiana’s shop, just below the Numetro theatres.) They’re exploring a pretty cool concept where you get to make your own customised pair of flip-flops. How does it work? You simple pick […]

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