So let’s talk spider veins! I don’t know about you, but I started to get them on my calves in my twenties. Being a super pale girl, they’re pretty visible which is why I spend most of my life marinating in self-tan while saving up to treat them every five or so years with either […]

…annnd go! Vichy Liftactiv Advanced Filler double correction moisturizer, R469. Vichy’s new anti-aging moisturiser promises to tackle wrinkles while ‘refreshing’ and ‘reviving’ your expression. Aside from Vichy’s standard soothing spa water, it’s key ingredients include a mix of hydrators like glycerin, sodium hyaluronate and soybean oil as well a wrinkle-busting retinol and LR2412. As we […]

Back in the day, I used to have a serious ish with insomnia due to being on an incorrect dosage of epilepsy meds. Oh boy did that suck balls. Flash forward a few years and now I’m generally good sleeper – thank God – but I still have the odd night where no amount of […]

A little while back I attended a Luxottica media day where the eyewear importers showed off the latest frames from zexy brands like Ray-Ban, Emporio Armani, Dolce & Gabbana and Vogue. The event was held at and catered for by The Cape Town Club in Queen Victoria and the food was crazy good. I think I […]

My friend Ritza (yep, Luxo.co.za‘s Ritza) celebrated her birthday at Kloof Street House the other day. (If you’ve yet to go, you have to try the butternut, sage and ricotta ravioli in gorgonzola sauce – it’s awesome.) I’m currently attempting to save every penny I earn so I can disappear to Thailand for a bit […]

Hands up who loves a good a freebie? And by good I mean good. Not a spend R500 and get a stupid eye pencil free. I mean buy one product and get another full size product gratis! That’s the kind of special I’m talking about girlfriends… Up until the end of June, if you buy […]

Ready to get stuck in? The Body Shop Colour Crush Shine lipstick range, R120 each. The Body Shop’s just launched a few new brightly coloured Colour Crush lippies just in time for spring in the UK. While it might be winter here in SA – or at least Cape Town; it’s bucketing down as I […]

So Mr Price has an app. Ho hum… so does everyone else… here’s me giving a toss… or so I thought… As it turns out, you can use it to scan the swing tags of products you love to locate your nearest store that has one in your size. OMFG. Why doesn’t every store offer […]

Optiphi, best known for their in-salon peels, make some lovely facial products too and are now moving into body territory too with their new Body Curve body lotion (R360). According to their website, the optiphi team put their heads together to create a list of what their ideal body lotion would offer; 24 hydration and […]

Right, let’s do this! Maybelline The Colossal Go Extreme! Volum’ mascara, R124,95 It feels like every time I blink Maybelline is gooi-ing out a new Volum’ Express mascara. In fact, a quick visit to their site reveals the lot of them and a quick count reveals ten of them. Good God! That’s a lotta options, […]

A while back I attended the launch of Vita Liberata, a range of organic self-tanning products that’s now available via selected salons in South Africa as well as a local website. The range hails from Northern Ireland and is proudly 80% organic. The self-tanners also promise not to smell while they develop, fade naturally, offer more […]