Ramblings of a rampant beauty editor…
Just so you know, Vo5 is running a competition called The Art of Stylin’. If you win, you could walk away with a grand prize worth R50K. This includes a R25 000 shopping spree at Cape Town’s hottest boutiques, tickets for you and a friend to attend Cape Town fashion week in July and all […]
Read MoreJust Skin in Green Point called me up the other day as they needed a test monkey on which to demo a Lamelle Alpha peel. I didn’t know too much about it at the time but didn’t hesitate to say yes. I’ve been popping in at Just Skin for a while and they’re very good at what they do. […]
Read MoreEvery now and again along comes a product that makes you go ‘Jislaaaaik!’ Scott Cornwall Str8 Ahead is one of them. The other day I was sent a box of Scott Cornwall Str8 Forward, a semi-permanent hair straightening kit that can help straighten out your locks for up to three months. Initially, I struggled to find a willing test […]
Read MoreYum, yum, yum… I’ve always loved the smell of almonds. Just the other day I went through a phase where I was obsessed with eating sugared ones and had to wean myself off them, for the sake of my ass, due to their crazy kiljoule content… Merrily, I can still sort of revel in almond madness thanks to […]
Read MoreMeet Matt. Matt is one of my good guy friends. We met at Red & Yellow and both studied copywriting. I’m a lucky girl in that I have quite a few really lovely ‘male friends’. The kind who offer good ‘guy perspective’ advice and know you far too well to ever want to fiddle with you when you […]
Read MoreWhenever I think of Decleor, I’m reminded of a particular horrendous girl I used to live with while doing a gap year in London. She owned a couple of Decleor products and was so paranoid about my possibly dipping into them that she’d keep them in her handbag and take them to work with her. (For the record, I […]
Read MoreThe other day TRESemme totally spoiled me with a few of their bestselling hair care goodies: Of the three shampoo and conditioner variants they sent me; Moisture Rich, Thermal Recovery and Colour Revitalising, I decided to give the first two a bash. While I do colour my hair, I’ve never really worried about it fading because […]
Read MoreThis week I got to play with Rimmel’s new Scandal’eyes mascara, R89,95. It’s the second Rimmel mascara I’ve trialled in the last little while; just the other day I reviewed their 2-wands-in-one Glam’Eyes which you can read all about over here. First impressions? The bright orange tube isn’t the chicest in that it reminds me of […]
Read MoreThe other day I attended a Twilight-themed get together at the Pepper Club hotel on Loop hosted by the peeps from Eclipse PR. (They’ve got quite a few beauty-related clients including Pantene, Wella and Scott Cornwall.) Still, getting up and putting on my glam-face was a bit of a mission that morning as I’d virtually drowned in […]
Read MoreHeard of Fantasia hair products before? Me neither, but as it turns out they’re an American brand that can now be found on the shelves at Clicks. Their PR crew was kind enough to send me a bunch of Fantasia hair serums to test. Each product is essentially a silicone serum and even though they […]
Read MoreLooky looky… I got a little V-day loving from La Senza, Accessorize and INGLOT… Included in the box (which arrived attached to a heart-shaped balloon, nogal) was a gorgeous faux crystal pendant from Accessorize, an INGLOT nail polish and gloss and the most gorgeous little La Senza ‘panty pop’, R159. Want a closer look? I couldn’t […]
Read MoreOkay, let me cut to the chase here. If your hair’s the type that gets tangled you HAVE to buy one of Michel Mercier’s detangling brushes. Like TODAY. Seriously. I get to test drive loads of beauty goodies every week and while I like most of them, I’m not necessary going to keep them in my beauty artillery when […]
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Lipgloss is my Life 