Ramblings of a rampant beauty editor…
Today 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. […]
Read MoreThe winner of the ELLE New Talent designer search has just been announced and what do you know, chica hails from Port Elizabeth. Secretly, I’m a bit surprised ‘cos PE’s never been a ‘fashion capital’, if you know what I mean. I remember going back home a few years back wearing skinny jeans and my old […]
Read MoreRemember that Dr. Brandt launch? I got to pick a couple of the products to try at home (spoiled, I know) and one of them was Dr. Brandt Microdermabrasian exfoliating face cream, R498. (Apparently Gwyneth Paltrow uses it once a week…) Having had in-office microdermabrasion (thanks Dr. Jakoet!) I can tell you that there aren’t any products that can replicate […]
Read MoreTo celebrate their 15 years in South Africa (has it really been that long?) Crabtree & Evelyn are going to hold another of their epic 50% off sales tomorrow. Reee! (Just so you know, this will be in store only and not online, but watch this space…) As you know, I’m a big fan of […]
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