Ramblings of a rampant beauty editor…
Last night saw the premier of Hayden Quinn South Africa, a new show about the Aussie foodie in which he cooks, eats and adventures his way across SA while learning more about various sustainability projects and a greener way to live. I know, I know… this post’s a bit of a departure from mascara reviews […]
Read MoreI’ve never been a BB Cream or tinted moisturiser girl – I either want the coverage of a foundation or to go ‘barefaced’ with just a bit of concealer and a sweep of powder. There was never an in between… until now. (Being in your 30s in the middle of dry, depressing winter ain’t fun, […]
Read MoreI did a little happy dance the other day when I was sent a shiny, new tube of Lancome Hypnose volumising mascara in a brand new shade called Extra Black. (This was to celebrate the fact that the original is celebrating its ten-year anniversary which makes me feel super, duper old ‘cos I remember it […]
Read MoreYou get tweezers and then you get the Rolls Royce of pluckage and that can only be La-Tweez Pro Illuminating tweezers, hands down. These babies come with a built in light so you can see what you’re doing and that flicks on by pressing a regte, egte crystalised Swarovski element. This makes tweezing your brows […]
Read MoreCan you believe it’s almost time for Mercedez-Benz Cape Town Fashion Week again? I feel like I was sitting alongside the runway just the other day. To celebrate the start of the run up to the event, media were invited to a fun travelling partytie that saw us hit up three different locations, travelling via […]
Read MoreNeed a mani or massage and don’t have time to hit up a salon? Want to add an element of glam to your next partytjie? Best you get hold of Beauty Direct, a mobile salon that comes to wherever you are and charges super affordable prices yet offers a top quality service. Zelda, the spa’s […]
Read MoreUK shoe and bag brand Dune London has a host of mooi new dinges in store right now and I thought I’d show off a few of my favourites of the piccies they sent me: Also, because I’m super duper generous (but mostly ‘cos the PR was nice enough to give me one to hand […]
Read MoreEssie’s latest winter collection, ‘Shearling, darling’, has finally hit the shelves. Inspired by cosy, winter textiles like sent me three polishes from their new winter collection: Mind Your Mittens is a dark teal blue that really flattered my cool (read: uber pale) skin tone. Parka Perfect is a creamy egg shell blue that’s actually a […]
Read MoreIt’s time for another fashion haul from Edgars. This month, I found some of the cutest items, again in their Free2BU section, and spent a little bit more than R1000 gift card store was kind enough to give me. Still, in regards to value, I totally got my money’s worth as the pieces I picked […]
Read MoreA relatively new self-tanner to the SA scene, Skinny Tan’s differentiating factor is that is also promises to help improve the look cellulite. It does this in two ways, the first being by the very fact that it’s a self-tanning product. We all know that tanned flab will always look better than pale flab. I […]
Read MoreSo 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 […]
Read More…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 […]
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Lipgloss is my Life 