Ramblings of a rampant beauty editor…
Nioxin’s new hair serum (R695, selected salons) is a daily leave-in treatment that promises to increase the diameter of each existing hair strand. So, to avoid any confusion, it’s not going to stimulate more hair to grow, it simply plumps up what you’ve got for a fuller, more luscious-looking head of hair. It makes use […]
Read MoreTo increase awareness regarding their Beauty Awards, Women’s Health magazine sent me a copy of their latest issue. I’m always hesitant to get involved with any type of ‘beauty awards’ if it’s not a bunch of dermatologists doing the vetting. I have my own very rigid ideas about what’s ‘best’ in that I’m very formulation […]
Read MoreI don’t know about you but when I hear the words ‘charity ball’ I think of stuffy old ladies wearing Chanel-style crop jackets over their ball gowns while everyone does a weird square dance-type of thing while a string quartet plays in the background. Five for Change, however, is nothing like that at all. If […]
Read MoreSo Accessorize sent me the cutest little friendship bracelets (R169). It was a belated Easter surprise and came with a box of choc and jelly eggies. I totally intended to set them aside so I could snap piccies of the bracelets along with the sweeties but came home a leetle dronk the other night and […]
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again – Societi Bistro’s holding their now infamous Tour Through Italy! This is how it works: Each week for ten weeks the restaurant creates a special three-course menu paired with carefully selected wine that’s inspired by one of ten different region in Italy. It kicks off tomorrow in Siciliana and […]
Read MoreLast week I attended a delish little tea at the 12 Apostles hosted by Pantene. It was a chance to meet their specialist hair doc, Dr John Gray, but there’d been some sort of flight stuff up so we ended up on super interesting Skype date. To give you the low down on Dr Gray, […]
Read MoreBecause Magnum hates you and doesn’t support you in your bid to get an ass like Jessica Alba, the company’s now started making pints. Yep, you heard me. Flippin’ 450ml tubs of deliciousness available in three evil flavours; Vanilla & Chocolate; Raspberry & Chocolate and Hazelnut & Chocolate. I was sent the mooi press pack above […]
Read MoreRemember that Revlon Spider-Man 2 screening? The Next 48 Hours was there and got me on film doing my best Jeannie D impression. At first I was all bleak that they spelled my name wrong (it’s ‘den’ not ‘der’. Arrrghh!) but soon realised I got off lightly when I saw they’d labelled Revlon’s Michelle as […]
Read MoreThe family that drinks together stays together, right? Or maybe I just need excess amounts of booze to survive my family. Whatevs. Either way, I was very happy to lug a bottle of Amarula Gold off to the P of E to see my fam the other day. I’d actually been given a bottle a […]
Read MoreReally? BB Cream for hair? It seems as though pretty much anything offering multiple benefits is fair game to be slapped with a BB Cream label. My bloody Aquafresh tooth paste might as well be BB Cream for teeth. But still, snarkiness aside, I do like Brazilian brand INOAR’s new BB Cream for Hair serum […]
Read MoreSo I’m getting a lot of e-mails these days that are running along the lines of this: Oh hey there blogger person who’s name I didn’t bother to learn! We loooove your blog. Really dig the way you write about <INSERT SOMETHING TO MAKE BLOGGER THINK WE READ THEIR SHIZZ HERE>. Anyhoo, do we have […]
Read MoreLast week I attended a private screening of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in 3D as a guest of Revlon. One of their faces, actress Emma Stone, is one of the movie’s stars, playing Spider-Man’s girlfriend. Revlon have also created a limited edition ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Electric Chrome’ collection that features, among other things, a […]
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