When it comes to eye shadow, I freakin’ love my bronzey taupes. The more trend-driven shades, things like pers, blou and groen, never really make it into my make-up bag, but mooi highly pigmented neutrals that enhance my natural beauty rock my freakin’ socks off. This is why I’m quite keen on the eye shadows in INGLOT’s new Coffee Collection. INGLOT say the collection was […]

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If you’re a regular reader you’ll know I freakin’ love my Michel Mercier detangling brush. I don’t care if it looks weird; nothing else detangles my super fine hair – wet or dry – like this brush. Anyway, my flatmate borrowed it the other day and accidentally melted it with her super hot hair drier (nice one […]

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Sunday isn’t quite Sunday without lazing around with the Sunday Times, watching Carte Blanche and then bitching about M-NET’s choice of Sunday night movie on twitter. The Sunday Times now has a new fashion and beauty supplement called FashionWeekly. It’s edited by stylist, writer and editor Sarah Buitendach and includes lots of snippety pieces covering things like what […]

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If I don’t have colour on my lips, I look like a Twilight vampire. Or a zombie. Or perhaps a corpse. Whatevs. The bottom line is that they’re all dead and that is not a good look. To prevent ever having to expose my natural lip colour (or lack of it), I am never without lip stain. I even wear […]

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Babor, if you didn’t know, is an indulgent German spa brand available at selected spas and salons across South Africa. In the past I’ve chatted about their iconic Hy-Ol cleanser and reviewed one of their shower gels in a blog post that you can check out over here. Today, however, I’m going to take a closer look at their HSR […]

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Hey there small business owners, Please understand that I get invited to more events than I can attend. As a result I choose those that a) will be of maximum interest to my readers and draw more hits or b) sound like fun. Obviously I’m going to turn down a poetry reading with a cash […]

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I you’re a regular reader, you might remember that the last Shisiedo lip product I tried (and adored) was the fabulous Lacquer Rouge, is a highly pigmented non-drying liquid lipstick. However, their latest lip goodie, Rouge Perfect, is regte egte lipstick and yes, it is indeed perfect. I was given a Rouge Perfect lippie in a gorgeous, universally […]

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Yes, there’s yet another BB Cream in town and this time it hails from POND’S in the form of their Flawless Radiance All-In-One Even Tone Expert BB Cream, R89,99. The BB’s were launched at a delish media brekkie that included a help-yourself sweetie display and I wasted no time in creating a box that pretty […]

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Eucerin sent me the most enormous box the other day. It contained a seriously big ass hat; just the thing to protect my face when I’m lazing on the beach, lapping up the last li’l bits of summer while you’re stuck at your desk. My being able to do this is one of the fabbest things about […]

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Clicks is always quick to snap up beauty innovations. I mean, how much did we love that Sensationail home gel nail kit? And if they ever stop importing Batiste dry shampoo I’ll die a thousand deaths. Anyway, they’re now bringing out a selection of beauty goodies that they’re calling ‘What’s New!’ These new products will only […]

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So I’ve just had a look at the behind the scenes video of the mock Cosmo cover photoshoot for bloggers that Cosmo and Colgate put together to help promote that Colgate Optic White ‘Wear A Smile’ competition I wrote about. .. I always struggle to watch myself on screen (or even listen to my own bloody voicemail greeting) but […]

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Last month I attended ghd’s most exciting new launch yet, the unveiling of their new revolutionary hair straightener, the ghd Eclipse. The eternally charming Jeannie D was the MC and guests got treated to a seriously rocking performance by Chiano Sky. Anyway, back to the Eclipse: ghd’s calling it ‘a new styler for new era’ and throwing words like […]

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