French beauty brand Payot have just launched four new botanical-based super serums to help give your current skin care a little boost. The four new serums are as follows; Élixer Jeunesse (R795) with anti-aging, antioxidant properties for mature skin, Elixer Douceur (R495) to soothe and comfort sensitive skin; Elixer Purete (R495) to balance combination, oily skin and Elixer D’Eau […]

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I’m not going to lie to you girls, I consider Blistex to be the King Kong of all lip balms and, should they ever stop making their DCT lip treatment with exfoliating AHA acids, I’ll spend the rest of my life tracking the remaining tubs down on eBay. Quite simply, it is the shizz and […]

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I’m possibly the only girl in the world who finds Maybelline’s Great Lash mascara and it’s iconic pink and green tube completely and utterly meh. I seriously don’t know how it keeps on winning so many awards or manages to fly off the shelf at the rate of knots. But in saying that, you should […]

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Today sees the launch of Clarins’ new autumn make-up collection Ombre Minerale. Obviously it includes the obligatory completely lustable limited edition powder compact, le Colour Accents palette (R375). There’s also a new limited edition Instant Definition mascara in a shade called Instense Plum, R255. Just so you know, this is a great mascara. It volumises and defines and compliments all eye colours. In fact, […]

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I can state this like a fact ‘cos it is; Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio is one of the most beautiful male fragrances on God’s green earth. I have loved it since the dawn of time – or at least from when I first smelled it on my highschool bestie’s boyfriend back in ’98. Still, when I […]

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So it would seem that beauty sample boxes are kind of exploding. Even online fashion, beauty (and now home decor!) store Style36.com has one now; Style36 Beautybox. I was sent one yesterday and thought the content was pretty good: See that Black Opal Invisible Oil Blocking powder sample? At first thought it was an eye shadow and nearly passed […]

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So last night I planned to briefly pop into the Jameson party at Shimmy Beach. My plan was to have a quick drink, say a few hellos and then bugger off home to bed ‘cos I was super tired and not really feeling the vibe. Typically, I ended up having a total blast and crawled […]

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I used to love the original Issey Miyake EDT back in the 90s. Along with cK1, it was always at the forefront of the whole ‘clean’, ‘minimalist’ fragrance trend. It was one of the many fresh-smelling scents I wore along with hideous moon boots, loads of spandex and metallic blue finger nails. (My secret shame? I spent just about every Saturday […]

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Bobbi Brown’s created a new brightening skincare range called Extra Bright. It consists of just three products (a cleanser, serum and lotion) and all three promise to work together to help reduce the appearance of dark spots and uneven skin tone. The star ingredient Bobbi’s relying on to help get you glowing is actually a ‘Super Citrus’ […]

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Good news Prevage fans; Arden’s just updated their bestselling serum, Prevage. The new blend includes Idebenone, a super powerful antioxidant, but sees the addition of another new antioxidant called Arazine. While both Idebenone and Arazine protect your skin from free radical damage, Arazine soothes to reduce the effects of chronic inflammation. Many people don’t realise […]

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Remember that gorgeous LOVE collection Smashbox sent me? Well it came along with two other goodies, namely their Photo Finish foundation primer SPF 20 with Dermaxyl complex (R370) and Photo Finish Hydrating under eye primer (R320). In regards to the foundation primer, I’ve never been a huge fan of silicone-based primers*. They just don’t sit […]

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Being a somewhat jaded lot, it takes one helluva launch to get the beauty bunch buzzing. NIVEA’s, however, was one of them; a two day affair at the Raddisson Blue hotel in Granger Bay that saw editors being given a choice between enjoying a slew of spa treatments or – wait for it – jumping […]

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