Ramblings of a rampant beauty editor…
The most over-achieving make-up product ever? Rimmel’s new BB cream (R99,95). It promises to do nine things, namely prime, moisturise, minimizes pores, conceal, cover, smooth, mattify, brighten and help protect your skin from the sun with an SPF of 25. Because I’m a petty cow, I’d first like to say that I don’t understand how this […]
Read MoreSo Lee Stafford jetted in the other day and I got to have lunch with him, along with a couple of other beauty eds, at a fancy pants Southern Suburbs mansion party catered by a personal chef. I know, I know. My job’s a bloody dream. You totally hate me. Life’s unfair. Blah blah blah. Still, for the […]
Read MoreOkay, so this is a clever little product: Still, if you get up close, you’ll see Essence’s new-ish volumising powder isn’t really a ‘powder’, but really unbelievably teensy little lash fibres. To use use them, you’re to apply a slick of your own mascara followed by a sweep of Essence’s fibres over your lashes using the mascara wand […]
Read MoreIt was a girlfriend’s birthday the other day so I ran off to Lush in the V&A to buy her a bunch of their goodies. Then, ‘cos I’m a kak friend, I reached into the little sakkie I’d created for her and removed the Cinders bath bomb for myself. I just couldn’t help myself; it […]
Read MoreTowards the end of last year, TRESemme launched a new line called Split Remedy. It’s aimed at those dealing with split ends and promises to ‘repair up to 80% of the splits you have in just three weeks’. First off, let me just get my beauty ed rant out of the way here: you can’t ‘mend’ a split end. If […]
Read MoreFor the last few years now, Glamour magazine’s thrown an Oscars party at Table Bay Hotel. It’s always a glitzy, fun affair with a celeb-studded crowd and (dare I say it) a big, fat, bulging goodie bag. Clicking on the piccie up above should make it bigger, but in case you’re struggling, here are the […]
Read MoreI love Smashbox, it’s a great brand and their eye shadows are especially awesome. I used to get a lot of wear out of a shimmery taupey-grey shade called Minx (it was a great all over the lid at night type of colour) until I accidentally smashed it to bits. In fact, the inside of […]
Read More…and I actually like it very much. That is all. Love, love Leigh UPDATE: I’ve now run into three people who’ve asked me why I’ve ‘switched’ to a men’s deo. To clarify, I didn’t suddenly decide I was extra stinky and needed something sterk. I was merely sent a bunch of Shield’s new Xtra Cool men’s deos […]
Read MoreThe short version of this post: if you love Arden’s Eight Hour cream but want a more natural alternative, Mama Mio’s Rescue Balm is your baby. You will love it. The end. The longer version, for those of you wanting to know more, goes like this. One of the co-founders of the brand was a […]
Read MoreI hope you’re all getting spoiled by a very special someone and that your gifts aren’t anywhere near as… er… terrifying (?!)… as mine: He’s actually sitting next to me as I type and I’m not going to lie, dude makes me a little nervous. Love, love Leigh
Read MoreA parcel arrived the other day and I ripped it open going ‘oooh, I hope this one’s also got chocolate in it!’ (it is the run up to Valentine’s Day…) and, upon discovering it contained a couple of wet wipes I was all ‘meh, whatevs’ and tossed it aside. (Let it be known I don’t defend myself […]
Read MoreSo there’s yet another Elvive variant on the shelf; Triple Resist with arginine and protein. Arginine, as it turns out, is an amino acid found in keratin, a protein that makes up your hair. L’Oreal reckons dousing your hair in extra arginine helps it ‘grow more resistant’, making it less likely to break and fall out. Ideally, it’s […]
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Lipgloss is my Life 