Yesterday Clouds and I popped into the V&A to visit the ghd Style-A-Thon. They’ve set up ‘shop’ opposite La Playa (the Greek coffee shop) and it took us forever to find them but it was worth the hunt. Clouds got her hair straightened to perfection and I walked out with a head full of curls (yes, you can do […]

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Shiseido have a brand new Camelia Cheek Colour compact (R495): Too pretty to use? Oh yes! It took me ages to work my way up to putting a brush in it but hey! A girl’s gotta swatch! Personally, I found that when I swirled all the shades together the mix was a little too dark and […]

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Woolies have a new aromatherapy-inspired bath and body range in store; Aroma Essence. The collection’s divvied up into four variants; relaxing DREAM with lavender and frankincense, calming CHILL with chamomile and clary sage, invigorating LIVE with juniper berry and lemon and ‘reflective’ BE with jasmine and bergamot. I’ve sniffed all of them and it’s tough to […]

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Good Lord, what’s going on with Revlon? Their stuff’s just getting better and better. As you might know from a previous post I fell head over heels in love with their Just Bitten Kissable balm stains and now they’ve launched a fabulous new summer collection (of on trend yet very wearable shades) that offers a little something for […]

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You have NO IDEA how thrilled I am to have Lush cosmetics available in South Africa. Seriously. The first time I ever encountered them was when a bestie (love you Smeth!) took me to their Covent Garden store in London back in 2000. She was like ‘Oh my God, Leigh, you’re going to go wild in […]

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Edgars Club magazine have done a ‘Glamour’ in that they’re now available in a new handbag size: Aside from being good news for trees, the new, smaller size makes it easier to take it along when you shop. While I haven’t stepped into Edgars in a while, browsing the mags have made me want to […]

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L’Oreal have created yet another range of skin care goodies; Revitalift Laser Renew. The collection consists of a day cream, eye cream and serum (R225 each) and I’m most taken with the latter. If you don’t have sensitive skin, there’s nothing stopping you from using it around your eye area and, in essence, it uses the same […]

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Remember my post on Dear Deer satin pillow slips? They’ve now gone pink for October, which, as you all know by now, is breast cancer awareness month: Love, love Leigh

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Last week St Yves Beach Club in Camps Bay finally opened its doors for the summer. To celebrate, they held a super luxurious partytjie that I attended with an old friend Jax. We were both impressed by how fab the place looked; minimalistic and spacious with a killer view of the Atlantic. After a quick […]

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Red Bull have launched three new limited edition flavours; Red (Cranberry), Blue (Blueberry) and Silver (Lime). Their brand activation company, Chaos Theory, dropped off few cans at my office the other day and brought along a trio of freaky friends… These peeps had no faces, ya’ll. NO FACES! Something about them freaked the livin’ shizz out of me […]

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Summer’s almost on our door step and thus I’ve been sent enough sunscreen to ensure my children’s children will never have to buy another bottle ever again. Of all the SPF’s I got to play with, these were the ones I most appreciated: The ‘Clear’ Choices Using either of these feels like you’re merely misting […]

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Recent break up aside, it’s hard not to believe the universe is looking after you when, shortly afterwards, a big box of vino lands on your doorstep. Better yet, Quay 5 is a low-calorie wine so you can binge drink and cry to your heart’s content, safe in the knowledge that you’ll still be able […]

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