Ag soet man! Dentyne sent me the cutest little press pack to announce the launch of their two new flavours; Spearmint and Strawberry Passion: Aside from the two new chewing gum flavours, it included two choc-covered strawberries and faux mint leaves created from apple slices and dark-mint choccie crumble. (There were actually two of those but I lost […]

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Everyone knows Juicy Couture the fashion brand. Pretty much every celeb on the planet owns a Juicy track suit and at one point Paris Hilton seemed to live in them. Thing is, Juicy Couture make fragrances too and I was recently given Viva la Juicy EDP for review: While Viva La Juicy has been out […]

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While American’s grew up with Lip Smackers, we’ve had Lip Ice since 1965. (Growing up, Bubblegum and Spearmint where always my favourite variants.) Now, this summer, sees the launch of limited edition Pina Colada. The scent (and taste!) is super sterk in that you don’t have to hold it to your nose to pick it up; the moment […]

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Clinique have discontinued their Pore Minimiser line and replaced it with three new Pore Refining Solutions products: I was given the Instant Perfector (R250) to try and it’s found a permanent home in my make-up bag as it’s definitely one of the nicest pore minimising/silicone-based/primer type products I’ve tried. Somehow, it tends to stay matte-looking a bit longer than others […]

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For those of you that don’t know GOSH, they’re a PETA-approved Danish cosmetics brand that’s pretty big overseas. Aside from colour cosmetics, they also do skin and hair care products as well as fragrances. I got to attend the brand’s SA launch in Jozi at Katy’s Palace Bar in Jozi. The afternoon was a colourful […]

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Sanctum is a lovely 100% natural skin care range that uses organic ingredients wherever possible as well as totally recyclable packaging. It hails all the way from Oz and is inspired by the ‘sea and hinterland surrounding Byron Bay, Australia’. I actually reviewed their body balm the other day but today I’m chatting about this guy: Essentially, if you’ve got […]

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You know the summer party season’s officially kicking off when St Yves in Camps Bay finally opens its doors. This Saturday (the 13th), the notoriously glam seaside club’s throwing a not so li’l partytjie to celebrate their official re-opening. Guests can expect a revamped venue that includes a luxury SKYY Vodka VIP lounge as well as […]

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By now you should know that October is breast cancer awareness month. To help the cause, ghd is holding their second annual style-A-thon at shopping centres in Jozi, Durbs and Cape Town on the weekend of the 27th and the 28th of this month. For a donation of R50, you can get your hair styled […]

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A little while ago a rumour went around that Innoxa where discontinuing their Young Solution range and I went into a bit of a panic. I’ve been using their Spot Drops zit busting solution (R35) for years and find nothing beats it when it comes to drawing out and drying up a monster zit*. Seriously. […]

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Maybelline have added some fun new additions to their line up, the first being Forever Strong Pro nail polishes (R60 each): The polishes are enriched with calcium, iron and silica; promise to last for up to seven days and have a ‘precision curved brush’. Of all the colours I got to play with I most […]

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So! As you may have heard via twitter, I’m suddenly single. Quelle horreur! Oh but don’t you worry about me. I’m really quite okay with the fact that I may well end up walking down the aisle in my forties (in an age-appropriate cocktail dress, nogal) and have to blow what would’ve been my dream house deposit on IVF. Or not. There’s also a chance […]

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Thank God for Labello. If it weren’t for their cherry-tinted lip balm I’d have spent my school years looking like an albino zombie. In fact, if I don’t wear a little colour on my lips they tend to look a ‘healthy’ shade of blue. Anyway, Labello have created a zillion different lip balms since my […]

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