So! Maybelline have brought out yet another mousse-y foundation: This time, however, when I say mousse-y, I mean it; this baby literally foams out of an aerosol can just like mousse: They say it’s their most lightweight foundation yet, that it won’t clog pores and boasts an SPF of 16. To apply, shake the can […]

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Two new limited edition summer collections (don’t you just love those?) have breezed into The Body Shop, the first being the Vineyard Peach bath and body range: I’ve always loved peaches and used to live on the tinned syrupy ones as a kid. That was like a standard lunch or supper for me; a tin of peaches and I was as happy as […]

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I love to brag about my foodie friend Sam Linsell:  She’s a fancy pants food stylist and has made all sorts of yummy things look even yummier for big ass clients both locally and abroad. Whenever I’m in Woolies with my boyfriend and he points out an especially delish-looking pic on the front of one their […]

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Revlon’s super successful ColorStay range have recently added a new product to their line up; Revlon ColorStay Overtime mascara:It promises 24-hours of wear that won’t flake, smear or smudge. It’s also tear-proof, sweat-proof and humidity proof. I’ll be honest and say that I generally don’t have an issue with my mascaras flaking or smudging, regardless […]

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Winter is almost in its moer (thank God!) and all the beauty houses are launching their spring/summer colour collections. Most are pastels or bluesy-focused as that’s what’s ‘on trend’ globally; Clarins’, however, draws inspirasie from both. Behold their new Colour Breeze 2012 collection: It consists of Clarins’ Instant Smooth line-correcting concentrate, a limited edition powder […]

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I’ve been reading YOU magazine for what feels like forever. My gran used to buy it religiously and I loved getting stuck into the kiddie’s comic section. Later, I progressed to being fanatical about the Blockword and still can’t toss away a YOU without having filled in all their puzzle pages (except for the sodoku, ’cos, like, that’s for losers…) […]

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Clifton Shores is a new ‘reality’ TV show set in Cape Town. It features a group of prominently American girls who travel all the way to slaapstadt to work for local entrepreneur Quinton van den Burgh. I got to meet a couple of them at a Peroni yacht party some time last year and thought they were […]

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Missibaba’s Chloe Townsend and jewellery designer Kirsten Goss have joined forces and opened a beautiful boutique at 229 Bree Street. Myself and Clouds popped into their launch party the other night and I was blown away by an avalanche of gorgeousness. … How much do you LOVE that huge jade-coloured ring? Soooo pretty! And that yellow stallion bag […]

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Elizabeth Arden are really stepping it up in the packaging department. Just take a look at their new gorgeous new Beautiful Colour eye shadows, available in both singles and duos: The single shadows come with a little sponge applicator and the duo’s have a sponge/brush applicator. The best bit? None of them are the crappy kind […]

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So! In between running around town showing off Kanye West like a new handbag, Kim Kardashian’s found the time to release yet another fragrance. And yes, I hear you, I hear you… you’re all breathing a collective sigh going ‘Really? Really?! Does the world really need another celebrity fragrance?’ Still, I’m the type of person […]

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To add to its super popular Lifting Radiance collection (that already includes a concentrate serum and mask), Kanebo SENSAI’s created a Cellular Performance Lifting Radiance cream: The cream promises to visibly ‘lift’ and firm your skin by activating the metabolism of your facial muscles with something they refer to as Natural Musculifter. Essentially, this is […]

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My friend Leah Hawker is a hot shot photographer (brag, brag, brag) who specialises in shooting naked chicas. Because of this, she does a lot of work for Playboy and has made friendlies with le bunnies. In October, however, she’s exhibiting a ‘pin up’ collection featuring a bunch of bunny girls styled as 1950’s ‘vintage’ […]

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