Ramblings of a rampant beauty editor…
Nioxin’s new hair serum (R695, selected salons) is a daily leave-in treatment that promises to increase the diameter of each existing hair strand. So, to avoid any confusion, it’s not going to stimulate more hair to grow, it simply plumps up what you’ve got for a fuller, more luscious-looking head of hair. It makes use […]
Read MoreLast week I attended a delish little tea at the 12 Apostles hosted by Pantene. It was a chance to meet their specialist hair doc, Dr John Gray, but there’d been some sort of flight stuff up so we ended up on super interesting Skype date. To give you the low down on Dr Gray, […]
Read MoreSo the ice cream truck’s rolled into town to deliver Essence’s much anticipated Me & My Ice Cream collection to Clicks. And what makes it so darn special? It’s absolutely adorable-looking. I got up close and personal with this at a Cosmetix launch about a year back (yep, it’s been available oorsee for a while now) […]
Read MoreReady to get stuck in for yet more beauty reviews en masse? Theravine Sculpt-o-vine cellulite oil, price TBA, selected salons. Do topical cellulite busters have any affect? I don’t know, to be honest. I’ve tried loads of them due to my job and never saw anything work in a way that was visible to the […]
Read MoreScrew an intro, let’s get stuck in, shall we? Maybelline Clear Smooth All In One Shine-free cake powder, R79,99. Got an oily to combo skin type and looking for a wallet-friendly face powder? Maybelline’s new Shine-free cake powders are fab in that they promise to control shine, even out your skin tone and offer an […]
Read MoreNUXE Huile Prodigieuse Multi-Purpose dry oil, R210 for 50ml, Edgars and Truworths You know how almost every girl you know has an Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream in her life? Well NUXE Huile Prodigieuse multi-purpose dry oil (for face, body and hair) is kind of like that for French women. You can open any bathroom […]
Read MoreInspired by the 40s, MAVALA’s Sublime autumn/winter nail colour collection ranges from dark and mysterious to dusky rose and soft beige. Of all the colours, I’m most excited to wear Espresso. It’s the kind of hue that’ll look awesome when paired with a winter white blazer and lots of chunky gold jewellery. (I’d show it […]
Read MoreKarl Lagerfeld is not new to creating fragrances. One of the first of his I can recall is Sun Moon Stars which launched back in ’94. Then there was Karleidoscope in 2004 after which he went quiet for a bit but now he’s back with two much-hyped eponymous new fragrances; Karl Lagerfeld for Her and […]
Read MoreSo I’m having a bit of an ish. Product is rolling in faster than I can type which is why I’m not going to be doing too many individual product reviews anymore. You can now look forward to more multi-product reviews which I’ve come to realise you girls actually really like in that you get […]
Read MoreIf you know me well you’ll know I’m a little bit OCD. Like, when I first moved to Cape Town ten thousand years ago I remember knowing it was important that I be here, but feeling terrified at the same time. I then proceeded to drive my flatmates crazy by painting (and re-painting) my bedroom […]
Read MoreReady for a mash up of beauty loot I’m currently love, love, loving? Let’s jump right in and talk about Xen-Tan Ins-Tan-Taneous daily tan (R480, selected salons and spas). As my natural hue is a delicious shade of corpse, I pretty much live and die in self-tan. I also insist on a life in which white […]
Read MoreHaven’t heard of Placecol? It’s a proudly South African skin care brand that’s only sold in salons, but is now about to branch out into more accessible stores like Edgars. They’ve got products to suit every skin type, from oily to dry, as well as more specialised goodies to help take care of typical skin concerns like pigmentation. I was given […]
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