August 2013 – Page 2 – All Dolled Up

August 9, 2013

Tails of a Mermaid Hair & Makeup Workshop

Listen up, ladies of Cape Town! Our lovely lady friend, Natalie Roos, is giving an awesome hair and make-up workshop at the end of the month and you need to sign up! If Camilla and I weren’t both going to be away that weekend we would be there like a shot – here are the details: She’ll cover the basics like foundation types, textures and shades, how to contour correctly, and the best colours to use for your skin tone. Then you’ll get a tutorial on how to put together an easy but effective daytime and evening make-up look and…

August 8, 2013

Review: Origins Drink Up Intensive Overnight Mask

My skin is normally quite dry, but this winter has been particularly brutal – my face has been flaking and peeling as though I’ve been sunburnt. Additionally, my office is rather chilly so I have had to have the heater on most days, which only aggravates the dryness – but as my grandmother always said: if you are cold you are either very poor or very stupid…I’d like to think I am neither, so the heater stays! I have a de-humidifyer in my office and I drink a shed-load of water throughout the day in an effort to stay hydrated,…

August 7, 2013

British Beauty Blogger Beauty Box

I was extremely lucky to get my paws on one of only 500 of these epic beauty boxes that went on sale a month ago, and sold out within four hours. If you don’t know of her already, British Beauty Blogger Jane Cunningham is an industry insider who gets the scoop on all the new releases, and posts new blog articles multiple times a day! She gives honest reviews and sneak peeks, and in her own words, “like[s] to showcase products I think are excellent, beautiful, and exciting.” Her carefully edited, limited edition beauty box is a collection of 14…

August 6, 2013

How To: Feline Flick Eye Liner

Sunday afternoon. Warm winter sunshine. Couch. British Vogue. That, ladies, is my version of heaven. Add Kate Moss to the mix and, well, I’m pretty much the happiest girl in the world. My number one girl crush (sorry VB) was featured in this month’s edition looking as gorgeous as ever, complete with retro two-pieces, statement jewelry and animal print. The make-up was very seductive – smokey kitten-flick eyeliner and mussed-up, Brigitte Bardot hair – no one dons either of those looks quite as effortlessly as Miss Moss (or Mrs Hince, rather) – the woman literally smoulders she’s so sexy. I…

August 5, 2013

Nail Polishes You Need

In the same way that every girl should have a capsule wardrobe of versatile classics that can be worn throughout the year, every girl should also have a collection of basic nail polishes for different occassions. Not everyone needs a fridge full of bottles like me (66 of them, to be exact) because a well-edited set of essential colours in good quality formulas will cover all the bases. This means that you can accessorise your more expensive “investment pieces” with cheap polishes in trendy shades when you want to mix things up. Here is my pick of the five best…

August 2, 2013

July Favourites: Camilla

Dior Diorskin Nude BB Creme I have been using this product religiously over the past month and can officially confirm that it’s everything it’s cracked up to be. I love the coverage it gives – it goes on sheer and glowy, yet it still manages to cover mild blemishes and imperfections. I do have to conceal more noticeable spots with my trusty Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage Concealer, but I’m so well practiced that it only takes a matter of seconds (read: I have so many spots). As with other BB creams, the longevity isn’t the best, but I find that…

August 1, 2013

July Favourites: Jules

Clarins Hydra-Matte Lotion As you may have gathered by now, I’m on a mission to control the facial oil slick that has become the bane of my life. I didn’t used to have such oily skin, it was more normal-combination (and I’m sure it’s linked to the number of different products I test for the blog) but these days my nose is like a beacon by lunchtime! I’ve tried powders, mattifying primers, setting sprays and blotting papers but none have been as effective as this light daily moisturiser. It hasn’t resolved the issue completely but it has made the most…

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