Jules

May 13, 2016

What to buy from: Dermalogica

Let’s be real: beauty is a minefield. It’s a completely saturated industry and yet every day we see more products being launched and categories being invented, which makes picking the best makeup and skincare for you even more complicated and confusing. We’ve had a lot of conversations with women recently about what skincare and makeup we would recommend and why, and we find ourselves suggesting the same things over and over. With that in mind, I thought it might be helpful to break things down by brand so you can get an idea of what we think each company does…

May 10, 2016

REVIEW: New Bioderma Hydrabio Range

Bioderma Hydrabio Review | All Dolled Up

One of our all-time favourite skincare brands, Bioderma, is launching a new range of products directly targeting dehydrated skin. Dehydration (caused by a lack of water in the skin; as opposed to dryness which is the result of a lack of oil) is something that affects most of us to one degree or another but is easily rectified with the right treatment. These products usually contain humectants like hyaluronic acid or glycerin which help the skin to retain water, but Hydrabio, Bioderma’s targeted new range, uses a different approach. Aquagenium®, which is found in the full range of Hydrabio products,…

May 6, 2016

Get Ready With Me: Date Night

A gorgeous date night look using some new bits from Colourpop and other classics from Jules’ makeup collection.

May 4, 2016

April Favourites // Jules

I tried out quite a few new things this month and there were a lot of hits, so here’s the lowdown. Shower I feel about shower gels the same way I feel about facial cleansers: getting clean is such a boring task that to keep me interested, they have to feel amazing and/or smell delicious otherwise I’ll move onto something else. Tori introduced me to the Creightons brand which she found in Pick ‘n Pay and so far I’ve ploughed through a bottle of Coconut & Honey and now I’m onto the zingy Lime & Grapefruit plus I have Vanilla &…

April 25, 2016

Quick Reviews #17: New Skincare

I’m not sure what it is about this time of year but there seem to be tons of new skincare launches happening. We’ve been sent a few things to try recently and *spoiler alert* they’re all awesome:

April 22, 2016

Colourpop Unboxing

Find out what Jules ordered from Colourpop + swatches and first impressions!

April 13, 2016

The Beginner’s Budget Beauty Bag

It’s easy for us to forget that many of the things we take for granted, like knowing where to apply bronzer (on the high points where the sun hits your face), which drugstore brand makes the best bases (Bourjois) and how to make a red lip last all night (use a matching lipliner, apply a few thin layers and blot in between), aren’t so simple for some women. Camilla and I live, eat and breathe makeup and skincare but for lots of you, the industry and the related media is so confusing that you don’t know where to start. To…

April 8, 2016

Jules’ Evening Skincare Routine

My Evening Skincare Routine | All Dolled Up

It’s taken me a while to get into a groove with my evening skincare routine, mostly because I have the attention span of a goldfish and like to try lots of different products all the time. It has left my skin a little frazzled though, so a few months ago I decided to regulate my routine in an effort to rebalance my oily/combo/dehydrated skin and the consistency has really paid off. Here are the simple steps I follow and the products I use in them:

April 6, 2016

March Favourites 2016

Jules’ Favourites: Illamasqua Gleam in “Aurora” Revlon Volume + Length Magnified Mascara Smashbox Step-by-Step Contour Stick Trio Skin Creamery The Everyday Cream Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in “54 Boy” Camilla’s Favourites: Elizabeth Arden Grand Entrance Mascara ghd Natural Bristle Brush 2 (35mm barrel) Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation Stick (Warm Beige) Estée Lauder Double Wear Waterproof All Day Extreme Wear Concealer Safeway Battery-operated Beauty Trimmer

March 30, 2016

Autumn Beauty Update

With the arrival of Easter Weekend came the much cooler weather in Cape Town, much to my disappointment. I’m a summer girl through and through but as much as I despise autumn and winter, it does give me the opportunity to introduce some new products into my beauty routine. Here are the items that will be getting some more use over the next few months: Skin My face is already starting to show signs of worse-than-usual dehydration so I’m upping my skincare game to include more hyaluronic acid, glycerin and other humectants, as well as hydrating oils. I have a…

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