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Beauty South Africa Bloggers of the Month

Beauty South Africa Blogger of the Month

We’re so excited to tell you that we’re being featured on BeautySouthAfrica.com during November as their bloggers of the month! This series profiles local beauty bloggers and shares their top tips, product reviews and industry news. BSA is an online magazine that provides beauty lovers with all the info they need to make a reliable purchase through thousands of reader reviews and ratings. They asked us a few questions about our beauty routines, our approach to blogging and the products we can’t live without: Describe your blog in one line: A South African beauty blog created for fellow lovers of…

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Christmas at Lush

Christmas 2015 at Lush | All Dolled Up

We were lucky enough to be invited to check out the Christmas goodies from Lush a couple of weeks ago, which combined two of my favourite things in the world: the best handmade beauty bits with the most wonderful time of year! In between sips of champagne and the jingle of festive music, we sniffed and prodded all the new products, from old classics like Candy Mountain and Golden Wonder, to brand new items like Santa’s Belly Shower Jelly and Yog Nog Bath Bomb. It’s been an agonising wait since that beautiful afternoon at the Mount Nelson but I’m thrilled…

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Good as Gold: The Best Facial Bronzers

Clarins Facial Tanners

If there is one brand that absolutely nails facial bronzing, it is Clarins. Whether you are using their famed self-tanners, their illuminating primers or their stunning powder bronzers, the effect is always subtle, luminous and natural-looking. These are the products that I would wholeheartedly recommend for anyone wanting to achieve that gorgeous summer glow: Liquid Bronze Self-Tanning For me, this is the hero product in the range. Designed to build subtle colour over time, I find it easiest to apply at night so that, within a few days, I have faux sun-kissed skin that gives me the confidence to go…

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Makeup is a way for a woman to look and feel like herself. Only prettier and more confident.

Bobbi Brown

Words by Bobbi Brown

Jules’ US Beauty Haul: Follow-Up Review

USA Haul Follow-up Review | All Dolled Up

This post was inspired by a recent RachhLoves video where she did an update on the products she hauled from Sephora a few weeks earlier. I love a good haul video as much as the next girl, but you can often only give your first impressions of a product in that format and I thought it was a clever idea to follow up with a more in-depth review. So here is my version, highlighting five products from my USA Beauty Haul: Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Treatment Concealer This was one of the products I had been most excited to try…

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Introducing L’Oréal Paris Hair Expertise

L'Oréal Hair Expertise South Africa | All Dolled Up

Sulphates have become a hot topic in the beauty industry in the past few years, and as consumers become more aware of the chemicals used in the production of their favourite cosmetics and toiletries, so brands are responding with more natural formulations. Harsh sulphates like SLS strip the natural moisture in your hair, contributing to frizziness, split ends and damage to the hair shaft, so the new wave of more gentle shampoos and conditioners are much better for your hair and scalp. Until now, sulphate-free drugstore options were few and far between, but we were delighted to spot L’Oréal’s Hair…

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