Wishing all of you beauties a wonderful Christmas and a day filled with all the love, hope and joy in the world. Thank you for all of your support this year and we look forward to a cracking 2014! P.S. Don’t forget to enter the Christmas giveaway before midnight on 31 December!
Luxury gift ideas: 1. Bobbi Brown Old Hollywood Eye Palette – R875 2. Tom Ford Black Orchid EDP (50ml) – R975 3. REN Moroccan Rose Gift Set – R950 4. SensatioNail Gel Polish Starter Kit – R995 5. Verso Super Facial Serum – R1450 6. Sigma Premium Kit – R2875 7. Lush Legends – R1450 8. GHD Wonderland Styler – R2380 9. Crabtree & Evelyn La Source Ultimate Luxuries Gift Set – R1600
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Of all the Christmas collections that are released around this time every year, the limited edition products from Lush are some of my favourites. They are truly the most festive beauty treats you can get and really help to get you in the mood for dressing the tree, baking mince pies and wrapping presents. I’ve picked my six favourite items from the Christmas range but they also sell brilliant packaged gift sets that look gorgeous under the tree and would thrill any Lushie on Christmas morning.
Russian photographer Alexander Khokhlov and make-up artist Valeriya Kutsan have teamed up to create an amazing series of portraits that transforms the faces of models into 2-dimensional paintings. The series is cleverly called “2D or Not 2D” and is designed to make the faces look like 2D images when viewed in real life. Using various techniques, like pixelation, collage, cartoon outlines, and colorful shading, the only tell tale sign left that these pictures are even photographs are the models’ eyes peering from the painting. How beautiful?
Aēsop Resurrection Aromatique Hand Balm I knew this was going to be a favourite the minute I opened the cap and breathed in the fragrant blend of mandarin rind, rosemary and cedarwood. The super moisturising and skin-softening formula absorbs into my skin without any greasiness and it’s ideal for regular use – in fact, I sometimes slather it on up to five times a day. My favourite hand cream by a country mile, this stuff saves my hands from dryness, flaking and callouses while filling my nose with herbaceous heaven. Highly, highly recommended. Aēsop body care products are available at…
Tucked away on the ground floor of the V&A Waterfront is a little row of shops with one thing in common: gorgeous beauty products. One of these stores is Crabtree & Evelyn; once a bit of a granny brand in all honesty, it has undergone a total transformation in recent years and has become one of my favourite stores to visit for gift shopping. Camilla and I were invited to pop in last week to see their special Christmas stock and we were, quite frankly, gobsmacked by all the gorgeous goodies on offer. Not only is the product range surprisingly…
I’m jetting off to London tonight and while I was packing my in-flight skincare kit, it got me thinking about all my favourite overnight hydrating masks. It’s the one product that I won’t go on a long-haul flight without so I’ve tried quite a few. Here’s my pick of the top five locally available moisturising masks, and although they aren’t all billed as for use overnight specifically, you could safely leave them on until morning for an extra boost of hydration: Clinique Moisture Surge Overnight Mask (R395 for 100ml) – A creamy, oil-free night mask that helps skin replenish lost…