Jules

August 23, 2013

Bon Voyage!

The time has finally arrived for Camilla and I to hop on a plane to Greece where I’ll be getting married on the 5th of September. Goodbye pouring rain of Cape Town, hello sunny beaches of Skopelos! We’ve scheduled two posts per week for the next four weeks to keep you beauty bunnies busy and will be back soon with more make-up, skincare and nail polish ramblings. Look after each other while we’re away and keep your eyes peeled on Twitter and Instagram for updates from our trip. Bye! P.S. There’s a Sephora in Athens. Just saying.

August 19, 2013

Favourite Five: Travel Essentials

You’ll probably see a lot of travel-related blog posts here over the next few weeks as Camilla and I start packing our bags for Greece. As you may know, we’re headed to the Sporades where I’m getting married and Camilla is one of my beautiful bridesmaids. I’m so excited for the big day, and probably equally happy about spending two weeks in the Mediterranean sunshine with 50 of my favourite people. I’ve written before about my trusty in-flight skincare kit but there are also a few beauty basics that are an absolute must when you travel. Here’s my pick of…

August 13, 2013

9 Dos and Don’ts of Growing Healthier and Stronger Nails

I’ve always been very careful about looking after my nails – I wear gloves when I wash up, I file and buff them regularly, I condition my cuticles and use hand cream on a daily basis. Even so, they take a beating and recently I’ve found that they’re peeling so badly that my nail polish was flaking off with the top layer of the nail within a day of painting them (my manicure usually lasts me 4 or more days at least). I’m busy trialing Sally Hansen Miracle Cure to help improve the situation but I also spotted this helpful…

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 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 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 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…

July 30, 2013

Morning-After Make-up

This past Saturday was my hen party, a Clueless-themed bash of epic proportions, expertly organised by Camilla and the other bridesmaids. It goes without saying that it was a day filled with lots of fun, laughter, good food and plenty of champagne. After 14 solid hours of heavy duty girl time, I was understandably exhausted the next morning when I awoke early to attend my niece’s second birthday party. You can only imagine what state I was in when I stumbled out of the shower and prepared to make myself presentable, and quickly decided that I would need some industrial-strength…

July 26, 2013

Brand I Wish Was in SA: Soap & Glory

Soap & Glory is a brand that succeeds where so many others have failed, by producing brilliant make-up and cosmetics that are just as effective as their scrumptious bodycare products. I can’t think of another brand that does this (certainly not at this price point), and definitely not with such flair – have you seen the packaging?! They describe themselves as “a fun, fresh, fearless, fantastic British beauty brand created by suds-loving entrepreneur and celebrity facialist Marcia Kilgore.” They also recommend “applying products with happiness and abandon, because while beauty absolutely matters, it doesn’t matter absolutely.” I couldn’t agree more.…

July 24, 2013

Online Obsession: What’s in my Handbag

You know when you stumble across a website and think “ooh, this is interesting” and then three hours later you’re still on it? Well, that’s how I feel about What’s in my Handbag. It brings together two of my favourite types of content – other people’s beauty products and recommendations in an editorial format – to create an extremely addictive online magazine. You can browse through the handbags of beauty gurus like Charlotte Tilbury, Tanya Burr and Caroline Hirons, and see what essentials they cart around on a daily basis. You’ll spot plenty of cult classics like Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour…

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