The time is almost here – the great American adventure starts tomorrow (*squeals*), and I think I showed remarkable restraint when packing my make-up bag (but only because I plan to bring back half of Sephora back with me)…
A few months ago I discovered two fantastic moisturisers (namely the Vita Mineral Radiant Day Cream and Frankincense Revitalising Repair Cream) from REN and quite rightly sang their praises. The lovely ladies at Alchemy Business Development took notice and offered to send me some products to try which might be a better fit for my skin type (dry, dry, dry). A few days later a package arrived and inside it I discovered, to my delight, the Rose O¹² Moisture Defence Oil, Ultra Moisture Day Cream and the iconic Moroccan Rose Otto Ultra-Moisture Body Oil. I couldn’t wait to get home so…
I don’t know about you, but going into a hair salon to buy shampoo and conditioner is one of my least favourite things to do. The noise of the hairdryers, the hustling and bustling, the pressure to buy things you don’t actually need – it’s unpleasant. Thank heavens, then, for www.everythinghair.co.za! Everythinghair is South Africa’s premier online professional hair care store, and stocks leading brands such as Babyliss, Cloud 9, GHD, Pureology (yes!), Nioxin, Parlux and Kerastase, to name but a few. In addition, Everythinghair also stocks hair supplements, accessories, tools, and hair extensions – it’s a veritable one-stop-shop for…
Silly question because of course you do! I am off to America soon to buy all.of.the.things, and I thought that while I was at it, I would buy something for you too, lovely reader! As much as I would love to buy something for each and every one of you, I’m not a millionaire yet, so instead, one lucky reader is going to be treated to whatever product her/his (you never know) heart desires. If you would like to enter, all you need to do is leave a comment below and tell me what it is that you’re lusting after,…
My youth was spent plucking my thick and luscious eyebrows into pencil-thin lines (damn you, Kate Moss) – and I wish more than anything that my father had followed through on his threat to confiscate my tweezers. Had he done so, I wouldn’t be left with these pitiful excuses for eyebrows. I had been umming-and-aahing over whether or not to drop R750 on RapidLash (which is a vast amount of money on a product that doesn’t always work on brows) when I stumbled upon an article on LipsSoFacto extolling the virtues of castor oil as a natural hair-growth booster. Well,…
Last week my friend Justine sent me this message: “One word my friend: Dermapen”. I hadn’t the faintest idea what Dermapen was or how it worked, so I sent her a barrage of messages filled with questions. After getting the scoop on the miracle worker that is Dermapen, I asked Justine if she would be willing to write a guest post and she gladly obliged. She was even happy to send us some before and after pictures – what a champ! Take it away, Justine…
On 8 April 2014 I will be making my way to America for the very first time, and boy oh BOY am I excited! My boyfriend and I are starting with Coachella, followed by a glorious road trip to San Francisco, and ending off with a couple of days in LA – bliss! But besides the sights and sounds of California, there is something even more spectacular coming my way: SEPHORA. Aaah yes, the hallowed isles of Sephora, packed to the brim with much-coveted beauty goodies…forget Disneyland, Sephora is the happiest place on earth. It goes without saying that I…
I hope you enjoyed Part One. Let’s get cracking with Part Two…
I’ve recently bought a couple (ahem…a lot) of new products and I wanted to do a little show and tell for you. Four of the most expensive products were actually bought for me by my boyfriend (so you can relax, Mom), but I wanted to include them in this post because they are life-changingly amazing. I’ve had to split this post into two parts because of the volume of products, so here we go with Part One…
My friend Sergio hooked me up big time by managing to convince the lovely people at Loading Bay to sell me one of their famous Parsley Seed Cleansing Masque’s before the official launch date (which I think is still set for June 2014). This clay-based masque is suitable for all skin types, but works particularly well on dry and/or sensitive skins – ding, ding, ding, jackpot! Aesop uses both plant-based and laboratory-made ingredients of the highest quality – particularly those with high quantities of anti-oxidants. This mask contains, amongst other things, purified clay to draw out impurities, aloe vera to ensure…