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April Favourites 2015
Jules’ Empties – April 2015
Introducing Eau Thermale Avène
French pharmacy fans will already be familiar with the brand Avène, a drugstore skincare range designed specifically for sensitive and intolerant skin. We were so excited to get the call telling us they were finally launching in SA and we went along to the launch to find out more. As the name would suggest, Eau Thermale Avène is a dermo-cosmetic brand built around the skin-soothing properties of the water that flows out of the Sainte-Odile d’Avène spring in France. The water is scientifically proven* (and constantly tested) to be remarkably anti-irritating and is contained in every product in the range,…
Camilla’s Top 10 Holy Grail Items
I feel like I am living out of Country Road tog bag at the moment – between my flat, my boyfriend’s house and weekends away, I feel like I am constantly packing and unpacking. Thankfully, putting together my makeup/hair/toiletry bags for the next morning/weekend are often the easiest part because the basics are always the same. These basics are my Holy Grail items – the ones I never leave behind and the ones I always repurchase. It was actually surprisingly difficult to narrow it down to 10, so I have included 5 honourary mentions too – although not the loves of…
March Favourites: Camilla
Revlon PhotoReady Skinlights Face Illuminator This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise! I wrote about this in my recent ‘Currently Loving: Drugstore Edition’ post and have used it every single day since I bought it. I have been playing around with it a bit and have tried mixing it with a few of my foundations to see which one gives me the glowiest finish. Although the MAC Mineralise Moisture Foundation + Skinlights does create a beautiful effect, I have to say that the real winning combination is Clarins True Radiance Foundation + Skinlights. Wow. This foundation imparts a youthful glow all on its own,…
Favourite Five: Rosy Nude Drugstore Lipsticks
I only really discovered nude lipsticks last year; they’ve always been Camilla’s thing but I tended to gravitate towards bright colours. I was even a bit naive about how much one nude can differ from another – there are pink nudes and neutral nudes and brown nudes and peachy nudes and caramel nudes and… Luckily, I feel that I have now educated myself on the value of these subtle but chic lip options and started to amass something of a collection. Here are my favourite five within the “rosy nude” category, let me know if you want more posts like…
Currently Loving: ‘Drugstore’ Edition
I love a high-end purchase as much as the next girl, but there is something equally satisfying about finding something cheap and cheerful from the pharmacy that actually does a brilliant job. I stalk the isles of Clicks and Dischem on the regular, and I am pleased as punch with the items I’ve picked up lately. In no particular order: Revlon Nail Enamel in ‘Revlon Red’ I spoke about this formulation in our January Favourites video – I have been using ‘Fearless’, a bright orangey-coral, all summer long and I adore it. I decided to treat myself to another bottle and…
February Favourites: Camilla
This is going to be a very MAC-heavy favourites post, so apologies in advance for the lack of diversity! Jules and I attended the MAC Trends Presentation earlier this month and after seeing the glowing, dewy skin that Michelle-Lee Collins, their senior artist, created, I knew my life wouldn’t be complete until I could create that kind of skin for myself. So I went back to MAC the very next day and Gareth (V&A Waterfront branch) gave me the most magnificent, subtle make-over I’ve ever had, and I ended up buying almost all of the products he used on me (Gareth,…
Nip + Fab: Hits + Misses
NIP + FAB is a skincare and bodycare range created by Maria Hatzistefanis, the founder of Rodial. NIP + FAB is designed to be a bit more budget friendly than Rodial, but the brand does not compromise on the quality of the ingredients. Their product names (Viper Venom, Dragons Blood, Bee Sting) and sleek packaging always caught my eye, so I when a few of their products arrived on my desk I couldn’t wait to start testing them. I also popped into Clicks and picked up their Glycolic Fix Exfoliating Facial Pads (one of their best-sellers) as it had been on my…