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May 10, 2016

REVIEW: New Bioderma Hydrabio Range

Bioderma Hydrabio Review | All Dolled Up

One of our all-time favourite skincare brands, Bioderma, is launching a new range of products directly targeting dehydrated skin. Dehydration (caused by a lack of water in the skin; as opposed to dryness which is the result of a lack of oil) is something that affects most of us to one degree or another but is easily rectified with the right treatment. These products usually contain humectants like hyaluronic acid or glycerin which help the skin to retain water, but Hydrabio, Bioderma’s targeted new range, uses a different approach. Aquagenium®, which is found in the full range of Hydrabio products,…

May 4, 2016

April Favourites // Jules

I tried out quite a few new things this month and there were a lot of hits, so here’s the lowdown. Shower I feel about shower gels the same way I feel about facial cleansers: getting clean is such a boring task that to keep me interested, they have to feel amazing and/or smell delicious otherwise I’ll move onto something else. Tori introduced me to the Creightons brand which she found in Pick ‘n Pay and so far I’ve ploughed through a bottle of Coconut & Honey and now I’m onto the zingy Lime & Grapefruit plus I have Vanilla &…

May 3, 2016

April Favourites // Camilla

Bobbi Brown Long Wear Cream Shadow in ‘Beach Bronze’ After seeing Bobbi Brown Pro Hannah Martin using this in her most recent video, I promptly went out and bought it (the power of YouTube!). This is the closest locally available dupe that I have found to my beloved Tom Ford Cream Color for Eyes in ‘Spice’ – it has the same smooth, yet iridescent brown tone that gets my pulse racing. The texture is a little bit stiff to start with (unlike the Tom Ford version, which has a really creamy, almost mousse-like consistency), but once you warm it up…

April 25, 2016

Quick Reviews #17: New Skincare

I’m not sure what it is about this time of year but there seem to be tons of new skincare launches happening. We’ve been sent a few things to try recently and *spoiler alert* they’re all awesome:

April 19, 2016

Camilla’s Skincare Routine // The Basics

If you’ve been reading All Dolled Up for any length of time you will know two things: that Julia has the least reactive skin in the world and that I have the most reactive skin in the world (I’ve always had a flair for the dramatics). You’d think that I’d be more sensible about managing my rosacea, but I’m just like everybody else: I also get sucked in the clever marketing, and I also believe that the miracle product will work for me. For the longest time I didn’t stick to a particular routine and would just reach for the whatever new…

April 8, 2016

Jules’ Evening Skincare Routine

My Evening Skincare Routine | All Dolled Up

It’s taken me a while to get into a groove with my evening skincare routine, mostly because I have the attention span of a goldfish and like to try lots of different products all the time. It has left my skin a little frazzled though, so a few months ago I decided to regulate my routine in an effort to rebalance my oily/combo/dehydrated skin and the consistency has really paid off. Here are the simple steps I follow and the products I use in them:

March 30, 2016

Autumn Beauty Update

With the arrival of Easter Weekend came the much cooler weather in Cape Town, much to my disappointment. I’m a summer girl through and through but as much as I despise autumn and winter, it does give me the opportunity to introduce some new products into my beauty routine. Here are the items that will be getting some more use over the next few months: Skin My face is already starting to show signs of worse-than-usual dehydration so I’m upping my skincare game to include more hyaluronic acid, glycerin and other humectants, as well as hydrating oils. I have a…

March 9, 2016

What’s the difference between ANR and MRC?

Difference between Advanced Night Repair and Midnight Recovery Concentrate | All Dolled Up

There are lots of people who ask us about the difference between Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair (ANR) and Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery Concentrate (MRC). They are actually very different products but until you’ve tried or used them, it’s easy to get them confused. Here’s the breakdown:

March 4, 2016

February Favourites 2016

Camilla’s Favourites MAC Eyeshadows: All That Glitters and Star Violet MAC Pro Palette (4 pan) Smashbox Photo Finish Lash Primer* MAC 205 Mascara Fan Brush MAC 130 Short Duo Fibre Brush Smashbox Brow Tech Loose Powder* Eucerin DermatoCLEAN Eye Make-up Remover Essie “Plumberry” Jules’ Favourites CND Vinylux Weekly Topcoat (available at Sorbet, selected salons & pharmacies) Revlon Ultimate All-in-One Mascara* Morphe 35P Eyeshadow Palette Morphe 35D Eyeshadow Palette Morphe 35T Eyeshadow Palette Skin Creamery Hydrating Facial Oil* Mario Badescu Vitamin C Serum* Handy links Read all about the new releases from Smashbox » Watch the First Impressions video of the…

March 1, 2016

Introducing Skin Creamery: Local, Natural & Beautiful

Good quality products that are manufactured locally, formulated from natural ingredients and topped off with beautiful packaging are my idea of the beauty jackpot. Cape Town-based, mostly organic skincare brand Skin Creamery fits the bill exactly, with founder Hannah Rubin crafting a small, versatile range of luxury products without the use of harmful chemicals and synthetic fragrances.

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