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Winter Beauty Update
I’m a summer girl, there are no two ways about it. I love sunshine, being outside in my bare feet, the sand in my toes and salty beach hair. Winter is my nemesis: it wreaks havoc on my skin, hair and nails and leaves me feeling slightly depressed. We can’t avoid it however, so here are my top tips for injecting a little cold weather TLC into your beauty routine:
Review: REN Skincare Rose O¹² Moisture Defence Oil, Ultra Moisture Day Cream and Moroccan Rose Otto Ultra-Moisture Body Oil
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…
Budget Beauty Buy: Castor Oil
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,…
My Morning Skincare Routine
Watch the video to find out what products I’m currently using to cleanse and prep my skin for the day. All products and links listed after the jump:
NEW: Mio High Intensity Bodycare
You are probably already familiar with Mama Mio, the specialist skincare range for pregnant women and new moms that we have mentioned before on the blog. Their body oil is a huge favourite of ours, but most of the products, although excellent, don’t really suit us because we’re simply at a different (childless) stage of our lives.
Guest Review: Dermapen Face Needling
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…
Mask Must-Have: Aesop Parsley Seed Cleansing Masque
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…
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Camilla’s Current Skincare Routine
As mentioned in our Best of 2013 video series, I have completely changed my skincare routine over the past couple of months – I’ve even binned my good old Cetaphil cleanser after fifteen years of faithful service! I wanted to run you through what I’m using at the moment because I have seen such great results, and I thought it might be helpful if any of you are looking to switch things up a bit.