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Essence I Heart Trends- The Pastels and Lash Princess reviews

Some cute products from the Essence I Heart Trends collection… First up we have the Lash Princess False Lash Effect mascara (R63,50) which only scores an “okay” from me. Look, the packaging is super cute which I am sure will appeal to most of Essence’s market. The formula itself isn’t bad either but nothing to rave about. For the price…

Style Bar Hair Update

I had to skip my monthly appointment with Style Bar last month and as my hair grows exceptionally fast I was concerned about dark roots with contrasting light hair. My Style Bar stylist had done a very natural dark blonde on most of my hair with fine lighter blonde pieces in-between which really allowed my roots to look more natural…

Optiphi Body Curve Body Foliant Review

Optiphi Body Curve Body Foliant Double-Action Skin Revealing Exfoliant has been the best body product I have discovered this winter. It is amazing at keeping my skin soft and Keratosis Pilaris free. I attended a really interesting Optiphi launch a couple of weeks back, it was about their skincare range and two new serums specifically but I also got the…

New Vlog- What’s In My Bag: Loadshedding Edition

So I have decided to get back into Vlogging. It is a completely different ball game to blogging and it takes a lot of effort to create a semi decent video. I really take my hat off to all the fantastic local vloggers who create such aesthetically-pleasing quality content. I am trying my best to learn along the way. Do…

New in from Essence

Sometimes one just needs to do some impulse shopping. Essence is often one of the beauty brands that I will justify buying another eye shadow or blush from as their products are always cute, do the job and are affordable. Essence Silky Touch Blush 90 Summer Dreaming (R47,95)- Whenever I am asked to recommend a good blush that is extremely…

TIGI Converse Range Review

I absolutely love discovering new and fun hair care products. TIGI have taken 4 of their most iconic products and updated them up to create 4 new Bed Head styling icons. Manipulator Matte- This is great for creating texture. For short hair this is ideal if you want to create shape and texture, I gave this one to my BF…