Be a Bright Spark This Summer

I’m in love with brights this summer! I just can’t get enough of neon nail polish, brightly coloured accessories, and oh-so-shocking pinks.

I’m also in love with new beauty brand GOSH and was delighted to see they’ve got a fantastic selection of must-haves brights and neons for summer and I thought I’d share my favourite picks with you. 

Here they are: 

I love this Amazing Length’n Build electric blue mascara from GOSH. This stunning product will give you longer lashes with intense colour. R89 at selected stores.

With a name like this I just couldn’t not feature this ultra cool yellow nail polish! This OMG Nail Lacquer in Lime N Lemon is a must-wear when you’re lounging on the beach this summer. R49 at selected stores.

I’m smitten with this Velvet Touch Lipstick in Tropical Pink! The lipsstick gives an intense and lasting colour to the lips due to a high concentration of colour pigments and it contains Vitamin E so your lips will feel silky smooth. R110.00 at selected stores.

Get Sassy Eyes with Violent Eyes!

The smart cookies at VIOLENT LIPS have Launched a fantastic new product called Violent Eyes – a temporary eye appliqué that gives eyes a popping glittery lids with ease!

Take a look at these!

For more information call the Violent Eyes SA distributor Maskscara on 0861-846-873 to find your closest stockist.

Ciaté Nail Polish Hits SA!

Ciaté, created by Charlotte Knight, one of the UK’s leading session and celebrity nail technicians, is now available in South Africa!


The nail fashion brand has some pretty funky colours that will hit all the right notes in summertime. I’m in love with the colours below and can’t wait to get my hands on them.

Ciaté Paint Pots are available at selected retail stores and salons countrywide as well as the online store www.maskscara.co.za  and are R95.00 per unit.

Visit www.ciatenails.com for more information.


Visit their Facebook page www.facebook.com/#!/CiateNailsAfrica.

Bourjois Self-Rotating Mascara – What Next?

Technology is a wonderful thing, every day some smarty pants person comes along with some new smarty invention to revolutionize the world as we know it… this month those people are make-up brand Bourjois. The make-up gurus have come up with a super smart self-rotating mascara that is bound to change the way you apply make-up forever.

Bourjois Volume Fast & Perfect Mascara is the first affordable 360º mascara. This nifty little mascara gives you a brush that rotates in both directions and coats lashes from root to tip. The auto rotating brush quickly and evenly wraps around each lash for a false-lash volume effect in 30 seconds flat – perfect for when you have just 10 minutes to get ready!

While your first though might be to pass it off as yet another gimmicky thing – don’t! The mascara is quickly making a name for itself as the savior of lazy ladies everywhere. The mascara is easy to operate – simply flick the on/off switch, and you make the brush twirl. You can make it twirl in both directions at the flick of a switch. Nifty.


The Bourjois Volume Fast & Perfect Mascara retails for R149.95 and is available exclusively from selected Edgars and Red Square stores.

HANNON Plumping Colour Lip Gloss

I love this lip gloss range from HANNON. The lip plumping gloss is the perfect companion for nights out on the town.


The gloss range is available in the Rosebud, Hollywood, Berry, Mink, Coral and Candy Sugar. The gloss tingles when you apply it to your lips – that’s how you know it’s working! HANNON lipgloss is made from a mixture of silicone, and wax derived from the Brazilian Fan Plant moisturise the lips, calms sore and cracked lips, and gives you soft looking lips.


The HANNON range retails for R95 a gloss.


Shop online at online http://www.hannon.co.za or call (011) 608-4065 for stockists.

Shop Smart with GlamBox Beauty Samples

A few week’s ago I shared a new beauty concept with you – monthly beauty sample subscriptions. I’m happy to report that I’ve found yet another beauty sample subscription option in the form of GlamBox.

GlamBox allows you to do a little research before you splash out on full-priced beauty items by sending you some samples of the top beauty products available in South Africa. Another bonus is you get the scoop on new products before anyone else!

The concept is set to change the way South African women shop for their beauty products by giving them the opportunity to try before they buy.

For a monthly fee of R100 GlamBox will deliver a gorgeous gift box that contains four to five deluxe samples from South Africa’s top beauty brands will be delivered to your door. GlamBox claims that each box will be worth at least three times the R100 subscription fee.

To join, simply register at http://www.glambox.co.za and fill out a profile (this allows you to personalise your GlamBox).

GlamBox is also giving their customers a space to respond to beauty companies via their website by giving feedback on the products they’ve received. This will be done through online surveys, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

Users will be rewarded with GlamPoints every time they interact with GlamBox online. GlamPoints can be banked and used against the purchase of the full-sized version of your favourite samples through the online store.

“The idea is to get consumers that are passionate about cosmetics and high-end beauty products trialing new brands and products in the comfort of their home to find what works for them,” explains director and founder, Kathryn Briggs.

If that’s not enough they’re also going to be supplying you with some exciting content related to the products each month. Readers can expect how-to videos, interviews, tips and tutorials.

No Melting Make Up with Hannon Moisture Seal

Applying make up in the Summer heat can be a nightmare – runny, melty make up is not a good look for anyone. But now there’s a great new product to the rescue and it’s perfect for combating the South African summer sun.


Hannon Moisture Seal will make applying make up so much easier as it sets and seals you make up for up to 10 hours! Moisture Seal is a facial spray, and should be sprayed on directly after applying your make-up. It leaves your skin feeling smooth, soft and supple, and protects your skin from excess moisture-loss.


One of the Moisture Seal’s key ingredients is ‘light reflectors’ which makes the product appear blue in colour. These light reflectors settle into the lines and wrinkles of your skin, reflecting light and gives you an instant, more youthful looking skin.


This awesome beauty product retails for R115 for a 125ml bottle.