PERSONALIZED YOUR NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS WITH COOL CHOICE

The topic of ‘are nutritional supplements necessary?’ has always been up for debate between me and my friends. I personally think it is necessary and am taking multi-vitamins, fish oil and evening primrose. Others have the opinion that if one eats a healthy diet then you don’t need to take the extra supplements. While I agree …

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NEW YEAR, NEW SKIN WITH KLAIRS FRESHLY JUICED VITAMIN DROP

Vitamin C is not a new ‘hot‘ ingredient as the beauty world has gone ga-ga over it for many years. I, myself started incorporating Vitamin C products into my routine since 2015, 4 darn long years ago. Over the years, I have tried and tested many, encountered many duds and discovered many winners. In today’s post, I …

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RINGS THAT LAST THROUGH THE AGES*

Image by Bill Young via Flickr When it comes to fashionable things such as jewellery, rest assured that if you have a piece of jewellery that is currently unfashionable, wait a while and it will almost certainly come back in style. Fashion, no matter what kind, goes in cycles, with previous forms going out of …

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HOW TO MAINTAIN SILKY SMOOTH SKIN THROUGHOUT AUTUMN

Autumn as you know is one of my favourite seasons. The colder temperature is welcome after months of heatwave but with Autumn comes the endless rain and the temperature has dropped below 10C. We finally caved in and started turning on the heater in the house but while that keeps us warm, it dries out …

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REVIEW: SONIA KASHUK VELVETY MATTE LIP CRAYON (BERRY NUDE 06)

February was lip product month. I certainly didn’t plan for it to be however, after my self-imposed makeup ban in January, I went absolutely nuts as soon as the first day of February arrived. Every.Lipstick.Had.To.Be.MINE And I was the crazy lady whom you walk past the makeup aisle who has her head, hands and half her body …

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THE MAKEUP EDITION: LIVE BOLDLY WITH REVLON

Revlon is a nostalgic brand for me as my first lipstick was from them. It was ColourStay LipColour in shade Raisin and I remember Cindy Crawford was the face of the ad. This was in the mid-90s and I was dating my first boyfriend and my mum insisted that I wore lipstick so I didn’t look like the …

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REVIEW: DR. HAUSCHKA ROSE DEODORANT

Let’s come clean, how many of us actually take time, read TONS of reviews and consider the pros and cons when we want to purchase a deodorant for ourselves? I know I don’t. I usually go for whatever that’s on sale at Costco. Buy in bulk and with luck it might last me until my …

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REVIEW: BECCA SHEER TINT LIP COLOUR (TATIANA)

Now before you lovelies take a shoe and throw it towards me, yes I know this bloody thing has probably been discontinued but I found this gem in Winners (Winners is a store which sells past seasons brand name products for a hugely discounted price) before Christmas. This lipstick was buried under a mountain of L’Oreal, …

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INDULGE IN HEALTHY, ORGANIC, GLUTEN-FREE SNACKS WITH PRANA COCONUT CHIPS

If you ask Mr. Platt what is my biggest bad habit, he would instantly answer snacking without any hesitation. It’s so bad to the point we have had numerous discussions about this habit of mine. And as much as I hate admitting it, he’s right…snacking is definitely my biggest bad habit. Anyone who knows me in real life …

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BRAND SPOTLIGHT: BLINC COSMETICS

The first review I ever read on blinc Cosmetics was on the gorgeous and funny as heck Australian blogger, Anjelique’s blog (say hello here). She was yacking all crazy talk about waterproof ‘tube‘ mascara and while it sounded super cool…it also sounded gimmicky. And you know I don’t play nice with anything gimmicky. So when I was given …

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