It feels like the mid-year slump is hitting us early this year (or is it just me?) which makes every weekday seem a bit more blah than usual. The darker mornings are not helping either. When it comes to hating life because of a bad day, I am the champion! Not even...
Oy but May is a hectic month in the Booyens household! Not only is it Mother’s Day, there are so many family birthdays as well as our anniversary AND most importantly, my birthday. Ok, maybe not most importantly but I am really looking forward to celebrating something...
Seeing as though it was Mothers Day this month, I wanted to feature a mom for this months Wonder Woman. I met Zet through one of my friends and wow, is she a bundle of energy! Have a read below for some insight into her life with her 2 kiddies, hubby and a business....
I guess I should have written a short little post when this all started. Something along the lines of “sorry, things are hectic, but I will be back!”. But as a good friend of mine has told me many times (after each breakup or too many glasses bottles of wine),...
I don't know about you, but it seems like we have people over every weekend. Either that or we go over to friends. Don't get me wrong, I love it, but sometimes I am just way too lazy to whip up something elaborate. It was one of those couch potato days that I found...
Eeeek, I have been AWOL for the past two weeks and I have been feeling terrible about it! But then I reminded myself why I started this blog – as something to enjoy and love and as a creative outlet. I didn’t start it to be regimented or to feel “deadline...
A happy hello to all of you, people of the internet. So my wife has asked me to review a product that she recently purchased for me called Ambrosia, a shaving cream from LUSH. I am not entirely certain whether she bought this for me out of care, love and concern or...
Can I just preface this post and say that Marcelle blew my mind –she is so much fun and I cannot believe how positive she is after everything she has gone through in the past 3 months. I stepped waaaaay out of my comfort zone when I went to the hospital to...
If I was told that I could only take one make-up product with me to a desert island, it would have to be mascara. With my super blonde, basically see-through lashes, mascara is my saving grace. I've always been a Mac Zoom Lash girl but after my last tube finished I...
If you were baking a cake, would you mix all the ingredients together, pour it into the cake tin and then hope for the best? Never! Or if you bought a new car, would you drive around not ever filling up with petrol and pray that you won’t break down on the freeway? Of...
I have always had the firm belief that the quality of our skin is determined not only by what we apply topically but also by our diet. If we eat a Big Mac three times a week, we can’t really expect to have perfectly healthy, glowing, blemish free skin - unless...
I love having gel on my nails and I've had them done consistently for 2 years without any complaints. I’m lucky enough to not have oily nail beds and so I haven’t found a brand of gel that doesn't last on my nails for less than 4 weeks. Anyway, last week when my plane...
The skin can be so confusing, sometimes it feels like it has a mind of its own and can become super frustrating. I was a skincare therapist for a good few years and so I thought I would try to decode a few things. Oily skins should still use a moisturiser! Even though...
This past Saturday I attended the Dermalogica consumer day at their concept store in The Zone, Rosebank. It was such a great afternoon learning about their new high performance products and being spoilt with an incredible microzone treatment. Dermalogica is a...
Welcome to the first installment of the Wonder Woman series – let’s get straight into it! I have had the privilege of working with and learning from Dawn Alexander while I was still living in Cape Town. She is one of the most energetic, passionate women I have ever...
Those of you who have been avid followers of Mascara & Mimosas will remember a little while back I did a post listing all my beauty bucket list products. Well, you can only imagine my excitement when I actually got to try number one on my list – the Thalgo Prodige...