Browsing Tag hair
Colourful Festival hair: Here today, gone TOMORROW!
By Editor at June 22, 2012 | 9:57 am | 0 Comment
It’s the Monday morning after that awesome music festival, your hair is bright pink with purple streaks and you have a meeting scheduled with your boss. Panic mode is setting in. Do you: Call in sick? Shave your hair? Wear a hoodie with the hood up all day; earning yourself the nickname ‘Kenny’ among your colleagues in the process There is an easier more...
Petticoat Parlour prepares for Gay Pride 2012
By Editor at January 28, 2012 | 6:54 pm | 0 Comment
With Gay Pride Cape Town 2012 fast approaching, the big question on everyone’s lips is not what to wear but, where to go to perfect that pre-party physique. Cast in Bronze - having an all over body glow is essential to looking and feeling healthy, however with skin cancer on the rise, sitting for hours in the sun exposed to harmful UVA and UVB rays, repeated more...
Slick is Back
By Fashion Ed at January 19, 2012 | 4:06 pm | 0 Comment
If I remember correctly, the last gentleman who sported this style in tinsel town could have been Kourtney Kardashian's beau, Scott Disick. Are there any Scott fans here? I hope not. Anyway, he’s long had this look down. I didn't really feel it, until I recently saw it on my boyfriend, now I may have changed my mind. There is something quite suave and charismatic more...
HANNON Anti-Frizz Silk Finishing Spray
By Editor at December 24, 2011 | 3:54 pm | 0 Comment
Extra nourishment and frizz control for long hair and extremely dry hair. Adds instant, shine and softness to dull or dry hair. Gentle enough for daily use. Suitable for colour and chemically treated hair. Strengthens, repairs and conditions hair instantly. Ideal before or after blow-drying as the ultimate frizz fighter, even under hot, humid conditions. Leaves hair more...
Behind the scenes with Ashley Miles
By Editor at December 13, 2011 | 9:24 am | 0 Comment
Ashley Miles is a quirky photographer who has quite a laid-back approach to being on shoots. She loves collaboration and offbeat ideas. I got to ask her a few questions after we shot together for design graduate Charis Dawson’s final range. YM: You've been doing photography for shoots for a while (how many years?) now, but how did you get into it? AM: more...
Vote for SA’s Unprecedented Beauty
By Editor at November 28, 2011 | 10:41 am | 0 Comment
Fresh, fabulous & pure. That's what Elle Magazine & Woolworths are searching for in the 2012 ELLE New Talent Fresh Face Competition. The competition entries have closed, and the beauties have been selected for the final voting by the public. We are proud to congratulate the six finalists! Rethabile Simelane, Chloe Munton, Lea Viviers, Zama Dlomo, Caitlin more...
Hello Summer: New Arrivals
By Editor at October 17, 2011 | 11:01 am | 0 Comment
Petticoat Parlour – the beautiful ‘50s retro beauty salon and day spa in the heart of Green Point - has some hot and happening new beauty arrivals to welcome in the new season. Incoco Nails Have some fun and say goodbye to traditional nail polish. With loads of funky designs which are so easily applied – with no drying time, no smudges and no streaks - more...
Behind the scenes with Janine Kuschke
By Editor at October 17, 2011 | 10:21 am | 0 Comment
Photographer Janine Kuschke offers engaged couples a unique, intimate and authentic pre-wedding experience; photos taken of the happy couple with less cheese and more art. After shooting with the offbeat photographer I asked her a few questions about her work. YM: You've been taking photo's for a few years (how many?) now, but how did you get into it? JK: I have more...
Summer Hair
By Editor at September 22, 2011 | 9:01 am | 0 Comment
Side plaits Our summer favourite, as long as you have the length. The fish tail plait is bang on trend for the season. Incorporating your braid into an up-do for evening events or Spring weddings. How to get the look: Extensions used: Great Lengths extensions 50cm extensions added for extra length and volume. Loosely braid or fishtail the hair to the side. more...
