Everything you need to inspire you life in style, from fashion to decor, beauty to shopping ideas. PLUS great spots to explore in South Africa. Visit the main page on www.StyleScoop.co.za I’m sure you gals have all heard of Cuticura before? Ya know, the iconic little green antiseptic ointment, which has been trusted by women for generations! It’s part of a brand that has been around for 150 years and along the way Cuticura has added more products to their line up… Maybe you didn’t realise all the other fab, affordable Cuticura goodies because, as a brand their products didn’t stand uniform. But now, with the re-launch of their packaging, and some new additions, Cuticura looks more like one big happy family. I attended the brand launch the other day, hosted by the lovely girls at Republic PR at the chic and stylish Melrose Gallery, where I got to learn more about Cuticura and discover new products. I’ve always known about the ointment, but now I have some more favourites that I wanted to tell you gals about. Not only are these fantastic products, but also they are very affordable (seriously, nothing in their range costs over R50 bucks) and…

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As the year winds down, it’s time to give yourself a special, luxurious treat that will ignite your senses and leave you feeling in the mood for love! Lux Soft Touch is a beautiful, affordable collection of soap and body wash, infused with fine fragrance, centred around florals and the timeless allure of French rose. To create the beautiful Soft Touch collection that looks every bit the luxurious treat (without the price tag), Lux partnered with Master Perfumer Calice Becker – a well know industry nose, who has created some award-winning fragrances over the past two decades. “Wearing a fine fragrance is part of an important ritual that starts with a bath or shower” says Calice, who designed this collection with the intention to help you keep the spark ignited… I got to try out both the soap and body wash, and if you’re looking for affordable luxury and a real bath time treat, you’ll want to get your pretty paws on these. First up, the magnificent Soft Touch soap bar, available in two size variants; 100grams for R5.99 or the 175 gram bar for R11.99. It’s an affordable luxury you can have every day! From the moment you unwrap the pretty packaging, you’re welcomed with a delightful rose infused sensation that continues to ignite…

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While you may not get to see much of your body in winter, it doesn’t mean you should neglect it! Here are some fabulous treats I’ve been enjoying this winter and I’m pretty certain you will too… Vaseline Intensive Care, CocoaGlow This beautiful tub of all over body cream from Vaseline smells deeeee-licious and is a god send for dry skin this winter. What makes it special is that the formula has been infused with mico-droplets of Vaseline Blueseal Petroleum Jelly. These help to unlock the natural glow of the skin, leaving it soft and beautiful! I love cocoa butter anything, and I love how my skin soaks up this non-greasy formula! Best part — it is super affordable at only R34,99 for a 350ml tub! Now that’s a bargain! PS! Whilst were on the subject of Vaseline, don’t forget to enter my Vaseline Blueseal Hamper giveaway. Entries close at noon today, so don’t miss out. SOiL Ylang-Ylang Soy Wax Melts and Sensual Hibiscus Bath Salts SOiL is a homegrown, South African brand that’s beautifully packaged, organic and affordable too! They recently launched their online store (so you can shop this gorgeous brand anytime) and I was spoiled with a voucher to purchase a few goodies. My…

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I have this thing with mascara… I love it! It’s the one essential makeup must-have I just can’t, make that, won’t live without! It’s fair to say that the Lancôme Hypnôse mascaras are among my faves. They just seem to get it right, better and better with each new version, and the new Hypnôse Volume-à-Porter, Cashmere Sensation Volume Mascara is without a doubt one fabulous mascara. It’s the new Mascara for the woman who understands the power of her gaze! In it’s jewel-like lacquered bottle, Hypnôse Volume-à-Porter Mascara maintains all of its mesmerising curves, updated in sleek gunmetal grey packaging. In a single stroke it dresses the lashes in an elegant slick of volume, creating the blackest black, lushest lashes that still look incredibly natural and above all, feel comfortable! For me, I have okay length lashes (although I wouldn’t mind them being a bit longer ya know), but they are dead straight with no curve – something I always look for in a mascara, since my lids  face downwards, and I NEED the curve and the volume to open up my eyes. This mascara does a great job at coating the lashes and giving each one a lift. It separates each lash evenly, without a single clump, but at…

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Over the past couple of months, my hair has gone through many transformations… I went from rocking Ombre (for almost two years), to dying it a plum purple in January, to red a few weeks ago, and recently adding a bright pink semi-permanent colour. All these changes have led to very dry hair! Since my hair is naturally dry, the overload of colour changes had just made matters worse. Matters of frizz, split ends and very “crunchy” hair. So when the new MATRIX BIOLAGE HYDRASOURCE products landed on my desk, they couldn’t have come at a more perfect time! I’ve been using the HYDRASOURCE range for just under two weeks, and my hair is finally looking happy again! I couldn’t feel a big difference straight away, but slowly my hair is getting back to it’s healthy state again. I wash my hair every second day (sometimes daily) and I’ve been using the HYDRASOURCE Shampoo (R170), followed by the HYDRASOURCE Conditioner (R185). Then, on every second wash, instead of the Conditioner, I replace it with the HYDRASOURCE Aqua Immersion Crème Masque (R195) instead. The Biolage HYDRASOURCE range helps optimise moisture balance for healthy looking hair, and leaves hair up to 15X more moisturised. I’m totally in love with this range. It doesn’t leave my hair feeling weighed down at all –…

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I’m a huge, huge, huge fan of Filorga! I love all their products, and am really impressed with their latest offering, the Filorga Micellar Solution Cleanser & Makeup Remover. To start with, it comes in a supersize bottle of 400ml, and I love that you don’t have to rinse your skin after you’ve cleansed it, as it’s completely soap free. If you’ve got sensitive skin, you’ll know that harsh cleansers can do more harm than good, so I’m really glad that Filorga now has the answer in their Micellar Solution Cleanser. So what is it exactly? Well, it’s a cleansing lotion that contains three main components; Micelles to provide a physiological cleaning action Rhamnose which is a polysaccharide that provides anti-ageing, anti-inflammatory and soothing actions Terhalose which is an active ingredient that helps with hydration and maximum skin comfort while cleansing. Together these components work at effectively at removing makeup and cleaning skin in one single step. Since it’s soap free, you’re probably wondering how it works to cleanse the skin? Just think of the Micelles as a cluster of molecules that act like a magnet to attract dirt, oil and sweat from the skin. What’s better about Micellar Water type cleansers than soap? Well soaps generally strip…

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My everyday foundation routine changes from time to time. Since I am a beauty blogger, I get exposed to a lot of really cool new products, making it rather difficult to stick to one brand and one foundation routine. I thought I’d share my current, “everyday” foundation routine with you guys as I’ve been trying, testing and loving a few new products right now… Foundation I still have my absolute favourite foundations, like MAC Studio Fix, Chanel Vitalumiere, Makeup Forever HD, Chanel Perfection Lumiere and Estee Lauder Maximum Cover, but for every day, and for the time being at least, I’m loving the all new L’Oreal Infallible 24H Foundation! It’s really impressed me! I have used the old Infallible foundation, which I found to be a little thick and pasty, and I also couldn’t get any of the colours to match. But this new formula, with a Hydrating Hyaluron Complex, and “extreme hold pigments” has really improved the product. Now the foundation goes on a lot smoother, blends beautifully and lasts a really long time. Plus for me, the colour range is more up my (olive skin toned) alley! I’m using a combination of the shade Honey (235) and Amber (300) and the result is a perfect match! I found the best way to apply…

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Miracle product? Oh Yes! I’ve always had a problem keeping my eye shadow looking flawless, and I have just the thing if you suffer from the same annoying makeup snag. It’s the new Smashbox 24Hour Photo Finish Shadow Primer and I promise you gals, it’s a genie in bottle – well, a tube actually. I use good quality shadow, all the right brushes and do everything right when it comes to applying eye shadow, but I skip one important step… Primer! I’ve used primers before and while they helped a little, nothing (that I’ve tried at least) has made such an impressive impact. My eyelids tend to get greasy – I don’t know if it’s the shape of my eye, the skin on my lids, or maybe I’m just an over-blinker! But, no matter what, no matter how much time I spent doing my makeup, my shadow would always look good to start with, but after a couple of hours, all my blending efforts would’ve been wasted. Now, my eye shadow remains exactly how I’ve applied it in the morning, and it stays put all day. And it’s all thanks to Smashbox 24Hour Photo Finish Shadow Primer. I apply a…

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I am OBSESSED with these gorgeous lip balms from Maybelline! I had seen them on nearly every fashion and beauty gal that matters’ Instagram feed, and wasn’t that excited, until I actually tried them! Now there is no separating us…BABY I know lip balm isn’t exactly the latest development in the beauty biz (now if it was a BB lip cream, hmmm), but I can totally understand what all the fuss is about! Maybelline Babylips come in six options and I absolutely luuuurve the packaging! It’s so fun! Three of them; Cherry Me (orange packaging), Pink Punch (pink packaging) and Peach Kiss (purple packaging) offer a gorgeous tint (that fills the lips fabulously), while the other three; Hydrate (blue packaging), Mint Fresh (green packaging) and Intense Care (yellow packaging) offer clear lip balm protection to suit your lip requirements needs. I’m sorry, I couldn’t wait to try out Pink Punch before I got a change to photograph all of them together – so yes, I know, its used in the photo! But, I’m telling you, it was calling my name! And I haven’t been able to put it down since! I’m a huge (huge, mega, massive) fan of MAC Saint Germain Lipstick.…

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I’m pretty lazy when it comes to prepping and concealing my eyes properly! I know, I know…. I should, but it’s just one of those things… My skin tends to get kinda oily, especially in this heat, so piling on too much “product” (eye cream, concealer etc) often makes making-up a bit of a mission. So I usually just moisturize my whole face and then apply foundation. Lately, I’ve been using the new BB Cream Eyes from Smashbox. It’s pretty amazing… A BB Cream, but for your eyes. It gives you all the benefits of BB cream; fades dark circles, reduces puffiness, smoothes fine lines/  wrinkles and improves firmness, while at the same time priming, protecting, concealing, hydrating and illuminating the eyes. WHEW! It’s an all in one solution. Pretty cool. The other thing that I like is that it’s a great on-the-go product, so you can stick it in your handbag if you need a quick eye-awakening boost in an instant. It comes in four shades; Fair, Light/Medium, Medium and Dark. On my skin, which is a more medium dark than medium, the Light/ Medium shade is perfect. It helped to brighten up the area under my eye, and love…

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I recently noticed that my heels were looking a little sad and depressed. Granted, with my feet being cooped up in boots for the past couple of months, it didn’t bother me all that much. But now that they will be exposed in summer sandals (yay), it’s about time I gave them some TLC. And I’ll let you gals in on a little secret to fabulous feet… CND Cucumber Heel therapy is an amazing, deep moisturizing “foot” treatment. I say “foot” treatment like that because although it’s made with feet in mind, you can pretty much use it on any area of the body that is really dry – like hands, elbows, knees etc. My heels weren’t like crazy cracked, but they had started to crack a bit, especially on the one foot. CND Cucumber Heel Therapy sorted them in less than a week! Now, I use this product on my feet every night after my evening bath and I have happy feet all day long! I love the smell, the luxurious texture and how friggin amazing it is! Besides the obvious, cucumber; which is known for it’s soothing, moisturizing and anti-inflammatory properties, this product also contains a bunch of other ingredients that work wonders on your feet; Chamomilla Recutita is a natural botanical agent that soothes…

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