The most beautiful bottle of enchanting perfume landed on my desk this week. Lancôme La vie est belle (life is beautiful) in it's third incarnation, L’Absolu de Parfum, is a delicate floral fragrance that I immediately fell in love with. I don't often wear perfume,...
In 2012 Kristin Weixelbaumer set out to combine a decade's experience in the design world with her passion for stones and their magical powers, and so Black Betty was born. Black Betty has just launched a store in Johannesburg in the Bryanston Shopping Centre on the...
About a year ago NESCAFÉ launched its Dolce Gusto pod system in South Africa, with the pay-offline “Coffee is not just black”. The reason behind this is because of the dual-pod system: dehydrated milk pods and coffee pods. But they also don’t stop at coffee. I...
Nobody likes household chores and the worst part is the floor – it seems to always be in a state of needing cleaning – whether it’s just a sweep of having to mop up messes. I was thrilled when ADDIS gave me a Swifta Floor Cleaner, rumoured to “clean more hygienically...
With over 450 buy-one-get-one-free offers for the yummiest food, most delectable drinks, soothing spa treatments, and fun activities in Johannesburg and surrounding areas, The Entertainer Johannesburg is absolutely essential for social butterflies. They have partnered...
I went through a stage… I thought it was over, but apparently not. Wait, let me start a few years back. I had an absolute obsession with tea pots and tea sets. Eventually I realised that it was verging on insanity and that I had to stick it all in storage because I...
If you crave a cup of Starbucks, freshly roasted and ready for you to ground and brew, you need to get in touch with Hard Yard Theory – a recent start-up that is part philosophy, part business. Not only do they stock a range of Starbucks whole bean coffee blends, but...
Aren’t you glad we’re no longer restricted in our choice of tea? Black tea, white tea, green tea, Rooibos tea, fruit tea, flower tea – it really seems like the imagination is the only limitation. And you can order any of a variety of tea online from The Tea Merchant,...
The Mall of Rosebank has undergone a massive overhaul in recent months, and one of the changes is the addition of a Coricraft store, opening its doors to the public on 9 August 2014. The new 800 square-metre store offers customers a unique and engaging...
