Celebrate Summer with Smiths Gins
Discover Smiths Gins – South Africa’s award-winning small-batch gin range, now available exclusively on Takealot from 27 October 2025. Celebrate summer with soul, flavour, and handcrafted perfection. A Toast to South African Spirit There’s something magical about a...
The Roses: A Softer Spin on a Brutal Classic
The decision to retitle the new adaptation of Warren Adler’s The War of the Roses as simply The Roses feels deliberate. Where Adler’s novel and its 1989 film version, directed by Danny DeVito and starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, revelled in the poisonous...
Book with Race Day Events for the drive of a lifetime
Lume Agency and Race Car Events recently invited me to a turbo-charged, fuel-injection, high-octane morning that I'll never forget. Wait, let me check if there's any other petrolhead jargon I can throw in here. Nope, all good for now 🤭🏎️ Race Day Events gives you the...
The Shape of Monsters is Five Stars
Author CL Hellisen sent me a link for an early listen of their Audible Original, The Shape of Monsters. I've set myself the task of reading 365 books this year. Yes, you read that right. Because with audio I get to read so much more while I'm multitasking. To date,...
Visit the Haus of Klue and be the rainbow

Visit the Haus of Klue and be the rainbow

Follow Haus of Klue on Instagram. I first had my hair stripped down and then turned purple, pink and blue in December 2015. I was thrilled. It looked so gorgeous.   A post shared by Martha van Zyl (@syllcity) on Jan 5, 2016 at 7:29pm PST Later I had the pink and...

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Short hair vs long hair – the good and the bad

Short hair vs long hair – the good and the bad

As someone who has had both long and short hair (and something in-between) over the last year, I feel fully qualified to moan write about what a pain short hair actually is. Eventually. Let's start with long hair. The good: Bad hair day/split end/no time or resources...

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16 Beauty resolutions you should make this year

16 Beauty resolutions you should make this year

(The original post appeared on Huffington Post) I have been called a Beauty Blogger before, but despite my magpie-like attraction to new, pretty-coloured makeup, I can assure you that I am most definitely not. I don't have any kind of regular beauty routine (except to...

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Happy Women’s Day – celebrate with big hair

Happy Women’s Day – celebrate with big hair

I think a woman's hair is the best accessory she could ever have. So to celebrate Women's Day (South Africa) today, and following the big deal that is Oprah's latest magazine cover (pun may or may not be intended :P) Infographic Friday is all about the hurr. by...

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Meh hair – chalking it up to curiosity

Meh hair – chalking it up to curiosity

Remember the post about hair chalk I did a while ago? I finally got the courage (and support of friends keen to try it as well) together to try it out. Jade was the guinea pig, and in the process of creating her new hair, I made myself some “Hulk Smash!” hands. Nafisa...

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A pretty list

A pretty list

I do the occasional review of beauty products for a local beauty site, and my profile bio is "a girls girl trapped in a lazy girl's body". You see, I love getting all prettied up - the results, the process not so much. When I started my new job this year, I made the...

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It’s washable, but chalking’s no fading fad

It’s washable, but chalking’s no fading fad

Update: tried the chalking bit, don't care much for it. During 2012 it became increasingly popular to dye your hair all sorts of colours – from pastel pink to vibrant blue (a personal favourite). But because of corporate dress codes, people are reluctant to fully...

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