read | self care sundays

read | self care sundays

During the past few days, I’ve found myself – for lack of better words – going through the absolute most. But the one thing that I have to keep reminding myself is that the prioritisation of self is paramount, so even when I feel like the world is crumbling around me, I still need to take care of myself. And don’t get me wrong – this post is not coming with all of the answers (because I’m still gowishing as I type), it’s just coming with suggestions from me and the good people of Twitter for those of you who are going through some things too.

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outfit | trend cycles & the ’70s

outfit | trend cycles & the ’70s

If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve probably heard me express my disdain towards the ’70s trend and festival fashion. And trust me – despite this look post – it still exists. How else do you respond to a trend that’s been shoved down your throat for over two years other than to be annoyed?

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beauty | maybelline magic

beauty | maybelline magic

So, next up in my Catfish Chronicles, I wanted to share with you some of the new make up I’ve purchased and received from the lovely people at Maybelline SA recently! I got sent the Dream Velvet Soft Matte Hydrating Foundation a few weeks ago and I now understand why I’ve seen both local and international beauty bloggers rave about it.

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beauty | meet your new garnier ambassadors

beauty | meet your new garnier ambassadors

When I posted about looking for Garnier Pure Active Ambassadors a while back, I didn’t anticipate the response I received. I mean, I had my emails and my Facebook notifications popping for about a month straight filled with eager people wanting to grasp this opportunity. And when I sent out over a hundred application forms and received quite a number of them back, I did not envy the decision the Garnier team had to make – because if this was my response, I wonder how they’d cope with five times the volume.

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beauty | L.A. girl obsession

beauty | L.A. girl obsession

Definitely one of the perks of living at home and having a mother and two sisters was that I didn’t really have to buy my own make up. There was always someone I could steal borrow from to make sure that I had a variety of expensive make up to play with. But now that I’m a big girl, out on my own in varsity, I have to do big girl things like buying products for myself.

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