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  Hi guys! Happy Tuesday. How is your week going so far? I'm officially on leave and super excited for some downtime - 2020 has been on a hell of a year.  A few weeks ago Curaprox send me there BE YOU tubes of toothpaste - The BE YOU Toothpaste is a designed to take the “Boring out of Brushing’ with the funky colours and exciting flavours!  However, this toothpaste is designed by Curaprox and is a Gentle Whitening Toothpaste with the amazing benefits. There are six zesty flavours to choose from - all with vibrant funky packaging promising long-lasting freshness. I have extremely sensitive teeth - but the whitening is super gentle yet effective, and the flavours all are amazing.  TOOTHPASTE [BE YOU.]   STAY FRESH FOR HOURS   Power balls with extra menthol for long-lasting fresh breath. Be you. Feel fresh, feel confident… long after brushing your teeth. Power bubbles in the toothpaste give you a refreshing and long-lasting blast of menthol.     HERBAL HEALING Beautiful herbs and natu

  Hi guys! Happy Tuesday. Who is as excited as I am for the Festive Season this year ?? If you follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter you will see me open up my Advent Calendar daily. The Christmas tree is up and I'm honestly counting down the minutes to just relax - 2020 has been one tough year. Yesterday Cadbury sent me some Cookies to promote their new Festive Recipes (Alex LOVES these cookies ! ) And today I'm sharing all their Festive Recipes with you. We are definitely baking some of these Shortbread cookies next week! LET’S GET BAKING ‘Thank you for being a dear’ reindeer truffles   Ganache / Truffle filling   300 g (2 slabs)   chopped Cadbury Dairy Milk Butterscotch and Crushed   Almonds 120 mL fresh cream 80 g cubed room temperature butter    Method:   Chop chocolate and place it in a medium-size bowl.   Heat cream on the stove or in the microwave until it begins to boil, for approximately one minute. Pour hot cream over chopped chocolate. Start to stir, add butte

Hi guys! Happy Wednesday! How has your week been so far? I'm not going to lie - year-end burn out is especially hard this year - and it's taken a toll on my skin as well. My skin has been looking a lot more tired and dull (and I'm sure it's from all the extra work stress as well as living through a pandemic .) Filorga sent me their new Lift Structure Ultra Lifting Rosy Glow fluid to try out and it came at the perfect timing!  I already know almost all the products from this brand that I have tried I adore - they really are some of the best skincare products I have tried over the years. Lack of radiance - is an issue that affects all ages - dull, blurred, grey, and tired complexion. As time passes, it becomes increasingly difficult to restore the face's natural radiance. This gorgeous cream has a gorgeous rosy glow - that helps you look more awake and with a healthy glow.  Plasma Lifting Factors - cellular factors + collagen + hyaluronic acid, provide visibly redefin

  Hi guys! Happy Wednesday. Look at me getting more than one post ready in a week. How has your week been so far ?? It's getting closer and closer to the Festive Season ... and I for one can say I'm ready to start the Christmas music and feel all the Christmas cheer vibes.  Cadbury made gifting easier this year with some new Festive Treats to gift the special people in our lives (and perhaps even yourself ... because you worked hard and somehow survived 2020 so far ). This year Cadbury introduced a New Festive Range consisting off - Cadbury Dream Coated Wispers Snowballs  As well as three Limited Edition Festive Inspired 150g slabs : Cinnamon Crunch Festive Gingerbread Butterscotch and Crushed Almonds So far we've sampled most of the range - and all the Festive inspired chocolates are beyond yummy. I adore the Festive Gingerbread (if you love Spicy Gingerbread cookies you will adore this slab ). Alex and the rest of the family loves the Butterscotch and Crushed Almond one.

  Hi guys! Happy Monday. Can you believe we quickly counting down to Christmas and the end of 2020? This year feels like it has flown by and taken forever. Alex is starting exams today and work is intense crazy now - so much so that I am struggling to find my feet - in combination with the normal year-end burnout - which somehow feels a little more intense this year. Today I'm sharing one of my favourite everyday essentials with you guys - The Filorga Flash Nude Pro Protection Tinted Fluid with SPF 30. I was sent a few samples to try out along with the Primer - and let me tell you I quickly fell head over heels for this magical foundation formula.  My whole life I have basically been a full coverage gal - until lockdown when I switched my normal full coverage foundation for a BB-Cream. Honestly - I'm over the feel of heavy foundations on my skin - so I was glad when I was sent this foundation to try out. My focus this year is more skincare and when colour cosmetics have those b

  Hi guys! Happy Friday. How has your week been so far?  Christmas Time is fast approaching - and I know with Covid kids really got into games this year. I know I for once have been WAAAAAAYYYY more lenient about Alex enjoying playing games - and this year he really got into Fortnite and Minecraft - so I have a fully-fledged gamer in the house now.  One day I spotted the most gorgeous Fornite masks on Instagram from  Naughty Monster Design (that was WAY cheaper than any other ones I saw and decided to order them for Alex. He adored them and couldn't wait to wear them to school to show off. They are also super comfortable with the double strap that goes behind the head - something Alex prefers on school days. Alex was lucky enough to get sent some more masks as well as a gorgeous Fortnite Summer shirt - they do the most gorgeous hoodies as well. So today we will be sharing some photos of him rocking the masks and shirt.  Again, thanks so much  Naughty Monster Design  for Alex's

Hi guys! Happy Wednesday. How has your week been ?? Over the weekend it was the annual Avon Breast Cancer Awareness Walk - this Year they were celebrating the 15th year of the walk - but because of Covid - this is the first year that the walk happened virtually - so that meant we could join in the fun . Usually, this event takes place yearly in Johannesburg - so it allowed so many more people to join in on the fun this year. Everyone could do it out and about in their own neighbourhood and support this cause. I do hope they will continue to offer a virtual offer next year too - as everyone all over SA could take part.   Every one  of the participants got a T-shirt to wear on the day as well as a gorgeous buff, a goodie bag and some fun products to use on the day. Some of the fun goodies in the goodie bag were sunscreen, hand sanitizer, protein bar and shake to use on the day. Alex and I opted for the 4km walk (there was an 8km option too ) and we had loads of fun wearing our T-shirts a

  Hi guys! Happy Tuesday! How has your week been so far ?? Today is Part 2 of my Spooky Stories Dating Disasters series. As I mentioned before, as a single mom I have dated quite a few weird narcissistic guys along the way - and today I bring you one of the creepiest stories. Mister A swept me off my feet 6 years ago. He was a normal guy that was super sweet and caring. Honestly - he is marriage material and if I do ever get married I can totally picture myself with someone like him. The kiddo adores him as well. I think it's one of the main reasons my heart instantly fell for him- deep down I knew he was everything I ever wanted and more. While everyone was dreaming of getting married one day and starting a family and loving one person forever - I never had that vision for myself. That was until Mr A. If there was ever a reason to believe in soulmates - he was it.  The first year went pretty well ... until one day he changed and completely started ignoring me. He would always clai

Hi guys! Happy Thursday. How has your week been? Honestly ... September and most of October has been a blur so far, this year is really just flying by. Today I'm posting a bit of a fun post poking fun at myself. As most of you might not know, I'm a single mom - so dating has been quite interesting in the last few years. I have a tendency to date extremely narcissistic guys - which ends up in some funny dating stories to tell. So today instead of anything over the top serious or a review - I decided to share some of those stories with you guys. Of course, I mean no harm to any of these guys. In most cases even though they sucked - I'm still pretty good friends or on speaking terms with most of them still. Today I will share the story of mister D, a narcissistic journalist I dated many many years back, but we both wanted another chance at trying a few months back. He was quite older than me, but I do love an older guy. I'm still great friends with him now, and always joke

  Hi guys! Happy Friday. How has your week been? I'm not going to lie - September has been a busy month with my dad's birthday and homeschool and work being extremely busy - it didn't help that I got a horrible ear infection/sinus infection in the mix which I'm only now slowly recovering from. As I mentioned in an earlier post - I won some Filorga minis in a Give-away on For The Beauty of It Instagram give-away and I have honestly been enjoying testing out these minis so much.  This time around I will be chatting about the Perfect Skin Effect 1 Week Programme. Although yes some of these minis I still have a bit left that I'm using. I adore this range overall - and was pretty impressed by this mini perfect skin set. So let's get chatting about these minis : Filorga Oxygen-Glow Super- Perfecting Radiance Cream : This is overall an amazing hydrating cream. I preferred to use this at night time when my skin was extra dry and sensitive from wearing a mask at work all

Hi guys! Happy Thursday.  How has your week been so far? Alex is home this week (his school switches them between one week at school and one-week homeschooling ) so I'm working and teaching him from home which does get pretty interesting. Thank goodness he is such a smart kid. As I mentioned here many times before- Alex does read every night before bedtime - this is a strong rule we stick to every night. He loves reading and he often walks around with a fact book or Encyclopedia in his hand reading everyone facts about volcanoes, dinosaurs or the human body. I love that  Kids Book Club  sends us a cute book, an activity something and a cute bag, bookmark and a little figurine every month.  So more about the service again if you missed it last time : We picked the two-book Hedgehog Heroes (11-13 years) package - this month we received a book, the MiniMag kid's magazine, the monthly activity booklet, bookmark and cute figurine. The activity book this month included colouring, tra

Hi guys! Happy Tuesday. How has your week been? The last few weeks has been pretty crazy and intense this side - but I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.  A week or two ago I won a Filorga giveaway the lovely  ForTheBeautyOfIt  ran on her Instagram page and I was one of the lucky three winners to get gifted some products. Honestly - I have never tried anything from the brand so I was EXTREMELY excited to try it . And it came just before the Woman's Day long weekend - and for a change, I had the Saturday off so it was the perfect time to play and try out new products. Yeah! I'm splitting up the minis reviews into two batches - these are the first products I tested out so far - Filorga Anti-Aging Micellar Solution & Meso-Mask So let me start with the Micellar Water. It's a pretty decent Micellar water - didn't burn or sting my eyes which is always a bonus. Overall - I wasn't blown away by the Micellar water - but it did a decent job of removing my ma