Makeup Brands available in South Africa

I’ve been seeing so many posts on IG and blogs about #fakemakeup and how so many people end up buying these items because they want to try a variety of products. So I thought I’d do a little reminder post just to go through some of the #SUPERAWESOME makeup brands that are available in stores South Africa. Don’t be surprised by how long this list is:

Yardley London

Catrice

Rimmel

Mac

Stila

Smashbox

Black Opal

Maybelline

Sisley

Estee Lauder

Revlon

Clarins

Elizabeth Arden

Woolworths

Essence

Givenchy

Black Up

Chanel

Bobbi Brown

Michellori

Gosh

Calvin Klein

Benefit

Wet n Wild

Design

Clinique

Colours

Smudge

Lancome

LaGirl

Foschini for Beauty

Inglot

Kryolan

Bourjois

the BALM

Urban Decay

Yves Saint Laurent

NYX

Beauty Treats

Justine

L'Oreal

The Body Shop

Almay

Physicians formula

Max Factor

Avon

I tried to include as many brands as I know of in this post, so forgive me if I missed a few.

I also understand that not all of these brands are available at stores near you bit, with the beauty that is online shopping, you can buy from stores like Woolworths, Redsquare, Clicks, Mac and Dischem online.

I hope that this post has opened your eyes and minds so you don’t have to open your wallet for #fakemakeup ever. 

International brands resellers

There are reputable resellers of international make up brands and if you decide to purchase from them, do a little homework by:

Asking for proof of authenticity
Checking for reviews on them from other sources
You can even email the brand itself to confirm if this is a legit reseller.

Remember as the saying goes, you rather be safe than sorry

Tried, Tested and Loved

This is the 1st edition of #TTL & I want to make it a regular feature on my blog. I love writing product reviews, I always feel my opinion counts a whole lot and so I love sharing it with anyone who will listen.

Here's a a few products I started using this year and my take on just how awesome they are.

Justine Tissue Oil

I know like where have I been?, I had to switch to this one because I couldn't get my hands on my usual Cocoa Heaven from Bramley.

I like the smell and feel of this oil, its quickly absorbed into the skin and keeps me moisturised without feeling greasy. That’s a pretty grand feat for a beauty oil. I use is whenever I remember too and mostly at night on my face.

Price: R60 for 60ml on special ( They are having a special on 2x 100 ml for R190)

Get Yours From: Local Justine sales rep find yours here

Brush Egg

Ok so, many of my peeps are telling me I don’t need this but, they are soooooo wrong. This mini beauty babe makes brush clean up a breeze, it takes me half the time to wash my brushes and get them really clean. I use this with baby soap and water and it works on both synthetic,natural and combo brush types.

This is pretty hard to come by, I haven’t seen them in many stores. You can buy yours from one of the IG sellers and this one often has them on special.

Price: R60.00

Catrice Long lasting lip pencils

I love lip liners, well I love makeup so this isn’t a shocker. I ordered these ones from Takealot when they were having a sale. Got them at a bargain price. The shades are pretty flattering for most skin tones. They are soft and highly pigmented. If your lips are in super great condition you could get away with using these as matte lip sticks. They can be used to line or full in lips and maybe switch up the colour of lipstick by layering them on before or after lipstick application

Price: R18.00 each on sale 

Get yours  from: Takealot or Dischem

Can we ever have too many of these

Pantene Aqua light

I usually use this refreshing spray after I wash my hair or to tame fly aways when I’m tying my hair. It has the most freshest scent ever and isn’t sticky. You can spray as much of this as you like and I promise you there will be no sign of oiliness in sight. Curly hair beauties should try this as a leave in conditioner, you will be amazed at how soon you will fall in love with this miracle worker.

It softens hair and makes frizzy hair more manageable without weighing it down.

Price: R70.00

Gets yours from: Clicks, Dischem, selected Checkers and PnP

Need another one of these soon

Design EyeShadow Palettes

I have ready great things about these palettes from Hayleigh. I was so eager to try them so I jumped at the opportunity when I saw this in Edgars at the beginning of January. You might only spot them at one of their beauty sales so if you see this in the store then you have to act fast. The colour pay off is awesome and I can create a variety of looks with this palette. The golden bronze shades can be used to highlight and bronze. This has to be one of my new favourites.

Price: R53.00

Gets yours from: Edgars whenever you can

Rich Naturals

Have you tried any of the products above, Comment below and let me know what you think.

PS The notebook used in the pics is part of a 2 pack from PnP got at a steal of R29.95.

Pretty Posh Polish Catrice Luxury Lacquers Million Brilliance

Every and any self-respecting beauty addict knows that glitter nail polish is a must have in our beauty stash. I love me the odd feature nail or 2 or 3.

I bought these Catrice Luxury Million Brilliance Nail Polishes from Takealot.com you could also buy them from Dishcem. They were on sale for R33.00 each for 11ml (normal price R63.00). I got the following shades gold 07 Stars and Stories, silver 01 Its Showtime & bronze 06 Bronze Upon A Time. How totesadorbs are these names... another thing I love about Catrice cosmetics. I always love using base coats before applying glitter polish as it gives it a better back ground to pop. So I used this mauve colour from design cosmetics which can be found at Edgars for R17.00 yes that’s pretty damn affordable.

The polishes are awesome, thick enough so you get a good amount of glitter on your nail with each swipe yet thin enough to prevent clumps. I used about 1.5 coats on each nail and you’ll see below the polish is quite dense and I imagine it could be used on its own with a clear base coast. (This makes it easier to take off the polish.)

I know many people don’t like glitter polishes because of clean up but honestly if you just soak a cotton paid in nail polish remover and let it sit on the nail for about 10 seconds you can have the glitter off quite easily. Some also suggest using elmers glue or liquid latex under the polish but seriously, ain’t nobody got time for that.

The pics speak for themselves. I heart these polishes, looking forward to doing some glitter ombre’ or hearts nails soon. Keep your eye out for those posts.