Cosmetic Surgery in Your Twenties … Discuss.
Hey, you gorgeous 20-something – what are you worried about? Whether that chartreuse scarf works back with the plaid leggings; what the chances of downloading the new Daft Punk album at work unnoticed...
View ArticleHow to: Apply Makeup to Asian Features
I’ve always said, “A job half done is … a half-done job.” So, with all this recent blogging about East-meets-West skincare – I feel responsible to complete the circle with some bespoke colour and...
View ArticleLatest Beauty Inspiration: The Gorgeous Game of Thrones Girls
A funny thing happened when our television broke. It turned my viewing on its head. Which made for one killer headstand – and a re-think about what I watch and when I watch it. Enter, the iPad. For all...
View ArticleHow to: Prevent Your Hair Colour From Fading
Do you want the good news or the bad news, Primpettes? Can’t decide? Well, let me take my cue from my weekend attempts to cook bread, and I’ll serve up the bad – and most unpalatable – dish first. The...
View ArticleMenopause. And How It Alters More Than Just Your Mood.
Do you understand enough about the monumental life-phase that is menopause? It’s not just about hot flushes and mood swings. It affects your skin and hair as well. Listening now? Well, here’s what you...
View ArticleHow to: Deal With Cellulite
I blame Coles. I point the Big Red Finger of accountability directly at them for being irresponsibly reducing the price of Tim Tams to $2. Two bucks! In winter! At that time of the month? Yes. Yes and...
View ArticleA Pep Talk on Peptides: Everything You Need to Know
I don’t like to gossip, but I’ll wag my chin about anything for you Primpettes, so let’s talk about peptides, shall we? A peptide is a building block of the skin that consists of a combination of amino...
View ArticleThermage: A Review
There are girls that go All The Way, and those that baulk at the thought. In the beauty realm, I am the latter. Here is staring down the barrel of 40, and there is still no way I would consider an...
View ArticleHow to: Improve Pore Performance
There are some things in life I have never paid much mind to. These include the release date of Celine Dion’s next single, Paris Hilton’s take on tensions in the Middle East and whether Kim...
View ArticleFive Interesting Skincare Ingredients to Slather On Now
Welcome to Cosmetic Crazy Town. Population: Growing. I’ve been this way before, reporting on the kookiest concoctions known to celebrity complexions. But wait, there’s more! Consider this...
View ArticleSupplements: What You Need to Take When (and at What Age)
I thought four supplements a day was hard-core, but 45? Geez Louise. Hilary Swank has happily admitted to taking this many vitamins, minerals and supplements a day – all at scheduled hours of the day....
View ArticleHow to: Make Beauty Fun Again
Skincare RULES. Cosmetic DO’S and DON’T YOU DARE’S. When did beauty get so serious people? With all due respect, this is not rocket science. This is beauty. This stuff should be F.U.N. Katy Perry gets...
View ArticleHow to: The Perfect Day-to-Date Makeup
Nostradamus, I am not. No seriously you guys, this is not a beard. I swear, it’s a shadow; I’m not Nostradamus dammit! Moving on. What I am trying to make clear is I don’t profess to be a prophet, but...
View ArticlePower Flowers: The Starring Floral Ingredients in Your Beauty Buys
We have all slathered on a floral-based skin cream or spritzed their scent, but a new Australian ‘cellular level’ extraction process means that we may soon be getting more – More scent! More skin...
View ArticleFrench Beauty Special 2013: How to: Effortless French Beauty Style For All Ages
You might have noticed our little French flag atop our logo, with reference to Bastille Day coming up on Sunday 14th July. This week on PRIMPED we are celebrating all things Parisian, from the It girls...
View ArticleCosmetics Check: Five Ways to Update Your Coverage Choice
Are you looking older than you should due to an ill-fitting foundation? Is that matte foundation dragging down your complexion but shooting your estimated age up the charts? Foundation shades and...
View ArticleOverzealous Skin Love – Is it Harming Your Complexion?
Babies necks, teenage sons… and skin. Three things that you love so much you can suffocate with unwanted attention. Although you mean well, when it comes to your complexion, easing back a tad may bear...
View ArticleBeauty Lessons Learned the Hard Way …
Regrets, I’ve had a few. My first beauty mistake would have had to be trying to remove the face paint from my grade four fete with turpentine and a scouring pad. True. Horror. Story. Thankfully,...
View ArticleHow to: Beauty With Baking Soda
For some people, it’s spiders. Others? Heights. For me, my phobia lies in the kitchen sink – the dirty, plughole thingy, to be exact and grammatically incorrect. Yes, I can’t stand dirty plugholes....
View ArticleHow to: Nix Nail Biting
Amanda’s been outed. Kirsten’s busted and Kate Middleton? Well her dirty secret’s well and truly documented. Yes, celebrities – like us mere mortals – can also sometimes confuse their digits for a...
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