Chantelle has been in the beauty biz for more than 10 years and works as the brand manager for a local aromatherapy company. She lives in Gauteng and spends a great deal of her free time looking for her car keys and testing all kinds of weird and wonderful cosmetics for her beauty blog, Not Another Poppie. Follow @not_a_poppie on Twitter and Not Another Poppie on Facebook for more beauty news, pictures of cats and the occasional tipsy tweet.
5 Ways to care for fragile, damaged nails
Here’s how to deal with weak, fragile nails...
4 Sensible beauty investments & money savers
We’ve all had to reevaluate our budgets in recent months – here are the areas where I will ...
How to adjust your beauty routine if you wear a face mask every day
As more and more of us return to work, wearing a fabric face mask for a full day ...
5 Easy ways to prep your skin for winter
Whether you love or hate soup season, it’s approaching fast. Gradually adjusting your skincare routine is a great ...
How to give yourself the ultimate at-home facial
We’re not messing around today - gather round for a step by step guide to the DYI facial ...
5 Lockdown beauty dos & don’ts – can you cut your own hair?
Whether you’re indulging in an overenthusiastic 11-step skincare regime all of a sudden or hanging on by a ...
2 Make-up techniques to master (now that you have so much spare time)
Whether you suddenly find yourself with idle time due to not travelling back and forth to the office ...
5 Things you don’t know about hyperpigmentation
Hyperpigmentation and uneven skin texture has far surpassed lines and wrinkles as women’s top skin concerns...
A hairstylist’s guide to knowing your highlights
If you’re old enough to remember the days where the only two highlighting options were either a cap ...
Understanding stretch marks and scars (and how to treat them)
Will you definitely get stretch marks? Why do some scars disappear and other don’t? We break it down ...
