Over the past thousand years, we have gone from foraging plants as medicine to depending on Big Pharma to heal. However, over the past several years, we are witnessing the return of alternative medicine and therapies. The reasons are: patients want less invasive, non-chemical treatments—and alternative healing requires zero surgeries and drugs.
Are you feeling tempted to shave your head out of frustration? As an expression of your personality, style, mood, age and attitude, your crown plays a crucial role in knocking years off your face. But it has been a long and beautiful hot summer, and you have put your mane through the wringer. You over-washed, straightened, relaxed, blow-dried, curled and coloured your locks so much that it is dry and limp with a bit of thinning on top.
Stuck with a rogue set of bushy brows and in need of some weed whacking, or maybe you’ve gotten way too friendly with your tweezers, leaving you with thin, over-plucked arches that make you feel unattractive. Eyebrows are one of the most prominent facial features because of the many functions they perform. A well-groomed set of brows not only knocks off years, but it is the easiest way to flaunt your favourite features.
Are you after an exciting, high-paying career in the fashion and film industry as a fantasy makeup artist? With shows like the Avengers, Tiger House, the Perfect Wave, Black Sails, 10 000 BC, Dredd, and Resident Evil – Joburg’s bustling café culture vibe, Cape Town’s Sea Point promenade and Durban’s sunny coast provide the best setting and economy for commercials, series, and movies.
Do you dream of an exciting job that entails making brides look beautiful on their big day? A wedding is the most important and most photographed day of a brides’ life. It is the one day where a woman must look and feel flawless, and it is the artist’s job to make her wish true.
Do you spend your free time learning all the hottest makeup trends, tricks and techniques, or are you the go-to friend your squad runs to for the perfect brows, nails, or skin regimen tips? If this sounds like you, the beauty industry has many lucrative local and international opportunities just waiting for someone like you.
Let’s be honest; is anybody NOT feeling stressed these days? Life is far more demanding than in the 80s and 90s. Finances, social media, political uncertainty, economic instability, processed diets, and high-pressure jobs, coupled with a lingering second Great Depression and the fear of catching COVID-19 can place anyone in a permanent state of anxiety.
Shakespeare got it right when he said the eyes are the windows to the soul. What he didn’t mention is that the eyes are also the window to health and age. The secret weapon to looking photo-shoot beautiful and youthful, makeup is a skill every woman deserves to know, especially eye makeup. Here are three techniques to amp your mesmerising gaze while wearing a mask this winter.
Do you want to learn how to apply make-up like a pro, but you’re unsure how or where to start? All women want to feel and look youthful and beautiful, and they spend enormous amounts of money trying to do it. However, unless they have been to make-up school, most women know little about the tricks-of-the-trade. Make-up is no longer just about black eyeliner, pink blusher, cream foundation, and lipstick. It can transform features and hide imperfections, and you are the magician to make it happen.
Just finished high school or had enough of Big Tech and after a new career that can offer financial security and make a difference to people’s lives? Today, the world is stressful, not only financially but physically and mentally. Juggling fast-paced careers, finances, kids, relationships, and other people’s expectations lead to stress, manifesting into pain, anxiety, and even disease. One proven way to reduce stress is with reflexology.