Beauty: 2nd Anniversary Beauty Day

This week we celebrated our 2nd anniversary! 

To celebrate we took a well deserved day off at the Cradle Health Spa in Magaliesberg. 

Anyone living in Gauteng and looking for a day of pampering that's away from home but doesn't take a day to drive there, Magaliesberg is the place for you. It's about an hour out of pretoria and then your in another province relaxing the day away.

This Spa is honestly one of the nicest wellness spas I've been to and the massages were the best I've gotten...ever!

It was a fantastic day of beauty and relaxation.

We booked a great package deal that included a full body massage for 1 hour, a 1 hour facial, access to spa facilities, breakfast and lunch, and delicious cocktails.

If you've never checked out the eBucks store, do yourself a favour and have a look- this deal cost us under R1800 in eBucks points! Deal!

The rest of the day was spent in the sun or jacuzzi sipping away at cocktails.

The only trick with a day spa is that you're so relaxed that you don't want to drive home again, luckily we had dinner and dessert planned with our beautiful boy and a celebration with the family.

To a great anniversary, the best husband, and the next year of wedding bliss!

M

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My Home: Open Closet & Dressing Room

Our house has an open studio/loft feel with no built in cupboards or dressers.

We decided to keep the open plan theme throughout the house and not install any fixed or built in fixtures so we opted for an open closet and dressing area. 

The cupboards are vintage pieces from my old design studio which has been incorporated into the room as the space we have is smaller now.

They are being used for all our unmentionables (hehe) and things you really don't need to have on display.

Everything else has been displayed on open racks and shoe shelves and an open beauty and dressing area.

The room and the open dressing areas and cupboards are great as they allow both my husband and I to share as much of the room as we need- all we do is add more shelves!

It also gives us space to do things in different areas so no one 'hogs the bathroom' or dressing areas as there are so many areas for dressing in the room.

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Manicure Monday: 2nd Anniversary

I celebrated my 2nd anniversary on Monday, 9th March 2015, with the love of my life.

We headed back to Magaliesberg where we had our honeymoon to do some much needed pampering.

Since this glorious day coincided with #ManicureMonday it seemed only fitting that I pick something wedding themed!

I love this colour from Chic Nails called Just Married, its a really pretty blue-green-cremesoda colour thats perfect for a wedding theme!

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Nu Skin Galvanic Spa System

Unlock the secret to a younger looking you with AgeLOC Galvanic Spa System!

AgeLOC products and Spa systems target the sources of of the visible signs of ageing to help you look younger and more radiant, and all of this can be achieved in a luxurious spa experience at home.

The Galvanic Spa Systems:

• Aid in delivering the products and their key ingredients to the skin
• Can enhance the delivery of anti-ageing ingredients for up to 24 hours
• Have patented self adjusting galvanic currents that deliver the right amount of current for more effective results

Together with Nu Skin's special formulated skincare products, this system will reveal a fresh, soft, and luminous complexion, diminish the appearance of lines and wrinkles, increase your hair's lustrous appearance, and invigorate your body.

The Galvanic Spa works with the AgeLOC facial gels.

The Pre-Treatment gel binds to impurities, softens and relaxes pores, allowing them to breathe, dissolve, and liquefies excess facial oils.

The Treatment Gel facilitates recovery from stress, revives and invigorates tired skin and delivers the AgeLOC blend that targets the sources of visible ageing keeping your skin youthful and minimises the appearance of ageing.

Nu Skin's slogan is 'The Difference Demonstrated' and the best way to see this product at work is to book a demo for yourself and see the change on your own skin!

For more info on the products and how to purchase products, or to book a demo, contact me.

Mandy September-Benini

0726714420

mandyseptemberbenini@gmail.com

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Bright and Shiny

Last Saturday I attended the Nu Skin Kickoff Event for South Africa at the Vodadome at Vodaworld. It was a great opportunity to meet different teams, meet the overseas heads, hear about what's happening in Nu Skin globally, and get excited for the 2016 Miami Success trip at the cocktail after party!

For the event, I wore my turmeric yellow dress, smokey eye, dark liquorice black nails, and my perfume, Vengeance, from my latest Rubybox!

To hear more these fantastic skincare products and how you can order from me or if you'd like to find out about the amazing business opportunity, contact me!

I'm a Nu Skin Distributor!

I am so excited to be sharing the great news...I am distributing Nu Skin Skincare and Supplement products!!

As of February, I have starting distributing the Anti-Ageing, Skincare, and Beauty range from Nu Skin as well as their natural supplement range, Pharmanex. 

Nu Skin is a billion dollar US company with distributors in over 53 countries. They specialise in skincare with Anti-Ageing and their AgeLOC products as their flagship range.

The Pharmanex range also has a lot to boast. The natural supplement range has proven results which can be measured by their patented Bio Phototonic scanner which measures your results so you know the products are working for you.

These products are all exclusively available through a distributor or you can get involved with the business and become a distributor yourself and start the business of your dreams!

If you'd like to find out more about the products, how to order, or you would like a personal demo, contact me!

Stay tuned for more posts and product info and reviews.

M

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My Home: Open Closet Shoe Rack

Our house and bedroom has an open design an no built in cupboards so to keep the open studio feel we decided to go for an open closet.

This project was really easy- we just fixed some simple wooden boards against the wall with L hooks and made them wide enough to fit 2 pairs of shoes in length so we didn't take up too much wall space.

Neat and easy and makes choosing an outfit a breeze!

Your favourite things in your home should be on display, don't you think?

More on our newly renovated farmhouse soon!

M

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Orange Rock Chic

Outfit Today:

Summer rock-chic look with orange and leather accents.

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Everything In Its Right Place

I'm so excited to be in our new home and although there a couple of minor things to do (shelves, fix the kitchen cupboard etc) and a few major things to do (Build a new patio, install new sink etc) we are in and settled and everything is finding its place. 

Home is truly where the heart is.

More posts and updates on my farmhouse studio home soon!

M

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Sexy Mani for Valentines Day

For the love of nails!

M

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Pastel Palette Makeup

Divine Long Plum Nails

Plum Nails from Chic Nails

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I'm Back!

It's been a while since I last did a post- in fact I didn't even get around to the Happy New Year wishes! It's been a crazy and fun filled holiday with ample opportunity to share and post except for that tiny detail...no internet connection!

When I say life on a farm is an easy adjustment from suburban living, trust me it is! Especially when you're only just down the road from where you used to live but you can enjoy all the beauties of farm life. The one thing I do miss- is a fast and readily available internet connection!

Hopefully now things are back on and I'm ready to go again for another year of fashion and beauty insights, reviews, and all my favourite lifestyle titbits!

Here's what I've been up to for the past few weeks...

For the most part it's been renovation, renovation, renovation since November- It was a tough challenge but we made our deadline and we were in by Christmas eve!

Since then, we've been enjoying family feasts in our new home and surroundings, had our first Serbian Christmas celebration, met all the farm animals and settled into our new home quite nicely!

More posts and before and after pics of my new home will be up on the blog soon!

As for beauty, I managed to squeeze some of that in too...you can never be too busy for beauty!

I got these two great Rubybox deliveries over December and January. 

I loved the Natural Lab face cream which has tint. It's a really creamy, non oily tinted moisturiser and quickly becoming one of my favourites.

The smooch stick is also a nice lip pencils, although I'm more into matte lippies lately. I'll keep this on hand when I'm in the mood for a nice moisture filled red lip.

My favourite product was the nail polish from Rubybox. I absolutely love this lavender shade! Its become my favourite summer polish!

I paired it with another nail favourite- the Mavala Mavadry quick dry top coat. Supper fast drying and it has a great shine. Everything you want in a top coat!

Here's the gorgeous Nailed It Lacquer from Rububox.

A natural nail with the Mavadry quick dry top coat from Mavala.

This is one of my favourite posts so far from January because I've fallen completely in love with hats. I picked this one up at a market for under R150 but there are so many more styles and looks I want to get my hands one. Obsession time!

Here's to happy new year!

M

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