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b eau ty 49. G ET PHYSIC AL holistic beauty 58. F E AT URE colours of the season l i v i n g 61. FEATURE perfect hideaways

35. WR A P P E D pyjama dressing 48. ST O CKIST S 56. FE AT UR E somatology

7 0 . F E AT U R E mallorcán home 76. LIFE ILLUST RAT ED lina iris victor

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Complete your look with an array of accessories and shoes, each full of character. From faux-fur detailing to metallic-finish cracked leather, from

patent leather to denim, this collection of bags and shoes features a perfect mix of clashing fabrics and inspirations that’ll guarantee eye-catching results, even in a crowded room.

This collection features three style tribes: the MuffinHeads — the modern English ravers; Voltag3 — the Victorians with a hint of sportswear; and Kultur — the lovers of the classics with a gothic twist. With all these different influences, Diesel gives you the power to create and stand strong in your own unique style.

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Mulberry’s punchy, bright stripes prove the power of contrasts with the perfect primary-colour pairing: vivid crimson and a touch of cool sky-blue

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Daytime dressing is the highlight at Roksanda with playful pleats, soft tulle, and flowing fabrics in romantic colours coming to the fore

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Electric highlighter hues energise Prabal Gurung’s latest collection of day-to-night pieces that take colour blocking to the next level

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ake a break from mundane, citrus fragrances with this fresh, oriental scent, infused with notes of vanilla, zesty neroli essence, and tonka bean. Les Eaux De Chanel Paris-Venise EDT, 125ml, R2 070

LAMELLE CLARITY ACTIVE B O D Y S P R A Y, R395

VITALIS DR JOSEPH HYALURONIC MOISTURISING BODY CREAM, 500ML, R600

The minimalist packaging of WBeauty products is enough to rave about, but these sheet masks will definitely be a summer go-to.

They address more than five skin concerns, from brightening to oil control.

My favourite is the hydrating sheet mask: just pop it in the fridge overnight before a self care day. WBeauty Brightening Sheet Face Mask, R55; WBeauty Oil Control Sheet Face Mask, R55

If your beach body still needs work, fear not.

Catrice’s limitededition #Instashape range allows you to sculpt a toned and bronzed body in minutes. Whether you need a few drops of the self-tanning face gel to give your skin a sun-kissed glow or a few swipes of the body-contouring roller to target problem areas, you’ll be on to a winner. Catrice Tantouring Face Gel Self-Tanning, 30ml, R100; Catrice Slim Legs Body Contour Roller, 30ml, R160

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Makeup that doubles as skincare is our favourite and Filorga offers just that. The tinted fluid allows tone-correcting coverage; the translucent powder protects as it hydrates.

Filorga Flash Nude Pro-Perfection Tinted Fluid, 30ml, R520; Filorga Flash Nude Pro-Perfection Translucent Powder, R520

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These days, there is no single trendy brow shape, and it’s not about picture-perfect lines: today’s brow can still make a statement, but it’s not high maintenance.

This season, designers from Byblos to Prada added a little fun to our favourite face framers by graphically lining brows or tinting them with colour. At Prada, brows took a backseat, but that didn’t stop us from taking notice. Brows were bleached to almost nothing to help

accentuate the strong, ’60s-inspired, babydoll lashes. Models at Acne sported bare faces with only a slick of gloss on the lips and brows painted with pigment in complementary colours. You can also take inspiration from the Anna Sui and Byblos shows and try more wearable washes of eyeshadow across the eyelids and the brow bone or placed at the start of the brow and subtly blended out.

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point of view

TE X T Pearl Boshomane Tsotetsi

I LLUSTR ATI ON L’mri Erasmus

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poverty porn A trip to Lagos gets the Sunday Times Lifestyle editor thinking about how she glamourises the plight of our fellow Africans

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he car lurches forward. It comes to a sudden stop. We swerve to avoid a truck/taxi/bus that’s coming too close for comfort. Vendors walk in between the cars, selling anything from phone chargers to refreshments.

It’s so hot and humid that opening the windows for fresh air only brings suffocation. The air conditioning alternates between blissful relief from the heat and hypothermia-inducing cold.

It’s Friday afternoon, and we’re in Lagos traffic. We’ve been in the same spot for what feels like hours. This is the infamous traffic everyone warned us about. If I were sitting in a car between Joburg and Pretoria during rush hour, I would be incredibly annoyed. But I’m in Nigeria’s biggest city, and what would be an inconvenience back home feels like an adventure.

In fact, everything in Lagos feels like an adventure. I complain to a local that the constant sound

of generators that I’ve read about in novels by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Chinelo Okparanta is absent. I’ve taken pictures of fancy pubs and clear-blue swimming pools as though I don’t regularly see these in Johannesburg. When driving past a taxi rank and a bustling market — which could easily be in the Jozi CBD — I take countless pictures with my phone. Seeing men carry goods on their heads, like women in rural South Africa often do, makes me go “awww” — it takes all of my self-control not to take a picture. The “chaos” of the airport and the potholed roads leading to our digs in an upmarket part of town charm me.

While I am there, I see no issues with my romanticising of Lagos — this city feels like home, and I even start thinking that my ancestors must have migrated south from the western part of Africa.

Thinking back, I realise I behaved like a privileged Westerner on a sabbatical in Africa “The

Motherland” rather than as the black South African — who has lived everywhere from semirural areas and townships to city centres, gritty neighbourhoods, and tree-lined suburbs — I am. I shamefully glamourised the everyday struggles of working-class Nigerians the same way I had done with people in Zanzibar and Mozambique before.

And I know I’m not alone in this behaviour. A lot of us (so-called woke black folk) are quick to call out and even make fun of (mainly white) Westerners who visit developing countries and end up taking selfies with snotty-nosed, beaming black children, yet we are not immune to similar behaviour when we visit other African nations.

We sometimes take artistic pictures of dilapidated buildings, walls with the paint chipping from years of neglect, and rusty old cars on “chaotic” roads; pictures for which we’ll find the perfect filter before posting them on Instagram, anticipating the heart-eye emojis from fellow lovers of Africa who don’t realise that we’re exoticising, glamourising, and othering the poverty of our neighbours.

“I don’t understand people from Joburg who say they love Lagos,” someone said to me. “You guys have electricity!” That last bit — the one about electricity — was one I heard a number of times. At one point I enthusiastically replied, “Who needs electricity?!”

Are you kidding me? This is the same person who freaks out and whose lower lip drags on the floor when load-shedding hits my neighbourhood.

The same person who thinks that the Joburg CBD ought to be cleaned up. The same person who is outraged when she sees a minibus taxi that’s falling apart, endangering the lives of its occupants.

Yet when I leave South Africa and head to the rest of the continent, I suddenly think the same standards of living I find unacceptable here make for beautiful, quaint, and “real” Instagram pictures over there. What’s so charming about people struggling to make a living?

It’s fine for us to call out Westerners (regardless of their race, because African-Americans in the Motherland are prone to this behaviour too) when they glamourise difficult circumstances of living, but we also need to check our own privilege sometimes. It’s not cute when other people fetishise black South Africa, so why is it cute when we do it to other parts of Africa?

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but, for textile designer Sindiso Khumalo, the South African fashion industry is bursting with opportunity

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he idea and meaning of home is the golden thread that weaves together the Sindiso Khumalo story. For the architect-turned-textile-designer, every collection — and every unique textile — always begins and ends with home. “The big thing for me is always to have an idea that will be grounded in home. I like to think of myself as part of a bigger African-textile story and as saying something about the time that we live in now and the women that I dress. Every collection is about creating a new African textile,” Khumalo says.

For her most recent collection, Khumalo has created a globally inspired African folk print to add to the rich tapestry of our continent’s textile narrative.

“I get inspired by lots of different cultures but I also think it’s really important for me to bring things home again. And by home I really mean KZN. Because I think bringing it home then grounds me in the collection and then I feel like it’s taken this journey,” she says.

Khumalo has spent much of her career in London, been lauded by Vogue Italia, and shown on schedule at Milan Fashion Week — not, once but twice. Now a new chapter is brewing — she is bringing her eponymous brand back to its roots in South Africa.

But why leave what some might see as an ideal seat on the international fashion stage to come back to South Africa? The proverbial grass may look greener on the other side — especially through the eyes of young and upcoming designers operating in the current economic and retail climate — but, for Khumalo, coming home brings the opportunity to plant real roots, both personally and professionally.

Khumalo considers her kids the biggest catalyst for her decision to return home. “I chose to come home 100% for my babies. I want to raise my children in the context within which I was raised and I want them to experience nature and live an outdoor life. I want them to see that their culture is rich and their heritage is strong — there’s a pride that comes with that. I’m just going to go for it; I’m just going to come home and see how it goes.

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The big thing for me is always to have an idea that will be grounded in home. I like to think of myself as part of a bigger Africantextile story

I don’t feel the fear,” she says, confidently.

Beyond family, this new chapter in South Africa is burgeoning with opportunity for Khumalo. Being closer to her manufacturers, forming closer relationships with the women who buy her clothes, and making a lasting impact on the local industry are just some of the other benefits to bringing her brand home.

“This new chapter is about really meeting my customer here and having more opportunities to do that. I feel very privileged to have this intimate relationship with these women who love my clothes. We bond, you know, and I feel privileged to be able to make clothes for them that they feel wonderful in. So I’m excited to be closer to that customer,” she says.

While many designers are gearing up to take their brands overseas, Khumalo’s fresh eyes see the South African fashion landscape with a new and necessary perspective.

“I think South Africa has a lot of opportunities. I just feel like you have to be positive.

The glass has to be half full if you’re going to operate here,” she explains. “I don’t even think of the glass as half full. I just always think that the glass is actually full. That’s how I like to operate at home, because I know it’s given me so much.

I just also want to be like, ‘I’m back, what can I do?’”

Khumalo plans to make her mark by opening a school to impart her knowledge and skills to machinists in South Africa. “I want to upskill already-skilled machinists so that they can eventually try to get themselves a higher wage in future. The better your skill, the higher the price of the garment can be, and the higher your wage can be,” she says.

Khumalo’s ability to not only see the bigger picture, but also to figure out where and how to plant the seeds for her brand and the broader industry to grow, is largely thanks to her master’s in textiles from Central Saint Martins in London. She recalls her time studying as the spark that made her think more holistically about what she does. With her experience in the bag and her unique perspective in her back pocket, Khumalo is taking this opportunity to weave her very own story on African soil. sindiskhumalo.com

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on artists are extremely popular in, well, popular culture. There’s inevitably a story behind their crimes and usually a clever one. Every few years there’s a movie nominated for an Oscar with a charismatic con artist at its centre: think The Grifters, The Talented Mr Ripley, or Catch Me If You Can. Our obsession with true crime has given rise to podcasts featuring con artists, such as Criminal; Death, Sex and Money; and Dirty John.

But, as Maria Konnikova, author of The Confidence Game, told The Guardian in 2016, “We shouldn’t forget that these are bad people who ruin lives.” Confidence tricksters are criminals, and what they do is commit crime. And our online lives are making it easier for them.

Fashion and décor stylist Karin Orzol recently fell victim to such a scamster, who left her out of pocket and with her heart broken.

Orzol is professional, smart, independent, funny, and extremely pretty — any man’s dream.

She has a job she loves, good friends, two dogs — all that was missing was the perfect partner. So when she and “Aaron Cohen” matched on Bumble, everything seemed to be coming together.

Cohen said he was in finance. He was born in the Bahamas but had grown up in the US. After his fiancée left him for his best friend, his therapist suggested a change of scenery. He had transferred to South Africa, where he was preparing to float the company he worked for on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

For 10 days, they messaged and spoke on the phone. Cohen was everything Orzol had ever wanted: someone to take long walks with, who loved her favourite artist, whose speciality was a dish from an obscure part of Italy she’d recently visited. “He said he was interested in buying a property in Scarborough, my favourite. I thought: wow, what a great match,” she says.

There was only one problem: Aaron Cohen didn’t exist. In hindsight, Orzol realised the scammer had done his research. “I’d recently posted something about Scarborough on Instagram — my profile is public because I use it for work.”

Konnikova told the Guardian Science Weekly podcast: “Social media definitely makes the con artist’s job much simpler. Because we leave so much information out there, it becomes so easy to profile us. We’re leaving our likes, our interests, our friends, where we go, what kind of food we like… All these things are online, and you don’t

have to be a hacker, or even particularly technologically savvy, to get this sort of information.”

Just when Cohen and Orzol were due to meet up for the first time, he called her on his way to the airport: he had to rush back to Atlanta and would be gone for about two weeks. When he called her later, she checked the number; it was from a US dialling code. “I wasn’t suspicious yet, but I thought I’d check. I don’t know why,” she says.

They kept chatting while he was away. Then, another hurried phone call: his mom had suffered a massive stroke, and he was racing to be by her side. Soon after, a call came, ostensibly from the Bahamas (again, the dialling code seemed to check out); his mother had passed away before he

could get to her. Cohen wept on the phone as he told her what had happened.

Orzol’s heart broke for her new beau. The day before his mother was supposed to be laid to rest, he called again. In the midst of his grief, his housekeeper had called from Joburg; her daughter was very ill and needed money for treatment, R4 700. Orzol was at work, but with barely a second thought she transferred the money.

The scammer had picked up that she was religious, but he’d made one error. Given her Polish surname, he had assumed she was Jewish.

As he described the preparations for his mother’s funeral, he emphasised that he was waiting for the rabbi, and peppered his descriptions with the

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appropriate cultural and religious detail.

The following day he called again; they needed R2 000 more. This time Orzol demurred, but Cohen begged her; it was a matter of life and death. “Your mother’s about to be buried,” she remembers thinking. “Can we not be talking about money at a time like this?”

Cohen kept phoning and asking for more money. She had deposited an extra R1 000, but still he kept asking her to send more. It made her very uncomfortable — both to be asked and to have to refuse — but now she stuck to her guns.

Finally, his mother supposedly interred and his business concluded, Cohen told Orzol he was coming home. He would be flying home via Cape

Town to buy a property he’d had his eye on.

The day Cohen was due to arrive, Orzol was in a meeting when she noticed five missed calls.

Thinking it must be an emergency, she excused herself and called back. “Why aren’t you answering your phone?” he demanded. Another sad story ensued: Cohen had brought R3.5-million in dollars to pay the the deposit on the property and had been detained at customs. “Are you crazy?”

Orzol asked him. “You’ll be deported!”

Cohen said not to worry: they just had to pay a bribe and he’d be released, no questions asked. He said only she could help him; he really wanted to see her… Just send R30 000 and then they could be together.

conmen were the stuff of movies — and then she fell for one…

Orzol flat-out refused. This was illegal activity — smuggling large sums of cash, bribery — and she resented being drawn into such a scheme.

And yet she hesitated, considering it. Eventually, she put her foot down. She’d never met this man.

She wasn’t his girlfriend — she wasn’t even his buddy. This just wasn’t her responsibility.

On a whim, she said she’d fly down to help him.

She had no intention of going; she wanted to see how he’d react. No, he said — rather send him the R2 000 she’d spend on a ticket so he could buy kosher meals where he was staying. She told him she bought all her flights with air miles. “Give me your address,” she insisted. “I’m coming down.”

Instead, she called a friend and sent him everything she knew about Cohen. It took her friend about an hour and a half, and he came up with… nothing. No such person existed. The Atlanta phone numbers didn’t exist, nor did the Bahamian one. He did find the pictures Cohen had sent Orzol: they had been stolen from the Instagram account of a handsome — and rather flamboyant — fashion designer based in New York.

Since the experience, Orzol has been shocked to learn how many people in her immediate circle have been taken in by similar cons. “All of a sudden,” she says, “someone falls into your life who seems absolutely perfect. And then there’s a tragedy, which breaks your heart.”

Online researchers Sift Science sampled 8-million online dating profiles across several dating platforms. Of those, 10% of all new profiles were fake. Male profiles are 21% more likely to be fake than female. The most common age listed on fake profiles is 36 and the countries with the largest fake user profiles are Nigeria, Ghana, the Netherlands, Romania, and, tellingly, South Africa.

Orzol is a kind person; someone who would do anything to help those she cares for, which is exactly the quality the scammer exploited. He seemed sensitive; in touch with his emotions.

“I didn’t once doubt that he needed the money, and I didn’t once doubt that his mom had died,” she says. And because he didn’t ask for money for his mom, but for someone else, Cohen’s scenario seemed plausible. “I was quite embarrassed about it. I haven’t watched Catfish; I hadn’t heard of this kind of scam — and I’m quite informed. I work in the media, for goodness’ sake.

“I wouldn’t want anyone else to go through that. It feels like I’ve been raped by a ghost. I felt ill — physically ill — when I realised he doesn’t exist. Just like that, he’s gone. Not dead; just never was.”

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“I don’t believe in luck, but it was pure luck.

I’m not a babe; I’m not particularly beautiful; I’m not all the things that society assumes are, like, ‘It’. I’m not ‘It’, but I managed somehow — not because of my own will, but because of the way things fell into place — to be quite successful and, frankly, to have a fucking awesome life,” she fondly recalls.

Moving from Johannesburg to Cape Town, then Paris and later New York, Borain went from being what she describes as a “very shy and very insecure and normal little girl” to being a highly sought-after, short-haired, androgynous model walking in shows and shooting campaigns with the top names on the international stage.

“Basically I just hit the market at such a good stage, because I was long and skinny, and I had short hair, and I had this whole androgynous vibe going on, and people were just like, ‘Ah, she’s perfect,’” she says. By the early ’80s, Borain’s career was soaring. She became one of the first models to be put on contract, when Calvin Klein offered her $1-million to work with him for 100 days a year for three years running.

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Snapshots of South African supermodel Josie Borain’s life capture the excitement of the fashion industry in the early ’80s

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Self-portrait with Antoine Verglas; Donna Karan and her designer Eddie Wilkerson, with models including Gail Elliot, Veronica Webb, and Ariane Koizumi; Triple self-portrait, Mexico; Portrait

by Pierre Houles, my first husband, Antibes

She has many memories, and those of Klein are a highlight.

“Calvin used to get a lot of inspiration from me, for whatever reason, and he was really generous, and he really liked me. Before my first show with Calvin Klein, after we signed, he very generously sent me and my husband Pierre on his jet to Key West, so I could go and get a suntan,” she laughs.

On the other side of the lens Just as modelling found Borain when she thought herself to be its least likely candidate, so too did photography, when she found herself with a camera in her hands while backstage.

“When I was a model I used to take photographs. Some girls would sit around and do their makeup, and other girls would smoke cigarettes — I wasn’t either of those girls, so I just used to walk around with a camera,” she says. “I wasn’t creating perfect images, I was just snapping life — my life.”

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Richard Avedon, Irving Penn. I love Steven Meisel, Bruce Weber, Peter Lindbergh — I worked with some amazing photographers and, in retrospect, I’m very honoured to have worked with them,” she says.

“There’s a connection within the lens when you photograph somebody and they’re looking at you through the lens and you’re looking at them. There’s something… It’s exciting.”

Josie You & Me, her self-published coffee-table book, gives a sneak peek into this chapter of her life. With boxes full of photographs from her days as a supermodel, Borain’s memories are vivid, frozen in frame, and preserved, even now, years on, when her life looks vastly different.

“I don’t consider myself a fashion photographer. I really consider myself a reportage photographer, if you really have to label me. I love my book; it’s like a retrospective of part of my life.”

Josie You & Me, by Josie Borain is available for R450 (excluding shipping). josieborain.com

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Scrap the Jojo Moyes and James MA’AM DARLING: 99 GLIMPSES Patterson, OF PRINCESS MARGARET and rather Cr a ig B r o wn read a book Wow — people did NOT that’s actually like England’s Princess Margaret. And this good on the exceptionally smart, beach this unusually structured, and totally engrossing biography holiday. Here’s gives a detailed account our list of of how and why. This is a tale of rich, spoilt people; surefire hits outrageous parties; tropicalto pack for pool island living; and celebrity in the 20th century. or waveside downtime

RESERVOIR 13 J on M c Gr e g or

Devotees of Atkinson (and there are many) have been counting down the hours to the release of this, her first novel since the awardwinning A God in Ruins.

It won’t disappoint. This poignant, fast-paced work centres around a young girl co-opted into the world of British espionage during the Second World War. It’s a joy to read.

This is absolutely not what you think it will be. The premise: a young girl vanishes in a small English town. What happens afterwards? How do the locals respond? McGregor’s writing is mesmerising and a kind of meditation on the passing of time. It’s beautiful.

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THE WORLD THAT WAS OURS Hilda Ber ns tein

LINCOLN IN THE BARDO Ge or g e Saunde r s

Probably the best book I read this year; yet, it was written in 1967. This first-hand account

by Bernstein — an antiapartheid activist — details the terrifying and crazy goings on around the Rivonia Treason Trial, at which her husband Rusty, was an accused. It’s got intrigue, drama, and all the facts. Really, a Hollywood blockbuster should be made of the story.

DEAR MRS BIRD A J P e a rc e

This did not win the 2017 Man Booker Prize for nothing. But don’t be put off by that or the unusual structure, either. It’s a brilliant, heart-warming, and funny gem of historical fiction about what happens to Abraham Lincoln’s 11-yearold son Willie after he dies.

WARLIGHT Michael Ondaatje

This is the quick, fun novel on the list. We’ve got a heroine with moxie, a setting of London during the Blitz, a magazine agony aunt, and much hijinks. Beyond all the bubbly, “keep calm and carry on”, and “make do and mend” of this book is a glimpse at the real devastation of war. And being a woman in wartime.

Read this sharpish, because a follow-up is on its way.

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Look, it’s not The English Patient, but really what will ever be? That said, Ondaatje’s latest is great. It’s got the same sort of lyrical sense to it; the same way of hooking you into the story. This one kicks off when two siblings, Nathaniel and Rachel, are abandoned by their folks and put into the care of a mysterious chap called The Moth. Give it a bash.

If you’ve not devoured the first three books of the Strike series, now is your moment to go on a reading binge, and then hit up the latest in the run, Lethal White. Trust me — you want to get caught up in the world of damaged private detective (when are they not?)

Cormoran Strike. And the storytelling is ace, because Galbraith is the pseudonym of JK Rowling. Winning!

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ST R I P E D S W I M S UI T DUO, DUS KI I ; H AI R B AND, AMERICAN APPAREL ; S UNGLAS SES, POPPY L ISSIMAN

From what you put in your hair to what you eat, it’s time for your beach-beauty routine to get holistic

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BEAUTY DIET Take your summer glow to the next level by letting your diet tackle skin concerns from the inside out.

“Carrots are great because they have beta-carotene, which is great for your vision and the whites of y o u r e y e s ,” s a y s c e l e b r i t y m a k e u p artist Sir John. If your skin is looking dull or you’re combating dark circles, increase your intake of raw beetroot to aid circulation.

Incorporate turmeric to calm down any inflammation or redness. Drink celery juice to promote good kidney health, which improves the overall function of the skin.

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BASKING IN BLUSH Fake a sunburnt flush that ’s less painful than the real thing, as seen at Jacquemus Spring/Summer ’18. Using a big fluffy powder brush, lightly dust some bronzer on your temples, forehead, and jawline.

Tap the same brush into a pink or red undertoned blush and buff into your nose bridge and cheeks, spanning across the apples, undereye area and cheekbones.

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Sun protection should be at the top of your priority list — even for your hair. Before contemplating your next dip in the pool or ocean, protect your hair from damaging UV rays, sea salt, and chlorine by applying hair-protection products such as Tigi Beach Me Wave Defining Gel Mist. Alternately, wet hair thoroughly and work a generous amount of coconut oil into the strands to keep hydration locked in and harmful factors shut out.

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lawless, glowing skin has always been the most coveted sign of beauty. It is said that Cleopatra believed in milk baths to soften her skin, while today’s celebrities pay thousands for the most sought-after skin therapists to work magic on their faces.

You only need to scroll through your social-media feed to see how the focus on skincare has grown over the years. Jade and dermarollers, at-home LED masks, acupuncture, facial cupping, and Korean skincare routines seem to have become the norm, so it’s safe to say that skin is in.

While makeup is still a huge part of the beauty industry, healthy skin is the most coveted prize, and ever-improving skincare technology is making it simpler and easier to achieve.

Somatology is attracting interest as it looks at skin in conjunction with the overall health of the body The global eye is focused on wellness and many people are making healthy lifestyle changes. Could the holistic approach to skin and aesthetics be the direction of skincare in the future?

What is somatology? Somatologists study the entire body and how it functions internally to facilitate a healthier body and skin. “It is a multi-disciplined profession that treats particular skin concerns, including ageing, pigmentation, and sensitivity,” says Dr Judey Pretorius, co-founder of skincare company BioMedical Emporium.

Somatologists can recommend traditional remedies, including non-invasive skin treatments such as peels and laser therapy, or natural solutions such as nutritional or alternative body treatments. “Somatologists are equipped with sufficient skill to address particular concerns such as ageing, pigmentation, mild acne, and dehydrated or sensitive skin,” Pretorius says.

So, what’s the difference between a dermatologist and a somatologist? “Dermatology is the study of the skin in a medical context. A dermatologist has a medical degree and specialises in diagnosing and managing diseases of the skin,” says Karen Bester, a medical trainer at Lamelle Research Laboratories.

“Somatology is the study of the skin in an aesthetic context.

To be a somatologist, you would do a diploma or degree focusing on skin and the treatment of skin to keep it healthy, but also young and beautiful. Yes, both can treat acne, but when it gets out of hand, the somatologist will send you to the dermatologist. A somatologist will treat hyper-pigmentation with peels, lasers, and products. However, they would refer a lesion that might be cancer to a dermatologist.”

“There will always be an established place for the discipline of dermatology, as it addresses skin disorders. Having said that, the somatologist’s role has increased dramatically over the past decade,” Pretorius says. “Medical-aesthetic doctors and somatologists complement each other.”

EXPERTS’ CORNER Dr Judey Pretorius says 1. I never skip on my day- or night-time regime, and I never sleep with any makeup on.

2. I always start my day with the application of sunscreen and a glass of water. 3. I apply a retinol serum followed by a peptide moisturiser both in the morning and at night.

Karen Bester says 1. Wear sunscreen and stay out of the sun as much as possible.

2. Wash your face at night and apply a good treatment moisturiser or serum and moisturiser.

3. Regularly visit a skincare unit staffed by professionals for treatments, products, and advice.

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Colours of the season

Seen at: Burberry, Chanel, Valentino The mood: This season, red expressed its dominance by way of classic pouts that added just the right amount of colour to clean, polished skin. Designers didn’t feel confined to true reds, but experimented with corals, cherry reds, and even glittery, red lips.

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Seen at: Missoni, Rodarte, Alice + Olivia, Marques’Almeida, Lutz Huelle The mood: There were quintessential ’80s vibes with mixes of acidic blues and modern cobalt blue lining the eyes, as well as a surprise newbie — shades of the most-wearable powder blue as seen at Missoni and Lutz Huelle.

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There were no limits to pigment as the Spring/Summer 2019 runways showed that colouring outside the lines is the new normal

Seen at: Marc Jacobs, Giambattista Valli, Guy Laroche, Matty Bovan The mood: Pink made a comeback as bright fuchsias were traded in for soft washes of cotton-candy pink over eyes, worn in hair as a pastel with a peach undertone at Marc Jacobs, and laden with glitter at Giambattista Valli.

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CI VI DI N I Seen at: Rodarte, Alice + Olivia, Halpern, Anna Sui, Alberto Zambelli, Fyodor Golan The mood: This sunny colour graduated into the popular “Gen Z” territory. Forget canary shades: yellow took on an orange undertone and melded with orange in gradated washes draped over eyes and cheeks.

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GREEN Seen at: Valentino, Cividini, Byblos The mood: Green in luxurious jewel tones leapt off the runways and straight into our 2018 favourites pile. It was worn primarily on eyes, either as a solid line hugging both top and bottom lashes, boldly painted over lids, or as elegantly placed stick-on gems.

Seen at: Tom Ford, Max Mara, Antonio Marras The mood: Rusty, desert browns and emollient chocolates were the key to creating effortless, sultry, smoky looks. From Tom Ford to Max Mara, earthy, matte browns were lifted with metallic bronzes and coppers to catch the tiniest glints of light.

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Seen at: Dries Van Noten, Dior, Mugler The mood: Black was used to create a powerful sense of refinement. Inky black was painted on eyes in graphic flicks at Dries van Noten, used as a statement lipstick at Mugler, and gave an edge to whimsical, balletinspired looks at Dior.

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We selected four special holiday retreats on home soil that tick all your luxury-vacation boxes

PH OTOGR APH Y Henri que Wi ldi ng, Lar Lesli e, and Greg Cox

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FLAIR FOR THE DRAMATIC Lemuria, Betty’s Ba y

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emuria’s black façade is crouched behind the scrub beyond the Betty’s Bay shoreline — and somehow more at home in the landscape than many a classic whitewashed beach cottage would be. The rugged Overberg coastline is the perfect setting for this striking beach escape, which is as unexpected on the inside as it is on the outside.

The generous, open-plan living spaces are dramatised by ornate Indian doors in different colours. Screed floors and a clean silhouette are counterbalanced by mismatched antique furniture, and vintage and retro objects give it an upbeat and relaxed feel to offset the dramatic effect of the architecture. A combination of African and Indian influences in the textiles, artwork and decorative objects offers an eclectic sensibility, which is kept edgy rather than crafty by the ultra-contemporary shell. The black backdrop also proves the perfect foil for the abundant pops of bright turquoise, blue, pink, and yellow that form an unconventional seaside palette.

Three bedrooms inside the house and a separate loft suite sleep eight comfortably.

There’s a gym across the courtyard (which is ideal for lunches or lying in the hammock), a wine cellar stocking the owner’s own label, and two braai options (gas and wood) for would-be entertainers.

Nothing separates the house from the sand, bar a garden path and gate, giving it front-row access to the beach, as well as amazing views from the raised pool deck. In a nutshell: it’s the quintessential beach house, fitted out in such a way that you can settle in for the long haul but with an atypical aesthetic that makes you feel as if you’re much further from Cape Town than the 90km drive would suggest.

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THE SLOW LOUNGE No 37, KwaZuluNa tal

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waZulu-Natal’s Dolphin coast is typically a low-key kind of holiday location. It has a slower pace than the Cape and is much more exotic, with the appeal of a tropical-island locale an easy flight from any city in South Africa. Those who have found their way here have come for the very tranquility that makes it hard to leave.

No 37 on Sheffield Beach is a jungly retreat amid verdant vegetation. Palms, strelitzias, and ferns surround the house, creating a haven of leafy calm. Inside, a palette of earthy tones and natural textures emphasise the down-toearth nature of the destination.

This holiday home is designed for a laid-back getaway, where the most difficult choice you’ll need to make is where to spend a leisurely day sunbathing (you have the choice of loungers on the deck, in a hammock fanned by the sea breeze, or a few steps from the house on the beach). The idea is to relish doing less.

The secluded and sheltered courtyard is also an ideal place to read — the built-in daybeds are shaded and offer respite from the sun. Inside, slow-turning fans will be a soothing soundtrack to your afternoon nap. Fish braais and barefoot beach strolls are the order of the day once you rouse yourself from your reverie.

The house sleeps 10, which makes it supremely versatile — think big-occasion birthdays or bring-everyone family holidays.

As remote as it seems, the villa is only a 26-minute drive from King Shaka International Airport, and there is a plethora of activities for water-sports enthusiasts in close proximity.

And for visitors to South Africa wanting to combine a beach and bush experience, the Umfolozi and Hluhluwe game reserves are only a two-and-a-half-hour drive away.

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BIG SKY COUNTRY De Hoek, Barrydale

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s holiday homes go, De Hoek in Barrydale is a textbook argument for escaping to the country. It’s located on the edge of the Overberg, just as the terrain begins to transition into a rugged Karoo landscape, and its relative isolation is a large part of its charm. The lack of houses and no discernible civilisation for miles, the mountain vistas in every direction, and the incomparable golden light that occurs only in this corner of the country make this the epitome of a true retreat.

Inside, the old farmhouse has been gutted and restored to a layout closer to its origins, and its nostalgic appeal remains very much intact courtesy of a décor scheme that pays homage to the building’s history. Its interior-designer owner has imparted an effortless, easygoing elegance to the spaces. The well-chosen pieces have loads of character and beautiful patinated textures (copper urns, terracotta pots, enamel light fittings). The mix of stylistic references — faded English prints, rich Persians rugs and Cape collectibles — offer a snapshot of the eclectic influences typically found in old South African homes, and adds to the beautifully layered feel. Latte ceilings, generous hearths, and natural artefacts reinforce the Karoo location.

As lovely as the interior is, this is a destination where the outdoors beckons. This home has numerous spaces where you can while away the hours, gin and tonic in hand.

The beautiful, built-in seating on the veranda looks out over the garden (a loosely planted paradise that the owners lovingly created from scratch) and the veld beyond. Outside the kitchen is an alfresco dining spot, and just beyond is the beautifully situated pool house that looks onto an unbeatable vista.

This is a destination designed for a big pile of books, slow roasts and long walks — it’s restoration of the purest form.

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POISED PIED-À-TERRE Pepper Tree, De Wa terk ant

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LO V E M I LO P I C N I C B L A N K E T, R1 199, YUPPIECHEF

MANZANILLA OLIVES, R70, BABYLONSTOREN

T E A K C H O P P I N G B O A R D, R 6 5 0 , BABYLONSTOREN

P I C N I C B A S K E T, R1 399, COUNTRY ROAD S T U D I O W T H R O W, R899, WOOLWORTHS

N A P K I N S , R 1 6 0 , PA C K O F F O U R , W O O LW O R T H S

DURALEX GLASSES, R109, YUPPIECHEF

PLANNING THE PERFECT PICNIC

UMBRELLA, R1 799, COUNTRY ROAD

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MARATABA BOTTLE BAG, R38 753, KAT VAN DUINEN

INVERROCHE GIN, R429, YUPPIECHEF

isitors and residents alike know that in Cape Town location is king.

De Waterkant is a charming, cobbled suburb bookended by the City Bowl and Atlantic Seaboard. Terrace houses, heritage cottages and charming cafés predominate, and the area is centrally positioned with easy access to leisure offerings.

Pepper Tree is perched in one of the more stately in De Waterkant. Its elegantly understated interior scheme channels English restraint, effortless Italian chic, and a grounding African earthiness, with just the right ratio of style to comfort. Neutral colours and a less-is-more approach to furniture and accessories give the space a cosmopolitan feel that’s hard to pin down, so it seems as if it could be in one of many cities in the world.

Graciously appointed spaces and refined architectural details (wall mouldings, stair railings and shutters) give this three-level, three-bedroom house a sense of grandeur despite its compact size, and offer the perfect proportions for its urban location. A textural palette of glass, wood, and leather contribute equal parts of simplicity and personality.

Once up on the rooftop terrace, though there’s no doubting where you are. This vantage point offers sensational views of the city. The lounge area, pool, and covered alfresco dining area allow you the luxury of plenty of outdoor space, even though you’re in the centre of the city. If you’re inclined, this is an unbeatable spot to entertain while the sun goes down and city lights come up. Equally, it’s a perfect place for a sundowner before venturing into the neighbourhood in search of an excellent meal.

Whatever your downtime preference, the excellent location and classic style of this lock-up-and-go make it perfectly suited for the city sophisticate. perfecthideaways.co.za

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ome houses cling to hillsides; this one cleaves to it, hugging itself into the terraced curves of the Earth. And what a part of the Earth it is: a steep mountainside on the edge of the picturesque village of Deià in Mallorca, where regular holidaymakers include Kate Moss, Bob Geldof, Gwyneth Paltrow, Harrison Ford, Jamie Oliver and many more. What attracts them all to this place is its lack of ostentatious glitz: Deià still retains the simple charm that, back in 1929, brought the English poet and novelist Robert Graves to live here. He stayed until his death in 1985.

Close to the house that Graves built for himself and his family in 1932 (which now houses a museum dedicated to his life and work) is Ca’n Palmer, a holiday home that very much captures the spirit of this place. The house, which is owned by London property developers Greg and Cassie Fry, is elegant yet easy-going in style. It encapsulates what Graves wrote of Deià itself: that it is a place where “perfect tranquillity reigns”.

From the winding street on which the house is situated on the outskirts of the village, the house is accessed via stone stairs down the terraced mountainside.

The steep site dictates that it is a fairly narrow building, with three floors. On the main level, one enters through the front door directly into the interior dining area.

The open-plan interior living space is situated immediately to the left, down a couple of steps.

The dining area also opens directly onto the partially covered outdoor terrace through a series of wood-and-glass double doors, while the lower-level living room opens, in a similar fashion, onto steps down to the pool area. “We like to think of a space as a glass half full,” say Oro del Negro and Manuel Villanueva of More Design, the Deià design practice that was responsible for the recent renovation of Ca’n Palmer. “Into the empty volume comes form and shape, with the space itself suggesting how it should be designed and decorated.”

The terrace is surrounded by a low, stone wall topped with cream seating pads and loads of cushions covered in local Mallorcan textiles. It is backed with simple iron balustrades. It affords gorgeous views across the valley to the

Stone steps lead down from the street level to Ca’n Palmer’s front door. The Villanueva family, who are friends of the homeowners, enjoying the swimming pool. The rectangular, salt-water pool is surrounded by natural stone

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At the entrance to the house, one of the first things to catch the eye is the sculptural staircase that links its three floors. The simple, thread-like iron balustrade functions as a sort of visual punctuation mark

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The handmade integrated natural stone sink is polished inside with a textured surround. The small grove of trees outside provides a pretty view while washing up or preparing fresh artichokes for an alfresco meal.

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rugged hillside opposite, which is dotted with stone houses, as well as vistas all the way down to the sea. The house is made of creamy reddish stone, which is set off beautifully by pale blue wooden shutters — quite “modern” by Mallorcan standards, where exterior shutters are traditionally painted in darkgreen shades. The terrace furnishings and décor also include a contemporary, chunky wooden outdoor coffee table, a dining table and chairs, and plenty of thriving plants in terracotta pots.

The outdoor dining area is shaded by a bamboo pergola, while behind that, a more substantial tiled roof covers the space immediately leading out through another pair of wood-and-glass doors from the kitchen. During the intense heat of a late-summer day, this shadiest part of the terrace is a great place to put your feet up. Cicadas buzz and the air is full of the scent of pine trees, a small thicket of which adjoins the house on one side.

The stone floors used in both the exterior and interior living areas connect the spaces: outside, they have been left in their natural state, while indoors they are polished to a gleaming sheen. Throughout, the varied mix of rectangular and square shapes in the pavers creates an element of visual interest without any sense of distraction or fuss. Indoors, the polished stone

is also varied with poured white micro-cement flooring, creating a considered flow between different rooms and spaces. More Design is, say Del Negro and Villanueva, always interested in “the interactions between spaces and how they flow into one another and reference each other.”

Another connecting element in the space is the central staircase that links the floor that contains the main living areas with the bedrooms on the levels above and below it. The curved plasterwork stairs, which are reminiscent of a piece of modernist sculpture, have a thin, black, iron balustrade that creates a striking visual thread through the house — functioning rather like a bold punctuation mark within a clever piece of graphic design.

Iron balustrades, stonework, wooden shutters: all are elements of Mallorcan vernacular architecture, updated to suit contemporary lifestyles and aesthetics. This is another of More Design’s strengths — an ability to beautifully update traditional ideas and designs — which, of course, also includes a sensitive response to the island’s building rules.

“Building regulations include those that affect building parameters and the ones that rule the aesthetics,” say Del Negro and Villanueva. “Both try to protect the north coast of Mallorca from uncontrolled construction, ensuring

that development will respect the traditional landscaping and architecture code. For us, these restraints are part of the process, and we challenge them by being creative within their margins. And the interiors are open to free interpretation, thus allowing us to introduce a contemporary reading of the spaces, combined with traditional materials and construction methods.”

Accordingly, sculptural plasterwork inspired by the vernacular is used for a number of built-in features of the house, including the staircase, the rounded fireplaces, the built-in seating in the living room, the kitchen units, and the baths and storage elements in the bathrooms. Natural stone basins in bathrooms — and the kitchen sink — feature textured edging created by hand-chiselling the stone; the interiors have been carved out and smoothed, again by hand.

The spacious master bedroom is on the first floor. It contains a freestanding bath-with-a-view at one end, and a separate bathroom that serves both this and the adjacent guest bedroom. At the far end of the main suite is a gloriously romantic private balcony with just enough room for a café table and two chairs, and panoramic views up the valley eastwards towards the centre of the village. It is perfect for watching the sun come up over the Serra de Tramuntana mountains — or for quiet contemplation late in the evening.

The built-in seating and plastered fireplace in the living room are rounded in style and shape, creating an inviting, intimate atmosphere. The sheepskins are from Pergarden Produkt/Scandinavian Skins

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In the main bedroom, white walls, white ceilings and white Pandomo micro-cement flooring combine well with unpainted wood and natural textures. The peacock chair adds a playful element, while the four-poster bed gives the space a touch of drama

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The lowest floor of the house, under the main living area, consists of two more bedrooms that both boast inviting, built-in beds: in one room is a large double bed with a sculptural plastered base, while the other contains rustic wooden bunks perfect for kids. As in the rest of the house, the subtle finishes add to the feeling of restrained cool: simple, sculpted wall lights that create pools of light upwards and down, and classic “toggle” light switches on white-back plates. Windows throughout the house are dressed with pale, creamy, linen curtains and loosely gathered Roman-style blinds in the same fabric. The curtains fall from plain-black, cast-iron rails (which echo the balustrades on the upper windows and staircase) to “puddle” on the floors.

Throughout the house, the bathrooms are compact yet indulgent, featuring handmade basins and built-in plasterwork baths with wall-mounted showers and integrated open storage. Boffi mixer taps and faucets in brushed stainless steel complete the picture of laidback elegance.

Stroll outside and you’ll find an idyllic garden: terraced, planted with hardy Mediterranean vegetation, and featuring a rectangular salt-water pool. The pool has a classic blue-mosaic shell and is set into yet more natural stone. Grouped wooden loungers and cream canvas umbrellas shield their occupants from the sun.

This is one of those protean houses that subtly changes its character as the day progresses. In the cool of the morning, light comes gradually over the mountains to peek into Deià, slowly illuminating the views across the valley in a tranquil transition from dawn to day. By the early afternoon, the sun is beating powerfully down and the best place to be is indoors.

In the early evening, it’s time for a refreshing swim, followed by a session of sundowners while the sun slowly sinks into the sea. And as night falls and the village lights up, there is a palpable holiday spirit in the air. Tomorrow is another day — and hopefully it will be just like this one. moredesign.es

The terrace,, which features a portion of tiled roof, a bamboo pergola and an area that is completely open to the elements, is adjacent to the central floor of the house. A series of stone steps leads down from the terrace to the pool area

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Describe your favourite item in your wardrobe. A black catsuit. So easy, so versatile, so evocative. I have many.

Name a book that’s had a lasting impact on you. Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations.

What’s your secret talent? I sing.

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What’s your secret vice? Japanese whisky.

What’s the last item you bought and loved?

A vintage white Chanel lab coat, circa 2000. I plan to wear it in the studio... my uniform.

Who’s your creative inspiration? I find myself revisiting Louise Nevelson’s work time and time again.

Finish this sentence: If I weren’t afraid, I would… be on the Mars One mission.

Who would play you in your biopic? A young Eartha Kitt. If only…

What’s the first thing you have in the morning?

Coffee, eggs, and a pain au chocolat. Then I meditate and reflect on what I want my day to be.

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