The American Institute of Intradermal Cosmetics will be holding a one-day permanent makeup conference on Monday, 3 October 2011, in Alberton, Gauteng. The conference will be hosted by USA Master Certified Intradermal Cosmetic Artist, Nora Barnard, from Premier Permanent. 23 Sep 2011
Professor Coco Alex is introducing various new styles of eyebrow-shaping to the Placecol group. President of the International Eyelash Designers' Association (IEDA) Malaysia, Professor Alex goes as far to say that brows can create a personality; if your brows are shaped incorrectly you can come across as being weak and soft instead of confident. 21 Sep 2011
Spa and Salon Solutions launched its new range, called Milk Solutions, at the Professional Beauty Convention at the Gallagher Estate, Johannesburg in August this year. Milk Solutions, a South African product, is a manicure, pedicure and body range, and available to beauty salons, spas and nails bars countrywide. 16 Sep 2011
Trade Kings SA will launch Milkit, a lollipop which incorporates the wholesome taste of milk, with other flavours in an 18 gram unit. They are available in mixed bags of strawberry and banana; lemon & lime and bubble-gum; crazy caramel; magic brownie and original ice-cream in two pack sizes; retail pack sizes of 8 and wholesale pack sizes of 48. 8 Sep 2011
Rainbow is launching six new chicken loaves especially for deli counters. As both are Halaal and HACCP compliant, the deli loaves are 100% chicken and contain no pork. 7 Sep 2011
A toffee flavoured vodka, popular in the bars of the French Alps for decades, will be available in South Africa through its distributor, Cook Kikillus. Thunder is described as the only toffee vodka free from any additives or preservatives, made from selected triple distilled grain vodka and natural toffee syrup at 29.9% ABV. 31 Aug 2011
The top scoring De Krans Cape Tawny Port recently scored a perfect 100 points and the Laborie Alambic Brandy, a double-distilled potstill brandy, 99.5 points at an awards ceremony hosted by the South African Wine Index (SAWI). 23 Aug 2011
Among the South African white wines coming on the market that are ready for drinking now but could improve with time, the single-vineyard white wines sold under the Lomond label will remain at their best for five to eight years, says winemaker, Kobus Gerber. 17 Aug 2011
Two new Pinotages have been released for smooth winter evenings - Knorhoek Pinotage 2009 and Obikwa, which won Best Value Award in the 2011 Wine Magazine Best Value Wine Guide for wines priced under R60 a bottle. 14 Aug 2011
The SA Rugby Red, a Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 blend and the SA Rugby White, a 2011 Sauvignon Blanc will both be produced by Ernie Els for the Rugby World Cup 2011, which kicks off on 9 September and runs until 23 October 2011. Both wines are now available at most major retailers. The red will retail from R79.99 and the white from R59.99. 8 Aug 2011
UK-based cosmetic brand '2 Love My Lips' has launched a range of lip glosses in South Africa that come packaged with two drink spike detector test strips that are able to trace drink spiking drugs in alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. 4 Aug 2011
Steenberg Vineyards has released two vintages in the Klein Steenberg range - Sauvignon Blanc 2011 and Cabernet Sauvignon 2010, which replaces the Klein Steenberg Bordeaux style red blend. 31 Jul 2011
The Laager brand of kids' rooibos tea, Tea4Kidz, has added Strawberry Delight as a new flavour in 80g packs that each contain 40 tagless tea bags at a recommended retail price of between R8.99 and R9.99. It can be enjoyed hot, chilled or as a shake. It joins the other flavours in the Joekels Tea Packers' Laager brand range. 28 Jul 2011
KWV has launched a new liqueur, Gold Strike, a cinnamon gold-leaf liqueur made from a variety of imported woodland herbs, seeds and roots, with a central ingredient of orange peel or Curacao peel. The liqueur bottle contains flocculent pieces of genuine 24K gold leaf, which are part of the drink's tradition. 26 Jul 2011
Flat Roof Manor has launched Sauvignon Blanc Light 2011 with an alcohol by volume (ABV) of 9% and has 32% fewer kilojoules than the regular 14.3% ABV offering of the same vintage. Produced on the Uitkyk estate in Stellenbosch and made by Estelle Lourens, it retails at R38 per bottle. 21 Jul 2011
Bull Brand Foods has released the new Gants Chunky Chicken tinned range in four variants - in brine with lemon, spicy apricot, Thai sweet chilli and tangy flavoured mayonnaise, packaged in a 210g pull tag tin suitable for lunchtime, toppings or quick snacks. 12 Jul 2011
Consumers often find themselves in situations where they know they have come in contact with germs and bacteria but don't have access to soap and water. The Kleenex range of hand wipes offers a convenient on-the-go alternative to washing hands - one wipe and almost all the germs are gone. 3 Jul 2011
The new vintages of the Old Man's Blend range have been released by Groote Post, a wine farm on the Cape West Coast. 3 Jul 2011
Simonsig Estate has welcomed an exclusive new white into its portfolio of wines with the launch of the maiden Straw Wine 2009 made from 100% naturally sundried Muscat Ottonel grapes. 6 Jun 2011
In response to research conducted with mothers leading organic lifestyles, who have babies under the age of 18 months, Elizabeth Anne's & Purity has taken the initiative of developing a new Baby Organics range. 31 May 2011
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