One of our favourites, Beatenberg, have just been announced as one of the acts performing at Mumford & Sons’ international traveling festival, Gentlemen of the Road, in the UK next week.

Hand-picked by the Mumford & Sons team, Beatenberg is the only African-based act to have been selected to perform the Gentlemen of the Road “Stopover” happening in Aviemore, UK next week 31^st July & 1^st August. This leg of the touring festival features acts like Mumford & Sons, Ben Howard, Primal Scream and Jack Garratt. This performance in the UK is the latest in a growing list of international performances for the multiple SAMA-winning band as they spread their music over the African continent and beyond with performances in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, New York and Barcelona in 2015.

 Congratulations, guys!!

For more info:

http://www.gentlemenoftheroad.com/stopovers/about/

Social Media:

Facebook                            – www.facebook.com/Beatenberg

Twitter & Instagram        – @beatenberg_band

*Photo credit – Katja Marr

“With Pharrell, anything is possible” – Billboard

Three weeks after Pharrell Williams first liberated his powerful new single “Freedom”, the globetrotting, beautifully photographed music video for the track has officially arrived. The Paul Hunter-directed video initially premiered when Pharrell first dropped “Freedom” on Apple Music, but today, the music video debuted for the masses.

In the video, Pharrell sings and dances to his track in various locations where freedom is stifled, whether it’s a sweatshop, a work camp or locations that show conformity handcuff our freedom of expression and individuality, like a dilapidated shopping mall.

The video is also packed with plenty of imagery that evokes the feeling of being free, from horses stampeding on an open range and two women running naked on a mountainside to birds soaring in the air and countless breathtaking and expansive views.

“Freedom” also recreates one of the pursuit of freedom’s most lasting moments – the protestor at Tiananmen Square – in Lego fashion, juxtaposing that image with footage of Muhammad Ali sparring.

Before Pharrell premiered the “Freedom” single on Apple Music’s Beats 1 on June 30th, he first used his June 27th Glastonbury Festival performance to give the track a proper welcome. “Listen, we all afterwards were kind of teary-eyed because the energy of the crowd was so big, and it was so strong,” Pharrell told Beats 1. “It was like the wind — you see the effects of it, but you couldn’t see it. You just felt it, because it just blew through you and blew past you.” – Rolling Stone

Get on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/PWFreedom 

Stream on Apple Music:  https://itun.es/za/NlGq8

Traditionally, an Instameet is where a group of people meet up on a certain day at a pre-determined location to explore and take photos to which they are later uploaded on to Instagram.

The Instameet is about more than just taking photos and uploading them onto Instagram, though, “they are about exploring areas that you wouldn’t normally explore and about meeting like-minded people and really capturing these moments,” says Keenan Constance, one half of the creative founders behind the We Explore ZA brand along with his friend, Matthew Kanniah.

(Image: Instagram/KeenanConstance; photo by Sheldon Evans)

(Image: Instagram/MatthewKanniah)

Keenan goes on to say, “Matt and I have always enjoyed attending Instameets but felt that they happened too infrequently and there wasn’t enough notice of the meet to plan to go-they were too last minute. So, that’s when we decided we would start hosting our own Instameets and that we’d host them consistently every month and start pushing it online so that we give people enough time to plan to attend.”

Their first Instameet hosted over 76 people in attendance, with FujiFilm jumping on board for their second one to which the number of people in attendance doubled to over 150 people.  “Our June 16 Instameet was, as far as we know, the largest Instameet in South Africa so far, with well over 220 people in attendance-and our next one is sure to be even bigger,” the two say.

Realising that this was something that was quickly growing, Keenan and Matthew recognized that they needed to name their new project, resulting in the brand We Explore ZA and the hashtag #exploreza.

Their next Instameet will be held this week Saturday, 1 August at the SAA Aviation Museum in Germiston. And, for a small entrance fee of R20 (half of the normal price) you will have access to every aircraft including the cockpit of several planes and being able to walk on the wings of a Boeing 747.

We Explore ZA will also collaborating with @Zenography who launched an initiative called @walkforcharity in the hopes that Instameets could collide with Social Justice.
So, at their next Instameet, We Explore ZA are partnering with an organisation called The Rivers Foundation who look after the daily needs of 10 orphanages, feed 17 000 school kids every week and are continually involved in Social Justice projects like school and business refurbishments among many other projects.

On the day, there will be a Rivers Foundation stand available where Instagrammers are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items such as canned food and soup as well as clothing (in good condition) with a special focus on socks.

To add to the excitement, We Explore ZA have partnered with The College of Digital Photography who will be giving 4 attendees the chance to win a FREE Discover Photography course as well as merchandise valued at R1 500 each!

There are four different categories you can win in.

Follow We Explore ZA on their Facebook event page or their Instagram for more information

 @weexploreza

as well as Keenan and Matthew’s personal Instagram accounts:

@matthewkanniah

@keenangrams

READY? SET? START SNAPPING!

We love Cara, from her style, to her sass to her confidence in her ‘weirdness’-we love her.

Besides walking the runway in for big names in the fashion industry, Cara has landed the role of Enchantress  in the upcoming Suicide Squad, as well as the role of Margo in the movie adaptation of John Green’s novel, Paper Towns.

So, in and amongst her already busy schedule, Cara has been travelling on press tours to promote her new movie Paper Towns, which we can only imagine is exhausting: hours of travelling, hair and make-up done on the regular, late night movie premiere’s, interviews all day long with the same questions over and over-exhausting, we imagine. Of course, it is part of the package deal to sit through all of this and smile, engage and keep it together-it’s part of the job.

Well, the exact opposite happened when Cara appeared on a morning show called Good Day Sacramento to promote Paper Towns. To set the tone, the interviewer started the interview off by calling Cara ‘Carla’ and it just went downhill from there. The interviewers call Cara out on her ‘irritated’ demeanor and seem relentless on letting it go and eventually told her ‘to go take a nap or have a red bull.’

We’re with Cara on this one #SorryNotSorry

It’s really cringe-worthy, watch the video here:

There is no better way to stay up-to-date with the current growth of technology than with new emoji’s, right? What better way to express your emotions in the world of social media?

With the iOS8.3 we got a tone of new emoji’s, but now the Unicode Consortium-the organisation that standardizes the emoji characters and icons across the various operation systems, has released 38 new emoji’s for 2016! *insert trophy emoticon*

The exciting new emoji additions include: bacon, avo, a croissant, a selfie emoji, clinking champagne glasses as well as a ‘rolling on the floor laughing’ emoji-finally!

According to Yahoo Tech we can expect these new additions on our phones around June next year.

Here’s a full list of the new emoji’s you can expect to see on your phone:

1. Bacon
2. Clinking glasses
3. Shrug
4. Face palm
5. Pregnant woman
6. Man dancing
7. Avocado
8. Croissant
9. Selfie
10. Shark
11. Prince
12. Man in tuxedo
13. Drooling face
14. Cucumber
15. Left-facing fist
16. Right-facing fist
17. Hand with first and index finger crossed
18. Face with cowboy hat
19. Handshake
20. Nauseated face
21. Duck
22. Fox face
23. Motor scooter
24. Black heart
25. Rolling on the floor laughing
26. Lying face
27. Wilted flower
28. Eagle
29. “Call me” hand
30. Owl
31. Potato
32. Bat
33. Raised back of hand
34. Carrot
35. Mother Christmas
36. Scooter
37. Octagonal sign
38. Clown face

Meet Taylor Hill. The 19-year-old model is not only one of the newest Victoria’s secret Angels, but the girl has also walked in over twenty shows at NY Fashion Week, is the face of campaigns for big names in the industry like Fendi, H&M, Juicy Couture and Forever 21. Taylor has also walked in shows like Chanel, Dolce & Gabanna (with Kendall Jenner, mind you!), Carolina Herrera, Alberta Ferretti and the list goes on.

Taylor seems to be channelling her inner-fellow Victorias Secret model-Rosie Huntington-Whitely as well as she’ll soon be making a name for herself in the acting sphere with a role in the upcoming film The Neon Demon alongside Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks, and Elle Fanning. This girl isn’t playing games.

Keep an eye on this girl, we have a feeling she’ll be everywhere very, very soon.

Would Kim Kardashian still be Kim Kardashian without heavy contouring or spider eyelashes?  Kim gave us the opportunity to really get her make-up look when she and her favourite make-up artist Mario Dedivanovic hosted #TheMasterClass, revealing the power of make-up in a classic Kim K transformation.

The pair held their heavily self-promoted master class on Saturday for which attendees  paid $300 (that’s a whopping R3788.12 to be exact) and seemed to get their money’s worth. Ashley Tisdale attended and even took four pages of notes!

The make-up maestro Mario’s Instagram page is full of snippets from the day with his before-and-after transformation pic of Kim being the most notable snap of all in which he reveals how he transformed his ‘muse’ from ‘no make-up Kim’ to ‘Klassic Kim’ in all her almond shaped, sharply contoured cheekbones and full browed glory.

Here’s what we learnt:

Mario uses a beauty blender sponge to perfect foundation and concealer:

#TheMasterClass ❤️

A video posted by Mario Dedivanovic

Shaping and plotting Kim’s eyebrow game needs a couple of products and finally gave the secret to his famous contouring technique to the audience:

Naturally, Kim topped off the event by taking a selfie.

#TheMasterClass moments. #selfie #MakeupByMario

Not only are the Jenners and Kardashians reality royalty, they get paid like royalty, too!

With TV shows, clothing lines, perfumes, tanning products, apps, novels, video games, socks… the Kardashian-Jenner family have so many financial fingers-in-pies it’s little wonder their estimated net worth is £150 million (that’s around R2.9 billion).

Naturally, they’re all coining it from the show and the show’s various spin offs, but outside of that, it’s fair game, so the question is: who is bringing home the most bacon? You might be surprised. We present to you, the Kardashian rich list from lowest to highest…

Kylie Jenner

WORTH: £1.3 million (R25.75 million)

The youngest sister proved she was a force to be reckoned with when she scored a solo brand ambassador contract with nap + fab and her own range of hair extensions. Add into the mix her clothing line for PacSun with sister Kendall as well as their book, and Kylie is hot on sister Kim’s heels of building her own empire at the tender age of only 17.

Rob Kardashian

WORTH: £1.7 million (R33.68 million)

The only brother in the female-dominated klan, Rob isn’t doing too bad for himself financially. Although he has been MIA for the last couple of seasons, Rob has raked in dough from his appearance on the show as well as on Khloé and Lamar’s spin-off show. Although, he did pull up his socks, erm earnings, quite a bit when he launched his own sock line, Arthur George.

Kendall Jenner

WORTH: £2.5 million (this amount is set to double in the next few years at the rate Kendall’s going) (R49.57 million)

Yes, she makes her earnings from her appearance on the show as well as her clothing line and book deal with sister Kylie, but the real big dollars are coming from her modelling career. Kendall managed to crack into the notoriously tough modelling industry when she made her catwalk debut for Marc Jacobs; she has since landed major contracts as the face of Estée Lauder and Calvin Klein, and she’s only 19. Damn.

Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian

WORTH: £12.8 million each (R253 million each)

The two sisters are probably the closest (and let’s not lie, the funniest #sorrynotsorry Kim) of the Kardashian sisters and although they haven’t broken the internet like sister Kim, the two receive a hefty monthly income as well. Thanks to their appearance on the show (it’s rumoured that they earn £32 000 [R634 100] per episode) and its various spin-offs, as well as their DASH store, various clothing and beauty lines as well as separate individual endorsements, Kourt and Khloé make a mean money-making team.

Kim Kardashian

WORTH: £41 million (R812 million)

We’re not going to lie to you, we were surprised to find out that Kim wasn’t at number 1 on this list, especially after Khloé always complaining that she’s momma Kris’ fave because she brings home the most bacon. Well, the most of all the siblings it seems.

Kim gave her family life – literally. The highest-paid Kardashian sister, which also got boosted by her wedding to hubby Kanye West last year, has a business resume that goes on and on. From endorsement deals to being on the cover of various magazines as well as inside spreads, a video game that is doing surprisingly well to a book on all her favourite selfies. This woman is a financial powerhouse. We gotta admit it, she knows what sells and how to do business.

Caitlyn Jenner

WORTH: £65 million (R1.2 billion)

Long before KUWTK, Caitlyn (formerly Bruce) was a pro-athlete who earned a gold medal in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. From there, countless TV appearances and endorsements deals followed as well as her family’s show, which skyrocketed and set the benchmark for reality TV.

Since the divorce from Kris and undergoing her gender reassignment surgery though, Caitlyn’s brand has skyrocketed again, going from a fly-on-the-wall on the reality show to the next Kim Kardashian.

Kris Jenner

WORTH: £80 million. (R1.5 billion)

Kim may have given her family life, but Kris is the brains behind it all. As “momager” to all her children, including manager to Caitlyn before her surgery and the divorce, Kris is reality TV’s equivalent to Warren Buffet. The woman knows how to make money off anything. Bible.

Money from her appearance on the show is small change compared to the healthy cut she takes from the combined family earnings. But Kris has also worked on her own brand with her talk show (which only lasted one season), her cookbooks and her QVC collection.

Fun fact: This is so Kris Jenner: she claimed the patent rights for the word “momager”, the nickname that stuck when the Kardashians first shot to fame.

Love them or hate them, this family means business and they’re not showing any signs of slowing down.

(Images: Instagram)

(Image: Instagram/MadisonPettis)

Whoa, time flies-we can’t believe that Madison Pettis is all grown up! It feels like just yesterday that we saw her play Payton, the daughter of the The Rock, in The Game Plan.

The 17-year-old is still in front of the camera pursuing her acting career and is currently guest starring as Daria on the show The Fosters.

5 things you didn’t know about Madison:

1. she is of Irish, Italian, French, Australian and Brazilian descent-her father is African American and her mother is of Italian, Irish and French descent

2. she was born in TExas

3. Pettis was first noticed when her mother entered into an annual cover search held byFortWorthChild, a local parenting magazine

4. She appeared on Barney&Friends as Bridget, in which she sang, danced and acted

5. Pettis also had a small role in seven Pounds with Will Smith as Lorena

peaches n cream

A photo posted by Madison Pettis (@madisonpettis) on Jul 2, 2015 at 3:01pm PDT

Thanks @bakedbymelissa for sending the cutest bite size cupcakes all the way from NYC to give as party favors to my guests

Everyone remembers iconic and popular relationships of the past and present like: Britney and Justin, Kate Moss and Johnny Depp, Heidi Klum and Seal, Beyoncé and Jay Z or Will and Jada. But does anyone remember the hook-ups and relationships that came before? What about the flings and relationships some celebs would rather have left in the past?

Well, we did some digging, and uncovered some interesting info on celebs who you never knew dated (even we were surprised – and LOL’d – at some of them!):

Britney Spears and Colin Farell

The two denied the dating rumours back in 2003 when they made a red carpet appearance together for the première of Colin’s film The Recruit. We’ll file this one under hook-ups then, yes?

Ryan Gosling and Sandra Bullock

Ryan started dating Sandra Bullock after meeting on the set of ‘Murder By Numbers’ back in 2001. The couple lasted from 2002-2003. He was 21 at the time and Sandra was 37. Can we just add that Sandra is looking as good as she did back then?

Justin Timberlake And Fergie

Back in 1996, long before he dated Brit and long before he was known as JT and when this rocker chick was simply known as Stacey Ferguson, the two dated. He was 16 and she was 23.

Cher and Tom Cruise

Yeah, this one had us puzzled, too. Back in the 80s, as Tom was just starting out in the industry, the two dated. Cher said in an interview back in 2008: “I was crazy about him [and] it was before he was a scientologist.” Apparently Tom made it to Cher’s top 5 best lovers. Okay then.

Kim K and Nick Lachey

Back in 2006, after his very public split from singer Jessica Simpson, Nick and Kim briefly dated – and by briefly we mean a week. In a 2013 interview, Nick hinted that Kim used him to get famous by calling the paps. “Let’s just say this: we went to a movie. No one followed us there. Somehow, mysteriously, when we left, there were 30 photographers waiting outside,” he explained. Ouch.

Beyonce and Sisqo

We would be lying if we said this one didn’t give us the giggle fits of all giggle fits. Back in 2000 the Thong Song hitmaker and the then-Destiny’s Child star made their red carpet debut in colour co-ordinating outfits at the MTV Awards. Sorry, we’re still LOLing.

Channing Tatum and Amanda Bynes

The two were co-stars in 2006’s She’s The Man and were spotted kissing a couple of times after filming. After the relationship, Channing met his now-wife Jenna Dewing and – as they say – the rest is history!

Jessica Biel and Chris Evans

The two began dating back in 2001 when they were co-stars and played the roles of girlfriend and boyfriend in both Cellular and London. The relationship ended in 2006.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Naomi Campbell

Yup. Leo has always been – and  looks like he will always be – a modelliser. Back in 1995 Leo and supermodel Naomi had a brief fling.

Kim k and Nick Cannon

The two dated in 2006-2007 and lasted only four months (longer than her 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries). The two went back and forth about who broke up with whom, but it doesn’t really matter because it seems Kim is having the last laugh – Nick recently posted a throwback pic of him and Kim. Sorry Nick, she’s a married woman now.

Will Smith and Tyra Banks

Okay, this one got us all kinds of excited. We love Will and we love Tyra, they’re both super effervescent and want to make people laugh! Back in 1993 the pair seemed like a dream power couple, he was the Fresh(est) Prince of Bel Air and she was one of the biggest models of her generation, following in the footsteps of Naomi. The relationship didn’t last long though, and ended in 1994 with rumours of the relationship being a PR stunt.

Tupac and Madonna

This just had us a little WTF but also kind of captivated. Earlier in the year Madonna revealed that she dated the rapper a year before he sadly passed away. The pair met each other for the first time in March 1993 at the Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles.

Ashley Olsen and Lance Armstrong

Ashley who is 15 years Lance’s junior dated briefly back in 2007 but Lance was allegedly pushed to end the relationship as it could damage his career and his “cancer work”.

Seriously I can’t believe this shoot I did for @complex!!! I’m still blown away by how talented @stevengomillion is!!! Shout out to my glam team @1maryphillips and @cesar4styles. @monicarosestyle you always know how to make me feel so comfortable on set!! You are my security blanket!! I love you all madly! Check out the article at http://trib.al/sl3Mrey

A photo posted by Khloé (@khloekardashian) on Jul 27, 2015 at 7:16am PDT

Earlier this week, Khloé Kardashian smouldered in her Complex mag workout-themed shoot. Seriously, the girl is looking all kinds of flawless!

In her interview, Khloé also gives us a sneak peek into her enviable walk-in closet that houses all of her workout clothes and fitness gear. (If this doesn’t inspire you to hit the gym, we don’t know what will!).

Khloé’s fitness closet has rows upon rows for her fitness gear, built-in shelves for her collection of colourful gym sneakers, sliding doors to showcase her sweatbands and hair accessories, a mini fridge stocked with water – seriously!? – and more shelves for her medicine balls, foam rollers, yoga blocks… and who knows what else!

Damn. Well Khloé, you are looking stronger and better than ever!

Our favourite ‘Do-It-Yourself’ web series meisie, Suzelle DIY, has decided to declutter her flourishing cupboard and now you can own your very own authentic, uncanny or brilliant Suzellified item!

In her latest episode, “how to decultter your life”, Suzelle gives us some ingenious tips to not only clear out our wardrobes but how to make a quick buck in the process as well. In the episode, Suzelle utilizes an efficient system of three boxes labelled: ‘keep’, ‘throw’ or ‘sell’ to clear out her chaotic cupboard and turn it into a clean and creative space.

With the help of her BFF, Marianne, Suzelle, uses Gumtree’s easy platform for posting free ads to sell her items. Up until 12 August, Suzelle fans can now get their hands on an authentic Suzelle piece exclusively off Gumtree!

But, it’s not as easy as click and buy! If you’re interested in a certain item, you need to motivate your reason why you are worthy and deserving of that particular coveted item before Suzelle herself will select the lucky new owner of her goods.

The proceeds from the sale will be donated to Rock Girl, an organisation close to Suzelle’s heart and which encourages creativity.

Don’t miss your chance to get your hands on one of Suzelle’s collector’s item belongings off Gumtree.

If you’ve never watched an episode of Suzelle DIY, be ready to forget about the Kardashians, because Suzelle is going to be your new obsession:

Watch the episode on how to declutter your life here:

It’s amazing to see some celebs in comparison to other celebs that are the same age and how different they look.

Here are some of the celebs we bet you didn’t know are the same age:

CAMERON DIAZ AND SOFIA VERGARA: 43

CHARLIZE THERON AND CHELSEA HANDLER: 40

Charlize turns 40 on Friday, 7 August

SARAH HYLAND AND JENNIFER LAWRENCE: 24

RIHANNA AND ADELE: 27

CARLEY RAE JEPSON AND KEIRA KNIGHTLY: 30

NATALIE PORTMAN AND BRITNEY SPEARS: 34

KYLIE JENNER AND HAILEE STEINFELD: 18

Kylie is turning 18 on Monday, 10 August

KATE UPTON AND SELENA GOMEZ: 23

MARGOT ROBBIE AND EMMA WATSON: 25

(Images: Getty/Instagram)

(Image: Instagram/PerrieEdwards)

Yesterday news broke that Zayn Malik and Perrie Edwards had called off their engagement and had decided to go their separate ways after nearly 3 years together.

It appears though, that the decision to split wasn’t a mutual one and the move to call off the engagement came from Zayn.

The two got engaged in August 2013 after a little more than a year of dating. The pair met during filming the British reality show, The X Factor (in which BTW, Perrie’s Little Mix girlband competed after Zayn’s then band, One Direction).

We have learned though that the split did not happen last night, but actually an entire two weeks have passed since Zayn broke the news – and her heart.

The news comes four months after Zayn was rumoured to have been cheating on Perrie while on a band tour in Thailand and his sudden departure from 1D leaving millions of fans’ hearts broken (and Perrie under attack for being blamed for making Zayn leave One Direction).

E! Online has the first interview with Perrie since the split was announced. Perrie and her bandmates from Little Mix did an interview and of course the breakup was addressed.

Watch the clip, here:

That “seen” message has gotten us into all sorts of trouble in the past. But now, thanks to a dinky little manoeuvre, we can avoid those, “But why didn’t you reply? I saw that you saw it” confrontations. Hurrah!

We’ve all been there, ignoring a Facebook conversation because you know when you read it, Facebook’s gone all Whatsapp on us and exposes the fact that you’ve had time to read it but haven’t had time to respond all thanks to that pesky “seen by so-and-so”.

Us Grazia girls are always on the go, we’re constantly checking our social media to discover any breaking news but we’re also running around making sure we’re meeting our deadlines in order to bring you your favourite weekly glossy.

So, sometimes we could be reading a FB message and then all of a sudden news breaks that a certain Hollywood couple has just rekindled their love or a Grammy Award-winning singer has decided to quit her singing career and pursue her love for helping people as a UN Ambassador for Human Rights; and we genuinely forget to respond.

If that’s the case for you, or if you would prefer to actually just not reply immediately without insulting anyone, we’ve discovered a little that can help. It’s called Facebook Unseen and it’s a Chrome browser extension that blocks Facebook’s red receipts from being sent.

There’s even an option which allows you to manually mark the messages as ‘read’-for every action, there’s a reaction, it’s plain science and science is beating technology today.’

Here’s how to install Facebook Unseen:

1. Make sure you’re using Google’s Chrome browser
2. Download Facebook Unseen from the Chrome Web Store
3. Click on the icon
4. Take as long as you like to reply to Facebook messages

We remember Ming Lee as Kimora Lee and Russell Simmons’ eldest, modest daughter from Kimora’s reality TV show, Kimora: Life in The Fab Lane.

Can we just have a moment to process how big she is now? It feels like just yesterday when she was walking with Kimora and younger sister Aoki, 12, down one of Kimora’s fashion show runways.

(Images: Instagram/MingLeeSimmons)

Ming was the quieter one out of the two siblings, but we always knew this girl was going to be a force to be reckoned with.

Ming turned 15 earlier this year and is looking more and more like her model-turned-fashion designer mama every day. Besides getting her mama’s looks, Ming appears to have inherited Kimora’s fashionable style as well!

She might have great fashion taste, but that doesn’t mean she’ll be following in Kimora’s fashionable steps: Ming has aspiring dreams to work in finance. “She was at Goldman Sachs earlier… she wants to be a banker,” proud mom Kimora said of her daughter.

Looks like Ming will be following in the footsteps of her businessman father, Russell Simmons.

Go, Ming!

Kylie Jenner’s lips may have been the talk of the town, but her now bodacious curves are causing quite an arch.

Over the weekend, the 17-year-old reality star revealed curves are not attributed to her family’s famous shapely genes, but rather a cream: PureLeef’s body plumping creams to be exact.

“I love sharing my beauty secrets with you guys and this is a favorite!” Jenner wrote. “I started seeing results after only a month of
consistent use. Love their products. #curvesonfleek.” She captioned the pic.

The real commotion about this cream after Kylie’s IG pic surfaced because it turns out that Kylie was advertising this product unendorsed aka without any monetary motives. In what world would Kris Jenner allow such a thing? Leaving us pondering about if the product that sounds too good to be true, could actually be that good?

We did a little bit of research and found that PureLeef (which sells for around R600 a bottle) considers itself a “modern day miracle” and a worthy, “all natural” cost-effective alternative to plastic surgery which revitalizes the body’s own fat generation to enhance the appearance of curves.

However, dermatologist Rachel Nazarian, M.D., at Schweiger Dermatology Group,​isn’t buying it: “While these creams do contain active ingredients linked to stimulating fat cells, as well as act as antioxidants that are anti-inflammatory, it may offer some temporary improvement of cellulite, but nothing dramatic,” explains Nazarian.

“Often these studies are done in labs, not on humans—and just because something works in the lab on cells, doesn’t mean it’ll have the same result when applied topically. To promise fat plumping when applied topically, especially after only a month, seems unlikely.”

Hmmm, are you seeing the dilemma we’re facing? Professional opinion versus Kardashian endorsement minus any money from it (virtually unheard of)? Ok, we’re going to go with our gut and go with the professional opinion and add that to the fact that the Kardashian’s have a very, VERY good plastic surgeon.

CONCLUSION: sorry Kylizzle, we’re not buying it.

5FM radio DJ Thando Thabete was making waves this week for all the right reasons. The 25-year-old started an effective social media campaign – #MakeItStop  – for Women’s Month to shed light and take a stand against women abuse (Make sure to get this week’s issue to read more about this and Thando’s personal  experience of domestic violence.)

In conjunction with her social media campaign, Thando launched the Thando Thabete Women’s Day Netball Challenge. Last year, the event, now in its second year, attracted over 400 people and raised more than R20 000 for the Bethany Home for Abused Women.

Thando experienced domestic violence growing up and the recent increase in statistics in South Africa motivated Thando to take it upon herself to encourage women to take back their power.

‘’We need to encourage women around us to be strong enough within themselves to stand up against abuse. This event aims to allow women to feel powerful and to not feel less of a human being because of emotional and physical abuse. I would like every woman to find their power and inspire change in their communities. The Thando Thabethe Netball Challenge is a celebration of women and their power,” Thando expressed.

Thando, we applaud you for being brave enough to share your personal story and turn it into something good to help other women.

Follow Thando on social media for more information:

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(Image: Instagram/KylieJenner)

There is no possible way you could have but ICYMI: Kylie Jenner, the youngest sister of the Jenner/Kardashian klan, turned 18 this past weekend. This is what went down:

Firstly, Kylie went platinum blonde (by now we know that it’s a wig – those roots aren’t fooling anyone, Kylie)

(Image: Instagram/KimKardashian)

Ky’s older sisters went all out for their birthday bash ensembles, with Kendall Jenner going underwear-free.

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There was also no shortage of presents because the Kardashians don’t mess around – duh.

Over the celebratory weekend, before her actual birthday, Ky received a $20 000 Birkin bag (that’s R254 513 to be exact).

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But that the biggest gift of all came from boyfriend Tyga who surprised and gifted Kylizzle with a  $320 000 (roughly over R4 million) Ferrari.

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Just to put that price tag into perspective for you, here are five things you could buy for that amount of money:

-          A three-year degree as well as a post graduate degree – with money leftover

-          A car and put down a deposit on a house

-          An overseas trip

-          A small private island

-          666 pairs of Christian Louboutins

-          One grande Starbucks latte per day for approximately 214 years (‘cos you know, Starbucks is coming to SA soon)

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The Kardashians – you either love ‘em, hate ‘em or you’re somewhere in-between. Whichever group you fall in, there are some places that fall into the second category of hating them and have not been ashamed to make it known by banning the Kardashians from visiting. Ouch.

These are the places where the Kardashian klan are not welcome:

THE HAMPTONS

Despite filming their recent spin-off show, Kourtney And Khloé Take The Hamptons, in the Hamptons, rumour has it that The Hamptons residents were not too happy about the news that the biggest names in reality TV were going to make this popular seaside resort their home for a few months.

Radar Online first reported that one local eatery, Nick & Toni’s, had actually banned them from even filming there while the New York Post reported that local authorities encouraged locals to call the police.

SOUTH BEACH

In an earlier spin-off, Kourtney and Kim take Miami, the show originally planned on locating and residing in glamorous South Beach, but neighbours gave them a strong veto. Kim and Kourt ended up having to settle in less posh digs in North Beach, instead.

THE MET BALL

Before she became Mrs Kim Kardashian West (Anna Wintour loves Kanye FYI) and the rules were changed, Kim – and her family – were famously banned from attending the spectacular MET ball. Since the engagement and wedding, the ban has been dropped and this year saw the gala littered with Kardashians.

KENDALL’S FASHION SHOW

“Kim was invited to a lot of the shows that I was in,” Kendall Jenner revealed in an interview with LOVE magazine. “She called me before and was like, ‘Hey, I was invited to the show, I just wanted to let you know. Do you want me to come?’ and I was like, ‘No.’”

Tough love. Maybe Kendall fears that Kim will take the limelight away from her?

ANDERSON COOPER’S TALK SHOW

This is kind of a funny-awkward story. So, while playing Plead the Fifth on Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen asked Anderson Cooper who he would ban from his show. Cooper’s answer? The Kardashians.

The #awkwardmuch part comes in when – literally – two minutes before, Khloé tweeted how much she loves Anderson Cooper. Bible.