Find it Online - Local Hair Supply Stores

 Hey loves,

I thought I'd compile a list of all the online hair supply stores that operate in South Africa. As you might know finding these stores using a Google store is quite a chore...first change the country setting to South Africa... then type in random hair product ..click enter and hope for the best. Then, go through search results all the way to page 1XXXX before finding a local hair store ....WHAT?!

Image from www.uberhumour.com

It's really hard to find these stores, unless you know the name of the store you're looking for. Here's a list of the one's I've been able to find. You can find hair products, accesories such as satin scarves, pillowcases, crochet hooks, hair extensions etc.

Proudly South African Products
Akan Organics www.akanorganics.co.za
Afrobotanics www.afrobotanics.co.za 
Afro Pride www.facebook.com/Afropridesa/
Archaic Human www.archaichuman.com/
Black African Organics www.blackafrican.co.za
Brown Child www.brownchild.co.za
Curl Chemistry www.facebook.com/curlchemistry/
Curly you www.curlyyou.co.za
Earthy www.earthy.co.za
Essentially Natural www.essentiallynatural.co.za
Eco essentials www.ecoessentials.co.za
HAIRPRINT South Africa http://hairprint.co.za/ 
Kafui Naturals www.facebook.com/kafuinaturals/ Shop for it at www.spaza-nakama.shopstar.co.za/ and www.mudanga.com/index.php/beauty-health
Keitu Haircare www.keituhaircare.com
Keramour Naturals http://www.keramournaturals.co.za/
Lavish Atelier www.solavish.co.za
My Natural Hair www.mynatural.co.za
Natural Aura  www.naturalaura.co.za
Naturally Good  www.naturallygood.co.za
Natmoisture www.natmoisture.co.za
Native child www.nativechild.co.za
Nilotiqa www.nilotiqa.com
Nubian Nature  www.nubiannature.co.za
Oamobu naturals  www.oamobu.co.za
Rockin Naturals relaunching in June 2017 as Buuya www.buuya.co.za
Ruutos www.ruutos.com
Suki Suki Naturals www.sukisukinaturals.co.za
The Moisture Factory www.themoisturefactory.co.za
The Perfect Hair www.theperfecthair.co.za
Tru Curls www.truecurls.co.za
Plush luxury online  - www.plushluxury.co.za stocks Natural aura, Nubian Nature, Zarona & Nilotiqa
Zarona www.zarona.co.za

Stocks Local and International Brands
African-Flair www.african-flair.co.za/
Beauty on Tapp www.shopbeautyontapp.co.za
Blaq Hair Care www.blaqhaircare.co.za
Everything hair www.everythinghair.co.za
Faithful to Nature www.faithful-to-nature.co.za 
Hair city www.haircity.co.za
Hairhouse warehouse www.hairhousewarehouse.co.za
Kinky Moriri www.kinkymoriri.co.za
Lush www.lush.co.za
Obulunji www.obulunji.com
Retailbox www.retailbox.co.za
Style Diva www.stylediva.co.za
Wellness warehouse www.wellnesswarehouse.com

Most of Clicks and Dischem's hair products are avaialble on their online stores:
www.clicks.co.za
www.dischem.co.za

I hope this list is helpful. I'm going to try and keep it up to date. Add new sites as I discover them while trolling the net.

Happy shopping!

xoxo,

N

 

 

Fake vs Real: ColourPop Cosmetics Super Shock Shadows

Hey lovelies,
Here's another fake vs real post; my way of letting all the anger out after being cheated out of my hard-earned moola. But also, informing my fellow makeup junkies/junkies/enthusiasts of the fakes out there.

I looove ColourPop Shadows more than I love cake! They're errythang! Super-pigmented and bold.
So when I realised that two of the shadows I got were fakes I was less than impressed to put it mildly.
In this post I'm going to compare fake Coconut against the real deal:

Coconut Super Shock Eyeshadow *

Unfortunately as with the lippies, packaging of the fakes is spot on. You can't be absolutely certain just based on packaging. However, once you put the real shadow next to the fake differences are clear to see.

Real (left) vs Fake (right): The font on the fake is slightly smaller and not as bold. When you look at the colour of the shadows you can see that the real coconut is darker than the fake.

When you swatch them you can feel the difference: Colourpop shadows are cream shadows that are buttery soft and highly pigmented. The fake CP shadow is soft but really dry, there's no disguising that its counterfeit; it's pale and got a very powdery finish.

Real (left) vs Fake (right)

So, I guess I'll repeat what I said in my previous posts: There are lists of reputable sellers locally in South Africa. I buy my CP shadows from SAMIKA, you can also get CP products from the following local sellers:
Glamourise brands www.glamourisebrands.co.za 
Pink Cosmetics: www.pinkcosmetics.co.za
Here's a link to the Belle Blushh post on fake makeup and reputable local sellers.

That's it for now fellow junkies,

xoxo,

*Image from www.Colourpop.com