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CROWNS, CAMERAS & CURLS: Beauty on TApp’s Fourways launch shakes the beauty scene
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CROWNS, CAMERAS & CURLS: Beauty on TApp’s Fourways launch shakes the beauty scene

By Zee: At exactly 4:00 AM on Saturday morning, the streets outside Fourways Mall were already alive, not from the usual hum of early joggers or delivery vans, but from a growing crowd of black girl magic, fluttering lashes, and men with fresh fades ready to witness history. This wasn’t just a store launch. This was a cultural reset. Beauty on TApp - South Africa’s golden child of curated skincare, wellness, and beauty - flung open the doors of its newest retail sanctuary. And when I say sanctuary, I mean cathedral-level reverence for all things skin, shade, and slay. The air pulsed with excitement. The line curled around the block like the coils of a well-moisturized twist-out. Something bigger than beauty was happening. And at the centre of it all? Mathebe Ngweny...
BEYOND THE MIRROR: Radical call to reclaim beauty through wellness
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BEYOND THE MIRROR: Radical call to reclaim beauty through wellness

By Sitha Maliwa: Dr. Sujata Garach - a Medical Aesthetic and Women’s Wellness expert In a world hypnotised by high-definition filters, airbrushed faces, and the relentless chase for youth, one voice dares to speak the truth: beauty, in its purest form, cannot be bottled, injected, or Photoshopped. It must be lived. That voice belongs to Dr. Sujata Garach, a Medical Aesthetic and Women’s Wellness expert who has spent decades peeling back the layers of superficial beauty to reveal something far more powerful: wellness as the ultimate glow-up. “As an aesthetic doctor, I’ve seen firsthand that true beauty begins within,” says Dr. Garach. “What we eat, how we live, and how we manage stress - these elements shape not only our appearance, but our vitality.”The silent sabot...
REWRITING FATE: How epigenetics is challenging everything we thought we knew about skin ageing
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REWRITING FATE: How epigenetics is challenging everything we thought we knew about skin ageing

By Sitha Maliwa: For generations, we accepted it as truth: our skin, like the rest of our bodies, would follow a path carved by genetics; an invisible script written before birth. Some would age gracefully, others prematurely, but the outcome, we believed, was inevitable until now. A quiet revolution is unfolding in the world of science - and it’s turning that old belief on its head. At its core is epigenetics, a field that’s revealing a powerful truth: you are not entirely at the mercy of your genes. In fact, your daily choices - what you eat, how you sleep, the stress you carry, the air you breathe - can literally change how your skin behaves as it ages. The skin’s hidden story Beneath the surface of every fine line and sunspot lies a story of molecular decision-m...