Indice dei contenuti per Sep/Oct 2023 in Fairlady

Our smart, beautiful, beloved friend Alison was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010. It was not an optimistic diagnosis. Alison had many, many friends – she loved people even more than she liked Champagne, and she liked that a lot. Four of us decided to support her in the best way we knew how, which was by wrapping her in bubbles and love: Bubble Wrap Club, we called it. Obviously. About four times a year, we’d eat out at a super-fancy restaurant. Alison held us to very high standards: that place had to be the newest, the best or the most-spoken-about restaurant in town. And, of course, we always drank lashings of Champagne. Every time a cork popped, Alison would smile her wide, gorgeous, heart-stopping smile and say, ‘Honey, I’m…

Write to flmag@fairlady.com – and remember to put the word ‘letters’ in the subject line! Hi FAIRLADY Team, I feel a giddy excitement whenever a new copy of FAIRLADY hits the shelves. It is something I look forward to every two months! I love reading… novels, short stories and just about anything (historical fiction is my favourite). I’ve read magazines since I was a child (starting out with nothing less than the Barbie magazine… LOL!) It took me until my 20s to discover FAIRLADY, and I haven’t looked back. Each issue is filled with diverse, relevant and intriguing content. I have even bought old issues in thrift stores and enjoyed the content – a testament to the timelessness of the writing. It is interesting to read about what was topical…

Pretty in pink Blame the Barbie movie if you must; we’re in for a hot-pink season. Playing with fire Not one for pink? Then turn heads with a fiery red; anything goes, from fire-engine crimson to sultry scarlet. White gold Clean, crisp, fresh… and quintessentially spring-appropriate. Just green with envy Be it peridot or soft mint, there’s a shade of green calling your name. A case of the blues Soft icy blue or striking cobalt? The sky’s the limit.…

Many of us use candles during load-shedding. This, coupled with potentially faulty electrical wiring or appliances, significantly increases the risk of sparking a fire at home or the office. It’s important to check your insurance policy to make sure you are adequately covered. ◗ FIRE INSURANCE IS ESSENTIAL Fire accounts for the largest percentage of insurance claims. Covering the cost of fire damage without insurance can be financially devastating for anyone. Flames, smoke and the water used to extinguish a fire can severely damage buildings and belongings. If you are not adequately insured, it may not be possible to repair the damage. ◗ PREVENTION FIRST The adage ‘Prevention is better than cure’ definitely applies when it comes to fire safety. It is vital to take all the necessary precautions to…

IN the UK, claims havess been made that FND as a disorder has been ‘brushed under the carpet’, and described as a ‘crisis for neurology’. Neuropsychiatrist Dr Anersha Pillay was the medical professional who finally diagnosed Zephné and put her on the road to recovery. She explains a little more about FND. It’s a problem with how the brain and body send and receive signals. ‘It presents with neurological symptoms and signs for which no structural abnormality is detected in the brain or nervous system as a whole,’ Dr Pillay says. ‘The disorder is due to alterations in functioning of the brain networks, rather than an abnormality in the brain structures’ – as would be the case in, for example, a stroke. There’s no damage to the hardware, or structure,…

AMANDA SIBIYA Branding Africa wearebrandingafrica.com Amanda, the lead strategist behind Branding Africa, is confident that this is her year. With a focus on supporting African businesses and entrepreneurs, Branding Africa offers comprehensive brand development programmes and consulting services. It aims to empower African businesses and positively impact communities and the African economy. Since its launch in 2022, Branding Africa has become a sought-after advocate for local entrepreneurs. The organisation has participated in policy-making discussions, and has assisted more than 100 entrepreneurs through workshops and consultations. Despite facing challenges and opposition from industry gatekeepers, Amanda remains determined to make a positive impact, promote inclusivity and embrace diversity. Looking ahead, Branding Africa aims to establish a reputable presence, contribute to policy-making, support more than 5000 entrepreneurs in building powerful brands, and expand…

If you’re anything like us, you have some makeup products lurking in your makeup bag that you’ve barely touched. That foundation that doesn’t quite match, the orangey lipstick that kind of washes you out, and an array of eyeshadow palettes that you just never reach for. Sound familiar? Then there’s the everyday arsenal that you replace the moment it runs out: the mascara you put on without fail every morning – even if you’re just going to the gym or running out to get some milk. And the brow pencil that makes you look just that tiny bit more polished. ‘Your eyebrows and lashes help frame the face and finish off your makeup look,’ says makeup artist Hannah Kruyer-Maritz. ‘As long as I have my brows and mascara on, I’m…

Crisp duck à l'orange SERVES 4 • 4 duck breasts (200g each), fat scored• salt flakes• 2 mandarins, peeled and halved horizontally• 90g honey• 60ml (¼ cup) sherry vinegar• 80ml (⅓ cup) mandarin juice• 2 star anise pods• 1 cinnamon quill• 1 small sprig of bay leaves 1. Heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Season the duck breasts with 1 tsp salt flakes, place skin-side down in the pan and reduce the heat to low. Cook 10 minutes or until the skin is golden and crisp. Drain off the fat as it renders (reserve 1 tbsp fat). Turn the duck breasts, increase the heat to high and cook 3–4 minutes, until browned and medium-rare. 2. Remove the duck from the pan and transfer to a warm plate to…

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ACROSS 1. Spiteful 6. Midwest cattleman 10. Top male star (7,3) 15. Drug bust 18. Raises (5,2) 19. Damn 20. Concludes 22. Assault 23. Showcase 24. Sex parties 25. Garment edge 26. Tooth 28. Had 30. Way through 31. Elton John’s instrument 32. Stalk 33. Conqueror 34. Great sea 35. British Princess Royal 37. Large vases 39. Gone by 40. Skip 42. Breakfast cereal 45. Aromatic burning stick 48. Half-open 49. Enjoyable book, good … 50. Personal savings (4,3) 53. Vietnamese noodle soup 54. Rapture 56. Escort 59. Nuclear weapon (1-4) 61. Gallivant 62. As far as (2,2) 63. … chi (1’2) 64. Tyrannosaurus … 65. Beware the … of March 66. Fah, …, lah 68. Broken 69. One, numero … 70. Mexican tortilla dish 71. Puffing up 72. Colour…

Winners! Congrats to our WINNERS MegaXword 186 Claire Rabe from Bel Ombre, Cape Town Brainteaser 185 Irene Bourquin from Somerset West Margaret Grant from Three Rivers A. K. Ghasita from Estcourt HOW TO ENTER MEGAXWORD & BRAINTEASER The MegaXword and Brainteaser crossword competitions close on 19 October 2023. Scan or photograph your completed crossword and email it to puzzles@fairlady.com with MegaXword 189 or Brainteaser 188 in the subject line, and provide your name, residential or postal address, email address and phone number. The editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Staff members of the respective prize sponsors and Media24, as well as their advertisers, PR and digital agencies and their immediate family members, may not enter. Digital copies of the crosswords are allowed, but photocopies are not…

The guy sitting at the bar was called The Emperor, and he was proving to be more of a challenge than we’d anticipated. Although he was wearing a heavy metal T-shirt and had an excellent selection of tattoos involving snakes, ladies and skulls, he was particularly strong on all questions to do with ABBA – a depth of knowledge he may not ordinarily have been that keen to reveal but, in his defence, he was very drunk. It didn’t stop him absolutely thrashing us. At the end of the quiz, when The Emperor lifted his hands to humbly acknowledge the applause of the crowds (all four tables rose to their feet as one), he slowly slid off his bar stool and passed out quietly where he landed. Respect. It’s one…

Honey, I’m home It’s International Champagne Day on 27 October, and Moët & Chandon is releasing its Grand Vintage 2015, the 76th vintage Champagne in the history of the House – only made in the years when the grapes ripen perfectly. This is also the official Champagne of celebration for Champagne Day. I’ll be celebrating life and love and friendship with my favourite South African MCC: a chilled bottle of Genevieve Brut 2018, made by the very talented Melissa Nelson. Galjoen, the swankiest restaurant in town The one thing you’ll never eat at Galjoen is the ultra-protected fish itself (our national fish, incidentally), because this restaurant is all about sustainably caught seafood. If you’ve eaten at Belly of the Beast, chef-patrons Anouchka and Neil’s other excellent restaurant just down the…

Margot Robbie has an impressive body of work under her belt, runs her own successful production house, and is an ambassador for brands like Chanel and Calvin Klein. Now, she’s brought us the world’s first live-action Barbie film, in all its bubblegum-pink glory. There’s no doubt that she has huge acting talent, yet it’s actually Margot’s intelligence and determination that have made her a Hollywood force to be reckoned with at just 33 years old. Perhaps part of her determination to succeed is because she grew up in Queensland, Australia, with her three siblings and a single mother who struggled to provide for them all. It’s taken tenacity and hard work to get where she has. ‘There definitely is an element of luck, but it’s like you have to work…

What does a typical weekday look like for you? Let me guess: You get up in the morning, rush around getting ready, pack the kids off to school and commute to work. Here, you put in at least eight hours answering emails, sitting in meetings and trying to hack away at a never-ending back home, maybe running errands on the way. Once you’re home, it’s a race to get dinner on the table, handle the household chores, help with homework, spend time with the family and, before you know it, you have maybe an hour or so, usually spent in front of the TV, before you get into bed to do it all over again the next day. If you’re lucky, there’s a slot in there somewhere for reading the…

◗ Cork or screw cap? ‘If you’re planning to drink it young, go with a screw cap. If you want to age the wine, cork is better. I don’t think one is much better than the other; I think they just have different purposes.’ ◗ Any wines you’d recommend? ‘Elizma Visser from Olifantsberg – she does Roussanne, white blends, similar to what we do. She has Chenin as well. Megan van der Merwe at Beau Constantia does Syrah, a bit of Cab; she does Colombar. My friend Banele Vakele, he makes Tembela wines, has a lovely Chenin and Syrah. And then Rudger van Wyk at Stark-Condé makes the most beautiful Cabernets. Stunning, stunning.’ ◗ And from Brookdale? ‘There’s the rosé, which I mentioned. And the Brookdale Sixteen Field Blend. I…

KERI RUDOLPH The IV Bar heivbar.co.za Keri is a driving force in the intravenous vitamin therapy industry. ‘I wanted to create an environment where the experience matched the benefits, like a tranquil “Starbucks/slow lounge” where clients could receive vitamin drips in a comfortable setting.’ Leveraging her background in corporate communications, PR and marketing, she established The IV Bar as a national franchise business with 23 branches across South Africa. ‘IV drips guarantee 100% absorption of vitamins directly into the veins, offering longerlasting effects. They are particularly beneficial for those with gut and inflammation conditions who struggle to absorb nutrients from food or oral vitamins.’ The IV Bar has plans to increase the number of local branches and to expand into other African countries. Keri also envisions the business establishing its…

“A small number of foetal cells traffic across the placenta in every pregnancy. Gchimera is an organism that contains at least two different sets of DNA. If the word seems vaguely familiar, it’s because Chimera was the hybrid creature in Greek mythology (part lion, part goat, part fire-breathing dragon) that lives on today mostly in the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. And in the Marvel universe, they’ll tell you, it’s a genetically engineered mutant with the DNA of several other mutants combined to achieve a specific set of powers. In today’s world of science and biology, microchimerism is equally fantastical. Microchimerism is the phenomenon of the presence of cells of one individual in another genetically different individual. It’s what happens in pregnancy when cells pass between the mother and…

Permanent makeup has come a long way since the ’very saturated, solid Khoki-pen eyebrows of the past’. “‘You will also find that everyone has one orphan eyebrow and one head-girl eyebrow.’ Liza had breast cancer in her 30s, and chemo damaged her hair follicles. ‘A lot of the hair on my body just didn’t grow back,’ she says. ‘My eyebrows, especially, have never been quite the same, and it bothered me a lot. I’m not good with makeup, so even when I try to fill them in they don’t look quite right.’ Liza sought advice from Reneé de Wit, a Cape Town makeup artist she’d worked with on photo shoots. ‘Reneé referred me to Lisl Boshoff, a permanent-makeup artist who does a lot of work on people with alopecia. So…

Turn to page 165 for the solution to MegaXword 187, and to page 176 for entry details and winners’ names. ACROSS 1. Stockpiled 6. Twitchiness 11. Solar timepiece 15. Picture 16. Humorous 17. Fanatical 18. Be frugal 21. Catching (thief) 22. Cuba’s Fidel … 23. Pakistani city 24. Feebly 28. Culinary herb 30. Booty 32. Blazes 35. Noblemen 37. Highest 38. Immature insects 40. Cavalry rifle 43. Jumper 45. Interval 47. Mob 48. Debtors and … 52. Bullfight cry 53. Evangelists 56. Roman XI 58. Movie studios, … Bros 60. Chicago mobster (2,6) 61. Operative 62. Grateful 64. Delved 65. The plebs, … polloi 67. Actor, Robin … 69. Drink, caffe … 72. Retrieving (ball) 75. Be dressed in 77. Stiletto point 78. Against 79. Garden tool 81. Run riot…

Solution on page 175 Solution on page 175 Solution on page 175 Solution on page 175 NB In these puzzles, each letter of the alphabet has been replaced with a number. You need to decide which letter is represented by which number. To start you off, we reveal the codes for a few letters. With these letters filled in throughout the puzzle, you’ll have enough clues to work out words and discover other letters. Solution on page 175 Solution on page 175 Solution on page 175 Solution on page 175…

MONIQUE STRYDOM Matla A Bana matlaabana.co.za Born in a time of war as Namibia struggled for independence, Monique developed a keen sense of compassion from an early age. She is an ardent advocate for child sexual abuse victims in South Africa, and the founder of Matla A Bana. When asked what prompted her to take on such a pressing issue, she attributes it to her ‘supernatural calling and personal experiences’. Matla A Bana strives to reduce the secondary abuse suffered by child victims when reporting crimes through the provision of child-friendly reporting facilities at police child-protection units and courts, and also offers training to police officers and prosecutors. Moreover, the organisation conducts school education programmes to promote child protection, reaching more than 30000 children annually. The goal of these initiatives…

When Cape Town medical researcher Heidi Facey-Thomas took her 24-year-old daughter Anna to a day clinic to have her wisdom teeth removed, she was taken aback when she overheard the young anaesthetist talking to the mother of a 19-year-old about to go into theatre before Anna. He said he would give her intravenous OxyContin and then send her home with 10 OxyContin tablets so she would have no pain. ‘He was reassuring us. But as a trained nurse, I asked him why Oxy was being given to young people when it has a serious reputation and is highly addictive, and there are alternatives. He said he himself had had Oxy and it worked well – Anna could take a few tablets if necessary and throw the rest away, as he’d…

Our top 3 PICKS: CLEANSERS 1 Dermalogica Oil to Foam Cleanser (R1 199) As pioneers of the Double Cleanse, the experts at Dermalogica believe the secret to ultra-clean, healthy-looking skin is cleansing twice: first with an oil-based cleanser, then with a traditional cleanser. This one does both! It starts off as a golden gel-oil, but when you add a splash of water it’s transformed into a rich, cloud-like foam. 2 Gatineau Collagene Expert Phyto Radiance Cleanser (R625) A creamy cleanser designed to cleanse, tone and micro-exfoliate the skin, leaving it feeling clean yet still nourished. 3 Yearn Skin Niacinamide Cleansing Gel (R299) This fragrance-free, non-foaming gel cleanser is formulated with 5% niacinamide to brighten and smooth skin, and hyaluronic acid to plump and hydrate. Mon Chérie Is it Chérie or Cherry? Looking…

Shades of green For that fresh springtime feeling, you can’t go wrong with green. Pick a shade from acid to avocado that goes with your skin tone. Two-piece sets Sets are so versatile. Wear the pieces together for a chic, no-thought-required look, or mix and match the separates with what you have in your wardrobe. It’s also an easy way to add colour to your wardrobe. A bold statement dress Colourful, joyful and ultra-feminine… Find a dress that ticks all these boxes and you have an all-in-one outfit that will be perfect for any festival, party or spur-of-the-moment getaway. Prints, prints and more prints Prints are still going strong for spring. We love the block florals, paisley, ombré and animal prints coming down the runway. For mixing and matching, just…

Doodle spot ACROSS 1. King Goldfinger? (5) 4. Principal male character, in bed with a cigar (7) 8. Feel that it is common, with nous (5) 9. One making a noise in the leaves will be a cattle thief (7) 10. Mess of spilled type one could get one’s teeth into (3) 11. King, at present on the shelf, is acquired with learning (9) 12. What on the watering-can may be watering the hybrid tea (4) 13. In Europe, South Africa showed one who sold his birthright (4) 18. How to breathe in and sleep during the Winter (9) 20. It’s not an impediment if it’s added to decoration (3) 21. He shared Britannia’s weapon (7) 22. Thread the end of the rope through for a bird (5) 23. With…

ACROSS 1. Drifting on air 5. South American nation 9. Canny 12. Naps 16. Whip (yolk) 17. Tartan cloth 18. Revise 20. Frozen block (3,4) 22. Havana product 23. Submit 24. Wireless crackle 26. List of topics 27. Payoffs and kickbacks 28. Sock mending tool (7,6) 31. Unbending 32. Reclaim 34. Bordered 36. Kangaroo pouch 37. Deep thinker 40. Printing fluid 42. Permeate 43. Houston is there 45. Commodity 47. Glossy material 49. Waited, … one’s time 50. Five-sided figure 52. Silence demand 54. Ledger entry 55. Ancient guitars 56. Command to stop horse 58. Routine 59. Ryan or Tatum (1’4) 60. Inconsiderable 61. Xmas 62. Court orders 63. Non-coms (1,1,2) 64. Arctic native 67. Doorbell sound, ding … 68. Filled tortilla 69. Greasing 72. Fool 74. Frugally 78. Papua…

MegaXword 1 MegaXword 2 Brainteaser 1 Brainteaser 2 Sudoku Very easy Easy Medium Difficult Very easy Easy Medium Difficult Word search Code words Cryptic 1 ACROSS: 1. Midas 4. Cheroot 8. Sense 9. Rustler 10. Pie 11. Knowledge 12. Rose 13. Esau 18. Hibernate 20. Bar 21. Neptune 22. Reeve 23. Sadness 24. Rates DOWN: 1. Misapprehends 2. Dangers 3. Speaks 4. Carbon 5. Easily 6. Oiled 7. Three-quarters 14. Subject 15. Grouse 16. Capers 17. Terror 19. Biped Cryptic 2 ACROSS: 7. Thoroughgoing 8. Potentially 12. Retail 14. Trowel 16. Travel 18. Tenors 19. Advancement 23. Burnt-offering DOWN: 1. Shop 2. Trot 3. Tunnel 4. Thrift 5. Foil 6. Only 9. Outward 10. Lowdown 11. Alas 12. Rite 13. Ice 15. Rye 17. London 18. The off 19. Ague…