The Beauty Brand by Maureen

Product of the week

ICON TIME GOLD RE-DENSIFYING ANTI-AGE CREAM

A luxurious, rich-textured cream designed to actively combat wrinkles and loss of firmness.

Formulated with gold peptides and the NO-A.G.E.S. complex, it fights glycation and promotes cellular longevity—plumping, restructuring, and restoring smoothness for visibly rejuvenated skin.

💛 Reduces wrinkles & laxity
💛 Re-densifies & restructures
💛 Enhances cellular longevity

https://thebeautybrand.co.za/product/icon-time-24hr-redensifying-anti-age-cream/

I've always believed makeup should do more than simply cover.

That's one of the reasons I love RVB LAB.

Beautiful textures, gorgeous colours and formulations that are kind to the skin—it really is treatment makeup.

This August, purchase any two RVB LAB makeup products and receive a FREE full-size product from a selected range.

If you've been wanting to try RVB LAB, there's never been a better time.

Offer valid while stocks last.

Contact Maureen on 083 447 5409 to place your order.

One of the questions I get asked most in winter is:

"Why does my skin still feel dry even though I'm moisturising?"

Often it's because your skin needs more than moisture—it needs support.

That's why I love Diego dalla Palma Professional. The products are designed to strengthen the skin while restoring hydration where it's needed most.

This month, purchase any Diego serum or face cream and receive a FREE full-size Super Mask worth R795.

A little gift from Diego... and a little kindness for your winter skin.

Contact Maureen on 083 447 5409 to place your order.

As every good sister should, I was scrolling through the Best of Pretoria categories looking for my sister in the Photographer section so I could cast my vote.

And then I spotted another nomination with my name on it. While I was asking all of you to vote for me in two categories, I'd somehow completely overlooked a third.

So, if you've already voted for me twice... I'm afraid I'm back to ask for one more.

⭐ Best Makeup Artist
⭐ Best Online Beauty Store
⭐ Best Makeup School

I read something the other day that made me smile: "Never send a pink lipstick to do a red lipstick's job."

Well, this feels like one of those red lipstick moments. Of the three nominations, Best Makeup School has found a particularly special place in my heart. I love teaching.

There is something incredibly rewarding about watching a woman stop second-guessing herself. To understand why one colour, one foundation or one lipstick works better than another. To stop buying products because they're trending, and start making confident decisions because she understands the principles.

Knowledge really is power. Once you know what works for you, nobody can take that away.

Being nominated in three categories is an incredible honour, but it certainly didn't happen because of me alone. Every appointment you've booked, every course you've attended, every order you've placed, every recommendation you've made and every vote you've cast has helped build The Beauty Brand into what it is today.

So, if you think I've earned it, I'd be incredibly grateful if you would vote for me one more time.

The links are below, and we have just 7 days left.

Thank you for helping this little business of mine stand shoulder to shoulder with some of the very best in Pretoria.

https://www.bestofsouthafrica.co.za/pretoria/bop-voting-services/
https://www.bestofsouthafrica.co.za/pretoria/bop-voting-health-beauty-wellness/

I don’t particularly enjoy asking people to vote for me, but I’m going to do it anyway because I’ve earned the right to be proud of what I’ve built.

I am, however, apparently quite good at accumulating an alarming number of unrelated skills in the pursuit of selling a lipstick online.

Over the years, I’ve somehow become an e-commerce manager, graphic designer, copywriter, photographer, content creator, website builder, marketing department, IT support desk and occasional courier investigator.

Some of it was because I wanted to build a beauty business that does things properly.

And some of it was because COVID closed my doors, and I had to find another way to earn an income.

So I figured it out.

Behind every product I sell and service I offer is the same belief: good products should produce good results. Expertise matters. Details matter. And people deserve to spend their money with someone who genuinely cares about the outcome.

But my favourite part of this business has never changed.

It’s the moment I turn the chair around.

That split second when someone looks in the mirror and her face changes. She smiles. She sits a little taller. And I can see that she doesn’t just like the makeup — she likes the woman looking back at her.

That moment has made every ridiculous new skill, late-night technical disaster and “why on earth is the website doing THAT?” worthwhile.

So, here comes the part I’m not very good at.

The Beauty Brand has been nominated in Best of Pretoria in two categories:

Best Makeup Artist
Best Beauty Shop

If I’ve ever done your makeup, helped you choose the right products, taught you something useful, answered your skincare questions, rescued you from an expensive beauty mistake, or made you feel a little better when you looked in the mirror, I would be incredibly grateful for your vote.

Because beneath all the technology, marketing, websites and lipstick, it was always about you.

And that moment in the mirror. 🙂

https://www.bestofsouthafrica.co.za/pretoria/bop-voting-health-beauty-wellness/

Are You Cleansing Your Face Correctly?

Most people spend far more time thinking about their serum than their cleanser — and it is costing them real results. If your skincare is not performing the way you expected, the answer is usually not a better active ingredient. It is a better first step.

A cleanser that only addresses water-soluble impurities leaves half the job undone. A cleanser that strips all surface matter creates barrier disruption that undermines everything that follows.

Active ingredients cannot pe*****te effectively through a barrier of SPF, make-up, sebum and environmental pollutants. Moisturisers cannot hydrate skin that is coated in residue. Professional treatments cannot achieve their full results when applied to skin that has not been properly prepared. Cleansing done well creates the conditions in which everything else works.

Read more here -
https://thebeautybrand.co.za/diego-dalla-palma-cell-detoxium-cleansing/

Since 2011, I've had the privilege of helping women see themselves differently.
I've seen what happens when someone finally understands why something works, rather than simply being told what to buy.

It was never really about makeup or clothes. It was about confidence. About walking into a room without wondering if you've got it wrong. About opening your wardrobe without feeling overwhelmed. About buying with intention instead of hope.

For years, this kind of knowledge belonged to the few who could afford one-on-one guidance. I never thought that was fair.

Today, AI gives us the opportunity to change that. Not by replacing the expert, but by putting decades of expertise into the hands of every woman who wants to learn.

The privilege was never beauty. The privilege was access to knowledge. Because knowledge changes how you see yourself. And that changes everything.

That's why I built The AI Style Lab.
The waitlist is open.
www.theaistylelab.co.za

You cleanse. You tone. You use every purifying product the internet recommends. And by midday, your skin is oily again. The blackheads are still there. And somehow, the products that were supposed to help have left your skin feeling tight, dry, and irritated.

Sound familiar?

The problem isn't your skin. It's that most purifying products only deal with what's on the surface — they strip away oil, your skin panics, and produces even more to compensate. It's a cycle that never ends.

Smart Pure by Diego Dalla Palma works differently. Instead of attacking the surface, it targets the reason your skin overproduces oil in the first place — regulating it at the source, without stripping your skin of the hydration it needs.

The results speak for themselves:
36% less sebum. In 15 days.
21% fewer blackheads.
Visibly smaller pores.
Noticeably smoother skin texture.
And for active blemishes — 100% of users saw real improvement in just 3 applications.

Clear skin that isn't dry skin. That's the difference.

Whether you're 20 or 50, if oily blemish-prone skin has been your lifelong frustration, this is the system built for you.

BOOK A CONSULTATION: Maureen 083 447 5409.
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