Spotted
This Valentine’s Day ignite your desire with these delectable aphrodisiac treats. They are sure to make your day extra-special and all the more exciting. So go on – eat up:
Oysters are known to have powerful aphrodisiac properties and make a sumptuous starter to your Valentine’s evening celebrations. Mussels, are also considered a passion food as are tender asparagus stems. This green vegetable is traditionally served to French grooms in preparation for their wedding night.
A main course drizzled with flavours of garlic, ginger, cinnamon, peppers or chilli will certainly enhance the romantic mood. The strong, musky scent of truffles will heighten your sense of touch while sweet basil, pine nuts and coriander offer an added libido boost.
Be sure not to pass up the tenderloin roast with a mustard and peppercorn sauce.
Spice things up with sprinklings of nutmeg. Known for its hallucinogenic properties, nutmeg will quickly induce that warm, fuzzy feeling for guaranteed starry eye moments of lovingness.
When it comes to dessert, chocolate is the benchmark food of love. It offers a quick energy boost and easily elevates your mood. Nothing like a decadent rich chocolate dessert to share with your loved one on the special day.
A delicious addition has to be strawberries and cream for the ultimate enticment of the senses.
Add sweet grapes to the mix for a seductive moment of juicy flavour. The ancient Romans believed grapes to be an aphrodisiac and considered the sensuous fruit a symbol of fertility. Vanilla ice-cream is a must-have side dish. The scent and flavour of vanilla is known to give you a strong dose of love lust.
Happy eating!
It's all in the shoulders
We spotted Refilwe in Sandton City wearing black knee-high boots, light blue jeans, a long-sleeved casual tee and a short-sleeved black jacket with accentuated shoulders. Her entire outfit is from Zero Degrees.
Yes, the structured shoulder is back with a bang and thankfully this time around, it's a lot more flattering than our mother's powersuits and bulky shoulder pads from the 80s. The accentuated shoulder is a look that's been on the runways since 2009, but only now is hitting the streets and it looks like it is here to stay for a while.
Incorporate this trend in your look with either shoulder pads, extended lapels (extra pieces of fabric to give you little 'wings' on your shoulders), puffy sleeves or with sparkly embellishments on the shoulder section of your dress or top. For the best effect. try to keep the rest of your outfit relatively simple.
What we love most about this trend is that it's a fabulous figure fixer. Wider and more accentuated shoulders gives the illusion of a smaller waist an narrower hips. However, if you have very wide shoulders, you should try to avoid this trend.
Most Wanted
Slap™ watches are the latest fad to hit our shores. If you haven’t already slapped one on, here’s why you should:
The Slap™ watch is a silicone watch band with a spring coil action that easily slaps onto your wrist, pretty much like those slap bracelets that were hugely popular in the 90s. The Slap™ watch is a novel time piece with an air of nostalgic cool, just like - as were Vanilla Ice, the discman and Tomagotchi.
The interchangeable watch face and band comes in 11 trendy colours like Purple Berry, Sunset Orange and Alabaster White. Mix and match 121 possible colour combinations to perfectly colour co-ordinate any outfit, a versatile fashion accessory for any occasion.
For an added glamorous edge the watches also come with bling watch faces and chic animal print inspired bands.
The Slap™ watch is eye-catching wrist candy to say the least. Its sleek design and racy colours also make it quite a fashion statement.
The watches are available in standard and Slap junior sizes from R299 to R499. They are easy to maintain and are water resistant. They make great gifts too.
Visit www.slapwatchsa.co.za to try out the right colour combinations that appeal to you before you buy.
You can get your Slap™watch at Xcessory Mix and Dream Nails at Sandton City. Remember if it doesn't say Slap™, it is not a Slap™ watch. For more information, contact info@slapwatchsa.co.za
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