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!
Look of the Day
As the countdown to Valentine’s Day begins, have you given any thought to what look you want to rock on the big night?
Here are a few ideas to share:
If the 2012 Paris Fashion Week was anything to go by, you’ll find plenty of trendy catwalk fashions to inspire your Valentine’s Day outfit.
The timeless off-shoulder or strapless dress design remains a sexy, elegant choice. Just make sure it is a comfortable and flattering. Long and short lengths will work equally well. Or show off your curves with a mermaid style dress, fitted from the bodice to the knees and flared out.
Of course red is always in for the month of love but also consider fuchsia, ivory and classic black with red accessories. Go for pastels for a light, airy look if you wish to tone it down. Match your outfit with a sexy pair of high heel platform pumps or sparkly strappy sandals.
Accessorise with shimmery hoop earrings, heart choker necklaces and cuff bracelets to match. Put on some red lipstick or go for metallic gloss for added Valentine’s Day shine.
Lace is certainly fashionable on the catwalk. It offers a quaint yet sultry, feminine appeal. Go for an off-shoulder dress with lacey detail to show off your designer fashion flair.
Lilian Ejike does just that with her black and red Valentine’s Day outfit offering. She was spotted at Sandton City with a bright red, lacey mini dress, fitted zipper black jacket, crimson red pumps and funky leopard earrings. Whatever your look this Valentine’s day make sure it’ll have all eyes on you.
New Nike kit for Soccer World Cup
When the world's leading players take to the pitch later this year, they will be wearing the most environmentally-friendly and technologically-advanced kit in football's history.
For the first time, all of Nike's national teams, including Brazil, Portugal and The Netherlands, will be wearing jerseys made entirely from recycled polyester, each one produced from up to eight recycled plastic bottles.
Today in London, Nike President Charlie Denson announced: “This summer in South Africa Nike will give footballers an edge by providing the newest and most innovative product for the game's greatest players.
We are equipping athletes with newly designed uniforms that not only look great and deliver performance benefits, but are also made with recycled materials, creating less impact on our environment."
To make the 2010 national team kits, Nike's fabric suppliers sourced discarded plastic bottles from Japanese and Taiwanese landfill sites and then melted them down to produce new yarn that was ultimately converted to fabric for the jerseys.
This process saves raw materials and reduces energy consumption by up to 30 percent compared to manufacturing virgin polyester.
By using recycled polyester for its new range of national jerseys, Nike prevented nearly 13 million plastic bottles, totaling nearly 254,000 kg of polyester waste, from going into landfill sites.
This amount would be enough to cover more than 29 football pitches. If the recycled bottles used to make the jerseys were laid end-to-end they would cover more than 3,000 kilometres, which is more than our entire coastline.
So, there you have it – Cristiano Ronaldo will be green at the World Cup. And we’ll be green - with envy, that is – that his new Nike shirt gets to sit so close to his enviable abs!
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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