Inspiration – Always Anne
May 6, 2020 May 8, 2020 Posted in FASHIONTagged afrikaans, Blogger, Fashion Week, InspirationLeave a comment
April 20, 2020 May 8, 2020 Posted in Mental health and other stuffTagged afrikaans, Blogger, Cape Town, Couple Goals, Inspiration, kyknetLeave a comment
Dames, sê my wat SY naam is. Jy weet, daai oulike skepsel wat saam met jou in isolasie sit wat jy soms, net soms, met die koekroller wil slaan oor die kop. O, wag, ons is millennials so jy sal hom seker wil slaan met jou Nutribullet.
Hoe lief ek ook al vir my man is, hier is 7 dinge wat hy doen wat my irriteer tydens die inperking. Die woord ‘inperking’ irriteer my ook.
1 Ek moet elke dag, heel dag, sit en kyk hoe hy eet wat hy wil.
Weet julle hoe bly was die sadis in my toe Woolies nie meer pasteie mag verkoop nie… hy snack mos 2 pepper steak pasteie voor ete. My ma het een keer genoem dat hy dalk wurms het terug in 2013. Hy het haar nog nooit vergewe oor die aanmerking nie. Wel, ek dink daai wurms het al kleinkinders gekry daar binne…
2 Hy oefen nie, maar het meer spiere as ek.
Ek is op ‘n oefen masjien rol, want vir twee jaar het ek gesukkel om my energie terug te kry na ‘n baie lelike burnout…. dalk doen ek nog ‘n blog post daaroor, maar dis lelik, so ek weet nie.
So doen ek Kayla Itsiness se BBG program drie keer ‘n week, hardloop 5km in my sitkamer op Saterdae en doen my aanlyn ballet klas. Hy. Hy doen ‘n paar pushups op die trap en kom nooit verder as 3km in die sitkamer nie, maar pronk van die spiere. Hy het ook ‘n 6-pack. En V-lines wat se lyne meer perfek getrek is as ‘n laerskool juffrou se handskrif.
Intussen soos ek rond draf van my rusbank tot die eetkamertafel skaaf ek my bobene bloedrooi, want ek het nie ‘n thigh gap nie. My thigh gap sit tussen my voortande en dis okay.
3 Hy raas met my as die groente verval
Kyk, ek eet gesond en ek gaan nie elke dag winkel toe loop vir ‘n appel en ‘n ‘ui’ nie, so van tyd tot tyd gaan klein bietjie van die goed af gaan in ons yskas. Hy kan dit nie verstaan nie.
Ek het wel ‘n geheim ontdek… sodra die spinasie se einde nader kom, gooi ek dit in ‘n pot. Dan hoef ek letterlik net een teelepel te eet wanneer dit gaar word, want dis al wat oorbly.
4 Hy wil nie tien uur bed toe gaan nie.
Ek is ‘n oggend mens. Hy is ‘n aand mens en nou met lockdown wat alles bietjie mal is, is vreemde slaappatrone seker normaal. Plus ons is dan by die huis, so waarvoor moet ons reëls hê – sê hy. Ek verskil.
5 Sy TikTok videos doen beter as myne.
Ek het ‘n TikTok account begin en gedink ‘okay, dalk is ek nie te oud vir hierdie nie’ en ek was selfs beïndruk met die bietjie views wat my videos reeds gekry het. Hier kom hy (laat ons liewer nie sy ouderdom weggee nie) en kry dubbel die hoeveelheid views met sy eerste video.
6 Die Xbox verslawing is real.
Ek het nie ‘n probleem dat hy homself besig hou nie, maar die Xbox is gekonnekteer aan ons TV.
Ek is mos verbied om die Kardashians te kyk in ons huis, so nou gebruik ek maar hierdie tyd om dit skelm op my foon te kyk. So, dis eintlik ‘n wen-wen.
7 Ons baklei oor die verwamer.
Ek kry koud. En my hond kry ook koud. Hy dink ons is ekstra (okay, ons is seker) en gaan aan oor die prys van koopkrag en en en. Dis winter, baby, toe nou.
Laastens irriteer dit my dat hy nog steeds perfek is aan die einde van die dag. Laat ek maar die Nutribullet gaan bêre weer…
Laat weet my in die kommentaar wat jou irriteer van jou ander òf beter helfte en volg my asb op Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annette_dewet/
20 dinge wat getroudes jou nie sê nie
March 3, 2020 March 5, 2020 Posted in FASHIONTagged Always Anne, Blogger, Cape Town, Couple Goals, Editorial, FASHION, Fashion Blogger, Fashion Photography, Inspiration, Photography, South Africa, Styled Shoot, Stylist3 Comments
Ek is hierdie jaar vyf jaar getroud. Dis hopeloos te lank as jy dink dat my langste verhouding voor ‘Instagram Husband’ maar vier maande was.
Maar ek kla nie, die getroude lewe is soos ‘n kult – die ring is jou lidmaatskap. Vir een of ander rede dink mense ook ek en Willie is ‘n power couple. Nou tensy dit iets met loadshedding te doen het, is ons so normaal soos koffie met twee suikers.
Ek voel wel dis my plig om met julle die volgende kult kaskenades te deel.
Maar voor ek verder gaan – ons klere is van Old Khaki. Om stylvol te lyk terwyl jy gemaklik voel, is alles. Hierdie mooi jumpsuit nommertjie kos jou R650 in winkels.
Hier is 20 dinge wat getroudes jou nie sê nie.
(disclaimer: gebaseer op die de Wet en de Wet huishouding)
1 Jy baklei nie regtig oor die remote nie.
2 Sy klere word jou klere. Daar is niks wat snoesiger slaap soos ‘n hemp wat pas soos ‘n een-man-tent nie. Goed vir die gemak… en die selfbeeld.
3 Die een dink altyd die ander een help minder in die huis. Ek het aanvaar hierdie is een wat jy nie gaan wen nie.
4 Cuddles op die bank is nie meer so lekker nie. Soos wat jy ouer word, begin jy rug probleme en rustelose bene kry en dan soek jy s-p-a-s-i-e.
5 Mens raak nie gewoond aan ‘morning breath’ nie, jy raak net slimmer. Een sluk koffie doen gewoonlik die ding.
6 Jy maak vrede dat hy jou salon sjampoe gebruik soos R30.00 winkel bottels wat op afslag was.
7 Jy word kwaad as die hond meer van hom hou. Hoekom lê sy nie oor my bene nie? Ek is seker sy het hoër gespring toe sy hom sien na werk. Hmmm…
8 Mens kry nie meer ‘n grilling as jy na die tyd besef ‘o, dit was eintlik sy tandeborsel’ nie.
9 Die blomme word minder, maar die grappe word meer. Soms neem ons videos om vir ander mense te wys hoe snaaks ons is, maar dan gee hulle daardie verpligte rinnike. Solank die ander een lag, bly klou ons aan die stand up comedy droom.
10 Jy word aangevat omdat jy nog nie ‘n begrafnis polis het nie. Jis, was ek boos. Hoekom wil hy nie vir my begrafnis betaal nie?Of erger, wat laat jou dink ek het een nou al nodig?
11 Hy wil nie meer jou Instagram foto’s neem nie, maar jy moet hom help met sy Twitter oor gistraand se 7de Laan. As jy ooit vervelig is met data wat nie wil opraak nie, soek vir Dik Willie op Twitter. Hy staan 57 followers sterk. Ek vat hom uit as hy 100 maak.
12 Julle begin van dieselfde TV-reekse hou. Hy was so kwaad vir Chuck Bass se pa toe hy die besigheid terugvat in Gossip Girl terwyl ek gehuil het toe Terminator dood gaan. Kom Arnie, probeer probeer!
13 As ‘n vriend/in jou kwaad aandoen, is die ander een reg vir wêreld-oorlog.
14 Dit raak normaal dat hy jou maandelikse ‘voorraad’ optel by die apteek en jou bel voor almal om te vra ”light of heavy flow?” Jip, ek het dit gesê en ek own dit.
15 Mens trek gereeld perongeluk dieselfde aan na sosiale geleenthede en ander mense kom dit gewoonlik agter voor julle doen!
16 Jy het iemand om al jou lelikste selfies voor te stuur en mees grusame stories van die dag te vertel. Niks is buite perke nie. Perongeluk ‘n trippel-ken foto geneem? Stuur dadelik aan vir manlief.
17 Jy wil hom iets aan doen, dalk so vier keer ‘n week. Dis normaal! Dit waai vinnig oor.
18 Wie koffie maak, is belangriker as om te vra wat vir aandete is. Moenie daar gaan nie! As hy nie maak nie, bly stil en aanvaar dis jou beurt.
19 Julle oordeel ander mense se babas en aanvaar dat julle eie baba net die beste skepsel ooit gaan wees. Wel goeie môre my sonskyn, die baba deel immers julle twee se gene. #windgat #eintlikmeergataswind
20 Dit raak nooit vervelig nie, dit raak net beter! Daar is niks so lekker soos om getroud te wees nie. As jy in ‘n suur huwelik is… gooi sout daarop en drink hom soos ‘n goedkoop tequila.
Oraait julle, dis dit. Volg my op Instagram by annette_dewet en laat weet my watter stories julle meer van wil Sien.
Klere: Old Khaki
Fotograaf: Ash Swartz Photography
6 fat shaming myths that should stop
April 25, 2019 April 25, 2019 Posted in Mental health and other stuffTagged Blogger, Diet, FASHION, Fashion Photography, Fitness, health, Inspiration, Mental health, WeightLeave a comment
I am not skinny, but I am definitely not fat. And if I was, so what?
My mom and dad blessed me with gorgeous curves, which is also my biggest curse.
In primary school everyone made fun of my booty, but now all those bullies are squatting in the gym to grow one.
I’ve been told that I should get married in a flowy wedding dress, because of my little big hip situation, but then I went and ordered the most figure hugging designer gown and guess what, I looked beautiful AF.
Women with a genetic curvy body have issues that ‘normal size’ or skinny women just never will understand. Or want to understand.
Here’s the 5 biggest fat shaming myths women with curves have to deal with.
1. “But you don’t look like a runner!”
I’ve ran two half marathons and try to get in one 10 kilometre per week. Sometimes I feel depressed and then I don’t exercise for two weeks – sue me.
The amount of people that have questioned my running because of my body shape is shamelessly high. Most people picture a slender athlete with calves for days when they think about a runner, not someone’s whose calve muscle when straight to their thighs.
2. “Don’t worry, we can do it at your pace.”
There’s a lot of hiking trails in Cape Town and people will always tell me that we can do it at my pace. My pace? What do you mean my pace? Just because I have more fat than muscle, does not mean that I am not stronger than you.
Same thing at the gym. You get ‘cute’ girls who does the same ‘cute’ exercises in the gym daily and rarely build muscle, but they never get questioned. I sweat twice as hard in a spinning class, but when my hips don’t shrink people will give me motivational speeches that I should push harder and harder next time. Bitch, please.
3. “You probably want a bigger size?”
Shopping with someone is the worst. The ‘no booty-army’ will always ask if you would like a size bigger than them. Just because my hip-to-butt-to-hip-to-another-butt ratio is above average, doesn’t mean the rest of my body is as well.
The looks I get when I tell people that I wear a size small top, the disbelief OMG, it’s just too much to handle.
Dear person X, I am a professional stylist, are you? Um, okurrr.
4. “You are going to fall pregnant so easily.”
I think this is the most offensive one. When you ask them why, they will tell you that skinny girls have more struggles to conceive. Okay, if I don’t count as skinny do you just think that I am fat?
Unless you are a medical professional, please don’t tell me about my future birth journey when so many people of all sizes have issues to conceive. Giving birth is a blessing and my pants size is not going to be the deal breaker, trust me.
5. “Are you on a diet?”
This is now the part where I want to get physical. Curvy ladies, have you ever ordered a salad and then your friends will ask if you if you are on a diet? People always consume when bootyful women order something healthy, they are trying to lose weight.
Okay, so here’s a surprise fact: we actually eat healthy most of the time. I hate greasy foods and alcohol. I avoid white carbs and always snack on carrots and yes, chocolate. Sue me, again.
But I’m not on a diet. Diets are for the birds!
My body is not my only testimony of my healthy lifestyle. I have glowing skin, perfect hair, 100% visual sight, no cholesterol warnings, zero dark circles under my eyes and I’ve never ever had a teeth filling in my life. Why? Because I’m healthy.
6. “How much?”
When a slender woman walks down the street in a skinny jean, little reaction.
When a curvy woman walks down the street in a skinny jean, chaos!
Society still see curvy women in short or tight clothing as ‘easy’ or ‘cheap’ and that annoys the living demons out of me. I rarely wear a bikini to the beach, but in January I felt brave and threw over a second skin dress to cover my lovely lady humps.
A group of men approached me and made sexual comments, which you get used to and learn to ignore over the years, but this time I’ve had enough. I told them my basic human rights and walked straight to the police station. They chose the wrong girl!
Stop judging people based on how God created them. We are all beautiful in our own way. Skinny, curvy, athletic -it doesn’t matter. It’s what is happening on the inside, that is.
Old Khaki AW19 is what we want
March 28, 2019 March 29, 2019 Posted in EVENTS, FASHIONTagged Blogger, Fashion Blogger, Fashion Bloggers, Fashion Photography, Inspiration, Photography, Style Blogger, StylistLeave a comment
Old Khaki WOWed me at their recent #OldKhakiAW19 launch channeling retro-sport and modern heritage.
The event took place place at Colourlab in Woodstock where media and influencers gathered together to enjoy Old Khaki’s new Autumn/ Winter collection first hand.
You can expect a fresh new take on urban-adapted wardrobe staples that can take you from inner-city vibes to exploring the Stellenbosch Winelands looking 100 percent Instagram-ready.
The AW19 ladieswear range mixes urban casual with contemporary interpretations of iconic 70s and 80s silhouettes. The season begins with a bold palette of cream, rust and emerald on the heritage front; moving onto navy, grey and ochre with a touch of red in the sporting arena.
Furry jackets in bomber silhouettes
Branded sweat tops
Windowpane check jumpsuits
Colour-blocking roll necks
Shall we talk denim?
Alongside the core range of Old Khaki skinny and straight-leg styles, a new collection of silhouettes is ready to take centre stage. The standouts being a pinstripe mom jean and a skinny-fit black dungaree. Denim has gone slightly cleaner for winter, with elevated fabrications adding some lustre to the occasion.
Scarve it up
As always, the Old Khaki man and woman will have everything they need to round off their looks with daring detail.
Ladies’ scarves have been expanded into a beautiful selection of warm-handle versions in plains, checks and colour-blocking, as well as smaller (90 x 90cm) printed poly squares in everything from floral prints and dots, to plains, checks and stripes – ideal as neckerchiefs or for accessorising handbags or hair.
Beanies are still a wintertime staple for both men and women, with peaks not far behind. The Old Khaki woman can look forward to a beautiful collection of beanies with plenty of pretty pompoms.
Bean there, got the beanie
Black leather bags are back…
As for bags, there’s plenty to be excited about. On the ladies’ side, the collection builds on key silhouettes in new colours with touches of sizzle coming through in the round shape, whip-stitched details, as well as the introduction of fabrications such as corduroy and suede in navy, yellow and rust, in the smalls offering. Oh and did we mention the leather belt bag is back? I’m in love with the Lillie Leather Belt Bag, R699 (below).
The new Old Khaki autumn/winter range will be available in stores and online in April. See more photos from the launch event below.
Event Photography: Half and Halve Photography
Beyonce’s MUA collabs with W.BEAUTY
March 20, 2019 January 8, 2020 Posted in BEAUTYTagged BEAUTY, Beauty Blogger, beautyblogger, Beyonce, Blogger, Inspiration, Make up, make up inspiration, Sir John, W.Beauty, WoolworthsLeave a comment
Known for beautifying the striking faces of red carpet royalty such as Beyoncé, Priyanka Chopra and Kim Kardashian West, celebrity makeup artist Sir John has joined forces with W.BEAUTY to launch a first for South African retail – a limited edition cosmetics line, titled Volume 1.
No stranger to South Africa!
I’ve met Sir John at a former W.BEAUTY event in Canal Walk where he gave us a showstopper makeup masterclass which formed part of a series across the country.
He has also lent his artistic hand to various Woolworths campaigns and events, including collaborating with artists backstage at Woolworths’ Style By SA runway show at SA Fashion Week.
“Having developed a strong working relationship with Sir John over the past few years, collaborating on a bespoke product line with the makeup maestro was a natural next step,” says Head of Brand Communication for Fashion, Beauty, Home and International, Shaheda Sayed.
“The limited edition makeup range marks an important step for South African retail as it is the first time that a popular South African retailer has worked closely with a well-known international authority to produce a makeup collection that has been created to effortlessly illuminate South African women’s naturally sun kissed skin.”
W.BEAUTY’s long-standing reputation as experts in creating innovative and ethical beauty formulations, coupled with Sir John’s creativity and deep understanding of makeup artistry, makes for a game-changing collaboration.
“It’s been an absolute dream working on this collaboration with the W.BEAUTY team. It has been been inspiring and life changing.
Although he serves as the Creative Director and Consultant for various beauty houses, Volume 1 will be the makeup master’s very first signature makeup range for South Africa, and thus required him to take a hands-on approach.
“I was involved from beginning to end. From the very first product sketches, to the name, the packaging, the symbolism and the product intrinsics. It was very important to me that Volume 1 reflects who I am as an artist, and that it delivers the quality associated with the W.BEAUTY brand,” explains Sir John.
The cruelty-free and vegan-friendly curated collection will be W.BEAUTY’s first international product collaboration, and will consist of a highlighter stick, and an eyeshadow palette created to give any beauty lover the perfect red carpet eye. A rich and creamy, hydrating lipstick, bold liquid eyeshadows, metallic nail lacquers, and a shimmering highlighter compact completes what will be this season’s most talked about makeup line.
Volume 1, a limited edition makeup collection by W.BEAUTY and Sir John, will be sold exclusively at selected Woolworths stores and can also be purchased on the Woolworths website and app iDivisions at Woolworths.
*Issued By: Conversation Capital on behalf of Woolworths