Asian fashion is a massive growth area – you only have to look at the line up for the Asia Fashion Summit 2012 being held in Singapore starting on May 15 2012, to see that the clothing industry’s key players are taking this niche market very seriously. The three day event being held at the [...]

Arbonne gets a plug in UK Vogue in the April 2012 issue, with the Vogue beauty experts acknowledging that Arbonne skin and body care products are fast gaining cult status for those in the know. Vogue recommends the RE9 Advanced Instant Lift to liven up your complexion, or the Seasource range for detoxing. This isn’t [...]

Astral cream – does it ring any bells with you? I had to scan my beauty radar when I was asked to review both the original Astral, and its new sister, Astral Light and Creamy. For me, Astral is up there with Atrixo and the old glass bottle of pink Oil of Ulay that my [...]

Anyone unfortunate enough to suffer from severe acne knows what a pain it can be trying to cover acne up with makeup. It’s bad enough getting a spot or two, but permanently bad skin needs expert coverage using cosmetics products that really deliver. For this post I’m handing you over to a real pro for [...]

Well it’s an exciting day at Cheap Slap Towers! I’ve just been putting the finishing touches to some major new plans for Cheap Slap, which will be rolling out over the next few weeks. I’m going to be making a lot of changes, these have been building for a while and I’ve decided that it’s [...]

If you haven’t heard of Percy & Reed hair products yet you must be on another planet. As a weekly Grazia subscriber and avid beauty mag follower I am always interested in the latest so called must haves that the fash pack are raving about. Percy & Reed have certainly had a lot of good [...]

Okay, so the background to this post is that I get emails daily asking me about some site or other that is selling wholesale MAC makeup, and asking whether the site is genuine or not. The short answer is that most of the sites you see with “MAC wholesale” in the domain name (i.e. url) [...]

I had a lot of fun today making this little video ad for Cheap Slap on YouTube… I’m trying to figure out if it is possible to drive more traffic to Cheap Slap through YouTube. Hopefully my attempts at video making will improve over time! The voices are a bit clunky but hey it’s all [...]

Acne is a sore subject in more ways than one for any of its unfortunate sufferers. I had mild acne as a teenager and remember being mortified when my mother took me to the doctor when I was about 15 to see if there was any medical treatment that could help with acne removal. Luckily, [...]

I received this query about shipping costs for wholesale cosmetics deals being sent from the US to Europe. My reply is also copied below… Hi Mel, a quick query , I’m interested in becoming a member, my only concern is that the makeup and cosmetics shipments mainly come from the States. Living in Tenerife how [...]