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SEPTEMBER 2018 Cosmopolitan.co.za
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T
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Cover Stories
22 Take Your Face
to the Gym!
Cover Info
26 Move It, Girl!
Our cover star Boity Thulo 31 How to Wear:
Photography Niquita Bento
Photographer’s assistant
Activewear
Cass Collett Fashion Cleo After Hours
Marcopoulos Fashion 32 Under R500:
assistant Anke Nel Fashion
interns Samantha Manne
Sports Bras
and Lesego Mtsolongo Hair 34 Owning Her Throne
Kevin Epstein Makeup Algria
Ferreira (using MAC) Location 98 Sex Q&A
Mojo Boxing & Fitness Post-
production Ad2Graph Studio 112 The COSMO Girl’s
Easy Guide to Filing
Re-create her look a Tax Return Online
with Revlon cosmetics
Her face Colorstay
Makeup (R325) Caramel Inside
with Photoready Translucent
Finisher (R340) and Powder 4 From the Editor
Blush (R249) Ravishing Rose
Her eyes Colorstay Brow 7 COSMO Guys
Kit (R209) Dark Brown and 8 Best Month Ever
Colorstay Exactify Liquid
Liner (R199) Intense Black 10 Confessions
with Colorstay Crème Eye 11 COSMO Shop
Shadow (R105 each) Black
Currant, Liquorice, Honey
12 The Quickie
and Vanilla and Volumazing 13 Expectation vs Reality
Mascara (R165) Black Her
14 What Made Us
lips Kiss Exfoliating Balm
(R64,95) Sugar Mint and LOL This Month
Balm Stain (R180) Moonlit 15 #RealTalk
Pink Her sports bra Reebok
Her shorts Frank Gordon 17 Beauty
Her boxing wraps Courtesy 25 Style
of Mojo Boxing & Fitness
34 Features
81 Body
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AT T I M E O F G O I N G T O P R E S S P R I C E S A R E R E C O M M E N D E D R E TA I L P R I C E S
93 Love
107 Work
117 Life
126 Horoscopes
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127 Stockists
128 Quiz
Win!
The Rules
of Attraction 92 Tickets to #RTD2018,
Unlikely fashion plus accommodation
pairings to and festival swag
try now 127 A Virgin Active
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• Pour 25ml Tanqueray editor Jacquelyn Galgey Editor-in-chief, COSMOPOLITAN (1965-1997) Helen Gurley Brown
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EDITOR’S LETTER
Fit, Fearless & Fun
I COSMO
f one more person tells me about the
mood-enhancing benefits of exercise,
Exclusive
I might just throw a dumbbell at them.
My father is the worst: he usually calls
on a Sunday after his 6am 60km cycle
session. It’s the smug, slightly patronising Scan via
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parent tone that makes my blood boil: ‘You
OUR COVER STAR
really ought to start exercising, Holly.’ Ugh. BOITY’S BOOTY
I’d rather be in bed watching series. WORKOUT.
Truth is, I’ve never been an exercise
lover. I’m the girl who packs a gym bag in
the morning, only to leave it under my desk
in favour of after-work burgers. I recall the
time I got roped into running a half-marathon.
(It was a work thing.) Bucket-list essential,
they said. You’ll feel amazing, they said.
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Truthfully, I didn’t – I spent that night
massaging my legs in a hot bath,
weeping away my crippling cramps.
What makes me happy are all the
fun things that come along with
the fit life. I take great pleasure in
incorporating athleisure into my
workwear (yes to sweat pants and SPORTS BRA
R499 AND
heels!) and shopping for colourful LEGGINGS
R848, REEBOK
sneaks to up my shoe game. I’m a
sucker for the latest health fads, be
it experimenting with home-made
poke bowls or trying out a new activated-charcoal tonic. I can’t resist a nutrient-
rich hair masque or vitamin-boosting serum, and I relish the quiet window of
my three-minute daily meditation with Headspace. (Side note: this app has
been beyond amazing for my mental health.)
That’s why, in this issue, we’ve packed our pages with feel-good things so you can live
a fit, fearless, fun life. On page 22, our beauty editor shows you the benefits of jade rollers
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(the prettiest skin accessory) and other tools to try for face-firming exercises. On page 26,
our fashion editor shares the hottest fitspo looks (exercise optional!). On page 81, we reveal
P H OTO G R A P H Y N I Q U I TA B E N TO, C O L L E E N C O P P E N H A L L / D I S
the five-step training plan that Gigi, Kendall and Karlie swear by – and on page 120, there
are smoothie-bowl recipes for an Instagram-friendly five-a-day breakfast.
Exercise is good for us, granted – but huffing and puffing is way more fun when it’s
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offset by motivating rewards (such as a new metallic sports bra). If, like me, you’re a self-
confessed lazy girl, my advice is to look at fitness holistically. (Take notes, dad.) Fit skin,
fit food, a fit social life and fit finances are as important for a healthy and happy you.
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cosmo guys Majid Jordan
Canadian R&B duo Majid Jordan – made up of singer Majid Al Maskati and
producer Jordan Ullman – first got our attention when they produced Drake’s
Hold On, We’re Going Home. They’ve since released their second studio album,
The Space Between, and will be in South Africa for RTD 2018!
Our
inspiration Favourite Dream
Being around the music memory collab
people who inspire Majid Listening to our Daft Punk.
us the most, and music for the first time,
What we’re
C O M P I L E D BY L I S A K ATZ
enjoying what and then driving around
we do. listening to that music listening to RN
with our friends. Majid Mad by Solange
Jordan Playing the piano and Lil Wayne.
when I was a kid – I still Jordan In A Silent Way
remember that. by Miles Davis.
The thing we’re
Advice for looking forward
aspiring musicians to the most about
and producers coming to South Africa
Keep working at it. Nobody Majid Being in a place where people
speak different languages, but
is going to finish it for you – My idea understand music in the same way.
you have to finish your ideas of the What I look Jordan Travelling – we love
and be concise. Put together perfect date for in a partner to bring people together
a piece of work that you Majid A date where Jordan Everything
think represents you. through our music. ■
you leave feeling that I look for in myself.
better than when Whatever I give to people,
you arrived. I want them to give the
same to me.
Catch Majid Jordan at Rocking the Daisies, on from 5 to 7 October 2018. Rockingthedaisies.com
best September
month 1
Bring on Spring!
The 100% Phola Picnic
ever
returns to the Msinsi
Inanda Dam & Resort in KZN
on 1 September. Bring camping
chairs, food and your dancing
shoes – because Spring Day
is about to get lit!
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Rock
Out
Majid
Jordan. Wolf
Alice. GoldLink.
Sango. All in
one weekend?
3
Hell yeah! Team
up with your
Jam to Supersonic Sounds
besties and
head to Rocking Spilt Milk is back with your favourite
the Daisies sounds on 1 and 2 September at
from 5 to 7 Green Point Cricket Club in Cape Town.
October for Ryan Murgatroyd is confirmed as one
a fun camping of the headlining acts; joining him for
(or glamping) his first performance in South Africa
is Kevin de Vries from Berlin. Scan via
experience
with all your
fave musos
at the Cloof
Wine Estate. Scan via
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Be a Book Worm
The Open Book
Festival heads to
Did Cape Town’s Book Lounge
You Know? Scan via
and Fugard Theatre from 5
Heritage Day was known to 9 September, with book
as ‘Shaka Day’ until 1995. launches, panel discussions,
Annually, 24 September is filled workshops, masterclasses,
with celebration and recognition readings, performances
of the diverse cultures that make and more. Pumla Gqola,
up South Africa’s rainbow Nozizwe Jele and Haji
nation. Let’s celebrate Mohamed Dawjee will
our history, language be among the authors
and diversity! to join the discussions.
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8Read 5 Vagabond: Wandering
Through Africa On Faith
Lerato Mogoatlhe
After quitting her job
as an entertainment
journo/columnist at
City Press, Mogoatlhe
travelled through 20
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in five years. This
book chronicles
Listen to T his
the travels and
life lessons.
6 Licence To Loot
Stephan Hofstatter
This is for you if you 7 Toast To
want to know more Our Differences
about the deals and Rudimental
scandals behind It’s the new one
state capture and from the English
the ministerial and drum-and-bass band
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that relinquished our fave These Days
the control of our (with Jess Glynne,
country to Gupta- Macklemore and
linked moneymen. Dan Caplen) and
the collab with Major
Watch 8 Mile 22 9 Submergence
Lazer, Let Me Live.
10 The Children Act
A CIA operative Adapted from A judge (Emma
(Mark Wahlberg) JM Ledgard’s novel, Thompson) has
tries to smuggle it focuses on the to decide whether
an asset who emotional connection to force a teenage
holds sensitive between a British boy (played by Fionn
and life-threatening spy (James McAvoy) Whitehead) to have
information to safety and a scientist (Alicia a life-saving blood
before the enemy Vikander) who face transfusion that
closes in. It’s edge- life-or-death ordeals he doesn’t want.
of-your-seat stuff. on opposite sides Bring tissues.
of the planet.
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P H O T O G R A P H Y D A M O N F O U R I E / S U P E R N O V A C R E A T I V E M A N A G E M E N T,
Eat and
G E T T Y I M AG E S, I STO C K P H OTO.C O M CO M P I L E D BY M A N DY M B E K E N I
Be Merry
Clear your
calendar for 22 and 23
September: Erykah Badu
and Reuben Riffel will be
at the DSTV Delicious
International Food and
Music Festival at Kyalami
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Grand Prix Circuit in Midrand!
Stay Rad
Also check out Oskido,
Francois van Coke will host a rock spectacular Jazzanova and Louie Vega,
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on 15 September at the Sun Arena at Time plus a street-food market
Square in Pretoria. The line-up includes Karen Zoid, and pop-up restaurants
Jack Parow, Majozi, Fokofpolisiekar, Die Heuwels to keep you satisfied. ■
Fantasties, Early B and Arno Carstens.
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9confessions ‘There was a sandwich
cafe right next-door to
‘I was going to a lunch
event and got stuck in
our university “local”. the rain with no umbrella.
Everyone would go there Still, I made my way there,
at 1am. One night, I’d spent dripping wet. It was bad
all my money on booze, and enough that everyone
I was starving. I asked the was staring at me and
cashier if I could flash him my see-through top; but
for a free sandwich … and then the host said, “Let
he said yes. I ended up me get you a shawl. I just
flashing everyone – but had a kid, and I’m lactating
I got a free sandwich too.” Lactating?? It was the
and chips!’ -GINA, 26 rain!’ -SUSAN, 34
‘I was at dinner with
some friends, and
got up to use the
bathroom. Unluckily
for me, my dress got
stuck to my undies, so
P H O T O G R A P H Y A L L I E H O L L O W A Y C O N F E S S I O N S M AY H A V E B E E N E D I T E D F O R C O N T E N T, C L A R I T Y A N D L E N G T H
I accidentally flashed
a family with small
kids sitting nearby.
My bad!’ -STEPHANIE, 19
‘I was at the biggest game of the year.
I obviously had to be the cutest girl there, so
I put on really high heels. Everything was going ‘I was out with my BF and parents. My mom and
perfectly until I had to walk down the stand to I happened to be wearing similar outfits – plus we’re the
get drinks. I tripped on my own heel on the stairs same height and have similar hair. My BF walked away to get
a drink; when he came back, he put his hand around what
and tumbled all the way down to the edge of the he thought was my waist and cupped “my” butt. It was my
field. That was three years ago. I still haven’t lived mom’s… He freaked out and couldn’t look at my mom for,
like, a month. At least she was flattered to know that he
it down.’ -JASMINE, 23 thinks she has the ass of a 20-something!’ -LAUREN, 28
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11the quickie
With 23-year-old award-winning
singer and songwriter Shekhinah
My current #MCM: John Legend. He’s an amazing
musician, husband and father. I opened for him
during his South African tour and it was a beautiful
experience. And my #WCW is: Right now, K Naomi.
She shares a lot of inspirational content on social
media – especially about self-love – and I really
love that about her. My happy place: My couch,
at home in Johannesburg. My life mantra: ‘Life
is what you make of it.’ Fave Insta account:
@theshaderoom – I don’t condone it, but I’m
obsessed with gossip. My guilty pleasure: Fried
chicken! My style in three words: Grunge, boho,
lazy. The item of clothing I can’t live without:
Black stockings. I wear them with everything.
My go-to makeup look: Highlighted brows
and standout lashes. Fave drinks spot: Hudsons
in Parkhurst. It’s where we always go to debrief
after a show, or to have a bit of fun if we’ve been
working hard. What I’m most looking forward
to in spring/summer: I’ve been working hard at
the gym, so I’m excited to experiment more with
seasonal fashion. My favourite type of training:
Cardio. I find weight training really, really horrible.
I especially enjoy cardio outside of the gym, so
my trainer and I will usually take a power walk
outside. She makes me walk and talk, which
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helps to synchronise my breathing and voice.
It really helps with my work. The best advice
I’ve ever got: ‘You can’t change someone, you
can only change yourself.’ The artist I admire:
SZA. She’s moulded her craft and grown as an
artist. Performing feels like: Real life. It’s all
I want to do – it allows me to express myself.
What I look for in a partner: Humility and
attraction. They must also be funny and be
able to crack a joke. ■TOO FUNNY
Expectation vs Reality
On top of Huffing
the world and puffing
Nature
Hike
JENNIFER LAWRENCE
Toe-tal show stopper Filth-flops
Sandal
Season
Subtle skin Sideboob Serious nip-slip
P H O T O G R A P H Y G E T T Y I M A G E S , K I K E C A L V O / A L A M Y, S I M O N D A C K N E W S / A L A M Y
Hat’s off!
Headgear
Brim
and
proper
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13Too funny
What
Made Us
LoL
this Month
these aren’t really the sort of
poems you study in school – but
@quarterlifepoetry’s Instagram
feed is much more relatable
and hilarious!#realtalk
Yes No
Tracey-Lee Lusty Kim Windvogel
Lawyer; health & fitness blogger Body-positive activist
Instagram: fitnessgirl_za Instagram: blazingnonbinary
To me, being body-positive means accepting and Body positivity isn’t just a phrase. It’s a layered ideology
celebrating your unique body shape, acknowledging that seems to have even the most educated baffled as to
that it may go through natural size changes, and doing what it truly means. The phrase is usually thrown around
your utmost to keep it functioning healthily and optimally. only when spoken about in relation to supposedly fat people
Being body-positive is not about complacency, celebrating (myself included) who love their body regardless – when in
obesity or leading an unhealthy life because a movement fact body positivity has nothing at all to do with weight.
now makes it ‘okay’ to do so. It’s about recognising that We live in a society that tells us to hate our body. Whether
all bodies are equal, you’re as skinny as they
regardless of size come, or you have thick
Can You
or ability. And to thighs, a tight ass or
me personally, it’s a snatched waist with
about encouraging no arm fat, society will
women to care more still find a way to serve
Be Body-
about their health you all the reasons why
than about their you should hate yourself
external appearance. or feel a burning desire
Positive
To be a real advocate to alter yourself.
of the movement is to To me, body positivity
be completely honest means you love your
and Still
with yourself. If you body regardless of its
want to lose weight size, and regardless
because you believe of what society tells
that being smaller you it should look
Want to Lose
equates to being like. Of course, I’m
more beautiful not saying that the
based on a fabricated moment you start
Weight?
industry standard, losing weight you
then this would be can’t be body-positive.
in direct conflict What I’m saying is,
to body positivity. thinking that body
However, if shedding positivity is reserved
weight is a consequence just for fat people or
of you working on yourself just for skinny people
to better your overall mental wellbeing and physical is misguiding. I believe that, as a society, we should focus
health, then how could this not be in line with the more on health and treat weight as a secondary factor.
ideal of self-love, which underpins the movement? If we can do that, our body, mind and spirit will fall into
If shedding a few kilograms or committing to a healthy their natural order and shine in the way they are supposed
and active lifestyle makes you feel good, then who is to say to – be it thick or skinny, heavy, muscular or fat.
that you are not body-positive? With the right intention, So no, I don’t believe you can want to actively lose weight
embarking on a weight-loss journey is the purest form while still being body-positive. Weight is just one aspect of
of self-love. If being body-positive is about loving your health, and if losing it is your sole purpose, you will always
body, then – in my opinion – ensuring that it works face disappointment. Focus on your health, on moderation
optimally and is in good health is actually the clearest and on self-esteem, so you can love and admire your body
form of body-positive activism. in all its stages. ■
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Workout
Essentials:
The Beauty
Edition
Whether you’re a committed gym-
goer or only work up a sweat once
in a while, these products should
be in your workout bag
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Pre-Workout
Cleanser Moisturiser
Clean skin will help prevent Apply one enriched with scan via
sweat-related break-outs hyaluronic acid to deliver
– so give it a quick wipe to immediate moisture.
lift away pore-clogging dirt. Try NEUTROGENA Hydro
Try BIODERMA Sensibio H20 Boost Water Gel (R140) scan via
Make-Up Removing Micelle
Solution (R230 at Clicks) Lip Oil
A tinted moisturising oil
scan via will keep lips hydrated and
soft, no matter how heavy
your breathing!
Try ELIZABETH ARDEN
Sheer Kiss Lip Oil (R299)
Purple Serenity
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Post-Workout
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Cleansing Gel Try IMPULSE Perfumed Body
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A non-drying gel that can be Spray (R22,99 each) Boity Tribal
used on both face and body Soul + Endless Summer, White
will help you clean up fast. Lace + Festival Fields, Boity
Try NUXE Face And Body Street Slayer + Vanilla Rain,
Ultra-Rich Cleansing Gel Purple Petals + Smokey Sky*
(R345 at Woolworths)
BB Cream
Body Balm Skip heavy-duty foundation if
Pamper tired muscles with a you’re still feeling hot – rather
During tissue oil-enriched body soufflé
that will also keep skin soft.
use a tinted BB cream that
doubles as a sunscreen.
the
Try BEAUTY FACTORY Try CLARINS BB Skin
Tissue Oil Body Soufflé Perfecting Cream
(R111 at Goodieshub.com) SPF 25 (R520) Dark
Workout Hairspray
A hard-working hairspray will
Illuminator
Your skin will be extra-dewy
Face Mist refresh hair in no time after
you exercise.
after a workout – and a liquid
illuminator on cheekbones
If you get a chance Try LADINE Braids & Weaves will prolong the glow.
during a water Fresh And Lasting Spray (R143) Try MAC Strobe Cream
break, spritz skin (R515) Goldlite
with a face mist to Body Spray
A scented spray will deliver Mascara
calm and refresh it. a hit of freshness when A full face beat is a no-go when
Try SMASHBOX you need it most. We love you’re pressed for time – but
Photo Finish So Chill the latest Impulse sprays – a coat of mascara will brighten
and there’s one for everyone, eyes after a hectic workout.
Coconut Primer whether your vibe is woody, Try 3INA The Build-Up
Water (R480) citrus, floral or sweet. Mascara (R199) ■You can also read
