Getting some work done at Dew Drop Inn, Oxford!
Did You Know?
Oxford was founded in the 9th century. In Medieval Oxford there was much tension between townspeople and students!
Beauty
Cape Town, Best Place For Magical African Inspiration!
According to African folklore, leopard comes bearing the message that the time has come to tap into your own innate hunting nature. Apparently when leopard speaks to you, it means you must awaken your inner hunter within to obtain whatever it is you desire! According to one website:
The time is now to go after your desires with fury + passion, laying down your fears to become the fierce hunter.
Texas State Capitol
Brilliant visit to the Texas State Capitol! Didn’t know it was the biggest in the US second to Washington!? Here are some more easy facts about Austin Texas. The Texas State Capitol, completed in 1888 in Downtown Austin, contains the offices and chambers of the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor. It’s address is: 1100 N Congress Ave, Austin. It’s open every day from 7am-10pm.
The Icing On Top
Being in New York this time of year, I’m seeing snow literally for the second time in my life. I love it, I just really wish it wasn’t so cold! It’s around – 12 °C for my South African readers. I bought a cute fur headband from Macy’s + some leather gloves, they’ve helped a lot. Apparently Feb 15th was the coldest day in New York history in 20 years! Here are some photos from around Battery Park, Central Park, New York’s Theatre District + Jersey City.
Late Night Shopping in Macy’s New York!
I loved Macy’s on a snowy New York night! I enjoyed my creamy Starbucks salted caramel mocha + I especially loved buying my Surell fur headband and Charter Club leather gloves.
New Headshots with Talitha Snow
Got some new headshots done with Cape Town photographer, Talitha Snow. I just love her work! We shot at Roodebloem Studios in Woodstock, Cape Town.
Cape Town in Summer
December is officially the start of summer in Cape Town. I’m super excited because summer here is gorgeous. Tourists are flying in from around the world and the weather is pretty much perfect everyday. That’s why it was so easy to do this clothing shoot on the beach recently. I’m looking forward to a couple awesome things coming up:
1. A full moon drive-in cinema by this legendary film community in Cape Town.
2. A Secret Santa mission i’m involved in with my office staff at the Waterfront Film Studios…. buying someone a gift under R50 ($5) very tricky!
3. A visit to Orinoco Bree Street for a taste of their traditional Venezuelan drink “Cuba Libre” – a mixed drink made of rum, cola and lime.
4. A pretty exciting film festival called the Kunjanimation Film Festival made up of screenings and workshops all over the city.
5. The Little Fighters Cancer Trust is hosting a sunset picnic on Schalk Burger’s Wine Farm, Welbedacht Estate, on 6 Dec to raise funds + support. If you’re in the Cape Town area, tickets are only R200 ($20) and you receive a picnic basket on arrival, free wine tasting and there’s a live performance. Book your place here. I’ve been involved with LFCT for 2 years now. More on that soon.
What are you up to where you are?
Winner of the Essence Spring Giveaway!
Congrats to Erin van Rooyen, our winner of the Essence Spring Giveaway! x
Do Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?
I dyed my hair brunette for a temporary change a few months ago. It was fun and interesting to see how people acted with me after. It led me to do some research on men’s attraction to different hair colours and why. I found an awesome article on psychology.com. Apparently in a recent article published in the “Scandinavian Journal of Psychology”, Viren Swami and Seishin Barrett conducted two studies in the greater London area. Studies 1 and 2 consisted of 120 and 126 male participants respectively.
The study
1. To determine whether the same woman would be approached by men at one of three nightclubs as a function of whether she was a brunette, blonde or redhead (her hair was manipulated with dye).
2. To gauge whether photos of the same woman sporting the the three hair colors would yield different evaluations by men along the following ten traits: physical attractiveness, sexual promiscuity, intelligence, introversion, neuroticism, approachability, competency, arrogance, neediness and temperamentality.
The findings
Brunette: Scored higher than the two other hair colors on physical attraction, intelligence, competence and arrogance. Scored higher than the redhead on approachability.
Blonde: Scored highest on approachability than the two other hair colors, as well as highest on neediness.
Redhead: Scored higher than the two other hair colors on temperamentality and lowest on approachability. This seems to be a manifestation of the “fiery redhead” stereotype.
There were no differences in the findings on impressions of sexual promiscuity, introversion, and neuroticism.
The bottom line
It would appear that blonde women are approached more frequently in a nightclub but are generally judged more harshly along a wide range of traits. This could explain the lower score than the brunette on physical attraction in the photo. It’s logical men subconsciously take into account these traits when making a first impression. Hair colour preference is likely driven by individual idiosyncrasies as well cross-cultural differences (i.e. this is a preference that is rooted in evolutionary principles; that lighter hair is associated with youthfulness, a trait universally fancied by men).
How interesting!
