If you’d like to do a course and learn how to do your own makeup, either for yourself or professionally, then I definitely recommend The Pout School of Makeup run by Lisa Bailey. We’ve known each other for years and I’m always amazed at how effortlessly beautiful she looks (the sign of a very good makeup artist) and often impressed at how many people she has taught.
She’s made up her fair share of SA models and schlebs too – they definitely dont look like that before she gets hold of them ;)
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Contact Lisa on 082 897 8770 or visit her website.

Address: 32 Sherwood Road, Durban North
Contact: 082 567 9675 for more details

If you’re in the market for a designer and printer all in one, then I can recommend Crystal Print - the husband and wife team of Ross & Amanda in Durban.
I’ve featured them and their circus-themend staitonery on the blog before and this year they’ve got a whole new concept – Love Africa.
Give them a shout:
Tel: 031 201 1785  or mobile: 082 417 4668 or email: info@crystalprintsa.co.za
You can also have a squizz at more of their work on their blog.

• Snoek fishcakes with spicy potato wedges and chutney
• Warm Moroccan spiced lamb salad with couscous
• Tagliatelle with peas, ricotta and mint
• Courgette and lemon curd cupcakes with cream cheese icing
• Chicken wraps with plum sauce, spring onions and cucumber
• Croissant bread and butter pudding
• Fig, honey and ginger yoghurt tart

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COIN POUCHES (three in a portion)                                                                                                                                                    
Pork Fillet marinated in a totally awesome mixture of Honey, Rice Wine Vinegar, Oyster Sauce, Garlic, Ginger, Coriander and Spring Onion; ground into  Mince in an old-school hand grinder, twisted into Spring Roll-wrapper pouches and deep fried. We’re serving this with a Fresh Herb side salad and Sweet Chilli dippy sauce. R 35.00

TEMPURA PRAWNS (four of these bad boys)                                                                                                                                                                               Four Prawns Fried in a Crispy Japanese Beer Batter till Golden Brown and served on Chinese Prawn Crackers with Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce and Home Made Wasabi Mayonnaise. This is just plain yummy even if it does have an identity crisis.    R 40.00

CUMIN CHICKEN PARCELS (Spicy and Fragrant, 2 in a portion)                                                                                                                                                              
So this is a take on Spring Rolls, but with an Indian influence. The filling consists of Chicken, Onion, Leeks, Cumin, Jeera and our own special spice blend. Here’s the kicker, though…..instead of using Spring Roll pastry, we used black magic to coerce Popadoms to do the same job.  These are deep fried and served with a herb side salad and a Sweet Chilli Yoghurt dipping sauce.  R 20.00    

PRAWN SPRING ROLLS
We all knew this was inevitable.  Cripsy Pastry plus Prawns = YUMMY, and we are all about Yummy here( I checked this equation with a Maths Professor).   These come with a Sweet Chilli Dippy Sauce. R25.00                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

CHICKEN AND  PRAWN SALAD
A classic combination with the usual Mooki twist. The Salad part is our usual Lettuce and Herb mix with Roasted  Seeds  and other tasty stuff. The Chicken is dipped in a Spicy Peanut and Spring Onion Batter and Pan Fried till Golden. The Prawns are Grilled with a little Salt and Pepper and the whole Shebang is served with a Chilli Peanut Dressing. 
R 45.00

NOODLES, RICE AND ALL THINGS NICE

YAKISOBA
Typical Japanese Street Food. A sauce made with Light Soy, Sake (Rice Wine), Home Made stock, Palm Sugar, Cabbage and Carrots. A mild flavoured dish that warms your belly, with just enough sweetness and absolutely no heat. Choose your protein and your noodle. R 50.00

SWEET AND SOUR
Home-Made Sweet and Sour Sauce with Onion, Carrot and Pineapple; available with Veggies, Chicken, Pork or Prawns (15 bucks more for Prawns) and either Egg Fried Rice (Brown or white) or Egg Fried Noodles (Ramen). The Protein or Veg is battered and Fried and we are characteristically generous with the sauce. R 50.00

CHILLI PEANUT & CASHEW FRIED RICE
Don’t ask for this one mild, coz we won’t do it!! Spicy is the only way this dish comes. A rich sauce with lots of Chilli, Dark Soy Sauce, Oyster Sauce (vegetarian), Cashews, Peanuts and Home Made Stock with a healthy amount of Palm Sugar to sweeten things up. Available only as a Fried Rice option and not for the limp wristed or sensitive types. Once again you can choose your Protein or have it Vegetarian. R 50.00

LINEFISH                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Once again our dear Friend Garret has delivered the goods. We’ve got some Uber Fresh Couta which we are offering two ways. Either lightly dusted with Flour and Fish Spice and Pan Fried or Dipped in a Beer Batter and Deep Fried until we can’t take it any more. Both ways are served on a bed of warm Ho Fun Noodle Salad with our Home Made Wasabi Mayo. R 70.00