Faith In A Jar: Beauty

About

Faith In A Jar is a collection of freelance photography done by myself, Neo Jasmine Mokgosi. I work with various people, places and organizations and takes pictures for use in promotional posters and events, magazines, newspapers, websites, professional commercial and private use.
I am a freelance photographer and blogger who is interested in documenting and promoting art, music, fashion and youth culture; currently based in Cape Town, South Africa, originally from Gaborone, Botswana, looking towards the rest of Africa and abroad. I am currently studying a BA in Brand Building and Management at Vega School of Branding in Cape Town as well as experimenting with audio-visual, producing, directing and editing hoping to create a fuller, more experiential media interaction.

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Beauty Feature: Skin

Blessed!

The festive season is upon us and the madness of friends, family, food and fun reigns supreme for a few glorious days. It is also a time of reflection, celebration, growth and change as we prepare to welcome the new year and I wish you all the best as 2014 approaches ever closer.

The shoot featured in this post is a favourite of mine for a few reasons. With the help of one of my best friends, Kopo Meswele as my model and the wildly talented Kalvin K Kol Kes as make-up artist and stylist, we created a goddess!

The shoot accompanied a beauty article featured in Peolwane, the AirBotswana in-flight magazine a few months ago. The article now appears in every issue of Peolwane, and tackles beauty concerns unique to those travelling in and around Botswana. The first one of the series was focussed on skin.

The Botswana heat is no joke, and the first step to a good skin regime is hydration! Water water water water water! Drink it like your skin depends on it! The sun here is ruthless! We lose tonnes of water when we sweat; our skin burns and this can leave permanent damage, so it is important to drink enough water to counteract this.

Hydration goes hand in hand with a great moisturiser. We need to help replenish our skin and the best way is to find a good moisturiser with a strong SPF factor for those sunny days.

Also don't forget sunscreen! The rest of your body needs love and protection too!

< The most important thing to remember is to love the skin you're in! We are beautiful, radiant beings and we glow when we are at our most comfortable and confident.

Monday, February 4, 2013

MAC Cosmetics Botswana Launch

Blessed, On the 24th of January I had the pleasure of attending the MAC Cosmetics Botswana launch which was hosted on the fabulous sunroof of the Lansmore hotel at Masa Cantre in Gaborone. They have opened a store in Airport unction Mall and will be stocking Edgars and other stores with their goodies. Now, I am not really a make-up kinda person but I welcomed the change from covering men-wearing-suits-making-boring-speeches part of my job! There were lots of beautiful ladies and sexy waiters floating around =) DJ Zinhle provided some tunes and the MAC folks provided a touch-up station for guests to sample some of their products. It was a beautiful night of gloss and glam and I loved dipping my photography fingers into the fashion side of life!