The era of African jewelry

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Accessories by Bema Designs | Photos by SK Photographers + AIM Media 38 | | www.beadsmag.co.za Aug-Sept ‘17 A look is incomplete without an African touch. We are ditching diamonds and pearls. We are going back to basics, owning our true self. First this, then land “

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Model: Xoli Nxumalo

Chrispine Wachira, CEO of Bema Designs

Bema Designs is a HEAVEN for AFRICAN items

Creative design coupled with a passion for innovation comes naturally for Chrispine Wachira, CEO of Bema Designs. Chris is also a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting student at UKZN.

Motivated by the power of entrepreneurship, Bema Designs creates business opportunities for talented artisans and supports start-ups. Bema Design is a distributor of Africa items, with three stores in KZN and a plan for more. The brand was inspired by authentic hand crafted African products. The brand's creative items reflect diverse cultures.

"The business had its early beginnings in pop up markets. Thanks to positive feedback, the official company has been operating for 2 years. Our flag ship store "lapenda beads" is based in Broadwalk Inkwazi Mall, Richards Bay. Others stores are in Mega City Mall, Umlazi and Mtuba mall. For lovers of African accessories and attires, the stores are a one stop heaven. We aim to ensure that people look and feel like royalty.

The brand is happy to engage crafters that want to sell their work at the already active platform like Bema. Details to contact are below.

083 989 9676 / 081 424 2092

Lapenda Beads (Richards Bay) Boardwalk Inkwazi Mall Kruger Rand Road Classic Touch (uMlazi - Durban) Mega City 50 Griffiths Mxenge Highway Classic Touch Mtuba Mall Nyati Road

HORRIBLE The truth about CRASH DIETS

By: SC Nene (Dietitian)

They say summer bodies are made in winter… this is a typical season where almost every woman all over the world puts extra effort to build up those bikini bodies. Some women can either end doing intensive exercises or crash quick diets to ts in their skinny jeans and to get that desirable body shape to feel more comfortable and condent in revealing clothes during summer days

Now let's talk about what crash diet is….. It typically involves severe restriction of calories, it could be liquid diet or cutting down energy intake to less than 4200kj of daily total energy intake. Most of the time crash diets are used with ''quick xes'' cleansing juices, pills or diuretics to obtain quick weight loss in a short period of time. The big question is, do they work? The dangerous option

During crash dieting, the body goes into starvation mode. This means during the severe restriction of calories the body will initially use up stored carbohydrates for fuel. Therefore loss of carbohydrates might lead to the body losing water and become dehydrated and people usually assume it's good weight loss but the fact is the fats are not burning, but in fact the body is losing water weight.

Research reports that crash diets can be very unsafe due to the fact that the body is deprived of most nutritional needs it requires to keep healthy and it can result in various nutrient deciencies such as lacking essential vitamins and minerals. Deciencies c ou l d severe u p to c au si n g osteoporosis, anemia, arrhythmias and other severe conditions. Repeated crash diets can even cause the immune system to weaken; slow metabolism and causes cardiac stress which could increase a risk of