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  • Short and sweet

    Short and sweet

    Short hair tends to take a bit of a battering, so Emma puts haircare for short styles to the test in a variety of hairstyles she calls the Frauline Maria, Nana curls, Ms. Whippy, and Finger Waves. Read what performed the best and what didn’t…

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  • Good Air Day

    Good Air Day

    Designer for salon stylists as well as the home user, the new ghd Air has already sold out its first shipment in NZ. Beauty media got to see a demo of a blow-dry on model Widika at Mollies Hotel and see what makes Air so special…

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  • Good hair days everyday

    Good hair days everyday

    It’d be nice to have hair that looked salon-perfect everyday. The idea behind Keratinology is to prolong your hair between visits to your hairsalon. And it’s not an expensive brand. It’s Sunsilk, so it’s available from the supermarket aisles…

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  • Top tips from TRESemme Masterclass

    Top tips from TRESemme Masterclass

    Hair stylist Chetan Mongia took to the stage of The New Zealand Fashion Festival at Shed 10 last night to let us in on the top tips of how to get that catwalk look at the TRESemme Masterclass…

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  • Give us a big wave

    Give us a big wave

    BIG hair is back. We share top tips from Moroccanoil stylist Jesse Boag on how to use the new curl control mousse – and get volume – seen here on models Jaime Ridge and Dominique Scragg at the launch at Auckland Hilton today…

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  • Damage made good

    Damage made good

    When it comes to hair it’s all or nothing for me. I can count on one hand the number of times I have left the house without either blow drying my hair or wearing a hat since my early twenties…

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  • Hair tutorial: Milkmaid braid

    Hair tutorial: Milkmaid braid

    Have you wondered how to do the Milkmaid braid or Heidi plait seen on Valentino catwalks? Here’s our hair tutorial from Christchurch fashion blogger Jo Fletcher of www.lostinthehaze.com to show you how to easily create the plait yourself…

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  • The Half-Up hair tutorial

    The Half-Up hair tutorial

    Best done on hair that hasn’t been washed, here’s an easy hairstyle that takes a few minutes and is an up-do that’s not too prissy-perfect, but is nice and messy. Here is Megan’s photo tutorial on how to create "The Half-Up"…

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  • Remington steel

    Remington steel

    We got to see the new Keratin Therapy range at the Remington launch this week in Parnell. I was interested to see the ceramic straightener, curler and dryer which are infused with keratin to coats your hair as you use them…

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  • Red Carpet hair

    Red Carpet hair

    Do you think New Zealanders need to up their game a little when attending formal events? And how do you do your hair for an event, anyhow? As I’m attending the Moet & Chandon Red Carpet event, I thought we’d ask Mana Dave about hair…

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