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  • Straight and narrow

    Straight and narrow

    Thread spoke to Kate at Pony Xpress about their new service, the Pony Xpress Brazillian Keratin treatment, to find out what the nourishing straightening treatment using keratin is all about, what it does, and what it costs…

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  • Kavanagh creates

    Kavanagh creates

    "I like Kimura because he’s passionate about creativity" Richard Kavanagh said. "His bikes don’t come alive until somebody rides them, and it’s the same with hairstyles; they don’t come alive until somebody wears them."

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  • What's new in hair

    What's new in hair

    How do you translate avant-garde runway hair trends into wearable looks? Wella Global Creative Directors have developed Personalised Trends so you can bring the runway hair trends home and make them your own…

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  • Pure colour

    Pure colour

    Pureology launched in New Zealand in 2009 and Thread covered its Auckland launch. We seriously loved the shampoo and conditioner, and now there are divine styling products for coloured hair…

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  • KMS reloaded

    KMS reloaded

    Greg Murrell, Ambassador for KMS, gave a live demo of two hairstyles we could create at home, in the KMS Cutting Room at Fashion Week, using the newly redesigned KMS California range in on-trend colour blocking bottles…

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  • Unlimited style

    Unlimited style

    This is the coolest new appliance – well, hot actually – a curler that opens scissor-like to become a hair straightener. Thread saw it in action over breakfast at Mollies today along with Remington’s frizz-free straighteners and Perfect Curls…

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  • Mobile foam

    Mobile foam

    Thread got to see the brand new Nice’n Easy Colour Blend Foam at Clairol launch event at Sylvia Park cinemas, enjoying drinks and a special screening of new chick flick Something Borrowed. We think you’ll be always on the foam from now on…

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  • Trends and visions

    Trends and visions

    The NZ final of the annual Wella Trend Vision Award was held last night at the Auckland Town Hall. Hundreds from the hairdressing industry gathered to watch 18 visionary stylists compete in a live show, hosted by Amber Peebles…

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  • Hair for less

    Hair for less

    Hair care can be really expensive. There are so many good hair products at really great prices at the supermarket nowadays, so if you’re watching the pennies, here are some of the latest hot tickets in hair care for less…

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  • Cold fusion

    Cold fusion

    Drawing on botanicals and nature with essence of Cassia flowers, Pantene launched its new range of hair products, Nature Fusion, today over breakfast at The Westin as we heard from Xanthe White, Tracey Dalton and Cliff Harvey…

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