2014
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Life Hacks – My top tricks and tips in Auckland
Read more: Life Hacks – My top tricks and tips in AucklandLife Hacks! Here are my top tips and tricks for Auckland city, including parking, hair, beauty, movies, attractions, and things to do. All offers correct at time of writing – January 2019 – and are my unpaid opinions. Parking Nothing effects Aucklanders more than parking; it’s like the weather to most people. If you can’t…
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I try: Mineralogie mineral makeup
Read more: I try: Mineralogie mineral makeupI love discovering amazing make-up brands that I hadn’t tried before, especially when they are now sold in New Zealand so we can find them easily and not have to go through the extra bother of shopping for them from the States. So it is with Mineralogie mineral makeup. It’s a hugely popular brand overseas but has…
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Best of Beauty – Editor’s Picks for 2014
Read more: Best of Beauty – Editor’s Picks for 2014Sorry this is a bit late – as I’ve been on holiday – but when I asked on Twitter as to whether you’d like to see my “Best of Beauty Awards” Editor’s Picks for 2014, all the responses said “yes”, so here it is; better late than never. These are my personal products that I…
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Best of 2014: The year’s highlights in photos
Read more: Best of 2014: The year’s highlights in photosI’m exceptionally lucky to get to see some of the country’s beauty launches, blogger and media events, and fashion shows, and it’s been such a busy year. Here are some of the top events and highlights of 2014 for a snapshot of some of my favourite fashion and beauty industry events in the past wee while.…
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We visit: the brand new Caci clinic in Johnsonville
Read more: We visit: the brand new Caci clinic in JohnsonvilleOur Wellington correspondent Morgan Ashworth visited the brand new Caci clinic in Johnsonville for a Vitamin C Facial using Murad. Here’s what it involves… Along with celebrating twenty years of business in New Zealand, Caci Clinic are celebrating the opening of their thirtieth clinic, in Johnsonville, Wellington. I took a much-needed morning off work in the lead-up to…
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IN THE SWIM: Carena West Swimwear Shoot SS14
Read more: IN THE SWIM: Carena West Swimwear Shoot SS14IN THE SWIM: Carena West Swimwear Shoot SS14 features swimsuits for a variety of body types from the Carena West swimwear collection – “The Trip”. Ali from Ali’s Makeup Station has selected a few favourites that can be worn on all body shapes. Our models represent health, real body shapes and diversity. To see the full collection…
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ON MY DESK: What’s new in makeup this Summer 2014
Read more: ON MY DESK: What’s new in makeup this Summer 2014Makeup has got so clever these days. I swear, there’ll be a lipstick that can butter toast and make you a cuppa tea along any day now. Until then, we have these multi-taskers that do a myriad of tasks including protect, hydrate, treat skin, and fight aging, all while you look better. What’s not to…
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The Week on Thread: Episode 11
Read more: The Week on Thread: Episode 11Highlights of The Week on Thread: Episode 11 Saturday Benefit Brow Wow I got my brows wowed with a brow tint for summer, at Benefit Queen Street inside Smith and Caughey’s today with the lovely Benebabe, Sarah. Photo by Tamsin Marshall. My top by Amber Whitecliffe. Santa’s Bach I highly recommend the ASB Santa’s Bach…
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Film review: Disney’s Big Hero 6
Read more: Film review: Disney’s Big Hero 6We headed along to Disney’s Big Hero 6 on 7th December at Sylvia Park at the media screening session. The kids loved it and it was entertaining for us parents, too. It’s a massive movie that almost covers 10 comic books in one movie. Whilst the poster tagline states it’s from the creators of big…
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Streetstyle in K Road by Photographer Fabricio Veltri
Read more: Streetstyle in K Road by Photographer Fabricio VeltriPhotographer Fabricio Veltri shot streetstyle in Karangahape Road for Thread, capturing looks on passers-by that caught his eye. We weren’t looking for the latest fashion – but people who had their own individual style. Fabricio is a photographer from Argentina, who has come to Auckland “in search of new experiences”. “The first years since I…