2014
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Trilogy Rosehip Oil Life Drawing Class
Read more: Trilogy Rosehip Oil Life Drawing ClassWe all know body oils make your body feel and look divine. Using rosehip oil after a shower on your face and body has so many benefits. But you don’t usually expect to see a naked body when you attend a skincare launch! This is just what happened however, when we showed up at the…
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Streetstyle: I wear Mr.W & Me, Keith Matheson and Zambesi
Read more: Streetstyle: I wear Mr.W & Me, Keith Matheson and ZambesiStreetstyle: I wear Mr.W & Me, Keith Matheson and Zambesi I’m loving my new ankle boots by MrW. & Me! I love a flat boot, and haven’t ever had a boot with this interesting pebble-effect. It has a two-tone with black fronts, and side zips on the outside of the leg, which is a bit…
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INIKA ambassador Michael Brown shares makeup tips
Read more: INIKA ambassador Michael Brown shares makeup tipsAs the colder weather sets in, we need to change our makeup look. Here’s a beautiful yet simple winter makeup face, created by INIKA ambassador and celebrity makeup artist, Michael Brown. Thread attended the beauty media event to hear first-hand from Michael as he shared his tips and pro techniques using Inika primer, foundation, and…
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We chat with Leanne Williams of Gracie Lou Cosmetics
Read more: We chat with Leanne Williams of Gracie Lou CosmeticsWe talked with New Zealand Makeup Artist Leanne Williams about her online boutique cosmetics website which specialises in importing brands that are often hard to track down here. How did you get started? Gracie Lou Cosmetics has been successfully running for half a decade and Leanne took over in March 2013. “I thought it would…
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Our Kelly Thompson Art Class with Maybelline
Read more: Our Kelly Thompson Art Class with MaybellineThread has long adored the artworks by New Zealander Kelly Thompson (www.kellythompson.co.nz) Her pretty girls, sexy women, nudes and detailed botanical drawings are incredible, and are in magazines, and she does fashion illustration colabs with Escada and many others. We met her for dinner in Melbourne earlier this year at her husband Christian’s Melbourne restaurant…
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Amber D’s MAC Lorde Makeup Demonstration
Read more: Amber D’s MAC Lorde Makeup DemonstrationThere are lots of celebrity how-tos out there and gazillions of Kardashian looks on Youtube. But how often do you get to hear from the horse’s mouth on how to create a celebrity’s look, from their own make-up artist? We attended an amazingly informative ‘tips and techniques’ live demonstration by Amber D, Lorde’s Makeup Artist,…
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Jacque Shaw and Nina Flash Gordon at Willis York
Read more: Jacque Shaw and Nina Flash Gordon at Willis York‘RUSH’ by Flash Jewellery and ‘cåld storage’ by jacque shaw are collections by two New Zealand designers that impressed us at their collaborative show presented by Willis York hairdressing in Wellington. Hair and Makeup jacque shaw, a Wellingtonian, and Nina Gordon of Flash Jewellery, originally from Nelson, showed their clothing and jewellery collections in the…
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WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg in Auckland
Read more: WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg in AucklandMeeting someone who has effectively changed the world through their invention is pretty rare. We had the privilege of hearing 30-year-old WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg speak in Auckland on 18th June at ‘A Conversation with Matt Mullenweg.’ I was particularly inspired by the charismatic speaker’s passion for Open Source as the way of the future…
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We chat to stylist Trudi Bennett of Wardrobe Flair
Read more: We chat to stylist Trudi Bennett of Wardrobe FlairWe chat to stylist Trudi Bennett of Wardrobe Flair… Tell us a bit about yourself and your background in Personal Styling? I recently moved to Auckland with my husband and 2 children, Alex 11 & Alana 9. I began my Personal Styling business, Wardrobe Flair, in Wellington over 9 years ago. It started purely with…
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My op-shop haul: I wear thrift store fashion
Read more: My op-shop haul: I wear thrift store fashionBrowsing fashion websites is a lot of fun. But I have two problems with it: everything can be too expensive to afford, and buying too much fast fashion leads to over-consumption which has obvious problems. At Thread, we believe in careful consumption. This means choosing carefully, buying quality over quantity, and only buying things you…