2014
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Colours of Brazil: Clarins 2014 Summer Makeup Collection
Read more: Colours of Brazil: Clarins 2014 Summer Makeup CollectionIf the warm rays of summer sun are making you think you need to assess your makeup look for the change in seasons, you’re not alone. My neutral brown eye look is looking, well, rather tired and I think needs a shot of summer warmth to it. This range is perfectly timed, then. The Colours…
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Problem-solving products for good health
Read more: Problem-solving products for good healthMy diet is pretty terrible despite my best intentions and often consists of canapes and cereal. To perhaps get me back on track and hopefully influence some of you towards the good side, this week, we’re looking at problem-solving products for good health, whether it’s stress, brain fog, sugar cravings, or not getting enough of…
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Fashion Westie: The ‘makeup n00b’ makeover special
Read more: Fashion Westie: The ‘makeup n00b’ makeover specialThis week we have something exciting; a guest blogger post by the incredibly stylish Aneta Page of Fashion Westie. Aneta is an Auckland mother of 3 young boys who is fabulously cool and we love her style. However, she says she is a make-up n00b and never knows how to apply make-up; so we sent…
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The Week on Thread: Episode 10
Read more: The Week on Thread: Episode 10That’s me pictured above deciding what season it is; it’s been Spring, and Summer, then a bit of heavy rain, and then raincoats off and sunhats on again for about six weeks now. I grabbed a rare bit of sunshine to have a cuppa on the porch with a sunhat before the next downpour. So,…
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Ari Seth Cohen’s Advanced Style doco comes to New Zealand
Read more: Ari Seth Cohen’s Advanced Style doco comes to New ZealandAri Seth Cohen of Advanced Style has released an incredible doco starring some of the women who star in his photography on his Advanced Style blog of stylish older women, in their 70s, 80s, and 90s. The film opens on Thursday the 4th of December in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington & Dunedin with Christchurch opening on…
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Otago Polytechnic Fashion Graduate Collections
Read more: Otago Polytechnic Fashion Graduate CollectionsThread checked out the Otago Polytechnic Collections 14 show last Friday evening. Garments made by Design students enrolled in the Bachelor of Design (Fashion) and Graduate Diploma were showcased before an excited, packed audience. First up were works by students from Shanghai University of Engineering Science as part of a Shanghai Dunedin sister city project.…
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Turning your stash into cash!
Read more: Turning your stash into cash!If you’re like most, chances are you’d love to take a trip, but your wish list and your budget – just don’t match up. Experiencing the fine cuisine, culture, and high fashion shops from places like Melbourne seems like a distant dream that may never come to pass. While traveling abroad can be pretty costly,…
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Have yourself a very LUSH Christmas
Read more: Have yourself a very LUSH ChristmasHave yourself a very merry Christmas, make the yuletide gay, and deck the halls with boughs of holly (go lightly) with these divinely scented gifts from LUSH cosmetics. If you’re looking for a cheapish, good value and yet still impressive gift for a colleague, friend or family member for under ten dollars, you can’t go…
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I love: the artisan sustainable brand, Matakana Botanicals
Read more: I love: the artisan sustainable brand, Matakana BotanicalsI love: the artisan sustainable brand, Matakana Botanicals, and most of all the ethos of its owner, Danvers Devereux, who has re-imagined the brand from a much-loved classic that his mother Colyn Devereux began 25 years ago; Les Floralies. Les Floralies is a brand we all grew up with; it was the posh gift to…
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Summer Make-up: How to create a day, night and party look
Read more: Summer Make-up: How to create a day, night and party lookWhen I think of my ideal summer, I think of relaxing, maybe at the beach or at home with friends, children happily occupied, and yum snacks and perhaps a cold drink to hand on a hot day. How nice does that sound? I’m in my happy place now! This summer my drink of choice is…