Hair
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Perfect your salon colour
Read more: Perfect your salon colourOf course your hair looks great as you walk out of the hairsalon…and maybe the next few days. But after a couple of washes, does your colour start to change? Did you know you need to protect your colour using colour-specific haircare at home? One of the great recent releases by L’Oreal Professionnel is the…
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MAC makeup at Kate Sylvester at Marr Factory 2015
Read more: MAC makeup at Kate Sylvester at Marr Factory 2015Makeup and fashion go hand-in-hand like a model carrying a smoke wand. Like WHAT?!” you ask – well that was what happened at Sunday night’s Marr Factory show fro Kate Sylvester’s in-sseaon SS15/16 collection down at Golden Dawn. Models bearing pink smoke wands strode the runway in the standing room only bar with Nineties neo-grunge…
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Get Un.Tangled with Kevin.Murphy
Read more: Get Un.Tangled with Kevin.MurphyNow THIS sounds like it will be on high rotation in my house. The new leave-in detangler and conditioner by Kevin.Murphy is a miracle-worker that detangles, smoothes, refines, treats and protects. My daughter is a bit of a Rapunzel and when I saw this was called Un.Tangled, I immediately thought of Tangled, so I shot it…
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Customise your hair styling with Matrix Style Link
Read more: Customise your hair styling with Matrix Style LinkThe trend to mix and match things to get the perfect combo to suit you is ever-growing, and means consumers can suit themselves and their unique needs and tastes. You customise your clothing, your outfits and your makeup, and now you can customise your hair styling with Matrix Style Link to produce a look perfect…
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We review: Kerastase Resistance Therapiste for damaged hair
Read more: We review: Kerastase Resistance Therapiste for damaged hairLast Thursday I was lucky enough to attend the product launch of Kerastase’ new creation, Kerastase Resistance Therapiste. The launch was a fabulous affair of drinks, canapes and entertainment – with half-dressed acrobats pulling poses – and an informative presentation of the new range for damaged hair repair. This collection has been especially created for…
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SHOWcase 2015 puts Wellington creativity and fashion on show
Read more: SHOWcase 2015 puts Wellington creativity and fashion on showOn May the 2nd, I attended SHOWcase 2015 – the launch for SHOW – a collaborative approach showcasing (hence the title) all dimensions of Wellington creative design such as fashion, interior, art, textiles. SHOW strives to merge these creative industries with community, lifestyle and designer collaborations. It all started with the mysterious invitation which only…
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D&M salon’s latest hair collection pays homage to the Beatniks
Read more: D&M salon’s latest hair collection pays homage to the BeatniksD&M’s latest collection encapsulates the radical within; modern, unencumbered, self-assured and marching forward to its own beat. The Beatnik collection has earned D&M a top-four finalist placing for Australasian Salon Team of the Year at the 2015 Hair Expo Awards, A.K.A. the hairdressing Oscars. D&M is the only New Zealand salon to have ever been…
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Harman Grubisa AW15 Lean Close at The Department Store
Read more: Harman Grubisa AW15 Lean Close at The Department StoreDesigners Madeleine Harman and Jessica Grubiša showed their Harman Grubisa AW15 collection, ‘Lean Close’, at The Department Store tonight in a salon-style show inside Lucy & The Powder Room. Seven models walked with hair by Stephen Marr salon led by Stylist Jason Chong-Li, and makeup with beautiful skin and oxblood deep lips. It was an…
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Schwarzkopf Styliste Ultime by Claudia Schiffer
Read more: Schwarzkopf Styliste Ultime by Claudia SchifferWho has better hair than Claudia Schiffer, except maybe Elsa of Arendale? NO-ONE you say. So rightly so Claudia, with a Frozen-esque blonde plait on her shoulder, is the face and hair of the brand new Schwarzkopf styliste ULTÎME styling range. I headed along to Mantells of Mt Eden – one of my all-time favourite…
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Zambesi on the runway at Britomart Fashion Sessions AW15
Read more: Zambesi on the runway at Britomart Fashion Sessions AW15Zambesi on the runway at Britomart Fashion Sessions AW15 featured their in-season current winter collection. A stand-out was models in blankets with ‘XXXV’, Roman numerals for 35, across their shoulders. I well remember coming to their 30th Anniversary show at NZ Fashion Week half a decade ago. Back then, they did more of a retrospective,…