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  • Thread 2015 Best of Beauty Awards

    Thread 2015 Best of Beauty Awards

    Drum roll please for these much-loved and oft-lauded beauty products. Welcome to my end-of-year Editor’s Picks summary known as the Thread 2015 Best of Beauty Awards. I’ve been doing this column for a few years now; you can read the past columns for 2012, 2013, and 2014. Like I’ve said before, I adore trying new products.…

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  • Craft DIY: 5 fun ways to display your photos at home

    Craft DIY: 5 fun ways to display your photos at home

    Today’s craft DIY column is on 5 fun ways to display your photos at home. It’s all very well having your photos on your phone, or in an album, but it’s lovely to have them displayed around the house. If you have children, taking a photo of their paintings or artwork that may not last…

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  • The Week on Thread Episode 30

    The Week on Thread Episode 30

    The Week on Thread Episode 30, featuring highlights of my week in pictures including fashion, food and beauty, including meeting pyjama king Peter Alexander, Ben & Jerry’s icecream cafe opening in Ponsonby, BLAZE Hair, Star Wars The Force Awakens premiere, and ASB Bank Santa’s Bach at Silo Park. Check it out here… BLAZE HAIR In readiment…

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  • The Week On Thread Episode 29

    The Week On Thread Episode 29

    The Week on Thread Episode 29, featuring highlights of my week in pictures including fashion, food and beauty, including ADORN iD Dunedin Fashion Show, Kapiti Icecream Cafe at SkyCity, Dry & Tea, Holden Cascada, Skechers, LittleIsland, The Remarkable Chocolate Co, and Robecca Leyden Jewellery. Check it out here… iD DUNEDIN ADORN What a great idea-…

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  • ON MY DESK Christmas Gift Guide 2015

    ON MY DESK Christmas Gift Guide 2015

    ON MY DESK Christmas 2015…My gift guide of beauty, hair, and a few odds and ends for everybody. Check it out… ARTY GIFTS  In love with my new art print and cards, above, by talented local illustrator, Evie Kemp. BEAUTYFUL RED Treat someone with this very Christmassy shade of pomegranate red. Pictured: O Cosmedics skincare,…

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  • The Week on Thread Episode 28

    The Week on Thread Episode 28

    The Week on Thread Episode 28, featuring highlights of my week in pictures including fashion, food and beauty, including we’ar yoga clothing, Penny Sage, Sheryl Muijs, Deuce shoes, Christian Paul Watches, Knuefermann store opening, The Good Dinosaur, and MOTAT Dining under the Skies… WE’AR YOGA Today I viewed the beautiful winter collection of @wearyoga which is…

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  • The Week On Thread Episode 27

    The Week On Thread Episode 27

    The Week On Thread Episode 27, featuring highlights of my week in pictures including fashion, food and beauty from BLAZE, Trelise Cooper, Boh Runga and Lindi Kingi Jewellery collections, and showroom days at Lily & Louis PR and Beat PR, as well as some Santa action out at Snowplanet. Read all about it… BLAZE Hair  On…

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  • The Week on Thread Episode 26

    The Week on Thread Episode 26

    The Week on Thread Episode 26 featuring highlights of my week in pictures including fashion, food, gift ideas, skincare, and beauty… Seed Gallery I’ve known the girls at SEED Gallery Newmarket for years, and they curate incredible local artists and each Christmas they do affordable mini artworks for $80. This year the theme is #seeingstars with a…

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  • Augustine fashion show in Queenstown

    Augustine fashion show in Queenstown

    Graze in Queenstown was the picture-perfect setting for Kelly Coe’s Augustine Spring Summer 15/16 runway show on November 26th, using non-professional models to walk – many of whom were Graze staff and former staff – over canapes and flutes of Piper Champagne. The Augustine fashion show saw Auckland-based designer Kelly and husband Nathan, hosted at their friends…

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  • Christmas gifts – under $50

    Christmas gifts – under $50

    Christmas gifts – under $50. To be fair, I am usually pretty happy with what most people term “boring gifts”; I love getting socks and want a worm farm this Christmas. HOWEVER socks aside, I ADORE these gifts pictured here and I think anyone in their right mind would be over the moon to receive any…

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