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  • Elizabeth Arden Flawless Future customer makeovers

    Elizabeth Arden Flawless Future customer makeovers

    This just in: Elizabeth Arden releases Flawless Future this month, and is letting you all know about its benefits by doing counter makeovers for the public at Elizabeth Arden counters. Scientific studies have shown that high stress can accelerate aging by up to 10 years. Have you ever looked in the mirror and, to your…

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  • I’m loving: OSMOSIS skincare

    I’m loving: OSMOSIS skincare

    I’m loving these divine products by medical skincare company OSMOSIS Skincare, particularly with a focus on the eyes. This week we’re looking at their Age Defying Treatment Concealer, the Refresh PM Eye Repair Serum, the Long Wear Liquid Eye Definer, and Catalyst Plus+ Zinc Finger Restoration Serum. Osmosis skincare is cruelty-free, vegan, recyclable, and made…

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  • ON MY DESK: in the pink

    ON MY DESK: in the pink

    Pink. The navy blue of India, they call it. As we head into spring I thought it apt to round up some new product releases across beauty, home, and haircare, in this most pretty of hues, in ON MY DESK: in the pink. I was going to call it ‘pink bits’ but was told this…

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  • Fashion Week essentials I’m packing

    Fashion Week essentials I’m packing

    Here’s a few of the Fashion Week essentials I’m packing: Redken Powerbank charger is free with two products from Rodney Wayne and Shampoo n’Things available from August 18th and has cables combatible with iPhone 5s as well as older iPhones and Android phones too. Sebastian Drynamic is essential for prolonging a blowdry and getting rid…

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  • This week with Thread: Episode 2

    This week with Thread: Episode 2

    Here’s what we’re liking right now in This week with Thread: Episode 2 in pictures. The major, major highlight of the week and indeed the whole year, was having my daughter play a tiny role in Disney on Ice in Auckland. She was invited to let off a lantern and hug Rapunzel on the podium.…

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  • ON MY DESK: beauty for the body

    ON MY DESK: beauty for the body

    In this week’s issue of ON MY DESK I take a look at some of the gorgeous body products I’ve come across recently. Beauty products  this week are all shot against illustrations by the talented and fabulous Kelly Thompson. You can view more of her art and buy artworks at her website www.kellythompson.co.nz Savar Body…

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  • Linden Leaves gains NATRUE certification

    Linden Leaves gains NATRUE certification

    Here at Thread we love cruelty-free beauty and skincare and also products that are made naturally, here in New Zealand. The Christchurch-based skincare brand Linden Leaves ticks all the boxes. The beautiful skincare range founded by Brigit Blair in 1995 has been much-loved for years, and has now got even better. Linden Leaves is now…

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  • ON MY DESK: the latest in skincare

    ON MY DESK: the latest in skincare

    ON MY DESK this week: the latest in skincare with a focus on anti-ageing. Undoubtedly delaying the appearance of ageing is the big earner for most brands as it’s such a huge concern in the market. At the beauty events I attend, I hear different reports on what the greatest anti-ageing concern is; whether it’s…

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  • ON MY DESK: what’s new in makeup for Spring 2014

    ON MY DESK: what’s new in makeup for Spring 2014

    ON MY DESK: what’s new in makeup for Spring 2014. There’s a variety of if-it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it products, some innovation, and quote a contemporary range from an old fave. The newbies include some brand new BB creams from human+kind, Estee Lauder and LaMav;  a brow cream from Napoleon Perdis, the beautiful Spring colour collection from Clarins, and…

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  • Trilogy Rosehip Oil Life Drawing Class

    Trilogy Rosehip Oil Life Drawing Class

    We 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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