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  • 5 minutes with Chelsea Winter

    5 minutes with Chelsea Winter

    We spend 5 minutes with the gorgeous and talented Chelsea Winter, who won Masterchef NZ and has a fabulously well-rounded view on health, fitness and food. We caught up with Chelsea at the Pitango soup launch at Main Course and chatted to her about her healthy lifestyle philosophy and beauty regime. You can visit her…

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  • We meet: Terri Vinson of Synergie skincare

    We meet: Terri Vinson of Synergie skincare

    We meet: Terri Vinson of Synergie skin Today I enjoyed macarons and morning tea at a fascinating talk by Australian bio-medical scientist and founder of Synergie Skin, Terri Vinson. New Zealanders may not yet be familiar with Synergie as it has only been in New Zealand for a year, sold at Skin Institute and at…

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  • What’s in my handbag

    What’s in my handbag

    I’m a bit of a hoarder. I think I must be part nomad, for my love of lugging around my house on my shoulder. So I was stoked to get this medium-sized purse that will make me cut back to the essentials rather than every parking coupon, shade of lippie, full-sized skincare product, hotel pens,…

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  • Beauty Bargain: NIVEA Q10 Plus Anti-Wrinkle CC Cream

    Beauty Bargain: NIVEA Q10 Plus Anti-Wrinkle CC Cream

    Beauty Bargain: NIVEA Q10 Plus Anti-Wrinkle CC Cream As a new mum, I often have rough nights and it’s started to show on my skin. I also have a little man who isn’t willing to wait while I put on a whole face of makeup to face the outside world. I needed a new solution…

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  • We try: Oxygen Skincare Eye Cream

    We try: Oxygen Skincare Eye Cream

    There comes a time when one of these is a pretty good idea, and now is that time for me (sob!). Made in Nelson, this Oxygen Skincare (www.oxygenskincare.co.nz) organic eye creme is lovely to use. I really dislike strongly scented skincare products, so it was great to find that this eye creme smells of all…

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  • Mothers Day: Breakfast in bed

    Mothers Day: Breakfast in bed

    I had the BEST mother’s day gift a short time ago; my child was actually born half an hour before Mother’s Day in a rather quick episode (the car was still parked on yellow lines outside the hospital with the baby bag inside as we didn’t get time to park it) and ever since has…

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  • Thread.co.nz Best of Beauty 2013

    Thread.co.nz Best of Beauty 2013

    Here are the products that crossed our path this year that we’ve tried and tested and loved, in this year’s beauty award column: Thread.co.nz Best of Beauty 2013…   These beauty products featured below I can vouch for. It’s by no means a definitive list – there are many more I like, but these are…

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