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  • Linden Leaves releases new antioxidant face care

    Linden Leaves releases new antioxidant face care

    Linden Leaves’ incredible brand-new Natrue Certified face products are rich in botanical antioxidants, with an eye cream, night cream, and cream cleanser, all beautifully naturally and cruelty-free. For those of you not familiar with Natrue certification, it’s a European certification that establishes natural and organic cosmetics, so it’s a great honour for Linden Leaves to…

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  • ON MY DESK January 2016

    ON MY DESK January 2016

    What’s new across my path in this, the first of the new year’s ON MY DESK column, for January 2016. See what’s out from Benefit, Elizabeth Arden, Ecoya candles, Trelise Cooper, Whittaker’s Kiwi chocolates, back to school, and more. Pictured above: a school holidays-inspired flatlay featuring Bombay Sapphire, Sodastream, Sugar Baby, and Essie nails. BENEFIT COSMETICS…

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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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  • 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 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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  • ON MY DESK what’s new: December 2015

    ON MY DESK what’s new: December 2015

    ON MY DESK what’s new to come across my path in December 2015, in the worlds of beauty, skincare and hair. ROSE GOLD  Rose gold treats… Thank you The Generalist for the Akarua Wines rose brut to celebrate my 5k goal on Instagram. Rose gold candle in Cherry Blossom & Tuberose by Ecoya will be…

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  • Eight Hour Cream is now an All-Over Miracle Oil

    Eight Hour Cream is now an All-Over Miracle Oil

    Breaking beauty news: the famous and much-loved Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream is now an All-Over Miracle Oil. The iconic Eight Hour Cream is now available in the form of an oil, with the advent of Elizabeth Arden All-Over Miracle Oil, a multi-tasking face, body and hair oil for $59 that joins the rest of the…

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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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  • The Week on Thread Episode 24

    The Week on Thread Episode 24

    The Week on Thread Episode 24 featuring highlights of my week in pictures including fashion, food and beauty from The Gardens, Taste of Auckland, Ecostore, Ashley & Co, Vitafresh, and Zoe and Morgan’s tenth anniversary party. THE GARDENS I was excited to go on Friday for lunch and a jug of cocktails (I know!) at the new…

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