Naveya & Sloane
It’s always exciting hearing about young people killing it in their particular field. It’s even more exciting when you get to talk to them about it. I was lucky enough to chat with Rachel Sloane, the creator and driver of Naveya & Sloane, a luxury jewellery brand which has quickly become one of New Zealand’s [...]
Meet: Kiehl’s Double Strength Deep Wrinkle Filler
Over the past 18 months I’ve seen a raft of face freezing/wrinkle filling-type products flooding the beauty market in the form of everything from primers to foundations to sticky serums, some giving better results than others. They can be applied anywhere you want – usually that means to eye wrinkles, forehead, frown lines and around [...]
WIN a Schwarzkopf pack!
We told our friends over at Schwarzkopf that all of you wanted better hair. And fair enough too, who doesn’t want to look like a young Robert Redford or a shimmering Heidi Klum? They’ve been kind enough to give us FIVE packs to giveaway, each valued at over $50. The packs include various products that [...]
Luxurious, oily goodness: Kérastase’s Elixir Ultime
I know women who have been using oils in their hair for years now, but it was the now cult product Moroccanoil that really bought the traditional treatment to the mainstream’s attention and assured us all that – used correctly – oil can be your crowning glory’s saving grace. It took global haircare giant Kérastase [...]
Keeping things simple: Philosophy wipes
One of the nicest cleansers I’ve ever used was a Philosophy one picked up a while ago now from Sephora when I was in Los Angeles, called Purity Made Simple. An award-winning daily facial skin cleanser, it is formulated to gently cleanse, tone and melt away all face and eye makeup in one simple step, [...]
In love with: Mario Badescu
Mario Badescu is a beauty name that has long been synonymous with celebrity – but I’m not talking household faces with million dollar contracts to shill mascara, but rather genuine, raving fans. The Romanian skin care guru Mario Badescu is the man behind the skin care range that Hollywood’s It girls rely on to stay [...]