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Donna Karan Hosiery Launches in NZ
Luxury brand Donna Karan has recently launched her hosiery collection in our fair country. One of the common questions I was asked when unpacking and checking out my new DK tights that arrived a few weeks back was – why spend more than ten bucks on a pair of black opaques ? which I thought...
Dermalogica Masques
My skincare favourites, Dermalogica, have just re-launched new and improved versions of two of their key masques. Using a masque is a quick fix to give skin a boost before a big event or to remedy a skin problem – quickly. My skin is suffering from a bit of dehydration at the moment (working in...
DKNY/Wella at NY Fashion Week
Eugene Souleiman and his Wella team created the refined, yet youthful hair look at DKNY Fall 2012 in New York yesterday. “For me, the DKNY collection is always a great barometer on New York style and this season the collection is very elegant, almost like evening wear, so I wanted to create a hair look...
NZ Fashion Festival Update
An exciting addition to the New Zealand Fashion Festival line up; iconic label Nom*D will be showing their latest collection at Tuesday night’s Collections Show, Ruby’s sister brand Liam will showcase their Autumn/Winter 2012 Collection on Friday night, and widely-loved designer Karen Walker will be joining the team on Wednesday nights Viva Live, just one...
M.A.C COOK Collection
I love a wacky, new M.A.C collection and ‘COOK’ is just that. Picture a plastic-fantastic barbie girl cooking up a storm in a kitchen filled with pots of pearls and jewels. M.A.C calls it a ‘tempting assortment of tasty Tendertones, nearly black Fluidlines, Studio Careblend/Pressed Powder, Opulash Mascara, two brushes and nosh-worthy Nail Lacquers in...
RUBY AW12 Campaign
Check out these gorgeous campaign shots from RUBY…as shot by Guy Coombes, Styled by Amelia Holmes, Hair by Danny Pato for D&M, Makeup by Chay Roberts & Kate Boyd for MAC Cosmetics. Personally I prefer winter dressing to hot weather dressing and cannot wait for winter clothes to start appearing.
Getting Great Skin
Over the holidays I took a trip out to Dermalogica’s North Shore flagstore store in Albany for a much-needed hour of pampering and skin evaluation in the extremely capable hands of Dermalogica trainer, Pam. I hadn’t been in for a visit since July, at the time I had a few problems with my skin, pointedly...
Chaos & Harmony A/W12
Check out Chaos & Harmony’s AW12 “Common Confessions” collection. Designer Rebecca told me she was inspired by the idea of simple yet strong photography with bold silouhettes. Hair and make up was inspired by old world images of Louise Brooks. Common Confessions embodies the concept of objects of desires, with shoes worthy of display on...
Helping Hand Wash
In celebration of 10 beautiful years in business, 2012 sees high performance natural skincare brand Trilogy launch a year long campaign to raise funds for Child’s i Foundation, a wonderful charity helping to end the tragedy of baby abandonment in Uganda. Trilogy Helping Hand Wash is a gorgeous, limited edition product created specially for this...
Wellington Fashion Week
Tickets to Wellington’s highly anticipated Fashion Week are on sale from 12pm today. Consumers now have the opportunity to guarantee their spot at what is picked to become Wellington’s biggest fashion event of the year. The event has now officially been confirmed to run from the 18th- 22nd of April, out of respect for Anzac...
Sass & Bide Sunglasses
Check out the awesome new season Sass & Bide preview 2012 range which is just about to be released. The range is a hint of what is to come from Sass & Bide for Summer 2012. The collection will be available in-stores by mid-February. And there’s (almost) nothing better than a new pair of sunglasses...
Stolen Girlfriend’s Club Winter
Stolen Girlfriend’s Club brand spanking new campaign shots for winter arrived in my inbox this afternoon. The collection, which we saw at last year’s NZ Fashion Week is called, Here Lies The Bones and will be dropping into store from the 1st of February. Credits for this beautiful campaign go to – Photographer – Derek...
