Lighten up over winter with Bobbi’s new collection, Lilac Rose.  This is a super-pretty collection that’s taken trends direct from the runways at New York Fashion Week for a look that is modern and fresh. Designed to run with the cool tones we naturally have in our skintones, Lilac Rose delivers a colour palette of pastel pink,...

I have a very soft spot for cleansing oils, especially those that rinse completely clean with water, so I was very excited when I heard that Clarins were about to release one. As soon as it arrived I took it out of its box and set it on the vanity ready to take my makeup...

I’m a firm believer in taking skincare right down to your Decollete, I definitely don’t want to be one of those people with a super-smooth, young-looking face and a wrinkled neck when I’m older! Necks get battered by cold winds and when you think about it, are a large expanse of exposed skin that desperately needs hydration...

Last week I tried Dermalogica’s latest in salon treatment, Active Resurface 35 at Bare Waxing in Grey Lynn, Auckland. My therapist Mahia took detailed notes on my skin (which is part of the brand’s, no cookie-cutter approach to skincare) and gave my skin a good clean and inspection under bright lighting before selecting strength of product...

Take a sneaky peak at what M.A.C genuis senior artist Christopher Del Castillo has designed for Rihanna during her 2013 Diamond Word Tour. Castillo told Vogue, “the eye make-up is beautiful but not high maintenance — we decided to use lashes as the focus rather than a heavy liner. We didn’t want anything that would...

Naturally minded company Weleda have released an eye cream that is both very firming and does amazing things for your fine lines using the power of pomegranates. The Pomegranate Firming Eye Cream contains organic pomegranate harvested from mountain slopes in Turkey (la de da) where thousands of tonnes of pomegranates are grown. The seeds are...

Beauty subscription service Sample Bar, popular for surprising its members each month with a selection of beauty products, has teamed up with Life Pharmacy to create the exclusive Mother’s Day Glam Pack. Natasha Razak, who launched Sample Bar in October 2012, hopes the Mother’s Day Glam Packs will encourage mothers and daughters to celebrate the...