Beauty

Heavenly Haven

Heavenly Haven

Situ­ated right in the heart of Wel­ling­ton city is Body­haven Spa, a tran­quil and exot­ic urb­an escape. An award-win­n­ing boutique spa with an impress­ive range of treat­ments and ser­vices, Bodyhaven […]

A vintage look for both on stage and off

A vintage look for both on stage and off

Fanci­for­ia Fox­glove may be adorned with diamantes, feath­ers and lashes, but she still doesn’t throw her cre­at­or, Bailey McCor­mack, into the shade. Bailey and her alter ego have been cut­ting a […]

Less is more

Less is more

On a warm, wind­less Wel­ling­ton morn­ing, I walked down Cour­tenay Place on the search for Mar­garet Hema’s salon. A search is required. For­tu­nately, I was fore­warned. I’d met Mar­garet for […]

Red Alert

Red Alert

Red lips should no longer be ban­ished to black tie events. Red lip­stick, once reserved solely for ‘that even­ing look’, can abso­lutely be worn — whenev­er you damn well feel […]

A Christmas present for yourself

A Christmas present for yourself

I knew a trip to the day spa was likely to be more than, shall we say, tol­er­able, how­ever I didn’t expect to leave feel­ing so edu­cated. But, as I […]

After Glow

After Glow

The tal­en­ted con­tem­por­ary dan­cer is now based in Lon­don, with fest­ivals across Europe on her plate for the rest of the year — includ­ing two weeks in Bar­celona, work­ing with […]

Katie Bradford

Katie Bradford

As a mem­ber of TVNZ’s Par­lia­ment­ary press gal­lery team, 32-year-old Katie Brad­ford has a per­fectly powdered nose for news that takes her around the coun­try and the globe as stories […]

Abigail’s allegro

Abigail’s allegro

When the lights go up, and the cur­tain lifts, Abi­gail Boyle takes centre stage with full makeup, slicked hair and tutu as a dan­cer in the Roy­al New Zea­l­and Ballet. […]

Restoring Balance

Restoring Balance

If you’re exper­i­en­cing a mid­winter (or long-term) break-out, pig­ment­a­tion prob­lem or oth­er skin woe, and have tried everything but failed to find a solu­tion that works, then make Thorndon’s Skin […]

Beauty Bloggers

Beauty Bloggers

Why can’t nail­ing winged eye­liner, achiev­ing per­fect glowy skin, or dis­cuss­ing MAC’s latest and greatest cre­ations be classed as an ‘interest’? It’s a ques­tion pondered by Wel­ling­ton friends Mor­gan Ashworth […]