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Girls like candy
Who doesn't like candy? And this is the non-fattening kind. Orly have released a new Valentine's 2012 collection of sweet pink and red shades such as Cotton Candy, pictured left...
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Dermalogica's New Life
I've enjoyed facials and treatments at Dermalogica On The Shore, or 'DotS' as it's known, over the past four years at its amazing space in Albany. Last night DotS held a moving party to say farewell as it moves today to Life Pharmacy in Albany Westfield...
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Doing lines
I admit to a fear of liquid eyeliners but I have been forced out of my comfort zone trialling the liquid and gel eyeliners from the Maybelline New York range and I will probably never return to a pencil again...
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Masked avengers
I remember my earliest experimentations with face masks. There were two basic types: a green cucumber cooling mask that peeled off like clingfilm as though your skin came off in a sheet - like Travolta and Cage's characters in FaceOff,
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Damage made good
When it comes to hair it’s all or nothing for me. I can count on one hand the number of times I have left the house without either blow drying my hair or wearing a hat since my early twenties...
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Hair tutorial: Milkmaid braid
Have you wondered how to do the Milkmaid braid or Heidi plait seen on Valentino catwalks? Here's our hair tutorial from Christchurch fashion blogger Jo Fletcher of www.lostinthehaze.com to show you how to easily create the plait yourself...
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Juicy fruit
When I got Juicy Couture I worried it was in the camp of girls who have grown up with Twilight, Bieber and Potter, and who have not seen fluoro, tie dye, high-waisted jeans and hair plaits come in and out more than once...
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Premier skincare
Elizabeth Arden’s first big launch for 2012 is sure to be a biggie. It's the launch of the latest in the range that I have come to associate most with the Elizabeth Arden brand after its signature Red Door fragrance - Ceramide...
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Ashlee's Top Summer Beauty
Ashlee Kellett has worked in the New Zealand beauty industry as a make-up artist for over eight years and now owns her own boutique beauty agency, Beautified. Thread.co.nz asked Ashlee to share her top 5 summer beauty tips...
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Happy Becca to you
BECCA - the Australian natural cosmetics brand with a social conscience as well as beautiful products - is turning ten and to celebrate they're giving US$2 from every set from BECCA’s Anniversary collection to Charity:Water...
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Gold standard
When it's time to shine, nothing picks up the light like a bit of gold on cheeks, lips and eyes. Get a touch of shimmer without going completely disco, with these golden make-up products...
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Kate Moss for Rimmel
Like most women my age, I succumbed to the allure of nude lip-gloss in the early 2000s, when lipstick seemed passé and well, old-fashioned. But I never loved it the way I loved lipstick. But with the revival of pin-up looks...
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