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Hair Industry Awards

Hair Industry Awards

For the first time HITO, Kitomba and the New Zealand Association of Registered Hairdressers are teaming up to bring the ultimate in hairdressing awards, competitions and seminars to New Zealand on 25-26 September in Christchurch...

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Pony tale

Pony tale

No more bad hair days! NZ's first blow dry bar Pony Xpress opened on Friday inside the Glassons flagship on Broadway Newmarket doing blow waves for $35 in 30 minutes to zhuzh you up for a big night out...

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Better Hair Day

Better Hair Day

A better hair straightener than ghd? Remington Salon Pro launched its new Pearl styler with a sumptous lunch at The Grove with hairdresser Ashlee Kellett demonstrating how the new smoother and hotter Pearl is a really good hair day...

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Clutch change

Clutch change

Get a clutch - for no change - with the hot new colab between Saben and Kerastase where you get a metallic Saben clutch purse free with the purchase of three hair products...

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In the fast mane

In the fast mane

Glassons flagship in Broadway Newmarket will be the stable for Pony Xpress-  a capsule salon set up in a colab with BLAZE salon - offering 8 blow-dry styles at affordable prices to fillies who gallop in...

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Lustre for locks that lack

Lustre for locks that lack

I like the fact that I can treat my hair at home with Sukin's new Botanical Protein Treatment whenever I want, rather than spending an extraordinary amount every few months at a salon...

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Do the twist

Do the twist

A curly girl like me thought I would only find a good curl product once. Hold the straighteners. There is a new product on the market from Redken. This product is called Vinyl Twist 12. And it lives up to the name...

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Tame your mane

Tame your mane

New from eco-responsible hair line série nature comes Douceur d’Huile, a shampoo and masque free from parabens, silicones and colourants, for rebellious and unruly hair so you can tame your mane...

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Re-Construction

Re-Construction

After using this hair reconstructor, I asked my husband if he thought my hair looked any different. He looked slightly nervous that maybe he had missed something major like a new colour and was in trouble...

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Setting the trend

Setting the trend

Hair all about it! The Auckland finalists of the Wella Professionals Trend Vision Awards 2010 were announced last night in typical hairdresser style at the downtown Union Fish Building, Britomart, Auckland...

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INOA thing or two about hair

INOA thing or two about hair

INOA by L'Oreal is a salon hair colour without ammonia meaning clients with sensitivity can colour safely without reactions, and enjoy longer-lasting colours to boot. I try INOA at Bettjemans salon in Kohimarama, Auckland...

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Pret A Porter Hair

Pret A Porter Hair

Sebastian and Wella showed their Pret A Porter collection for SS10 at a lunch at C.A.C. in Mt Eden hosted by Jessie Gurunathan where media got the lowdown on the hottest trends from runway to realway, demonstrated on models...

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