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Garden therapy
When you're stressed out by the city and trying to find a park only to have it stole by someone when you're clearly reversing in, you want to escape to the therapy of nature- and gardening is easy anywhere. Clarins capture this with Eau des Jardins...
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Lily White
For brighter, more translucent skin that recalls the luminosity of a lily, Clarins have re-released 2007's WHITE PLUS HP enriched with Sea Lily extract to target another cause of pigmentation in the skin...
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Hyatt of relaxation
Don't judge a book by its cover. From the outside, the Hyatt Regency Auckland looks like a classic piece of post-war NZ architecture. But inside, the gentle giant of Waterloo Crescent's rejuvenation program is now complete. I had a facial at the Spa...
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What's new 'n natural
Here are a few of the latest releases in natural beauty and skincare to keep your beauty regime free of chemicals and nasties, including products from Weleda, Giovanni Organics, Oxygen, Sukin and Dr.Hauschka...
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Bee ageless
In the couple of days I've had the new Burt's Bees night creme I've been surrounded by the most delicious scent of pomegranates, and the fragrance lingers long after you've put on the cream from their new Naturally Ageless range...
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Hello, Mrs Peel
I have sometimes felt that I have existed in a black hole in the skin care world. I neither fit into the early 20s emerging-from-adolescence bracket, nor that which caters for the more mature skin. Intervene has been developed for this niche...
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Keep on the grass
With sustainably-produced, handmade paraben-free goods, Lemongrass House has stores in Ponsonby and Milford, Auckland and is used in spas and hotels around the world...
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Well travelled
Dermalogica Age Smart kits are the perfect travel kit with small sizes of cleansers and moisturisers including the Antioxidant HydraMist that I intend to use on the aeroplane to spray on my face inflight...
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The path to wellness
I have a spa treatment at Spa Ayurda, the new Ayurvedic wellness spa in Ponsonby Road, with a holistic approach to total wellness to combat the stress of modern lifestyles through its nuturing touch treatments...
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Aloe there
One of the things I love about this aloe vera-based eye serum is that it leaves out all the chemicals. The makers of this product, Sukin, have invested in expensive natural raw ingredients refusing to cut costs...
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Geoskincare for good
Up until now, geoskincare – New Zealand’s only full range of 22 certified organic mineral skincare products - has been in health spas and beauty salons for the past 10 years. Now, with organic certification it is available at pharmacies...
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Try Dermalogica for free
Face Mapping is a unique skin analysis available at Dermalogica which takes 5-10 minutes, is free, and there's an incredible offer out now for anyone to try Dermalogica products for free!
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