Hair at Stolen Girlfriends’ Club and Huffer: behind the scenes
Our friend, Greg Murrell of Ryder Salon, for KMS California, directed the hairstyling at the Stolen Girlfriends’ Club autumn–winter 2011 show, entitled Last Night’s Party. We’ve got our hands on the notes for the show that were issued to the media, which gives a bit more of the behind-the-scenes thinking to the collection. The […]
Neil Gussey photographs Miss Universe New Zealand 2010, Ria van Dyke
Neil Gussey Photographer Neil Gussey is the latest lensman to shoot Miss Universe New Zealand 2010, Ria van Dyke. The latest photographs were made available to the pageant yesterday, and can be found on the official site. The pageant’s Facebook fan page also has the images. Above is a selection of the newest. […]
Redken gives us that cutting-edge fashion again with its latest range of products. Taking inspiration from the runway and transforming it into “real way” is the key idea behind its latest hair styling foursome, Style Connection. Using these newly developed products can accentuate your cut and transform your hair into a catwalk-ready look. […]
Ria van Dyke is the new Miss Universe New Zealand
Jin Cowan Top Ria van Dyke, Miss New Zealand 2010. Centre Runner-up Danijela Unkovich, Miss East Auckland; Samantha Powell, co-MC and Miss New Zealand 2008; Ria van Dyke, Miss New Zealand 2010; Katie Taylor, Miss New Zealand 2009; second runner-up Caren Freeman, Miss Auckland. Above This year’s contestants after the crowning. Auckland-based Ria van Dyke, […]
Hothair to launch Jessica Simpson Bob Wig on QVC
Hothair will launch a Jessica Simpson Bob Wig, created by Ken Paves, on QVC on May 30. As part of the HairDo range, the bob is available in nine colours to suit most skin tones, says the company. The hair is made from a synthetic fibre called Tru2Life, which can be styled wavy or […]
HP, GHD launch Sex and the City 2 products
As hype about Sex and the City 2 begins to build, beauty and technology companies—along with the original book’s author—are beginning to cash in, collaborating on must-have new products, and a must-read prequel. The GHD Colour Collection, which launches today, features four brightly coloured straighteners—one for each of Sex and the City’s leading ladies. […]
You can tell a lot about a luxury property simply by looking at the amenities laid out in the bathroom. Recently I applied the amenity-test to three properties in Paris: the first, a higher end boutique inn near Trocadero, had l’Occitane products, a solid mid-level retail brand- the interesting and sportif Verveine scent, and good […]
Is Keeley Hawes’s Ashes to Ashes hairstyle as ’83 as her wardrobe?
BBC Above DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) and DI Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes) in the final series of Ashes to Ashes. Below right Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman in 1983’s Valley Girl. Power suits, check. Shoulder pads, check. Big earrings that could scrape those shoulder pads, check. Chunky necklaces, check. Blacks and whites and primary […]
Finalists announced in Blue Cactus competition
Lucire fashion editor Samantha Hannah has the three finalists in Blue Cactus’s promotion, one of whom will take away an $8,000 prize package that we previewed last month. You may also like Blue Cactus makeover promotion has an $8,000 top prize Michael Beel scoops top honour at Industry New Zealand Hair Awards; Derek Elvy inducted […]
Trio creates hair for Michalsky Style Nite
Above, from top The venue at the Friedrichstadt Palast, Berlin. The Trio Style Nite team. On the stage. Below Trio creative director Reinhard Olschowsky. While we did not attend Berlin Fashion Week, we did get some images courtesy of Trio Hair & Company. Last Friday, to conclude Berlin Fashion Week, Michalsky held his Style […]
