Mondo Black

Creating happy hair: Mondo Black

Vibrant and fun is the flavour of Mondo Black hairdressing salon in Edgeware. There’s always great conversation, and the team of four make a point of knowing every client, not just their own. “Our salon’s favourite thing is to make people happy just being here and then popping out the door with […]

Open your eyes to the possibilities: Skin Rejuvenation Clinic

There is a growing demand for safe and effective treatments to help maintain a youthful appearance that fit in with a busy work and social calendar.     The area around the eye is one of the first areas to show signs of ageing with fine lines and wrinkles and loose, sagging […]

Frill-seeker

Frill-seeker

When it comes to the latest trend, this one is all about stepping out of the sartorial box and being a frill-seeker, in all the right ways.   While frills and ruffles are not new by any stretch of the imagination, having made their fashionable appearance since the 16th century, this seasonal […]

looks to love: Canterbury bride

Glancing at wedding dress trends for 2019, it’s clear that saying ‘yes to the dress’ doesn’t have to be a hunt for indiscernible white gowns. If you’re planning your big moment and wanting something unique and fashion forward, then look no further as we take you through five standout styles that have […]

Portfolio Models

A model citizen: Portfolio Models

It is a fabulous double as Christchurch’s premier agency and modelling school, Portfolio Models, celebrates its 25th birthday, plus Director Mel Radford-Brown completes a quarter century in the modelling industry, having signed as a ‘new face’ to Portfolio when it first opened in 1993!     Mel is passionate about the Portfolio […]

Return To Retro

Return To Retro

If you’re a fashion follower, you will know that as ephemeral as trends are, they have a way of coming back. The next season’s fashion trends are heavily influenced by the styles of the past, right back to the seventies. You don’t need to have lived through this era to know that […]

Georgies Wig Shop

Faux Fabulous: Georgies Wig Shop

You’ve just returned home from the movie ‘Mama Mia! Here We Go Again’. You can’t believe how gorgeous Cher looked with her platinum shoulder-length bob. She can’t be 72? You may have read somewhere that she’s such a fan of faux hair; her home has its own ‘wig room’!     You […]

Christchurch Vascular Group

Knowledge is power: Christchurch Vascular Group

There’s a saying that knowledge is power and, when it comes to the physical nature of our bodies, this is certainly an accurate one.     With its ability to see internal body structures such as tendons, muscles, joints, blood vessels, and internal organs, ultrasound technology is providing that knowledge across medical […]

Earth Organic Hairdressing

Loving our hair: Earth Organics Hairdressing

Traci Aylmer of Earth Organic Hairdressing wants us to love our hair better by treating it better and the best way we can do that is by not using harsh petrochemicals on our crowning glory.     Formerly from Brighton, England, Traci has worked in the hair and beauty scene for more […]

Beauty Progress

Mind & body wellbeing: Beauty Progress

If the mind is willing to frolic into spring like a Canterbury lamb but the body is tiptoeing along like a tuatara, then a visit to Beauty Progress for a Thai Massage will see body reunited with mind in as little as 15 minutes.       Authentic Thai Massage treats the […]