Your Christmas glow: Beauty Progress

Christmas Day is but so many sleeps away and after the challenging months we have all weathered through, now is the time for some well-deserved pampering, so that we can greet Christmas week looking our utmost radiant.   To rejuvenate weary bodies and bring a flush of glowing vitality to our skin, a deep and […]

Travel light

Careful planning and packing when going on holiday ensures you can still look your glamourous self, no matter where you land. The trick is to take multi-function clothes, accessories and skincare. Many of the latter are produced in smaller sizes to fit with airline regulations so you have plenty of choice. Here are some options:

Embrace sexy silver: V For hair & beauty

Many who are going grey are choosing V for Hair and Beauty Merivale. Thinking ahead to hair goals 2023? Let our expert team of stylists, with over 60 years of combined experience, and the maturity and knowledge, look after you. It’s important to have a style that suits your hair, face shape, and most importantly, […]

Go nuts!

Weight loss is never an easy nut to crack, but a handful of almonds might keep extra kilos at bay, according to new research from the University of South Australia. Examining how almonds can affect appetite, researchers found that a snack of 30-50 grams of the nut could help people cut back on the number […]

Life changing research grants: Canterbury Medical Research Foundation

The bugs in our tummies are being put under the microscope to see how they influence bowel cancer.This is one of eight research projects underway thanks to $824,037 of Major Projects Grants recently announced by the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation. Director Melissa Haberfield says investing in world-class research is critical, and the Foundation is proud […]

Focus on hearing: Bellbird Hearing

On Christmas afternoon, many of us are only too ready to use the excuse of the Sovereign’s address to collapse on the couch at home.   Whether we blame that extra helping of barbecued beef, the siren song of the trifle bowl, the fizz of overexcited young ones, or another type of fizz, a cup […]