Effortless elegance: Proud Beauty

Clean, fresh flawlessness is what is trending this season, where minimal effort for maximum beauty is in high demand. Summer invites all kinds of spontaneity, leaving little time to glam up at home. Proud Beauty founder Lauren Proud knows how to provide subtle elegance fit for the summer season, enhancing natural beauty and highlighting your […]

The eyes tell all

Eyes are the window to the soul, however, when they are puffy, dark, and swollen, eyes can be the biggest sign that you are not feeling your best. Why do we get puffiness around the eyes? The skin around your eyes is some of your most delicate. Mild swelling, puffiness, and dark circles, often caused […]

Stand up

Many of us spend much of our day sitting down. Even if we exercise regularly, the rest of the time that we spend not moving can be bad for us. Researchers have found that too much sitting is linked to a range of health problems including several diseases and even some types of cancers. Even […]

Focused on feet: Footprints Podiatry

Footprints Podiatry has been fortunate in the addition of podiatrist Leah Blondell to their team. Having spent the past three years based in Auckland, Leah couldn’t be happier to find herself working back in her home city of Christchurch and looks forward to a long career in her chosen profession. Leah works on all podiatry […]

Trim up

Summer is just around the corner and now’s the time when many thoughts turn to losing a bit of excess weight. Here’s some helpful advice from naturopath Nikki Warren. Increase protein, decrease carbohydrates. Snack on nuts, fruit, salads, soups, low GI carbs such as sweet potato or brown rice, meat or protein, plus vegetables. Introduce […]

Cruising altitude: Wigram Brewing

A classic tale of beer tasting his way through his 1980s OE, Wigram Brewing Company’s founder Paul McGurk returned home, started garage brewing, built a craft brewery and put down WBC’s first brew on 8 December 2002. Being part of the craft beer revolution has been living the dream for Paul, although he admits he […]