A helping hand
Keeping your hands soft, smooth and supple requires regular attention. Hands are one of the first body parts to show signs of aging, such as loss of volume and elasticity, age spots and cracked skin, so protect them from irritants including the sun, water and weather conditions. Hand care doesn’t have to be […]
Embrace sexy silver: V for Hair
Many who are going grey are choosing V for Hair and Beauty Merivale. The expert team of stylists has over 60 years of combined experience, and the maturity and knowledge to look after you. It’s important to have a style that suits your hair, face shape, and most importantly, lifestyle. If you choose […]
Adopting a wellness regime: The Brain Tree
By 2040, the number of Cantabrians with neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis, dementia, stroke and Parkinson’s disease, is expected to double to more than 30,000. Getting older doesn’t cause neurological conditions, although it does increase the chances. Some people with these conditions are young, even in their 30s. Ex-CEO of Ryman Healthcare, […]
Fun and fresh physio: Four Physio
Holly McIntosh and Grace Coombs have long envisioned a physiotherapy clinic that would challenge the status quo. They wanted clients to experience a fresh and modern space, alongside longer appointment times and industry-leading treatment outcomes. Four Physio expanded its doors in October and has already made its mark as a physiotherapy clinic that […]
The lipstick effect
For more than two decades now, cosmetic companies, and economists, have used the ‘Lipstick Effect’ to help gauge what’s happening to the economy. The term was allegedly coined during the 2001 recession by Leonard Lauder, then the chairman of Estee Lauder Cosmetics. He noted that lipstick sales rose in the autumn of that […]
Treatable and beatable bowel cancer: Pacific Radiology
New Zealand has an internationally high rate of bowel cancer death – needlessly. Pacific Radiology and the New Zealand Gut Foundation are working together to reduce New Zealand’s mortality rate from bowel cancer. Research conducted collectively with the Department of Population Health University of Otago last year, identified the need to remove barriers […]
Calls for coffee: Coffee Worx
It’s that time of year; people are dreaming about and planning their Christmas holidays. Head to the bach, go camping, tramping, caravanning, or just rent a house in the best destination, the Kiwi summer is beautiful, but it’s better with a coffee in your hand. At your home away from home, the team […]
Lift your mood
Feeling down? Many simple activities and techniques can help to lift your mood naturally. Eating chocolate is one. Both raw and dark chocolate contain phytochemicals that play a role in lifting mood. These include theobromine, anandamide, caffeine, and phenylethylamine, which are known to stimulate brain function and pleasure centres in the brain, positively […]
Posh Picnics
Shake the dust off your picnic basket and get it prepped for summer. One blueprint to creating a fairy tale picnic, that will taste fantastic and look great in photos too, is colour, colour, and more colour. Just as dopamine dressing can benefit your mood, dopamine eating may uplift your day, especially with […]











