The Journal
Hair tips, salon stories and Wanaka life — straight from the team.
Both work. Olaplex is the famous one with a standalone hero treatment; Sebastian NO.BREAKER is the complete five-step routine that's easier to live with day to day and lighter on fine hair. If you ...
Sebastian's styling range is nine products that cover every finish from invisible to concrete. The way to choose isn't by the name on the tin — it's by asking two questions: how much hold do you wa...
Sebastian make three hairsprays, and the right one depends entirely on how much hold you want and whether you need to brush through it afterwards. Re-Shaper is strong and brushable. Zero Gravity is...
If you use a straightener or a curling iron and you're not using heat protection, that's the cheapest damage you'll ever fix. We say it constantly and people still skip it, usually because heat pr...
Most curly hair isn't frizzy. It's dehydrated, and frizz is the symptom. That's the thing we end up explaining most at the basin. People with waves and curls arrive having spent years fighting fri...
Bond building is the most misunderstood category in haircare — and the one most worth understanding if you colour your hair. Since Olaplex made "bonds" a household word, every brand has a version ...
If you live in Central Otago and your hair feels permanently thirsty, you're not imagining it. Dry air, wind, hard water, big temperature swings, a lot of sun in summer and a lot of dry heat indoo...
Penetraitt is the range we hand people when their hair has had a hard year. Bleach, a home box dye that went wrong, two summers of sun and lake water, a straightener used every morning since March...
Updated September 2026. Prices are our live online prices. Short answer: Première is Kérastase's repair range for damaged hair, and it starts by getting calcium build-up out of the hair before it r...