The Journal
Hair tips, salon stories and Wanaka life — straight from the team.
The ghd duet is the one people ask about and nobody explains. It is a wet-to-style tool: you put it on soaking hair and take it off finished. No blow-dry first, no straightener after. At $645 it is...
"When does ghd go on sale in New Zealand?" is the most-asked question we get about hot tools, and the honest answer annoys people: ghd is on sale somewhere in NZ almost all the time. The discount i...
There are eight ghd stylers on sale in New Zealand and the marketing does a poor job of explaining the difference. Here it is plainly. Model Our price Who it's for ghd original styler $263.4...
ghd launched the Sculpt interactive styler in New Zealand at $629. It is the most expensive styler ghd has made, and the first one that changes what it is doing while you use it. What "interactive...
Copper is having a huge moment — and for good reason, it's warm, striking and flattering on more people than you'd think. But it's also the fastest-fading colour there is, so here's the honest colo...
Kérastase makes a range for almost every hair concern — which is brilliant, until you're standing in front of the wall with no idea which one is yours. Here's how a stylist actually matches you to ...
You wouldn't build a skincare routine and ignore the skin under your hair — but that's exactly what most of us do. Your scalp is skin, and healthy hair genuinely starts there. "Scalp skinification"...
If your colour goes dull fast, your ends feel dry no matter what you do, or your hair has a faint film that won't rinse out — the culprit might not be your shampoo. It might be your water. This is ...
Somewhere in your 40s or 50s your hair can quietly become a different animal — thinner on top, drier, more wiry, slower to grow, harder to style. It's not you doing something wrong. It's hormones, ...