The Journal
Hair tips, salon stories and Wanaka life — straight from the team.
Redken Extreme is for hair that has stopped being just dry and started actually breaking — snapping mid-length, fraying at the ends, looking thinner than it should. It is a strengthening range, not...
If your hair feels dry, rough and snaps a little when you brush it, All Soft is the Redken range I reach for first. It is built for one job — putting softness and moisture back into hair that has g...
Chronologiste is Kérastase's prestige range — the one we reach for when hair and scalp need reviving, not just washing. If your hair feels lifeless, dull and "older" than it used to, this is the tr...
If you want salon-quality hair care that leans natural and plant-based, Angel en Provence is the range most people have never heard of — and then never put down. Angel is a botanical, aroma-led lin...
You spend good money on colour, then wash it down the drain with the wrong shampoo. A colour-safe range is the cheapest way to protect that investment. Colour fades from heat, sun, hard water and h...
Curls and waves aren't dry because of your hair — they're dry because the shape stops oils travelling down the strand. Once you treat curls as thirsty, everything gets easier. The goal is moisture ...
Most men are using a 2-in-1 from the supermarket and wondering why their hair won't sit. Salon-grade men's products are a small upgrade that makes a daily difference. You don't need a ten-step rout...
Fine, flat hair doesn't need more product — it needs the right product at the roots, applied to damp hair before you dry it. Mousse is still the best tool for the job. A good volumising mousse coat...
That effortless, lived-in texture — beachy waves, gritty root lift, piece-y separation — almost never happens on clean, soft hair. It's built with the right texture spray. Texturisers add grip and ...