The Journal
Hair tips, salon stories and Wanaka life — straight from the team.
If your hair is fine or thin, you've probably been told extensions aren't for you, or you've seen a friend's beads peeking through and decided against it. We understand the worry. Done badly, exten...
The short answer is no — tape-in extensions don't damage healthy hair when they're fitted, maintained and removed properly. Damage comes from misuse, not from the tape itself.It's the question we g...
All Soft and Extreme are Redken's two most popular care ranges, and people buy the wrong one all the time. The choice comes down to one question: is your hair dry, or is it damaged? They are not th...
You can buy Redken plenty of places in New Zealand. The two things worth checking before you do: is it genuine, salon-fresh stock, and are you actually getting a good price. At UKIYO the answer to ...
Redken Brews is the men's line built around how blokes actually use products — fast in the shower, one thing through the hair, out the door. It is simple, it works, and the styling range covers eve...
"Glass hair" — that flat, mirror-like shine all over social media — is really just an incredibly smooth cuticle reflecting light evenly. Redken Acidic Color Gloss is built to give you that gloss at...
Frizz is moisture going the wrong way — dry hair pulling damp air in from the room and swelling. Redken Frizz Dismiss tackles it from both ends: hydrating the hair so it stops reaching for moisture...
Salon colour is an investment, and the fastest way to waste it is washing it down the drain with the wrong shampoo. Redken Color Extend Magnetics is the everyday, colour-safe wash built to make you...
If your blonde keeps going warm, yellow or brassy between salon visits, a purple shampoo is the cheapest, easiest fix there is — and Redken Blondage is one of the strongest-pigmented ones we keep o...