The Journal
Hair tips, salon stories and Wanaka life — straight from the team.
Brass isn't a mystery — it's just warmth showing through as your colour fades or your lightened hair oxidises. And the fix is simple colour theory: you neutralise a tone with its opposite. The mist...
A good hair mask is the closest thing to a salon treatment you can do at home — and a bad one is just expensive conditioner. The difference is whether it actually penetrates the fibre or just coats...
Short answer: The best conditioner is the one matched to what your hair is doing. For dry hair we use Kérastase Nutritive Lait Vital; for damaged, snapping hair, Wella Ultimate Repair Deep Conditi...
Dry shampoo is the most misused product in most bathrooms — and the difference between a good one and a supermarket one is bigger than almost any other product we sell. Used right, dry shampoo buys...
Short answer: Choose Genesis if more hair is coming out than usual, in the brush, the shower or on the pillow. It's Kérastase's range for weakened hair prone to falling due to breakage. Choose Den...
If you've ever pinned a wedding hair photo and quietly thought your own hair would never hold that shape, extensions are often the answer. We fit them at UKIYO for brides all through the year, and ...
Tape-ins are easy to live with once you've got the routine sorted, and the routine mostly comes down to being kind to the bonds and keeping your move-ups booked. Nearly every problem we see in the ...
If you've searched "permanent hair extensions" you're probably picturing length and thickness that stays put. Here's the honest version: the methods we fit at UKIYO aren't literally permanent. They...
Short hair and extensions can work together more often than people expect — we do it regularly — but there's an honest line between hair that's ready now and hair that needs a little more length fi...