December’s Pamper picks for your summer beauty needs- everything from Ballantynes to Transform Clinic, to Moss Spa. We’ve got what you need so you can feel the heat!
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Summer is fast approaching, so look forward to spending your days outdoors soaking up the sun and swimming in the sea. Arbonne has a go-to guide for all your summer beauty needs, including products that contain key ingredients to help protect and care for your skin. All products featured are plant-based, vegan, and cruelty-free.
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Spending your summer months luxuriating on wool sounds like a conflicting concept to some, but it is second nature to Amanda Dorset and the team behind Wilson & Dorset. With their ‘concept lounge’ located in Lake Wanaka, Wilson & Dorset designs and manufactures luxurious lounging pieces for your home, made from pure New Zealand sheepskin.
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A red zoned Christchurch cul-de-sac in Burwood has been transformed into a miniature road for bikes where children can learn their road rules while having bucket loads of fun. Complete with Lilliputian-scale signs, road markings, and even a tiny roundabout, the brand new Learn to Ride Track off Brooker Avenue is open to the public and perfect for children at all stages of their cycling journey.
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For the past five years, Rangi Ruru Girls’ School has contracted Crimson Education to supply a full-time Careers and Pathway Strategist to work with its students. We sit down with their current Strategist, Kristen Fox to get her unique perspective on the leaders of tomorrow and their career choices.
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In recent years, Cantabrians have relished the heritage that remains in our region, and in equal part, those that have kept that history alive. One such icon is Trent’s Vineyard. It is situated on a 50-acre park-like setting, with the jewel in the crown being an impeccably and sensitively restored, 147-year-old chicory farm building.
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Designed to hem in and enliven the southern side of the CBD, the South Frame is a network of laneways, mainly between St Asaph and Tuam Streets. The predominant feature of the South Frame is the Greenway, a wide and leafy shared path running east to west that will eventually connect the Health Precinct and Metro Sports Facility with the SALT District, East Frame, and the Multi-Use Arena.
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With overseas travel not being an option for the Christmas holidays this year, New Zealanders are seeing more of our beautiful country than ever before. When you’re on the road experiencing new regional destinations over summer, here are a few architectural gems you may want to include in your itinerary.
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“2020 has been the most unusual year, and I think I’ve definitely seen the best (and the ‘far from it’) in behaviours and processes. But rather than leave me feeling disappointed, it has given me an appreciation and an insight into the reality that you cannot control everything.”
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“Having a ‘cool vibe’ is something almost impossible to purposefully manifest. Take it from me and my multiple attempts to try and pull off a fedora in my early teens. But one step inside the theatre at Little Andromeda and you’ve already unintentionally taken three steps up the proverbial ‘social ladder’ – and Christchurch, I know how important social capital is in our garden city.”
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“I ended up playing rugby, played for Queensland a few games and then snapped my collarbone in 1995. So left collarbone, right shoulder. I was desperate to come home; I really missed New Zealand. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy Australia, there are just too many things that will kill you over there.”
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As You Like it’s Director Eddie Bijl says “making Shakespeare is a form of alchemy – we bring 400-year-old words back to life and reinvent them for our audiences today”.
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Shaking up the glamour stakes at Riccarton Park for this year’s Cup Week is 2020 fashion coordinator June Youngman, who is encouraging a more open field of contestants for the much-anticipated ‘best dressed’ events.
For the first time ever, winners will be selected using a Melbourne Cup-style points system that ties judging strictly to the outfit.
Spring. It’s our thing here in Ōtautahi Christchurch. It’s ‘nor-west winds and blossom snowstorms, longer days and spectacular sunsets; it’s daffodils down Bealey Ave and gardens awash with colour. It’s also when the city comes alive with festivals, live music, horse racing, cultural performances, art, and fashion.
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Harry Winston is famously quoted saying, ‘People will stare. Make it worth their while.’ And in amongst a month of suits and hats, dresses and races, it feels apt that Working Style’s new concept store has triumphantly returned to the city.
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Every collaboration, whether it’s a marriage, a business proposition, or the building of one’s home is a lesson in thoughtful compromise. Bringing together two distinct visions for a home is no mean feat.
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The body is a temple, and like all good temples, it deserves spring cleaning. Setting out to dust off the cobwebs with a holistic health approach is husband and wife, and business partners, Bridget and Henrik Prütz.
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Intermediate care apartments should have character. They should be architecturally designed, making the most of the sun and your privacy, and give you the independence you deserve. You can confidently say Alpine View is all that, and more.
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They say changing the world starts in one’s own backyard. Making your own little patch of dirt flourish with colour, fragrance, and life can represent a slice of you, in your very own space. Summer is the most rewarding time to get amongst your greenery, where the myriad of benefits is well known and seemingly endless.
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The list of health benefits from spending more time in nature is long and gives you plenty of reasons to invest in your landscaping. But let’s not forget, a well-designed space can also add significant value to your home.
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