Find your focus
Focus on well being – not losing fat – and you’ll get results. By Lani Lopez Lighten up What a wonderful summer we’ve had, brilliant and bright months of wellness boosting warmth and sunshine. But summer can be a season … Read more
Here comes the sun
Holidays surrounded by friends and family, the smell of BBQ’s wafting through the evening air, camping trips and long stints at the beach are things we dream of in the lead up to Summer. Sunburn, not so much. By Deirdre … Read more
Antipodes: from New Zealand with love
In just six years a kiwi skincare company has gone from a fledgling idea to selling a range of products around the world. Skincare expert Elizabeth Barbalich is as passionate about our insides as our outsides. She drinks vegetable juice … Read more
Best skin-tentions
A New Zealand cosmetics company is helping purveyors of the ‘liquid gold’ of the beauty world to continue their century old livelihood and save the trees bearing the fruit for their labour. It’s the new miracle oil: anti-ageing, inflammation reducing, … Read more
Making the most of your skin’s collagen
Collagen and elastic are the tag team that help to keep the skin looking its best. Here’s how you can make the best of both. Ah, summer’s over and winter beckons… Despite the bad weather, judging by the red shoulders … Read more
Clear your head with chemical free haircare
Hair products can be full of chemicals unnecessary for doing the job. Many common hair care brands, including some of those used in salons, use harsh ingredients that strip your hair when shampooing, which makes the hair shaft vulnerable to … Read more
Creaming it
The myths around SPF and mind-boggling ingredient lists make shopping for sunscreens a bit of a nightmare While we’ve come a long way from the days of dousing ourselves in cooking oil in the name of a golden tan, knowledge … Read more
Hereditary herbalist
Horticulture herbalism and good taste are in the blood of skincare range creator Kati Kasza. It’s no wonder evolu founder Kati Kasza was always making potions as a child. When her Hungarian immigrant parents moved to Hawkes Bay in the … Read more
Immersed in rugby
Apologies everyone if you’re reading Element today thinking you might get away from the rugby, or read stories about topics that reach further than the next three weeks in the collective mindset. However, even among these pages, the big event … Read more
On the scent
A small kiwi perfume company has cracked the international market, taking out top cosmetic brands to win an international green packaging award for its all natural products. Pacific Perfumes, founded in 2003 by Francesca Brice and Kate Jasonsmith, caught the … Read more