Beauty

Gifts

Gifts For Her: 30 Dreamy Ideas Guaranteed To Impress

All the must-have and super thoughtful gifts for her. 

Gifts

25 Of The Best Beauty Gifts To Shop For Christmas 2024

Add some sparkle to your beauty lover's festive season. 

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I Tried A BBL Hero Treatment To Tighten My Skin, And Here’s What I Thought

This non-invasive light treatment could be the answer to all your skin concerns.

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Sukha Skin And Wellness

A sanctuary of calm above busy Albion Road, Sukha Skin And Wellness is the place to go if you want to walk out with more than just your skin glowing. 

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Toni & Guy Bulimba

Toni & Guy's second Brisbane salon in Bulimba offers London's finest fashion-forward hair styles and philosphies for Brisbane east locals. Specialising in trending cuts, colouring and care, Toni & Guy pride themselves on loving your hair, and they'll bend over backwards to make sure you do too.

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Ascension Cosmetic Medicine

A non-invasive cosmetic clinic in leafy New Farm led by one of Australia's leading Cosmetic Physicians, Dr. Scott Allison, Ascension provides a range of cutting edge treatments all designed to help you embrace your own vision of beauty. Housed in a warm and relaxing light-filled space, you’ll feel more calm just walking in, before you even get to your treatment room. 

Health + Wellness

5 Beauty Trends For A More Sustainable Skin Care Routine, 2024 Edition

This year, instead of pushing new trends and treatments on you, we’re here to help you responsibly enhance your routines.

Health + Wellness

The Luna Park Face Just Scored A CGI Refresh To Launch NIVEA’s Micellar Range

In honour of the brand’s new Micellar Water range, NIVEA has used hyper-realistic CGI tools unveil the true beauty behind the make-up of the Luna Park face.

Health + Wellness

Shop Paula’s Choice’s Cult Skincare Products IRL Across Australia and New Zealand

Consult any impassioned skincare enthusiast both IRL and on your for you page, and you’ll hear them name-drop Paula’s Choice.

Fashion

Le Labo

Smell that? That’s the smell of passionate souls, handpicked roses and exquisite perfumes wafting from New York sensation Le Labo in Fortitude Valley. Trust us, this place will change the way you buy fragrance forever.

Health + Wellness

The Straightening Salon

Let’s face it, most of us aren’t blessed with naturally straight, silky hair or long locks of natural beach waves. Most of us wake up each morning with to reoccurring frizz that, despite all our straightening efforts, just can’t be tamed. If you’re sitting there nodding, we’ve got news for you—after taming the locks of the Gold Coast and Sydney, The Straightening Salon has brought their non-toxic permanent and semi-permanent hair straightening treatments to Brisbane, opening in Fortitude Valley.

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Bobbie Charles

Bobbie Charles is all about high quality skin treatments from a highly trained team. From the moment you walk into the beautiful West End clinic, you'll feel about 200% more relaxed, and confident that you're in good hands, with specifically designed treatment rooms for their range of services, which include facials, peels, injectibles, cosmetic tattoos, brow sculpting, lash extensions and more. 

What's On

Catch Chantelle Otten And Dylan Alcott At The Huge Wellness Summit Hitting Brisbane

 In 2025, award-winning luxury wellness brand KAILO is bringing us a stellar four-day wellness experience in collaboration with Gwenyth Paltrow’s clean beauty brand, goop. 

Health + Wellness

Here’s How To Go All In On Those Frosty Mornings, According To Our Team

Whether it's hitting the waves for a sunrise surf or rugging up for a pre-work 5km, going ‘all in’ in the mornings is how our in-house early birds get those endorphins flowing right from the get-go. 

Travel

4 Of The Best Wellness Experiences You Need To Try In Hong Kong

​​Vacays don’t have to be all about pounding the pavement to check off a list of tourist hotspots. Sometimes (read: often), it’s the perfect opportunity to slow down and recharge your batteries. Fortunately, Hong Kong is the dream destination for doing just that, with a slew of truly soul-nourishing experiences on offer. 

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Skin Spa Medispa

With tens of thousands of treatments under their collective belt, the team at Ashgrove's Skin Spa Medispa know just how to put your skin to rights. Their unique approach to facials means you won't just book in for a certain type of facial once a month, instead, you'll be taken through a multi-step approach, with different courses of action depending on your skin concerns. They also specialise in acne treatments, so if you've been suffering in silence, Scott, Margy and the team are here to help.

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BLONDEE

Finding a hairdresser that just 'gets' blonde hair isn't always an easy task—which is probably why BLONDEE, the Newstead hairdressing salon dedicated to blonde hair, has a waiting list of over 800 clients. But for anyone on that waiting list, or even off it, owner Faith Williams has some seriously good news—she's opened a second BLONDEE salon in Morningside. 

Health + Wellness

La La Blowdry Bar

Ever wished you could have someone blowdry your hair every week (or better yet, every day)? Well with the arrival of La La Blowdry Bar in Teneriffe you can. A beauty spot for those busy people who don't have time to wash and style their hair every morning—or just have no idea how to use a straightener—La La offers just blowdries, plus a few luxurious extras like salt scrubs, masques and root touch ups. 

Health + Wellness

This Luxe Brisbane Beauty Spa Was Just Named One Of The World’s Best

From their BBL laser treatments that targets ageing, sun-damaged and compromised skin, to their skin needling, PDO threads and exclusive Biologigue Recherche body treatments only available in Australia at KAILO, there’s an endless array of experiences that can be tailored to your exact needs for dreamy plump skin and healthy nurtured insides too.

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Lean Into A Spa Day And Improve Your Sleep At The Gold Coast’s New Luxe Bathhouse

Nestled along the stunning Kirra Beachfront, Native State is the Gold Coast’s premier bathhouse destination offering steam and soak experiences that are guaranteed to have you feeling in a state of zen. 

Features

Save Cash This Holiday Season With These At-Home Beauty And Self Care Treatments

With help from Philips, we’ve curated a list of tips to level-up your already loyal routine.   

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Edwards & Co

Joining the stunning Ada Lane precinct in Fortitude Valley alongside The Calile Hotel, Edwards And Co's second Brisbane salon (you'll find the first inside W Brisbane) is founder Jaye Edwards' eighth Australia-wide. A quick browse of their Instagram page will tell you why the salon brand has developed enough of a cult following to expand so far, with a feed full of masterfully created sun-kissed highlights complimenting glossy loose waves. Is it the ultimate summer do? We say yes.

Health + Wellness

Pelci

Serious about skin care? Pelci is the place for you. Formerly known as The Philocalist, this brand takes a holistic approach to everything skin and beauty, tailoring each treatment to the needs of the client. Even the clinic itself was designed with rejuvenation in mind, incorporating brass accents, greenery and plush furnishings to bring authenticity and warmth to the space. 

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dunkle authentic

Founded in 2013, dunkle authentic is the brainchild of Molly Dunkle, a longtime advocate for embracing natural beauty and self-care. With the help of her father, an environmental chemist, Molly spent her teendom whipping up batches of her own lip balms and make up, eventually following a career as a make up artist. Now, Molly has opened her first studio on California Lane, where she hand makes a range of feel-good makeup and skincare.

Health + Wellness

Our Team-Approved Guide To Combating Dandruff

With help from Chemist Warehouse we’ve curated a list of tips and tricks so you can ditch the cap and confidently sashay your locks year round. 

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4 Signs You Might Need To Change Up Your Skincare Routine

How to tell if your skincare routine might need shaking up. 

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6 Ways To Embrace Slow Fashion And Reduce Wardrobe Waste

Looking for a way to shake up your wardrobe without costing the earth?? We've teamed up with AGL to share some top tips you can use to minimise material waste, reduce your spending and most importantly, refine your wardrobe.

Health + Wellness

Artisan Clinic Bulimba

Located on Oxford Street in Bulimba, Artisan Skin Clinics is the ultimate relaxation retreat with skilled and medically-trained therapists working magic on your skin. 

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The Haven Skin And Body Shop

Whether you've got a special event coming up or you're just in need of a few hours of serious pampering, The Haven Skin And Body Shop has you covered. Morningside's brow shaping and tinting specialists, they also do a facial that will have you feeling (and looking) like a brighter, fresher version of yourself. Using LED therapy, Hydrojelly masks, skin renewal peels, microdermabrasion or whatever else your skin needs to get it looking its best, the Haven team will identify just what your skin needs and set about restoring it, with Skin Juice and Dermalogica products on hand to supercharge that glow.

Health + Wellness

Browco Brow & Lash Bar

Fresh new brow and lash bar Browco is the latest beauty service occupant at Westfield Chermside. Already one of Sydney's favourite brow shapers, with a location on the Sunshine Coast as well, the luxe bar has finally hit Brisbane, with an utterly gorgeous (and oh so Instagrammable) beauty bar landing on the ground floor of Westfield.

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This Game-Changing New Injectable Beauty Treatment Is Finally Available In Brisbane

Profhilo has been making waves overseas for a while now, but only just landed in Australia at a few select clinics—one being Brisbane’s Angel Aesthetics—and boy are we glad it did. 

Things To Do

Rule Breaking And Rebelling: How This Melbourne Barbershop Is Changing The Hairstyling Game For Good

We sat down with Little Rebel Barbershop owner, Rhia Rebel, to find out how they run their cutting-edge business. 

TV & Movies

Dive Back Into The 90s With 5 Nostalgia-Drenched Trends For 2023

Dipping into the decade of nostalgia, Yellowjackets on Paramount+ is back for another nail-biting season.

Health + Wellness

La Diva Nails And Beauty

While we’re all for foodie news and new restaurant openings, we’re also partial to a little post-lunch TLC, and thankfully, we’ve found a spot where we can combine both.

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Artisan Aesthetic Clinic

Step into Artisan Aesthetic Clinic's sleek Gasworks digs and you'll think you're in a luxury day spa. Light-filled, with elegant design details everywhere you look, and with a menu that offers the most progressive and state-of-the-art treatments, this medi clinic-slash-beauty bar needs to be on your permanent radar. 

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Luppinos Hair Salon

Finally—a luxury hair salon that will whip your mane into shape using only the best organic hair care.

Wellness

6 Ways To Cut Back On Drinking If You Want 2023 To Be Less Boozy

Looking for 2023 to be a bit less boozy, we’ve got you! And no, you don’t have to go cold turkey (if you don’t want to). 

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8 Brisbane Beauty Brands You Need To Add To Cart

From makeup to hair care and serums to face oils, you might want to get your carts ready, because these are our favourite Brisbane beauty brands. 

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Why Vegan Shark-Inspired Skincare Is The Holy Grail Product You Need In Your Routine

We're not going to bury the lead here—there's officially a skincare line based on shark bile.

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Twin Palms Barbershop

Headed by the ultra-talented Pene Thompson, Twin Palms Barbershop in Fortitude Valley showcases the divine talents of some of Brisbane's most skilled barbers.

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Apruzzese Hair

Apruzzese Hair in Paddington is your go-to for hair #goals. Nestled in the heart of Brisbane's chic Latrobe Terrace, owner Sandra and her team have more than 25 years in the hair and beauty industry—meaning your tresses are in seriously good hands!

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Tigerlamb

Brisbane hair icon, Tigerlamb salon has arrived in Coorparoo! The award-winning team at Tigerlamb know more than a thing or two about hair—so if you haven't booked in an appointment yet, what the heck are you doing?

Beauty

We Busted These 5 Skincare Myths To Help You On Your Skincare Journey

When it comes to your skincare routine, there’s no room to mess around. 

Things To Do

6 Reasons You Need To Visit This Food & Entertainment Mecca On The GC

Nestled in the beating heart of Surfers Paradise, we’ve found the perfect place for the ultimate fun day out. Think: epic games, live sport and a total foodie nirvana. So where can you find this awesome spot? Perched on the corner of Surfers Paradise Boulevard and Cavill Mall, boasting a 100-metre frontage opposite the world-famous Surfers Paradise Beach, is Paradise Centre. Home to over 90 stores, an alfresco dining precinct and a buzzing entertainment hub, gather your crew and make tracks here stat.

Health + Wellness

Meet The 4 Aussie Artists Giving Skincare A Sustainable Glow Up

Skincare is getting a sustainable glow up. There’s new energy bubbling in 2022 with customers making conscious choices and brands who are transforming our skincare routines and beauty cabinets for the better. 

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Tigerlamb

Tigerlamb hair salon at Portside, Hamilton is your go-to if you're in need of some hair love. The award-winning salon resides in a sleek and modern space, with a luxe vibes that you (and your hair!) will love.

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Salon Blend

Gorgeous new Brisbane beauty salon, Salon Blend has opened in Fortitude Valley and we are beyond excited!

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Luke Reynolds Hairdressing

Located in the heart of New Farm, Luke Reynolds Hairdressing is regularly hailed as Brisbane's best hairdresser, and for good reason. 

Health + Wellness

Cryo Beauty Is The New Non-Invasive Alternative To Injectables You Need To Get Around

If you’ve never heard of cryo beauty, it’s time to get around this non-invasive beauty treatment that’s taking the industry by storm.

Health + Wellness

See Your Skin Like Never Before With The Latest Innovation In Beauty Tech

Introducing the Lancôme Skin Screen — a revolutionary piece of technology catapulting us into the future of skincare.

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Give Someone A Little Self-Care With This Gift Guide For All Things Beauty And Wellness

Here’s a heap of beauty and wellness gift ideas for someone in your life who could use some ‘me time.'

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Epic Hair Designs | Emporium

With some serious colour cred-all their stylists are expertly trained by the Goldwell team-and multiple salons throughout Brisbane, the name Epic Hair Designs is already synonymous with fabulous hair.

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Style Story

If you haven't hopped on the Korean beauty train yet, it's time to get on board. Be transported to a futuristic, quirky world of snail mucin, sheet masks, snake venom and kitschy packaging—where you'll have the best skin of your life. Sounds great, but South Korea is just a little far away? Good news: you can skip the exxy round trip and stock up on Korean icons at online K-beauty mecca, STYLE STORY.

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Black Flamingo Studio

Tucked away on the north side of Brisbane, Black Flamingo Studio (formerly known as The Ruby Room) is a boutique, sustainable hair salon.

Health + Wellness

5 Emerging Wellness Trends We Tried So You Don’t Have To

Following recent events, if you have found yourself re-prioritising your self-care and wellness, we feel you. To ensure the opportunity to pause, reflect and re-assess isn’t put to waste, we’ve teamed up with Vital to try five emerging wellness trends, so you can leverage our newfound motivation. 

Wellness

Freeze Away The Pain In Just 3 Minutes In This Brisbane Medi-Clinic’s Cryo Chamber

Tucked away on Brookes Street in the Valley, CBB BLVD is the place to hit for a restorative skin or body treatment. 

Beauty

The French Beauty Academy Is Your Go-To For Wallet-Friendly Beauty Appointments

The French Beauty Academy is here for those who can’t splash out, with a student clinic that will leave you agog at the price of their beauty treatments.

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Karissa McLaren Makeup Artist. Hairstylist

If you need to look glam for an upcoming event, Karissa McLaren located in East Brisbane is your beauty hook up. With over 20 years industry experience, Karissa McLaren creates tailored, flattering and contemporary makeup and hair styles from her light-filled East Brisbane studio, or on location for weddings and photoshoots. 

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Bach Hair

City fringers listen up; if you're after the perfect Brisbane hairdresser to tame your mane, then Bach Hair in Chelmer needs to be on your radar.

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Brooklyn Beauty Bar

The perfect location to take a step back from the daily grind, Brooklyn Beauty Bar is the go-to beauty salon for when you want some serious pampering in Brisbane.

Features

Chart The Rise And Rise Of Sexual Wellness, Genre-Less Hyper Pop Music And Mezcal

Welcome to Culture Curve—your go-to guide to what’s on the rise and slide in culture in December 2020.

Things To Do

Treat Yourself, Here’s How To Have The Ultimate Self-Care Day In Brisbane

There are plenty of better ways to give your mind and body the TLC they need, here's the best places to do it in Brisbane

Features

Clear Your Cabinet And Get Glowing With This Earth-Friendly Botanicals Skincare

Gone are the days that we would have to choose between our skin and the planet. The future is here people, and our skin is looking oh, so bright. 

Beauty

Bronzed Brazilian

Bronzed Brazilian in Cannon Hill is an award winning beauty salon. If you’re unfamiliar with the brand, you’ll quickly find it’s the little things that make the biggest difference here: a cold compress with all waxing treatments, optional garmets for modesty (if you're shy!) for during your waxing treatment, ample time to get changed before your treatment begins, and a warm towel treatment on your freshly waxed legs so you aren’t feeling red and sticky for the rest of the day.

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Elysian Skin & Body

Elysian Skin and Body in Wilston is the ultimate suburban spa experience. In the cosy 'burbs of Wilston this beautiful mecca has thought of all of your essential beauty needs, and does luxury spa treatments like no one else.

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Obsidian

Obsidian On Brunswick is a unique hairdressing concept salon in New Farm. An established ladies salon, Obsidian has recently branched out into mens hair styling, with a new barber shop on premises serving beer on tap.

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Meet The Australian Made Sea Cucumber Serum That Makes Your Skin Glow Like Nothing Else

Baché De Mar’s sea cucumber collagen serums are a hit—here’s why.

Health + Wellness

Get Your Glow On, Here’s How To Do A Salon-Level Facial At Home

Lock the bathroom door, light a candle and prepare to treat yourself to a little skin therapy with this guide to re-creating the perfect DIY facial at home.

Health + Wellness

Everything You Need To Know About Hemp Products, According To An Expert

If you’ve never heard of hemp beauty products before, prepare for your life to change. Or if you have but you’ve mistakenly thought they were taboo, then prepare to get schooled on this powerful and perfectly-innocent plant.

Cafes

About A Boy & A Girl

About a Boy & A Girl is your Newstead cafe-come one-stop market for everything wholefoods and health. Expect a gorgeous food market, cellar and cafe that sells fresh, wholesome food and drinks, and even natural skincare products. 

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Eyelure Brow Parlour

If you need to get your brows done, you need to go to Eyelure Brow Parlour in Kelvin Grove. Trust us, these guys know brows and everything else from head to toe. So, if your lash game isn’t so strong, keep calm and head to Eyelure, stat.

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Bella Brows

To win free brows for a year, check our Instagram now!

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Book An Appointment, This Brow Trend Is About To Be Your New Obsession

Brow lamination is an innovative brow shaping technique that’s taking the beauty world by storm—here's what you need to know.

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Make Room On Your Beauty Shelf, This Eco-Friendly Korean Beauty Brand Just Landed In Brisbane

South Korea’s #1 naturally-derived beauty brand, innisfree, has finally arrived in Brisbane. 

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Tame Your Mane At Brisbane’s Best Hairdressers

​It’s not often that we say this, so pay attention: Brisbane hairdressers are just the best.

Wellness

One Wybelenna

One Wybelenna is nestled in a beautiful corner of Brookfield. Upon arrival at this gorgeous day spa you enter a state of blissed out calmness, and that’s before you even set foot through the door.

Wellness

Ground Collective

Ground Collective in Paddington is your one-stop shop for all things wellness, and ticks the boxes of life’s true essentials; self-care, nutrition and exercise. Offering a holistic approach to living a healthy lifestyle, the Ground Collective is comprised of a number of local businesses under one roof, including Eden Skin Clinic and Day Spa, Fire Flow Yoga, Pilates and The Common Whole Foods. Serving up delicious healthy meals and snacks in the cafe, inspiring yoga classes at Fire Flow, and stunning day spa facilities at Eden, Ground Collective is the ideal place to workout, eat, chill and beautify. 

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Epic Hair Designs | Greenslopes

Epic Hair Designs is one of the best hairdressers in Brisbane, and epic is as epic does. With serious colour cred' (all their stylists are expertly trained by the Goldwell team) and multiple salons throughout Brisbane—incuding Kenmore, Newmarket, Upper Mount Gravatt, Springfield Lakes, Norman Park and their new flagship in the Valley's Emporium—the Epic Hair Designs crew will have your mane perfectly wrangled in no time! 

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Up Your Brow Game, Here’s 13 Of The Best Places To Get Your Brows Done In Brisbane

Brow taming has now become a time-honoured primping ritual to rival leg shaving, with every big event preceded by a thorough wax, including birthdays, weddings, formals, and open-caskets. 

Features

Shop Smart At 5 Of The Most Sustainable Businesses In Brisbane

Every small step towards sustainability can be counted as a promising step towards the future, so here are five sustainable Brisbane businesses to shop at this month.

Health + Wellness

How To Boost Your Health In Iso And Glow From The Inside Out

Stress and anxiety can really start to take a toll on our bodies during a time when our physical and mental health has never been more important.

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The Shave Saloon, Bar & Kitchen

The Shave Saloon, Bar & Kitchen have just opened their doors in Queen Street, and we couldn't be more excited. It's the perfect spot to grab a cut throat shave, a charcuterie board, and a drink all at once. Tucked away in a cocktail bar with whiskey and cocktails on offer, this barber shop might be your new spot for after work drinks during the week. Who would of thought?! Plus, you can get your coffee fix here from 8am. 

Fashion

Caloundra Street Fair

Pack your sun hat, put petrol in your car, and set a course north for a morning at the Caloundra Street Fair. On every Sunday from 8am (earlybirds will appreciate) and cracking on until 1pm, the Caloundra Street Fair is the perfect way to spend a day up the coast, stuffifng your face with great food and spending up a storm on local gems. 

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Jimmy Rods Barbershop

Jimmy Rods Barbershop, at Gasworks have stepped up the barber game in Brisbane. With teams of uber talented traditional barbers taking the guys of Brisbane's hair up a level. Don't just expect a quick trim and a push out the door - the shop is a place to chill out and tell those lames jokes girls won't laugh at. 

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Treat Yourself With These Brisbane Beauty And Wellness Essentials You Can Get Delivered

If visions of ratty hair and unexfoliated skin are corrupting your day-to-day life, we’ve rounded up the best beauty and wellness essentials around Brisbane that you can be dropped at your door, contact free of course. 

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Grab The Tweezers, Here’s How To Shape Your Brows At Home Like A Pro

If your brows are starting to look a little worse for wear after a few weeks in iso, here's some tips from a professional for how to tame them at home.

Features

Where To Find Brisbane’s Most Eco-Friendly Salons

Beauty shouldn’t cost the earth, right? If we’re going to save this planet, eco-friendly balayage is a pretty good way to start (not all heroes wear capes).

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Simply Laser

Simply Laser in Brisbane's CBD is your go-to for all things beauty. Specialising in non-surgical cosmetic procedures, Simply Laser offers up a variety of treatments; from laser hair removal, microdermabrasion, pigmentation removal, anti-wrinkle injections and also happen to be experts in the infamous HD Brows process.

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Mi Color Paddington

Mi Color Paddington is a specialist hair salon, located on the famous Latrobe terrace, Brisbane. Among one of Brisbane’s best hairdressers, Mi Color Paddington specialises in gorgeous colour results and treatments, and has been transforming the locks of locals for more than 7 years!

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Originals Barber Shop

Originals Barber Shop in Holland Park is the trendiest kid on the barber shop block. A traditional American barber with a modern twist, Originals houses a team of expert hair engineers that work their magic to leave you with the freshest cuts out. The guys offer up modern and classic cuts, shaves and pomades. If you’re after a sleek new ‘do, this is the place to head. And just a heads up – it’s cash only. 

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Tame Your Tresses At Brisbane’s Best Organic Hairdressers

Time for a trip to the hairdresser? Before you book in at your usual spot, take a look at our list of Brisbane’s best organic hairdressers, instead.  That’s right, organic doesn’t just have to apply to food. It turns out, organic hair products are just as important. We’ve rounded up some of the best, to help you and your hair, look and feel naturally beautiful

Features

Wave Goodbye To Excessive Packaging With These 6 Eco-Friendly Brands

These six standout brands with innovative packaging ideas are here to help save the planet. 

U:L Recommends

On The Rise | 7 Scandi Trends You Need To Get Behind

There’s no denying Aussies are downright obsessed with Scandi culture—and rightly so. 

Beauty

Epic Hair Designs | Norman Park

Epic Hair Designs has multiple salons throughout Brisbane, and now they're bringing their affordable yet skilled hairdressing services to the east side, with an adorbs salon in Norman Park. 

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Epic Hair Designs | Newmarket

Epic by name, epic by nature, Epic Hair Designs in Newmarket is one of the best hair salons in Brisbane. With serious colour cred' (all their stylists are expertly trained by the Goldwell team) and multiple salons throughout Brisbane—including Kenmore, Newmarket, Upper Mount Gravatt, Norman Park, Fortitude Valley and Springfield Lakes—the Epic Hair Designs crew will have your mane perfectly wrangled in no time! 

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Epic Hair Designs | Upper Mount Gravatt

Home to some of the best hairdressers Brisbane has to offer, Epic Hair Designs in Upper Mount Gravatt, will coiff and colour your locks to perfection every time.

Health + Wellness

8 Of The Best Beauty Buys So You Can Save Your Skin And The Planet

Gone are the days of choosing between your skin or the planet. There’s a slew of standout brands setting the beauty standard by ditching plastic packaging and nasty chemicals in favour of natural alternatives.

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Get Flawless Skin In Your Lunch Break With This Kim K Approved Beauty Treatment

 AQUAGOLD Fine Touch is a celeb-approved ‘super facial’ that delivers all the benefits of injectables without the down time, and it’s so quick and easy you can do it in a lunch break. 

Health + Wellness

5 Nail Trends About To Take Off, According To A Nail Artist

From nostalgic tie-dye and retro graphics to glittery half-dips and modern French tips, get ready to elevate your look by making your nails your best accessory yet. 

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Cheveux Design and Espresso

A suburban hair salon and espresso bar run by sisters Carla and Nadine, Cheveux Design and Espresso in Auchenflower is the ideal place to meet a friend and get your hair did. Serving up delicious bakery treats and Allpress coffee Cheveux also houses a kitted out meeting space for hire. 

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Epic Hair Designs | Springfield Lakes

Epic Hair Designs is one of the best hairdressers in Brisbane, and epic is as epic does. With serious colour cred' (all their stylists are expertly trained by the Goldwell team) and multiple salons throughout Brisbane— incuding Kenmore, Newmarket, Upper Mount Gravatt, Greenslopes, Springfield Lakes, Norman Park and their new flagship in the Valley—the Epic Hair Designs crew will have your mane perfectly wrangled in no time! 

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In Therapy

In Therapy is a boutique salon in Brisbane's Red Hill. Both men and women can reap the benefits of skin, massage, and hand and feet therapies available from the extensive menu.

Things To Do

This Hair Salon Is Serving Up Two-For-One Luxury Blowouts This Month

If you’re due for a little self care and indulgence, we’ve found just the thing.

Beauty

11 Eco-Friendly Beauty Brands You Need To Try

Here are all the beauty brands we're giving a green thumbs up. 

Food & Drink

Trash Is For Tossers | A Simple Guide To Going Plastic-Free

Let’s chat about breaking a dirty, little habit. No, we don’t mean your daily 3pm chocolate binge, we’re talking about using and abusing plastic for just about everything. The time has come to give it all up. 

Health + Wellness

AJ Crossfit

Carina's CrossFit, fat loss and body toning expert! AJ Crossfit is your one-stop shop for all things fitness. 

Health + Wellness

Soul Space

Soul Space Brisbane is dedicated to the embodiment of purposeful living. Founder's Jodie de Rome and Chris Knight's believe that living an authentic and purposeful life and making informed lifestyle choices is the surest way to heal and sustain a healthy prosperous life. Through Emotional Release Body Work, Lifestyle Therapy, Yoga, Dance Therapy, Psychosomatic Therapy Training, Meditation and Nutritional advice, The team at Soul Space teach people how to heal themselves by providing each client with relevant tools to assist their healing process. 

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Inna Bliss Yoga

Inna Bliss Yoga in Bulimba is a beautiful yoga studio on Brisbane's east, specialising in different types of yoga for every level and need. Whether it's beginner, Vinyasa, pregnancy, kids, or mums and bubs yoga you're looking for, Inna Bliss has you covered. One membership also gives you access to their other location in Camp Hill. Check their website for class times. 

Features

Challenge Yourself, Go Makeup Free This Month To Help Raise Bulk Dollars For Charity

Makefree May is an initiative to help raise money for the Human Kind Project; a non-for-profit organisation working with dozens of countries and over 190 world leaders to end extreme poverty, world hunger, injustices and inequality in the world’s most under privileged nations. Working with local women and girls on the ground in local communities, the Human Kind Project helps fund education and supports individuals to build financially sustainable futures for their families. 

Features

Here’s What We Know About Glossier’s Latest Product Drop

The US cult beauty giant has just teased the world with word of a new product launch. While sister product line Glossier Play has been taking over our Instagram accounts since its own launch just a few months ago, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Glossier HQ had its hands full with the new line. But you’d be dead wrong.

Beauty

Get Curious, Pros Say This Is Officially The ‘Best’ Age To Get Cosmetic Injectables

The age old saying ‘prevention vs cure’ rings true in almost all scenarios; and so, it turns out, is also true in the world of cosmetic injectables.

Beauty

Mecca Cosmetica

Our go-to spot for all things beauty, Mecca Cosmetica is a veritable treasure trove of skincare, makeup, nail polishes, hair care products, perfumes, candles, gifts, and more! Need your makeup done? They can do that too!

Beauty

Brooklyn Beauty Bar

Brooklyn Beauty Bar is a bespoke beauty service on Brisbane's James Street. From luxurious nail services, to custom brow appointments (including eyebrow threading), waxing, tanning, and I.P.L, Brooklyn Beauty Bar is the perfect Brisbane breauty salon for a little self maintenance.

Beauty

Esquire Male Grooming

Esquire Male Grooming is a cutting-edge barber shop in Milton, Brisbane, with the modern man in mind. Without the quick in-and-out feel of the old-school 'production line' barbers, Esquire delivers quality haircuts (both classic and creative), first class service, and expert grooming advice, all at a competitive price.

Beauty

Three’s A Trend | Bold Beautycon Looks

The annual event when the world’s biggest, freshest and best beauty brands come together in New York City for one mammoth weekend to celebrate all things beauty, Beautycon is a cult movement just as much as it is a ‘trade’ event.

Three’s A Trend | Festival Beauty Looks

Whether you’ve managed to snag a ticket to Palm Springs or you’re just wanting to exude some of those Cali vibes, these are the three biggest beauty trends we’re predicting at Coachella Music Festival 2019.

Features

Why This Cannabis Face Mask Could Save Your Adult Acne

If you thought there couldn’t be more buzz about the benefits of hemp derived beauty products right now, the movement just went mainstream. Cult US beauty brand Milk Makeup has released a Cannabis Hydrating Face Mask as part of their ever-expanding ‘Kush’ line.

Beauty

Orb Hair and Beauty

London trained hairdresser, Deborah Paton runs New Farm's, Orb Hair and Beauty. The salon guarantees their work as they want you to love your Orb experience. Not only does the salon provide excellence in all things hair and beauty, but encourage a comfortable environment through their value in convenience.

Beauty

Blow Salon

Blow is a hairdresssing salon in Albion that offers exquisite hair colouring, hair straightening, hair extensions, and hair styling. Blow also have a butique range of beauty services on offer, including waxing, microdermabraison, one of Brisbane's best spray tans.

Fitness

Revive

Urban List fave, Revive in Ashgrove is a standout in the Brisbane pilates scene. Revive is Brisbane's largest and best equipped pilates and physiotherapy studio, offering Pilates, massage, physiotherapy services, beginners ballet, barre pilates, naturopathy, personal training, kids pilates, teens pilates, pregnancy pilates...you name it, Revive have a class for it!

Beauty

Take A Look At YSL’s Pop-Up Beauty Gas Station In The Californian Desert

YSL is turning heads again at this year’s Coachella Music Festival, with their extravagant beauty gas station on route 111 in Palm Springs, California.

Beauty

Splash That Cash, Fenty Beauty Is About To Drop Non-Transfer Bronzer

While we all wait around for the release of her latest album to drop, Rihanna’s been busy expanding her Fenty Beauty empire and gearing up for northern hemisphere’s spring weather.

Three’s A Trend | Anti-Pollution Beauty

As well as creating irreversible damage to our planet, pollutants in the air such as cigarette smoke, smog, fire burn off and car emissions can all contribute to congesting our skin and ultimately, accelerate the ageing process. Yikes. 

Beauty

Here’s Everything You Need To Know Before Getting Skin Needling

It’s one of those treatments that sounds really quite terrifying but in actual fact it’s anything but. Granted, the term ‘skin’ and ‘needling’ as a descriptive hardly sounds like an enjoyable time, and with A-List celebrities posting on Instagram their blotchy faces immediately post-treatment, it is no wonder there is a great deal of misinformation (and a great deal of fear-monering) out there about this very simple, and very effective, anti-ageing technique.

Beauty

Every Product You Need From Glossier Play And How To Get Them In Australia

Cult icon, minimalistic millennial pink products  and an all-time favourite of influencers and beauty editors alike, Glossier has a global reputation as the curators and facilitators of natural-looking makeup. Until now…

Beauty

Lush Has Just Dropped A Full Ariana Grande-Inspired Line

When Lush dropped a bath bomb inspired by Ariana Grande’s ‘God Is A Woman’ music video in 2018, it sold out in minutes. The pastel-hued bath accessory went viral and has since proven so popular the vegan beauty giant has released an entire, and permanent, product line honouring the singer.

Beauty

Motion-Activated Skincare Is Here And It’s Changing Our Skincare Habits

The latest technologies in skincare are pushing the envelope on traditional topical serums and creams; physically triggered and ath-beauty products are specifically designed to work with the natural heat that your skin gives off (during, or just after a workout, are ideal times for application), providing a more effective, deeper penetrating product.

Three’s A Trend | Diamonds And Pearls At NYFW

While we're only just digging our teeth into Pre-Fall trends, New York Fashion Week Autumn/Winter '19 has hit, and with it brings all the newness we're about to see everywhere. While glitter, neon splashes and maxed-out 90s grunge have all carried over from SS '19, it was the emerging hair and nail decorative looks that had everyone talking in NYC.

Beauty

The 5 Products You Need From MAC’s Kawaii Bloom Collection

With spring and Japan’s annual cherry blossom season approaching fast in the northern hemisphere, MAC Cosmetics has launched a pastel-hued limited-edition range, Boom Boom Bloom, just in time for the seasonal change.

Beauty

Charlotte Tilbury’s Famous ‘Pillow Talk’ Collection Is Now Available Permanently

Touted as one of the most successful limited-edition product launches ever, Tilbury’s Pillow Talk line sold out globally multiple times over.

Beauty

Here’s Your First Look At Bondi Sands New Body Range

Known for keeping people bronzed to perfection, Bondi Sands is a tanning staple in most bathroom cupboards. Looking to expand the brand's product range, they have just announced they are expanding beyond self-tan to include body care products.

Features

Our Prayers, Answered: Laura Mercier Is Being Sold In Australia Again

Their camouflage concealer is some of the most revered amongst the beauty industry elite, and their setting powders are still a backstage fashion week staple, but after the news in 2018 Laura Mercier would no longer stock its products in Australia, brand loyalists everywhere were devastated.

Beauty

Rock These Totally Wearable Grammy Awards Beauty Looks

Music’s night of nights went down less than 24 hours ago and, save for the usual drama that that went down on (and off the stage) it’s been slated as the most progressive Grammy Awards to date, with female artists leading the way in the top four categories.

Features

Bioderma’s Cult Micelle Solution Just Released A Game-Changing Limited Edition

Hinting at changes it would make to its famous bottle way back in 2017, Bioderma has released a very limited run of its Sensibo H20 Micelle Solution formula with a reverse pump in 500ml size.

Here’s Where To Get Oreo’s Limited Edition ‘White Stuf’ Lip Balm

In an unpredictable 2019 twist, the world’s most famous ‘cookie’ is taking its iconic monochromatic product and turning it into a lip balm.

Three’s A Trend | Barrette Stacking

The 2019 iteration of the barrette is pure decoration: think oversized, glittering and stacked to the max vs practical, and minimalistic. The more the merrier.

Beauty

Everything You Need To Know Before Freezing Your Fat

Fat freezing, or cryolipolysis as it’s known in the industry, is a non-surgical alternative to liposuction. While not a particularly new treatment, it has gone from niche (read: really expensive) to mainstream over the past couple of years, predominantly due to huge leaps in the technology used and subsequent (albeit, slight) price drops per treatment making it a far more affordable and realistic way to remove stubborn fat from the parts of your body that just straight up refuse to budge.

Three’s A Trend | Neon Green

A decided contrast to the kawaii beauty looks and messy pastel hair, neon—particularly green neon—is the breakout colour of 2019.

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Summer Fridays Just Released A New Face Mask To Save Your Summer Skin Woes

Beauty mavericks Summer Fridays all but broke the internet late last year when the company announced that it would now be stocked in Australia and New Zealand.

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These Are The 5 SAG Awards Beauty Looks You Need To Nail

These are the five beauty looks from the 2019 SAG Awards well worth adding to your personal arsenal.

Three’s A Trend | Zero Waste Beauty Buys

It’s not news to us that the beauty industry has been lagging in actioning the drastic change in consumer attitudes to single use plastics. But with the conversation surrounding zero waste alternatives reaching fever pitch, the conscious collective focus is now on the fashion and beauty industries to follow suit and make sweeping reforms to the way they produce and sell their products.

Health + Wellness

Breaking: MAC Is Launching ‘Raver Girl’ Beauty Line Next Month

Fresh for 2019 is one of the most highly anticipated beauty drops of the year—and we’re only in January. Primed for release this February are three new iterations of the iconic MAC Girl palettes, and they’re bang on the money for SS19 trends.

Beauty

Summer Beauty Hacks To Get You Through The Warmer Months

Summer is well and truly here, and your beauty routine will need to change in order to accommodate the warmer weather. If you're prone to sweat it up once the mercury tops 25 (and let's face it, our balmy climate just about guarantees it) you're going to need to keep reading for some summer beauty tips to keep you feeling, and looking, fresh.

Beauty

Here’s Your First Look At Neutrogena’s Game-Changing 3-D Printed Face Mask

Poised to release the world’s first completely personalised sheet face mask later this year, Neutrogena’s MaskiD app is shaping up to be the beauty launch of 2019.

Beauty

These Are The Golden Globes Beauty Looks You Can Try Right Now

Hollywood’s elite were out in force yesterday for the 76th Golden Globe Awards and while it may have been touted as one of the least interesting awards nights to date, there was still plenty of beauty looks to obsess over.

Beauty

These Are The Best Vitamin C Beauty Products On The Market Right Now

Vitamin C is at peak revival right now. Once reduced to just another daily vitamin supplement, it is now being hailed as a powerful beauty ingredient, being harnessed for its incredible anti-ageing properties.

Beauty

The Greats | The Best New Beauty Products Of 2018

It’s been a huge year for beauty drops. From revamped cult classics to notable newbies, we’ve pulled together the most-wanted products that have shaped our 2018.

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Three’s A Trend | Futuristic 90’s Beauty

Shimmering silvers, flashes of neon accessories and holographic highlighters are refining our palettes and these three fashion mavericks are shifting our obsession into second gear.

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Here’s Why You’ll Want Everything From Zara’s New Beauty Collection

No, not a typo, high street mega brand Zara has just launched its first ever beauty line. And you’re going to want every last bit.

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Three’s A Trend | CBD Beauty

Arguably the must-have wellness ingredient of 2018, Cannabidiol, or CBD (a compound found in cannabis), has been making a lot of noise in the beauty industry. And it’s only set to intensify in 2019.

Beauty

This Infamous Jet Lag Mask Is Finally Available In Australia And Here’s Where To Get It

It sold out in less than 24 hours in the UK and USA, instantly becoming one of the most hyped about product launches of 2018, and now, finally Australia, we can get our hands on cult beauty brand Summer Fridays’ Jet Lag Mask without having to take out a personal loan for international postage.

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Unmasked | Here’s What It’s Really Like Getting A Chemical Peel

If you could literally turn back time, erase the years of irresponsible sun damage, frown lines, pigmentation—would you?

Beauty

Here’s The Low-Down On Why Everyone Is Getting Freckle Tattoos

From Kylie Jenner baring a makeup-free face on her Instagram, to Zoe Kravitz' no makeup makeup during her recent press tour of Fantastic Beasts, skate brand Places + Faces' models in their F/W18 campaign, and supermodel Adwoa Aboah's refusal to cover hers, everyone's rocking freckles.

Three’s A Trend | Wet-Look Gloss

Hailey, Bella and Kylie lead the charge.

Beauty

Here’s Everything To Add To Your Mecca Christmas Wish List

It’s every beauty lovers favourite time of year—the highly anticipated MECCA holiday collection has dropped, and it’s bound to take over your Christmas wish-list this year. 

Wellness

Why These Iconic Brands Are Tackling Cyberbullying Head On

Using their considerable clout, Rimmel has recently launched an international campaign with UK artist Rita Ora fronting ‘I will not be deleted’, aiming to spark a global conversation surrounding beauty cyberbullying. With help from a number of key influencers, individual activists and A-list celebrities, the campaign’s aim is to shine a light on an issue that affects millions of women around the world.

Europe

The World’s First Chanel Spa Has Landed In Paris

The Ritz-Carlton Paris is now home to the world’s first Chanel spa, and it’s basically like walking into a high-end Chanel store which has been transformed into a breathtakingly glamourous spa at the two-storey Ritz Club. Think exquisite facials, scrubs, wraps and makeovers using high-end Chanel skincare and make-up products. They also offer a signature Chanel massage, which is essentially a therapeutic guilty pleasure designed to awaken all your senses.  Just take our money.

Features

This Global Beauty Giant Just Received The Cruelty-Free Seal Of Approval

The globally-recognised Leaping Bunny Certification (courtesy of Cruelty Free International) is not just given out on the fly; it’s the most highly sought-after certificate in the world for recognising companies’ dedication to an animal testing-free beauty industry.

Beauty

These Are The Best Male Grooming Salons In Australia

Male grooming is booming so we've sifted the country to deliver you Australia’s best male grooming salons. This is the moment your overgrown hair follicles have been waiting for. 

Beauty

Three’s A Trend | Neon Hair

The home of progressive skincare products and the addictive sounds of K-Pop, Korea is leading the way when it comes to the latest hair trends. While the runways at the S/S19 Hera Seoul Fashion Week were hot with edgy designs, it was the city’s influencers and their bold street style that caught our attention.

Beauty

Three’s A Trend | Pumpkin Spice-Scented Beauty

It may be approaching summer over here but think of those poor souls up in the northern hemisphere for a second. Nothing but dull, dreary skies for the foreseeable and only the promise of their local café serving up pumpkin spice lattes for comfort. It’s little wonder the pumpkin spice obsession has spilt (literally) over from hot beverages to beauty (?).

Beauty

Brisbane’s Best Barber Shops

We love a face mane. We really bloody do. But if we clock whiskers falling even slightly short of their fullest, most luscious potential, there’s nothing that irks us more. Where’s the love? The care? The COMMITMENT. Moustaches don’t just *happen*, it takes a lot of energy, attention and beard oil for those bushy bastards to reach peak follicular glory. And don’t get me started on untrimmed beards.

Beauty

Unmasked | We Try The Game Of Thrones Dragon Facial

Welcome to Unmasked. The series where we try a bunch of weird beauty treatments to see a) whether they actually work, b) how much we can embarrass our editors. Particularly the male ones. Particularly the male ones whose skin looks like ham.

Beauty

Here’s Your First Look At MAC’s New Holiday Collection

I know we’re been doing the whole no-make-up-make-up for a while but if you’re looking to hit it hard, look no further.

Beauty

Tools Down | Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Dyson’s Latest Drop

Originally famous for their iconic vacuums featuring patented technology (that frankly we still don’t understand), the release of Dyson's Supersonic Hairdryer certainly raised a few (perfectly manicured) eyebrows. This must-have item went on to be a global sell out—and one seriously powerful beauty tool.

Beauty

Here’s The Biggest Hint Yet That Kylie Jenner Is About To Drop A Skincare Line

The billionaire mogul behind Kylie Cosmetics has just dropped the biggest hint to date that she’s launching a line of skincare products

Features

Kate Moss’ Daughter, Lila Has Landed Her First Modelling Gig

It’s official; the next gen of supers have arrived to take over the world. Ever since Kaia Gerber—daughter of genetically blessed supermodel, Cindy Crawford—walked her first runway late last year, all eyes have been on Lila Moss, daughter of equally genetically blessed supermodel, Kate Moss, to make her debut.

Beauty

Three’s A Trend | Fashion Week Beauty Trends To Rock This Season

It’s a wrap for S/S 19 Fashion Week in New York, London, Paris and Milan. Among the big budget moments—Savage x Fenty’s inclusive game-changer of an inaugural show, Helena Christensen walking for Dolce & Gabbana, and Gigi Hadid’s wedding gown moment at Moschino, just to name a few—it was the avalanche of inspiring beauty moments that have left us dying to chuck out our nude palettes and swap for all things fluoro and glitter. 

Beauty

See Kylie Jenner’s New Halloween Collection

Kylie Jenner took to Instagram to unveil the new Kylie Cosmetics Halloween collection, and we are so on board.

Features

Go-To Skincare’s New Zincredible SPF Has Just Launched

Zoe Foster Blake’s famed Go-To range has been busily flying the flag for Australian beauty products, hooking us (and the rest of the world) on a unique brand of self-deprecating realness paired with products that actually do what they say they will. (And we need say nothing about the gorgeous millennial pink packaging…).

Beauty

This Cult US Hair Product Is About To Drop In Australia And We Know Where To Get It

Ess—hairstylist to Hollywood’s A List—is bringing her eponymous hair styling range to Australia, and yes, it’s a big deal. 

Beauty

Get Lady Gaga’s Next-Level Red Carpet Beauty Look

Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut (he can act, he can speak French, he can direct. Sigh) had its L.A premiere last night, but it was Lady Gaga, the leading lady in the upcoming music biopic that completely, unabashedly, stole the show—and not least because she is absolute fire in the film (she sings, she plays piano, she acts. SIGH).

Wellness

Here’s How To Get Happier Hormones In Your 20s

A leading biochemist dispel myths surrounding periods, the pill and acne breakouts, and tells us how to get happy hormones.

Beauty

Cannabis Skin Care | The New Trend Blazing Up The Beauty Industry

After a year of seeing cocktail nails, coathanger eyebrows, ombre lashes and Christmas nose hair extensions in the spotlight, we’re well overdue for a beauty trend that a) won’t get you kicked out of church, and b) has some form of dermatological benefit. 

Beauty

Nail The Holographic Beauty Trend With One Palette

Bobbi Brown, reigning champion of the smoky eye and natural, everyday makeup looks, is a dead-set beauty hall of famer. From coveted palettes in a plethora of wearable nudes, to the iconic shimmer brick (the OG of shimmer bricks, for those keeping score), Bobbi Brown has been a stalwart in the beauty industry for well over two decades. Why? Because ALL of their colours are totally wearable (read: they do day-to-night looks like no one else in the biz!)—and we’re all about hard-working, multi-purpose products for your $$$.

Entertainment

The Binge | BEST OF THE WEEK

All your Sunday inspo wrapped into one handly lil' package.

What's On

Brisbane’s Biggest, Most Beautiful Craft Markets Are Returning!

Great news, market-hungry Brisbanites! The Finders Keepers Markets are coming back to Brisbane for their spring/summer pop-up and this year they are bigger and better than ever!

Beauty

The Best Cult Pharmacy Beauty Buys For Every Budget

Now, we’re suckers for a high-end department store where the smell of high end perfume gets you whipping out your credit card quicker than you can say overdraft but know this; your local pharmacy stocks some of the beauty industry greats that don’t cost the earth AND that work, mark my words.

Health + Wellness

This Colourful Vegan Beauty Range Is Damn Insta-Worthy & Just Gimme

Seriously though, how much time do you have because we’ve been lusting over everything all damn day.

Entertainment

The Binge | BEST OF THE WEEK

All your Sunday inspo wrapped into one handly lil' package.