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Fashion

From Classiccore To The New Business Casual: Suss Our Crew’s Trending Op Shop Finds

Meet classiccore—the lover of all things crisp collars and sensible loafers, and the rise of new business casual—less blazer, more personality.

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How Keely Bradley’s Love Of Secondhand Fashion Has Coloured Her Life

 Expert colour combinations, chronic illness and an ingrained love for anything vintage.

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Here’s 8 Of Our Favourite Luxury-Level Dupes For Winter

From cosy homewares and winter fashion to affordable beauty products, these dupes prove you can live like a baller on a budget. 

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SuperYoung

Day-to-day got you down and feeling old beyond your years? Us too. Lucky SuperYoung's preventative, longevity technology like cryotherapy, red light and contrast therapy might just be the little fountain of youth you're after.

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Sarah & Sebastian

Renowned jewellery brand and all around icons Sarah & Sebastian are opening a third Melbourne location in Armadale.

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The Skin Bar Armadale

The Skin Bar has finally arrived in Melbourne with its new outpost in Armadale. Securing a shop front on the bustling High Street right next door to Green Cup, you’ll spot this luxury skin clinic by its simplistic, forest emerald green exteriors.

Things To Do

10 Wellness Spots Around Melbourne To Help You Thrive In ‘25

In 2025, we're ditching the routine overhaul and making small, more realistic changes that stack up to a better year.

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Fatboy Slim And $12 Spritzes: Here’s How To Spend Your F1 Melbourne Grand Prix Weekend

The Formula 1 Louis Vuitton Australian Grand Prix 2025 is a pretty big deal for us Melburnians.

Local Escapes

This Hotel Has Melbourne’s Most Incredible Moonlight Cinema

There’s a reason Jackalope on the Mornington Peninsula is on everyone’s bucket list: from its stunning grounds to unique architectural design, moody black colour palette or funky bar and restaurant, the hotel is the very definition of a luxury stay.

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EdwardsAndCo Prahran

Located in Prahran between Greville and Chapel Streets, Sydney's famous EdwardsAndCo hair studio has expanded into Melbourne's south. 

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The Orchard Prahran

There’s always a raft of new health trends but one that’s really getting some serious love is Infrared Saunas, (they’re quite literally so hot right now). Vastly different to their steam counterpart the Infrared Sauna emits heat directly onto your body via electromagnetic light as opposed to the stifling amount of steam from traditional saunas that engulf the entire room.

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Yours Truly

Sometimes, you just want a no-frills number one shave on your dome-piece. Other times, you want a detached quiff to skin-fade. With a strict “everyone welcome” policy, a trim with the barbers at Yours Truly should be considered.

Best Of

Your Ultimate Guide To Melbourne’s Best Curly Hair Hairdressers For 2025

Those with curly, coily or wavy hair will be familiar with the struggle of finding a hair stylist who is capable of tackling textured locks. Even in Melbourne, a city brimming with beauty salons, it can be difficult to ascertain the hairdressers who are worth your while—and won’t damage your precious curls. Good thing we've taken the thinking out of it and found the best curly hairdressers for you.

Homewares

Your Guide To Melbourne’s Best Tattoo Studios, 2025 Edition

Our guide to the best tattoo studios in Melbourne will help you find the perfect spot to bring your tattoo vision to life, from renowned parlours specializing in custom designs to cult-favourite studios known for their laid-back vibe. Whether you’re after a quick walk-in or looking to book in with a tattooing legend, we’ve got all the top picks to make your next tattoo experience a memorable one.

Gifts

25 Of The Best Beauty Gifts To Shop For Christmas 2024

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

Wellness

True Dermal Skin Clinic

Nestled within the heart of Camberwell, True Dermal Skin Clinic prides themselves on delivering to their clients the most advanced, cosmetic, medical-grade, non-invasive treatments. With nurses, clinicians and therapists to guide you on your skin journey, the team offer tailor-made treatment plans after in-depth consultations. 

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MetaScent

Located in the heart of the city on Collins Street is MetaScent perfume studio and retail store run by Janelle Donnelly and Huynh Hai Yen who met studying professional perfumery.

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Cristal Hair

A tall lady with pink lips and a red headscarf greets her customers at the door with her dog Zeus, dressed in a red and blue checkered coat (just one of the many from his wardrobe). Marlene Cupido has been running Cristal Hair for 7 years and has established a successful salon where she mixes business with friendship. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Waves

Escape from your hair nightmares with Carlton's newest, highly Instagrammable salon.

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Bat Your Lash

Stepping away from the traditional, clinical salon interiors, Bat Your Lash feels more like a home; warm and inviting with personal touches that make you feel relaxed the second you breeze through those doors. Pops of pink and fresh greenery make the space contemporary, and that attention to detail is consistent with the team’s beauty approach at Bat Your Lash.

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The Bearded Man | Fitzroy

Sitting in the hair chair can be draining. That’s where The Bearded Man steps in to make your experience a lot more enticing. Relax with live beats, beans and of course your cut of choice, with one of the professionals at their new Fitzroy store, located on Rose Street.

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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. 

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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Hermiz Salon

Richmond has just acquired one of Melbourne’s most in-demand hair salons, and we’re not mad about it.

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The Blow

Introducing The Blow, Melbourne’s new premium blow dry boutique in Little Collins. The Blow is the brainchild of Phoebe Simmonds, who is one impressive woman. She's been in the beauty industry for over ten years, and there isn't much she doesn't know about applying heat to hair.

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With Grace

Beauty expert Emma Thwaite has been obsessed with skin for a long time. Decades, in fact.

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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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Where To Get The Best Manicure In Melbourne

Everyone who's anyone is rocking a manicured nail these days. From eye-catching nail art to simple nudes and pastels to sharp-ended stiletto talons, there wasn't a bare nail to be found at New York Fashion Week, which means now is the time for a magnificent manicure.

Wellness

Nimbus

We didn’t know what to expect from an infrared sauna. Is it a microwave sort of deal? Do you sit there under a heat lamp like a pub parma? And what exactly do you wear...?

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Fluff

You might have spotted something weird on Gertrude St lately.

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Dario & Co

Never trust a barber with bad hair. Everyone knows that. Well you’ll be happy to know Dario Krejic looks super trustworthy: this guy has the sort of chiselled chocolate hair you see on shampoo commercials.

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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.

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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.

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St. Skin

A beauty treatment on your lunch break? Yep, that’s a thing now in the CBD, thanks to new skincare clinic St. Skin, which just popped up on Flinders Lane.

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Ottoman3 Brow Bar

Are your brow’s looking more like second cousins rather than sisters? Look no further than the talented Eyebrow Artists over at Ottoman3 Brow Bar (that is—if you can see under those unruly face caterpillars).  

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Shine Skin & Body

It’s Richmond’s time to shine. Yep, Melbourne’s best extraction facial team have set up shop in a new two-storey space on Swan St.

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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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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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. 

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Melanie Marris Eyebrow Studio

You have a hairdresser, right? But who’s your go-to browdresser? The brow wizards at Melanie Marris Eyebrows are your new port of call for all things archery. Don’t neglect those caterpillars, guys. They deserve some TLC too.

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The Apothecary Store

In the old days, an apothecary was the guy you saw when your leg was falling off, or you needed a mysterious potion to help with stuff like, you know, the plague. These days it’s a little less hard-core...

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The Skin Boutique

While we all love to treat ourselves to a little facial here and some hair removal there, the struggle can definitely be real trying to find that perfect unicorn of a beauty therapist: one that's both high-tech AND affordable.

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The Best Products For Slugging Your Skin, Hair And Nails You Can Shop On The Iconic

If you hadn’t worked it out from the charming name, slugging is a skincare trend that has you slathering your skin, hair or nails with an occlusive product overnight.

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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.

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Where To Find Melbourne’s Best Facials In 2022

There are many strains that mundane life place upon individuals, and it’s no secret that these really don’t help when you’re trying to get that perfect, glowing skin. 

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Sammy’s Hair Grooming

Men of Melbourne, put down the clippers. Your barber has arrived.

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Razorsmiths

If you prefer to stay away from the unisex hair salons that reek of mystical chemicals and overly fruity shampoo, Smith St has a barbershop that will both reaffirm your manhood and give you a damn good haircut.

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The Botanical Store

Kim Stark and Hannah Dupree wanted to do something different. Both had already established successful start-ups (Kim created Wheatbags Love and Hannah is the genius responsible for tea company Storm In A Teacup).

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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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Your 2021 Guide To Best Barbers In Melbourne And Exactly Where To Find Them

Melbourne's best barbershops are splattered across the city, they all know their way around a short-back-and-sides and most are already taking bookings. So get to it and lock in a trim at one of the city's best:

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These 5 Non Surgical Treatments Are The Key To Glowing Skin This Winter

Fact: there is nothing more liberating than waking up in the morning to glowing skin. But with winter wreaking havoc on our complexions, staying radiant all year round can prove a little tricky. Fortunately, there are a range of affordable, non-invasive treatments out there that will leave you looking and feeling your absolute best. The only tough part is figuring out which treatment is best for your skin.

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MJ Driver

We don’t know what laser tattoo parlours are meant to look like, but they shoudn’t look like this. They’re meant to be scary places, run by bikers called ‘Butch’, not classy AF industrial offices in Collingwood. They’re not meant to have apartment-porn leather chairs either, or artful hanging plants and modern art on the walls.

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The Peach Club

Want power brows that’d make Cara blush? Looking for a long-term solution to lip colour and lash length? Might be time to give cosmetic tattooing a try. It’s not as scary as it sounds. Feather-touch brows and lip blush tattoos are pretty common now, and there’s a place in Collingwood that specialises in quick, (relatively) pain-free treatments.

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Urban Man | Richmond

If you want to mix it on Swan St, fresh cuts are pretty much a given. The Richmond/Cremorne hair scene is strong these days, spurred on by boutique barbers like Dr Follicles and General Order. You can’t walk Punt Rd without seeing a well-sculpted beard or Dustin Martin buzz-cut.

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Freshen Up Your Face With These 6 Hairstyle Trends

A hair change can be a marker of many things: a fresh start, a new chapter, letting go or levelling up. And after what felt like a year of isolation, a new hairstyle or haircut is an easy and effective way to feel like you’re back in control—or at the very least, a surefire way to keep mundanity at bay. 

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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.'

Food & Drink

Beechworth Honey

Honey lovers (that’s all of you, obviously), listen up. Beechworth Honey, has been listening to our prayers because they’ve gone and opened a freakin’ store dedicated entirely to honey…right in the CBD. The family-owned business is the brainchild of a fourth-generation bee-keeper, too.  

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Bob Hair Co.

Tucked away 'round a corner off Toorak Road, there's a new salon dedicated to dedicated to "anti-crap": Bob Hair Co.

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Tan By Zoe

Finding a spray tan you can actually trust is like The Holy Grail. Sometimes you hear whispers of a place that’s a ‘sure thing’, some underground urban legend where they DON’T turn you into an oompa loompa two days before your cousin’s wedding. But actually finding one is tricky. It’s always some friend of a friend’s sister’s mate’s neighbour who discovered tanning Narnia. Never you.

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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. 

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Where to Get Melbourne’s Best Blow Dry

Blow dry. Blow wave. Blow out. Wherever you hail from, and whatever you call it, one thing's for sure – it's the secret to a killer do. Here's our selection of hairdressers in the running for the title of Melbourne's best blow dry.

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Le Labo

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

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Lash & Brow Boudoir | Prahran

One of our favourite brow bars is now open in Prahran! Say hello to lush lashes and perfectly curved brows all day everyday with the experts at Lash & Brow Boudoir. Boasting extravagant mirrors and lux chairs in a bright brow studio, getting your brows done just got a whole lot more fun ladies! Nestled just outside the Prahran market, the Lash & Brow Boudoir is the perfect pre or post-grocery pit-stop to give yourself a little lift.

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Belinda Hughes Skin Clinic

It doesn’t look like much from the street, but wander up the stairs to Belinda Hughes’ new South Yarra skin clinic and you suddenly find yourself in a timber-floored Zen palace. The white-washed walls, leafy outlook windows, and a soothing meditation soundtrack massages its way into your brain.

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James Vivian Dermal Therapies

Skin is probably a really clever invention, but from a layperson’s perspective, there’s a lot of stuff that can go wrong. Ageing, pigmentation, acne, scarring, blocked pores, too oily, not oily enough–if skin was a new car, you wouldn’t buy it. The maintenance would put you off and you’d go buy a Prius instead. Enter James Vivian Dermal Therapies (JVDT for short), a boutique skin clinic in Prahran that’s getting a reputation for results (just check out their Facebook reviews).

Fashion

Slate Melbourne

Slate Melbourne is your gateway to understated elegance and bohemian ease. The team behind the brand have embraced the ‘Gypsy Movement’, an image of ‘creative and optimistic people who blend fashion and art, whilst maintaining a relaxed, laidback approach to life’. This is a far cry from the ‘Warehouse Sale Movement’, an image of a desire for style that is achieved through boxing day and stocktake sales that leave you traumatised and very highly strung, one many of us have been embracing.

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Dry & Tea

Dry & Tea has finally hit Melbourne, with its first Aussie store based in Hampton. This award winning concept salon is a blow wave/styling bar and tea house, but with a team of senior stylists, they also offer a full-service cut/colour menu, makeup services and a nail bar.

Wellness

Cosmetic Acupuncture Melbourne

We’ve all heard of acupuncture as a means of pain relief, but what about as a cosmetic aid? Yes, that’s right! Sticking needles in your face is a thing, and it actually works!

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DOGUE Brighton

Who doesn’t want to pamper their pup every once in a while? DOGUE Brighton is here to cater for your furry fashion-forward friends, with expert grooming services available specifically for each breed. Get your dog a warm spa bath, a cute new haircut or special skin treatments, and relax in a private garden area while your pup gets a makeover.

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Bradley James Hair Dressing

Bradley James Hair Dressing will have you strutting the streets of South Yarra with confidence. Bradley’s new salon not only has a contemporary edge, but boasts some of Melbourne’s leading cutting and color specialists. These Geniuses take a personal approach to helping you achieve your ultimate hair style. From unicorn hair to bayalages or a stylish cut, you’re in safe hands here!

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Melanie Grant Skin Health

Melanie Grant is all about beauty with results. As one of Australia’s most renowned skin professionals, Melanie Grant provides specially tailored treatments designed to enhance your skin and complexion to its maximum quality. With the use of state-of-the-art technology and therapeutic products and formulations, she will help you achieve your own beauty goals.

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Waxed | Windsor

I think I can safely say that waxing doesn’t fall into anyone’s favourite beauty treatment category. And fair enough too. It now sits firmly in the ‘necessity’ column, not the ‘pamper’ column. But for all our loathing of dedicating time, money and energy to ripping out unwanted hair, we’re still completely chuffed when we find somewhere that’s beyond excellent at what they do, enter: Waxed.

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Bossman Barbers

This badass barber shop has brought all the things we love about inner city barbershops to the outer eastern suburbs. Bossman offers a premium barber experience, specializing in trims, shaves and all things dapper. 

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Skin Angel

A spanking new skin and laser clinic has opened up in Armadale, so get ready to get pampered with the best beauty peels and facials in the industry.

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Sogo Hair

One of Fitzroy's most long-standing hair salons, Sogo Hair is our go-to for everything from a pre-party blow wave to a full new look, delivered with a smile. The family run salon—yup, unlike some of the city's bigger chain salons, it's privately owned by three hair-loving sisters—has taken pride of place on Brunswick Street for over 15 years. Offering colouring services, treatments, restyles and men's cuts, the salon's ethos is simple: Keep it real, have fun, and never be afraid to try something new.

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FUR | CBD

If you're after a generic style haircut that every second A-lister and basic B-lister is sporting, then FUR is probably not your cup of Twinings. Instead if you're all about rocking a hyper individual fro and paying zero attention to the haters then these guys will take good care of you.

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FUR | Fitzroy

The edgy style masters at FUR hairdressing have been catering for progressive individuals and the occasional celebrity since 1996. Basic is not a word in these Brunswick Street stylists' vocabularies—instead, you'll love their expertise on all things fashion-forward, unique, and colour related.

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Vision Blonde

If you're a blonde—ash, platinum or otherwise—you'll know that a good blonde specialist is pretty hard to come by. Someone who understands the difference between 'creamy' and 'oh god it's totally yellow', or someone who will serve you a glass of champers whilst enthusiastically chatting about what on earth we all did before Olaplex.

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Cream Melbourne

One of Melbourne's top hair salons for everything from restyling to blonde colouring, Cream Melbourne in Fitzroy is our go-to for virtually every hair need you could possibly have. Having relocated from the salon's previous location on Johnston Street to an incredible daylight-filled, warehouse-style premises (which includes a spacious rooftop!) on the same strip, the salon offers both men's and women's cuts, expert colouring, tinting and colour removal, and first-rate events styling with a level of service that's second to none. 

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Haize Hair

Found in a cute little pocket of Elwood, Haize makes your hair experience all about you. From the moment you walk in the door, you’ll feel comfortable that you’re in good hands with experienced hairdressers. All you need to do is relax and wind down with a soothing head massage and a fresh coffee, a glass of wine, or maybe even a beer.

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D’Artanian Dior Hairdressing

Stop passive-aggressively toying with your regular hairdresser and head into D’Artanian Dior Hairdressing instead. With an obsessively hospitable, handpicked team of four expert hairdressers (and the salon puppy Bailey), getting your hair redone has never felt better. 

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Duquessa

If you're looking for Melbourne's most comprehensive skin and body hub, you can't possibly look past North Carlton beauty salon, Duquessa. Specialising in cosmetic treatments in Melbourne, ranging from LED light therapy, to safe dermal fillers, to the latest celeb-endorsed vitamin treatment, the stunning northside salon is all about getting the absolute most out of your skin. 

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The Blowout Bar

Remember when your mum forced a bob cut on your innocent little head and your so-called-professional-hairdresser failed to leap to your defence? Sooth your childhood haircut trauma at The Blowout Bar.

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Sunspray 24/7

In this day and age, if we want something, we want it now, and when it comes to spray tans in Melbourne, we’re no different. Thanks to Melbourne beauty newcomer, Sunspray 24/7, spray tans are the latest service to get the round-the-clock upgrade we wished they had from the get-go. 

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Simply Brows & Lashes | Northcote

In need of a beauty lift that’s low maintenance and high impact? Simply Brow & Lashes’ Northcote studio is our go-to for everything lash, brow and body hair-related. From full sets of eyelash extensions for wide-eyed fluttering, to the latest brow shaping techniques that’ll leave you with *that* Cara Delevigne look, to precision waxing and IPL hair removal, their in-house experts are our beauty saviours.

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The Club Barbering

The number of quality, experienced men’s barbers in Melbourne is so small, it could almost be a club. Richmond’s newly opened The Club Barbering has very nearly solved the problem singlehandedly.

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Missie Coco

Prahran’s newest beauty salon is unashamedly feminine. From pure white appointment rooms to chandeliers and sleek black lounge chairs, Missie Coco’s space is relaxing, elegant and upmarket – a hint of what might be in store for your next visit.

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Mankind

There's always a bit of a focus on the ladies concerning skincare and treatment clinics, but Mankind is here to treat the lads. Offering face and body skin treatments, remedial, sports and relaxation massage, and packages specifically tailored for groomsmen and the groom-to-be or to perk you up after a big night out - Mankind sure know how to deliver.