I’ve been in various beauty editor roles over the last decade, which translates into a lot of product I’ve been sent to try and write about. I’m also not the excitable type. But every so often a delivery still comes that causes even my heart to beat just a little faster, and…
Have so many ideas and projects on the go just now (see The Mamas for one of the biggest of the bunch) but somehow still managed to spend about an hour looking through photos of the work of Alexis Arnold, who has transformed boxes of discarded books into beautiful sparkling specimens using…
The shoot was at my house. We shot mostly in the garden which had heaps of small palm trees, different pot plants, and a cute little treehouse. We also shot in the living room which had a really nice window looking out onto the garden,and a large tea set. This…
The locations Alex and I shot in were around my neighbourhood and home. It felt completely different to the other shoots I’ve been on because it was completely natural, we were walking around places I’ve known all my life, it was comfortable. The shoot did’t feel like any other I’d…
Alex wanted to take the photographs in my neighbourhood. We walked around the streets of Grey Lynn and chose locations or surroundings that felt very natural, familiar and ‘local’. We were outside, only using the light from the sun and the breeze of the wind as our guide. There are…
Aries March 21 – April 19 Aries is a cardinal fire sign, ruled by Mars – the planet of action, named after the Roman god of war. As the first sign in the zodiac, the presence of Aries almost always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are…
The shoot was at Junk and Disorderly, a massive warehouse full of vintage stuff like nice old furniture, heaps of cool paintings and cute lil’ knick-knacks everywhere. It felt different from studio shoots and location shoots outside in gardens etc because it was actually in a store while people were there…
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Even just looking at this little book makes me feel calmer. I ordered the smaller hardcover version from Book Depository as I preferred it to the bigger but flimsier version paperback (which also doesn’t have the pretty watercolour cover) I’ve seen in stores here, and…
Pisces February 19 – March 20 Pisces is a mutable water sign ruled by Neptune – the planet of enchantment and illusion. Being the 12th sign and hence the final sign in the zodiac, it’s said this sign brings together many of the characteristics of the eleven signs that have…
My home in Puebla for a month was a four-storey 1939 colonial Mexican California-style compound, newly coated in bright red paint, and shared with five other artists and a musician. Days were spent finding ways to distract ourselves (like hours of people watching in the zócalo) from the Mexican midday…
Us Undone girls love a good workshop (off to Annie Oxborough’s terrarium workshop at Collected this week woo!), so we’re pretty stoked to be signed up for the opportunity to do a spot of preserving with the wonderful Kylee Newton. A passionate self-taught preserver, Kylee grew up in New Zealand…
Davines Texturiser: More specifically labelled ‘This Is A Dry Texturiser, It’s For Instant, Full-Bodied Hair’, this came in a hand-written paper bag (points for real-mail feel), looks pretty, smells pretty, and does what it says. Also contains high moisturising power that facilitates the deposit of water molecules on the hair…
We’re calling 2016 the year of the house plant – OBSESSED! With stores like Garden Objects, websites like The Plant Hunter and The Garden Edit and books like Bree Claffey’s Indoor Green, we’re spoilt for inspiration. As well as conventional pot plants, we’re also turning to art forms like bonsai and terrariums…
A couple of Fridays ago a little group of some of my coolest and creative friends (though they all are, really) and I got together for a relaxed wreath-making brunch, and discovered this combination – coffee, toast, toppings and getting crafty with flowers and foliage – is a really bloody…
Hi! So I have signed up to walk 10km wearing pink clothing (in my mind I will something like Lindsey Wixson and Georgia May Jagger here in these Vogue shoots) to raise money for the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation and would LOVE for you to sponsor me… Just click here!…
Here is a small shoot I did with my little sister Kizzy and my beautiful friend (and fellow photographer Caitlin McKone). Kizzy has stretch marks (not very noticeable) and often worries about her body image since puberty meant that she wasn’t super slim anymore. I wanted to do a series…
Undone was lucky enough to attend the opening night for Auckland Art Gallery’s latest ‘Yang Fudong Filmscapes‘, and wanted to share our own favourite piece of the Shanghai-based filmmaker’s work – a short, beautiful, surreal black and white film for Prada’s Spring/Summer 2010 collection, titled ‘First Spring’ and inspired by…
Today Maybelline New Zealand announced they’re to be the official makeup sponsor for the 2015 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards on 19 November at Auckland’s Vector Arena, and to celebrate the collaboration, Maybelline is offering 10 lucky makeup artists the opportunity to be part of the makeup artist team on…
We love this little story celebrating clever ladies in art past and present across the last century, and wanted to share it with you… Frances Hodgkins’ Still Life: Anemones and Hyacinths c1925, has been kept in storage for almost 60 years at Auckland Art Gallery. Not seen by the public…
“That’s Julian—” whispers a model to another model gesturing with a glance at Amy-Rose Goulding: head designer and head honcho at Julian Danger. She’s standing in the center of the space backstage, with a lint roller clutched closely to her chest, slowly circling in a 360 eyeing up the scene,…
Virgo 23 August – 22 September Virgo is a mutable earth sign ruled by the ever restless Mercury. Symbolised by the Virgin, Virgos strive to achieve a sense of purity in all aspects of their lives, with a highly discriminating sense of what is good and bad. Commonly touted as…
