Restore your blonde in-salon with our Kérastase Booster Cicafibre

Is your blonde hair in need of some TLC? Try Kérastase’ Blond Absolu In-salon Fusio Dose: Booster Cicafibre! It’s a shot of powerful restoration that’ll boost the natural beauty of your blonde between colour treatments. Full of concentrated healing ingredients, Booster Cicafibre instantly restores fibres sensitised by lightening, stopping oxidation, and stabilising colour. This specialist Fusio Dose recontructs the inner fibre structure, deeply moisturises strands, reduces surface damage, makes hair manageable without weight, and leaves blonde hair lush and luminous! Be sure to request the Cicafibre Booster next time you’re at True Grit for a dose of healing care!… Read More

Casey had her baby!

Casey’s baby has arrived!! Little Carter John came into the world a little early (four weeks in fact), but he and Mumma are doing great. He was born at 20:20 on 20/06/2020!! Team True Grit can’t wait to meet him!… Read More

Jacqui went to prison (for the day) to open a new onsite salon: Hair 4 Change

In early March, Jacqui spent an inspiring morning visiting the Christchurch Women’s Prison to help open their hairdressing training salon! Jacqui had the pleasure of meeting and help mentor three young women on an amazing journey of training to be hairdressers. Read more about the initiative below. A new onsite salon, Hair 4 Change, has opened at Christchurch Women’s Prison to support the prison’s new hairdressing programme. Development of the salon and programme is the result of a two year partnership between Corrections and the Hair and Beauty Industry Training Organisation (HITO). “We are very excited about being able to offer industry standard hairdressing training at… Read More

Naomi and Libby training with the amazing Peter Thomsen!

Global L’Oréal Ambassador Peter Thomsen came to NZ last month to host a workshop that empowered L’Oréal hair stylists across NZ with his signature #MRTHOMSEN balayage look. We sent our wonderfully talented Advanced Style Directors Naomi Anderson and Libby Morton to the training so they could glean all of Peter’s hair whispering wisdom to bring it back into the work we do at the True Grit salon. @pjthompsen Day 1 Look and Learn On Day 1 all hair stylists attending watched as Peter Thomsen displayed the tips and tricks for creating beautiful Instagram-worthy hair. Peter created his authentic #MRTHOMSEN signature look on some… Read More

Our very own Naomi Anderson at NZFW 2019 with L’Oréal Professionnel!

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Naomi Anderson is one of our outstanding Advanced Style Directors here on the team at True Grit. So outstanding of course that she jet-set off to New Zealand Fashion Week 2019 to help the L’Oréal Pro backstage team on some of NZFW’s most prestigious shows. The L’Oréal Pro team partnered with a Zambesi, Maggie Marilyn and Taranaki-based designer Bobby Luke to create phenomenal fashion show hair. All looks were created using L’Oréal Professionel’s new Tecni.Art styling range, the amazing Dyson Supersonic and other L’Oréal Pro hair styling essentials. Naomi had the absolute pleasure of helping create the catwalk looks for the iconic brand Zambesi’s Retrospective show, celebrating their… Read More

True Grit Store is LIVE! First 10 customers receive a FREE Kérastase gift!

The best professional haircare products are now available to you online with our very own True Grit Store! We are so excited to have this opportunity to share our vision of TRUE INNOVATION, TRUE PASSION and TRUE HAIR beyond our salon walls! We’ve chosen to open the store with an illustrious range of Kérastase products. So, of you’re in need of a top-up you can purchase now and get your goods delivered straight to your doorstep! How exciting!? Even better yet, our first 10 customers will receive a FREE holiday size Kérastase product with their order! P.S. If you’re not… Read More

Competition win win wins! Congratulations to our Award-Winning Libby Fleck!

A huge congratulations to Libby Fleck, one of True Grit’s New Generation Stylists on her amazing success at the Canterbury NZARH 2019 Hairdressing and Barbering Competition on the weekend. Libby created some amazing work and walked away with not just one but 3 outstanding, well-deserved awards! 🔥 Next Generation Winner for Colour: En-Trend Ombre 🔥 Next Generation Winner for Colour: Future Trend Colour 🔥 Next Generation Winner Top Colourist Well done Libby! We are so proud of you and all your hard work. Keep working it girl! In other honourable mentions, our wonderful Style Director Amber King also secured 2nd place in the Senior Colour Concept category. Congratulations… Read More

Naomi Anderson at NZFW 2018

Naomi Anderson, our L’Oreal Colour Expert and one of our Style Directors at True Grit went to New Zealand Fashion Week 2018 to help on the L’Oreal Pro backstage team. We asked Naomi a few questions about her experience. Read more to find out the inside scoop! What do you love about NZFW? I love all things fashion and seeing the clothes, makeup and hair come together on the catwalk. It’s amazing to be surrounded by like minded people, to work with some of the best in our industry and to be amongst the buzz of fashion week.… Read More

“If it’s not now, it’ll be never” – a word from Amy Newfield, our Cure Kids charity fighter

Amy Newfield, one of our courageous Salon Coordinators, has decided to put her body on the line to fight for charity this November! Read on to find out what OneStaff Fight for Christchurch is, why she has made the bold decision to participate, and how you can support Amy and Cure Kids, whilst also putting yourself in the draw for one of two luscious prize packs! “On the 3rd of November, our local Horncastle Arena will be transformed into a glittering palace with a Las Vegas fight night feel. All for the high-profile black tie event, OneStaff Fight for Christchurch,… Read More

True Grit at The Collective

The Collective is a group of local and international artists coming together under one roof over two days to showcase the latest in global hair trends and fashion. As industry professionals leading the way in innovative and edgy hairstyles, they have a responsibility to bring world class education to New Zealand, and translate this into tangible trends and information that can be taken back into the salon. The Collective is not just all talk and no play either, with stylists from around the country also getting to show their skills at the Fashion Hair Awards where five awards highlighting professional… Read More