We feel very privileged to have been interviewed by Stuff in honour of the 10 year anniversary of the Christchurch earthquakes. — Article is re-published from Stuff.co.nz. Article by Liz McDonald. Photography by Joe Johnson. True grit, by name and nature Hairdressing salon True Grit has earned its name, its owner says. Jacqui Victor says her busy Manchester St salon was “running perfectly” before the earthquakes, with 20 staff, fully kitted-out premises, and a colour studio upstairs above the cutting floor. When the overnight September 2010 quake wrecked the building, Victor lost most of her “beautiful” furniture and fittings, equipment fell, hair… Read More
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’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
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
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
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
