24 June 2020
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
21 March 2020
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 Womenâs Prison to support the prisonâs 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). âWe are very excited about being able to offer industry standard hairdressing training at… Read More
1 November 2019
Global L’OrĂ©al Ambassador Peter Thomsen came to NZ last month to host a workshop that empowered L’OrĂ©al 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
21 September 2019
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’OrĂ©al Pro backstage team on some of NZFW’s most prestigious shows. The L’OrĂ©al 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’OrĂ©al Professionel’s new Tecni.Art styling range, the amazing Dyson Supersonic and other L’OrĂ©al 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
9 August 2019
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 KĂ©rastase 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 KĂ©rastase product with their order! P.S. If you’re not… Read More
8 August 2019
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! đ„ Next Generation Winner for Colour: En-Trend Ombre đ„ Next Generation Winner for Colour: Future Trend Colour đ„ 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
