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
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
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, 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
