Life + Style - 2 July 2021

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“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”-Abraham Lincoln Sharon Melrose from Rejuvenation Cosmetic Medicine offers treatments to keep you looking your best.

It’s time to think about you, to do something that will make you feel more confident and put an added bounce in your step.

Although it’s a privilege to age, some of the less desirable effects of facial ageing prevent us from looking as well as we feel.

Whether it’s a few frown lines glaring back at you in the mirror, or sad, downturned corners of your mouth, Sharon Melrose from her clinic Rejuvenation Cosmetic Medicine, offers an honest, down-to-earth appraisal and safe, time-proven cosmetic medicine treatments to refresh or maintain your looks.

“Each person has particular facial characteristics that distinguish them from millions of other people,” says Sharon, “their personal ‘logo’.

“Clients generally want to maintain that uniqueness for as long as is reasonable. Most of my clients are reluctant to accept not so much the inevitability of ageing, but the speed with which their face changes.”

Cosmetic medicine falls somewhere between the relatively short-term benefits of beauty therapy treatments and the more invasive, permanent plastic surgical procedures.

Cosmetic medicine treatments are designed to accommodate and complement an ever-changing and ageing face. The aim is to look refreshed and revitalised.

Sharon is a registered nurse with more than 25 years in the field of cosmetic medicine. She specialises in treatments using dermal fillers and facial muscle relaxants. Either one, or both procedures work in harmony to re-freshen faces in a natural-looking way.

“There is an increasing demand and improving products available for these popular treatments by clients with a quest to look and feel their best,” says Sharon.

One of the newest treatments that Sharon has incorporated into her range is Profhilo, which has been enjoying success in Europe for years and has only recently become available in New Zealand. Two treatments one month apart are required, then a top up yearly or as required.

Sharon says its reputation for tightening sagging, and thinning skin on the face and neck will be a game changer – especially the neck, which Sharon says is always a challenge to treat effectively.

Treatments to the backs of the hands make a huge difference. Quick to administer, and with no down time, these treatments literally turn back time. The skin covering the backs of the hands is thicker and more youthful looking.

An established and experienced cosmetic medicine

practitioner is more likely to offer continuity of care and a higher level of skill, resulting in better outcomes, less complications and more realistic and natural-looking results.

Tailor-made treatments using the best possible products are fine-tuned to each person with safety and comfort in mind.

“Having ‘an eye’ for knowing what is going to suit or enhance each client is where experience counts,” says Sharon.

“Trends that place emphasis on particular facial features are always changing and the ‘trend of the moment’ may not necessarily suit everybody or look flattering at every age.”

Sharon offers a complimentary and confidential consultation to discuss what options may be suitable for each person and which are realistic, achievable and within their budget or time frame. People are quite surprised at how relatively inexpensive some of her treatments are.

A treatment for frown lines costs approximately $220 and lasts around threeto-four months.

Dermal fillers cost from as little as $599 per

ml and can last up to two years.

Although cost is an important factor, “good value for money is also about the quality and safety of the products used and the skill with which they are administered,” says Sharon.

“Saving a dollar or two at the expense of quality and skill can be counter-productive.”

Treatments are quick to administer and can be effective immediately, with little or no down time.

They last from around three months to two years and include re-freshening lips, softening frown lines, adding volume to sunken cheeks, minimising facial wrinkles or deep folds, firming up jaw lines and reducing ‘marionette’ lines.

Photographs are taken prior to treatments and a complimentary follow-up appointment booked for a later date.

Taking a sense of pride in our appearance and keeping a healthy balance between looking and feeling good is just one of a number of many things that we can do to improve our confidence and self-esteem at any age.

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Coast, community and kai

Real estate agent Jono Hutson and artist Saras Howie share a passion for community, health and vegetarian food.

Throughout the summer of 2020/21, the Raglan couple served delicious food from what locals call the Tiny Shop – a 2.8 square metre shop squeezed between Trade Aid and Bohemian Gypsy on Bow Street.

“I grew up in the Hare Krishna movement,” explains Saras, “and vegetarian meals are eaten communally.

“I remember helping prepare meals with others as a child in India, and I loved that feeling of community.”

Saras has been a vegetarian all her life, but for the first year of their 17 years together, Jono cooked a different meal for him each night, before he happily became a vegetarian.

“You have to be organised to eat a plant-based diet,” says Jono, “but you don’t need meat if you are doing it right.”

Eat a Rainbow is a nod to how to approach a plantbased diet, by eating as many different coloured vegetables and fruit as possible.

“Saras is an amazing cook, and for a while we were cooking healthy, good quality vegetarian food and doing a lunch and dinner delivery service in Raglan,” says Jono.

“When we stopped everyone really missed her flavoursome dishes. Vegetarian food doesn’t have to be boring!”

“It was really hard to find plant-based food in Raglan,” adds Saras. “There is such a demand for it, and it can be expensive. It feels wrong that healthy food is so

profit driven.”

When the Tiny Shop on Bow Street became available, the couple saw an opportunity to start providing meals again. On most Sundays during the summer months, Saras and their helpers prepare the food in the commercial kitchen at Raglan Old School Arts Centre, and Jono takes it all by car to the Tiny Shop, unloads and serves it up.

A koha or donation is asked for, and people bring their own bowls and cutlery.

“It’s not about the money,” says Jono. “It’s about getting healthy food out there to people.”

“It opens it up so everyone can try plant-based food, whatever their budget is,” says Saras.

It’s a community effort, with Jono and Saras providing their time and many of the vegetables from their own spray free veggie garden. Soul Food Farm regularly donate their quality produce, and other donations come in through the community.

The Tiny Shop is used by other creatives during the week, and they make donations to use the space. For more information, check out their Facebook page – Community Kai and Craft.

Any excess money is donated to a Raglan charity.

During winter, the couple are hoping to serve plantbased soups with bread.

“We want to continue that real community feel and gathering of people,” says Jono. “It’s our contribution to maintaining Raglan’s magic!”

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Trash to Do you see yourself as a future fashion designer? Can you see potential in op shop buys? Are your friends envious of your amazing op shop hauls? Do you have a flair for fashion and style?

If so, you have the chance to see your creation on the catwalk and land $2000 worth of cash prizes as well as ‘money can’t buy’ experiences, such as mentoring from professionals in the fashion industry.

The Sustainable Wearable Art Challenge is back for 2021 and is calling for entries in two categories. All entries will walk down the catwalk at Baycourt on Sunday, July 25, for a fashion show and judging.

Judges include local designer Kerry Funnel, Mary Borman, owner of High Street Boutique, emerging designer Georgia Fielding and Kalena Egan, gallery coordinator at Okorore Nga Toi Maori Gallery and Studios in Tauranga’s Historic Village.

The fashion show at Baycourt will also include local designers with sustainable collections including Kerry Funnell, The Good Sheet Collective, Teiria Studios, Carolynn Tepou, Stacey Mareor, and COPT, which is a collection of recreated pre-loved garments curated by Jera Mae design and others at the ReMaker space.

The Sustainable Wearable Art Challenge, now in its sixth year, is being organised by Envirohub in collaboration with the ReMaker Space - an organisation dedicated to turning

Fash

trash to treasure and which holds workshops where people can turn waste into art or clothing.

Jackie Paine, director of ideas at the ReMaker Space, says the competition helps to raise awareness about sustainability, and inspires people to be creative.

“We believe that some of the biggest challenges in the modern lifestyle can be addressed through developing more sustainable and creative ways of working, making and living,” says Jackie.

“Sustainability is vital for our community’s mental health and wellbeing as well as our environment.”

Natalie IO Waddell, projects coordinator at Envirohub, says that the aim of the Sustainable Art Challenge is to look at trash “through the lenses of art, sustainability and fashion”, and to showcase how it can be creatively transformed into avant-garde art or wearable treasures.

The show is more significant than ever as the world battles the global pandemic and climate change, says Natalie.

“The community is becoming more interested in how to shop and live sustainably,” she says. “The Sustainable Art Challenge seeks to draw attention to the enormous textile waste challenge the western world is facing.

“Landfills are overflowing with tonnes of nonbiodegradable fabrics, toxic dyes and chemicals in the waterways and oceans. There is an enormous human cost that goes into cheap, fast garments that we buy from large commercial

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“Sustainability is vital for our community’s mental health and wellbeing as well as our environment.”

chain stores.

“The move from four seasons to monthly seasons has seen the amount of waste and environmental cost exponentially increase.”

People interested in entering can choose from two categories: the 48 Hour Second Hand Fashion Competition, or the Sustainable Art Challenge.

48 Hour Challenge

For the 48 Hour Challenge, entrants must curate, style and upcycle an outfit from secondhand clothing.

All materials must be selected from rescued resources sourced from the ReMaker Space, but you can purchase other second-hand accessories to style your look.

Second-hand items must be collected from the ReMaker Space at 2pm on Thursday, July 22 and submitted to the ReMaker space at 2pm on Saturday, July 24.

Entrants are also offered the opportunity to upcycle their garments at the ReMaker Space, and use their equipment on Thursday and Friday between 10:00am-3:30pm.

All of the outfits entered will be modelled at Baycourt either by the entrant themselves or a model that they bring.

“Judges will be looking for creative and intelligent styling in the repurposing of existing garments,” says Natalie.

Sustainable Art Challenge

The other element of the competition is the

Sustainable Art Challenge, where the brief is to create a wearable art masterpiece from a pack of materials provided by the ReMaker Space and Envirohub. The challenge is split into two groups: individuals (over 13 years) and teams (including a member who is under 13).

Entrants must use at least 75 per cent of this pack, but can also find materials to add that were otherwise considered trash or that have been bought from an op shop.

Entrants can use anything that they already own that could be transformed into wearable art.

The only rule is that entrants can’t buy any new materials.

All creations need to be dropped off at the ReMaker Space by 2pm on Friday, July 23 for pre-judging. Prizes will be awarded for the most creative group and single entries, with top prizes for ingenuity.

Natalie says the team is delighted to receive a range of entries so far, from people in a retirement village to people at school. They would love to receive more.

“We know there is so much talent out there so don’t miss this opportunity,” she says.

For full briefs on the challenge and how to enter, visit: www.envirohub.org.nz The challenge has been sponsored by the Creative Communities scheme and Trevelyans.

The fashion show, judging and awards at Baycourt on July 25 is free for the community to attend, but you need to RSVP. See Envirohub’s website for how to do this.

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Purple Patch Standing the test of time At 40 years old, Purple Patch has seen generations of people come through its doors, from children finding a toy to treasure, to a friend finding a gift for an expecting mum.

The store is one of the longest-standing retailers in Tauranga’s CBD, and the secret to its success is a collective of enthusiastic craftspeople.

The makers lovingly knit, crochet, sew, saw, sand and hammer one-of-a-kind pieces, including clothing, blankets, doll houses and wooden toys, into being. It was started by Joan Bryant in 1981.

A handful of them have been there since the beginning and some members are well into their 90s.

Board president Jillian Luckman Moss sums up the store’s philosophy and amazing collection of handcrafted pieces in a sentence.

“It’s just people just making stuff and doing it with love.”

But as she speaks about Purple Patch, its history, members and her involvement, you get a sense of how many lives the store has touched.

The number is countless, with four decades’ worth of bespoke pieces having been made and bought by multiple generations of people.

Jillian talks about one of the original members whose daughter came in specifically to buy a piece made by her mum. She said to Jillian “I’m not sure how long mum will be able to do this - she’s over 90 now.”

She says for a lot of the members it keeps them busy and gives them purpose.

“It gives them a better quality of life when they’re creating something.”

Everyone that works in the store are volunteers and there are over 150 members of the collective that create the products.

“Some of us are just really passionate about selling stuff and getting enjoyment out of selling the artisans’ creations,” she says.

The makers set a price for their items, and Purple Patch takes a small commission from sales, which is used for expenses. Any profits from that commission are then donated to various charities.

Jillian is also immensely proud of the effort people put into their handiwork.

“We do beautiful crafts that are impeccable,” she adds. “We’ve got a little team of woodworkers, all these old guys, and their workmanship is just incredible.”

Purple Patch is keen to get a younger generation of craftspeople involved as well, says Jillian.

She first became a member 30 years ago.

Jillian owned stores with her daughter, then in 2005 closed her store and became a self-

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“The number is countless, with four decades’ worth of bespoke pieces having been made and bought by

confessed nomad travelling around the South Island.

She joined once again on her return to Tauranga, three years ago.

“I love shopkeeping. I love people, but I’m so passionate about textiles. I knit, I crochet, I do furniture restoration, I do upholstery, I’ve done macramé,” she intones excitedly.

“I can’t say I’m an expert at anything, but if I make it, I have to love it. I always think ‘would I buy that?’

“That’s my concept; if you’re going to make something, you make it to the best of your ability and sellable, so that it’s going to appeal to someone else.”

Recently, Purple Patch, located at 55 Grey Street, Tauranga, has joined the sustainability movement with several products upcycled or recycled.

“There’s a lot of products in the shop now that are made from old doilies, old pieces of linen and old woollen blankets that have been felted and dyed, to recycle what the world has already got,” explains Jillian.

One of the woodworkers uses recycled rimu for his creations.

There are also items that have been staples from the beginning, most of which are knitted baby clothes, she says.

“There’s a lot of regular lines that we’ve got, that people still like. I think that the older community think if you want baby singlets – hand-knitted woollen baby singlets – you go to Purple Patch because who else has them?”

Jane Shearman volunteers in the store and has been making clothes and toys for Purple Patch on-andoff for around 30 years. She is a true example of the intergenerational influence the store has had.

“My mother used to buy things for my kids here, 40 years ago,” she explains. “I sewed and everything and I thought ‘well, I could do some of that and get a little bit of money back while the kids are little’.

“There’s a lot of people come in and say their mothers used to shop here for them and they’ve got babies in prams.”

The toys Jane’s mother bought her daughters are still in good shape, which is like Purple Patch itself timeless and threaded together by artisans that love their craft.

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